The start

It's a Lie

Waking up in the morning as we look on the floor where they beat Len up at. There's blood stains all around it. I grab my backpack and wait for Daryl to grab his stuff we walked out of the door and see Len's body. He had an arrow right through his head and blood soaked his clothes. Daryl picked up a sheet and was going to cover him up but then drops to the ground. The rest of the group was ahead of us as Joe, Daryl and I walk through the field. Joe takes a swing out of his canteen. I could smell the alcohol right from him.

"White Lightning. Easiest thing to make with the least amount of supplies. I'd start slow if I was you.
Your stomach's probably emptier than you think." Daryl takes a swing at it giving it back to him.

"Mmm. I ain't been lit at dawn since before everything fell apart." Daryl says.

"Fell apart. I never looked at it like that. Seems to me like things are finally starting to fall together. At least for guys like us. Living like this, surviving. We've been doing this from the start, right?" Joe thinks.

"Getting closer." Guy Harley say.

"Follow the tracks." I call out.

"You seen this before?" Daryl points to the terminus map.

"Oh, yeah. I'll tell you what it is. It's a lie. Ain't no sanctuary for all. Ain't gonna welcome guys like you and me with open arms. Or even Harley girl here. The way she takes down walkers and how good she is with guns and knives. They wouldn't take her."

"They'd probably take my weapons away if they let me in." I chuckled.

"So is that where we're headed?" Daryl asked.

"So now you're asking?" Joe chuckles.

"That's right."

"I wonder what or who changed your mind." Joe winks at me. I face forward and keep walking. I'm not trying to keep Daryl here. If he could get out I'd let him. I don't want him turning out like these guys.

"The morning before we met Harley girl, we were in a house minding our own business. This walking piece of fecal matter was hiding in the home. Strangled our colleague Lou and left him to turn. Lou came at all of us. He lit out. We tracked him to these tracks, one of those signs, and thus we've got a destination in mind." Joe says.

"You see his face?" Daryl asked.

"Only Tony. That's enough for a reckoning." Joe states.

"Claimed." Daryl grabs the plant on the ground before Tony could.

"There you go." I smile at him. He was learning how to survive with us.

"So you know who they're talking about?"

"No. I'm not dealing with it. That's Joe and the groups mess. I mean if there's walkers I'll kill them but I'm not dealing with personal problems." I shrug my shoulders.

"Its getting dark." Dan says out loud.

"We keep going. He should be stopping for the night. We will catch on to him soon. I can feel it. We are getting closer." Joe says. It was dark now. Freezing cold. My teeth chattered. There was a very light breeze but it was there. I zipped up my jacket and stuck my hands in my pocket.

"There." Tony points out. We all look and see a fire with two people around it. There was a car next to them.

"Get to the woods and we will jump them. Dan you watch the car. It might have someone in it. Harley girl you got the sharp shot. I want you to stay in the woods with Daryl. Any walkers come by take them out. We got problems take them out. Keep your eye on the target." I nod my head and take my gun out. Daryl takes his crossbow and loads it up.

We get closer to the group and noticed it was a woman and a man. The description of the man fits well with what Tony told me. The man and woman were talking. Billy snap a twig with his foot as Joe gives him the death glare. I hold my gun still and breath. Joe walks out of the woods and holds the gun up to the guy as the woman goes to grab her sword Tony points his gun at her. Male Harley, Andy and Billy stand on the drivers side of the truck as Dan knocks on the window. There was a young boy in it.

I look at Daryl as he held a shock expression. He knows them. I look back as Dan pulls the kid out of the car. This is wrong. This is very wrong. Daryl looks at me for a second. He holds his crossbow close by his side as if I'm gonna stop him. He thinks I'll kill him if he goes against Joe.

"Joe's not gonna let them live. Go." I nod my head at Daryl. Joe will be angry that I let Daryl go. He'll be even more angry with what I will do. He runs out of the woods as I follow him.

"Joe! - Hold up." Daryl says.

"You're stopping me on eight, Daryl. Harley girl I told you both to stay in the woods."

"Just hold up."

"This is the guy that killed Lou, so we got nothing to talk about." Guy Harley says.

"The thing about nowadays is we got nothing but time. Say your piece, Daryl." Joe says.

"These people, you're gonna let 'em go. These are good people." Daryl says.

"Now, I think Lou would disagree with you on that. I'll, of course, have to speak for him and all 'cause your friend here strangled him in a bathroom."

"You want blood, I get it. Take it from me, man. Come on." Daryl throws his crossbow to the ground.

"Daryl, no." I look at him. He knows what they will do to him.

"Its alright." He looks at me. It's not ok. He knows they will kill him. I could feel a lump in my throat. I know exactly what's going to happen. It wont end well.

"This man killed our friend. You say he's good people. See, now that right there is a lie. It's a lie!" Billy and guy Harley started hit and kicking Daryl. I raise my gun up to Billy but get tackled to the ground. Andy stood over top of me.

"No, I'm done with you too. He is your responsibility and he broke the rules. You remember our agreement correct or did you forget?" Joe chuckles.

"Teach him, fellas. Teach him all the way. Andy she is all yours." I get kicked in my stomach.

Andy crouches down as he pins my arms against the road. He tries to lift my shirt up as I thrash my body all over the place. His mouth harshly kissing over my lips, my cheek and my throat. I could feel his hand go up my shirt and that's when I lost it.

I bring my legs forward as they wrap around Andy's throat peeling him off of me. I try to stand up but he kicks me down. Andy goes to stomp my head in as I roll to the side and sweep him off his feet. I race to grab the gun as a echo of a gunshot goes off. I keep running and get tackled to the ground. Andy hits me across the face multiple times to the point where I couldn't feel my face. He stood up again and started kicking me. All I could do was curl up in a ball hoping he couldn't get my head. Then everything stops. I look up and see blood leaking out of Joe's neck. The bearded guy spit the blood and part of the skin to the ground. What the hell? The woman grabs the gun out of Tony's hands and shoots him along with guy Harley. I reach over grabbing my gun and shot Andy. Daryl stomps Billy's head into the ground.

"I'll kill him. I'll-- I'll kill him!" Dan repeats as the woman points the gun at him.

"Let the boy go." She says. The bearded man walks past her to Dan.

"He's mine."

"Stay back. Stay-- Please-," but it was too late. The bearded man repeatedly stab Dan. I sat up from laying down on the ground. We all watched the bearded man stab Dan. Daryl walks over to me an slumps to the ground. For the first time in a while I hugged him. I mean it's my first time hugging him, but I haven't hugged a single person ever since I lost Jay. I wrap my arms around him and let my head rest on his chest.

"Its alright." He wraps his arms around.

"Its over."