Me and krista stayed in our tent as Daryl walked off.
"I think im gonna go." She blurted out.
"Go?,Go where?" i asked curiously.
She turned to me, sat up with a look of seriousness on her face.
"With them. to get Merle"
"What? but you-" She cut me off, she really was serious about it. she never cuts me off unless shes serious about something or when she is fangirling.
"No. im going." She grabbed her metal bat, her hunting knife and Strapped it to her Thigh, Grabbed a pistol and Just simply said "Im going. No god damn ifs, ands or buts about it."
She walked out of the tent and I followed her. I wasnt sure what to say ,do or think so the first thing i did, which was something I did on the spot without thinking, it just spilled out. I really didn't want her to go alone. It's not about trust either. Shes going into a hoard's nest with only a few men. Not the military, which still managed to get overruned.
"No!, you can't!" Krista stopped in her tracks. turned to look at me., she looked pissed. i stopped her before she could say anything.
"Not without me you're not going."
"Are you sure, Evy?"
"Positive, Lets do this shit.", Infact I wasn't really positive. But she was so adamant i couldn't control her.
I went back into the tent and grabbed some stuff I had.
We marched over to the group, Daryl was the first to notice us, he was puzzled by what we were even doing over there and especially with all of our stuff.
Rick was talking Daryl to get Merle, he had also asked glenn. to come with
shane wasn't at all pleased and butted in "So we're riskin 3 men?-Me and Krista then jumped in "And two women. We're going. and thats that. No questions about it."
T-dog stepped in adding another, Shane scoffed and stomped off in pure disapproval.
"So whats the plan?" Krista asked.
Rick answered calmly, "We're going to get my bag of guns. and Merle. thats it"
I cocked my head to the side a little, "Bag of guns? we have a shit ton of weapons if you want-" Rick smiled nicely and simply said "No, we're gonna need all the guns we can get our hands on."
Glenn walked up to us and thanked us for comming with them.
We all got in the van and drove off , Daryl was in the back seat between me and krista, i felt bad for him that he had to put up with us but, He didnt look like he minded one bit. He didnt seem assy with us anymore. Me and Krista noticed it, It was as clear as day. But its not something we'd actually mention in front of anyone. and damn well wouldn't be something we'd even bring up to him. that'd be just stupid.
After being in the van for a while.. we had to continue on foot half the way. but it was better than nothing
We got to the building we left him in. we got to the top and T-dog broke the chain and we burtsted through the door but he was nowhere in sight. There was nothing there but his hand. Daryl shouted out "No" a few times. Krista ran to the edge of the building, i chased after her i wish i didnt see what she did but I did, She puked over the edge. we turned back around and the guys were at their necks. Daryl growled and ran up to T-dog, had his bow aimed at him, and rick had his gun aimed at daryl. T-dog was frozen at that point. So were me and Krista as well.
"I won't hesitate" Rick said Sternly,"I don't care if every walker in the city hears it." he added on.
Krista and i both noticed Daryl was far more than just upset. It's like the man was on fire. his emotions where all over the place.
"You got a do-rag or somethin'?" Daryl calmly asked T-dog, with hurt in his voice , from trying to hold back tears, with a mix of stress and anger. He bent down to pick up Merle's hand and he placed it in the bandana.
"I guess the saw blade was too dull for the handcuff" Looking at the hand puzzled and slightly inspecting it, "damn...ain't that a bitch" he wrapped it up and shot a glance at us as he walked over to glenn to put the wrapped up hand in Glenn's backpack. Poor glenn was just horrified.
And When Daryl shot the glance all i saw was pure hurt on his face, so did krista.. probably one of the worse things we could see besides Merle's hand. We weren't exactly able to deal with men upset, it was a weird thing. We hated seeing them cry, it made us want to cry, and them being hurt and vulnerable, It kind of put a stake through us.
I whispered to Her." how you holdin' up?"
"im...holding i guess."
Daryl was now inspecting the Scene, "He must have used a tourniqet, like his belt. There'd be more blood if he didnt." Daryl following the bloody trail Merle had left behind, We had all started to follow behind him at this point. We walked down another set of stairs that were in the building, He called out for his brother, but no answer. We walked downstairs further into some rooms, looked to be like some offices. There was one Walker wandering around, Daryl wasted no time and just put an arrow in its head. A small smirk grew on my face and I silently said to myself "sweet.." I was just so facinated..Not even sure why.
"Had enough in him ta' take out these two sons'a bitches, One handed. Toughest asshole I ever met, my brother, Feed him a hammer he'll crap out nails" Daryl said.
"any man could passout from bloodloss, no matter how tough he is" rick added
We walked into a kitchen looking area, and we noticed a little fire going. Daryl walked over to it to inspect it. Krista and I following shortley after, both of us noticing Merle's belt.
Krista picked up a small metal plate with a handle on it. it looked all mucked up.
"Whats that stuff on it?" Glenn asked
I leaned over near krista looking at what she was holding..
"Its burnt skin, He cauterized the stump.."
, "How do you know that?" Rick smirked at me curiously.
"Eh, Its what happends when you're trapped in a house as a teenager. Lonley, Curious. you get bored as fuck and do things. Self teaching mostly. I watched a lot of cop shows, I loved the detective bits in it. Long story short, If I didn't have any art or music talent, I would have been a detective, still was a back-up if i couldn't succeed in what I wanted-" i looked down and muttered something quietly. "- It's all fucked now." Rick gave me a sympathetic smile and a pat on the back. And Daryl seemed impressed by my analyzation. I also noticed him staring me down again. Drove me curiouser and curiouser every damn time. and im pretty sure when he stared down Krista, If she noticed she probably died a bit.
Daryl looked at the metal plate and us "Told you he was tough, ain't nobody can kill merle but merle."
Rick looked at him seriously. "Dont take that on faith, He's lost a lot of blood.- Daryl cut him off "yeah?" he said walking towards the window " Didn't keep him from bustin' out of this death trap"
"He left the building?, why the hell would he do that?" Glenn asked
"Why wouldn't he?, he's out there alone as far as he knows. Doin' what he's gotta do, Survivin'" Daryl explained to him.
T-dog cuttin in
"You call that survivin'? Walkin out in the streets close to passin' out?, What are his odds out there?"
"Nothin' Worse than bein' handcuffed and left to rot by you sorry pricks,. Now turning to rick. "You couldnt kill him, I ain't so worried about some dumb dead bastard''
"What about a thousand dumb dead bastards? Different story." Rick added
Why dont'ya take a tally? and do what you want. Im gonna go get him"
Attempting to walk off, Rick stopped him in his tracks and Daryl snapped back and growled
"Get your hands off me! You cant stop me!"
Rick trying to talk some sense into the man, "I dont blame you, He's family,I get that. i went through hell to find mine. I know exactly how you feel, He can't get far with that injury, we can help you check a few blocks around, but only if we keep a level head."
Daryl answered, seeming kind of cocky at that point. "I can do that."
T-dog jumping in again, "Only if we get those guns first, Im not strolling these streets of atlanta with just my good intentions, okay?"
Me and krista just silent watching all of this off to the side.
i wish i could just fix all of this with a snap of a finger.
