Chapter Thirty Six

Kylie and Daryl were in the shed, trying to get information out of Randall. Daryl had tried telling the woman to stay with the rest of the group while he talked with the kid, but true to her nature...Kylie wouldn't hear of it.

Though Daryl was the one truly questioning Randall, Kylie would pipe up every now and again. A knife in her hand, while she sat on the work table cleaning the dirt underneath her nails. She didn't even flinch as Daryl threw yet another punch and connected with Randall's already bloody and bruised face.

"I told you..." Randall started.

"You ain't told me shit!" Daryl growled back, lifting the kid by his shirt and slamming him to the wall.

"I barely knew those guys!" Randall pleaded "I met 'em on the road!"

"How many in your group?" Kylie asked, not looking up from her work. But Randall didn't answer as he groaned in pain.

"Oh, no no no no no...come on man" she heard Randall plead. Looking up, Kylie saw Daryl pull his hunting knife and she smirked as he did so.

"My girl asked you a question" Daryl said, before rushing forward and slamming his knife to the ground right beside Randall's injured leg. "How many?!"

"Th-thirty. Thirty guys" Randall stammered and Kylie could hear the pure fear in the kid's voice.

"Where?" Daryl asked. When Randall faltered in his answer, Kylie hopped off the table and walked over to them. Without blinking, she ripped the gauze from his still healing wound. As soon as the material as tossed aside, Daryl took his knife from the ground and pressed the blade against the scabbing hole in Randall's leg.

"I don't know, I swear!" the kid said. "We were never any place more than a night!"

"Scoutin'?" Daryl asked, the tip of his blade slowly working at the scab. "Plannin' on stayin' local?"

"I-I don't know! Th-They left me behind!" Randall stammered, his eyes shifting from the blade to Daryl's angry face.

"Randall, you ever pick off a scab?" Kylie asked, flicking the blade in his leg. The action caused the boy to whimper.

"Come on, man, I-I'm tryin' to cooperate!" Randall tried.

"You start off real slow at first" Daryl continued, rotating the blade in Randall's wound. "Sooner or later you just gotta rip it off" he growled. Seeing that Daryl had things handled, Kylie stood and went back over to the table. Watching the scene unfold.

"Okay okay!" Randall shouted "Th-They have weapons. Heavy stuff, automatics. B-But I didn't do anything!" he defended, causing Kylie to raise a brow. Looking over his shoulder, Daryl met Kylie's eye before glancing at her healed shoulder and continuing.

"Your boys shot at my boys" he said. "Tried to take this farm. You just went along for the ride. You shot my girl. You tryna tell me you're innocent!" Daryl growled out.

"Yes!" Randall huffed "I-I didn't know I shot her! I swear, I'm not that good of a shot. I thought I missed!" he tried to cover, causing Kylie to huff and roll her eyes. "Th-These people took me in" the kid continued "Not just guys. A whole group of 'em. Men and women, kids too...just like you people!"

Since Randall seemed to be cooperating for the time being, Daryl stood and back off, letting the kid continue. Though his knife didn't leave his hand.

"Thought I'd have a better chance with them, you know?" Randall continued "But...we go out, scavenge, just the men." He paused, taking a breath and Kylie could tell that he was trying to choose what he said next very carefully. "One night we...we found this little campsite. A man and his two daughters. Teenagers, you know? Real young. Real cute" the words made Kylie's stomach lurch. She knew where the story was heading. Daryl seemed to know as well as he turned back to face Randall. "Their daddy had to watch while these guys they...and they didn't even kill him afterwards. They just...They just made him watch as his daughters...they j-just left him there..."

The air in the humid shed suddenly turned cold as Daryl turned his gaze back on Randall. Kylie's grip on her knife tightened, she knew what those men had done. They were planning on doing the same to her, only she took them down before they got a chance.

"No, Bu-but I-I didn't touch those girls!" Randall defended himself. "No, I swear I didn't tou..." but he was cut off my Daryl's boot connecting to his gut. The kid tried pleading, saying that he was different from the men. But Daryl wasn't hearing it as he kicked Randall repeatedly. Only when the kid was unconscious did he stop.

"Now what?" Kylie asked from her perch on the table. Daryl was breathing heavily when he turned to face her, walking over to grab his button-up and vest. Silently, he took them from her, pulling them on before placing a kiss on her forehead.

"We gotta tell the others" he told her, and Kylie nodded, hoping off the table and shouldering her crossbow as Daryl did the same.

They walked from the shed in silence. Neither one speaking as they approached the group. Kylie shifted under the other's gaze, feeling as if they could sense what had gone down in the shed.

"Boy there's got gang, thirty men" Daryl informed as soon as they were close enough. "They have heavy artillery and they ain't looking to make friends. They roll through here and our boys are dead. And our women, they're gunna..." he trailed off, his gaze shifting to Kylie "They're gunna wish they were."

"What did you do?" Carol asked, taking in Daryl's bloodied knuckles.

"Had a little chat" Daryl told her before leading Kylie away from the group.

Again they were silent as they walked towards one of the many well's on the Green's property. Dropping their bows on the ground, Daryl sat while Kylie wet her bandanna and began cleaning the blood from Daryl's knuckles.

"So..." Kylie started as she wiped away the blood. "back in there, when we were having that chat with Randall, you called me your girl. Not once but twice." Daryl just hummed in response, causing Kylie to roll her eyes and stop what she was doing. "Seriously, Daryl, what was that about?" she asked.

She was caught by surprise when Daryl's lips found hers. Shock hit her at first, but she instantly responded, the bandanna falling to the ground, forgotten, as the kiss deepened. Pouting when Daryl pulled away.

"It ain't obvious?" his rough voice found her ears. Kylie smiled instantly before nodding her head and kissing him once more.

"Yea" she said against his lips. "Yea it's pretty obvious."

AN: so it finally happened! Darlie is now official! I have been waiting to make them official since I first started planning this story, lol. It was just a matter of time.

Personally, I am so super happy with this chapter. For many reason. One, Kylie's change is a little more prominent. Before, in season one, she would have flinched at Daryl's 'questioning' of Randall, at the very least. Hell, she probably wouldn't have been in the shed with him to begin with. Maybe just outside of it, waiting, but not taking part.

And of course there's the obvious reason to be happy with this chapter...DARYL AND KYLIE ARE FINALLY TOGETHER! Now I know that for most of us, Daryl and Kylie were already a thing, but to just have it be official is just surreal. I tried to keep Daryl in character during that scene the best I could, so I hope I didn't disappoint!

Coming Up Next On In The End: Dale assumes he knows who Kylie is now, Kylie stands by Daryl, and a question is answered. So come back next week to see what happens next!

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