Jessamine Dixon lives in the apocalypse

The Obliged

Just about everybody was gone from the camp and it was just a few at this point. Maggie was on her way to do something that I wish I could.

I at least want to be there to see it.

I stood above Daryl and watched Rick and Eugene talk. I was cutting an apple in my hand and I felt something dig into my thumb.

I kept cutting and I was about to put the apple in my mouth when I saw it was covered in blood. It fell out of my hand and the apple hit the ground along with the slice.

"You okay?" Daryl asked and turned towards me. I put my hand up and looked at the cut. It went from the top of my thumb to the middle bottom of my palm, tracing the bottom left corner of my hand.

I stepped backwards and Daryl was already walking towards me. He was one hand on my elbow and the other on my shoulder.

"I should be there. I need to be there." I said.

"You need to get that checked out." Daryl said and I shook my head.

"Maggie's probably on her way." I said.

"Your gonna tell me what's wrong right after you get stitched up." Daryl said. The blood was covering my whole hand and going down my arm.

"Come on." Daryl said and pulled me towards him. He had his right arm around my shoulder and his left helping keep my arm up.

Daryl's arms were covered in my blood and I stopped moving.

"Jess, come on." Daryl said and something felt off.

"Don't." I whispered and stepped away.

"Hey, what's going on?" Daryl asked and I put my hands on my head. 

I quietly screamed and pulled my left hand down. I stepped back again and Daryl was trying to keep me going forward.

"Jess, look at me. Look at me." He said and I kept looking around. I tightly closed me eyes and put my head on his shoulder.

"Hey, your okay." He said and put his hand on the back of my neck.

"Let's get you to the infirmary." He said and I looked at the blood dripping on the ground.

"I can take myself." I told him.

"Would you stop scaring me and just let me help you?" Daryl whispered.

"Alexandria Relay One, this is Rick Grimes. Come in, please." Rick said over the radio and I grabbed it out of my belt with my right hand.

"Go for AR One." Somebody said over the radio. It was supposed to be Tara, but I wasn't sure.

"AR One, I need you to get an urgent message to Alexandria--If Maggie Rhee shows up, delay her at the gate and alert Michonne right away.
Do not--repeat--do not let her in without an escort. Over." Rick said over the radio.

"Copy that, Rick. Will relay your message now. Over." She said.

"And, Maggie, if you're listening...let's talk." Rick said and I saw Daryl walk past the tent.

"What's that about?" Enid asked.

"How fast can you go?" I asked and Enid looked at me worried.

"It's nothing, I'm sure. Just as fast as you can." I told her and Enid was almost to the bottom of my palm.

"Jess, I'm takin Rick!" Daryl called out and I looked out the door.

"Shit." I whispered.

"Jess, what's going on?" Enid asked.

"Just keep going." I told her and she stopped.

"I'm not going to keep going until I get an answer I believe." Enid told me and I sighed.

"I don't know, now that Rick has an alert out." I told her and she looked at me.

"She's going after Negan, isn't she?" Enid asked and went back to sewing.

"Stay in here. Continuing packing, do not leave this tent." I told Enid as she finished wrapping my hand.

I stepped out of the tent and saw the Jed with a gun in his hand, the other Saviors were there too.

I grabbed my pistol from where Daryl had been sitting and walked over next to Carol.

"That's right. Listen to that woman. Drop your guns. Party's over." Jed said but then he stepped towards us and we stepped back.

"See, uh, I took the scenic route, but I figured it out." He said and kept stepping towards us.

"Oceanside's killing us. So now, being that it's war, they're gonna get what's comin to em." Jed said and I stepped towards the tree.

They were watching me and I put my arm around and pulled out the machine gun and stepped back to Carol. Jed was inches from us and I wasn't having it.

"Stop it, Jed. You're gonna get everybody killed." Carol told him and she was right.

"Excuse me, Carol. You ain't boss lady no more. You're a weak little woman who got in a lucky shot. And now...listen to what I say." He said and cocked the gun.

"Jed, you won't even get a shot at her before I kill you and your people." I told him and he waved the gun at me and then put it back on Carol.

"Now, step aside." He said and Carol hesitantly put her gun down.

Carol stepped away from me and Jed stepped towards her. Jed grabbed the keys from Carol's belt and now I was ready to pull the trigger.

As soon as he stepped away Carol kicked him in the calf and punched him across the face.

"No!" Carol yelled as more of them came and our people pointed the guns at them. Before anything else happened everybody was shooting and I almost threw the gun down.

"The herds!" I screamed as everybody was screaming and running.