p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"he shot rang out deafening the one's that had watched her death. Beth's brains were all over Rick's face. Shocked by what the grizzled man had just witnessed made him slow to react; he had watched this young weak girl grow into a strong beautiful woman. She had taken care of his daughter and been like a younger sister to him for over a year and now she was just gone; snuffed out like she had never really matter. He reached for the python that had taken justice for so many of his family, but his brother was already shoving past him and pulling the trigger and blowing the bitch that had killed their precious Beth's head off./p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Daryl couldn't believe that he had came so far to save his mate and his sister just to watch one of them be murdered right in front of them. She had been right he did miss her the moment that she was gone. Her words echoed in his mind "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone Daryl Dixon." Daryl felt the comforting hand of his beloved Carol's hand on his back. The tears fell as he knelt down by their fallen friend and scooped her up in his arms. He walked her out; at least she would get a proper funeral unlike her father who was left for the dead to eat./p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"As soon as he walked out behind Rick carrying her he saw Maggie she had not noticed him yet. Rick shock his head unable to form the words to tell her sister that she was dead; Maggie never even got the chance to tell her little sister that she loved her and how proud she was of her. He stepped aside not knowing what else to do. Maggie saw her sister's limp body in Daryl' s arms. She ran toward him and collapsed in tears. Glenn came to his wife and wrapped his arms around her. Glenn's mind did not register what he was seeing. Shock had taken a hold of me and claimed any reaction that he could have other than holding his wife. Daryl laid her down at her sister's feet and reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry. I tried." Were the only words that could leave his felt so guilty for not being able to save her. Everyone that he had ever tried to save he had lost. Sophia as she walked out of the barn nothing more than a shambling corpse but he had been able to be there for her mother in fact it was what had brought the two together. He thought he had lost Carol twice and even though she still made it the scars had already formed and he waited for them to re-open. Merle had finally came back to him and was finally changing into something good; something right and he had sacrificed himself for the whole of the group and that had not even done much more than enrage the governor more. Then there was Beth he had rescued her from the prison when it had fallen and he had taken the young girl underneath his wing just to have her ripped away from him after finding her. /p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Glenn and Daryl gathered Beth up and gently carried her to the fire truck that had brought the rest of their family to them. Maggie crawled in first and received her body her head laying in her lap. Maggie began stroking her long blonde hair. "Be at peace baby."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Days later after losing Tyresse to a walker bite Daryl had taken all he could take. Not even the love of Carol, his brother Rick or even Carl or Judith could reach the man. It had seemed that he had fallen. He found himself in the woods it was a clear beautiful path that led to a nice barn he sat down at the base a of large oak tree and pulled out a wrinkled cigarette from his pocket and lit it. The longer he sat there smoking on it and looking at the beautiful peaceful scene he could not take the pain any longer he put the burning cherry of his ciggerette out on his hand and let the tears that had refused to fal sicne they had burried her out. He wept openly for the lose of the innocennce that she was and the strength that she had built. He loved her liek a little sister and wished that he could have done more for her. /p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Later that night Daryl took first watch unable to believe what Rick had said that they were nothing more than the Walking Dead. He understood the feeling behind this but he was not a corpse he was not one of those damned things that roamed the earth now. He was still human and he would still believe in good even after all the ugly hate that he had seen in the world he would still believe because Beth had believed in him he would for her. Walkers began to hit the barn doors and he knew he couldn't holler out for help. He just hoped beyond hope that his friends his family would see and they did. They all stood together for several minutes united as one as they had before and in that moment Daryl knew that Hershel, Beth, Merle and Tyresse was standing with them and that their family would come through the storm untouched and whole. /p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Daryl stepped out of the car at the safe zone and his ears were over powered with the sound of children's laughter. He knew in that moment that Beth was resting easy. /p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Daryl couldn't believe that he had came so far to save his mate and his sister just to watch one of them be murdered right in front of them. She had been right he did miss her the moment that she was gone. Her words echoed in his mind "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone Daryl Dixon." Daryl felt the comforting hand of his beloved Carol's hand on his back. The tears fell as he knelt down by their fallen friend and scooped her up in his arms. He walked her out; at least she would get a proper funeral unlike her father who was left for the dead to eat./p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"As soon as he walked out behind Rick carrying her he saw Maggie she had not noticed him yet. Rick shock his head unable to form the words to tell her sister that she was dead; Maggie never even got the chance to tell her little sister that she loved her and how proud she was of her. He stepped aside not knowing what else to do. Maggie saw her sister's limp body in Daryl' s arms. She ran toward him and collapsed in tears. Glenn came to his wife and wrapped his arms around her. Glenn's mind did not register what he was seeing. Shock had taken a hold of me and claimed any reaction that he could have other than holding his wife. Daryl laid her down at her sister's feet and reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry. I tried." Were the only words that could leave his felt so guilty for not being able to save her. Everyone that he had ever tried to save he had lost. Sophia as she walked out of the barn nothing more than a shambling corpse but he had been able to be there for her mother in fact it was what had brought the two together. He thought he had lost Carol twice and even though she still made it the scars had already formed and he waited for them to re-open. Merle had finally came back to him and was finally changing into something good; something right and he had sacrificed himself for the whole of the group and that had not even done much more than enrage the governor more. Then there was Beth he had rescued her from the prison when it had fallen and he had taken the young girl underneath his wing just to have her ripped away from him after finding her. /p
p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Glenn and Daryl gathered Beth up and gently carried her to the fire truck that had brought the rest of their family to them. Maggie crawled in first and received her body her head laying in her lap. Maggie began stroking her long blonde hair. "Be at peace baby."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Days later after losing Tyresse to a walker bite Daryl had taken all he could take. Not even the love of Carol, his brother Rick or even Carl or Judith could reach the man. It had seemed that he had fallen. He found himself in the woods it was a clear beautiful path that led to a nice barn he sat down at the base a of large oak tree and pulled out a wrinkled cigarette from his pocket and lit it. The longer he sat there smoking on it and looking at the beautiful peaceful scene he could not take the pain any longer he put the burning cherry of his ciggerette out on his hand and let the tears that had refused to fal sicne they had burried her out. He wept openly for the lose of the innocennce that she was and the strength that she had built. He loved her liek a little sister and wished that he could have done more for her. /p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Later that night Daryl took first watch unable to believe what Rick had said that they were nothing more than the Walking Dead. He understood the feeling behind this but he was not a corpse he was not one of those damned things that roamed the earth now. He was still human and he would still believe in good even after all the ugly hate that he had seen in the world he would still believe because Beth had believed in him he would for her. Walkers began to hit the barn doors and he knew he couldn't holler out for help. He just hoped beyond hope that his friends his family would see and they did. They all stood together for several minutes united as one as they had before and in that moment Daryl knew that Hershel, Beth, Merle and Tyresse was standing with them and that their family would come through the storm untouched and whole. /p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"Daryl stepped out of the car at the safe zone and his ears were over powered with the sound of children's laughter. He knew in that moment that Beth was resting easy. /p