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Jenner decided to take us to show us where we were going to be sleeping for the night.

"Most of the facility is powered down. Including housing, so you'll have to make do here. There's not very many rooms so you might have to double up. The couches are comfortable, but there are cots in storage if you like. There's a rec room down the hall that you kids might enjoy. Just don't plug in the video games, okay? Or anything that draws power. The same applies. If you shower, go easy on the hot water." T-dog and Glenn were the first ones to say anything.

"Hot water?"

"That's what the man said." And off the two went. Everyone quickly rushed off to find their rooms. I stayed back and let everyone find their rooms first. There was one room left at the very end of the hall. I figured everyone had already found a room and roommate and that I was all alone. Which was fine by me. I didn't really want to share a room anyway.

I sat my bag down on the bed and pulled off all my weapons and placed them next to the bed against the nightstand. I was pulling off my boots when I heard a knock on the doorframe.

"Hey, little bird." I looked up to see Daryl standing there with his bag slung on his shoulder and a bottle of Jack and whatever he was drinking in his hand.

"Hey, redneck." I said leaning back on the bed.

"Can I bunk with you? All the other rooms are taken and I don't want to bunk with Andrea. She's crazy." I laughed and Shane walked in pushing Daryl to the side.

"Sorry, Dixon. I'm sleeping with her. Try it with Carol." I rolled my eyes.

"No, you're not Shane. Get out. Daryl and I already picked out this room. He just went to get his bag and my booze. So get the fuck out." I said standing up and getting in his face.

"Whatever, you're not even hot enough for this. With all those scars. Makes me sick." Shane said leaving.

"Have fun with her, Dixon." He said passing by Daryl. I knew Shane was drunk and maybe he didn't mean what he said but, I knew better than that.

"Raven?" Daryl said again, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"I'm fine, Dixon." I said just now noticing his hands were on my shoulder.

"He didn't mean that. You know?" I shook my head and pulled away from him.

"No, he did. A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts. I learned that a long time ago." I said facing away from him walking over to my bag grabbing my pajamas.

"Do you really believe that, Raven?" I nodded then I felt him stand behind me.

"So are a drunk man's actions a sober man's fantasies?" I turned around to face him. I was met by his broad chest. I almost fell over but he caught me by my hips and I placed my hands on his chest.

"Um...I mean I guess you could say that. Same concept." I said heat rising to my face. I hadn't ever been this close to someone like this. At least not voluntarily. It was different. Almost calming.

"Daryl." I whisper and he leaned forward, his forehead resting against mine. I took a deep breath and his scent filled my nose. It was pine, liquor, leather, and a very slight hint of cigarettes almost unnoticeable.

"If I was to kiss ya' would you remember. Or would you push me away?" He whispered just loud enough for me to hear. The feeling of his ruff voice sounding through his chest and vibrating against mine drove me wild.

"Why don't you try it?" I said finally looking up at him. He stared at me with his blue eyes shining in the dim lights. He leaned down and his lips hovered over mine. I closed my eyes and closed the gap between us. It was like a spark that would light a fire. His lips were surprisingly soft considering the fact that he should have been dehydrated. He tasted like liquor and cigarettes, and it was driving me into insanity. But a good insanity. He pulled me closer to him and I wrapped my hands around his neck running my fingers through his short hair. Daryl pulled away that way we could catch our breath.

"Raven. I don't want to do this if you ain't sober." I smiled and looked into his eyes.

"Daryl I want this, and I'm pretty sure that I'm more sober than you." I said with a light laugh.

"You have such a beautiful laugh." Daryl said before pulling me back into another heated kiss. I ran my hands down his chest and started to undo the buttons to his shirt. I pulled it off him and pulled away to admire his body. I ran my fingers down his chest tracing over the tattoo over his left pectoral. I could feel him tense under my touch but that didn't stop me from exploring his body with my fingers. I ran my hands down his arms and as I went to touch his back he stopped me.

"Wait." He said, grabbing my wrist. I looked up at him.

"I'll show you mine if you show me yours." I said looking at him and taking a step back from him. He nodded in agreement.

"Turn around though." He looked at me with a questioning face.

"Please, Daryl." He sighed and turned around. I pulled my clothes off leaving me in my sports bra and plain black panties.

"Okay you can turn around." I took a deep breath as he turned around. I stared at my feet and I saw a pair of old beaten up boots stop right in front of me.

"Raven." Daryl finally said. Placing his finger under my chin caused me to look up at him. I could feel my whole body tense once our eyes met. I was trying so hard not to but my body was winning.

"You are the most beautiful thing I've seen." I felt him place one hand on my hip and the other hand on my cheek.

"Shane was wrong. Scars and all you're beautiful." I felt him run his fingers across each scar and each burn mark.

"What ones are from the war?" I felt my breath hitch in my chest.

"That's a conversation for later." I said looking up at him. He walked around me and stopped at my back. He traced the whip marks and then I felt him trace my angel wings tattooed on my back.

"These look like..."

"The wings on your vest. Yeah I know. I thought that too when I first saw your vest." I turned around and faced him.

"Your turn." I said. Daryl took a deep breath.

"Actually. Let's put that hot water to good use." I said looking at him. He smiled and picked me up, throwing me over his shoulder. I laughed

"Daryl put me down!" Daryl sat me down on the tile floor. I reached in and turned on the shower. The steam coming off the cold metal walls made me sigh in content. I turned around and went back into the room to grab two towels for Daryl and I.

When I walked back in I saw Daryl standing under the water with his back to me. I saw all his scars and then I noticed two tattoos he had on his shoulder blade. It was two demons fighting. I walked in and ran my fingers over his scars. I felt him stiffen up but he relaxed once he noticed it was just me. I grabbed the old spice soap I had found in the room earlier.

"Raven." Daryl started to say.

"Daryl, just relax and trust me." I ran the soapy rag over his arms placing light kisses to each one of his scars before running the rag over them. I watched walker blood and dirt go down the drain. I tugged on his arm gently signaling for him to turn and face me. He looked at me with water dripping down his face.

I ran the rag over his chest feeling each of his muscles lose under my touch. I finished washing his chest and helped him rinse all the soap off. He helped me wash my body. His touch was so gentle like he was scared that I would break into a million pieces. He was way more kind than I had ever thought he would be, especially considering who his brother was. After a while we held each other in the water till I saw Daryl's eyes start to get heavy.

We got out and I pulled on my black crop tee-shirt along with some maroon shorts and knee high black socks. Daryl found a pair of grey sweatpants and he pulled those on. He went to sleep on the couch and I threw a pillow at him.

"What do you think you're doing?" I said sitting on the edge of the bed with one of my legs tucked under me.

"Sleepin' on the couch." Daryl said in a groggy voice. I shook my head.

"Nope. You've seen me naked. I need you close that way if you decide to leave me I can kill you." I said getting up and walking over to him. He laughed at me and looked up at me since he was sitting on the couch. He placed his hands on the backs of my thighs and kissed my exposed stomach.

"Please Daryl. Sleep with me." I said running my fingers through his damp hair. He nodded and walked over to the bed. He got in first and I got in after him. He grabbed me and pulled me into his chest.

"You've seen me naked. Need to keep ya' close." Daryl said, holding me by my waist against him. I laughed at his comment and drifted off to sleep.

I was asleep for about 2 hours before I woke up from nightmares about Afghanistan. I jumped up and looked around the room realizing I wasn't there. I looked down and saw an arm still wrapped around me. I looked over and Daryl passed out light snores coming from him. I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep. So I got up and headed for the rec room.

When I got there I heard screaming. I walked in to find Shane trying to rape Lori. I pulled him off and threw him against a wall.

"Are you okay?" I asked Lori.

"Yeah, Thank you Raven. Don't tell Rick please. I don't want him to worry." I nodded.

"Go. Get out of here I'll clean up this mess." I gestured to Shane who was on the floor holding the back of his head. Lori ran out of the room and I walked over to Shane.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHANE!" I yelled at him, slapping him across the face. He looked up at me with a mix of shock and anger. He got up and lunged at me, knocking me to the ground.

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"What Raven. Daryl wasn't good enough for you?" Shane slurred and the strong smell of liquor filled my nose.

"Get off me Shane!" I yelled at him. I hadn't bothered putting on a bra or underwear since I was just planning on going to sleep but, plans changed I guess.

"Look at this." Shane said, lifting my shirt over my chest seeing I wasn't wearing anything underneath. I tried to scream but Shane just placed his hand over my mouth. I bit him and he hissed. I jumped up ready to run from him. He grabbed my leg and I hit my head on a pool table. Hard. My vision blurred and I could feel something drip down my face. I was fading in and out.

"You want to tease me. Spent years in my house acting like you didn't feel something for me." Shane started undoing his belt and tying my wrist together to the leg of the pool table.

"You're so fucking hot Raven. I'm gonna enjoy this." Shane said, pulling my shorts off. I felt him touch me and I tried to squirm away but my head was pounding and my world was spinning.

"Oh look at you. Shaved just for me?" I wanted to puke at his words. I wanted to get up, run or even scream but nothing would come out. It was like I was watching another person's point of view. I watched Shane pull off his pants and boxers.

"Lori doesn't want to fuck me fine. I'll just fuck your fine ass." And with that Shane shoved his length into me. I screamed out in pain and Shane covered my mouth but, this time I didn't have it in me to bite him. He was so rough I swear the table was moving. He kept his hand around my throat at one point.

"Damn, you're so fucking tight" Shane pants, his hips slamming against me at every thrust, and I let out a choked whimper as I can't help but feel my core start to get wet, the coil building in my stomach

"No, no, no, no" I mutter as I shake my head as well as I can with Shane choking me, and he lets out a deep chuckle as he lifts me up slightly by my throat and slams down me back down again, making me gasp, and he uses that opportunity to shove his tongue down my throat.

"Are you enjoying this, Raven? By the fluttering of your pussy around my cock, it seems like you are"

I had tears streaming down my face. Those tears only seemed to encourage him as he roughly rubbed my clit. My body betrayed me as he moaned into my ear.

"That's it slut cum around my cock. I knew you'd like this." His voice was like venom and I wanted nothing more than to rip his throat out. If you've never been here in this situation. Be grateful. You can be the strongest person but when someone takes that from you. You feel weak like there's nothing you could do. Your own fear takes over and you just wait for it all to end.

"I'm gonna cum Raven." Shane's voice pulled me from the only place I felt safe in my head.

"N-no pull out." I begged and he laughed.

"What's wrong whore? Don't want to be bursting with my child. To fucking bad." Shane pounded into me and I felt him cum deep inside me. Just like that it was over. Shane pulled up his boxers and pants then he leaned down and kissed me.

"You're such a good fuck. We'll have to play again sometime." He said and undid his belt and left. He left me there bleeding and oozing his seed.

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I finally found some strength and got up, pulled my shirt and shorts back on after Shane's assault. I walked down the hall to my room, then I realized how much blood I was losing.

"Shit." I said to myself. I walked out to the big room we were in when we came in.

"Dr. Jenner?" I said almost falling down the ramp. He ran to my side and helped me get to a chair.

"What happened to you?" He asked me as he grabbed a first aid kit.

"Uh...Took a nasty fall." I quickly made up a story to tell him. He looked down at my wrists that were red and raw. Then to my arms which had noticeable finger and hand bruises.

"Did that fall give you those?" Jenner said, pointing to the bruises. I looked at him, tears brimming my eyes.

"No. Look, you can't tell anyone. I don't need people worrying about me." He nodded and helped me with my head.

"I won't tell if. You tell me why you aren't infected with the Virus." I looked up at him in shock.

"What do you mean?" I said fear in my voice. He led me over to a computer he was working on and pulled up the group's blood samples and they were all infected with this thing. Then he pulled up mine and it was normal. No abnormalities, nothing else swimming around in my blood like the others.

"So how are you not infected? Because everyone is. It's in the air. In the water. Every single human on earth was infected. Except you. Why?" He said leaning back in his chair.

"I...I don't know. I'm nothing special. Just another Marine who served her country and then was thrown into this mess." I sat on the floor with my knees pulled to my chest.

"It was Shane." I finally said after about 20 minutes of nothing but silence.

"What?" He said looking over at me.

"Shane. He did this to me. He raped me. He was trying to do the same to Lori but I stopped him. I tried to get away from him then I hit my head on the pool table. And he...Well you know. I don't know why I'm not infected. If I did know I would tell you. But you cannot tell anyone in my group what happened to me." Jenner nodded in agreement and helped me back to my room.

"Thank you doc. Have a goodnight." I said, stepping into my room.

"Night, Raven. Right?" I nodded and smiled as he walked down the hall and I closed the door. I sighed feeling a wave of exhaustion flow over me. I crawled into bed with Daryl who rolled over and wrapped his arms around me. And I felt safe there. After everything that had just happened almost 45 minutes before this. I felt safe right there in his arms curled up into his strong chest. I felt safe and like nothing could hurt me.