Never Make A Promise (TWD/ Daryl Dixon FanFic)

Test Subject 19

I followed Daryl out the room after we had changed, Daryl had to change because he was soaking wet and because I had his other only decent shirt he had to just put on his leather jacket.

We got to the canteen where everyone but Jenner was up and moving, Glenn had his head in his hands, moaning and groaning "Orr.... don't ever let me drink again" I chuckled as Dale patted his back.

Just when me and Daryl sat down to eat some bacon Shane walked in and all eyes were on him "hey what happened to your neck?" T-dog questioned with a frying pan and spatula in his hands, putting a couple pieces of bacon on mine and Daryl's plates.

"I don't know, must of done it in my sleep" Shane replied, running his hand over the three scratch marks on his neck and staring at Lori, no-one may not see it but I see pure hate in Shane's eyes whenever he looked at Rick with Lori and she just looks at Shane like he's the devil.

"I've never seen you do that" Rick said, raising an eyebrow. Shane shrugged and smiled smuggly at Lori but I think Rick is too gullible to take notice. I looked up at Daryl and he had the same expression as I did, he definitely knew something was up with Lori and Shane.

Everyone was laughing and chatting as me and Daryl ate our food quietly occasionly intertwining our fingers and rubbing our legs up against each others. Jenner then walked in and went to grab some coffee. "hey Doc, I don't mean to slam you with questions first thing...." "but you will anyway" Jenner cut Dale off .chuckling softly "we didn't come here for the eggs" Andrea spoke up. Jenner nodded and walked away, of course we all followed him.

"Vi bring up TS 19" Jenner calls out "who's he shouting at?" I leaned over and whispered in Glenn's ear as he was the closest "test subject 19" a robotic voice rang out making me jump back a little "Vi is a computer" Glenn quickly whispered back to me before turning his attention to the big screen "is that a brain?" Carl sounded astonished "an extraordinary one" he smiled down at Carl proudly before looking back at the screen sadily "not that it matters in the end.... vi show us the E.I.V" we then got a view of the side of the brain.

I walked down the little slope where everyone had gone and stood next to Daryl who was staring intensly at the scene "hey Doc, what are those lights?" Daryl asked, pointing to lines of different coloured lights

"Its a persons life - experiences, memories. Its everything. Somewhere in all that organic wiring, all those ripples of lights, is you. The thing that makes you unique. And human." My eyes widened as Jenner spoke "Ye ever make sense?" Daryl huffed making me chuckle.

"Those are synapses, electric impulses in the brain that carry all the messages. They determine everything a person says, does or thinks. From the moment of birth.... To the moment of death."

"Death? that's what this is, a vigil?" Rick spoke. "Yes" Jenner nodded

"this person died. who?" Andrea questioned from behind us, I hushed her by saying "sh!" she was about to open her mouth but clamped it shut and glared at me, I smiled at my triumph.

"Test subject 19. Someone who was bitten and infected, they volunteered to have us record the process." Jenner answered after a while. "Vi scan to first event" he called to the computer "scanning to first event" it almost copied "if things go back to normal I want one of these" I whispered to Daryl, he grunted and I turned my attention back to jenner.

The brain started to turn black, that's creepy. "what is that?" Glenn asked from next to T-dog and Jacqui who I forgot was here. "It invades the brain like meningitis. The adrenal glands hemorrhage, the brain goes into a shutdown. Then major organs....then death."

my head started to hurt 'Death, Test subjects' its all too much! I looked back up and saw the brain on the screen was completely black.... its dead. "Everything you ever were or ever going to be.... gone" Jenner's voice slowly trailed off.

I frowned "that's what happened to Jim" Daryl muttered, I looked up at him and he smiled down to me. I didn't know who Jim was but I knew his was once part of their group as was Andrea's sister Amy who had also been bitten and Andrea had to put her down with a shot to the head.

"Vi, scan to second event," Jenner says bringing me out of my thoughts. "The resurrection times vary wildly, we have reports of it happening in as little as three minutes. The longest we heard of was eight hours. In the case of this patient, it was two hours, one minute, seven seconds." We all looked from Jenner to the screen.

Little red lights, almost like sparks started shooting across the screen. "it restarts the brain?" Lori more stated than asked "just the brain stem, it gets them up and moving" "but they're not alive?" I asked thinking that I haven't spoken in a while. Jenner turned to me with a smirk on his face "You tell me" what?!

"its not like before, more of the brain is dark" Rick stated "really Rick? thanks for stating the obvious" I muttered but I guess Daryl heard me because he nudged me and told me to be quiet but he had the biggest smile on his face, as if he was proud of me.

"Dark, lifeless, dead. The frontal lobe, the neocortex, the human part - that doesn't come back, The YOU part. Just a shell. Driven by mindless instinct" Everyone looked down and depressed when Jenner said that.

The sound of a soft bullet made everyone look up and the brain was once again black. "God! what was that?" Carol, Sophia's mom asked. "he shot his patient. didn't you?" Andrea aimed the question at Jenner. He was silent as all eyes were on him.

"Vi, power down the main screen and work area" he called out and the computer did as it was told. Jenner then looked up as every single one of us and left, without another word. what a messed up day!

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