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Recovering from their shock, the group entered the newly opened building, Daryl and Aurora letting go of each other to hold their weapons in both hands.
"Watch those doors," Shane orders and Rick called out, "Watch for walkers."
The group, huddled together nervously, scanned the room, everyone's eyes darting about as though they had forgotten how the inside of a building looked.
"Hello?" Rick called out once more.
The group gasped and readied their weapons collectively at the click of a foreign weapon. Their heads snapped around to an ordinary looking man in a grey t-shirt and a pair of jeans apart from the gun in his hands that was probably taller than Carl or Sophia.
"Anybody infected?" The man called out.
"One of our group was," Rick told him, neither lowering their weapon, "he didn't make it."
The man stepped forward, "Why are you here, what do you want?"
Aurora gave a sideways glance at Daryl, who was watching the door with her, as he stared intently outside, obviously not enjoying the chit-chat taking place while they were sitting ducks.
"A chance," Rick told the man, his voice wavering slightly as he shook.
"That's asking an awful lot these days." The man said as he approached the group slowly.
"I know," Rick confessed.
The man glanced around the deep breathing, scared group as he stepped forward, "You all submit to a blood test, that's the price of admission."
The groups agreed and the man got rid of his weapon.
"You got stuff to bring in you do it now," He told them, "once these doors close they stay closed."
The stuff was quickly brought in and the doors shut before the man pressed an intercom and told someone called 'Vi' to seal the entrance. Then the group found themselves in an elevator with the mysterious man named Jenner, something that was a common and trivial experience like riding in an elevator was now like entering the twilight zone. It felt creepy. Daryl had bagged the back corner of the small metal box, the only person wanted to stand close to him was Aurora, who discretely leant back against him, one of his arms around her hips and the other holding his gun for Jenner to see.
"Doctors always go around packing heat like that?" Daryl asked, making a few of the riders turn to glance at his scowling, Glenn being one of them as he slightly wondered how Aurora could handle the redneck.
"There were plenty left lying around, I familiarised myself," The doctor told them, "You all look harmless enough, except you," Jenner smiled slightly as he titled his head at Carl, "I'll have to keep my eye on you." Carl smiled and Jenner looked away and for a brief second Aurora wonder who this man might have been before the world died.
The group followed Jenner down a hallway, Aurora glanced around nervously, it was strange to be inside.
"Are we underground?" Carol asked.
Daryl smirked slightly from his position at the back of the group next to Aurora, one hand swinging a gun back and forth.
"You claustrophobic?" Jenner asked, turning around to glance at Carol as they walked.
"A little." Carol admitted.
"Try not to think about it." Jenner told her as they continued down the corridor and into a larger circular room.
"Vi," Jenner's loud voice echoed around the room, "Bring the lights on in the big room."
The lights flashed on and a white, sterile room presented itself to the apocalypse survivors.
"Where is everybody?" Rick asked as they progressed into the room, "The other doctors? The staff?"
"I'm it." Jenner said from his position in the middle of the computers, "It's just me."
"What about the person you were speaking with?" Lori asked.
"Vi?" Aurora added.
"Vi, say hello to our guests." Jenner ordered, "Tell them, welcome."
Hello guests, welcome.
Aurora and the other survivors glanced around, looking for the speakers that echoed the metallic voice.
"I'm all that's left." Jenner told them, his voice tinged with a sadness they had come to know well, "I'm sorry."
A while later, the group waited for Andrea to finish her blood test. Aurora sat on the floor with her head between her knees as she willed the world to still, Shane sat beside her, his large hand rubbing her back, with Daryl stood leaning against the wall on her other side.
"Still got that needle problem?" Rick asked from his position sat on the other side of Shane.
"End of the world can't change everything." Shane grumbled as his sister mumbled incoherent curses into her knees.
Andrea stood, wobbling slightly, Jacqui helped her to steady herself.
"You okay?" Jenner asked, seeming genuinely interested.
"She hasn't eaten in days," Jacqui told him, "None of us have."
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And let the drinking commence!
The tabled laughed together as Dale poured Lori a glass of wine.
With some persuasion, Lori moved her hand, giving her okay for Carl to try some wine.
"Nice," Daryl commented from his position leaning back on a table, gun in the front of his waistband, sharing a wine bottle with Aurora who sat next to him cross-legged on the table.
The group silenced as they watched the freckled boy sip at the wine in the plastic cup before grimacing and proclaiming, "Eeeww!"
The whole group laughed, as he shook his hand and complained, Lori pouring her son's disreguarded wine into her own glass.
"You just stick to soda pop there bud," Shane smiled at him.
"Not you Glenn," Daryl said as he stalked around the table.
Aurora watched amused as Glenn glanced up from the wine bottle he had been reading, "What?" he asked smiling.
"Keep drinking little man," Daryl told him, "I wanna see how red your face can get."
The group rolled into another welcomed burst of laughter.
"Hey Rora, slow down on that!" Shane scolded as Aurora took another swag from Daryl's bottle.
"Come on Shane," Dale smiled, "Let her have some fun."
"Yeah Shane, let me have some fun." Aurora said sticking her tongue out at her brother, making Daryl and the others laugh.
"I'm with Shane on this one," Lori smiled.
"You would be," Aurora smirked, taking another swag as Daryl leaned back on the table beside her once more.
"Well yeah," Lori said, "you're clumsy at the best of time but when you've had a drink you're deadly."
"No I'm not." The brunette woman protested, crossing her arms over her chest and pouting, the others around the table laughing.
"What about last year at Thanks giving?" Shane smirked, Carl and Lori also smiling at the memories.
"Shhh!" Aurora hissed her finger pressed against her lips before she swung her arms about slightly, "We do not speak of this!"
Daryl laughed, gulped the wine with one hand, his free arms slipping around his slightly drunk girlfriend shoulders.
"Ohh honey," Jacqui smiled, "Is there a story we should know?" She asked Lori who smiled.
"Aunt Aurora broke Dad's nose!" Carl jumped in, sticking his tongue out at Aurora when she scowled at the boy. The group chuckled, glancing around at the red faced brunette who attempted to hide in Daryl's side.
"It wasn't my fault!" Aurora mumbled against the hunter, "The turkey wanted to fly!"
Laughter roared from the table, Rick pinching the bridge of his nose at the painful memory. The laughter subsided when Rick tapped his spoon against his glass and stood up.
"It seems to me we haven't thanked our host properly." Rick told them.
"He is more than just our host," T-Dog declared raising his glass, the others following suit and cheering 'here-here' until Daryl raised one of the bottles shouting "Boo-ya!"
Aurora smiled, "Boo-ya!" she shouted with T-Dog, Carl and Glenn, all smiling like children.
"So when you gonna tell us what happened her doc?" Shane asked as they all fell silent, "all thee, er, the other doctors? Thought you s'posed to be figuring out what happened? Where are they?" The other slowly lowered their glasses, their smiles fading.
"Celebrating Shane," Rick said, sitting down once more, "No need to do this now."
"Oh wait a second," Shane's deep voice rumbled, "This is why we're here right? This was your move, find all the answers, instead we, we found him." Shane grumbled, jabbing his thumb in Jenner's direction, "Found one man. Why?"
"Well when things go bad a lot of people just left, went off to be with their families." Jenner explained and though she was slightly drunk Aurora could tell the man had been thinking about this a lot, what else was there to do now a days?
He continued, "And when things got worse, and the military cordon got overrun, the rest bolted."
"Every last one?" Shane asked as he slid down further into his chair.
"No," Jenner spoke clearly, "Many couldn't face walking out the door, they opted out. There was a rash of suicides. That was a bad time."
Carol shifted uncomfortably and Jacqui sipped more of her wine.
"You didn't leave," Andrea commented, "Why?"
"I just kept working, hoping."
A silence fell over them, eventually broken by Glenn, "Dude you are such a buzz kill man." He told Shane.
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"Most the facilities powered down, including housing so you'll have to make do here," Jenner told the group as they walked down an even smaller corridor, "Couches are comfortable but there are cots in storage if you like. The rec room down the hall, don't pull in the video games or anything that uses power, same with if you shower go easy on the hot water."
Jenner walked off and Glenn turned back to the rest of the group, "Hot water?" He smiled.
"That's what the man said." T-Dog grinned.
"Come on." Daryl grunted taking a hold of Aurora's hand in his large coarse one and dragging her behind him towards the rooms that Jenner had allocated them. Aurora turned slightly to wave farewell to her brother, Glenn and Dale as she was dragged, noting the hateful glare in Shane's eyes was directed at Daryl.
Daryl pushed open one of the numerous doors and pulled Aurora in behind him using the momentum to throw her back, yelping, onto some softy and springy. Aurora lay still, her eyes squeezed shut as she extended her arms to examine her new surroundings. Opening one brave eye, Aurora squinted at the matters below her, an actual mattress!
"Where did you find this?" the brunette woman asked pointing at the springy comfort she had missed.
Daryl smirked proudly, though Aurora was too busy making mattress angels to see this, "Found it in one ah storage cupboards."
Aurora stopped mid angel, realising that for one the alcohol must be getting to her and secondly her best friend wasn't here to see or enjoy the mattress with her.
"What's wrong?" Daryl grumbled, looking down from his standing position at his now silent and still girlfriend, her head facing down so he couldn't see her properly.
"I wish Amy had got a chance to see this." she mumbled, sneaking wiping away the tears that threatened to fall, hoping Daryl wouldn't see.
"The dead girl?" Daryl grumbled, looking around for one of the bottles of alcohol he had taken.
"She was more than just a dead girl Daryl." Aurora spat, still not looking up at her lover. Daryl, still oblivious to his girlfriend's tears, smirked as he snatched one of the bottles off the floor before dropping himself back onto the mattress beside her.
"Well whatever she was," Daryl said while he opened the whine, "She ain't now."
Aurora squeezed her eyes shut, a few stray tears escaping down her cheeks, she opened her mouth to say something but all that emerged was a whimper.
Daryl paused mid-swag before pulling the bottle from his lips, placing it floor and swallowing what was left in his mouth before leaning over and placing his large hands over Aurora's tear stained cheeks to turn her to face him.
"Ah fuck," He cursed, his eyes darting about taking in her expression, "ah'm sorry." He grumbled leaning forward and kissing her cheeks then giving her a linger kiss on her lips.
"It's okay," Aurora gave him a small smile as she pulled away from his hands and swiped her tears on her sleeve.
"Ya okay?" Daryl asked her as he reached for the alcohol once more.
"I'm fine," She lied smiling through her pain, "Why don't we go and test the shower?"
Daryl smirked, taking another swig before handing it Aurora and watching her drink a few mouthfuls then took her hand in his and dragged her off to the shower.
She slipped her t-shirt over her head slowly, her muscles protesting as she did so, before slipping of her jeans, which were too big for her now, and her underwear. Daryl simply pulled his clothes off and dropped them on the floor, not caring were they landed when he caught a glimpse of Aurora stepping under the hot spray of the shower.
"I know you weren't gonna start the party without me." He mumbled against the brunette's neck as he stepped in behind her, his arms sliding around her waist and pulling her back against his chest and arousal.
"Seems you're always ready for a party." Aurora smirked as she turned in his arms, her lips immediately attaching themselves to the side of his neck. Daryl groaned, pulling her closer against him, one of his hands slipping down her hip and in between Aurora's legs. Moaning loudly as the fingers sliding over her womanhood, one delving inside her folds, which was quickly followed by another.
"Mmm.." Aurora moaned against Daryl's neck as he fingers pumped inside her, his thumb rubbing her bundle of nerves. Pushing his lover back so she leaned against the wall, Daryl lifted Aurora with her back rested against the wall. The water sprayed down on them as their tongues fought for dominance as Aurora wrapped her legs around his waist and he pushed himself inside her, both moaning loudly.
Aurora gasped, the feeling of the hot water, cold wall and Daryl fucking her into the wall sent her nerves into overdrive. Moaning loudly, Aurora arched her back against the wall, moaning loudly as she came, her fingernails digging into Daryl's shoulders.
He grunted, his thrusts becoming more erratic as he neared his peak until finally he came. He let her shaking legs down as they kissed.
Aurora pulled away smiling, "I love you." She whispered, leaning in to kiss him one more.
Daryl leaned back, away from the kiss, "You what?" He asked eyes wide.
Aurora thought about what she had said, she honestly hadn't meant for it to come out.
"I'ma gon' get another drink." He said, stepping away from her and out of the shower.
"Daryl wait!" Aurora shouted, turning the water on and stepping out of the shower, but he had already left, fully dressed.
With a sigh, Aurora climbed back into the shower, wrapping her towel around her and huddling herself into the corner and finally she allowed her frustrations about Daryl, Amy and the Apocalypse to come out as she cried.
Daryl stormed through the hallways, his expression calling all the other survivors away. He marched over to wine cooler they had been taking from, ripping the door open and chugged half of a bottle before wiping his face with his hand.
"You know, that's not very good for your health."
Daryl snapped around at the voice, glaring at Dale who sat calmly at the table with a glass of wine in his hand.
"Fuck off old man." Daryl spat, swaging from the bottle once more.
Dale was unfazed, "Something troubling you Daryl?"
"Yeah, you." He took another drink.
Dale sighed, watching the wine in his glass, "If only that true, I have a feeling you're wine raid has something to do with a Miss. Walsh?"
Daryl glared ahead of him, deciding not to answer the old man in favour of drinking some more.
"Look son –" Dale started.
"I ain't your son." Daryl snapped.
"Well you're acting a child." Dale told him calmly and the hunter was surprised by the old man's bravery, "Whatever the problem is between you and Aurora, you can fix it."
"What if it don't need fixing?" Daryl grumbled, wanting advice but not wanting to ask for it.
"Then I don't see why you'd have a problem," Dale sighed as he stood up, "But I've seen the way that girl looks at you, the same way you look at her. Each other is all we have now, don't like pride or stubbornness stop you, we may not have long left." Dale told him, before walking by, patting the hunter on the shoulder in support and walking off to find the shower.
Daryl sighed, gulping the last drops of his wine before stalking out of the room, he hated apologises, especially when they had to come from him.
He found Aurora sometime later in their room where he had left her but not of her own. He glared through the slightly opened doorway into their shared room, angry that the chink was in there was his woman.
Aurora was lay on the mattress, her head in Glenn's lap who sat at the top of the bed stroking her hair, with a baggy t-shirt and shorts on.
"You didn't seem okay when I found you." Glenn spoke, and Daryl realised he was listening mid-conversation.
"I'm fine, honestly." Aurora sniffed.
"Was it something that stupid hick did?" Glenn asked, anger rising within him, "I swear we can get you away from him if he's hurting you."
Daryl resisted the urge to shoot the stupid fucker, how dare the bastard? But if he did then his cover would be blown.
"As if you could take him on," Aurora chuckled lightly, "No, it was me, I messed everything up."
"You couldn't mess anything up." Glenn smiled down, pulling some hair out her face.
"Have I ever told you that you are amazing?" Aurora asked.
Glenn laughed, "Not nearly as much as you should do."
Daryl glared from his position as they both laughed together. Fine, if the chink was amazing she could have the fucking the chink! A small part of his mind warned this was just like when he accused her of wanting Jim but the larger, angrier part forced him to storm off back to the wine cooler, as far as he was concerned, they were over.
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