Chapter 2
He woke the next morning feeling better than he ever had. He actually slept the whole night with no problems. He also felt a weight on his chest and something in his face. Opening his eyes he saw that sometime during the night they ended up tightly cuddled together which was probably why he slept so damn good. She was laying half on his chest and he had both arms around her. Her hair was fanned out in his face. Moving the hair out of the way he looked down at her and smirked.
This was the first time in had ever slept through the night with a women but it was nice. Her scent was all around him and she was warm and pressed against him in the right spots. Yeah it was really nice.
She sighed as she started to wake and shifted against him and he held her tighter to keep her ass still.
"Sugar, stop fucking moving." He told her and she snapped awake quickly and look up at him and chuckled.
"Gotcha problem there sweet cheeks." She teased as she stretched against him and he groaned lowly as she rubbed against his morning wood.
"I have to say though. I slept better then I think I ever have. No nightmares or nothing." She said and he hummed in agreement. They laid there like that for a few more minutes before she finally sat up. She was laying between him and the wall and she smirked at him as she moved to get up. She straddled his hips and then slide off and stood up tying her hair in a pony tail again as she started moving around.
"You're trying to kill me women." Merle told her as he had to lay there for a while to get himself back under control. Seeing and feeling her straddled him about made him lose it. She smirked at him and gave him a once over.
"Why would I want to kill you when I spent all this time saving your sexy ass. Now let's get a move on it." she said and bent down and started picking her things up and setting out some breakfast bars for them to eat. Merle jumped up and went and stood behind her causing her to jerk back standing with her chest to his back.
"Keep flirting with me like that sugar and Imma make your ass mine." He whispered into her ear and her breath caught.
"I don't do flings Merle. You said yourself you anit ever been the settling type, well I anit the friends with benefits type or no one's one night stand." She said and walked away. Damn women would be the death of him. It was true what she said about him but he was starting to change his way of thinking in this new world.
"Can you hot wire a car?" she ask him as they walked along the road keeping out of the view of anyone they might pass. Grunting he nodded as he killed a walker with his new prosthetic Chris had made him. Gave him a knife on his stump and that was useful as hell.
"Yep. Just got to find a good one." He told her and she nodded. He heard the sound of a truck and pulled Chris against him and pressed her into the wall of the building they were walking behind. He shushed her as he listened with her back against the wall and he was completely covering her body with his as the truck came to a stop around the corner. She heard it then and tensed.
"Anit seen anyone in a while. Not since we raided that old folk's home. Killed all those bastards. They didn't have much stuff thought. Checked this place out yet?" he heard a male voice and Chris gripped Merle's shirt in her hands as he pressed against her tighter, he knew she was scared.
"Yeah, anit nothing or no one in there. Few offices a few miles down. May check to see if anything there." Another man said and he heard the first man hum in agreement.
"And if we find anyone camped in there?" a third man ask. There was silence at first.
"Depends. If the men look like a problem kill them. Women, well do what ya want with them." the first man ordered and Chris shivered. She had been in one of those offices alone until she found Merle and Merle knew that these men could have found her and done god knows what to her and he'd be damn if he let that happen.
They got in there car after that and drove off. Merle waited until he couldn't hear anything for a while just to make sure before he moved from her just enough to look down at her. She was biting her lip in worry and he pulled it out between her teeth.
"Stop that now. Anit no need to worry. Ole Merle anit gonna let no one touch ya." He told her and she nodded and took a deep breath.
"Thanks." She said looking up at him now. He nodded and bent down and kissed her. She kissed him back for a while before he pulled back.
"Need to find us a car sugar. Get the hell out of here." He said and she nodded and he pulled her around the building and they ran down the street.
They found a house that didn't have anything good inside but the garage had a nice, new smaller car that would be good on gas and it had a full tank. Chris found the keys inside. They loaded all their stuff into the back and Merle pulled the car out of the drive and headed towards the camp with his girl sitting next to him and to Merle she was already his.
They made it to the camp quickly and saw it was empty except the burning pile of walker bodies that was left behind and a stripped out red car.
"Looks like they got attacked by walkers." She said looking around and Merle nodded. They walked over to the red car.
"Merle and Morgan. Couldn't stay, wasn't safe. Heading to the CDC and then Fort Benning to find safety and answers." Chris read to out loud.
"Well at least they didn't forget my ass too much. My brother didn't leave anything behind and looks like he took my bike too. Do you know the way to the CDC?" Merle ask and she nodded.
"Yeah. Not far from here. I went there once for a training session. We can get there before dark." She said and they loaded back up and headed that way. They past the body of a man leaning against a tree and Merle recognized him so he knew they were heading the right way.
Just a hour or two before night fall they pulled to a stop behind his brothers truck that had the bike on the back and looked at the building.
"Damn. Looks overrun too but the cars are here with no bodies in them so they must have gotten inside." Chris said. Taking out her two knifes off her back they walked forward carefully towards the doors. Loud banging and screaming could be heard and Chris and Merle ran to the side to look into the window to see everyone from his old group trying to break the window. They saw Merle and were shocked.
"Merle." Daryl yelled and Merle ran to the glass.
"What's happening?" Merle yelled and Chris saw they were drawing the attention of the walkers. She killed one and waited for more to come.
"Locked in. The place is gonna blow." Daryl yelled as he swung the axe at the window. Merle took out the gun he had that Chris gave him and waved his hand to the others.
"Back up." Her yelled and they all hit the ground as Merle fired a shot at the glass and nothing happened.
"Damn it." Merle cursed frantic to get his brother out. Finally Rick ran forward and motioned for them to run and Merle saw why. He was laying a grenade by the glass. Grabbing Chris they ran back and dove on the ground as the blast exploded. Standing they saw the glass was broke and they ran over and helped the women and kids out.
"Merle. Damn." Daryl said and Merle slapped his shoulder as they ran. Merle kept Chris next to him as they lead the way to the cars, killing walkers as they went. When they got there they all dove for their cars and Merle and Chris watched as Andrea and Dale got out just in time for the building to blow.
"Ya ok?" Merle ask her and she nodded looking back at the building in shock.
"Yeah. Damn. Ok shit." Chris said looked back to see a large herd moving this way. Peeping the horn Merle got their attention and pointed behind them. Rick waved at him and lead the way in the RV out of the area.
They drove for a while and then pulled over hiding the cars in an alleyway in the city.
"Stay with me at all times. There's a few people in this group I don't trust too damn much yet." Merle told her and she nodded, grabbing her bag and following behind Merle as they jogged forward towards the other.
"Merle. Damn I thought we'd lost ya. What the hell happened? We came back and you were gone." Daryl ask him looking him over and then looking over at Chris.
"I wasn't in my right mind at the time. Chris here saved my ass and got me better. We found ya note back at the camp and followed ya." Merle said as Rick walked towards him.
"I'm sorry about what happened. I didn't plan to leave ya there. Are we going to have any issues with you being back?" Rick ask and Merle glared at him until Chris elbowed him in the ribs and gave him a look. Rolling his eyes Merle shook his head no and Daryl was shocked. Who the hell was this girl?
"Naw. I anit causing no problems. Just want to be with my brother is all. Chris here is gonna keep me out of trouble." Merle said smirking and Chris rolled her eyes and shook Rick's hand.
"I'm Christina. Call me Chris. I was an ER nurse at Grady. I'll keep Merle in line and if ya don't mind another person?" Chris said. Rick looked at the others who just shrugged. Shane didn't look like he liked it but who the hell cared what he thought.
"You were a nurse. How good are you with Walkers?" Rick ask and Merle snorted.
"This chick right here is a bad ass bitch with those blades Officer Friendly." Merle said and Rick nodded.
"Alright we need the man power anyways. Just let's keep the peace as best we can." Rick said and Merle and Chris nodded as they followed behind the group. Rick was leading them somewhere.
"Who's this girl?" Daryl whispered to his brother. He noticed his brother touched her and let her touch him and didn't snap at her when she elbowed him and he seem to keep his eyes on her at all times.
"She's mine." Merle said and Daryl nodded. No more was needed to be said.
