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Chapter 13: Close Call

She shot Daryl.

She just shot Daryl.

Andrea stood there frozen, watching as Rick and Shane looked over Kagome and Daryl. A moment later, Wade ran past her, with Dale right behind him. She could faintly hear the others behind her at the house. She heard Carol scream something and Hershel asking what was going on.

She failed to see the angry look Wade gave her and he ran by.

Coming to her senses she ran after them. By the time she got closer, Rick had Kagome's arm around his neck, Shane and Glenn was doing the same for Daryl. "Are they ok!?"

Rick wasn't looking at her, he was concentrating on walking. He didn't want to risk dropping Kagome. She still didn't have a shirt on and they all could clearly see the bandaged wound on her side. "Daryl is unconscious, Kagome is injured though. You just grazed Daryl."

"Look at them, what the hell happened!? Kagome looks terrible!" Glenn said, trying to point at Kagome.

"Stop moving damn it, or you're going to make me lose my balance." Shane yelled at him. He then looked at Andrea. "It's a good thing you're a bad shot."

Wade walked up beside Rick. He looked Kagome over for a moment before looking Rick in the eyes."I can take her from you."

Keeping eye contact for a moment, Rick stopped walking and gave Kagome over to Wade as gently as possible. Both men did their best to ignore Kagome's groan of pain.

Remy was pacing around both men anxiously, whining every so often.

As Wade was getting Kagome into a bridal hold, everyone heard T-Dog say something.

"Guys, isn't this Sophia's?"

Everyone turned around to see him holding a doll.

Walking up to T-Dog, Rick took the Doll from him and looked at it for a moment before turning back to the others.

"Lets get them to the house first and taken care of, then we can talk about this."

Everyone nodded and made their way towards the house where the rest of the group was waiting.

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Once they got to the house, Hershel urged them to put Daryl and Kagome in one of the guest room so he could look them over. Once they were both settled in a room with two twin beds, he looked between Rick and Wade a scowl on his face. "What happened? Why did I hear a shot?" He asked as he started looking over Kagome. She was in the worst shape out of the two.

Resisting the urge to pace around the room, Rick crossed his arms. "Andrea shot Daryl. We thought they were walkers, but we told her not to shoot and that we could take care of it." He explained.

After asking Patricia to get him some more medical supplies, he looked up from Kagome to Rick. "Have I not told you that you need to keep your people in check if you are to stay here?"

Rick nodded a few times. "I will give them a talk immediately."

"See that you do. At least one of your groups listens to me." He said as he motioned towards Wade, who was crouched next to the bed Kagome was laying on. Patricia came back in the room and handed him the extra supplies before leaving again. Her and T-Dog were keeping everyone else out of the room.

Souta and Greg could be heard shouting outside of the door.

Ignoring the noise outside and inside the room, Wade took a damp cloth to Kagome as he got a better look at her wounds. He

She was being very quiet. "Are you ok?"

Giving him a slight nod she winced when Hershel started cleaning her wound with a q-tip that has antibiotics on it. It stung like hell! How she wished she could tell him it wasn't needed. "Yeah, I'm about as good as anyone who has had an arrow go through their side." She said sarcastically. She then looked at Hershel. "I can give you some of our antibiotics to compensate for what you are using on me." She said. Remy laid his head on the bed and she started petting him gently.

"That would be most grateful, now how did that happen?" Hershel asked.

Looking away from both men, she was about to answer when Daryl beat her to it.

"The stupid horse got spooked and bucked her off. If the damn thing is smart, it's left the country already." He growled out as he held a cloth to his gun shot wound.

Finishing bandaging us Kagome's wound, Hershel stood up straight and washed his hand off while looking at him. "That hose is Nelly, as in Nervous Nelly. I could of told you this might have happened if you had just asked. The other one is Missy, both are easily spooked." He said as he started cleaning and stitching Daryl's worse wounds.

He heard Kagome's soft apology, Daryl just looked away from him.

Shaking his head he looked up at Rick. "It's amazing you guys have lasted this long."

Shane chuckled. "We have some strange luck, they do too apparently." He motioned to Wade and Kagome.

"Its mostly her." Wade said as he pointed to Kagome who tried and failed to swat his hand away.

Finishing with his work on Daryl, Hershel stood and cleaned off his hands. "What ever the case may be. Next time ask before you take something of mine. Got it?"

Wade nodded. "Yes, sir."

"Good. Now let them get their rest." He said as he ushered the three males out of the room where Lori, Souta, and Greg were waiting.

As soon as the door opened, Greg was there in an instant, Souta and Lori right behind them. "Is Kag's ok? That asshole is lucky I don't skin him!"

"Is she hurt really badly?" Souta asked at the same time.

Wade held up a hand to silence them. "Kagome is ok, she'll be fine after she rest's some. You know how quickly she jumps back from injuries. Andrea shot Daryl, not Kagome also."

Greg growled. "But he-!"

"That is enough Greg, she is fine. That is all that matters. Let her sleep." Wade interrupted.

Greg threw his hands in the air. "Gah! Fine! I'm still givin' his ass an ear full once he gets outta that damn room!" He growled out.

"I'm sure you will."

Rick walked up to Lori and gave her a quick hug. "He'll be fine." He said and started making his way down the hall.

"I'm with Hershel on this on Rick."

Stopping, he turned and looked back at Shane.

Fumbling with his hat in his hands, Shane shook his head. "We can't keep going out there. Not after this."

"You're going to quit now?" Rick asked. "Daryl and Kagome just brought back the first hard evidence we've had."

Leaning against the wall, Shane nodded his head once. "That's one way to look at it. I see that Daryl and Kagome almost died today over a doll."

Rick glared at him. "Yeah, I know how you see it." He said as he turned around and walked back down the hall, completely ignoring Lori.

Standing beside Shane, Greg looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "I agree with ya, but I also agree with Rick." He said as him and Souta followed after Rick.

"I know you're not trying to be a hard case. How ever look at it through Ricks eye's." Wade told him.

Trying not to glare at the taller male, Shane shook his head. "I know the way he thinks better than you think, but he is going to have to start making the hard choices." He explained as he looked at Wade, then Lori. "You know I'm right."

Standing in front of Shane, Lori looked him right in the eye. "I may not agree with all of his choices, but I respect them."

Feeling like he was intruding on a moment, Wade left Shane and Lori in the hall to talk it over. He did not miss him mentioning how he was going to keep Lori and Carl safe though as he turned the corner.

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Later that night, Carol came in with two trays of food.

"How are you guy's feeling?"

Looking at her over his shoulder, Daryl covered himself more. "About as good as we look."

Rolling from her back to her good side, Kagome smiled at Carol. We are doing better, thank you for asking."

Giving the Asian woman a small smile of her own, Carol nodded slightly. "I brought some dinner for the two of you. Souta was going to bring your food Kagome, but he was feeling a little dizzy. The two of you must be starving." She said as she put a plate of food and drink by both of their night stands.

"Thank you very much Carol."

Looking from Kagome back to Daryl, who has turned to look at her more, she smiled at him slightly. "The two of you need to know something." She started, once she was sure she had both their attention she continues. "The two of you did more for Sophia today than her father ever did."

Turning away from her, Daryl pulled his covers up to his chin. "We did what Shane and Rick would of done."

"I know, the two of you are just as good as the both of them." She said before she quietly left the room, closing the door behind her.

"She is right you know."

Looking over to the bed Kagome was resting on he didn't reply to her, he just looked at her as she smiled at him, her sapphire eye's were a darker shade than normal.

Finally he answered after breaking eye contact. "Right..."

"It's true. While I may not agree that Shane is that great a person, you and Rick both really care about Sophia in your need to find her." She explained.

He turned to his other side to sit up, he ignored the pain from his wounds as he sat up to eat his food. "If you say so." He said as he began eating on a slice of ham.

Kagome sat up also so she could eat. Her wound was really sore, but it would be fully healed in a couple of days. Looking down at the plate of food, she was amazed at how much was on it. She had three slices of ham, a biscuit, a full serving of corn, and green beans. She couldn't even remember the last time she had a full plate of food like this. It must have been at least over two months.

Giving Remy a piece of ham, Kagome stared at Daryl back for a moment.

They really were so much alike. He reminded her so much of Inuyasha.

She almost chuckled at the thought, she decided to take a bite of her biscuit instead.

"Kagome?"

She hmm'd and looked up from her plate of food to look up at Daryl, a piece of biscuit hanging out of the corner of her mouth.

He gave her the smallest of smiles. "Thank you."

Hastily swallowing and rubbing her mouth free of crumbs, she smiled back at him. "You're welcome." She said as they both went back to eating.

End Chapter 13

Its not nearly as long as I wanted it to be, but it's still almost 6 pages. Hope you guys like it! Please review.