Chapter 6

After her nap there is no Daryl around. She crawls out of her spot under the bed and looks down the perch.

She steps out when she sees noone else is there and looks over the railing. Walking down the stairs she finds Beth with Judith.

"Hey. You feeling better?" Beth asks kindly.

"Where is everyone?" She asks but mostly she only cares about Daryl.

"They went out to rescue Maggie and Glen." Carl answers before beth can. The girl startles at him appearing behind her so suddenly.

"Why? what happened?" She asks hasitantly.

"A woman came. Said she saw them get kidnapped by Merle." he explains further.

"Merle?" She asks in confusion.

"Daryls Brother. He was with us for some while. Got saperated." he clears. She swallows and noods. As she goes to turn around he stops her.

"Wait the woman was able to bring some of their Spoils. There was something for you also i guess." Carl says and goes over to the table where they usually dine. There is a backpack in the shape and colors of a Ladybug. He grabs it and gives it to her. She sits down and Carl does too. The girl opens the backpack and first she notices is something written on the inside.

"What does it say?" She asks Carl and he looks at her funny.

"You can't read it?" he asks, She shakes her head shyly. He chuckles and her face turns into he Snarl. "F**k you! I hate you!"

She screams and pushes him hard so that he falls back. She stands up and runs up to her cell. She crawls under her bed and and lies with her face to the wall.

Carol comes in and sees Carl on the floor with the backpack and Beth who has a shocked expression.

"What happened here?" She asks.

„The new girl said the f-word and pushed me!" Carl says with a frown and stands up.

"That's not nice." Carol says. "Why did she do that for ?" She asks and Carl shrugs.

"Carl laughed at her for not beeing able to read." Beth jumps in. He looks at the floor in shame when carol looks at him with a strict look.

„That isn't a nice thing to do either young man." She says. Carl takes the backpack and walks up the stairs. Carol follows him curiously. He walks to The cell of the girl and kneels down.

"I'm sorry for laughing..." he says but gets no reaction. "It's a name." he ads. "The writing...Samantha. That's who the bag belonged to." Carl says sadly. The girl looks up to the cells door where carl is.

"Is that a girl?" She asks and Carl answers with Yes. The girl crawls out of her spot and shuffels to Carl on her knees. She takes the backpack and drives her finger over the name.

"How old was she?" The girls asks and Carl shrugs looking at Carol who watches them with a small smile.

"Why don't we call you that from now on? I'm sure it would suit you." Carol says and kneels next to the kids. The girl looks at her and at Carl before looking at the bag again.

"And since it's yours now... it only makes it conviniant that it is written on it." She ads. The girl mouths the name, testing it in her tongue.

"We could Call you sam!" Carl says excited for having found her a nickname.

"I like it." The girl says and smiles. She rummages through the bag and finds clothing in it. Some blue sweats, a grey shirt, a white one with red details, a blue red white striped tanktop and two Flanell shirts.

"This is all mine?" She asks skeptically.

"Yess!" Carl says eagerly. The girl takes it and puts it under her bed next to her board.

They go to eat and carol decides to braid Samanthas hair. She hasitates first but Beth tells her that it would look very nice. So she allows it. Hershel checks her over again and asks her if she takes her meds like a 'good kid' and she nods lightly.

Nighttime arrives again and Carol tells the kids to go to sleep. Carl nods and walks to his and Ricks cell. Sam stays in her Spot at the table.

"They aren't back yet." She frowns.

"Sweetie. Im sure they're fine. They will surely be back by morning." Carol tries to ease her concern.

She still stays at her spot and Carol walks to her. "He is very tough I'm sure he's fine." She says with smile and sam looks at her with wide eyes.

Carol knows perfectly well who the girl is concerned about. She looks at Daryl like a puppy looks at it's owner. After a while she walks to her cell and clutches the blanket around herself. She falls asleep after few hours and only knows she did when she wakes up the next morning.

She looks downstairs and sees Maggie hugging Beth. They both are crying. Hershel is giving Glen a pat on the shoulder with a grateful yet sad smile. Samantha goes downstairs and looks around. There is a new person in the corner, holding her side while leaning against the door. It's a black woman with a sword next to her.

"Someone's got to tell her." she hears Glen say and all eyes are on her. Rick takes a step towards her and kneels down.

"Kid. I need to tell you something. Daryl...he decided that he will no longer stay with us." he says carefully.

"But his stuff is still here. I ... don't understand." She says frowning.

"It was not planed. See, he found his brother. And his brother is not Someone we can easily except."

"Thats not fair! He made me stay! And now he left." she yells and runs up to her cell and sits down, leaning against her bed. Hours go by but she couldn't tell how manny.

"Hey." Carls voice pulls her out of her trance.

"Thought you'd be hungry." he says and lifts the plate up a bit to get her attention to it. He walks in and sits down cross legged in front of her.

"Thanks." She says and slides the plate, that Carl has put in front of her, to the side.

Carl goes to say something but there are screams heard and gunfire. The kids look at each other and stand up. Sam slides on her knees to her bed and reaches under it for her gun. They run down and on the way Carl snatches up a big gun for himself. They run to the door and open it to see all the commotion. Walkers are pouring out of a van in the middle of the field. Hershel gets into the car that Glen drives, at the other end of the field.

"Dad!" Carl yells in horror as he sees his dad pressed against the fence by two walkers.

He goes to run but Sam holds him by the sleeve. Just then, an arrow pierces the Walker through the head and Daryl breaks out of the bushes. A big smile spreads over Sams face and then falls again.

That man behind Daryl. She knows him. It's the man her father became friends with on the road.

"Merle..." She breathes. They rush in and so do Carl and Sam.

"Daaad!" he calls and hugs Rick around the neck. Sam rushes up the stairs and into her cell.

'Merle is here. Merle is Daryls brother Merle.' She thinks as she paces the cell.

"Hey kid..." her head snaps to Daryl who is standings outside her cell.

"I see you're up and better." he ads and she frowns at him.

"What do you care?! You left!" She snarls.

"Thats not how it was." Daryl tries.

"Whatever!" She says and walks out of her cell and shoves past Daryl.