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Chapter 4- The group run

It's been two month since the start of apocalypse over the last month the group have been doing pretty well but they once again were low on supplies.

Daryl and Shane were Talking with Glenn and Adam "you want to do a group run to Atlanta" Adam ask "yeah we need more than just you two for this so pick four people to take with you" Shane tells them they walk away for a moment to talk "we could use more ammo" Shane says "I know Merle is taking Nick out on another hunting trip after Adam and Glenn found that crossbow in the city Merle has Been teaching Nick how to hunt so we will get more food" Daryl says Shane nods Glenn and Adam then walk back over "ok we'll take Victor, T-dog Jacqui and Andrea" Adam says they nod "ok you leave tomorrow" Shane says they nod before they leave to go find the other four people they are taking "I'm going to go on patrol" Daryl says to Shane "grab someone nobody goes out alone" Shane tells him Daryl nods before he leaves to go find Alicia the person he usually goes on patrol with he finds her sitting down by Madison and Travis "hey i'm going on patrol you in" He ask her she looks up at him and smiles "yeah sure i'm not doing anything else" Alicia says she stands and comes over to Daryl he starts to walk down the hill with Alicia following him Madison looking at them "hey you ok" Travis ask her "yeah it's just that they have been spending a good amount of time together" Alicia says "that's because they make a good team together their smart and think alike kinda like Daryl and Shane. Do you not trust Daryl with her?" Travis ask her she looks over at him "it's not that I trust Daryl with her he's saved her multiple times and without him and Shane we would most likely not be where we are now" Madison tells Travis "then you have nothing to worry about Alicia is a lot stronger than you think" Travis tells her Madison nods as over by the rv Shane walks down to Dean who was sharpening his knife with Ofelia "hey can you two go on downhill patrol for the morning" Shane ask them they nod before they get up to leave.

With Daryl and Alicia

It's been about an 1 and a half since they left They were walking up the hill Daryl looks over at her "has John been bothering you" he ask her she looks over at him "no he's been keeping to himself or been staying by James" Alicia says to him he nods as they keep walking ahead of them about 10 walkers come out of the woods "Daryl what do we do" She ask Daryl pulls out the radio "Shane come in" Daryl says he waits a moment before Shane answers "what's up Daryl" Shane ask "we got about 10 walker's up the road from camp" Daryl says into the radio "ok so you have been gone about an hour and a half. What way are they heading?" Shane ask "down towards camp they are heading for me and Alicia" Daryl says "ok start to head back we'll send a larger group up" Shane says "Shane if one of them fall off the edge and into the water they could ruin it" Daryl says "ok do you think you can handle it" Shane ask "yeah we might have to shoot a shot through" Daryl tells him "OK be careful" Shane says Daryl looks at Alicia "make sure your gun is loaded we lead them in the woods and try to pick them off" Daryl tells her she nods but looks worried which he notices "hey we play this right we will be fine" Daryl tells her she nods before he keeps walking towards the herd it takes them a moment to keep close enough for the walkers to notice them they start to walk towards them Daryl and Alicia walk back slowly into the woods the walkers following them Daryl pulls out his crossbow as Alicia pulls out her knife he aims his crossbow at a walker and shoots it in the head the walkers were close so he puts his crossbow back around his back so he pulls out his hatchet "ok use the tree you go one way I go the other stay close" Daryl tells her she nods at the break off on both sides of the tree five go after Daryl as four break off to go after Alicia Daryl swings his hatchet and it goes into the side on the walker's head he pulls it out and let the walker fall he waits for another he swings his hatchet down on the top of the second one's head he tries to pull the hatchet out but it was lodged into its head and another was right behind it he lets it go and grabs his knife as the other comes up it tries to grab him be he stabs it in the eye he pulls it out as he hears something behind him he turns and sees one of the four walkers from Alicia broke off and came after him he grabs the walkers as one comes from behind him he turns the walker around and holds it in front of one of the others he drops his knife and grabs his gun just as he grabs it the third walker comes from his other side he pulls his gun up and shoots it in the head the shot echoing he puts the gun up to the one in front of him head and pulls the trigger the some of it's blood getting on his face last one starts to walk towards him when Alicia comes from it's side and stabs it the walker falls to the ground as Daryl puts his back on a tree Alicia looks over at him worried "Daryl you ok" Alicia ask him "Yeah i'm ok come on they had to of heard the gunshots let's get back to camp" Daryl tells her as he picks up his knife he walks over to the dead walker with his hatchet and puts his foot on its chest as he grabs the weapon and pulls it out he the goes over to the walker with his bolt and grabs it out "come on" Daryl tells her she nods as they start to run out of the woods once they get out they start to move back to camp

Camp

Daryl and Alicia walk into camp Madison sees them and runs down the hill and hugs Alicia Shane following her he looks at Daryl and sees the blood on his face "come on both of you" Shane says they follow him up to the fireplace and sit down Shane grabs a rag and puts some water on the rag he hands it to Daryl who uses it to wipe the blood off on his face "what happen" Shane ask "We took them in the woods and split up my Hatchet got stuck and I used my knife one of the walkers that when after Alicia came after me so I used my gun" Daryl tells them "ok when Dean and Ofelia get back we will send another group out" Shane says.

A few hours later

After Dean and Ofelia got back they sent Lori and Madison down hill and Sam and Adam uphill Daryl was sitting against a tree at the back of camp with his eyes close he hears footsteps he looks up and sees Shane who sits by him "i'm glad you didn't die" Shane says Daryl laughs "Thanks" Daryl says "i'm serious over the last few months you have become a very close friend to me" Shane tells him Daryl looks over at him "You have been a very close friend to me to" Daryl tells him Shane smiles they just sit there for a moment when Alicia comes over "I'll see you later" Shane tells Daryl who nods Alicia sits down where Shane was "I saw those walkers around and I thought you were dead and I was so scared" Alicia tells him "I told you we were going to be fine" Daryl says "you said that to assure me but you didn't know that" Alicia says "your right we will never be safe Alicia all we can do is live and keep fighting" Daryl tells her she nods as she lays her head on his shoulder he tenses for a moment before he relaxes.

Night

Everybody has just finished and Daryl was on watch for a few hours Merle comes up the latter and stands by his brother "you every thought this would be our lives" Merle ask him "Which part the fact that the dead is walking or that these people accepted us" Daryl says "both" Merle says "no I never thought this would be our lives the first one more that the second one" Daryl says as he watches the roads they both stay quiet for awhile before Merle leaves.

The next morning
Daryl gets out of his sleeping bag Sam took over watch around mid night it was pretty early but the group going to Atlanta were leaving soon he leaves his tent and walks over to Glenn's group who were once again taking Travis's jeep "you guys ready" Daryl ask Glenn nods "yeah we're ready we will try to be back by the end of the day" Glenn says Daryl nods as they get in the car and leave.

Atlanta

Glenn's group were walking through a department building "ok we'll set up camp here I'm going to use the roof's to see the other building stay here" Glenn says they nod Glenn leaves through the back door and into an alley upstairs and onto a roof that is when he hears gunshots Glenn runs to the end of the roof and sees a man shooting a gun in a sheriff outfit he sees the man go under the tank and Glenn hears more gunshots he grabs out his radio Glenn hears a gunshot in the tank he sees the man stick his head out of the tank then shot the door Glenn also sees a bag of guns he grabs out his Radio "hey you dumbass yeah you in the tank you cozy in there?" Glenn asks. Inside the tank the man stares at the radio as the walker outside surrounds the tank and eats his horse.