There was a crashing sound, then a familiar moaning that rolled through the funeral home before Beth heard Daryl call out her name. It was walkers, with her heart pounding in her chest she grabbed his crossbow and tossed it to him without thinking. When their eyes seemed to meet and demands were made for her to run Beth did that but not without arguing towards the stubborn crossbow wielder that she wasn’t going to leave him. She couldn’t, not when a horde was on his back. But there was a part of her that didn’t want to put Daryl in more danger if she tried to help him. So she zig-zagged through the hallways and grabbed her bag of supplies to swing it over her back. Looking behind herself, Beth saw it was clear and made her way towards the exit.
The moment she stepped outside she saw to the side of her a walker creeping up, but instead of attacking it Beth made a quick dash towards the trees. There was no chance the walker would have caught up to her even if it saw her. She needed to focus on getting to the road to meet Daryl so both of them could find a safer place to rest their heads. Though before she was even able to do just that she came to a skidding stop when another sound reached her ears. In a squint of her eyes, Beth looked ahead where she saw a car driving on the road she was trying to reach. Her first assumption had been it was the people who left food at the funeral home that they were able to eat. But Beth knew better than to assume such things and reached for her knife attached to her hip and tightened her grip around the handle.
Just as she began approaching closer to the car that stopped on the side of the road, Beth checked over her shoulder again for good measure to make sure no walkers were close by. Knelling down to hide behind the bushes and trees surrounding her Beth watched as the men who got out of the car began to search the area while another came close to the bushes she was hiding in to relieve himself. In a quiet gag, Beth looked away and shifted on her feet to maneuver away. But as she did this the sound of branches breaking under her from her weight emitted a sound. It was enough to stop the man from unzipping his pants and reach for his weapon instead to begin his search.
Beth could have cursed at herself for alerting the man, but little did she see through the dark that there was a third man and he began circling around the bushes where Beth was hiding. Before she had time to react or move away her petite frame was holstered up and her back was pinned to a man's chest restraining her from escaping. But that didn’t stop Beth from struggling, or letting out a scream that undoubtedly would draw walkers towards her.
“Look what we got here boys.” The man spoke from behind Beth in a thick voice. “Whats a pretty thing like you doing out here all alone?”
“Screw you.” Beth hissed back while keeping a watchful eye for the walkers that might have crept up on them. Or even Daryl, who most likely should have made it to her by now… But he was nowhere in sight, just where was he? Did he get out of the funeral home in time?
In a low chuckle, the man’s grip over Beth tightened. Somewhere during the struggle, Beth dropped her knife so the man hadn’t seen it or heard it hit the ground. “Maybe you’re not alone? Tell us do you have a friend out here with you? I promise we’ll take good care—”
But Beth didn’t give the man a chance to finish as the heel of her boot came stomping down onto the man's foot. This gave Beth the chance to pull away from him when his grip loosened and reach down to pick up her knife. In that same motion, she turned to point her weapon at the man who came charging at her in frustration. The last thing Beth wanted to do was hurt another person, but they were giving her no choice but to defend herself by using her knife that plunged under the man’s jaw and stopping him in his tracks.
As warm thick blood spewed out of his mouth and onto her hands, Beth jerked the blade free. Her adrenaline was pumping, making it so her hands shook with a mixture of fear and shock. With wide blue eyes, she turned to the other two men when the first one fell to the ground to bleed out. “Stay back.” She demanded with a point to each of them. They too shared the same shocked look, but it was because of something else behind her. When she looked at to what they were staring at she saw a group of walkers slinking their way towards her. All she could do at that point was mutter. “Crap…” @ncbodysbitch
