Remember Me (Daryl Dixon)

Chapter Fifty: It's Time

"We're all trapped," the voice spoke as my heart began racing. I had assumed I was in here alone, so this was pretty shocking to me. I had no idea another human would be in this car with me.

"Who are you?" I asked as I tried to control my breathing. I watched as he slowly moved closer so I could see him in the light. He had long hair that was a mess, he was covered in dirt, and I could tell that he had been here for a long time. I swallowed loudly as he looked up at me.

"My name does not matter," he said with a small chuckle. "Names are just a thing given to us."

He continued peering at me as I began looking around, trying to find a way out of this. The room was completely dark aside from the light peeking through the door. He was right. We were trapped and there would be no way out of here.

"Do you know why they put you in here with me?" he asked as he ran his finger across the floor, bringing it back up to reveal dark dust on it.

I shook my head slowly as he looked back up at me. "Because they think I'll kill you."

My heart practically dropped to the floor as he spoke. They believed he would kill me, and honestly I did too. There was no doubt that this man would kill me if he wanted to. Just the way he spoke told me that he was borderline insane. He was one of the people that were made for how things are now.

"I wont," he spoke as he continued looking at me. "You can take that terrified look off of your face."

"We have to get out of here," I said frantically as I continued looking for a way to escape. There had to be a way. There was always a way.

"There isn't," he spoke, irritated with my words. "The only way out is when they come to take you away. And even then, you wont escape."

"Take me where?" I asked with slight fear in my voice. I could only imagine what his answer would be. There's no telling what these people were capable of.

"Take you to the tub," he began with a wicked grin. "They'll slit your throat, drain your blood in the tub, and make you their next meal."

"Are you saying they're cannibals?" I asked as anxiety began building up inside of me. There was no way. Gareth was always twisted, but not that twisted. Nobody could be that twisted.

"I'm saying you're gonna die no matter what you do."

I dug my nails into my palms as I sat on the floor defeated. This man was probably right. I would die no matter what I did. I leaned my head against the door and let out an aggravated sigh. In that moment, I only wondered what Daryl was doing.

~Daryl's p.o.v~

"Help!"

I listened to the screams of the woman in the car next to us and tried to drown them out. Maggie shot me a look as she put her hands on her ears, trying to drown the sounds out.

"I'll kill you!"

Something about the voice was rather familiar, but I tried not to linger on that. I had to try and find a way out of here. I had to find Beth...I had to find Elizabeth if she was even alive.

"Gareth!"

I groaned and kicked at the wall, longing for the woman to keep quiet. I could hardly think with how much she was screaming and banging. I could only hope that her throat would tire out eventually. After the last scream, she fell silent. I quietly thanked my lucky stars for that.

"Did you..."

I quickly snapped out of my own little world and turned my head towards Maggie who was now addressing me. She wanted to ask something, but she seemed hesitant towards the idea.

"Did you ever find Elizabeth?" she asked with sorrow in her voice.

I slowly shook my head at her question and looked back down at the floor.

"Has anybody seen Elizabeth since the prison?" Maggie asked as she looked around at everybody. Each and every one of them shook their heads at her question.

"Anybody who isn't here didn't make it," Sasha declared as she slowly moved her gaze to the floor. "They're the only ones who didn't meet up with us."

"I saw Elizabeth," Michonne admitted as she looked over at me. I quickly moved my gaze to her. "I saw her leave with a woman. I also saw them go into a cabin."

I awaited her to continue what she was saying. She paused slightly before she did so. "I went back and the cabin had been burned down. There were two bodies inside. I couldn't tell if they were walkers or not. I never saw her again after that."

I heard a small whimper escape Maggie's lips as she leaned against Glenn. I clenched my fist at Michonne's words. If she was right, one of those bodies was Elizabeth. If she was telling the truth, Elizabeth was dead. And if she was, I had to find her sister. I had to find whatever trace of her I had left.

Rick glared at me for a moment before looking back at the door as if it would open any minute. I glared out of one of the cracks in the door and nodded at the others. I would have to avoid thinking about Elizabeth in that moment. It was time to get out of here.

"We got four of them pricks coming our way," I declared as the others began standing up.

"Alright," Rick nodded as he moved towards us. "You know what to do. Go for their eyes first then their throats."

We all got in position, ready to take on whoever came through those doors. We were all ready to get out of this place.

"Get your backs to the wall at either ends of the cart," a man yelled through the door. "Now!"

I gave Rick a quick nod as we all began getting ready for a fight. That was until the top to the car opened. A small metal can fell in and I saw Abraham tense up.

"Move!"

I heard the girl scream again.