Is this what everyone's been waiting for? Maybe, I hope so. :)

"We can't trust her!" A familiar voice Rebecca recognised as Ricks yelled above the chaos.

"She saved me!" Maggie shouted

"We ain't gonna leave her again." A gruff voice rumbled out of the chest she was clutching to, it made her entire body ache desperately.

"She escaped last time." Rick argued

"We haven't got time to argue about this." Glenn reasoned.

Gun fire was still going off all around them but Rebecca didn't care, she could have died right there and she would have been content. Daryl was alive, he was there, she could feel his arms flex around her waist, cradling her, could hear his breath, his heart beat. He was real, he was there, all of a sudden the fear she'd been hiding flowed. She realised how truly afraid she'd been since the day they'd parted ways. Afraid she wouldn't see him alive again, afraid she'd die before she got a chance to tell him how he broke her heart.

The gun shots died down and Rebecca finally opened her eyes, she looked up at him, the only person she'd wanted to see for so long, so many words tumbled through her mind but all she could do is gawk at him. His eyes didn't leave hers, she saw the same conflicted emotions in his gaze that she was feeling.

"Is this real?" She whispered

Daryl smirked at her before following the rest of the group through a door and letting it close behind him. He placed her gently on the ground before kneeling down in front of her. His large hand tenderly cupped her face, she leant in to his touch eagerly.

"You're hurt." He mumbled

"A lot has happened..." She quickly moved his hand away, not ready for this. Their big reunion was not going as she'd planned. She wanted to scream at him, cuss him out, kiss him and run away all at once.

"I need to speak to Rebecca." Maggie muttered, Daryl glanced up at her before nodding slowly. He rose and strode to the opposite side of the room, he leant against the wall and kept his gaze on her.

"I'm glad you showed up when you did." Maggie smiles gently.

"I wish I'd got there sooner." Rebecca admitted "I had stuff to deal with."

"You couldn't have known."

"I thought he was a good man... He saved my life... how could he to have done that to you..."

"Of course you'd want to think he's good. What happened to you? You seemed terrified when you burst through that door." Maggie looked concerned as she glanced at the blood covered dress Rebecca was wearing.

"Oh God Maggie... I've been such a fool." Rebecca cried, she noticed Daryl shift uncomfortably still watching her, his eyes staring at her dress, her injuries, all that blood.

Maggie pulled her in for a hug and Rebecca clung on to her desperately as she sobbed.

Daryl pushed away from the wall and began striding towards her.

"Merle's alive." Glenn stated, Daryl stopped in his tracks "He's working for the Governor, he was going to execute us."

Rebecca's heart jumped when she remembered Merle almost killing her not long ago. She couldn't imagine how conflicted Daryl must be feeling with this information pushed on to him so suddenly.

"I have to find him, I can convince him to let us go." Daryl reasoned, looking to Rick for back up.

Rick shook his head solemnly.

"I need you by my side Daryl." He ordered.

Rick walked to Rebecca before pulling her up roughly making her wince.

"Why did you run away?" He growled at her.

"You were gonna kill me, I knew you couldn't understand my side so I had to leave, to survive." She spat

"Did anyone help you?"

"No." She hissed, refusing to back down.

"Can we trust you?"

"I think the better question is can I trust you?" She shot back

Rick laughed bitterly.

"I won't kill you, but you need to help us escape." He replied

"Then it looks like we have a deal."

Rick nodded, he handed her a gun, the weight felt good in her hand.

"Let's get to the wall." He ordered.

Rebecca lay panting covered by a bush in the relative safety of the other side of the wall. She clutched her throbbing ribs looking around at the group.

Her eyes widened when she realised who was missing.

"Daryl" she gasped, turning to Rick desperately. "He's not here, he must have been caught."

"He'll get here." Rick said, although not convincingly.

"No! I need to tell him! He needs to know what he did to me! What I've been through. I'll get him myself." She growled

"Are you insane? You're barely holding it together, if you go back in there you'll die." Maggie whispered.

"I don't care." Rebecca argues stubbornly.

A rustling makes Rebecca jump as Michonne crept in to view.

"Michonne?" Rebecca yelped.

"You know each other?" Rick asked.

"Sort of..." Rebecca mutters.

"Why did you disappear? I knew we couldn't trust you." Rick demanded.

"You still need my help." Michonne answered cooly.

"We can sort this out later." Rebecca hissed "You need to bring Daryl back out of there alive."