Chapter 8-The Bad
Daryl's P.O.V
Daryl drove his bike down the road with the two cars following him. Daryl stops the bike outside of a town. Shane pulls up beside him. "What are we doing?" Shane asks.
"Let's head into town and see what we can find," Daryl tells Shane, who nods. Daryl rides the bike into town and stops outside of a house. He gets off the bike and turns it off. He climbs off and grabs his crossbow. The others get out of the car and walk over to him.
"You think we should split up?" Tomas asks.
"Yeah, we'll cover more ground," Merle says. "Tomas, Alice, Martinez, and Oscar with me. Daryl, you, Shane, and T-dog go somewhere. We'll meet back here in two hours," Everybody nods as they start to split up. Daryl pulls out the list the Governor gave him.
"What is that?" T-dog asks.
"A list the Governor gave me. It looks like a bunch of board games and kid shit," Daryl says.
"I'm guessing it is for Penny and Daune," Shane says.
"You think there is a kid store somewhere in this town?" Daryl asks.
"Most likely," T-dog says as they start to walk. Daryl looks around and sees a clothing store and a kid's store a few buildings down.
"You two head into the clothing store. Look for any winter clothing," Daryl tells them. "I'll go check out the toys store,"
"By yourself?" T-dog asks.
"I'll be fine," Daryl tells them before he walks away from them. Daryl walks to the store and taps on the window. He waits there for a few moments, and when nothing comes to the window, Daryl opens the door and walks inside. Daryl shines his flashlight inside the building and looks around. He grabs a basket and walks towards the back. Daryl looks at the list and sees that the two of them needed clothes. Daryl starts to look through the clothes when he heard a click behind him.
"Drop the crossbow slowly," A man says. Daryl puts his crossbow and basket on the ground.
"I don't want any trouble. I'm just doing some shopping," Daryl says.
"How many of you are there?" The man asks.
"Three of us. The other two are in another store," Daryl says.
"Turn around," The man says. Daryl turns around and looks at him. The man had blood on his shoulder
"What happened to you?" Daryl asks.
"I got bit," The man says. Daryl looks at the man. "Please come with me,"
"You have a gun aimed at me," Daryl says. The man lowers the gun.
"Please," He says. Daryl grabs his crossbow and basket and follows the man to the back room. Daryl walks into the back room. He looks at another man with a shotgun in his hand. He points it at Daryl as the other man shuts the door.
"That is a nice crossbow you got there," The man says. "Why don't you hand it over,"
"Go to hell," Daryl says. The second man hits him in the back of the head.
"You have quite the mouth on you," He says. He walks up to Daryl and presses the shotgun to his chess. "Hand the crossbow over, or I blow your guts all over these walls," Daryl drops the crossbow, and the man picks it up. "Open the door," The man says. The second man opens the door. "How many people are with him?"
"Two more," The second man says.
"I hope they are fast," The man says as he takes his handgun out and presses it to Daryl's head. Daryl doesn't flinch as he stares the man in the eyes. He moves the gun down to Daryl's side and fires. Daryl staggers back as the man hits him in the face with the gun. "You'll survive if your friends are fast enough," The two men leave as Daryl layed on the ground bleeding. Daryl hears shouting as he hears the door opens.
"Daryl!" T-dog shouts as he runs into the room with Shane. T-dog starts to apply pressure to the wound as Daryl passes out.
Merle's P.O.V
Merle, Martinez, Alice, Tomas, and Oscar run through the streets and run into the shop. "Shane!?" Merle yells.
"Backroom! Get back here!" Shane yells. They run to the back room and see T-dog applying pressure to Daryl's wound. Alice moves first and goes to Daryl.
"What happened?" Alice asks.
"I don't know. We heard a gunshot and found him here," T-dog says as Alice takes over for him.
"God," Alice says. Alice pulls out Gauze and applies pressure to the wound," Merle stares at his brother on the floor. "Find me something to put him on that isn't the floor," Oscar and Tomas nod as they leave. "Merle," Alice says. Merle looks at her. "What is his blood type?"
"Same as mine," Merle says.
"Stay close. Whoever these people were. They weren't aiming to kill him," Alice says. Merle nods as he sits down.
Tomas's P.O.V
Tomas and Oscar grab a kid's bed and lift it up. They drag it back to the office and set it down. "Really?" Shane asks.
"This is all they have," Tomas says.
"Okay. Take the mattress off," Alice says. Tomas and Oscar nod as they set it down. "Okay, help me move him," They all grab Daryl and lift him on the mattress. "Go grab more mattresses. It will be better if we get them around him,"
"Oscar can do that. Me, Martinez T-dog, and Shane should go make sure the people that shot Daryl aren't by our car," Tomas says. Alice nods as the four men leave the store. They pull out their guns and head for the cars. They move back a car, and a bullet is shot past Tomas. They hide behind a car. Shane goes to the other side of the car and sees a man on the other side of his car.
"I see one," Shane says. "I'll try to get the jump on him," Shane moves away from them with Martinez as Tomas shoots at the man. A bullet is shot at him from the roof. Tomas aims up top and shoots as T-dog shoots at the man by the car. Tomas hits the man in the throat as the man fires, and the bullet grazes his cheek.
"You okay?" T-dog asks.
"Yeah, it just grazed me," Tomas says. They hear a gunshot ahead of them.
"We're clear," Shane says. Tomas and T-dog walk over to him as Shane looks at his car. "Well, all that work has gone to waste,"
"You think it will still run?" T-dog asks.
"Only one way to find out," Shane says as he climbs into the car. Shane tries to start the car, but it doesn't start. "Nope. Shit!" Shane says as he slams his hand on the wheel.
"We have to get back," Martinez says. "I'll drive the truck back. Tomas push his bike. Shane and T-dog grab the bags from this car," They nod as they grab the bags and move the cars to the front of the store. They go back inside and look at Alice.
"Hold him down. I have cleaned the wound, but I need to get the bullet out," Alice says. They nod as they hold Daryl down. Alice starts to extract the bullet. Daryl opens his eyes and grunts as Alice tries to get the bullet.
"Stay strong, baby brother," Merle says. A minute later, Alice pulls the bullet out and sets it down.
"Okay, Merle, he needs blood," Alice says. Merle nods as Alice starts to set up a blood transfusion.
Merle's P.O.V
It was about three hours after they had removed the bullet. Merle sat in the room while the others were securing the building. He watched as Daryl's stomach went up and down. Merle looked at Daryl's crossbow, which Martinez and Tomas had grabbed from the two men. Shane walks into the room with a bottle of whiskey. "Where did you get that?" Merle asks.
"One of those guys had it," Shane says as he sits down by him. He hands the bottle to Merle, who takes a drink.
"What's the plan?" Merle asks.
"My car fucked. We can't move Daryl with the truck and the bike," Shane says.
"Where would we go? We are almost a day from Woodbury," Merle says. Shane looks at him.
"We aren't that far from the farm. We could go there," Shane says.
"How would we move him?" Merle asks. Shane stays silent for a moment as Merle takes a drink.
"There has got to be a hospital here somewhere. We could grab an ambulance. That would be perfect for moving him," Shane says. "We'll have to get it tomorrow," Shane says. Merle nods as the two men continue to drink.
Shane's P.O.V
The Next Morning
Shane, Tomas, Martinez, and Oscar took the truck through town. They stop outside the local hospital and see three ambulances. The four men get out of the car and walk to the door of the hospital. Shane taps on the door with his knife. After no walkers show up, Shane opens the door and walks in with his flashlights. "Where do you think the keys are?" Oscar asks.
"Behind the desk," Shane says. They hear a growl and look at a door with a chain around it. Shane goes to the desk and starts to look around. He grabs a pair of keys and hands them to Oscar, who walks outside and starts the ambulance. The other three men walk outside. Shane climbs in with Oscar, and they head back to the store.
Merle's P.O.V
Merle throws the bags of what the Governor wanted into the back of the truck as Martinez and Oscar get Daryl in the ambulance on the gurney. He looks at the bike they had loaded onto the truck since he couldn't drive it. Merle Merle climbs into the back of the ambulance. They drive out of town, heading for the farm.
Thanks for reading. Daryl has been shot. Now the group heads for the farm. As always, suggestions, ideas, and feedback are welcomed until next time. Until next time.
