After not too long, I hear the door open. I don't budge though. I hear the person run to my body, but I just keep my eyes closed. I hear a loud explosion and that's what makes me open my eyes and look at the person undoing my chains. Merle.

"How could you?" I cry out. I would probably start crying again, but I've already cried all my tears away. He just shakes his head angrily as he finishes my legs. He goes to my hands and I can't help but let my emotions get the best of me. "Merle." I cry out, fear taking over once again. What if Merle does the same thing? I shake the thought. Merle wouldn't do that.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't want to." Once he finishes, I just pull myself into a ball. "Come on." I shake my head.

"You go." I feel him pull me up, but it just causes me to flinch. He stands up and reaches his hands out to me. I accept and he helps pull my pants up. I look down at my exposed chest and notice my bra is still on. "I-I-I-" Merle cuts me off by giving me the shirt off his back. Literally. I just nod in thanks.

"Here, I got all of yer weapons while you were.." He trails off but I know what he was taking about. I just nod and attach my weapons in their rightful places. "I'm going to make this up to ye, I promise." I just shake my head.

"Let's go. We need to get Glenn and Maggie." He shakes his head.

"No, ye need to go. Yer groups here, they found them." I nod. Just then, Rick bursts through the door.

"Madison." He breathes out. I give him a fake smile and he motions me out. Once I'm beside him, he pulls me in for a hug. I quickly push him off of me. He looks at me with questioning eyes but I just shake my head as I lower my eyes to the ground. Without another second, we're off.

"Madison!" I see Glenn in the distance and it brings a small smile to my face. I turn around and notice Merle isn't behind me. I stop and look around, seeing fog and darkness. From the distance, I see a lit up arena. I look back at the group and don't see Daryl.

"Where is he?" I ask Rick. He looks around and shakes his head. I turn to go after him but I feel Rick grab my arm. I stiffen at his touch and I know he notices. "I need to, Rick."

"Okay, I'm right behind you." I nod and take off.

"Madison!" I turn around at the familiar voice and see Martinez. He quickly throws a bag over my head and I feel myself give in, scared from my first attacker. It's the apocalypse, move. Shit happens, move.  Come on solider! Just move. Finally, I feel him move me forward. This gives me a better ear shot of what Phillip is saying, though I still tune him out for a bit.

"Brother on brother. Fight. To the death!" There's a pause. "Oh what's this? We're adding another traitor to the mix! What a lovely lady." Then the bags pulled from my head. I look around and see Daryl and Merle both with men holding them back.

Daryl furrows his eyebrows at me and moves his head up. He's telling me to break free since I only have one guy on me and I could easily take him. I just lower my head. Once I feel Martinez let go of me, he shoves me to the ground. I stand up and look at the citizens as they roar who should die. I look at Daryl, then to Merle, then to Phillip. That's when I freeze. I can't do this but I need to. Move. It takes everything in me to look away, that's when I notice both boys on the ground, throwing punches. I look away from them and back to the crowd.

"Is this really what you want?" The roaring dies down and I make it my mission to keep my gaze from Phillip and Martinez. "These men just found each other today and now they have to fight. They're brothers!" I look around and see that no one cares.

"Fight!" One person yells.

"What about your leader?" I look back at Phillip and freeze again. He sends me that same smirk, making me want to puke. I take a step back from him and feel something touch my shoulder. I jump at the touch but don't move, scared to get hurt again.

"You better my quiet." Martinez whispers into my ear. That breaks my contact from Phillip.

"Your ruler is a rapist and so is his right hand man!" Martinez grabs the back of my hair and pulls it hard, making me hit the ground. "Is that who you want to run your town? Watch your children? Care for you?" My words stop as Martinez through a punch to my face, then to my stomach. I try to push him off me, but the weight on my mind is far too much. What if he does it again? Then I feel his weight off of me. That's when I remember I have my weapons. As I pull my gun out, smoke fills the arena.

"Come on!" I hear Rick yell. I feel a hand grab me and I point my gun at them, only to find Daryl.

His face is beat up but he holds a look far more pained than his body shows. I just drop my head, ashamed of what happened. We run anyway, following Rick back to the woods. Once we make way through the woods, I spot a road. I see our vehicles there. An angry Glenn storms out of the car with a worried Maggie behind him. I look up and notice it's day now. How long was I there?

"No! He's not coming!" Maggie holds him back before he can get to Merle. Merle cowers into a tree.

"Wait! Let's talk this out!" She exclaims.

"What's there to talk about?"

"You need-" A woman with a sword speaks up.

"What we need is him gone." He takes a breath before looking back at Rick. "Look what he did to me!" He motions to his face, then points to Maggie. "His buddy back there made Maggie take off her shirt and her bra for him." He then motions to me, but I cower back a bit, scared of the reactions I'll get.

"Glenn-" He just cuts me off.

"His buddy and his buddy's friend also raped Madison back there. We were in the next room over, we could hear everything. There's no discussion!" He exclaims. I jump at the words, fearful they'll turn into more than just words. I feel a protective arm wrap around my shoulders, but it just makes me stiffen and move from their grip. My eyes don't leave the ground as they argue. All of the fighting starts to get to be too much and I start to feel dizzy. The adrenaline is running out. My head starts to spin at all the words. I hear a punch and someone falls to the ground. I turn and see it was Daryl who punched Merle. This doesn't stop the yelling.

"Listen." I say, keeping my eyes on the ground. "Listen!" I yell, looking into the eyes of the people I've grown to love. They all look at me with a sad look on their eyes. It makes me feel sick for how their all looking at me. "First off, stop looking at me like I'm this fragile thing and that I'll break if someone touches me." The truth is, I would probably break if those men touched me again. They all try to cover up the sorrow they feel for me.

"You've just been through so much." Maggie says. I turn to her, an angry look in my eyes. I see her cower back a bit.

"You gave up back there. All he did was take off a few articles of clothing and you broke." I suck in a deep breath to help steady me. I feel a hand touch my back, making me go stiff. I know it's not them but it could be. "I got raped twice and I still didn't break." That's when it starts to hit me again. "Why did you break?" My voice cracks and I'm spun around and brought into a big hug by Daryl. I squeeze him back, but I don't let any tears fall. This will not break me.

"It's okay." He whispers in my ear soothingly. I then break the hug, take a deep breath, and look at the group again. A few still have pitiful eyes, some are trying to make them normal, but quite a few look beyond angry.

"I know he beat the shit out of Glenn and he knew what was going on in my room, so I feel I have more say over what Glenn is saying." I look to Merle and see he still has that pained look.

"Ye knew what was going in that room?" Daryl yells at Merle.

"And you didn't do anything?" Rick yells as well.

"Let me finish!" I yell, causing both boys to take a step back. "It was different there. He had to do what he did, there was no other way." The group gives me a questioning look. "If he would have tried to help me, they would have killed him." I look around and my eyes stop at Merle. "He saved me in the end and I know he felt sorry for not doing something in the beginning. He just wanted to see his brother." Merle then stands up and goes to give me a hug, where I accept, still slightly stiff.

"Those are nice words but he's not coming back." Glenn says sternly.

"He didn't do anything he didn't have to." I say back. I start feeling dizzy again, so I hold myself up against a tree. I hear a walker coming from behind and I look at Daryl, but he's already looking at me with a concerned look. I motion my head back and he sees the walker. He kills it and drops a knee to me.

"What's wrong?" I just shake my head and look back to the group. I guess Daryl's had enough because he stands up and looks at Glenn, anger covering his face.

"He is my bother. If he goes, I go." I look at Daryl in shock. I know it's his brother, but he'd leave us just like that?

"Your family, Daryl, he's not mine. My blood, my family is sitting here and waiting for us back at the prison." Glenn says.

"He's one of us, he always has been." I finally muster up. Glenn just shakes his head.

"How can you say that after what he did?" Maggie asks. I go to speak, but my eyes decide they want to shut instead. I quickly open them, trying to look around again.

"He can't stay." Rick finally says. I feel a pain in my chest. Daryl can't go. I won't know what to tell Belle. "I'm sorry, Daryl, it's just too dangerous." Daryl just scoffs before the two start walking off. That's it? No goodbye?

"Daryl!" My brother yells, but he just keeps walking.

"Go." I say as I start to walk after them.

"Where are you going?"

"I'll be right back!" I yell over my shoulder. Once I catch up to the boys, I feel my breath finally come back. "Daryl, I-" He cuts me off by placing a passionate kiss to my lips. I try with everything in me to kiss him back, but I can't. I carefully push him off of me and put my forehead to his. "I'm sorry, I can't." I whisper. He nods as he pulls his head from mine. "Come back, please." I beg.

"What about Merle? He's my brother, I can't just leave him out here to die." He motions to his brother a few feet from us. I shake my head.

"I'm so sorry you have to make this choice." I go to take a step, but I'm too weak to even move. "I'd hate to be here, but I would probably make the same choice you did." He nods.

"Then ye can't be mad." I feel a single tear slip from my face. Before I can do anything about it, Daryl places his thumb on my cheek and slowly wipes my tear away.

"What about Belle?" I cry out. "What do I tell her?" He looks down in sadness before he turns back to his brother.

"Ye ready?" He nods and they start walking away.

"Daryl!" I cry, but he just keeps going without looking back. I choke the tears back until I feel something touch my shoulder. I just want to give up, but I know I can't. For Isabelle. I turn around, but I'm too late. It's Phillip. I let out a loud scream before all I see is black once more.