The woods were deserted, the birds silent once again during the day as a hunter tracked its prey. Eyes scanned over the deer, a young buck by the looks of it, and as it made its fatal mistake of pausing an arrow, or bolt, soared through the air to lodge itself right into the deer's side, piercing its heart.
"Yes. Down." Nodding their head the hunter put the weapon they used across their back and walked over to their kill.
"I'll take it." They glanced behind them, seeing their partner in this hunt walking up to them. Nodding they turned and tugged the bolt that was stuck in the deer's side.
"Damn it, stuck. Fuck!" Tugging again they made their partner laugh before they turned to them and snarled. "Well get over here Merle and fucking get it out!"
"Watch it Trix! You might be my sis but you don't get to boss me around!" Merle glared to Trixie now, her longer hair flowing behind her as the wind picked up. She sighed, shaking her head before wiping some sweat off of her forehead and frowning.
"I'm sorry, I'm just…..damn it I don't feel good." Merle frowned, glancing over the girl, the hunter he had come to think of as a sister and shook his head, wrapping his three good fingers around the bolt in the deer and pulling it out for her.
"You ain't knocked up again are ya?" Trixie chuckled, shaking her head, taking the bolt and wiping the blood off on her jeans.
"Cant be. Doc says that baby maker isn't responding to the tests." Merle nodded, he didn't understand what the hell she was talking about but Dr. S. from Woodbury knew what she was talking about so he trusted her.
"No more nephews or nieces huh?" Trixie chuckled, shaking her head as she put the bolt back in its place, turning to scan for walkers while Merle hauled the deer onto his shoulders.
"Nope. Doc says if my walls wont take for my time they wont take for a baby." Merle chuckled, shaking his head as he glanced to the little girl.
"Ya know I don't know a damn thing you saying right?" Trixie sighed, rolling her eyes as she repeated what she had to tell her boyfriend three months ago.
"It means somethings wrong with my pussy. No blood, no baby." Merle nodded then, blushing a bit, before nodding to her stomach and grumbling.
"Ya ain't in that meno-shit thing are ya?" Trixie laughed now, shaking her head as she followed Merles steps, heading back towards the prison.
"No, Doc says I ain't lost my hormones yet. Just something my body is doing I guess due to the fucked up surgery long ago. She says Hunter isn't even supposed to be here. I don't know, maybe he is my miracle baby. But right now, no blood, no baby and I'm fine with that. I hated being put down for so long." Merle laughed now, nudging her in the shoulder as he made it back to the truck they had along the road.
"I hear ya, you were starting to become a softy like the others." Trixie sighed, glaring to Merle before she hip bumped him and laughed as he tired to use his left arm to grip the truck, out of instinct, and grunted when he fell to his ass.
"Yeah, says the gimp!"
"Hey fuck you! I can still out fight any of those wimps in the prison even with half a good hand!" Trixie smiled, nodding as Merle pulled himself up off the ground, grunting again as he finished pushing the deer into the back of the truck bed.
"I know, I was picking Merle dang! Grumpy! You need to get laid!'
"I'm trying, cant win for loosing."
"You ain't trying hard enough." Merle sighed, giving Trixie a side ways glance. He knew what she was talking about, the whole group had started to see what was going on with him and Carol. He liked her, couldn't deny it, and as she started to grow closer to him the others were trying their best not to let either of them know they knew.
"No privacy. Cant escape to the woods like you and little brother now can we?" Trixie laughed, shaking her head before she leaned up against the truck.
"Well, try the showers. Late at night. Just let him know before you do because that's where we go sometimes." Merles eyebrows shot up, he started laughing then, shaking his head. He had been wondering where they were running off to in the middle of the night. Ever since Rick and them had fixed up the rest of the cell block the couple had decided to take over one of the inside guard towers. It was twice the size of the regular cell blocks and it had a door that had a window on it. They even moved Hunter in there with them but the baby had begun sleeping through the night now so when they snuck off it was no problem.
"You two are gonna get caught ya know?"
"Not yet we ain't. Besides, Rick knows. That's why he listens out for Hunter along with Judith." Merle nodded, he had noticed that Rick had taken the other guard tower that was in the common area they had. Carl chose his own room but Judith was moved into the tower with Rick. He had said it ws so both him and Daryl would see if anything happened first but Merle knew it was because of how everyone was looking at them. Most of the people from Woodbury still seen Rick as a threat, the way he had broken down the first few days after the attack from the Governor, but they also seen Daryl as a guard dog of sorts. They respected both men, but were afraid of them, and with them being in the towers it let them sleep in the holding cells more comfortably.
"Either way, ya gonna have someone else catch ya if ya ain't careful little sis. But thanks…." Merle smirked, going to jump into the drivers seat of the truck before glancing to her over his shoulder. "I'll let that bit of information slip to her this afternoon."
"Just be sure if yall take it up, let us know. God I don't want to walk in and catch you!" Trixie shivered as if she was disgusted, making Merle laugh, before he nodded for her to get into the truck. "Naw, I'm gonna head back on foot. Michonne should be coming through soon and he's still out there. Want to scout while I go and maybe pick up some rabbit."
"Alright, ya got ya walkie?" Trixie nodded. One particular run Glenn and Maggie went on they found a few long distance walkies and brought them around, batteries included, and Rick told them to keep one on each of them as they went out. They barley turned them on unless something was happening and until they could figure out how to charge them with the solar panels they had the batteries were all they had to power them.
"I'll turn it on only if I need something."
"Good, don't go getting hurt." Trixie shook her head, smiling to Merle as he patted her arm and started the truck up. Leaning away from it she watched as he drove down the highway, heading back to their home, the prison, that they had been in for almost eight months now and smiled. The deer she had gotten would make a great meal for the whole group but she knew they would need more so as she turned to head back into the woods she listened out for any movement. Too bad she didn't hear the movement behind her of someone watching her and following as she left.
