A.N. There are spoilers for people who have not watched season three!! My first crack at a Walking Dead fic so feel free to tell me how I'm doing so far. There may be some Caryl in it later if people want me to continue.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead, though I wish I could act in it.

WARNING! RAPE MENTIONED!

Broken.

Pain, the only thing Carol could feel throughout her body. Trembling from the abuse, her legs ached and her inner thighs were raw. After a few ragged breaths she reached her hand down and pressed her fingers between her thighs were she knew some of the worse damage was. Slipping her fingers inside she winced, they came away bloody. Even Ed at his worst, drunk and forcing himslef upon her had not inflicted this much damage; mainly because he was too drunk. Another thought filtered in through the haze of agony. It could have been Maggie. The fact that she had taken this abuse and not the younger girl relived Carol. The pain, the suffering and the strain that it would have put on the Greene girl and Glenn's relationship would have been insurmountable. Glenn! Carol hadn't heard anything from the room next to hers for a long time.

Panicked, Carol rolled onto her side, stifling a cry as she felt her fractured ribs crunch. Biting down on her lip, she tasted blood as she cradled her left arm to her chest, the shoulder joint dislocated and at an unnatural angle.

"Glenn!" She called hoarsely, tears streaking down her cheeks as she crawled, pulling herself along with her good arm, shivering from the cold and the pain. "Glenn!" She called again closer now.

A cough greeted her from the other side.

"Carol?"

"Thank god," Carol sighed, it had been too quite after she heard the scuffling and crashing of a fight. "What happened?"

"Merle," another cough, " he shoved a walker in."

Carol paled. Merle. Oh god Daryl? what would happen if Daryl knew... if he knew. The pain become a suddenly worse and Carol doubled over into a heap. She lay naked shuddering on the cement floor; they had taken her clothes. They had taken a great many things.

"Carol?" Glenn must have heard the sobbing. She couldn't help it, everywhere hurt. When the shaking started everything slipped away from her. Whether she was going into shock or having a panic attack was anyone's guess. Quite possibly it was both. She curled up tighter. "Carol!?" The desperate voice and sound of fabric moving then a tap on the metal sheet wall. "Hey talk to me!" It was no good.

It's short I know but it's just a taster of what's to come. So if you hadn't guessed already, this fic takes place during season 3 and works on the idea that Carol went with Glenn to get the baby formula instead of Maggie. Inspired by another fic I recently read with the same concept, I will let you know which one it was when I can find it again. Not quite chronological order with the episodes but hey! It's fanfiction, I'm allowed to play around a little. Please give leave a review of you want to find out more of this story.