Beautiful Minds

Chapter 22: Cell

Alone.Naked.Hungry.Dehydrated.This stupid song on replay.i sat in the corner staring at the wall,i see the door open and an apple was handed to me.

The same thing happened the next day and the next.i tried to sleep but the song wouldn't let me,the door opens and I'm given another apple and a prison jumpsuit.once I'm changed, Dwight pushes me up and makes me follow him,my hair was greasy and I felt unclean.i looked at my finger which was now infected and needed medical attention. We arrive In a room, a man was in there and a women sat on a chair. It looked like a medical room."We were just finishing up" the man says.
"Chop-chop" Dwight says pushing me forward a bit.
"Hi,D" the women looks at him. And then back to me, noticing how horrible I looked."Ariana, right?" She says.
"Don't talk to her" Dwight says pointing at her. She moves away from the chair and Dwight pushes me on it.i look to the side table and see a pregnancy test on it.
"It's negative" she says looking down.
"Well, maybe next time" I felt tension coming off the girl and Dwight.
"Sorry,Still getting used to being my own assistant." The doctor says,the girl starts to walk closer to me.
"Whatever they say just do it" she looks at me.
"I said don't talk to her" Dwight said anger in his voice.
"Okay, let's take a look" he grabs my finger and examines it."It'll get better -- if you let it.Negan will take care of you.trust me"once the doctor had finished, Dwight walked me back to my cell.

I stood up in the cell trying to find a way out, I banged on the door and walls,screaming.

Dwights pov

"Daryl and Ariana are going ape-shit! There both banging on there door like a bunch of monkeys" Negan says walking up next to me.
"Yep" I say."It's working"
"It's working slow, but, hey, man, some people are harder to break than others"
"Yeah."
"He's close but I'm not sure about the girl" I say.
"Since you're doing such an awesome job, you want to have a little blast from the past with you-know-who?" Negan laughs "im kidding man,Lighten up.Pick whoever you want, as long as she says yes.Oh, crap.
Are you okay down there? Your penis? I mean, that guy, he, uh clomped on it." He was talking about Eugene.that asshole."Or is it pckww? Down for the count?"
"I'm fine.But I'm gonna pass,Man, I'm cool"
"Are you cool, though, Dwight? I mean, I just said that it was happy hour at the Pussy Bar and Dwight eats for free, and you're telling me no? Is that cool?"
"I haven't finished the job,I-I haven't earned it yet"
"Right? The hell you talking about? You earn what you take."

Ariana POV
I woke up by someone opening my door."a-Ariana?"daryls voice sounded broke and tired.
I looked up at him, He grabbed my hand."they 'accidentally' left the door unlocked, I found the key for your door.. w-we gotta go now" we started to walk, being carefull of our souroundings, we were stopped by a voice "go back while you both can,you know I did" I turn around seeing the women from earlier, Daryl must know her. "Whatever he's done to you both, there's more.There's always more.You won't get away And when you're back, it'll be worse" Daryl looks at her one last time before grabbing my hand and running to a door. We looked out the small window and Daryl must've seen something because he ran out, I followed him, about 10 motorcycles were there. He tried to start them. I ran over to one of them and tried to connect the wires. I heard the doors open from behind us and some men walk out. The surrounded us. Then I heard whistling ,the same from before.Negan walked up to us,his bat in one hand.
"Are we pissing our pants yet?" He points to the person behind him with his bat "Who are you?"Negan says
"Negan" the man said.
"Who are you?" Negan said pointing to the next person.
"Negan"
"Who are you?" He said pointing to the last man.
"Negan"
"You see that? I am everywhere.And this was your shot to prove to me that that fundamental fact was sinking in, and you failed." He said looking to me and Daryl "Which sucks, because your life was about to get so much cooler.
Now, Dwight gave you some options,I don't think you get it yet,So I'm gonna break it down for you.You get three choices.One, you wind up on the spike and you work for me as a dead human.Two, you get out of your cell, you work for points, but you're gonna wish you were dead.Or three, you work for me, you get yourself a brand-new pair of shoes, and you live like a king! Choice seems pretty obvious" negan says smirking.
"Even the girl?" The man behind him says looking at me.
"Yes, even the girl. Look you seem tough and you don't act like a damsel in destress" he says looking at me."You should know, there is no door number four,This is it.This is the only way" his face moves closer to Daryl."Screw it" he says about to hit Daryl in the head with the bat but I grab it before he can."Wow! You are so lucky that I like you and hell,I thought you'd want sweet Daryl to die, after all he is the reason the China man is dead!" He says to me. I feel angry and wanting to kill him right there,I feel someone pointing a gun at me so I stop and brush it off. He stands back, rubbing his hand on his chin expecting us. "Wow! You two don't scare easy.i love that But Lucille Well, it kind of pisses her off.She finds it to be disrespectful.
Lucky for you, she's not feeling too thirsty today.But I am.So I'm gonna go get me a drink!" Negan walks off and the men around us start to walk closer to us, I punch one of them but they punch harder.

I sat in the corner of me cell, feeling the blood fall down my face. My door opens and I don't move.Dwight hands me an apple, I ignore him and don't accept it. He throws it on the floor.
"You should be dead,But Negan's taken a shine to you.You're lucky.Don't forget" Dwight said then left.

"Come on,Negan wants to speak with you" Dwight says pushing me up. We walk to a room, Negan is sitting on a chair.
"You look awful.Don't you worry,We'll have Carson fix you all up. D, get me a drink?" Dwight walks past me getting a drink for negan "What's wrong with you?" He points at Dwight "See that guy? He hustles.I like hustle,But believe it or not, things weren't always cool between us.See, D here -- he worked for points, him and his super hot wife and her super hot sister.But, the sister,she needed meds.And that shit is hard to scavenge, so it cost more.Sis fell behind on points, so I asked her to marry me.
Told her I would take care of her in sickness and in health, blah blah blah, because I am a stand-up guy,She tells me that she's gonna think about it.Next thing you know, I'm dealing with an orange situation.Dwighty boy here stole all the medication and took off with his super hot wife and my super hot maybe soon-to-be fiancé.So I had to send my guys after him.Because I can't let something like that stand.There are rules,Cost me an arm and a leg going after him.And you know what -- Dwighty boy? He still got away.But here's the thing.
D -- he saw the light.He manned up.
He came back,He asked for my forgiveness.I like that.
Made me take notice.But Lucille Well you know how she is.
She is a stickler for the rules.So, Dwight he begged me not to kill Sherry, which I thought was kind of cute, it reminded me of you and that one eyed boy, so, anyway I was just gonna kill him.But then Sherry says that she will marry me if I let Dwight live, which, if you think about it, that's a pretty screwed-up deal, 'cause I was gonna marry her sister until she wound up dead, but Sherry is super hot.anyway it was a start,But it wasn't enough.
So Dwight he got the iron." I looked to Dwight who looked down in embarrassment."And then I married his super hot wife.Ex-wife And then after all that, he still got on board.And now look at him.
Pow! One of my top guys.And I we are totally cool.
The point being, I think you and Daryl can be one of my top guys" was he kidding right now? He killed my uncle, and made my boyfriend cut my finger off! "I think you two are ready to be. look around here" he says pointing around the room that had food, a bed and a bathroom in. "This? Well it can all be yours.All you got to do is answer one simple question" he comes closer to my face "Who are you?" I don't answer, instead I look to the ground "What, does the cat got your tongue? You're just overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this? I'm gonna ask you one more time.
Who are you?" I look at him.
"...Ariana"
"This is the only -- " Dwight says.
"Hey!" Neagan interrupts him "It's cool, D.
She made her choice.Ain't my problem if she made a dumbass choice" we walk back to the cell, Dwight pushes me in.
"You're gonna wind up in that room or hanging on the fence!" Dwight shouts at me.
"I get why you did it,Why you took it.You were thinking about someone else" I say,he shuts the door leaving me in complete darkness again.