Daryl slowly handed Carol the bottle of water as she was violently sick into the toilet. This had been going on for 2 months now and Daryl was sick of it. He didn't think it would be this bad waiting for the kid to come already. Carol slowly raised her head up and took the water she sipped it down carefully as she stared up at Daryl he hadn't spoken to her properly since she told him she was pregnant all he did was give her what she needed and left. She needed Daryl so badly now.
"This morning sickness is giving me hell" Carol croaked trying to force a smile at Daryl.
Daryl narrowed his eyes down to her and stayed silent. He slowly stood up and closed the bathroom door. Carol sighed sadly and wiped away a tear from her cheek, she continued to sip the water slowly.
Daryl exited the house quickly and ran up to Rick who was standing in the middle of the town quietly, his eyes were moving around taking in everything they had. Daryl put his hand on Rick's shoulder and Rick turned his head to look at Daryl quickly.
"morning" Rick said calmly.
Daryl slowly nodded his head, "We ever goin' back to the prison?" mumbled Daryl gruffly.
Rick slowly narrowed his eyes up at Daryl, "The dead have probably taken over it again. Why?" asked Rick
"I need to go back for something" Daryl mumbled.
"We can't risk it" Rick sighed.
Daryl turned his head annoyed, "It's Merle's body"
Rick stared at Daryl shocked, "What?..."
"I can't leave him there to rot I wanna bury his body here properly" Daryl mumbled.
Rick nodded slowly and put his hand on Daryl's shoulder, "I'll ask Mike if we can leave"
Daryl slowly nodded his head and walked away from Rick hesitantly, Rick drifted his eyes away from Daryl and noticed Mike sitting on the steps of the guard's wall. Rick quickly ran up to him.
"Morning" Mike smiled.
"Morning" Rick said hesitantly.
"Sleep well?" asked Mike.
Rick nodded his head, "I need to ask you a favour"
"To do what?" asked Mike hesitantly.
"We need to leave for a few hours" Rick said hesitantly.
Mike put his head down slightly, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that Rick, It's too much of a risk"
"It's for Daryl's brother" Rick mumbled.
Mike looked up at him slowly.
"He wants to bury his brother here, the last place we stayed we left his body there but Daryl wants him here with him..." Rick said hesitantly.
Mike nodded slowly, "Fine you can go but like I said before you bring any of those fucking walkers here and I won't hesitate to kick you all out"
Rick nodded understandingly, "Thank you" said Rick quietly as he left Mike.
...
Daryl grabbed his cross-bow from the chair and pulled his winged jacket on over him, Carol slowly emerged from the bathroom her face looked pale and her stomach slightly bulged through her shirt. Daryl avoided looking at her stomach he didn't want very much to do with the kid if it was doing this to her. Carol stared at Daryl getting ready to leave.
"W...where are you going?" asked Carol worriedly she held her stomach in fear of throwing up again.
Daryl narrowed his eyes towards her, "Just focus on yourself will ya?" Daryl snapped, he put his cross-bow on his back and left the room. Carol's face crumpled she sat on the bed sadly and put her hands in her face. She couldn't take 7 more months of Daryl acting like this. She quickly pulled her cardigan on and ran out of the room, she ran straight to Maggie and Glenn's room and knocked on the door several times. Maggie answered her face changed when she saw Carol's expression.
"Carol what's wrong?" asked Maggie panicking.
"I need somebody to talk to" Carol said sadly, a tear rolling down her cheek.
Maggie put her arm around Carol and led her inside the room, Andrea was already there she was sitting at the table while Glenn was in the bathroom shaving for the second time. Maggie slowly sat Carol down at the table and took a seat next to her.
"What's the matter?" asked Andrea worriedly.
Carol sniffed, "My hormones are driving me crazy, I hate morning sickness and Daryl won't speak to me!" Carol sobbed putting her head on the table.
Glenn hesitantly put his head around the corner and listened in.
"Listen Carol, Daryl's probably still getting used to the idea we know what his child hood was like with Merle he's probably never had to deal with something like this before, he has no idea how to respond" Andrea reassured. "I'm sure he'll come around"
Carol smiled up at Andrea and squeezed her hand softly.
Glenn felt nervous he had no idea if Carol was about to start yelling or what he quickly ran out of the bathroom. Maggie turned her head to Glenn.
"Where you going?" asked Maggie softly.
Glenn put his hand on his neck, "Oh I'm just gonna see if Rick needs anything" Glenn said quickly and he ran out of the door.
Carol, Andrea and Maggie all turned their heads to look at each other. They suddenly burst out laughing together.
"He's afraid" Andrea laughed.
...
Rick stopped the truck slowly in front of the prison, it was full of walkers again some from the local area and some from Woodbury. Rick recognised the faces, he slowly turned his head to Daryl.
"You sure you want to do this?" asked Rick hesitantly.
Daryl nodded, "He's my brother"
Rick nodded slowly, the three of them got out of the truck and began shooting at the walkers. They quickly shut the gate and stared down at all the dead walkers on the ground.
"You think our gun-shots will attract more?" asked Glenn nervously.
"Gates closed don't worry" Daryl said gruffly as he looked around the courtyard.
Suddenly something caught his eye there was a body he recognized on the ground he raced up to it. It was the Governor.
"Well, well well look who we have here" Daryl said huskily.
Rick and Glenn ran up to Daryl and they stared at the Governor's body on the ground It was beginning to rot. "What should we do with it?" Glenn asked nervously.
"We burn it" snapped Rick glaring at the body.
Daryl slowly took out a lighter from his trouser pocket and passed it to Rick, Rick angrily dropped the lit lighter on the Governor's body and walked away from it. Daryl began walking in the direction of the inside of the prison. He entered the inside and opened the cell block gate. He walked in and sat on the floor and sighed staring at the broken mirror in Carol's cell. All the memories of what went down flooded back to him. He angrily got up and stomped into the cafeteria he searched around in the boxes most of the food had expired he dug his hand into the box and retrieved a large bottle of wine. He smiled happily and carried it out of the Cafeteria back out into the courtyard.
"Look what I found to celebrate with" Daryl smiled holding up the bottle of wine.
Rick and Glenn both grinned happily at him, Daryl ran and grabbed the shovel and began digging Merle's body up. Glenn turned his head and saw Hershel's body also on the ground he walked over to it slowly and sighed taking out the pocket watch Hershel had given him on the farm. Rick kneeled down next to him.
"We'll take his body back too" Rick whispered sadly.
Glenn looked up at him, "Thanks Rick" Glenn whispered.
...
Andrea slowly walked through the town hesitantly, she'd been there for two months already and she still felt uncomfortable since Woodbury. Suddenly she noticed Mike looking around and then taking off.
"I'm not letting anything get passed me this time" Andrea whispered sharply.
Andrea slowly followed him he was running through the garden to a small area with a large black gate. Andrea crouched behind the gate as Mike slowly walked in he had a handful of red roses in his hand Andrea was confused. She looked up and realised it was a graveyard. Mike slowly kneeled down and put two roses on one grave and two roses on another. He began sobbing uncontrollably.
"I'm sorry I'm so so sorry" he cried falling down in front of the graves.
Andrea felt uncomfortable as she watched him break down.
"I should have protected you better" He breathed wiping away his tears. He began standing up and Andrea ran around the corner of the gate she leaned down onto the ground slowly and watched him exit the graveyard quickly. She followed him, she still wasn't convinced he wasn't hiding something she followed him as he ran into his room. She slowly took a deep breath and knocked on the door slowly. Mike emerged from the room with a small drink in his hand.
"Can I help you?" he asked nervously.
"Can I come in?" asked Andrea
"Sure" said Mike hesitantly.
Andrea quickly entered the room, Mike had a confused on his face he slowly closed the door and switched the light on. Andrea turned to face him.
"Who were they?" asked Andrea sharply
Mike was taken back, "W...who were who?" he asked slowly.
"Those people I saw you in the graveyard who were they?" she asked.
Mike sighed and slowly put his drink down, Andrea's hand reached straight for the gun in her back pocket. He slowly sat down in his seat and looked up at her with sad eyes.
"They were my family...my wife and my daughter" he sighed.
Andrea let go of the gun and slid it back into her back pocket.
"How did you lose them?" asked Andrea hesitantly.
Mike chuckled, "How else do you think? Those damn walkers...One day the gate got left open after a family went on a run we didn't see it coming they just walked in and bit my wife and ripped my daughter to shreds" said Mike holding back a cry.
Andrea stared at him in silence as he wiped away a tear from his eye quickly, she breathed slowly.
"I lost my sister to walkers too" she sighed.
Mike slowly looked up at her, "I'm sorry" he breathed.
Andrea walked up to Mike and slowly hugged him, "I'm sorry I butted in" she whispered and she let go. She left the room and shut the door quietly. Leaving Mike to sit alone.
...
"I don't really know what to do anymore" Carol sighed sipping her water.
Maggie slowly put her hand on Carol's.
"He just doesn't speak anymore since he found out I mean he helps me with my morning sickness and gets me what I need but when I try to speak to him he's just cold It's destroying me..." Carol sobbed.
"It'll be okay Carol just give him time to adjust or at least if it makes you that upset confront him when he gets back tonight" Maggie said calmly.
Carol nodded slowly and hugged Maggie tightly, "Thank you"
The two sat there silently for a second and Carol let out a small laugh.
"What?" Maggie smiled.
"Nothing It's just my hormones are driving me nuts and I..." Carol stopped her face going red.
"And you what?" smiled Maggie.
Carol put her head up and smiled, "I just want to have sex" she breathed.
Maggie bit her lip trying not to laugh, Carol caught her smirk and began laughing. "It's okay you can laugh" she giggled.
Maggie let out a small laugh and squeezed Carol's hand. After they stopped laughing Carol took a deep breath and looked up at Carol.
"So you and Glenn ever talk about having kids?" she asked.
Maggie's face went red she let out a nervous laugh. "No never...So um do you think Daryl loves you?" asked Maggie changing the subject.
Carol smiled weakly, "Some days I think yes but others I think no he's just not the type of man to admit those things" Carol sighed putting her head on her hand.
Maggie brought Carol into a hug and the two smiled at each other.
...
"Oh all the money that ere I had..."
Carl stared up at Beth as she sung quietly attempting to play the guitar, her finger slipped again. Beth began to frown.
"You'll get it someday" Carl smiled.
"Thanks" Beth smiled.
Beth began attempting to strum the guitar again; she opened her mouth to sing.
"Do you miss your dad?" asked Carl quietly.
Beth stopped playing, "All the time" she whispered quietly.
Carl nodded and slowly put his head down.
"Do you miss your mom?" she asked quietly
"Yeah" Carl mumbled.
Beth stared down at him and got off the bed she put her arms out and hugged Carl tightly. He breathed in her sweet scent. Beth slowly let go and smiled.
"I hope I learn to play this damn thing" Beth laughed.
Carl smiled at her warmly and Beth went back attempting to play.
...
Everything was done, the two bodies were on the truck and they were ready to leave again. Rick stood sadly over Lori's grave and stared down at it.
"Judith is growing really fast I can already see all your looks in her face" Rick smiled. "Carl's growing fast too he's becoming a better man everyday...and I'm sorry you can't see it...You shouldn't have had to made that choice I should have been there for you" Rick began to sob.
Daryl watched Rick sob he thought about if he'd be doing that in 7 months time he shook the thought away and walked towards Rick slowly. He put his hand on Rick's shoulder and pulled a Cherokee rose out of his pocket and handed it to Rick. Rick took the flower slowly and Rick nodded he carefully put it on Lori's grave and him and Daryl walked back slowly. Just as they were about to open the gate again they heard a voice scream at them.
"Get on your fucking knees right now!"
Daryl and Rick turned around to see four guards they recognised from Woodbury emerge from the inside of the prison. They had two females with them whom they didn't recognise.
"I said get on your knees now!" yelled the first guard.
"Hey what the hell you doing!?" yelled Daryl.
One of the guards grabbed Glenn, " He said get on your knees now or the Asian boy gets it!" yelled the second guard.
Glenn closed his eyes slowly, Daryl and Rick exchanged looks quietly and they both got onto their knees slowly.
The Woodbury guards smiled at them slyly.
...
"Do you think something happened to them?" asked Andrea worriedly.
Maggie stayed silent.
"They said they were going to the prison maybe they got attacked" Carol said quietly.
"We should go and get them we'll go ask Mike" Andrea said confidently.
The three of them exited the room and Andrea frantically knocked on Mike's room door. He opened the door sharply his eyes were red and his breath stank of whiskey.
"Yeah?" he said drunkenly
"Rick, Daryl and Glenn aren't back yet we have to go after them" Andrea said worriedly.
"No I can't allow it, It's risky!" he snapped.
Maggie pushed passed Andrea and got right in Mike's face. "Look if they don't come back by tonight I swear I will come here and shoot your ass" Maggie snapped angrily.
"Then I'll send your ass back out onto the road" he snapped slamming the door in her face.
Maggie went completely red she raised her fist to bang on the door again but Carol stopped her. The three of them returned to Maggie's room angrily.
"What a bastard!" yelled Maggie stomping into the room.
"We can go after them ourselves" Andrea said quickly.
Carol and Maggie both turned their heads towards her slowly,
"What?" asked Carol confused.
"Remember that hole leading out of the town that Daryl made we can go through the back and find them ourselves we just have to go on foot"
Maggie nodded and pulled out her gun from her pocket, "I'm willing to do that"
Carol stood up steadily, "So am I"
They both turned their heads towards her slowly, "I don't think that's a good idea Carol you know in your condition" Andrea said hesitantly.
"I'll hold out" Carol smiled.
"Fine but if there's danger you either hide or come back here" Maggie said seriously.
Carol nodded and the three of them walked down to Carl and Beth's room.
Maggie leaned down to Beth, "Take care of Carl while we're gone" Maggie whispered sharply.
Beth nodded understandingly and the three of them left guns ready in pockets.
...
The men cut Daryl's cheek, he didn't flinch the torture wasn't working on him, Rick or Glenn they were holding out.
"If the torture doesn't work we'll just have to kill you It's what the Governor would have wanted" the guard laughed.
Suddenly the sound of gun-shots could be heard inside the prison, the guard poked his head out of the door and saw the two of the guards from his group falling to the ground and dying.
"Dammit" he yelled running out of the prison gun in hand, he saw one of the shoots and aimed at her. He let out a shot to her arm.
Maggie fell down in pain but still raised her hand aiming her gun at the men, Andrea spotted the two guards left over she took two shots and killed them both. That was the signal to run forward. Maggie, Andrea and Carol ran forward quickly and squeezed through the gap in the gate. Andrea and Maggie ran into the prison as Carol stood on watch outside suddenly she heard a gun click behind her, It was Rowan.
"You killed the man I loved so now I'll kill you" she sobbed.
Just as Rowan was about to pull the trigger Carol heard a gun- shot she turned around to see Andrea with her gun pointed. Rowan was dead. Suddenly a young girl emerged behind her and Andrea turned around swiftly to see Hayley the girl she had worked with on the wall in Woodbury.
"I wasn't with them! They forced me here!" Hayley yelled.
She wasn't armed, Andrea slowly put her gun down and pushed Hayley in front of her. Suddenly Maggie emerged with Daryl, Rick and Glenn with her.
"C'mon let's go!" yelled Daryl
They quickly closed the gate and raced to the truck, Glenn, Maggie and Rick ran into the front of the truck and Carol, Daryl, Andrea and Hayley ran to the back. Rick speeded away from the prison. Daryl eyed Hayley sitting next to Andrea
"Why the hell is she here?" he snapped.
"She got taken against her will" Andrea said quietly.
"Sounds like a bullshit story anyone could make up" he snapped.
"She wasn't armed and I know her from Woodbury she's harmless"
Daryl nodded his head and narrowed his eyes towards Hayley, "I'm keeping an eye on you" he snapped.
Hayley nodded Nervously. Carol turned her head to look at Daryl and gasped at the cut on his cheek.
"Are you okay? How did you get that?" Carol asked worriedly.
Daryl turned his head slowly, "Don't worry" he mumbled.
Carol gave Andrea a depressed look and Andrea half smiled trying to keep Carol happy.
"What are those bags in the back?" asked Maggie.
Glenn and Rick stayed silent exchanging looks, Maggie repeated the question annoyed.
"It's Hershel and Merle" Glenn breathed.
Maggie looked up at him horrified, "We're gonna bury them when we get back in the graveyard" he said calmly.
Maggie's face crumpled and she burst into tears onto Glenn's chest, he held her close patting her on the back. Carol, Daryl, Andrea and Hayley all turned their heads to look at Rick in the front. None of them noticed the group of walkers following them as they drove back.
...
Maggie stood with Beth as Glenn and Rick helped put Hershel and Merle into the graves, Beth leaned her head onto Maggie's now bandaged arm and cried. Carl slowly walked up to her and held her hand. Beth smiled down at him and she opened her mouth.
"of all the money that ere I spent..I spent it in good company" Beth began to sing, Maggie looked down and began singing with her, as they watched. Once they had Hershel and Merle's bodies in the graves they stopped singing. Beth, Maggie and Glenn left the graveyard arm in arm and Carol and Daryl walked back together slowly.
Carol and Daryl silently entered their room, Carol sat on the bed and Daryl walked past her quickly to go to the bathroom he shut the door.
"Why are you being so cold to me?" yelled Carol.
The door slowly opened and Daryl came out with a furious look on his face, "How the hell have I been cold? I've been putting up and helping you for the last two months!" he snapped.
"We don't even speak anymore! Ever since I told you I'm pregnant you've shut yourself away!" snapped Carol back.
Before Daryl could get another word in carol began sobbing uncontrollably. Daryl's eyes widened what the hell was going on?
"I'm just so sad Daryl! My hormones are going crazy and I hate it!" she sobbed.
Daryl hesitantly walked over to the bed and slowly sat next to her, he put his arm around her slowly in fear of her yelling at him. She didn't flinch but continued to sob.
Daryl closed his eyes and sighed as he slowly put his hand on her stomach and felt it. Carol put her head up confused and saw Daryl was uncomfortable she still smiled at his effort and pulled him into a kiss. She was happy they were finally talking properly. She pulled him down into a hug and they lay on the bed still kissing she expected him to remove his hand from her bump immediately but he didn't he kept it there. Carol felt a small tear roll from her eye and she smiled at Daryl who smiled back at her.
...
Mike slowly made his way to the garden to collect more roses to put on his wife and Daughter's graves when suddenly he heard growling he looked up to see a group of walkers making their way into the town.
"Guards!" yelled Mike running back into the town.
The guards turned around and jumped off the wall to Mike, Andrea, Hayley, Daryl, Maggie, Glenn and Rick all ran out into the street.
"What's going on?" yelled Hayley.
Suddenly she felt a burning pain in her arm, she had been bitten. Andrea screamed and shot the walker suddenly it became a battle everyone in the group and the guards were shooting walkers down. Suddenly another woman emerged confused a walker bit into her shoulder and Mike screamed. Rick shot the walker quickly. All the walkers were now dead.
Mike ran up to the woman and held her in his arms he began sobbing, "Please no don't go" he cried holding her close.
The woman smiled softly and stroked his face she slowly closed her eyes and Mike dropped her to the ground slowly. Everyone in the group was no watching he turned around and ran up to Rick his gun was pointed at Rick's head. Rick raised his gun and quickly pointed it at Mike's head.
"What the fuck did I tell you! It's your fault my sister's dead! I don't fucking want you out of my town I want you dead!" yelled Mike.
They both pushed their guns into each other's heads. The whole group stood staring in fear as the two men stood in the middle of the town with both of their fingers ready on the trigger...
The end for now :)
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