HAVING ISSUES POSTING. THIS IS THE REAL FIRST CHAPTER FOR THE HERO AND THE MONSTER.!
The Hero and the Monster
All power to Robert Kirkman and AMC!
Though I despise that I have to wait until October!
Pretty please reviews! There is a major original character on his way!
Warnings for language! I have a potty mouth and it shows! Especially threw the Dixon boys!
Carol sat on her bed, listening to the sounds around her. Daryl and Rick quietly talking, Sophia chatting excitedly with Carl, Beth singing an old melody in the corner, Carol's infant son cooing in her arms. Things certainly had changed in the past year.
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After the herd moved thru the farm, the group had followed the plan, meeting first at the freeway, then at a town named Jasper. The plan had worked! Andrea, who the group thought lost, found them there four days after the herd moved thru. She brought with her Michonne, a dark woman with a lethal sword. Michonne was accepted into the group and proved to be a strong member. Andrea also brought terrible news.
Dale, who had been on watch at the time the herd moved thru, was dead. When Andrea slipped out the back door during the evacuations, she had run to the RV. When she got there, she found Dale, dead on the roof. With no injuries or other symptoms, they had assumed something along the lines of a heart attack had occurred. They mourned his passing, but had to move on.
And move on they did! Less than a month after they lost the farm, they found the prison. It had taken a lot of work, but they had done just as Rick had said. They had fortified the prison, and built a life together.
The prison had been a strong hold from the start, but with the several additions, it was impenetrable.
They fixed up the fence on the backside of the prison where the wall had been blown away. They had found a farm, rich with supplies, which they took quite a bit from.
They took a large backhoe, and dug a ten foot deep by ten foot wide trench around the fence of the prison. With spikes in the bottom of the trench, no walkers had made it close to the fence. They used the dirt to level out the prison yard, making it fit to grow food, and to make hanging baskets. They also found quite a few solar panels from farms and homes in the area. They had taken them to the prison, and after some experimentation, they now had enough electricity for a few lights, a hot water heater, an oven, a freezer and refrigerator.
From the farm, they now had plenty of supplies for farming, from seeds, to equipment, to animals. The prison now housed a large group of dairy cows, a steer, a small herd of goats, many chickens and three horses, all found at either the farm or neighboring farms. Daryl had also found two dogs at the same farm as the horses, a Rhodesian ridgeback who Sophia had named Mojo, and a border collie she had named Jazzy. Mojo spent his days at Daryl's side, hunting and protecting, and his nights sleeping in Sophia's cell, right at the doorway. Jazzy spent most of her time with the animals, doing what she was bred to, but was very affectionate with the whole group.
The group had changed too in the year since the farm. They had grown bigger, first with the addition of Michonne, then a few months ago with the addition of another small group of four. Tyresse and Sasha were brother and sister, while Alan and Ben were father and son. They fit in well with the group, even with Alan fighting being under Rick and Daryl's leadership, but Tyresse had worked things out. They had also found Morgan, the man who saved Rick's life. After about a week with the group, he began to open up, and trusted the group. His guidance had helped them greatly.
Morgan had been gathering weapons since the world fell, and with the group, put them to good use. Besides guns, they now had explosives, lots and lots of explosives. Morgan also brought two 50 cal turret guns, which were now mounted in the back of 2 of the 4 vehicles. As the "war machines" were being built, Glenn had made a joke about the zombies in Call of Duty 2, and now the "war machines" were also called Juggernog, which Daryl drove, and Double tap, which Rick favored. They also had a fast sports car that Glenn loved named Speed Cola, and an ambulance, stocked with supplies, now labeled Quick Revive. The cars were a life saver, efficient at killing with added spikes on the fenders and bumpers, and easily handled. *
They had also added two new men, from the prison. There had originally been five men, but three had come to their ends, either by walker, Rick or Daryl for their attacks on the group. The two surviving inmates fit into the group more or less. Oscar became good friends with TDog, and was a skilled tattoo artist, penning new ink on the virgin Rick, and the experienced Daryl, as well as others in the group. Axel, while perhaps not as trustworthy as Oscar, was a close friend of Hershel, and was very skilled with farm work. The group had grown to accept the newcomers, and grew stronger for them.
The group had become close, some members closer than others.
After Lori's betrayal, Rick became focused on being a good father, and a good leader. Surprisingly, Andrea and he were drawn to each other. They had started their relationship quietly, mindful of Carl's feelings, but those worries were laid to rest quickly. One day while they were moving some of the animals around, the steer, who had a tendency to be difficult, had broken a fence and was rushing for Carl. Andrea at the last possible second through herself in front of the steer, scaring it badly and sending it rushing back into the corral. As the group regained control of the animals, they looked over to see Andrea hugging Carl close, kissing him on the forehead. A few days after that, Carl had started to call Andrea Mom, and Rick and her came public with their relationship. This was no news to anyone; it had been obvious the two were in love.
Michonne, who had come to the group with two armless, jawless packing walkers, was slow to fit in with the group. But thru Andrea and Carol, who both felt she deserved some peace, Michonne opened up, and became a part of the group. A few weeks after that, TDog and her were caught in the pantry kissing by Carl and Sophia, who ran around proclaiming the news. While embarrassed, they were both happy, and the group was happy for them.
Glenn and Maggie had become tighter, and were now talking about getting married. They had been together since the farm, and they made each other stronger. Beth, who was deeply hurt by Jimmy abandoning her to leave with Shane and Lori, had become depressed, but pulled herself out of it when they began to make the prison home. Hershel almost lost his leg, nearly getting bit as they cleared out the cell block, but Daryl's quick instincts and new, stronger, faster bow saved him. He was now happy as a clam, acting as the group's doctor, yet getting to enjoy his practice again with the new animals, and the supplies they had taken from several vets' offices.
Sophia was growing each day, and now was taller than Carl, who made it very obvious he was not happy with the new arrangement. Carl had taken quite a shine to Sophia, much to Daryl's annoyance. One day, not long after they caught Michonne and TDog in the pantry, Rick caught Sophia and Carl in the same place. Nothing vulgar, just some kissing, but Daryl had exploded. He was not ready to have Sophia grow up into a young woman, not after he just became her father. But Carol was able to calm him down, and that night, Rick, Andrea, Carol and Daryl sat down with the young teenagers and explained they're rules. No kissing or touching at least until they were 16, and if they broke those rules, well, there would be hell to pay. They both reluctantly agreed, but Daryl was always eyeing Carl to keep him in line.
Rick and Daryl had become tight, as they both lead the group. Daryl hated politics, left that to Rick, but Rick was always checking with Daryl on his opinions. They had become best friends, and called each other brother. Daryl missed Merle more than he could bear at times, but knew that if Merle hadn't disappeared, he never would have had a shot at the family he now had. He trusted Rick, followed him like he had Merle. Rick was the first male in Daryl's life to respect him. Daryl had been belittled by society, badgered by his brother, and brutally tortured at the hands of his father. Rick had been the first person to truly ask Daryl's opinion, on anything real, in Daryl's life. He had a say in his own life for the first time, because of Rick. Daryl respected Rick; he had proven himself more than enough times to Daryl.
The day they took the prison, Rick and Daryl fought back to back with each other. There were some close calls, and if it weren't for the trust they put in each other, they never would have taken the prison, and never would have had the life they had now.
Daryl and Carol had grown closer. Now together a year, their relationship had been tested many times, thru dangers of this new world, like continual walkers and prison life, and old dangers like jealousy and pregnancy.
Most they had worked thru easily, but Carol becoming pregnant tested they're limits. Carol had been told by doctors after Sophia that she would never have another child. But about 5 months into Daryl and hers' relationship, Carol had begun throwing up, and gaining weight. She told Daryl she thought it had something to do with menopause, but he was unconvinced. She denied being pregnant, and avoided taking a test until one day 2 months later, she fainted. Carol woke up to Daryl, clutching her hand and leading her into consciousness. She remembered the words he said to her, quietly growled. "Ya gonna take that test, which ya no is positive, ya gonna start caring for ya self like a pregnant woman should, or we're threw. I ain't leavin' Sophia, never gonna do that. But you and I, if ya can't deal with this, we're done." She had cried at his words, and he had been right. Four and a half months later, she gave birth.
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Carol came out of her memories, to a touch on her arm. It was Daryl, smiling down at her, and their minutes old son. She smiled back, and reached up for a kiss.
"What'd ya think we outta call him?" Daryl's accent came thru strong in his whispered words.
"I know what you want him to be named." Carol looked into his eyes, as hers teared up.
"Ya okay with it?"
"Yes, I think his name should have meaning."
Daryl smiled at their son, as the little boy opened his deep blue eyes.
"MJ, short for Merle Dixon Junior."
*- this is what I had in mind for the cars.
Juggernog and Double Tap
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SpeedCola
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