Summary: Betrayed by two people Daryl thought he could trust, he now stays with the group for Carol, Carl, Beth and Judith. When he befriends Allana a young woman whose life has been destroyed because of the Governor, he forms a strange bond with her over the grief of loosing loved ones at the hands of the ones they thought they could trust. Co – written with NadWri. Warning Character Death mentioned at beginning of chapter one.

No Rest For The Wicked

Chapter 37

Daryl locked their bedroom door behind them, as Allana quickly checked on the kids. All three of them were sound asleep. "C'mere Allana," Daryl said softly, as she walked over to him. He turned her around and unzipped the dress she was wearing, kissing her neck as he pulled it off her.

He stared at her as she stood under the moonlight only in her purple bra and matching panties as she started to unbutton his shirt and then his jeans.

"Ya look wonderful," Daryl said softly, as he kissed at her bare skin, as he helped her take off his jeans.

"You look so beautiful; I swear you look like a Greek god." She said as they stumbled to the bed and Daryl undid her bra while he kissed the back of her neck.

"Your mine," Daryl said softly, as he kissed a trail down her neck and throat, before he took one of her breasts into his mouth.

She moaned quietly. "All yours."

Daryl sucked on her breast hard making her cry out in pleasure as she felt his right finger enter wet, tight heat.

"Oh god, Daryl." She moaned rocking against him.

"Good, baby?" he asked softly, a smile on his face as he watched her.

"Excellent," she panted, her hands gripping to him tightly.

He smirked and pulled his mouth away from her breast and slammed into her, groaning at how tight she was to him as she took him in.

She whimpered in pleasure as he began to pound into her hard. He lifted one of her legs and hooked it around his waist, hitting her deeper, as she bit down on his shoulder. "Oh Christ... Daryl..."

"More? Ya want more woman?" He asked roughly and pounded into her harder, causing her to grab at his hair as she moaned his name.

She could barely speak, but grasped his hand tightly. "Yes, Daryl," she gasped out. "More."

He pounded into her harder as she could feel herself come closer the edge as she gripped Daryl's hands tightly. Sweat pouring down their bodies.

"Daryl..." she gasped out, as she felt the heat pooling in her stomach, as her body tensed up, before she felt a flood of pleasure invade her body. She trembled in Daryl's arms as she came, her fingernails digging into him. "Oh god... oh god."

Daryl smiled down at her as he emptied himself into her hot womb and cradled her to him as they recovered from their explosive orgasms.

She smiled up at him dazed, as she lazily reached up to push the hairs away from his eyes. "Wow."

Daryl chuckled "Wow is right." He said kissing her softly as they got under the sheets to get warm.

She snuggled into him, and buried her face into his chest, as she sought out his hand. "You make me so happy, Daryl."

He held her to him "Ya make me happy too Allana, I love you." He said softly falling asleep.

"I love you too, Daryl," she said quietly, as she closed her eyes and joined him in sleep.

Rowan had gone downstairs to get a glass of water and sat outside in the garden wanting to get some air. She was so happy how she had found Rick.

Before she knew what was happening a hand was pressed over her mouth, stopping her from crying out.

Rowan felt terrified who were these people and what did they want with her?

Rick awoke the next morning to the sound of Callum's cries. He got up from the bed to see Callum in his crib, waving his arms around for someone to let him out. He picked him up and walked downstairs, wondering if Rowan had forgotten to feed him and change his diaper. He found Allana and Carol sitting in the kitchen. "Has anyone seen Rowan?"

Allana looked worried. "No, I haven't seen Rowan since last night." She said taking Callum and changing his diaper and feeding him a bottle of formula.

Daryl came in along with Dan and James. "What's going on?" He asked Allana worried as he checked on his nephew.

"Rowan's nowhere to be found," Allana said concerned.

"What do ya mean," Daryl asked, as he fed Lily some of his breakfast.

"She wasn't in bed this morning," Rick said panicked. "And no one has seen her downstairs. She didn't see to Callum either this morning."

Everyone instantly went on alert. "You mean someone took her?" Carl asked worried.

"I don't know." Rick said worried.

"Let's check around the house and the garden," James suggested.

Rick nodded. "Everyone stay in pairs."

They all went in pairs and searched around the house and yard when Daryl found tyre tracks leading away from the house.

"RICK!" He yelled.

Rick came running over to where Daryl was. "Oh shit," he muttered. "Someone's taken her. We're following those tracks."

"I'm coming with you." Allana said firmly and Daryl looked at her.

"What about the kids?" He asked.

"The girls will look after them. I trust them," she said softly. "Rowan's my best friend... please, Daryl."

Daryl nodded. "Alright but ya stay close to me alright?" He asked as they all got in the car with James going with them.

They followed the tire tracks, and ended up at a small building, about ten miles from where they were staying. Daryl looked at James as they got out of the car. "Ya ever seen this place before?"

James shook his head. "No I haven't seen this place before." He said as they looked around the area.

Rowan felt someone rip her blindfold off and she looked around the room she was being kept in. She saw a man in the corner. "Who the hell are you?! Where am I?!"

The man walked over to her and back handed her hard across the face as he cut her shirt in half, leaving her only in her bra and jeans.

"Wow, I can't wait to fuck you good."

"No, please no," Rowan sobbed out, looking desperately around for an escape.

The man smiled at her evilly "Don't worry doll, it will be a good hurt." He hissed as he ripped off her jeans as she kicked at him trying to keep him away. The man slapped her harshly and pulled out a knife.

"Don't touch me," Rowan begged, trying to push him away from her.

He sneered down at her. "I advise you don't struggle."

He slammed her head against the concrete wall and darkness invaded Rowan's vision.

"I love you Rick." She said before falling unconscious.

"Ya see anything?" Daryl asked, as he looked around.

"No, it looks empty," Allana said worried. "Should we check inside?"

"Alright but stay close." Rick said as they all went in.

"It doesn't look like anyone has been living here," Allana observed, as they looked through the rooms. "Anyone else see anything?"

"No nothing." James said as they looked around the room screaming could be heard.

"ROWAN!" Rick yelled as they ran towards the room where the noise was.

"C'mon," Daryl said, grabbing Allana's hand.

Rick ran down the hallway where they found an unconscious Rowan with bloody wounds, she was completely naked and blood trailed between her legs.

"Oh, Rowan, no!" Rick sobbed, as he found a blanket to wrap around her. "No, no, no,"

"Shit," Daryl whispered, as he gripped Allana's hand tightly.

Rowan barely responded and she was bleeding heavily as Rick picked her up and carried her to the car.

"I'm going to kill them." He snarled.

"We need to get her back, Rick," James said softly. "Dan needs to get a look at her."

Allana felt her stomach heave as memories of what had happened to her in Woodbury came flooding back. She ran over to the nearest bush, and emptied whatever was in her stomach.

Daryl pulled her hair from her face as he pulled her into him as they got into the car.

"I hope she's ok." She choked.

"She will be, baby," he said softly, as she held onto him tightly.

"Who the hell would do this?"

"I'm not sure but we'll find out." Daryl said as they pulled up to the house and Rick got out of the car and hurried to the house.

"What happened?" Hershel asked as they all came running into the sitting room.

"I don't know," Rick spluttered, looking around the room. "We need Dan!"

Dan came hurrying into the room. "We need to bring her into a room and stop the bleeding on her body." He said as they hurried upstairs.

"She's been raped." Dan said grimly as he examined her.

"Oh, God, Rowan, I'm so sorry" Rick whispered quietly, as he cried into her hair. "I'm so, so sorry."

Dan looked at him with sadness in his eyes. "I'll get her cleaned up. This may sound... upsetting, and it's none of my business, but... if anyone knows where we can get any, then I think we should give Rowan the option of taking a Morning After Pill when she wakes up. Just in case she wants to, you know?"

Allana looked down at her feet, feeling her face heat up, remembering the ones she had brought back from the pharmacy before she lost her baby. "I still have some."

Dan nodded at her. "That would be great, thank you." He said as Allana hurried off to get the pills. He looked at the knife marks with a grim look.

"I don't like the look of these."

"What do ya mean?" Daryl asked confused.

"They seem to be in some sort of a pattern," Dan said quietly. "Like they were marking her."

"Like they were marking her as theirs." Daryl realised just as Rowan started to convulse, her body shaking on the bed violently.

"We need to get her medicated!" He yelled as Hershel came in along with Allana.

"Daryl, please get Rick out of here." Hershel said quickly.

"Come on, man," Daryl said softly, putting an arm around Rick's shoulder and dragging him out of the room. "Ya don't wanna see her go through this."

Hershel and Allana worked with Dan to try and stabilize Rowan.

"I think she's ok now, but I'm worried about how much blood she's lost." Dan said worried as Allana hooked Rowan up to an IV drip on her right side.

"I want to know who did this to my best friend." Allana spat.

"Don't worry," Hershel assured softly. "We'll find them, and I'm sure Rick will give them what they deserve."

"Do you have any idea who it might be?" Dan asked. "Anyone who knew you were here?"

Allana shook her head sadly. "I thought we got rid of everyone who was out to hurt us."

Dan sighed sadly as he looked at Rowan who was asleep in the bed. "Let's leave Rowan to get some sleep; I'm not sure when she'll wake up." He said depressed as they went downstairs to meet the others in the kitchen while the children played in the living room.

"How is she?" Daryl asked, as Rick stared sadly into a cup of coffee.

"We managed to stabilize her, she just needs some rest now," Dan said softly.

Allana sighed. "Is it ever going to end?"

Daryl looked at her "My old man said there was saying called No Rest For The Wicked, only we ain't done anythin' evil." He said as Callum started to cry softly.

"I'll get him," Rick said quietly, standing up. He walked over to pick up Callum. "Hey, little man."

Dan gave Daryl and Allana a soft smile. "Maybe we should give him some time alone?" He whispered so only they would hear, as he watched Rick sniffle quietly while he rocked Callum.

She nodded sadly and they all left Rick and Callum in peace as he wept.

Allana went up to her room, to check on Lily, Harli and Dean, who were all sleeping peacefully in their cribs. She sensed someone come in behind her, and could tell that it was Daryl without even turning around.

"I can't understand how anyone could do that to someone," she said, without looking at him, knowing how Rowan must have felt.

"I can't either Allana, but we'll find the bastards who did this." He promised Allana as they watched their children sleep peacefully.

"I hope Rowan's alright." She said sadly.

"I'm sure she will be. She's tough," Daryl assured her quietly, as she leaned against him for support. "Merle will be watchin' over her."

She nodded and leaned against him as she fell asleep.

Daryl picked her up gently, and placed her in their bed, wrapping the blankets around her. "Sweet dreams, Allana."

She smiled in response and Daryl quietly shut the door as he left his wife to rest.

He looked into Rowan's room on the way back downstairs. The woman he almost considered a sister was lying bruised and bloodied. He'd find whoever did this, and along with Rick, he would kill them.

He sighed and walked downstairs to see Rick holding Callum in his arms as he looked up at Daryl coming in.

"I let her down, Daryl." He said numbly.

"Rick, there was nothing ya could do," Daryl said sadly as he sat down beside his friend. "I know what yer goin' through. Every time somethin' happened to Allana, I'd blame myself for not takin' better care of her, but it only makes things worse. Ya can't feel bad for yerself."

Rick nodded. "I want to kill the men who did that to her Daryl, Rowan she's helped me move on from Lori and be happy." He said thickly.

"And we will," Daryl assured them. "They'll get what's coming to them. If only we knew who they were."

"Do you think that dog belonged to them?" Martinez asked tired as he sat down on a chair.

"Maybe," Daryl nodded. "I ain't seen anyone else in the area who might have had a dog."

"You think they're staying in the place that you found Rowan?"

"Didn't look like it to be honest." Rick said tired and worried about Rowan.

"Rick, why don't ya go to bed?" Daryl asked quietly, seeing his friend's tired eyes. "We'll deal with this in the morning."

Rick nodded, and without a word, got up and left the room with Callum.

"He's takin' it pretty bad," Martinez said sadly.

Daryl sighed. "He's lost his wife and Rowan helped him move on from it and make a family with her, now this shit happens." He said sadly as Dan came in.

Dan watched Rick disappear up the stairs as he sat down with the two other men. "Is he gonna be OK?"

"He will be in time; he loves Rowan even if he won't admit it. He loves her and Callum." Daryl said sadly as he gulped his coffee.

Martinez sighed. "This shit's fucking crazy." He said tired.

"Tell me about it," Daryl sighed.

"I'm gonna head to bed, I'll talk to you guys about what's happening in the morning," Martinez nodded, getting up.

Daryl nodded at him and they watched Martinez go upstairs.

"Is Rowan gonna be alright?" He asked the paramedic.

"She needs some time to recover, but she should be alright," Dan nodded. "Although she might take longer to heal mentally than physically."

Daryl nodded feeling upset. "Do ya think she could be pregnant?" He asked quietly.

"It's a possibility," Dan said sadly. "I don't imagine the men would have used protection. But Allana brought us some pills, so I'll give Rowan the option of taking one in the morning."

Daryl felt his insides turn at the mention of Allana's pills.

Dan saw Daryl grimace at the mention of the pills. "I'm sorry." He said ashamed.

"Don't be ain't ya fault." He said quietly getting up "I'm going a bed." He said quietly.

Daryl left the kitchen, and walked upstairs to his room, where he found Allana sitting up in bed, staring out the window.

"Hey, ya OK?" he asked softly, as he stripped out of his jeans and shirt and climbed in beside her. "I thought ya were restin'?"

"Yeah, I can't sleep. I've just been thinking."

"About what?" He asked stroking her hair as they lied down under the sheets.

"If we're safe here." She said quietly.

"I'm sure we will be," Daryl said softly. "And I'll protect ya and the kids, no matter what."

"I thought maybe in the morning, we could ask James and his men to stay for a bit longer," she said softly, as she wrapped a leg around his waist and pulled him into her. "I know he said they needed to get back, but a few extra people looking out for us might be good right now, and I think Rick could do with the support. Not to mention Dan would be on hand if we needed him."

Daryl thought about it. "That ain't a bad idea actually." He said softly holding her close to him as they both fell asleep.

"Night, baby," Allana said softly, as she held his hand.

"Goodnight, darlin'," Daryl replied, as he fell into a peaceful dream.

Rick and Carl sat next to Rowan keeping vigil over her, her hand tightly in Rick's as he looked at her.

He kissed her forehead tenderly as he sat by her, hoping that she would wake up.

"I love you, Rowan," Rick said softly.

Carl looked up and gave him a small smile.

"She'll be ok dad, Rowan's tough." He said firmly.

"I know, son," Rick nodded, as he climbed into the bed beside her. Carl got up and lay in between them.

Judith came in then and looked around. "Mama?" She asked quietly, her bottom lip trembling as she stared at Rowan.

"Hey, sweetheart, she's right here," Rick said softly, as Judith hesitantly walked towards the bed. Rick picked her up and set her down beside Carl. "Your mama is just asleep."

Judith nodded and cuddled into her, her bright blue eyes matching his own stared back at him "I love you mama." She said falling asleep.

Allana woke early the next morning, and went downstairs while the kids and Daryl were still asleep. She found James sitting down at the table, and gave him a small smile as she took a seat. "Can I talk to you?"

James nodded. "Sure, what's up?"

Allana took a deep breath. "I was wondering... feel free to say no... But, maybe you and your men wouldn't mind staying with us a bit longer? If we're going to have more trouble from the people who took Rowan, we could probably use the extra help. Rick's not really up to doing much right now, and it would be useful if we had Dan, in case anyone else got hurt."

James looked at her thoughtfully as he thought about it, "Let me discuss it with my group but we will stay." He assured her and Allana smiled faintly.

"Thank you." She said as Carl came in looking sad.

"What's wrong Carl?" She asked gently.

"Will Rowan get rid of the baby if she's pregnant?"

"It's her decision, sweetheart," Allana said softly. "We can't force her to take the pills, and we can't tell her not to."

Carl nodded sadly. "Dad hasn't left her side all day." He said quietly as Daryl and the others came into the kitchen.

"Morning, baby." Daryl said as he gave Allana a soft kiss on the cheek, as he sat down at the table with the twins.

"Morning," Allana replied as she picked up Lily who had been behind Daryl and began to feed her. "James and his men have agreed to stay for a bit."

Daryl nodded as he looked at James "Thank you." He said sincerely as a tired Rick came in.

"Hey, Rick," Allana said softly, handing him a cup of coffee. "How are you this morning? How is Rowan?"

Rick took the coffee with a word of thanks as he sat down at the table. "She still hasn't woken up and Dan's worried that when the men slammed her head against the wall, it might have done some damage to her skull." He said anguish in his voice as Sasha came in.

"I'm sure she'll be OK," Allana said softly. "Hey, Sasha, what's up?"

Sasha smiled at her "Nothing I'm just worried, what are we going to do?" She asked so that only Daryl, her and Martinez could hear her.

"You're not gonna do anything," Martinez said quietly. "Just rest and look after our baby. Daryl, Allana, James and I can handle this. We'll come up with a plan."

Sasha nodded sadly and kissed Martinez gently on the lips as she went to help Carol and Maggie make breakfast when Rick went upstairs to check on Rowan.

He went into their room to see that Rowan still hadn't woken up and stroked her face tenderly, as he looked at her.

"Rowan, please come back to me, sweetheart," he said softly, with tears in his eyes as he grasped her hand. "I won't let anyone hurt you ever again, I promise."

Rowan's hand twitched in his hand and he looked down quickly. "Rowan can you hear me?" He asked gently.

Rowan's eyes fluttered open then as she stared at him.

"Rick?" she asked her voice weak and tired, and her eyes full of sadness.

"It's me. I'm here," he said softly, holding her hand tightly.

Rowan felt tears slide down her face "They, they raped me and I tried to stop them but -." Her voice broke as the others came in with Dan and Hershel in the lead.

"Shh, shh, they're gone now, Rowan," Rick soothed gently, as Dan came over to sit beside her.

"Mind if I take a look at you?" he asked quietly. "How are you feeling anyway?"

"No I don't mind but can Rick, Allana and Daryl stay?" She asked then her grey eyes widened as she looked around for Callum.

"Where's Callum, is he alright?" She asked fear in her voice.

"He's fine," Allana assured her. "Maggie is looking after him at the minute."

Rowan nodded, as Dan began to examine her.

"Do you feel sore anywhere Rowan?" He asked gently and she shook her head but her eyes lowered from them all.

"Only between my legs." She whispered ashamed.

Rick and Daryl both grimaced, and looked away, as Dan examined her, and Allana sat down on the bed beside her and took her hand, knowing how she was feeling. Dan looked at the table and saw the pills sitting there, that Rowan hadn't noticed yet. "Um, Rowan... There's a chance you might... You know... if the men didn't use protection." He picked up the pills and set them down in front of her. "It's your choice."

Rowan felt her eyes burn with tears; she had always wanted children and another baby brother or sister for Callum, Carl and Judith but knowing that she might be having her rapist's baby.

It terrified her.

"I don't know." She said numbly feeling tears fall down her face.

Dan looked at Rick. "We'll leave you two alone to talk about it."

Daryl and Allana left the room with him, and Allana stormed to her room, filled with rage at the men who had terrorized Rowan. She slammed the door shut behind her, and picked up a glass, throwing it at the wall, as it smashed into a thousand pieces.

"HOW COULD THEY DO THAT TO HER?!" she sobbed to herself, feeling tears run down her cheek.

She felt angry at the men who had harmed her best friend, her sister in everything but blood and it infuriated her.

She went opened the door and saw Daryl looking at her with a similar expression as they both went downstairs to tell the others.

"How is she?" Carol asked worriedly.

"She'll be OK, physically. It's mentally I'm worried about," Dan answered softly. "We let her have some time alone with Rick."

Sasha shifted. "Is she pregnant?" She asked softly.

"There's a possibility," Dan said sadly. "It's too early to be sure. But we left her with the option of taking a pill."

Silence fell over them when Daryl spoke. "We need to make sure that none of the women are left on their own." He said grimly.

Everyone nodded. "That won't be a problem," Glenn said quietly. "Everyone pairs up with a man, and we stick with them for now. No excuses."

"What should we tell the kids?" Morgan asked worried.

"I don't think we should scare them," Axel said quietly. "We should just keep them under watch for now."

Everyone nodded and Allana held Harli tightly to her.

Dan went back up to Rowan's room and hour or so later, when they had gotten some time on their own. He knocked on the door and walked in, and sat down on a chair next to her bed. "What have you decided to do?" he asked softly.

Rowan felt tears burn her eyes "I don't know I want to keep the baby but I'm scared he or she will look like him." She said numbly.

"I'm having an abortion."

Dan looked at her, his eyes filled with sadness. "If that's what you want," he nodded. "Do you need me to assist you, or do you want to do this on your own?"

Rowan shook her head "I want to do this on my own." She said tears swimming down her face as she looked at Rick. "Am I a bad person?" She asked.

"No, not at all," Rick said pulling her into him. "We could have another baby, if you wanted one. But not like this. Not this way. This isn't want you want, Rowan."

Rowan nodded and gripped his hand tightly. "Will, will you stay with me?" She asked quietly.

"Of course I will, Rowan," Rick said, kissing the top of her head. "I... I love you."

She held him tightly feeling her eyes burn. "I love you too Rick." She said thickly as Dan gently handed a small, white pill.

Rowan took a deep breath, and squeezed Rick's hand tightly as she put the pill into her mouth, and swallowed it with a glass of water.

I'm sorry for the upsetting scenes x