*Here's another Walking dead I've been working. It's a Daryl/OC story. Starts around season 3. I won't follow the TV show all the way so be prepared for me to make stuff up as I go. Also Merle will live in my stories and I'll be paring him with Beth who is around 21 in my story. If you don't like don't read. Mature content as all my stories are.
*I don't own anything that has to do with the walking dead. I'm only a fan.*
Chapter one
"Get in here. Oh Shit. CARL." Layla heard yelling from outside the storage room she was staying in. She grabbed her two walkers on chains and grabbed her Katana and peeked out the door into the store she was held up in.
She saw a group of people men, women one was pregnant all crowed in the front of the store fighting off a herd of walkers to try and get back outside to a young boy in a sheriff hat that was trapped outside.
She debated for a moment about just ignoring them but her good nature wouldn't let her.
"Shit." She said as she left her temporary safety with her Walker Camouflage and started slicing through the walkers to get to the group of people.
Rick and Daryl looked up as a blade went through the head of the walker that was coming up behind them. They were all shocked to see a very attractive women with a sword slicing through the walkers, saving them with two walkers attached to her.
"Who the fuck are you?" Daryl ask with his bow trained on the new comer.
"Introductions later. That your boy stuck on the top of that truck out there?" Layla ask and Rick nodded reloading his Python.
"Yeah I'm going for him. Thanks for the help in here." He said and made to leave but Layla stopped him.
"You'll get yourself and your son killed if you go out there with only your gun, there's too many plus you'll draw more. See there already coming from down the highway." She told him pointing down the road and they all saw she was right.
"We can't leave him out there." The pregnant women said, terrified and in tears. Layla signed.
"I'll go." She told them.
"With all due respect ma'am we don't know you and what makes you think you can get him better than I could." The father asks her.
"I'm not wearing these assholes as a new fashion statement. They camouflage me. I can walk out there barely detectable and get your boy and walk back." She told them and instead of giving them a chance to reply she walked past the hot man with the crossbow and slipped out the door with her two walkers in two.
The grouped watched in awe as she all but walked right through the herd taking out a few that got to close and walked right up to Carl.
"Hey little man. Time to go." She told him slicing the head off a walker that was trying to get him.
"Who are you?" he ask her.
"Layla Connor. I was staying in the store your group got stuck in and I volunteered to come get you." She told him and he nodded before pointing at her two pet walkers.
"Camouflage. Let's go." She told him as more stated to move in. He nodded hoping off the car and walking beside her.
"I see you hold your own pretty good. So keep your eyes open. Any get too close take them out till we make it across the street." She told him and he nodded pleased she recognized he could hold his own.
It took them some time but they finally made it back to the store. Layla made sure Carl got in first before slipping in herself.
"Barricade the door." She told them and Rick nodded to T Dogg and Daryl who pushed shelves in front of it to hold it closed.
"This way." She told them and Rick nodded for everyone to follow her. There group normally didn't trust anyone but this women just saved them and his son and he was gratefully.
She led them to the back storage room where they could see she had been staying. She closed the locked the large door and chained her two walkers to the door.
"Wanna tell us who the hell you are?" the crossbow man ask still not trusting this mystery girl.
"Layla Connor from east of Atlanta. I've been staying here for about two days now trying to decide my next move when I heard your yelling and gun fire." She told them giving the man a once over. He really was attractive. Daryl noticed her appraising him and shifted nervously. Not use to that kind of attention from someone as attractive as this woman.
"There's some food and water over there. You're welcome to it." She pointed to the boxes of food she found in the store and the women went over to dish out food. They were all staved. Layla could tell.
"We are grateful for your help Miss. You have no idea what we've been through this winter. I'm Rick Grimes. And this is Hershel, Maggie, Glenn, Beth, Carol, My wife Lori and son Carl, T Dogg and Daryl." He introduced and Layla now knew the Redneck's name was Daryl. She nodded and went over to her sleeping bag and began cleaning off her sword while the others eyed her and made themselves comfortable while eating.
"So are you alone?" Rick ask after a moment of silence and he could tell everyone wanted to know more about their mystery savor.
"I wasn't at first. Me and another women a friend of mine. We were together, moving place to place and surviving together. But right before winter I went on a supply run and a large ass herd, larger then I had ever seen separated us. She had the chained walkers with her at that time and I didn't. I was forced to fight until I could get to safety but we never got caught back up with each other. When I finally made it back to where we had been staying she was gone. Forced to move. Been trying to find her since but no luck yet." She explained and Rick nodded.
"Do you think she's still alive?" he ask and she nodded.
"Oh yeah. I know she is. Both of us have been through hell and back even before the world went to hell. There's no way a walker could take her out. She's alive I just got to find her." She told them and Daryl saw the faraway look in her eyes when she talked about her past, vague as it may have been. She had been through some shit in her life he was sure of that.
"And the walkers." Rick ask pointing to the two guarding the door.
"We found that when you take away their ability to eat or attack you they lose interest in doing it all together. You can bleed in front of those two and they barley even growl now. But when you keep them close the other walkers think your one of them and leave you alone." She explained and everyone nodded clearly impressed.
"Walker Camouflage." Daryl stated and she nodded to him.
They lapsed into silence after that. The group rested for a while rotating watch since they didn't fully trust her walker guards. Layla slept as well and when she woke up she ate a small breakfast and went about sharpening her blades while Carl and Daryl watched.
"No gun?" Carl ask her and she smiled at him. She liked the kid.
"I have a small hand gun and limited bullets but I prefer my Katana. Knifes don't run out of bullets or draw attention." She told him and he nodded moving over to watch her.
When the others woke up they woke to Carl and Layla cleaning and sharping all there blades properly while laughing and talking. Rick smiled to himself. He hasn't seen his boy smile since they left the farm.
"What's this?" Rick slid over and ask Daryl who had been keeping watch.
"Kid starting asking her question about sharping and cleaning blades. She showed him and they've been sharping all of ours since then." He told him and Rick nodded.
"So what do you think?" Rick ask him.
"About what?" Daryl replied not taking his eyes off Layla.
"Her?" Rick replied.
"Seems alright. Smart, able to survive all winter on her own. Doesn't seem like a bad type. Care enough to help us. Your call." Daryl replied.
Rick nodded before gathering his group to decide what to do.
"We need to find somewhere more secure. Lori's going to delivery soon. She can't do that on the road." Carol said and the others nodded.
"I know." Rick sighed trying to think.
"I might have an idea." Layla said from her spot on the floor. Everyone turned to look at her.
"I found a place that may be what you have in mind. It's a little over run for just me to clear so I left it alone but I could take you to see it, you can decide then." She told him and he nodded.
"How far?" he ask.
"About 30 min walk. We can take the walkers so we don't have any trouble." She said standing and shouldering her sword.
"Daryl you come with me. The others stay in this room." Rick ordered and everyone nodded.
Layla, Rick and Daryl along with her two walkers walked through the woods walking right past every walker they saw. Rick and Daryl were amazed.
"There." Layla pointed and Rick looked over and saw what they had been looking for. A prison with walls and fences and fields, towers everything that they needed to survive.
"Like I said it's a little over run but if you think yall can handle it, it may be what you're looking for." She told him and he nodded.
"It might actually work. We can clear one area at a time until we have it cleared out and make it home. Most those walkers look like inmates and guards so maybe there haven't been any breaches yet." Rick stated as he took a look at everything he could. Daryl nodded agreeing that this may work.
Thanks for reading. Should I continue? I will update as much as I can. My Maternity leave is almost up so ill be heading back to work. So between work and my baby I will update as much as I can. Thanks!