Hershel Greene's Youngest Daughter

Part 29: Not a Doctor

*Mackenzie's POV*

I was sitting in Beth and Daddy's cell; with Beth. Beth was brushing through my hair.

"Wow, Kenz your hair is getting long. Maybe Lori or Carol could cut it for you." She suggests. I just shrug.

As she was putting it up into a ponytail we heard shouting. I look fearfully at Beth, and she grabs my arm and rushed towards the door.

"Open the door! It's Hershel! Carl, come on!" We hear Rick yelling.

Carl opens the door, they come in the cell block. Carrying my father on a rolling table. I catch a glimpse of his leg...or where it used to be.

    "Daddy!" Beth says, letting go of my arm and running down the cell block over to them.

    "Go, go, go, go! In there!" Rick yells, as I'm stuck in my spot, not knowing what to do.

    "Turn it, turn it, turn it!" Glenn yells, They turn the table around and go in a cell. I start walking closer, letting go a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

    "Get him on the bed! He got bit." Rick orders.

    "Oh, my god, he's gonna turn!" Beth yells, making me stop briefly. Tears coming to my eyes. Then start slowly walking over again.

    When I get to the cell they had just gotten him onto the bed.

    "Oh, God!" I hear Lori exclaim. I peek around the cell door. And see my father with only one leg. Unconscious and bleeding profusely. Tears fall down my face silently.

    "Oh, I need bandages!" Carol stated as she looks at my fathers amputated leg.

    "We used everything we had!" Glenn says panicked. No one has noticed me standing there except Carl, he puts a hand on my shoulder.

    "Well, get more! Anything!"

    "Carl, go get the towels from the back, right next to my bed!" Lori orders Carl.

    Carl rushes away.

    "Is he gonna die?!" Beth asks, Crying. Making me let out a sob. Alerting everyone of my presence.

    "No, no, no, he's gonna be okay." Lori says looking at me and pulling Beth into a hug. I just stare at my dad tears falling still.

    "Glenn." Rick gets his attention, and then nods to me. Glenn comes over and picks me up, despite my protests. Not wanting to leave my dad without knowing he was okay. 

    He carries me to mine and Carl's cell.

    "Mackenzie, calm down." Glenn says to me as I try to push him away from me and out of my cell. Mad at him for taking me away from my dad when I wasn't sure if he was gonna survive. But, I calm down regardless.

    "Is my dad gonna die?" I ask a second time already hearing Beth ask Lori. I guess I wanted more reassurance.

    "I'm sure he will be okay. But, we don't think he'd want you to see him like that, or be in the way of the chaotic scene down there." Glenn nods. "I'm gonna go see if they need anything. You stay here and me or someone else will come and let you know what's going on. Okay?"

    I just nod and look down, as Glenn rushes away. I sit on my bed, and for the first time in a while I prayed. Praying for my father to be okay, for him to survive, also praying for the group to be okay. Soon I go to join Beth in her and dad's cell. We don't speak she just puts her arm around me and we sit in silence. Waiting to hear if our father survived.

*Maggie's POV*

    Rick, T-dog, and Daryl went off somewhere with the prisoners that we had found and brought back.

    Lori and Carol are tending to daddy. And making a plan on what we need to do. I get out of the cell they have him in, it all becoming too much.

    Me and Glenn hug.

    "It was stupid of us to let him go. We cleared this whole cell block, just the five of us." I say to him.

    "Could have happened to anyone." Glenn replies.

    "What are we gonna do without him?"

    As I say that Glenn releases me and looked in my eyes.

    "Hey, stop it. Alright, stop it. He's still here." He says trying to be optimistic. I shake my head, tears coming to my eyes.

    "What if he does wake up? Then what? I mean, he can't even walk... All we do is run." I worry.

    "Hey. This won't break him. He's got you, Beth, and Mackenzie."

    "Am I the only person living in reality here?"

    "We've been through so much already."

    "You're expecting it too."

    "I'm not expecting, alright? I'm just preparing. Why don't you go check on Beth and Kenzie? Go on, I'll watch him." Glenn tells me. I nod and walk off to my dad and Beth's cell. Finding both my baby sisters there. Only Beth is cutting our fathers pants. Mack is sitting on the bed watching her.

    "What you doing?" I ask her.

    "He's gonna have a hard time walking around with one side of his pants dragging on the ground. You know, he could trip or something." Beth replies.

    "There's a good chance he won't wake up." I say.

    Mackenzie looks down at her hands, possible about to cry. I feel a sting in my heart. Beth goes to kneel in front of her taking Mackenzie's hands into hers.

    "Why are you so eager to give up on him?" Beth asks me. I look at her shocked.

    "I'm not giving up on him." I say.

    "Sure sounds like it." Mack cuts in. I shake my head.

    "I don't want you to get both your hopes too high. We're not equipped to deal with something like this."

    "We have Carol."

    "She's not a doctor. Dad taught her a few things to help with the baby." I cut what Mackenzie waste gonna say short. Beth scoffs at me.

    "She stopped the bleeding." She shows me dad's pants she cut. "These will do just fine."

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Seems like Maggie's being a little pessimistic. Hope you like this chap. If you do please leave a vote.

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