Save Me

79. For Me

Molly, Negan and Daryl all go out to look for Lydia when they encounter a dangerous threat which affects the safety of the whole family.

That journey felt like the longest ever.

Each step we took felt like we weren't any closer to reaching Lydia.

We didn't even know whether she would be at the bridge but I just held onto hope a tightly as I could because there was no way in hell that I would leave her out there.

When we reached the border, I angrily took out the pikes that lined it.

The barbarity of the whisperers would never been repeated but unfortunately we would never be able to forget either, pikes or no pikes.

That was where Aaron and Carol had seen Lydia and they told us the direction she had headed in since, so we followed it until we got to the road.

I recognised it instantly and I knew that the bridge wasn't far from here.

'Guys! this way!' I said to Negan and Daryl as I saw an abandoned car in the distance.

We all automatically put up our weapons, just in case of people or walkers in or around the car.

Negan asked me to stay back and wait while he and Daryl checked it out.

I reluctantly agreed and watched them cautiously as they moved around the vehicle.

Daryl wiped away dust on the back window and shook his head to signal there was nothing in there.

Negan moved around and stopped when he crouched by the back tires.

'Molly' he shouted as he ushered me over.

'What is it?' I asked worriedly as he stood up slowly and turned around as he held out a silver locket in his fingers.

My heart dropped as I took it in my hands and saw the engraving: T.C.

'It's Lydia's' I said sadly as I looked down and put it in my pocket.

Daryl patted my shoulder and said 'it could've fallen off, doesn't mean she's dead'.

Negan nodded.

'We'll find her Moll' he said smiling weakly as he wrapped an arm around me.

I nodded a silent 'mhm' as we kept walking.

She could still be at the bridge or somewhere near it, I thought to myself.

Hope was all I had at the moment and I couldn't lose it or it would break me.

It wasn't much later until we reached the bridge.

I paced as fast as I could in my condition and checked the bridge frantically.

There was no sign of her at all.

I wanted to scream in pain as I gripped my hair in frustration.

'What if something happened to her? I was sure this was it! This was the place!' I yelled as I started to tear up.

'Kid!' Negan yelled as he searched down the bank.

Daryl went in the opposite direction and yelled 'Lydia!'.

I paced around on the bridge as tears rolled down my face.

'I can't lose her' I said to Negan as he came back up to the bridge.

He ran over and hugged me as he stroked my hair.

'I know, I know' he said soothingly.

'I can't lose anyone else, I just can't' I cried into his chest as he kissed my head and turned to Daryl almost pleadingly.