Save Me, Save You
Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead or the characters except my own! The rest is all AMC!
summery: twenty-nine year old Kathryn Smith and her daughter three year old Jasmine have been on their own until they meet the Atlanta group on the highway. both mother and daughter carry with them a scared and frightening past but Kathryn is also carrying with her something more. Enter Daryl Dixon Hunter, tracker, and all around bad ass as well carries a dark past can they both save each other or will someone or something tear them apart?
Theme song: I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire by: The Ink Spots
Chapter 1: strangers on the highway
Kathryn Smith held the hand of her three year old unofficial official adopted daughter Jasmine. Looking around she wipes the back of her hand over her sweaty face as she holds a medal pipe in her hand, wearing a messenger bag over her head to her right side, it had been week since the plague started, a week since the horrible day her fear of people ever grew since that day. Since then they have been running, scavenging, hiding, and running some more; it's been hard on both of them with no rest no food or water for three days.
It would be easier if they were in a group but because of Kathryn's fear of people they were on their own. Jasmine looked behind them her eyes wide she tugs on her mother's pant leg "mamma, mamma!" Kathryn looked down to see the three year old point behind them, her eyes widen with fright as biters walked towered them.
"Jasmine run!" she yells,
Griping the little hand they took off, huffing and puffing as Kathryn spotted the highway. She looked around before pulling the little girl under a nearby car with her putting her hand over her daughter's mouth. This couldn't be happening Kathryn thought she lost them a ways back maybe it was a new herd who knows. Holding Jasmine close she heard the shuffle of feet as the bitters passed by the car.
What seemed like hours turned to three before they left, telling her daughter to stay under the car Kathryn crawled out and looked around making sure it was clear. She held out her hand to Jasmine when she heard a scream a little girl was her first thought, her second was people they couldn't stay here not with strangers around.
Looking down at her daughter she put her finger to her lips telling Jasmine she needed to be silent. Nodding both mother and daughter kept low and hidden, they stayed behind cars watching to make sure no one was around. When they got close to an RV Kathryn looked at it wondering if there was food and if it was worth it with strangers around, who knows if they were safe or not. Biting her lower lip she goes to stand when a pair of brown boots and white sneakers stand in front of them, Kathryn's eye's grow wide as saucers as she looks up at a man with dark brown hair and goatee and an African American man holding his arms.
The man with the goatee glares down at them, Kathryn pushes Jasmine behind her trying to black her three year old from the men's view.
"The hell ya hidin for?" He finally asks,
Shaking Kathryn slowly stands griping her pipe tightly "look…s…sirs we don't…want trouble….w..we don't have anything…you want." The injured man puts his hand on the first man's shoulder "don't be scare ma'am my friend Daryl here just asked a question, we didn't mean to frighten you really. Names Theodor Douglas but you can call me T-dog." Kathryn shook both men watching her the man Name Daryl more than T-dog "sorry…hard to tell…friend from…f…foe." She whispers looking at the floor.
T-dog looked past the mother and down at the little girl "she cute what's her name?" the three year old gasps gripping her mother's pant leg she hides her face. Kathryn looks down at Jasmine to T-dog and back "please don't…hurt her…her name is Jasmine…I'm Kathryn her…mother." Both men looked at each other wondering what she had meant by that.
Before T-dog could ask someone came up from behind "who's this?" jumping Kathryn turns quickly griping her daughter's shoulder with one hand. She holds the pipe up seeing a group of people men, woman, and a child "please…don't hurt us…we don't want…trouble." Jasmine turns around hiding her face in her mother's stomach.
A man who Kathryn a summed to be the leader slowly walks to them "ma'am no one is going to hurt you. I'm Rick Grimes your safe I promise, Daryl I hate to rush this introduction but I need your help tracking Sophia." Daryl nodded grabbing a crossbow that was leaning beside the RV walked towards Rick. An older man then took Ricks place introducing himself as Dale "if there are older people in this group then it must be safe right?" she thought to herself as she looked at everyone.
Lowering her pipe Kathryn nodded to him "sorry…for jumping…we have not met…a…nice group of people…and I hardly…trust people. I'm…Kathryn…and this is…my daughter…J…Jasmine." She stuttered out Dale smiled a gentle smile before introducing everyone. They all waved or said hello he then offered to let them stay in RV and get something to eat, that's when a man introduced as Shane Welsh jumped in "no way Dale we can't be giving out our food like this we have little as is…" he was cut off by a brown haired woman named Lori Rick's wife "we can't just let them go the little girl looks to be about 2 or 3 and they may be hungry. We should take them in they need our help Rick would want that." She spoke up everyone else agreeing. Shane shook his head in irritation "fine do what you want but don't be mad at me when they steal everything in the middle of the night." He then stormed off.
Biting her lip she held her daughter as Dale, Lori, and T-dog lead them inside the RV. Dale gave them a can of assorted fruit and a bottle of water, thanking them they both dug in finishing it in record time. Dale then offered the bed in back of the RV which Kathryn thanked him for as she sat her bag on the floor, turning she took Jasmine into her arms as they crawled into bed and hugged her close. Both falling asleep without any thought but how safe they were.