The Third Dixon (Sequel- discontinued)

42

~Aaliyah's Pov~

I gave the plate to Lydia. "Um- where do i sleep?" She asked, "You can take my room." I said. "There's no guest room?" She asked. I shook my head. "No," i said. "Where you sleeping then.?" She asked looking at me. I shrugged, "I'll go to Michonne's, My brother's been a dick to me lately. You can keep him." I said sitting down. She ate from her plate. "Your food doesn't make me wanna gag." Jackson said. I looked at him and he ate. I tilted my head a bit and smiled. "Good.?" I asked. "Yeah." he said. The door opened an we looked over to see Daryl, he looked a all of us. I cleared my throat a bit and looked at Lydia. 

"Drinks are in the fridge. Help yourself." I said. Jackson stood up. "Let's go," i said, We walked out of the house. We walked down the steps. "When are you off.?" he asked. "Not sure, there's a lot of sick people." I said as we walked. "You wearing a mask.?" He asked. I smiled a bit, then looked at him. "You worried 'bout me?" i asked. He looked over to me, "I don't want you getting sick." He said. I shook my head a bit, "I'm not, but- we're being careful." i said. He nodded, "See you later then.?" He asked. "Maybe," I nodded. "Alright," he said and walked away from me, i went to help Siddiq and Dante.

~Later on that same day~

Dante and I just walked in, Daryl and Gabriel said something as going on with the Whisperer and i took it knowing that it might be too much for Siddiq. He took the one in the morning, just patching him up so i took this one. We walked in to see him sitting on the edge of the bed, talking to himself. Sort of Rocking himself back and forth. He looked up at us. He was bloody, guess they tried interrogating him. "Put your human hands on me Doc. I'm burning up here!" He said looking at us. Dante went to him and and laid him down.

"What's going on.?" Dante asked looking at the man. "How should i know?! Just make it stop!" He yelled in obvious pain. Dante scooted over for me and i checked his eyes. "His breathing's labored." Dante said. "Pupils are dilated." I said putting my hand on his face, he was really hot. I shook my head confused. "Infection?" I asked confused, "This doesn't make sense." Dante said. 

He started gagging and grabbing onto me. "Calm down-" I said pulling his arm away from me, He sat up and grabbed Dante's coat, throwing up on it. I furrowed my eyebrows seeing blood. He started screaming. I pulled him away from Dante and laid him down on the floor. "Daryl!- Daryl- there's a little red flask- it's clear. In the bag." i said over the man's screams, Dante and i held him down. "Get it- Get it." I said. Daryl ran to the bag and looked through it. 

The man started gagging. "Whoa- hey. Hey- Hey." i said putting my hand on his chest. I turned him on his side and he coughed up the blood but he started to calm down. "Liyah." Daryl said. He handed me the flask and i took it from him. But he stopped moving. The door opened and Daryl put a hand on my back, going to the door. I put my finger on the man's neck and felt no pulse. He was dead. I looked down at the bottle and tilted my head looking at the bottle confused. 

I looked at Dante and held up the bottle. "Did you give this to him." I said. "Yeah- for pain and inflammation." He said looking down at the man. "You killed him." I said. He looked up at me and scoffed. "How.?" He asked and looked at Gabriel then back at me. "It's Yaro." He said. I shook my head and tossed it to him. "Take a closer look." I said. He looked at it. "It's Hemlock." I said. He looked at Gabriel and Daryl. "I didn't know." He said. I kept looking at him. "I - I didn't know. I thought uh-" He said. 

"You thought what.?" i asked. "I didn't think Hemlock would be in the bag because Siddiq packed it." He said. I shook my head. "No I-" I cut myself off. I packed it with Siddiq. We're the only ones who handle the emergency bags. He and i were the ones who handled the plants and the ones we use for the patients. I looked away from him confused, i looked at the floor. We know what we're doing. I've never really liked Dante, he's always given me off vibes. And i felt uncomfortable around him. I pulled out my knife, stabbed the guy's head then stood up. I took the bottle from Dante and walked out of there. "What happened." Carol asked. 

"Ask Dante." i said not looking at her, she was with Lydia. I cleaned the knife on my jeans not really caring. We didn't pack that herb. I double check the bags when Siddiq was done. I put the knife away and went over to talk to Siddiq about what just happened. What if Dante messed with the herbs? In the distance, I saw Siddiq running and he jumped in the lake. My heart stopped. "oh- my god" i said running over. Once i was close enough, i tossed the flask on the grass and jumped in. 

I saw him just floating in the water, Not moving. I swam to him and wrapped my arms around him. He's been going through something for a while. He's not talking though, not even to me. So i didn't know how to help him. I swam up with him and he gasped as we reached the surface. I took him out of the water and looked at him, both of us catching our breath. "Siddiq." i said looking at him, He sat down on the steps. 

"Oh my god." I heard. I looked over to see Rosita coming to us. "What happened?!" She asked. "I don't know- he just jumped." I said looking at her. I wiped my face to get rid of the water drops falling. "Siddiq." She said putting her hands on his cheeks. I stood up and looked at them both. She looked up at me. I shook my head. "I don't know." i said softly and sniffled. I pushed some hair out of my face. "I got him- can you-" She said. I nodded. "Yeah." I said and backed away. I grabbed the bottle from the floor. "Make sure- this um- gets back with him." i said. She took the bottle then i walked away.