Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter IV ➳ Smoke

• BRIE'S P.O.V. •

I don't know what exactly happened, but when I woke up and heard Daryl screaming, I knew that something was wrong.

I quickly got changed into some new clothes, slipped and tied on my boots, and headed outside to all the sudden commotion. Everyone was scattered and looking for something, so I walked up to Jesus and asked: "What's wrong? What's going on?"

He looked up at me and countered, "H-Have you seen Tess?"

"Tess?" I breathed out her name in question. "Not today, but I did last night before I went to bed. Why? What's wrong?"

"She's missing," he claimed and walked away, but I was hot on his trail and following him.

"Missing? How?" I demanded to know, as I tried my best to remember every little detail from our last night's conversation. "Honestly, Paul, how is that possible?"

In one swift motion, he spun around on his heels and placed his arms in the air. "I don't know, Brie! It just is! She's gone!"

I knew that he didn't mean to blow up on me, since he has always been such a subtle and calm person. He was just probably very sad and heartbroken that his twin sister was missing and he didn't have any clue where she was. She could be anywhere at this point, and this probably scared Paul half to death.

"Where is she?!" Daryl exclaimed, probably for the hundredth time this morning.

I noticed Tara, who was running towards Daryl with some papers in her right hand. "She's gone..."

"What happened?" Paul ran up to her and asked his own questions, while I followed his steps. Morgan ran up as well, along with Maggie and Rick.

Tara gulped and wagged the stack of papers in her hands. "I just found these," she tried to explain, through breaths from having to run over here in a hurry. "In our shared trailer. She wanted me to find these. She wanted us all to read them, too."

Without saying a word, Daryl snatched the papers from Tara's hands and flipped through them, reading a little of what was on each page. Damn, I thought to myself after seeing the three sheets of paper that was written on front and back. She had a lot to get off of her chest.

"Well?" Rick asked, looking to Daryl in question about what's on the sheets of paper. "Did she say where she was going?"

Daryl shook his head and spat out, "Of course not! She doesn't want to be found!"

I sent a glance over at Paul, who looked almost emotionless in hearing this new news, but I knew that there was something much more and deeper going on his head. He was looking out, like he was looking into space and she was waiting for him there.

"She gonna kill herself?" Maggie deadpanned, eyes trying to connect with Daryl, who held the papers in his hands. Her question made Paul look up with wide-eyes and gulped, placing a hand over his heart, almost like he was going to fall out dead right here and now.

"Don't know," Daryl replied, hurt by his own answer. "She said that she was really sad about Carl and everyone else dying."