Disclaimer: I Own Nothing if I did merle would be alive.
Authors note: hiya again another merle dixon AU. I love merle dixon as you can see soooo he's all I'm gonna write about
Chapter One: Sophia meets big Daddy Dixon!
Sophia ran as fast as she could. She heard Rick scream her name. But didn't bother to stop , she had two walkers on her had hugged her and said it'd be okay. Shia smiled ruffling her hair.
Sophia smiled as she ran remembering when Shia was crying , she wanted so bad to tell merle dixon she was carrying his baby and Sophia tried to tell her he should know. As she ran, sophia heard a voice . Hiding behind a tree she peaked around it and saw Merle!, He was on his back getting kicked in the ribbs by a man. All Sophia knew was this was Daryl's big brother. She reached for a stick and ran toward the man tackling him. Sophia hit the man with the stick multiple times before the man finely stopped hitting Merle.
" Leave him alone" she cried. The man threw her down , going for his knife only to have merle take the knife instead. " Noooo!" Sophia cried.
The man looked up and smirked " looks like my boy saved ya girlie. That's Weak of him" he said and Sophia's face went cold.
So this was a daddy who liked beating on his kid. now realizing she and the Dixon's were a lot alike. They both had a Abusive no good daddy. Sophia yanked Merle's gun from his hand and pulled the trigger.
~TWD~
Rick and Shane were walking following Sophia's tracks when the heard the shot. They started runing toward the sound and soon came upon Sophia trying to drag a body to safety.
Shane quickly recognized merle. " Sophia!" Shane yelled.
He got her attention and ran to her. "I got him you get to Rick.
Sophia ran toward him. Rick smiled catching her. "Good good girl. Helping him" Rick praised the little girl.
"Shane need help." Rick asked. Shane nodded, saying nothing just helping the man to the farm.
They got back to the farm in no time. "HERSHEL!" Shane yelled , causing everyone to file out of the Greene house. Lori saw merle an gasped. The old vet walking out. Quickly went into action "quick get him inside!" Hershel ordered.
Shane and Rick made quick work getting merle on the bed , only leaving when Hershel kicked them out.
An hour later, merle was stable and sleeping soundly. Sophia laying in the chair next to him. Shia was stroking his brown curls.
" He'll be okay, sophia. " Shia said. As Shane approached. " Phia... Can you tell us how he got the wound." Shane asked, Sophia looked at everyone as they walked in. sighing when she saw her mama
" the bad man was beating him up , and I um I tackled him. He threw me went to stab me but merle blocked him taking the knife himself." Sophia cried into carols chest.
Shane nodded and Maggie burst in. " Daryl's back " Rick nodded walking out to meet the younger dixon.
~TWD~
Daryl approached the farm house slowly. his search for Sophia hit another dead end. he looked up to see Rick and Shane approached him. Daryl looked at them, seeing worried looks on their faces an frowned.
"Wha' now" he drawled.
" We found phia. She was near a cabin an shot a gun off" Rick started.
Daryl started to smile " really she's okay" he asked, looking relieved.
Shane slapped his back. " Hell yeah she's okay. Someone taught her to shoot." Shane teased. Shaking his head Rick laughed with them.
Daryl nodded " yeah.." he blushed.
Shane smirked " she found someone out there Daryl, She found Merle" Shane said firmly.
Daryl staggered back. " Was he..." He choked.
Shane shook his head. " No he's alive , he's here" Rick said.
~TWD~
Sophia was woken by a hand stroking her hair. Opening her eyes , she saw merle Dixon's baby blues looking back at her. He was kneeling in front of her.
"Merle" she said happily.
Wrapping her little arms around his neck. Merle laughed but returned her hug. " Hey there angel " merle drawled out.
Sophia smiled and it only brightened when daryl walked in. " See he's okay! " She gasped out.
Daryl smiled at her. Silently thanking the little girl for saving his brothers life. Sophia grinned ,looking at both Dixon's. Before frowning when Dale approached her.
" Now phia seeing as Merle's awake an Daryl's here will you tell us what happen." Dale asked. Phia nodded moving to sit between the brothers. Daryl lifted her onto the bed as Merle sat up more with Maggie's help to give the girl some room.
Breathing in and out , Sophia started her story. "After merle passed out. The man came toward me again but just taunted me. He laughed looking at merle and said my boy was weak for protecting you. And then I...I don't but once I realized that the bad man was Merle's and Daryl's pa and he liked hurting merle . I...I took Merle's gun and I shot him." Sophia explained causing Merle looked at her.
She had killed his father to protect him. Merle hugged her and said she did good. Daryl did the same still in shock. " He found me at the hunting lodge , kicked my ass". Merle said.
Merle smiled softly at sophia. A smile, he rarely showed anyone. He watched as everyone looked at Sophia with all different reactions. Grimes had a look of understanding, Sophia saw a group member in danger and took action. Merle turned toward Rick's wife. She face was full of loathing. Merle didn't really care phia saved his ass after loosing a fight. Daryl was jealous , he had a pout on his face and his arms were crossed while he glared at the floor. Cute darylena was jealous of a twelve year old. Merle thought.
TWD~
As Merle healed from his wounds curtsy of his dead beat father, he spent most days in bed with Sophia and daryl stuffed into his side. Daryl would either sit in the chair by the bed while sophia talked her head off to him till he couldn't think straight or daryl would be in the bed and talking his head off, mostly about hunting and the group. Shaking his thoughts away , merle smirked as the farmers daughter walked in with his lunch. She was a beauty. He figured she was at least eighteen. Sitting up in bed , merle leered at her.
"Mornin Darlin, got somethin Fer mah." Merle drawled , his voice dripping with charm. He watched as the girl just rolled her eyes before setting his tray down.
"Just lunch big boy" Maggie teased.
Muttering under his breath, merle nodded in thanks as she walked out. Merle ate his lunch in silence, that was untill Sophia bounced in with Daryl at her heels. Smiling at his brother , he nodded for them to sit. He didn't mind their company. Daryl looked like he wanted to talk , so merle tapped his arm.
"Talk boy, what's on ya mind." Merle asked setting his soup down. He looked at daryl alittle worried.
"Just glad ta have ya back.. are ya uh clean?" Daryl asked , while sophia looked confused. Merle looked at daryl and sighed. Sitting up more , he moved to the edge of the bed.
"Yeah...went through withdrawl on the roof. And never touched anything again." Merle replied to his brothers worries.
Daryl let out a breath he didn't know he was holding , smiling at merle. He slapped the older dixon on the leg. He didn't want merle on drugs , he wasn't the same on that shit. So having merle clean and alert was a major up side, moving away from merle , daryl nodded before leaving to get something to eat for himself.
" Hey, get me a beer!" Merle yelled to him. Daryl just shook his head, same ol'Merle. Laughing g to himself , daryl asked into the kitchen.
~TWD~
Walking into the kitchen, daryl nodded to Rick and Shane as he made a sandwich for himself. Getting everything he needed out before moving toward the table. Daryl quickly made his food when Carol came in with Andrea, they were talking and giggling. He shook his head, women. He didn't want to know what went on in their heads.
Everyone was in the kitchen, Rick and Shane stood around everyone , overlooking the room. They were discussing the groups next move. Lori sat in front of rick , a frown on her face. Rick sighed as the group fought. He didn't wanna leave this place was a good set up and with no walkers around for miles. Sighing , he looked to shane. " Alright!, We will ask Hershel." Rick said firmly. Booking no Argument. Pushing of the table , Rick walked toward glenn asking him to go get Hershel and his daughters.
Hershel and his daughters walked into their living room to see it in choas. Maggie sat down with beth on the couch, Rick's group had moved from The kitchen about twenty minutes ago. And we're now surrounding his living room, Hershel choose to stand , arms crossed. While they waited for them to speak.
Rick spoke first. "Lori is pregnant, we can't move on. Not while she's carrying." Rick reasoned looking at his wife. The group looked at him in shock other than glenn an Maggie , who had already known.
"Are you asking to stay here?" Hershel spoke up looking around the room. He saw the kids , Carl with Lori and Sophia was sitting in merle Dixon's lap. Sighing Hershel shook his head and sat down. Maggie hugged her father. Beth was looking at her daddy waiting g for his say.
"Mah and merle can hunt, glenn is our towns boy." Daryl drawled out , looking at the old man.
"I understand that son, but I gotta think of my girls." Hershel tried to defend.
Merle looked at him and spoke up. "What ya need ol'man are walls, and we can gett them." Merle rasped out smirking at the farmer.
Daryl looked at merle and smirked, his brother was right. What they needed were walls. And more guns at that. He watched as everyone nodded at Merles suggestion. Hershel nodded and stood up, nodding before he walked over to Rick.
" If you can keep my girls safe, you all can stay." He said and then left. Beth and maggie following behind him. The group smiled and started talking about how they'd get the walls and merle once again suggested an old army base that was just mainly for storage. Daryl nodded agreeing with merle. It was a smart move. So they all headed for bed and said they'd talk in the morning about sending out a group.
~TWD~
As the weeks passed , Rick sent out a group every other day to get the needed supplies. The first week , merle returned with a big rig. Inside had the heaven load of guns and the fencing they needed. As they started to build the wall, they had to people on watch. They knew they'd be making noise , so needed people watching theyre backs. So every day, the wall got longer and taller. They started in from the treeline then moved around to surround the house and barn. Merle and daryl built a walking post on the top of the wall so people could keep watch for they the Dixon's went hunting.
Merle was hammering away, on top of the wall. Thankfully it was almost done. Merle was sweating like a dog up on the wall. Shaking his head , he moved to the next section. Looking over , he saw daryl yelling at t dog. Laughing merle slowly moved over to the men fighting. Slapping daryl on the shoulder, the younger dixon went quiet. "We got a problem ova ere" merle snarled out, still pretty pissed off at t and many others for leaving him behind. T shook his head and looked at the ground muttering a quiet no. Merle smirked.
"Good now get back to work this wall ain't gonna build itself." Merle yelled as he returned to his work area.
~TWD~
Beth Greene watched from the window of her room as the wall was built around her home. She was Daryl's older brother straddling the beams as he hammered them into place. Blushing at her own thoughts , she set her coffee down and watched the men work. They had been working on the wall for weeks, her daddy said until it was done he didn't want her outside. Beth understood , with the walkers and other things around. She felt safest inside. Sighing to herself, beth headed down stairs. Thinking the guys could use some fresh drinks.
As she got down stairs, she headed to the kitchen to make some fresh lemonade. Carol greeted her with a smile. While sophia was looking out the window. "Ah thought the guys could use a drink" beth told her as Carol watched her.
Carol nodded "I bet they'd love you for that, I can help you make it."
So Carol helped beth make the guys lemonade and helped her bring it out. They approached Rick and Shane first. Handing them the cold drinks. Rick smiled at them while Shane said thanks with a nodd. The girls then moved on to Dale and Andrea , who were more of the planners then actual workers. Andrea nodded her thanks before they left. Their last set were tdog and the Dixon's. Carol yelled for them to come down. She watched as Merle slid down the latter with ease and approached them slowly after daryl jumped down next to him. Beth handed merle the glass and watched as he took a swig, the sweat from being out in the sun sliding down his neck caused her to blush. Carol had already left searching for tdog.
"Thank ya Angel." Merle drawled, causing another blush to stain her cheeks.
Beth smiled at him. "Your welcome Merle, hope you enjoy your drink." She stuttered. As she turned and ran back to the house.
Daryl cuffed him upside the head. Turning merle cuffed him right back. Then they were all brawling. Merle was laughing as they horsed around. Before they got back to work. They were almost done, merle just wanted a few more touches done then he'd call it good. He saw daryl over talking with carol and maggie , smirking when he saw Maggie look his way. He blew her a kiss. Laughing when she glared at him. Shaking his head , merle slid off the wall with ease and walked toward daryl, wrapping a arm around his brothers shoulders, merle smirked at Maggie but the smirk fell when he saw beth smiling at him. Smiling back , merle nodded toward the younger Greene gal before heading inside.
A/N******
Okay sooooo chapter one , promise I'll start chapter 3 for Merles salvation tomorrow. Anyway
Ships who should be with who! Should I pair Maggie with merle or beth with merle and let's not forget daryl! He needs love too so meth , Merle/Maggie and who with daryl Carol? Or ...?