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A/N: So I know a lot of you have been waiting for this sequel. It took me a while to get my mojo back after the unexpected passing of my mother over the holidays. But I'm back and I would like to dedicate this story to her. She was a major fan of The Walking Dead as well as my writing. In this sequel to "A Light In The Dark" there will be many things you won't see coming as well as surprises at every turn.

I have a challenge for you real faithful readers. There are two meanings to the title of this sequel "A Shot In Paradise". The first person to PM me with both meanings and both being correct will get their own One-Shot written by me. That's right. You tell me what you want to happen and I will create you a story. Just know right now that I do not care for slash stories and will NOT write them. I'm looking forward to seeing who can figure this riddle out! Now on with the story! Remember to please Review! Reviews keep the juices flowing! Enjoy!

Chapter 1 – What Lies Ahead

Faye's POV

We decided to stay on the outskirts of Atlanta for the last two days, scavenging for supplies. We had been ciphering gas from every car we could find and loaded a lot of it in our truck and the RV. At the moment Rick was on the roof talking on a walkie to a man named Morgan. Apparently he had been the one to save Rick's life when he woke up and left the hospital. As far as I knew, he wasn't getting a response back.

So far we still hadn't heard from the other half of our family yet. We had to be at the meeting point in a few days and I was excited to see them, but most of all my mom. I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for calling her crazy all these years when she would go on about the world ending. I wanted to thank her for getting josh and I ready for it, but most of all I just wanted to see her beautiful face and hug her tightly.

After we loaded everything up in the vehicles, we decided to finally leave for Fort Benning which was a little over a hundred miles away. Daryl's truck had run out of gas and he figured his brother's bike would get more mileage so he decided to leave the truck behind. Rick thought it would be a good idea if Daryl led the vehicles and Josh would trail the tail end and most of us agreed. I could tell Shane didn't like how close Rick and Josh were becoming. We all loaded into the vehicles and Daryl began to lead the way toward Fort Benning.

We had made it maybe fifty miles when we hit a patch of abandoned and damaged vehicles all over the road. Cars were flipped and others had dead bodies inside of them. Daryl started to lead a path through the reckage, but halfway through everyone had to stop because there was a problem with the RV. We all exited the vehicles and made our way up to the RV.

"Problem Dale?" Shane asked as he made his way out of the RV.

"Just the small matter of being in the middle of nowhere with no hope of..." his voice trailed off as he looked around then saw Daryl digging into a trunk of a car. "Okay that was dumb."

"If you can't find a radiator hose here..." Shane gestured around.

"There's a whole bunch of stuff we could find." Daryl added and I couldn't help but smirk at the way he said it.

"I can cypher more gas from these cars for a start." T-Dogg spoke.

"I'll help." Ava added.

"Maybe some water." Carol suggested.

"Or food." Glenn agreed.

"This is a graveyard." Everyone including myself looked to Lori. "I don't know hoe I feel about this." She stated.

"Everyone just look around and gather what you can." Shane instructed and the group seemed to listen to him.

Josh simply gave me a look showing that's what he wanted me and Ava to do as well so we all split up into groups. As I passed the RV I saw Glenn helping Dale with it and could see Dale wanting to show him the ropes. Rick, Josh and Shane kept a look out with Daryl.

Not much had changed or really happened with Daryl and I since the CDC. He still kept an eye on Jaime and I, but he was the quiet type that liked to keep things to himself. Jaime had been able to get inside his head a few times and the more Daryl kept from us, the more Jaime thought of him as a super hero. Yes Jaime is still talking and I still haven't said anything about it in case he would stop again and I have to say he really did enlighten a conversation.

"You alright Faye?" Daryl asked snapping me from my thoughts. It was then I noticed he had hi arm around my shoulders. I looked into his sea blue eyes and smiled.

"I'm fine, just spaced for a moment." He gave me a squeeze before letting me go to rummage through an abandoned car.

I looked around and saw Jaime playing with his bear near Ava, Dale on top of the RV and Shane trying to break into a semi trailer. I walked up to the car next to the one Daryl was going through. A few moments went by when we heard the trailer door that Shane was messing with open.

"What was that about needing water?" he exclaimed causing us to look. The entire trailer was filled with jugs of water. Shane broke one open and let it rain on him. "It's like being baptized man." he smiled and Jaime ran over to the water and put his hand under what was still running.

Rick came over and had his attention focused on the road ahead. He pulled out his gun causing me to turn instinctively and pull out my pistol. It was then I saw a walker and I was about to shoot until I saw another then another, until I saw it was more than out group could handle. Rick told us to get under the vehicles while he went to tell everyone else.

Ava covered Jaime's mouth before he could scream at the sight of the walkers and carried him to the nearest car then rolled under it with him. I ducted behind a car then slid under it. Mostly everyone was under the vehicles when I looked around except T-Dogg was struggling near a yellow car. Everyone kept silent as the group of Walkers began to pass. I looked to Jaime and Ava. Jaime's eyes were full of tears. I mouthed the words it will be okay to Jaime. He seemed to understand because he nodded with Ava's hand still around his mouth.

When I looked over I saw T-Dogg cut his arm and leave a trail of blood behind him as he tried to find a car to hide under. I made sure the coast was clear then quietly rolled from underneath the vehicle, jumped up and made my way toward T-Dogg to help him. I got to him and shushed him as I ripped the bottom of my shirt off and tried to stop the blood from poring out of his arm. Suddenly I felt a presence behind me and when I turned I saw Daryl using a knife to stab a walker in the back of the head just as it was about to attack me. He then made a shushing motion to both of us as I helped Daryl drag T-Dogg to the ground and Daryl covered him up with a walker, the he and I did the same thing. A couple walkers just passed right over us.

The total group had pretty much passed us by, but I saw two stragglers go for Sophia. They scared her so much it caused her to jump from underneath the car and run into the woods along the side of the highway. As Daryl and I threw the dead walkers off ourselves, I saw Rick take off after Sophia and the walkers. Daryl and I helped T-Dogg up and brought him near the RV. Josh Ran over to me and took my place in helping T-Dogg. Ava made her way over to us and Jaime jumped down and ran over to me. I bent down to be level with him and picked him up as he jumped into my arms and held him tight. We stayed like that for a moment and then he pulled back to look at me.

"I said it would be fine right?" I said to him.

"But there are monsters after Sophia." Jaime replied.

"Don't worry honey. Rick will protect her alright?" he simply nodded in reply.

"What do you need to patch up T-Dogg?" Josh asked.

I took a look at the cut on his arm and told him what I would need to stitch it, well what supplies we actually had. Unfortunately we had no antibiotic left because Ava had become very ill shortly after we raided the hospital. All we had was a light form of penicillin, but with how deep his wound was I knew it would help for a bit, but there was a high risk of infection. I set Jaime down and walked over to Daryl who looked upset. I placed my hand on his shoulder and when he saw it was me, he turned to face me, but now his upsetting look was directed at me.

"What's the matter?" I asked him but he kept silent. He definitely looked like he had something to say though. "What is it?"

"What the hell were you thinking?" He shot and his angry tone caught me by surprise.

"What are you talking about?" I furrowed my brow.

"You were perfectly safe under the car then you came out like an..." his voice trailed off as if he was looking for his next choice word.

"Go on say it!" I shot back at him.

"An idiot!" he finished. I scoffed at him. "Just don't do shit like that." he lightened his tone a bit, but now I was angry.

"Look Daryl, I get that you want to protect me and I like it, but I'm not the type to just sit back and let someone die or be killed if there is something I can do about it! I've been training for all possible situations since I could walk and I can't just change who I am!" I exclaimed. He looked at me and I could see he understood what I was trying to say.

"Be more careful then, alright? That walker almost had you." he stated. There was more concern in his voice than anything else.

"That I can do." I said more calmly. We looked at one another for a few moments then smirked at each other before I walked closer and hugged him. It was then I saw Rick running toward us with no Sophia in sight.

So there is the end of the first chapter to this sequel. Remember to review and let me know what you think, like, don't like, but please be kind. I Love Reviews and I Love You!