My first attempt at Walking dead, idk. Sorry if it's a bit shit. Gimmie time to get use to it.

"this is bullshit" Merle snapped. The two of them sitting in the back of Daryl's pick-up truck, Merle next to his bike, a join hanging from his lips. Daryl said nothing, choosing to peer back at the road towards Atlanta, Traffic stretching along the road. Chattering people filled the roads, Merle's lighter constantly clicking as he refused to believe it was out of gas. "Tol ya we shoulda just took the bike, could be into Atlanta by now" Merle mumbled.

"I'm goin' for a piss" Daryl stated jumping up over the edge of the truck, grabbing his crossbow and walking into the trees on the edge of the road.

"Find me a lighter" Merle called after him.

Daryl walked into the tree's, trying to get a decent distance away from the crowd so someone didn't walk up to him mid piss. Once he'd relieved himself he walked back towards the road. Cutting out a bit down than planned. He eyed the people sitting waiting. Two kids sat playing games on the back of a car. A few rows back there was a big RV. A smiling old guy standing outside talking to blondes, handing them water.

"Thank you so much" The younger looking one said. Daryl looked as they went into a conversation laughing happily before he looked back to the kids, two women standing next to them watching, obviously there mom's. Daryl quickly walked back over.

"Either of you got a lighter?" Daryl asked, eyes flicking between the two women before focusing on the game the kids where playing, cards laid on the car.

"No" The brown haired one said quickly, a guy appearing at her side. Daryl guessed it was her husband.

"Um. Maybe" The other women said turning around and walking to another car. A guy stood at the door of the car. Glaring over the woman's shoulder at Daryl. Daryl looked back to the game. Looking up again when he could hear the voices rising. The short haired woman looking as if she was trying to make herself smaller. Daryl started to walk over before the guy slammed a lighter into the woman's chest, her stumbling back a step or so. She walked back to Daryl, handing him the lighter. Daryl did a small nod.

"Back in a second"

"what?" She looked up to him, eyes widening.

"s'for my brother, he's back down there a bit." With that Daryl walked away. He came back a few minutes later, Merle now at his side, still trying to convince Daryl into giving him the lighter.

"Went out, gimmie the lighter" Merle ordered, snatching the lighter from daryls hand and bringing it towards his face, quickly re lighting his joint. "Who am I returning this to?" The guy from before put his hand up, walking forwards slightly. "There ya go fatty" Merle through the lighter over to him, the guy catching it, glaring daggers at Merle.

"What did you just call me" He snapped.

"That's a weird bow and arrow" Daryl looked over to the kids, the small girl pointing at the crossbow on his back.

"it's a crossbow" Daryl replied gruffly.

"How does it work?" The other kid asked, looking up to him. Daryl looked round to his brother, who was now arguing with the lighter guy. The brown haired woman's husband was standing in the middle keeping the two away from each other. Daryl's eyes flicked between the two mothers, the short haired one looking towards her husband, the brown haired woman looking at him.

"uh..ya pull the string back till it clicks, putta bolt in. aim, fire" Daryl explained to the two children.

"What do you use it for"

"Huntin'." or killing the Geeks Daryl's brain supplied.

"wh-"

"Carl" The woman snapped at her son "I don't think he wants to talk."

"s'fine" Daryl mumbled "Need ta wait for my brother anyway" he finished, jerking his head to where Daryl was trying to start a fight.

"What do you hunt?"

"Animals"

"I meant what animals."

"Squirrel, Rabbit, Deer"

"You kill Bambi?" The girl squeaked.

"Course not. Kill her mom, bambi's to small" He watched the girl look at him in horror and gave a small smirk. Eyes flicking to the forgotten game.

"I'm Lori" The brown haired woman supplied.

"Daryl" Daryl replied cautiously. "That's my brother Merle"

"What kind of a name is Merle"

"What kinda name's Carl" Daryl snapped back, making the girl laugh.

"That's Sophia, Carol, Shane and I think his name is Ed." Lori said, pointing to each person as if Daryl actually cared. The four of them fell into a silence.

"Want to play snap"

"Can I shot your crossbow" Sophia and Carl asked at the same time, Lori scolded Carl.

"No, and no"

Daryl wasn't quite sure how it happened, one minute everything was silent, the next people where screaming and running, gun shots where flying. Some jumped in there cars, driving into the woods.

"LORI, CARL GET IN THE CAR" Shane screamed Carol was dragging Sophia to the car. Merle ran towards Daryl, grabbing his shoulder. Daryl watched as a flock of Geeks stumbled towards them, some stopping as one caught someone, teeth digging into their flesh and ripping pieces out.

"Theres a creek not to far." Shane said quickly to Ed, explaining directions quickly. Then Merle grabbed at his shoulder pulling him backwards, dodging the old guy and blonde girls from earlier.

Daryl wasn't sure what they where thinking when they followed the direction they had heard Shane screaming. The screams from the road slowly faded away as they drove through a small path in trees. Daryl flicked his eyes to Merle, blood splattered across his top and arms from where they ended up having to shoot the geeks that almost got them.

They arrive there 5 minutes later. The old guy in the RV and the two blondes obviously heard the directions as well, the RV standing tall amongst the cars as the girl, Sophia. Sit's crying, Carl hugging her as the adults talk.

"Atlanta's gone"

"You can't know that for sure" younger blondie says.

"It was on the police scanner as we drove here" Shane snaps.

"It's meant to be safe in Atlanta, it can't just be gone" Carol supplies. "Maybe the outer, but they must have a refuge in there"

"You want to go through all of those walkers to find out?" Shane growls at the woman. Daryl and Merle listen to them argue back and forth for a while before Daryl eventually steps out of the car, closing the door making everyone jump and look towards the two of them.

"What the hell are you doing here"

"Arguing bout this ain't gonna help, just gonna draw some geeks to us. So how about yall shut up and start thinking about how we're gonna get through them Geeks to check if theres anything left" Daryl growled. They fell into silence, occasionally someone would come up with an idea of how to get into the city only for it to be shot down by the rest. The slamming of a car door once again made the group jump, Daryl just looked round to his brother waltzing towards them.

"Anyone feel like givin up somethin' to eat" The old man gave food out to everyone. Introducing himself as Dale. Then everyone went back to their respective vehicles.

Merle slept soundly through the night after telling Daryl to keep watch. Daryl sat in the back on the pick up truck looking around, noting the shadows of Dale, rick and what looked like Carol standing guard to their own cars.

Shane and Merle went to Atlanta in the morning. Ed sat chain smoking whilst Carol and Lori sat quietly watching their kids play with the cards Dale had given them after the last ones lay scattered across the road after last nights attack. Dale, Andrea and Amy sat on top of the RV the two girls talking whilst the older man watched over the area, old hunting rifle. Daryl circled the quarry a few times, Merle told him to stay back and get a few hours sleep before the move to Atlanta. Daryl didn't want to sleep, didn't want to leave his safety down to an old guy who was half watching the horizon half listening to the sisters. Eventually Daryl stormed towards the pick-up truck, grabbing his crossbow and bolts. He could feel all eyes on him as he went towards the forest.

"Where are you going?" Sophia piped up, her mother shushing her quickly. Daryl looked over quickly to them. Biting as his nail before turning back and sauntering into the woods.

"To catch thumper"

He didn't catch thumper, instead he got a load of squirrels. He wandered back to the group a few hours later. Dead animals thrown over his shoulder strung together with a shoe lace.

"Mom, do we have anything to eat?" He heard Carl mumble.

"no, sorry sweetie"

"could we ask Da-"

"Wait for Shane to come back"

Daryl blocked them out as he went about skinning the Squirrels. Before collecting a few logs, throwing them into a pile and looking up to Dale.

"you gotta lighter?"

"Inside. Theres a few pans if you want them" Daryl stood up, slowly walking towards the RV. Eyes on dale before he ducked inside. He quickly found the lighter a small pan. Stupid old git, lettin' someone he didn't know in his stuff Daryl thought with a scoff before walking outside. The fire burned small making the cooking a slow process. Once Daryl was done he went back inside the RV grabbing at a small pile of plates and pulling them outside. He caught enough so they could have a squirrel each, which still wasn't much. He could feel everyones eyes on him as he placed the food onto the plates.

"well. Come get it. I aint a fucking waiter"