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A woman's worth.	By : SpikesSlayer08 Category: S through Z > The Walking Dead Views: 4517 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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a big thanks to my beta Jaded79. Hope you all enjoy and let me know your thoughts.
Chapter 21
Making you pay.
They drove for little over an hour but when she felt the trucks come to a stop, she stayed quiet and still. She could hear them talking about what shops to hit first and when they finally moved away, she uncovered herself grabbing her weapons and moving fast not wanting to be seen.
Sophia heard them all talking and within minutes of them moving away to get supplies she peeked out from under the tarp and saw her mother slip out of the truck and run across town. Jumping from under her own cover, she grabbed her bow, making sure her gun and knife were still at her side and she took off in the direction her mum went.
Back at the prison, the rest of the group was going mad trying to find Carol and Sophia, where could they have gone? Andrea had been walking the wall so they couldn’t have gone out into the woods without being seen.
“Maybe Carol decided she had enough and just took off,” Lori suggested.
“No, look if she was going to take off to finish what she started, she wouldn’t take Sophia, she would have left her here with the group where she was safe,” Andrea piped up.
“What do we do?” Beth asked. “Should we go out and look for them?”
“No,” Andrea replied shaking her head. “We wouldn’t even know where to start looking, we wait and see if they come back and if not Daryl will know where to look when he gets back, he knows them best.” They all nodded in agreement hoping the two would be alright.
Carol moved across the small town, only running into one walker so far. She was looking for a car. She would wait in town until the night to see if Ed showed up, if not, she would get a car and head out; she wouldn’t stop till she found him. She looked into a small car seeing the keys still in it and a half a tank of gas. She was just about to see what else was inside when someone grabbed her from behind, one hand around her neck as the other knocked the gun from her hand.
“Hello wife,” Ed sneered in her ear sending shivers down her spine. “I’ve been waiting for you.”
Sophia had lost sight of her mum but thanks to Daryl’s lessons she quickly picked up her tracks. Moving across the small town, she heard her mother’s strangled gasps. Rounding the building, she saw Ed trying to shove Carol into a small car. Sophia stepped in front of them raising her bow.
“Let her go,” she ordered him; he looked up smiling at her.
“My little Sophia, oh I have missed you.”
“I said let her go.” Carol was stunned to see Sophia there and she could feel her heart pounding in her ears. Sophia must have followed her, she felt guilt flood through her, she had done this. She had put her little girl in the middle of her war.
“Now come on, Sophia you know better than to talk to me like that, get in the car, we’re going to be a family again.”
“We were never a family,” Sophia replied coldly. “You are a monster and we were your prisoners but that’s over now, we’re not scared of you anymore.” Her little voice was strong and calm.
“Sophia, get out of here,” Carol yelled to her causing Ed to tighten his hold around her neck almost causing her to choke.
“Shut up!” he hissed at her.
“I know what you did to my mother, the horrible things you and that man did, I won’t let you get away with it, you’re going to pay.” Carol felt her heart break as tears burned her eyes, she looked at Sophia questioningly – how had she found out? “I’m sorry mamma I heard you and daddy talking about it.”
“I’m your father,” he snapped.
“No you’re not,” she snapped back at him. “My father’s name is Daryl Dixon and he is a good man, an honourable man, who has never and will never hurt us like you did,” she yelled at him.
“Little bitch!” he hissed raising a knife from his side. She knew what he was about to do; moving fast she lined up the shot just like Daryl had taught her and fired. The arrow whizzed past Carol’s face and hit Ed straight through his hand pinning it to the car, he screamed out in pain as the knife slipped from his hand.
Carol moved over to Sophia. She couldn’t believe it, she knew her little girl was a good shot but that was maybe even better than Daryl. Sophia still had the bow trained on Ed, reloading as her mum stood beside her she fired again causing Carol to flinch slightly in surprise. Both Ed’s hands were now pinned to the car as he whimpered in pain.
“Are you alright mamma?” Sophia asked turning to face Carol, sliding the bow onto her back.
“I’m fine thanks to you,” Carol sighed. She felt so much guilt right now; she also felt stupid the way she had been going on lately, the things she had said and done all driven by hate and anger, in all of it she forgot what was most important.
Her little Sophia.
“I’m so sorry Sophia, for everything… I was so angry that I let it cloud my judgement; I never should have come out here and I never wanted you to find out what happened to me that day.”
“It’s okay mamma, I’ll keep you safe.” Carol couldn’t stop the sob that tore through her throat as she hugged her little girl before stepping back.
“No, from now on I’ll keep you safe.”
“We’ll keep each other safe.” Carol smiled at her little girl, she was growing up so fast and she was becoming a powerful woman. She watched as Sophia grabbed out her gun and headed towards Ed.
“Sophia no,” Carol caught up with her as she stopped right in front of Ed. “Let’s just go.”
“It won’t stop here, he will come after us again and I won’t let him hurt you anymore,” she said turning to look at Ed. Carol was glad when she saw Sophia lower her gun and instead start talking to Ed. “Do you remember my 10^th birthday party? You were off on some bullshit fishing trip which we knew meant your latest fling but we didn’t care cause that meant we didn’t have to put up with you and your crap,” she hissed before continuing. “But you came home early and saw mamma and me dancing together, you flipped out and I could smell the booze on your breath,” Sophia wanted to cry at the memory but instead she looked at him with hate in her eyes.
“You hit her and told her she was a no good whore, she told me to go to my room and stay there but I didn’t. I hid in the hallway and watched as you beat her and then you reminded her of your no dancing rule… I still remember your words kneecaps; well it’s no fun dancing without those and you broke both her knees with a baseball bat… that was the moment I truly hated you,” Sophia snarled and before Carol could even react Sophia raised her gun and shot Ed once in each knee cap. He wailed in agony and Carol gasped in shock, her hand flying to her mouth. Carol was about to say something when she heard the first lot of moans.
“We have to go,” Carol said grabbing Sophia’s arm.
“No please, you can’t leave me here,” Ed begged, Carol didn’t know what to do.
“Go to hell where you belong,” Sophia snapped at him grabbing her mother’s hand and turning to run, seeing Daryl and Rick running towards them.
“What the hell are you two doing here?” Daryl asked them, that was when he noticed Ed. “Son of a bitch!” he hissed about to move over to the man when he saw the first group of walkers.
“We got walkers,” Rick yelled.
“Come on,” Daryl said picking up Sophia and grabbing Carol’s hand and running. He turned his head slightly when he heard Ed’s painful screams, seeing at least twenty walkers tearing into him and he couldn’t help but feel glad that Ed Peletier was no more.
The trip home had been made in silence. Once they arrived back at the prison, everyone had been overjoyed to see them both safe and alive. Once both Carol and Sophia were cleared by Hershel, Carol had helped make dinner. Once Sophia was fed and bathed, Carol had taken Sophia to bed.
They had talked about Ed and what happened that day and while Sophia was glad Ed was gone, it was clear her actions were getting to her a bit. As Carol explained, it was because she was a good person and no truly good person could walk away from something like that without it leaving scars on them. Sophia had smiled hugged her mum and told her she loved her and promised to talk to her if she ever needed to.
Now Carol stood in the dance room, the glass and blood had been cleaned up but the mirrors that had been broken during her outburst were still broken. She couldn’t help but feel guilty for the mess, and regretful; she was just glad that a lot of them were still in perfect condition.
“I was looking for you,” she heard him say as he came into the room. “I noticed Sophia was asleep in her own bed.” Carol nodded not turning to face him.
“Yeah…. I made such a mess of things, I let my anger and hate consume me,” she sighed angrily. “I let them win,”
“You were going through something, it’s understandable.”
“But it was unacceptable,” she whispered turning to face him. “I didn’t just let it affect me but I let it affect you, Sophia… I let it destroy our family,” she whispered her eyes glassing over.
“Not destroyed, ain’t nothing been done that can’t be fixed,” he replied cupping her cheek.
“I went out there today, I hid in the back of that truck and she saw me and did the same… I went out there with death in my heart and I turned my little girl into a killer,” she cried. He moved forward wrapping his arms around her.
“Hey, you didn’t turn Sophia into anything, she wanted to protect her mum and there ain’t nothing wrong or bad about that,” he whispered into her hair before stepping back both hands holding her face. “Sophia didn’t kill Ed, the walkers did and she went out there to keep you safe, to keep this family safe, you should be proud of her.” She nodded knowing he was right, tears ran down her cheeks as he wiped them away with his thumbs.
“I am proud of her, you should have seen her today… she wasn’t afraid, not of him, hell not even of the walkers that were coming, she stood up to him and when she fired that bow he had hold of me and her aim was perfect, she even put you to shame.”
“I taught the girl well,” he smiled. “She’s a natural on the bow just like her dad.” She smiled at this and he could see something in her eye.
“What?” he asked curious.
“Today she called you dad in front of Ed and when he yelled that he was her father she went back at him and said very proudly that her father’s name was Daryl Dixon and he was a good, honourable man he would never dream of hurting her or her mamma.” He smirked at this, pride beaming through him.
“Well she was right about that.”
“I’m so sorry for everything and I promise to do better,” she whispered pulling a bottle of tablets from her pocket. He felt fear at first, thinking she had come here to try and kill herself again but then he noticed it was one of the many bottles of anti-depressants him and Rick had picked up today. He let her step out of his grasp. Opening the bottle, she popped one tablet into her mouth, picking up a bottle of water that sat on the nearby table and swallowing it down.
“You have no idea how happy I am to hear that.” She nodded putting the bottle back into her pocket.
“I just hope one day you can forgive me,” she whispered looking down; he slipped his finger under her chin forcing her to look at him.
“Ain’t nothing to forgive woman.” She nodded more tears slipping from her eyes.
“Then maybe we could forget that crap I said about breaking up the other day?” she asked, her voice and eyes pleading, he smiled nodding.
“Breaking up? I don’t remember that.” She smiled before stepping forward and pressing her lips to his softly. Moving to deepen it, he was surprised but glad when she didn’t tense or move away, their kiss was soft but passionate and she couldn’t help the moan that escaped her throat at the feel of his tongue brushing across hers. They finally parted when breathing became an issue, leaning their foreheads together they panted trying to get their breathing under control.
“Maybe Lori and Rick can watch Sophia tomorrow night,” Carol suggested. He looked into her eyes wanting to scream yes, it had been so long since they had been together that way but he needed to make sure she was certain.
“Are you sure? I don’t want you thinking you have anything to prove because I can wait.”
“Well I’m glad you can but I can’t,” she smiled. “I’m not rushing, I just want you in every way,” she breathed and he felt himself going rock hard.
“Damn I wish it was tomorrow night already.” She laughed out loud at his words and he pulled her flush against him. “I love you woman, I never stopped.”
“I love you too,” she replied smiling sweetly at him, he kissed her one last time.
“Come on let’s get some sleep.” She nodded agreeing as they left the dance room and headed for bed. Carol knew what happened that day would always be with her but she refused to let it consume and control her any longer. No, she was going to move on, she was going to get better and live her life; she wouldn’t let them win any longer.
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A woman's worth.