Beth jumped up and grabbed her gun from her back pocket. Maggie already had hers out and started to walk towards the cells. Beth followed, but stayed behind a few steps. She couldn't risk anything happening to the baby.

But apparently she wasn't far enough away as a walker grabbed her leg and held on for dear life. She screamed Maggie's name, but with all the gunfire and screaming, Maggie didn't hear.

Daryl had been in the guard tower when he heard Rick calling for him. When Daryl came towards him Rick started to speak. "Walkers. They're in C block."

His blood ran cold. That was where Beth was. "Let's go!" Daryl said as he pushed past him. As he entered the cell block, he could hear lots of screaming. But one scream in particular stood out to him. Beth. He noticed her kicking at something and immediately realized it was a walker. He ran towards her and shot an arrow through its head. Beth sighed and leaned onto his chest. Daryl wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her outside.

"The hell happened?" Glenn asked as he approached the two of them. "Beth? Are you okay?"

Beth only managed a nod. Daryl figured she was in shock. Glenn seemed satisfied with her answer. "Maggie?"

"In there." Daryl responded as he pointed to the cell block. Glenn nodded and ran inside.

Rick came outside as soon as he went in. Daryl was about to ask him if he knew what the hell was going on, but Rick seemed to know what he was going to ask already.

"Food poisoning." He stated sharply. "That's what Hershel said."

"Who turned?" Daryl asked and he felt Beth flinch. She must not be taking this so well. Beth was the type of person who cared about everyone, and that was something that he would never understand.

Rick sighed, "Kid named John. Didn't even know he was staying there."

Daryl silently responded with an "'k". He ran his hands through Beth's hair and sighed. After a few moments, Maggie, Glenn, Carol and Carl emerged from the building. Beth left Daryl's arms and went to Maggie's side.

"You alright?" Maggie asked her as she put her hand on Beth's cheek. Beth nodded and Maggie pulled her close. She kissed her forehead and rested her chin on the top of Beth's head.

"We need to go through the food supply. Make sure no one else gets sick," Carol ordered and Rick nodded, murmuring in agreement.

"How many?" Daryl asked and Rick sighed, "Four walkers and two bit. They're being taken care of by Hershel and Tyreese."

Beth shuddered and was grateful that she didn't have to deal with anyone in there. She was already feeling sick just thinking about it.

Rick turned and looked at Beth. "Baby alright?"

Beth didn't know what to say. Even though her stomach had very much been increasing in size, she hadn't been able to feel them move yet. Daddy had said she might not feel anything until she was about sixteen weeks along. She'd only been roughly fourteen weeks.

She nodded and smiled, grateful for Rick asking. He nodded, the sighed. He looked at Daryl. "Looks like you'll have to go on another run."

Beth wanted to protest, but she knew that it had to be done. Their food supply was even lower than it was before. And Daryl would have gone anyway to make sure she was fed.

She pulled away from Maggie and went back inside. There was blood everywhere, even a small teddy bear on the ground. Tears formed in her eyes but she blinked them away; hopefully no children were killed.


Beth, Carol, Sasha and Maggie were assigned to clean up their cell block later that night. Conveniently, it was after Daryl, Glenn and Michonne left. But Beth was grateful for the distraction. It hadn't been fun, but at least it got her mind off things for a little while.

After it was clean, Daddy had instructed Beth to rest. As she turned around to leave, he had called her back.

"I wanna talk about things."

Beth nodded and sat down next to her father. She took a deep breath. "I know you're not happy about me and Daryl-"

Hershel scoffed, "Not happy? More like enraged. But I am grateful for how he's been treating you. Most men would have ran from something like this."

Beth shook her head, "Not Daryl. He's a good man, Daddy."

"I know he is. He's provided more meals for my family than I ever could."

Beth smiled at the way her father talked about Daryl. Maybe he was warming up to the idea of them together?

"I know I can't stop you from being with him, so all I'm gonna say is be careful. He may be a good man, but you might get hurt."

She rolled her eyes. Everyone had told her that. "Don't worry, Daddy. He won't be running."

And in that moment, Beth had really believed that.


I know, it was really short. But I'm so tired, so I apologize for any mistakes.

Let me know what you think of the story so far. Am I doing a good job?

Thank you.