Chapter 1 this starts when the group have left Merle on the roof and he is talking to him self.
Winter had arrived in Atlanta looking for her parents, brother and sister, they had just escaped the clutches of a despicable, evil group of people some how while they were running Winter had gotten separated not knowing where to go Winter decided to try Atlanta first because there was talk of a refugee camp there. She had decided to stick to flying along the rooftops to avoid the dead, Winter had been flying for near on twelve hours when she decided she should probably rest and find food, her poor wings were aching. Winter touched down on a roof top she looked down at the hordes of dead on the ground they were trying to get into the building opposite her Winter wondered what they were trying to get at she didn't dwell on it though she needed to find her family. Out of nowhere a the shrill noise of a car alarm blared the dead began stumbling towards the noise Winter watched as a van pulled up near the building and a group of men and women stumbled out of the building and into the van she watched the van drive away into the distance Winter was going to leave to when she heard a man screaming and shouting, after what Winter had been through with that last group Winter never wanted to see another man again but it wasn't in her nature to leave anyone in pain so she flitted over to the roof that screams were coming from. Winter landed in front of the man on the roof he looked at her and laughed
"ya come to take me to heaven darlin? " Winter noticed that his hand was cuffed to a pipe that's when she looked around for a key failure to find one meant she had to ask the man where he key was he just scoffed and pointed to a drain he had already seen her wings so Winter didn't see the problem in him seeing he manipulate water as well
"what's your name?" Winter asked
"Merle" he grunted "now if you wouldn't mind could ya pass me the saw so I can get out of these cuffs darlin " Winter giggled and Merle's face turned sour " What you laughing at there are geeks at the door and i'm trapped on this fucking roof like a fuckin' buffet " Winter gazed at the door she raised her hand and shot a bolt to the door that froze the door shut Merle looked shocked but before he could ask how she did that Winter said
"I'm an angel and I have healing ability's and I can manipulate water don't worry your not going to need that saw" Winter stood above the drain that the key had fallen down she raised her hand above it and a few seconds later a block of ice came out the drain but in the middle of the ice block was the key to the hand cuffs Winter let the ice drop and it smashed sending the key sliding to her foot she picked it up and walked over to Merle who looked shell shocked, she bent down and unlocked the hand cuffs .Merle stood up and rubbed his wrists
"ya got a name girl" he asked Winter at her short height of 1.5 meters Merle towered over her
"Winter " she responded looking up at him
"well Winter 'pose ya could come in useful where ya heddin?" Winter smirked playfully
"this your way of asking if you can come along?" Merle snorted
"s'not like I can go back to my old group they left me cuffed to a roof" Winter smiled
"I'm going anywhere" Merle nodded looking over the edge of the building
"how we gonna get down" without answering Winter wrapped her arms around his chest from behind he tensed under her arms and Winter was sure he was about to shout at her to 'ger off' but Winter jumped off the roof dragging Merle with her she had never heard a man scream in such terror before it made her giggle as she glided to another roof away from the walker infested building they just came from. When Winter placed Merle down he bent over and groaned "little bit of warning next time darlin" Winter giggled and began to tease
"not afraid of flying are ya Merle" Merle glared at her as she continued "don't worry we can walk from hear and I promise to warn you if I'm going to drag you off a roof again" Merle watched as she tucked her wings away and walked towards the stairs.
Winter was surprised at herself she couldn't believe she was trusting someone again so quickly after the other group but she was kinda glad that she found Merle. They walked away from Atlanta when Merle spotted a truck that looked similar to the one that left him earlier but Winter didn't say anything as this one seamed to be abandoned they got in and drove South. It was getting darker and Winter decided to pull over so she could rest Merle offered to take first watch Winter was a bit hesitant but realized if her and Merle were going to work together she needed to trust him also she was exhausted. Winter went to sleep and was plagued by nightmares of her last group.
Winter was in a dark room she wasn't alone though tied to other chairs were her father , mother, Daniel and Summer they were all ganged but they were conscious turns out Winter was the last to wake up suddenly light flooded the room and 2 men walked in
"you can choose first mate" the overly large one said to the other he smirked and stood in front of Winter's mother he touched her cheek and she moved her head away he laughed and did the same to Summer the reaction was much the same then he stood in front of Winter but instead of moving her head she stared back at him with hatred in her eyes the man smirked
"I got mine Tony" he said looking back to the other man
"ya wanna a hand, Dave?" Tony asked
"na she wont cause a problem will ya sugar" Dave began to untie Winter from the chair Summer, Daniel and Winter's mother and farther fought against there bonds as Winter was dragged up. The man Dave threw her to the floor and climbed on top of her he then produced a knife and sliced he t-shirt off revealing her red silk bra "wouldn't want to spoil this now would we" he purred pinging the strap of her bra Winter struggled trying hard not to cry but she could feel tears that were threatening to spill she looked over to the horrified faces of her parents and the angered face of her brother and sister Winter was shaking when he started fiddling with her belt he unbuttoned he jeans and pulled them down to he knees revealing matching underwear he pulled her jean's off and began unbuckling his trousers he pulled down her underwear-
when Winter was shaken awake she thought she was back in that horrible place again and she instantly began fighting the hands that tried to hold her in place screaming and crying
"calm down girl it's me Merle" Winter stopped fighting and started sobbing Merle just held her not sure what else to do when she calmed down Merle asked "what were ya dreamin bout girl" and for some reason Winter told him all about the last group about what Dave did in-front of her family he humiliated her and hurt her Merle's grip tightened as she was recalling the story he felt protective over this broken girl she lost her older siblings and he lost his younger one so he decided this would be his second chance he would protect her better than he did Daryl because he royally fucked up with Daryl but now he could have another try at caring for someone.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter I know its a bit dark to clarify this will be a Daryl/OC but I want a bit of Merle and Winter brother and sisterly bonding time btw Merle will still act like Merle around others but he holds a higher regard for Winter because of what she has been through and she saved his life. I don't own anything please review xx adios