Save Me

76. Sacrifice

Molly and Carol decide to team up to take down Alpha, while Negan continues to serve her. Daryl shares an unlikely alliance with someone and finally comes face to face again with Beta.

After yesterday I don't think anyone one of us slept last night.

We all were still distraught and feeling hopeless with Connie and Magna trapped in that cave, possibly dead.

I walked around the compound all night, checking on Lydia every few hours to make sure she was okay.

I saw in the dark mist of the early morning that Daryl was heading out the front gate, along with Aaron and Gabriel.

I knew he would be going back to the cave which would possibly be overrun by walkers now but he loved Connie, even though he'd never say it aloud so I understood why he did it, I just wished I could go to.

But, even I knew that going down into a cave while pregnant wasn't the best idea...

I had to do something though, otherwise I'd go insane so I talked to the one person who'd actually support and let me go after that woman, it was Carol.

She was hesitant at first at the idea of me going but she knew better than anyone how much we'd lost because of the whisperers and knew she couldn't stop me.

So, we made a plan, we'd sneak out asap while Michonne and the others were training and see if we could get a clear shot from a distance so we could stay safe.

Once we'd gotten out of the compound and had been walking for a while, we knew we were close to the border.

'Molly, you should rest' Carol said with concern.

'I'm fine, I promise. C'mon we're not far now' I said as I walked on until we were close to the camp.

We hadn't heard from Daryl for hours so Carol was starting to worry, when we suddenly got a call from Aaron.

He said that Connie and Magna were alive and they'd gotten them out of the cave before it exploded but Daryl saw Beta and ran after him.

He hadn't heard anything else since and couldn't find Daryl.

Carol freaked out at this point and said that Aaron and Gabriel should take Connie and Magna back to Alexandria, while she went on to find Daryl.

'What about me?' I asked sternly as I panted out of breath.

'Molly, this was a bad idea. I need to find Daryl, I need to see if he's okay but I also need you to get back to Alexandria. Aaron and Gabriel will meet you down that path' she said pointing in the direction back home.

I frowned but sighed saying 'you're right, I thought I could do this but it's not right'.

She smiled weakly at my agreement and ran off after Daryl as I pretended to walk home.

Once she was out of sight, I snuck through the trees and headed to the whisperer camp, knowing that Carol was heading in the opposite direction to get to the cave.

I bashed in walker's heads with Lucille as I paced quietly through the woods, until I stopped dead behind a tree as I saw Negan standing beside the woman, like he was her right hand man.

What the hell?

I didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but I guess either way my prediction was right.

Her people weren't there, not even a couple whisperers, it was just them.

I frowned in confusion, this was either a trap or she believed she was safe?