Thank you so much for the great response the first chapter gotten. This idea has been in my mind for a long time but it s still in progress so i want to take prompts and request about Gleggie, Richonne, Sasha and Abraham and any other pairing you want me to write about. I could either do it on here or as a one shot. Please enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 2: My Squirrel
The whole community came together to gather all the crops, the winter will be here soon and they needed to make sure that they had enough food to last it. Rick was tired his muscles aching and the last bit of the sun was scorching on his back.
Rick stood next to Daryl taking a swing of water that Maggie was passing around. He looked as she gave one bottle of water to Glenn and he gave her a kiss and caressed her growing belly. Rick smiled t the sight yet he felt a pang in his chest as his eyes darted toward Michonne who was standing a couple of feet away from them her laugh reaching his ears and soothing his soul. She was standing with Judith in her arms and laughing at something Carl said to her. Ricks heart grew tenfold just looking at them, they were all happy, the four of them yet looking at Maggie and Glenn Rick wished that Michonne's belly would swell with his child. Normally he would not want a child to duffer this world yet they have been happy for over five months. Maybe he was fooling himself but a child with Michonne would complete their little family.
"Look even the good doctor is here with her minion." Rick heard Daryl grunt next to him and looked towards where Daryl was looking and looked at the two new comers that they recruited abut three months ago. Two women. They were the first in a long time and for the time being they were the last. For the time being. Rick looked at Daryl and chuckled at the scowl that he had on his face. Lets just say that they did not begin in the best way. Rick remembered that day.
Three months ago
Rick was sitting on his porch looking at Alexandria in the crisp morning. The town was still asleep but he was awake. Ever since he had the conversation with Aaron a month ago he could not stop thinking about it. Was Aaron right or was he being delusional Rick did not know but he could not stop thinking about it.
"We need people Rick. Like i said this is the most valuable resource. Maggie is behind me. She wants this community to flourish just like i do, but we need more people. I wanna start recruiting soon." Aaron said and Rick looked at him and pinched the bridge of his nose. They had lost a lot of people. A lot of Alexandrian's has lost their life but his family also lost their lives. They have lost Eugene, Rosita, Carol, Morgan, they all died in the war with the saviours. Their loss was still raw and painful to think about.
"Rick i know that we have lost people, i know it hurts but right now we are going through the motions. We are not alive we just exist. It seemed like we may have won the battle but they have won the war. They broke us, but i will not let them defeat me. Never." Aaron said and
Rick took a deep breath and looked at hi town. There were houses that needed to be filled in. Maybe he was right. Maybe they needed more people to get over the loss. Rick put his face in his hands and sighed. The Saviours did really break them. He had not smiled in weeks. Not even with his kids, not even with Michonne. He was numb and was just going through the motions, just like the rest of them. He heard footsteps and he looked up to see Daryl walking up to him.
"Hey what's up." He said.
"There are people around the camp." Daryl said in a gruff voice and Rick stood up panic raising in his stomach.
"How do you know." Rick said with a scowl on his face.
"The snared i set up one of them was missing and it was no bitter work. It was human. There were some tracks but i have lost the trail, we should go and check it out like right now." Daryl said and Rick nodded. He took his gun and fallowed Daryl outside the gates. They walked up to the snares.
"Look there is the trail again, its leading into one of my traps and look there is nothing there. I told you there are people around and we need to find them soon and get rid of them." Daryl said and Rick looked around the forest checking if someone was was a sound ad birds began to fly out and a twig breaking a gun and a crossbow at the ready. Someone was there, they knew it but they did not know where.
"Come on out now or you will be sorry." Rick said and pointing the gun in the direction of the sound, his body tense .
"Come on out asshole or i will put an arrow in your ass." Daryl shouted again.
"Look no one needs to get hurt please. I only took one squirrel." A shaky female voice said and both Daryl and Rick turned into the direction of the voice but not seeing anyone.
"I said come on out now!" Rick shouted. He was ready to kill whomever was there. He wanted to keep his family safe.
From behind a tree came out a shaky figure of a woman who was holding a squirrel. My squirrel Daryl thought.
"Look i will give it back to you just please don't shoot me over the squirrel." She said and Rick saw her throwing the squirrel in their direction.
" Throw over your weapons and do it quick and throw over your backpack." Rick said in a low and dark voice.
"Look i am outnumbered here, i don't think.."
"NOW!" Rick shouted not giving her time to finish the sentence. The female in front of them was shaking badly as she took down her backpack and through it at them. She began to take the machete and the knife she had on her belt and threw it at them. She took out the knife she had in her boot and also threw it at them and out her hands in the air.
"Look i never wanted any harm. It was just one squirrel. Please don't kill me." She said
"How do i know you are telling the truth. For all i know you could be watching us and planning how to take what we have and i will not let you do that. So i suggest you tell me the truth, how many of you are out there and what do you want." Rick said stil pointing the gun at her.
"There is only me and my friend. She is hurt, we were passing a small herd of walkers and she broke her ankle while running away. I was just looking for food when i found you snared. There were multiple so i thought that you would not miss one squirrel." The female said.
"Well you thought wrong. Those were my squirrels. I should take your hand of for stealing them." Daryl growled at her. Rick looked at the woman and saw how bad she was shaking and the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes and was reminded of the night they were all on their knees shaking and praying for their lives. He did not want to be like that but he needed to keep his family save. He was not loosing anyone else of his family.
"You better be telling the truth or i will shut you right here." Rick growled.
"Please i swear there is only us two. We are just passing through we do not want any trouble please just let me go and i swear you will never see my again. I promise. Please." the woman said and closed her eyes. The woman did not care much for her life. it was just one life but she had a hurt friend she needed to look after. She was hurt and he was not going to survive without her and it was something she was not going to let happen.
"Okay." Rick said and the woman looked at Rick in confusion.
"Okay?" The woman replied back.
"Okay you take me to your friend now." Rick said
"Rick" Daryl growled at his friend, what was he doing? This was a trap. They need to go home and get more people to come with them. Rick just shook his head at Daryl.
"You take me to your friend and then we will go from then." Rick said moving toward the female patting her down checking for any more weapons. Rick took her by the arms and Daryl was pointing the crossbow at her head. The woman was trying to keep her tears at bay. She was not going to let them see her cry. She needed to preserve at least some of her dignity.
They walked in silence for about half an hour and in the distance they saw a small cabin.
"Is this where your friend is?" Rick said and the female nodded.
"Yes but she is hurt, she cannot come out." The girls said and Rick narrowed his eyes at her. It sounded like a trap. Once they were close enough Rick looked at Daryl who nodded and kicked the door opened and went inside. He was there for a few seconds before coming outside.
"Only one person there, she's passed out." Daryl said and the woman punched Rick and got out and ran at the door and passed Daryl to see her friend lying on the floor sweating and shaking. She looked at her leg and she saw that the break was red and puss was coming from it. She had an infection. She was going to die.
Rick touched his face and with a scowl on his face he ran to the cabin gun pointing at the woman again. But he saw her on the floor next to a woman who was hurt and sick.
"Was she bit?" Rick asked and the woman shook her head.
"No she had an open break, she had an infection i have no antibiotics. She is gonna die." the woman said dejectedly and sat on the floor with her knees to her chest looking at her friend. Rick knew that they were able to help her but he was still debating weather or not to take her in or not. She was truthful to that point and gave them no red flags, but Rick was done taking chances. He could not put his family at risk. He needed to ask her the questions before he made a decision. Daryl knew what was going on in his head and shook his head. He did not want any other people at his home. No more strangers and no more people to get used to and then lose them again.
"How many walkers have you killed?" Rick asked her the question and Daryl waked out of the cabin with a grunt. The woman looked at him like he was crazy.
"Why do you care." She said and Rick went to her eye level.
"I have the gun so i suggest you better answer all of my questions." Rick said and the girl closed her eyes.
"How the hell am i supposed to know. Loads." The woman said never taking his eyes away from her friend who was shaking.
"How many people have you killed?" Rick asked and the woman just stared ahead not answering the questions. Rick was getting impatient and took her by the arms and the woman looked at him with a murderous look in her eyes.
"If you want to kill me then go ahead if not let me be. I am not in the mood to make mall talk. My friend is dying." The woman said and Rick made her look at him again.
"I am the one who can help your friend here so you better answer my questions and fast so we can help her." Rick said in a low whisper.
"i am a doctor and i know that without medication she will not survive." She said and Rick's eyes grew large. She was a doctor, they needed one. They were sharing Harlem with the Hilltop and some of them were training with him but it was nothing like a real doctor. They needed her and she needed them.
"How many people have you killed?" Rick asked and she looked at him and with a cold glare.
"9" she said with a cold voice.
"Why?" Rick asked
"So i could stay alive." She said. Rick nodded.
"Get your stuff, we are going to my community. We have food and medicine. We could help your friend. If you try anything on the way i will kill you." Rick said and the girls eyes lit up for the first time. She packer her bags and they were on their way.
Present time
Daryl was glaring at the two women who joined the group. He remembered how they brought her back to their home. How quickly the doctor made herself at home in the infirmary. A place that belonged to Dennise, not her. Daryl hid how impressed he was when she was working on he friend as soon as they brought her here. How quickly she knew where everything was and how confidently she worked. But no matter what, she was a stranger, an outsider and he did not trust her.
"You need to cut her some slack, she's been trying to fit in." Rick said and Daryl looked at Rick with a grave like expression.
"She's not one of us." Daryl said and walked away from Rick. He pinched the bridge of his nose in defeat. He did not know how to help his best friend. It seemed that Daryl has lost all hope. Rick just prayed that he was not broken beyond repair. Rick took another gulp of his water and walked over to Michonne who was not with the two new comers talking and laughing at something.
"Hello ladies, how are we today." Rick asked them all with a slight smile. Rick has gotten used to the two women now. They were making themselfs a part of their group and they were very helpful.
"Not much to be fair. We came out here to help you guys with the crops." Jolene, the doctor said. She was a very attractive woman, in fact they both were. It still made Rick laugh a little as he remembered the first couple of days when Daryl and Rick brought them here, the woman made sure the men stayed away from them.
"Yeah and we want to enjoy the last bits of the sun." Valerie her best friend told the pair in front of them. The whole community came together to take all of the crops down as winter will soon come. They needed to prepare for it. They all went back to the work and talking amongst themselves.
Soo how did you find the chapter? Was it good. I have introduced my OCC characters here and they will play out a bigger part later on but right now they will be more of background but more to come on them later on. Please review and let me know what you think about it. Also i want to take prompts and request on what do you wanna see with Gleggie, Richonne, Sasha and Abraham and any other pairings. I may write them` here or as one shots. Please review and wait for the next chapter.
