Incendiary: Carl Grimes Love Story

Chapter Thirty Eight: Coda

Maya's pov

" I'll go check it out."

I left Rick and Daryl's side walking up the stairs causiously hearing some heavy footsteps head my way.

" Sasha ?" I questioned only for Bob Lamson to come at me.

He glanced at me once before using his body to knock me off my feet and down the stairs. My back slammed against the bottom step while Lamson leaped over me running out the door past Daryl and Rick.

" Maya !" Daryl yelled running over to me." What hurts ?"

" My leg."

" Shh. I know it hurts, I know." He comforted, but I moved from his arms heading up the stairs.

" It does, but we need to find Sasha! She was watching Lamson !" I explained running up the stairs to the third level.

I caught a glimpse of Sasha on the ground and stopped running over seeing the blood coming from her head.

" Hey, you're okay. Just relax."

" Maya ?"

" We got you." Daryl said helping her up carefully.

We walked to the second level seeing Tyreese and Noah wanting Shepard and the third guy.

" What happened ?" Tyreese asked taking Sasha into his own arms.

" You're friend Lamson knocked her out." I spat turning to the group of cops sitting on the floor. They were shocked and look towards one another confused.

Daryl nodded." Then he pushed Maya down the stairs."

I grabbed a near by rag and dabbed at Sasha's wound seeing the cut had gone a bit deep." Are you okay ?" I asked seeing her smile.

" I should be asking you. You fell down the stairs."

" Yeah, ain't the first time." I said except my sentence had caused Daryl to tense next to me. I ignored the looks and looked at the wound again." It's a little cut."

" I think it's more then a little cut." She argued holding her head in pain.

" Daryl. Maya." Rick called over coming back into the building without Lamson.

" Where's Lamson ?"

" He wouldn't stop." Rick muttered knowing getting Beth and Carol back was going to be harder with only two hostages now.

" This change things ?"

" It has to. We want three and only giving her two." I said pressing the rag to my head.

" Maybe not." Daryl argued, but Rick and I knew better.

" She said the plan won't work. The guy who did is dead. Maybe we gotta rethink this."

" They also said the cop in charge didn't have any love for him. Maybe you did her a favor." Daryl said looking to me , but I just nodded meekly