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Once Rick gave up his gun everyone else followed after him and Angelina placed their weapons in a bag. Then everyone was to be blind folded expect for Rick and Hershel who were driving the cars since they didn't want to leave them behind. After a long debit and arguing Angelina drove Daryl's bike behind them and Daryl was blind folded and riding her horse that was tied up next Morgan's.
About ten minutes later they reached the prison and Rick and Hershel couldn't believe their eyes. Rick recognized Gabriel and Jesse that were walking on the gate with three other men he didn't now. Then he saw Nathan on top of one of the guard towers with his sniper gun at the ready. There was another man on the second tower but he couldn't see who it was since the sun was in the way. When they reached the wire gate Amy opened up the first one and Dwayne opened the second one. Once they were in the court yard Morgan told everyone to take off their blindfolds and got out of their cars. When they did Morgan and Angelina ushered them inside with Nightwing, Gambit, and Logan behind the new group. They reached the C block cell waiting room and Morgan told them to wait so he could get Vlad. Angelina waited on top of the guard section with the dogs watching them. Daryl couldn't help but glance at her every once in a while. When they heard the cell door open they all looked the new comer. Vlad came out with Morgan by his side.
"Rick, its' been a long time." Vlad said and shook his hand
"It has." Rick said
"So this is your group." Vlad said looking at them
"Yes, this is my wife Lori and my son Carl." Rick pointed to. "This is Glen, T-dog, Daryl, Carol, Hershel and his daughters Maggie and Beth."
"Alice will be glad to hear that you found your family. So since you are here I assume that you want to stay." Vlad stated "But to stay here you're going to have to earn your keep and follow our rules."
"We understand that." Hershel said
"The jobs that we provide here are cooking, washing, hunting, guard post, go out on runs to towns, helping fix the wall, tending to the animals and the garden. As for weapons the only time you can handle a gun here is when you're hunting and when you're doing guard post." Vlad said "The rest of the time you will handle blades or other weapons that don't cause noises or waste ammo inside the prison. We'll put your guns in the weapon room and it will only be use in case of a war. Anyone that tries to steal from the weapon room or anything else will be punish or worst…exile. Do you understand?"
He looked at them and only one or two had a problem with the gun situation, especially Rick's son. He'll have to watch out for them and have a talk with Rick about his boy. But after looking at the whole group it seem that they haven't lost themselves yet.
"We understand." Rick nodded
"Good." Vlad said "Now Morgan will show you around on where everything is and then to your cells. Do try to stay together and not get lost. This is a big place after all. Dinner will be ready at 6:00 pm and curfew is 10:00 pm. Anyone that is caught out walking in the middle of the night and outside the prison ground will be question. Tomorrow…if you still wish to stay here I will explain the rules that you must follow. These rules are our law in this prison and in our group. Do know that if you break theses' rules you'll find yourself exile outside these walls."
Everyone nodded in understanding and went to follow Morgan until Vlad stopped Daryl.
"Daryl Dixon is it?" Vlad asked
Daryl stopped and looked at him with a cautions look. Wondering how he knew his last name.
"Yeah, what of it?" He said
"Follow me. There's someone I want you to meet." Vlad said and opened the cell door.
Daryl followed after him cautiously and went inside. Vlad walked up the stairs and went into one of the cells. Daryl waited at the bottom till he came back out with someone with him. His breath was caught in his throat and his eyes widen at who it was.
"Daryl?" Alice smiled
Vlad held her by the waist and hand as he helped her down the steps.
"Well are ya just gonna stand there or are ya gonna hug your baby sister?" She smiled
Finally snapping out of his trance he quickly but carefully hugged his little sister.
"Is this really you?" He asked and was a little choked up
"Yeah it's me big brother." She said
He heard movement on the catwalk and he smiled more when he saw Chris coming out of his room.
"Uncle Daryl!" Chris smiled
The kid ran across the bridge and down the stairs before jumping in his uncles arms.
"I knew you'll find us. I knew it. I knew it." Chris smiled
"You have no idea how happy I am to see the two of you." Daryl said and hugged him tighter
"Uh…uncle Daryl…you're squeezing me too tight." Chris groaned
Alice walked over to Vlad with a smile and kissed him lovingly.
"Thank you for bringing back my family to me." She said
"Hold up." Daryl said as he looked at them when he put Chris down. "Are you two a couple or something?"
"We're married Daryl and this is our child." Alice said as she rubbed her belly
Daryl glared at Vlad since he was very protective of Alice. But he saw her glowing and had a smile that he never saw her had in years when she was with a man.
"So you finally dumped the asshole." Daryl said
"No, he left us to die." Chris said sadly
"What?!" Daryl growled
"He left us to die when walkers surrounded our old group but we were the only ones that were able to escape." Alice said with sad eyes
"Then dad found us and save our lives." Chris smiled and hugged Vlad
Vlad chuckled and lifted him up to hug him back with one arm still around Alice.
"He really is a great man Daryl. And a loving father to Chris." Alice said "And…that's not the only surprise."
Daryl raised a brow and then he heard the cell door open again.
"Well I'll be damned. Looks like the family is back together again." A familiar said
Daryl turned around and couldn't believe who was standing in front of him.
"Merle?" He said
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When the tour was over Morgan showed them to cell B where they would be staying in. Rick and his group started to bring their stuff in and started unpacking silently until Carol finally said something.
"Are we really going to give up our guns to this guy?" She asked "I don't know if I'll feel comfortable with that. How do we know can trust them?"
"If they wanted us dead they would have done that when we were on the road. Angelina was part of the nation guard and is one woman you don't want to cross while holding a gun." Rick said "This is their home and we're going to respect their home."
"I agree with Rick. We can't be picky after what we all went just went through." Hershel said "We owe these people our thanks and gratitude."
"Same here." Glen said "But I don't think we should drop our guard just yet."
"Trust me they won't either. Just like what Vlad said…we have to earn our keep here…but we also have earned their trust." Rick said
Everyone agreed with Rick and continued on what they were doing. When dinner was ready Jesse went to their cell and told them. They followed him to the cafeteria and they saw Daryl, who they haven't seen in hours, talking to Merle. Ricks' group was shocked to see Merle Dixon alive and here of all places.
"Well if it ain't officer friendly that cuffed me to the roof." Merle sneered
Rick, Glen and T-dog looked like they were ready to fight when Merle got up but nothing happened when Vlad cleared his throat.
"Merle, this is not the time or the place to settle old scores." Vlad said "These people are our guest. And you will show them some manners."
"Don't worry, Ghost, I'll be good." Merle smirked and mockingly held his hand up in surrender
Everyone seem to calm down and went to the buffet area to pick out some food. They were all starving but did their best to not show it.
"Don't worry, Officer Friendly, Vlad and I know how to keep him in line." Alice said as she walked up to Rick and his wife with some food. "It's good to see you again."
"Same here." Rick smiled and hugged her lightly as he saw her bump. "We'll look at you. You are glowing. How far?"
"About nine months now. So the little one should be coming soon." Vlad said as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm worried that our baby will be stubborn like her because no matter how much I tell her to sit down and not do any labor work she still does it."
Rick and a few others laughed.
"And I keep telling him that I'm fine and I don't like lying on my back or let other people do things for me." Alice said while looking at Vlad
"Even your brothers agree with me." Vlad told her
"Hey are you trying to get us killed Ghost. She can be very violent and scary when she's pregnant." Merle said
Alice flipped him off and then went back talking to Rick.
"I believe this is your wife?" She asked when she looked at Lori
"Yes this is my wife Lori and she is too better close as well." Rick said "And that's our son Carl over there."
She saw his son sitting down eating with Beth, Maggie, Hershel and Glen. When she looked back at Rick and Lori she can see that there was some distance between the two.
"He looks just like you Rick." She smiled and then looked at Lori. "May I?" As she held out her hand.
It took Lori a while to understand what she was asking and she nodded. Alice placed her hand on Lori's round belly and smiled when she felt the baby's healthy pulse.
"She is very healthy." She said
"She?" Lori said in shocked "How do you know it's going to be a she?"
"It's a gift. I know these things. Just like I know this one here is going to be a boy." Alice said
Just when she said that both of their babies started to kick.
"Oh." Alice and Lori said
Alice just laughed and looked at Vlad and Rick.
"I think they want to meet each other." She smiled
"Not even out of the womb yet and my boy's a ladies man." Vlad joked "Guess that makes us in-law's."
"Very funny." Rick playfully glared
They talked to them for a few more minutes until they went to their separate tables to eat. Minutes later Chris came in running with excitement with Sophia not too far behind him. When she came in it was like time stop for Rick's group. None could move when they saw the little girl that they lost and couldn't find.
"Sophia." Carol said, almost crying
Sophia looked at the woman and that look broke Carols' heart. It was like she didn't know who her own mother was. When Vlad and Alice saw this they knew this was bad. They didn't know how to explain to woman that her own daughter had lost her whole memory of her and everyone else.
"Sophia. Honey? Sweetie? It's me mommy?" Carol said
She tried walking up to Sophia but the teenage girl backed away and ran into Alice's arms.
"Rick, can you and your group follow me in the hallway please." Vlad said more than asked
Rick got up with Carol, Glen and Daryl followed him, Nathan and Eileen outside.
"What did you people do to her?! Why did she…?" Carol cried
"Ma'am you must calm down." Nathan said
"I found Sophia about almost nine months ago. I saved her from some Walkers when I found her she had a sprain ankle and…a very big bump on her head. I was able to back track her steps and found out that she fell off a cliff." Vlad said and looked a Carol. "The fall made her lose her memory. The only thing she was able to remember was her name."
Eileen came back from their cell and showed them the pictures she took from Sophia's accident. She took them just in case they did find her family. Everyone looked at the pictures and saw the swelling bump on Sophia's forehead.
"Vlad had looked for her parents for weeks. He and Alice had did everything they could to trigger any memory for her." Eileen said "But…I sorry…she can't seem to remember anything. Hopefully, with you here it might help but it might take some time."
"Why did she go to Alice when she was scared?" Rick asked
He had an idea of what happened and knew it was going to be hard on Carol when she hears it.
"When we couldn't fine Sophia parents for the second week we thought that her family must have left the area and thought she died or they were dead. So Alice and I have taken her in as our own. She and Alice have gotten really close. And I too have seen her as my own daughter." Vlad said
Carol glared at him run up to slap him but Daryl hold her back.
"She is not your daughter. That is my baby you hear me! Mine!" She cried
"Calmed down Carol, calm down." Daryl said still holding her back
She couldn't hold back her tears and just slummed back as she started crying. Muttering that her baby doesn't remember her.
"I'm sorry Rick but…I have to warn you that Alice and I aren't just going to let her take Sophia away from us. We'll let them talk and see if her memories come back." Vlad said "But when she does remember that's when we'll let her chose who she wants to be with."
With that said he left them in the hall.
After dinner everyone went back to their cells in silent. Vlad walked up the steps of the catwalk and saw Alice in Sophia's room with the kids her in arms.
"Are we having a slumber party in here or what?" Vlad joked
"Daddy, is Sophia no longer my sister?" Chris asked sadly
"Why do you ask that son?" Vlad asked as he sat down edge of the bed.
"Because that lady said Sophia was daughter. Does that mean she has to go with her?" Chris said
"I kept telling that I'm not going anywhere but he won't believe me." Sophia said
He and Alice looked at each other and sighed. This is why he didn't want them to get too attach to Sophia. He knew it would break their hearts when she had to go. So he took Chris in his arms and kissed his head.
"Yes, it's true that that woman is Sophia's mother but we're not going let her take Sophia away from our lives. But we're not going to send that woman away. She may be the key to bring back her memories and we all want that right?" Vlad said
"No." Chris pouted
Vlad chuckled "Now Chris don't be selfish." Then he looked at Alice who was trying to hide her smile behind Sophia's head. "But…when she does remember it is her choice to choose to either stay with her mother or with us. And if she does choose her mother it doesn't mean that'll she be gone from our lives. You'll still see her around the grounds of the prison and you two can still look at each other like siblings. Okay? Chris?"
"Okay." Chris mutter sadly
"Alright sweetie let's put you to bed." Alice said and got up from the bed
"Shouldn't you be resting yourself too, love." Vlad smirked
"Shut it." She smiled and led Chris back to his room
When they left Vlad told Sophia the same thing and tucked her into bed.
"Sophia, I need to ask you something. When you saw that woman Carol did anything trigger your mind?" Vlad asked
Sophia shook her head no but Vlad could smell that she was lying.
"Now Sophia what have I always told you about lying to me or your mother." Vlad said
"That you'll always know even if it's a good lie." She said
He nodded
"A little. Just a little blur of her image…but also of a scary man." She said
"Scary man? Did he look like anyone in the group that just came?" He asked
"No. I didn't know who he was but just seeing him I felt terrified and wanted to hide." Sophia said
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about him anymore. You know that your mother and I will always protect you no matter what." He said and kissed her forehead. "Good night angel."
"Night papa." She said and closed her eyes to sleep
He left her room and closed the sheets behind him. When he was in his room Alice was already sitting down and in deep thought. He took off his shirt and put on some comfortable sweats before he sat down next her pulled her in a hug.
"I know how you feel love. But it will be her choice. We can't do anything to stop it." He said and kissed her head
"But she ours Vlad. Maybe not by blood but she is ours now." She said looking at him and her eyes were glowing red out of anger mostly.
"Alice, I love her like a daughter myself. We could have used our powers to trick them and they wouldn't have recognized her at all. But we both know that would be wrong." Vlad said
She looked down with sad eyes and he held her tight.
"I want to know what kind of mother she was before we let her near Sophia. I want to know why she wasn't looking for her when she was in the woods and how she got separated from their group." She growled
Vlad smirked "You do know that not every mother is perfect right?"
"Don't act like you don't want to know either." She glared
Well she got him there. He too wanted to know and mostly he wants to know who this scary man was and when he finds out he was going to kill him. Knowing well that if Sophia's conscious mind was scared of this man Carol must have married an abusive man and took his anger on his family.
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A/N: Hello everyone sorry for taking so long with this update. But right now I need help in making a decision. One that I think some of you are wondering.
Should I let Lori live still?
I really didn't like her that much because of how she manipulated Rick and then blames him for it and I thought she was a bitch. I know now I'm not only one that thought that. But since Vlad's group already killed the zombies from the inside and the bad prisoners are dead, she lives. So this is your choice. If you think she should still die then I need some ideas if any of you have any. Please leave some review for an answer and ideas. I will be very grateful. Thank you.