Search and Rescue
I own nothing! Everything belongs to Robert Kirkman and AMC.
Just a warning I know the punctuation is a little off. I've had to live with open office and let me tell you it SUCKS!
I speak like a Dixon therefore I write like one. There will be swearing. Also for sack of arguments, merle is 35, daryl is 29, carol is 32 and beth is 20.
Daryl stalked through the forest, moving quietly. He already had several birds and rabbits. With a few more, he wouldn't need to hunt for a few days. Daryl liked that idea, as he wanted more mornings with Carol.
When daryl left at sunrise, Carol was still sleeping soundly. After the night they had together, she probably needed the sleep! Daryl had never slept as deeply as he did in Carol's arms. It took everything he had to climb out of bed and search for his clothes, which was a challenge to begin with.
The night before, Daryl had opened Sophia's door to see the little girl fast asleep. Manny had padded and laid down on the floor next to her bed, as if he knew he belonged there.
As daryl paused for a moment to watch sophia sleep, he realized something. Daryl knew sophia wasn't his, but he wanted her to be. Daryl had never imagined himself as a father, but in that moment, he swore to be the best dad possible to Sophia.
Daryl walked over, stepping around Manny, and gave Sophia a kiss on the forehead before tucking up the blankets around her. The little girl had smiled in her sleep, and Daryl smiled back as he turned to walk out of the room. He saw Carol leaning in the doorway smiling at him. Together they looked in on Sophia for another moment, before they walked together into carol's bedroom.
That night, they gave everything to eachother. Carol knew about Daryl's scars, and he knew about hers. But seeing them for the first time, seeing how much they covered his woman's body, Daryl boiled inside. He wanted to rip Ed's throat out, wanted to kill him right then and there. But Carol had pulled him back from his anger, and together they spent the night exploring each others bodies. It was by far the best sex Daryl had ever had, and when he had woken that morning, the only reason he got out of bed was so he could cook dinner for his girls that night.
Manny hadn't seemed happy to get up either, having moved to Sophia's bed at somepoint in the night. Daryl had a feeling Manny had jumped up with permision, as he was tucked in next to Sophia, who had a hand wrapped around one of his ears. Daryl had softly laughed as he unwrapped her hand and untucked the dog so he could jump off the bed. Daryl gave each of his girls a kiss as he left, heading back to Merle's apartment to grab his crossbow, then out to hunt as the sun rose.
The sun was starting to get high now, probably around 10 am. Daryl wasn't certain though, he didn't wear a watch, and most mornings he had his cell phone with him, but he had forgotten it on Carol's night stand.
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Merle sang along with the radio as he drove to work that morning. For the first time in a long time, Merle felt good. His baby brother was happy as a clam, that was clear enough. Hell, the smile on Daryl's face when he left the night before had been enough for him. Merle may have had mixed feelings about getting into a serious relationship, but it appered to be working for Daryl. Merle had never seeen Daryl this happy, and it was making Merle rethink his previous opions on several things. Mainly the idea of dating.
Merle smiled as he remembered kissing Beth last night. God she was a treasure. Merle couldn't get past how she had been surprised, then kissed him back. Jimmy wasn't lying, Beth wanted him. And Merle was more then fine with that.
Merle made accepted his feelings for Beth went deeper then lust. Don't worry, there was plenty of lust there, but Merle wanted more. He wanted to make Beth smile in the same way Merle had seen Carol smile at Daryl. Hell he wanted to take her out, didn't matter where, just as long as it was with Beth.
Merle turned into the junk yard and parked his truck. As he walked away, Merle looked around for Ed. Not seeing him, he headed towards the clock in trailer. As Merle walked inside, he saw Martinez sitting at his desk, and Merle walked up to him.
"Morning Merle. Mind if I put you in charge again today? The guys don't mind it and I really need to get caught up on this paper work."
Merle grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down on the chair infront of Martinez's desk.
"Not a problem boss, besides, ya may wanna go back over the paper work again."
"Why's that?" Martinez leaned back as he looked at Merle. Martinez had been working with Merle on and off for years, but this time something was different. This time when Merle came back from a short jail stint, he was actually clean, and he seemed to be sticking to it. If Merle kept up as he was now, Martinez was planning on going to the higher ups to get him promoted. But he was interested in what Merle had to say; he had never mentioned paper work before.
"the back ground checks ya run on the new hires. Those reports, they show out standin' warrents right?"
Martinez looked oddly at Merle. "Yeah, they show any past legal history. Merle, what's going on?"
Merle sighed as he set his coffee cup down.
"The new guy, Ed? He ain't who he says he is."
Martinez was surprised, and rolled his chair over to where the staff records were kept.
"Ed Jones?"
"that ain't his name. Its Ed Peletier. I only know cause he's wanted for domestic abuse and assult. My baby brother's dating his ex, Carol. He's a wife beater. Last night Ed came over while Daryl and Carol were on a date, planning on grabbin' Sophia, Carol's little girl. The baby sitter, Beth, she came and got me. I chased him off. But he's been followin' Carol and Sophia for months now, real bad news."
Martinez took in what Merle was saying and shook his head.
"you sure about this?"
"willin' ta stake my job on it. Hell, if Ed comes by at the wrong time, it'll be him versus my baby brother. Now I know Daryl, know he can easily kick ed's ass in a fair fight. But there's nothing to stop Ed from bringin' a gun to the party and I just can't risk that."
Martinez nodded and stood to walk over to the time clock and looked at the papers.
"He hasn't checked in yet. I'll call the cops, have them send someone down here. It would probably be best for you to be out with the guys when this all goes down. For now, I got them started on moving the crushed cars over from block E. can you go over see that?"
"No problem boss."
the two men shook hands as Merle walked out of the trailer, and Martinez called the cops.
Merle walked over to his men, who were moving the crushed cars around with two cranes. A round of good mornings went up as the men saw merle. Martinez had put Merle incharge several times, and they were used to checking in with him.
"Mornin'. Who's doin' what today?"
a large man walked up to Merle as he came closer.
"Martinez has me and Axel on the cranes. Everyone else is spoting and assisting."
Merle took a quick head count as Oscar talked to him; something wasn't right.
"Who the fuck is in crane B? Your right here, and Axel's over there!"
Merle walked towards the moving crane, but didn't get a chance to see who was driving it, before the crane spun around. Merle couldn't move fast enough, as the crane swung a crushed car in his direction, slamming into Merle's body. In an instant, everything went black.
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Rick and Shane were only blocks away when the new call came thru. Two men down at the juck yard. Rick threw on the sirens as he picked up speed. As they pulled into the yard, Rick saw two crowds forming.
Rick saw Martinez waving him over. As he reached his side in the crowd, Rick looked down, before grabbing his radio.
"i need an ambulance to my location. I have one victim who's been chrushed by a car."
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Shane ran to the other group as Rick went to Martinez. Making his way thru the crowd, Shane was shocked. He reached for his radio just as Rick's call came thru. As Rick finished, Shane added his own.
"i have a second victim at the same location. Send another ambulance."
Shane felt a tap on his shoulder, and turned to see a man with a large handle bar mustache.
"he ain't a victim. Ed here's the bad guy, he attacked Merle. Asshole get's what he deserves!"
the men surrounding the speaker, and Shane turned back to the bloody mass in front of him.
"what's his name?"
the mustache man spoke again. "Ed."
Shane couldn't help but agree as he looked at the large man, now cut to ribbons by the pile of metal and safety glass. His face was undistiguishable, nearly grated off his body. Blood was pouring from the two seperate pipes that stabbed up thru Ed's torso. His body went still, as the last final gurgle of blood came out of what had been his mouth.
Shane shivered unconciously. "Now Dead Ed."