This is a continuation of 'The Walking Dead: Sister's in Heat'.
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Cold bodies gasped and shuffled in the field below; hungry, decaying, ragged and monstrous. The walkers cared for nothing and consumed everything.
Barbed wire held corpses back like an umbrella holds back rain; a minor defense against an endless onslaught; and the girls knew in the prison new it.
Hot bodies twisted and turned in the watchtower above; hungry, sweating, primal. Desperate fingers tugged at worn clothing, ecstatic whines barely escaped gasping lips.
It wasn't that they knew they were safe; nobody was ever safe anymore. It wasn't that they had given up; they were survivors and they had fought for this respite. On this hot Georgia night the two siblings were blissfully distracted by one another. And for once, the consequences meant nothing.
Head to toe, the girls rolled over and over, faces buried between each other's thighs. Shaking, shuddering, muscles tensing and un-tensing. One sister experienced but guilty, the other innocent but free.
The younger gasped as agile fingers dove deep into her nethers, the elder wept as soft lips wrapped around her swollen peach. A sheen of sweat glistened on their naked bodies, mingling on slick skin as they writhed against one another. Wide eyes, incredulous, pleasure stricken faces, blonde and brunette hair tangling between desperate mouths: So wrong but so, so right.
In the light of day the Greene girls would have to face their unforgiving reality. In the pitch black of night they could indulge their innermost cravings.
...
Maggie Greene descended the spiraling metal steps two at a time, heart racing as she stumbled down from the prison's watch tower. Shoving through the heavy door at its base, the brunette burst into morning light; only to turn away from the harsh orange glow of sunrise.
Blinking, Maggie surveyed the yard cautiously, glad to find it empty and silent still. Only the brunette herself had gone without sleep; just another perk of her latest survival mistake. Maggie cursed under her breath: This could not keep happening.
Hearing the clunk of small feet in heavy cowboy boots descending behind her, Maggie awoke from her daze. Looking down the brunette blanched; Having rushed out of the tower she'd had no time to dress, top crumpled up above her bra. Cursing, Maggie tugged it down, stretching the worn fabric taught over her breasts and down her abdomen, hurriedly pawing at its creases. Being flustered would only give her sister the advantage.
Behind her the door creaked open once more and Maggie twisted on the spot, dust churning in her wake.
Beth Greene stepped out of the watchtower; barely affected by the hard rays of dawn. Unlike her older sister the blonde was far more presentable; her own appearance giving no suggestion of the sins they had just committed.
"Hey," Beth began, big blue eyes confused and inquisitive:
"Where're ya rushin' off to?"
Maggie crossed her arms over her chest defensively, devising an excuse on the spot before getting cold feet. For a few precious seconds they stood facing each other, both sisters at a loss. The brunette bit her lip; better just get it over with:
"We ain't doin' that no'more," Maggie blurted out, southern accent hitching, arms still crossed. For another second there was an agonizing pause, time quietly stretching out.
Beth blinked, crestfallen:
"Why??"
"I-its wrong." Maggie replied, hoping her tone conveyed more conviction then she felt:
"An' yuh know it is."
"What does that even mean?" Beth replied, her voice cracking as agitation flared across her porcelain features.
Maggie stepped forward carefully; still unsure how to approach the girl with whom she had foolishly crossed so many personal boundaries. She responded curtly, anxious green eyes growing wide:
"I- I can be there for you, but not, not like that. It ain't right!"
"Seriously?" Beth muttered, attempting to keep her anger at bay:
"An' what does right an' wrong even mean anymore?"
Maggie grimaced, bracing herself: "it has to mean somethin'! We ain't trailer trash Beth! We 'ave to go back to normal, like it never happened!"
Beth glared at the brunette, her pretty face contorting between anger and fear:
"So back to good, God fearin' farm-gurls, right?" the blonde glowered, big blue eyes indignant: "Things ain't like they were before Maggie, an' they never will be!"
Hearing her sister's hurt, the brunette stared down at her worn boots, unable to reply:
"Fine!" Beth replied bitterly, "We live in hell, remember?"
Turning from the taller brunette, she trudged toward the Prison entrance:
"Who cares about sin?"
...
She'd made the right decision.
In the darkness Maggie squirmed, turning over on her creaky bunk for what felt like the millionth time. Why was it always so damn hot? Why did security in this messed up world require a total lack of comfort? Why couldn't she just sleep?!
Rolling over, the brunette's hair spread out beneath her head; frustrated eyes turning apprehensive as she stared up at the vacant cot, rationalising the choice she had made.
She'd made the right decision.
3 weeks had passed, not that she could really tell in a world without basic time keeping. In all that time they had barely spoken, the blonde girl either avoiding or ignoring her older sister during the day whilst watching over Judith at night.
She'd made the right decision.
Maggie had known it wouldn't be easy but she had never realised the truth; it actually physically hurt to be separated from her younger sister. For most of their lives the Greene's had been together, sharing clothes, food, even a bedroom on the farm. It wasn't just that she was lonely; on her list of problems that was less than insignificant. Maggie felt dislocated, like she had rejected her only true reminder of the old world.
But she'd made the right decision...
Rolling away from the cell wall, the brunette closed her eyes, attempting to forget the girl that was now almost constantly on her mind. When Beth had become... needy, Maggie had indulged her cravings; that had been difficult, stressful and so, so wrong. At the time she had thought chaperoning her sister's urges would help safeguard her naivety. But things had gotten out of hand, kinky even! Maggie had never expected to succumb to something so... Primal.
So now what? Having ended their tryst, both of them were even more miserable than before and in a World where the dead walked, that was really something.
Knowing that either of them could die any day did nothing to improve Maggie's already peaked concern. When the two girls had been rutting nothing else had seemed to matter, except surviving until the next intense encounter. Yet, since she had given Beth up, something had changed in her. Shaking her head, the brunette tried to ignore her worrisome thoughts.
Ultimately without Maggie the blonde continued to survive; even taking on more responsibility at the prison. Ironically, without someone to care for, it was the elder sister whom now felt lost; like she was drifting. An endless number of unspecified days without relief; survival without purpose.
Squeezing hot, bare thighs together, the brunette slipped a hand into her panties. Maggie groaned into the darkness.
Had she made the right decision?
...
A wild animal ran between the trees, tearing through the undergrowth with reckless abandon. Making no attempt to conceal its journey, the creature leapt over a fallen branch before continuing forward, her ragged appearance and lack of composure revealing her ultimate fear.
Thudding against the trunk of a tree, the ex- farm girl caught her breath, pausing only to call out:
"Beth?! Betthh!!"
Turning to survey 360 degrees of dense forest, Maggie inhaled shakily; there was no response. Shaking short wet hair from her eyes, the brunette continued onward determinedly through the undergrowth, ground sodden and squelching underfoot. Having rained heavily, the air was humid and uncomfortable; droplets making unkempt nature gleam in the light of the dying sun.
Calling out again she continued forward, moving warily. Hitting that tree had knocked some sense into her: This desperation only put herself in danger too. That would not help save her sister.
When Beth had gone missing she had dropped everything; the world had gone to hell and the girl, for all her good qualities, was not a warrior. She had left their relative safety alone; God knows why. And so Maggie had decided to pursue the prison's most unlikely escape attempt on foot.
Continuing to yell for her sister, Maggie moved quickly; hoping her longer gait meant she would catch up to Beth before she lost the light. Cursing under her breath, the Georgian girl attempted to ignore the irony: as a teen Maggie had been constantly chasing after her younger half-sister. Even when everything else was gone, that annoying habit stayed the same.
How irrational could one girl be? There wasn't another person in the prison who was foolish enough to leave their sanctuary alone.