Chapter Two:

daryl looked at the group then at merle before following after his angry brother. They made it out to the court yard before they heard the group screaming for them to not go or to wait. Merle stopped right at the old beat up pick up. Daryl stopped and turned to the group. " Look ..merle needs to cool off so I'm taking him m hunting well be back in a couple hours. " Daryl said speaking to Rick. Merle scuffed. Leave it to baby brother to still wanna stay. Daryl then followed merle into the truck and michoone opened the gate for them.

The group watched them leave. " Okay back inside" Rick said grabbing everyone's attention

. They followed Rick back inside , going back to their daily things. Rick and tyreese grabbed bucks body and tossed it outside. Tyreese really thought Rick had let things get way out of hand. If his and Sasha's dad was like the Dixon's...damn he do the same damn thing if he showed up here. Merle was in the right. Now the Dixons were hunting..now that he though about it merle had been shot by Carol. The son of a bitch went hunting with a busted shoulder. Shaking his head, tyreese headed back inside.

Maggie was fuming. Fuming to the point that Glenn had ran out of their cell and down stairs. She and Glenn cam back after Daryl took off with merle. No one even asked to look at his shoulder! Maggie was pissed right off. Yes she had very right to hate merle dixon. He was brass racist and a down right asshole and he beat up Glenn but no one deserves to be beat by their parents. Her own grandaddy was like that. Glenn was smart when they came in and kept his mouth shut probably still in shock from the events. Maggie threw a pillow on the cot and glared at it. Daring it to add to her anger and frustration. Looking up, maggie saw Beth walking into her cell and moved to go see her sister. Moving to lean against the cell bar smiled as she heard her sister praying for both Daryl and merle to return safely.

" I'm sure they'll be fine Beth." Maggie spoke, Startling Beth.

Beth jumped at the sound of her sisters voice. Blushing slightly as she stood. " I..I know" she said whispered. _ I just think he should have binded his shoulder before leaving. Everything got out of hand." Beth said crossing her arms over her chest. Maggie smiled and nodded. Beth was right. Merle should have taken care of his shoulder but he was also angry and probably didn't want anyone but Daryl to bind it. Maggie sat up with Beth and they just talked about what happened and how they could ease everything once the Dixon's got back.

Rick sat in his cell holding Judith while Carl reeled him a new one. Granted Rick was already reeling about what happened. Sighing, Rick stood with Judith and told Carl to stop. He didn't want to hear anymore about it and he'd try to fix things between Daryl and the group. Carl huffed but left anyway. Rick put Judith down for a nap before leaving. Walking out to the court yard, Rick saw Carol cleaning the laundry. Heading over to her he called her name. She smiled at him. " Hello Rick" she said. Rick nodded and sighed. " About what happened...you shot merle ..granted it was a flesh wound but..." Rick began to say but was interrupted. " I hope he bleeds to death" a voice said. Rick and Carol spun around seeing Glenn there with a now glaring Maggie Greene.

" Glenn Rhee!" Maggie yelled and started in on him. Rick pulled them apart and stood between them. " Okay! No fighting...Glenn enough you need to let go of your hate for Merle" Rick said referring to Glenn and himself. Hating merle for merle being merle was getting tiring and down right stormed off and Rick sighed before helping Carol with the clothes.

" They didn't deserve our hate!" Maggie said crossing her arms. Rick nodded " we'll make it right when they get back" Rick reassured her.

*TWD*

Daryl drove the truck down toward a nearby creak. Merle sat next to him not speaking just silently fuming and hitting the door in anger one in a while. Daryl wanted to ask about it but knew better they weren't into talking about their feelings. Looking at merle , Daryl sighed softly. Turning the corner. Once they got to the creak they got out and grabbed their weapons. Merle was still mad. Still fuming , the older Dixon was so far in his anger he didn't know if he could hunt. " Want me to hunt and you cool off? " Daryl asked him. Merle looked at him and frowned. " Nah I'm okay I can watch ya back brother " Merle said flatly.

Daryl just nodded and headed towards the creak. " See if we can find some deer."

Merle chuckled lightly wincing some wh n he moved his shoulder. Daryl shook his head at his brother. " Should of had th doc fix ya up before we left. " Merle nodded, taking off like that was probably wrong .he was still bleeding pretty good and they were lucky no walkers had come across them yet. Daryl was kneeling in a bush while Merle fixed his wounded shoulder the younger Dixon moved slowly. Seeing a buck " got a big one" Daryl whispered. Merle came over slowly nodding to Daryl.

"Damn brother he is big" Merle smirked. Merle pulled his gun out as Daryl loaded his crossbow. As Daryl put all his attention on the Buck , Merle watched their surrounding area. Making sure nothing snuck up on them. Daryl let his arrow loose. It hit it's mark. Moving forward , Daryl grabbed the arrow taking it out of the animal and dragging the deer towards Merle.

Merle helped Daryl get the deer into the bed of the truck , " now let's get out of here before our luck runs out" Merle said getting in the truck. Daryl nodded. " You calm enough to go back. " The hunter asked. Merle sighed, " no , but where you go I go" the older man said. Daryl smiled starting the truck and heading back towards the prison. They talked all the way back. What to expect and about Merle keeping his temper in check.

Merle frowned at that but didn't comment on it. He was still pissed about Carol shooting him. And with what Rick pulled with their pa. But he'd let Daryl handle it.

*Prison******

They got to the prison without any problems, pulling into the prison gates. They parked the truck and carried in the deer. Michonne was on watch duty , nodding to them. Maggie ran out and helped them bring the deer in. She also demanded Merle to get his shoulder checked out. Merle brushed her off but said he'd get it looked at anyway. Daryl called him whipped. Which ended up with the brothers fighting playfully.

Beth was watching from the stairs , as they came in. And shook her head when they started fighting. Boys would be boys .

A couple hours passed an the deer was skinned and being cooked. Rick still hadn't approached Merle at all and Daryl was ready to demand they talk. Merle wasn't one to let things go. And with how they left Daryl knew Merle wasn't in a forgiving mood. Dar sighed softly and headed to find Carol and talk to her about what happen.

Approaching the widow, Daryl stood in the door frame. " How's dinner going?" He started, hoping to ease into the conversation. Carol smiled at him. " Good, your brother cool d down?" She asked .Daryl laughed " mAh brother the one you shot?" The hunter spoke harshly. The harsh tone in his voice caused Carol to look anywhere but at him. _ Daryl...I ." Carol started ...Daryl stepped closer. " Merle did us a favor ..our pa wasn't a good man. " Daryl said harshly. Carol looked at him , a frown on her face. " He was like Ed? " Carol asked. " Worse." Daryl admitted. Carol nodded as she continued with dinner.

" Your brothers not a good man..." Carol tried to tell him. Daryl scuffed at that, Crossing his arms. " Pa was worse. Merle dealt with shit I dealt with shit. Merles the way he is cause of our pa" the hunter spoke. Carol nodded. The younger Dixon moved to lean against the wall.

Carol sighed as she finished with dinner. Getting ready to call everyone in. She looked at Daryl and frowned. " I'm sorry for shooting him." She said. Daryl just looked at her. " But not for everything else." He asked, his voice low and still a tad harsh.

Daryl was finally seeing how the group was treating his brother. He couldn't believe he had been so blind. Moving away from the wall, Daryl headed towards the door to go get Merle. When he heard Rick's voice from next to Carol. " Daryl" Rick called , the redneck turned. " After dinner well all talk about what happen?" The ex cop walked. Daryl just shrugged and kepted moving " I wouldn't bother Merle...he's still pissed about being shot" Daryl yelled over his shoulder. Passing maggie and Beth on the way to Merle.

*TWD*

After dinner, Rick gathered th group together. H wanted to have intervention as some would call it. Tyreese and Sasha sat together with Carl who was holding baby Judith. Michonne was sitting close to the Greene girls while Hershel stood with his crutches right behind them. Glenn sat alone in the front. Daryl and Merle were both leaning against the back wall, one leg each firmly o. The floor while the others were against the wall. They both had they're arms crossed in a similar way you could tell they we're brothers.

Merle looked ready to kill, his wounded shoulder was patched up thanks to he leaned against the wall. He looked at Everyone daring them to say anything. Daryl looked simuler. He was mad but willing to hear Rick out. Merle just want d to shoot him. Rick moved to start talking as Carol walked in, sitting next to Glenn.

" Anyone wanna get this show on the road .." Merle drawled.