Jestalnaker94000-Yes absolutely, those moments will be coming.

Jason Kruger Myers-Shane is not a better leader than Rick, I don't think he is horrible but he is someone like the Governor who mentally couldn't handle this world and let it consume him.

Thedarkpokemaster-Yeah Shane loved having a family and now all he can think is about how much better he is for them compared to Rick.

Don77-Yep gun training on the way, I'm pretty ready for the group starting to enter this new world fully.

Kevinrock8899-Yeah Jimmy was always a background character but some people forget that early on he was being an idiot who lied and went off the farm without proper training.

Watchmen1985-Ah interesting idea, I can't say if this will happen but I will say I have two people lined up from lost as prisoners so he may or may not be in there.


Enjoy

Daryl laid at the base of the cliff side flashing in and out of consciousness. His eyes slowly fluttered open as he heard footsteps and to his shock he saw his brother Merle standing over him, "Why don't you pull that arrow out dummy? You could bind your wound better." Merle said as he knelt down over him,

Daryl let out a weak smile, "Merle." He whispered out,

Merle let out a little chuckle, "What's going on here? You taking a siesta or something?" Merle asked,

"Having a shitty day, bro." Daryl mumbled out,

Merle grinned, "Like me to get you a pillow? Maybe rub your feet?"

"Screw you." Daryl immediately replied,

Merle shook his head and said, "Huh-uh. You're the one screwed from the looks of it. All them years I spent trying to make a man of you, This is what I get? Look at you. Lying in the dirt like a used rubber. You're gonna die out here, brother. And for what?" Merle asked bitterly,

"A girl. Amy lost her sister." Daryl murmured back,

"Oh so you got a thing for this chick then?" Merle said with a smirk,

"Shut up." Daryl spat out,

"I noticed you ain't out looking for old Merle no more." Merle said as he narrowed his eyes.

"Tried like hell to find you, bro." Daryl said sincerely,

"The hell you did. You split, man." Merle said dismissively, "Let out first chance you got."

"You lit out. All you had to do was wait. We went back for you. Rick, Eko and I." Daryl let out a slow nod, "We did right by you."

Merle let out a scoff, "This the same Rick that cuffed me to the rooftop in the first place? And Eko...you trying to tell me you work with animals now? You their bitch now?" Merle asked tauntingly,

"I ain't nobody's bitch." Daryl said sternly,

"You're a joke that's what you are. Playing errand boy to a bunch of pansy-asses, niggers and democrats." Merle spat out, "What's next you gonna have a slurrpy with the terrorist?" Merle asked with a chuckle then frowned, "You're nothing but a freak to them. Redneck trash. That's all you are. They're laughing at you behind your back. You know that, don't you? I got a little news for you, son. One day they gonna scrape you off their heels like you was dogshit. " Daryl slowly closed his eyes only for Merle to pat his chest, "Hey, they ain't you kin, your blood. Hell, you had any damn nuts in that sack of yours, you'd go back there and shoot your pal Rick in the face for me." Merle leaned in and took hold of Daryl's chin, "Now you listen to me. Ain;t nobody ever gonna care about you except me, little brother. Ain't nobody ever will. Come on, up on your feet before I have to kick your teeth in." Merle said as he gave a light pat on his cheek and stood up. "Let's go!" Merle said as he kicked his foot and started to pull on it.

Daryl slowly rocked his head back and forth then looked down at his foot only to see a walker gnawing on his boot head. He let out a terrified exhale and kicked the walker back. He reached for his crossbow only for the walker to pounce back onto him. Daryl pulled out his knife and jammed it into it's arm yet couldn't pull it back out. He gave it some swift punches knocking to to the side, nearby another walker started lumber towards him. Daryl took hold of his walking stick and began to crush the walker's skull with it finally killing it. He turned back to the other walker and without time to think began to pull the crossbow bolt out of his side. He pushed back the pain and ripped it out then struggled to set his crossbow. Just as the walker reached him he took a shot hitting it in the skull killing it. Daryl collapsed onto his back taking heavy breaths for a few minutes.

Daryl let out a deep groan and sat back up, with new found energy he got back to work. He took off his over shirt and folded it up. He pressed it against his wound and using his sleeves he tied it up tight once again. Daryl let out a little scoff and said, "Son of a bitch was right." He headed over to the river and after washing off his knife cut open a squirrel and ate some of it. He stopped at the walkers and after taking off one of their shoelaces he cut off their ears and made them into a necklace. He looked back up at the cliff side and let out a grunt as he began to climb once again.

About halfway there he let out a slow sigh and looked up at the circling birds, "Please don't feed the birds." He heard Merle say. Daryl confused looked around and saw Merle standing at the top of the cliff smirking at him. Merle let out a laugh as he watched his struggling brother, "What's the matter, Darylina? That all you got in you?" Merle taunted as Daryl continued to pull himself up the cliff, "Throw away your purse and climb."

"I liked it better when you was missing." Daryl grunted back as he wrapped his hand around a tree,

Merle chuckled, "Come on, don't be like that. I'm on your side."

"Yeah? Since when?" Daryl replied with a scoff,

"Hell, since the day you were born, baby brother. Someone had to look out for your worthless ass." Merle replied,

"You never took care of me. You talk a bit game but you was never there." Daryl shot back as he dug his feet into the ground, "Hell, you ain't here now. Guess some things never change."

"I'll tell you what I'm as real as your chupacabra." Merle said with a smirk,

"I know what I saw." Daryl said shaking his head,

"Yeah and I'm sure the shrooms you ate had nothing to do with it, right?" Merle asked shaking his head,

"You best shut the hell up!" Daryl shot out,

Merle leaned down, "Or what? You gonna shut my mouth for me? Not likely, you ain't gonna make it to the top." Merle slowly extended his hand, "Come on take my hand. Grab it, grab you pal Rick's hand." Merle said with a wild laugh.

Daryl looked up and saw Merle nowhere to be seen yet he still saw a hand reaching out for him, "Take the hand son." A voice said softly,

Daryl stared at it for a moment then reached out grabbing onto it. He pulled himself up slowly as the hand pulled him as well. He finally got over the edge and laid out on the ground taking heavy breaths, he looked over and saw Locke taking some heavy breaths, "What-what the hell you doing out here old man?" Daryl asked,

"Looking for you, we saw your horse run onto the farm. Figured something must have happened." Locke explained sitting up, "Are you okay?"

"Fine." Daryl grunted in reply,

"Who were you talking too?" Locke asked curiously,

"Huh? I wasn't talking to no one." Daryl said irritably,

"I heard you, who was it?" Locke asked interested,

Daryl stared at him and slowly shook his head, "Don't matter, he ain't here."

Locke let out a slow exhale as he handed Daryl his bottle of water, "Why are you out here Daryl?"

Daryl took the bottle and took a swig, "I think I'm going crazy."

"No, you're not going crazy. Crazy people don't know they are going crazy, they think they are getting sainer." Locke said with a little smirk, "So, what are you out here."

Daryl rolled his jaw and thought for a minute, "I fell down that cliff looking for that girl, then I saw something. Someone."

"Ah." Locke said letting out a nod, "The white rabbit."

"Huh?" Daryl asked confused,

"Alice in Wonderland." Locke said only for Daryl to continue to look at him,

"Ain't no rabbit man, it's someone who ain't there." Daryl said with a scoff,

"But you've seen them?" Locke asked,

"Yeah." Daryl replied with a nod, "But he ain't there, he can't be."

"And if I came to you and said the same thing what would your explanation be?" Locke asked,

"I'd say you're nuts, fucking crazy." Daryl said firmly,

"Alright so maybe you're going crazy but we just figured out that you're not. So what does that mean?" Locke asked,

"Then that means we're all in a lot of trouble." Daryl said lowering his head,

Locke thought for a second and said, "I live in the real world Daryl, I don't find myself thinking about magic but somethings and people are different, Special. Is your white rabbit a hallucination probably but what if everything that happens, happens for a reason? What if the person you are chasing is really here?"

"That's impossible." Daryl replied shaking his head,

"Even if it is, let's say it's not." Locke quickly replied,

"Then...should I listen to 'em?" Daryl asked,

"That's what you need to decide, You need to figure out if this person, whomever they may be, are they here to help you or to hurt you." Locke said standing up. Daryl watched him for a moment then got to his feet, "Camp is back this way." Locke said quietly as he began to walk forward.

Back at Hershel's farm Hershel walked into his house and heard a louder conversation happening. He walked into his dining room and his eyes narrowed as he saw Carol, Lori and Claire all making a meal in his kitchen. He looked to his left as he heard Maggie walking in with a spare table, "What's going on here?"

"Lori, Carol and Claire wanted to make us dinner." Maggie explained as she started to set up the table,

"It's the first i'm hearing about it." Hershel said with a frown,

"I didn't think it was a big deal, they just wanted to thank us for our help." Maggie replied with a shrug,

"We need to be setting clear boundaries with these people. They're getting a little too comfortable." Hershel said as he slowly helped his daughter,

"It's just dinner." Maggie said firmly,

"What's going on with you and the asian boy?" Hershel asked with a raised eyebrow,

"Glenn, He's a friend." Maggie replied,

"I'd prefer he wasn't. These people aren't going to be around for long." Hershel said a bit coldly. Maggie stared at her father for a moment then walked silently out of the room.

Meanwhile Dale was walking back to his RV where he spotted Kate sitting on top with a hunting rifle in her hands, "What's with the Annie Oakley routine?" Dale called up to her,

"I'm on watch for walkers. I think the others can handle the laundry just fine while I keep us safe, that alright?" Kate called back a bit snippy,

Dale let out a slow nod and walked into his RV where Charlie and Glenn were sitting. He let out a little smile as Glenn raised a book up, "Sorry, just wanted to return your book." Glenn explained as Charlie looked up from his book,

"Oh no, i'm sorry. If I had known the world was ending I'd have brought better books." Dale said light heartedly,

"I'd be remiss if I didn't agree with you on that one mate." Charlie said with a grin,

Glenn let out a little chuckle as Dale pushed past them and headed towards the back. Glenn let out a short sigh and stood up, "Uh Dale, you think Kate's on her period?" Glenn asked causing Charlie to choke on his spit and Dale to turn around bewildered, "I'm only asking 'cause it's like all the women are acting really weird. And I read somewhere that when women spend a lot of time together their cycles line up and they all get really hormonal at the same time." Glenn explained,

Charlie took a deep breath, "Are you mad, shut up before someone hears you and rips you in half." He whispered out to him,

Dale let out a nod and leaned in, "I'm going to advise you to keep that theory to yourself." Glenn looked between the two and nodded with a smirk, "Who else is acting weird?"

"Maggie." Glenn said as he sat back down,

"Oh boy." Charlie said as he set his book aside,

"Ah, Maggie." Dale said with a nod as he leaned against the counter,

"She started off being mean to me. Then she wanted to have sex with me then she she started being mean to me again." Glenn said as he threw his hands up,

"Not to mention whats going on with Lori." Charlie said before widening his eyes realizing what he just said,

"What's going on with Lori?" Dale asked with a raised brow to Charlie,

Charlie looked to Glenn who slightly shook his head, 'Nothing." Charlie stammered out, "I haven't got a clue."

Dale let out a little exhaling laugh and looked between the two, "All right, let's take this back a step. How do you know Maggie wanted to have sex with you?" Glenn looked up at Dale and let out a small grin, "Oh son you didn't." Dale said as his smile dropped, "Did it ever occur to you how her father might feel about this?"

"She's twenty two." Glenn said with a shrug,

"And he is our host." Dale said motioning to the house,

"He doesn't know." Glenn said lowering his head,

"Well, see that it stays that way." Dale said firmly as Glenn looked up at him agitated, "Jesus Glenn, what were you thinking?" Dale asked while shaking his head,

"I was thinking that I might be dead tomorrow." Glenn said as he stood up, "Thanks for the book, you're right, it sucks." Glenn mumbled out as he left the RV. Dale looked over to Charlie who just slowly shook head unsure what to say.

As Glenn headed through the camp Kate scanned the area and spotted Daryl and Locke walking out of the forest. Yet from the distance and Daryl's limp it looked at though it was walkers, "Walkers!" Kate called out,

Rick heard this and came running over, "Just one?"

"No, a pair." Kate said looking through her binoculars which had a glare blocking sight on the faces,

"Let us handle this." Shane said as he picked up a pickaxe. Just behind him T-Dog, Glenn and Sawyer all grabbed some weapons,

"Wait Shane, Hershel wants to deal with walkers." Rick said holding his hand up,

"What for man? We got it." Shane said not listening and walking on. Rick let out a groan and ran over to the RV grabbing his revolver then taking off with the others.

Kate lifted up her rifle and aimed through the scope, "I think I can hit one." Kate said then lowered her rifle due to the glare. She laid flat on the roof and aimed in once again,

"Kate don't." Dale said quickly,

"Back off Dale I got this." Kate retorted as she took a few deep breaths.

Back with Rick and the others they just reached the edge of the farm and saw the pair walking towards them, "Afternoon Rick." John said with a smirk,

Daryl glared at Rick and his revolver before saying, "Been awhile since you pointed that thing at my head, you finally gonna pull the trigger?"

Rick and the others let out relieved exhale and lowered their weapons only for Daryl to get shot in the head. Rick yelled out, "No! Stop!" While Locke and Sawyer quickly knelt down,

The pair lifted Daryl up and to their relief heard him speak, "I-I was joking." He stuttered out,

"Grazed his temple." Locke explained as they began to drag him forward.

Rick stopped them and took hold of his walker ear necklace taking it off and stuffing it in his pocket, "Uh what was with that?" Glenn asked fearfully,

"Let's just keep that between ourselves for right now." Rick replied,

"Guys!?" T-Dog called out causing them to look back. T-Dog held up Andrea's stachel in a confused and fearful look, "Isn't this Andrea's?"

Thirty minutes later Daryl was explaining things to Rick and Shane as Jack patched him up, "Found her pack up at the creek bed, she must have dropped it while crossing."

"Cuts the grid almost in half." Rick said with a nod as he looked over the map,

"Yeah, you're welcome." Daryl said as he winced slightly in pain,

"How is he Doc?" Shane asked,

"Well we're burning through our antibiotics but he should be fine." Jack replied as he wiped his hands clean, "Gotta say it's a wonder how we've survived this far." Jack added on with an annoyed tone.

Rick and Shane both got up and walked out of the room. Rick saw Lori sitting on the floor waiting, "He's gonna be fine." Rick said easily as she stood up,

"Look I hate to say it but Jack's right, we can't keep going out there. Not after this, it's too dangerous." Shane said from just behind them,

"You'd quit now? Daryl just risked his life to bring back the first hard evidence we've had." Rick said walking over to him,

"Yeah that's one way to look at it. Another is he almost got himself killed for a bag." Shane said with a firm look,

"Yeah I know how you see it." Rick said coldly before walking away,

"Not out to be a hard case, he's just got to start making the tough calls." Shane explained to Lori, "You know I'm right." He added on as he began to walk away,

"I may not agree with all of his choices, but I respect him. I knows yours and mine and your way isn't harder. It's the easiest thing in the world to cut our losses and to not help. You keep telling yourself you're making the tough calls. You're really just trying-" Lori said only to get cut off by Shane,

"The only thing I care about now in this world is you and Carl. So I apologize if I appear to be insensitive to the needs of others, but you see i'll do whatever it takes to keep the two of you safe." Shane said to Lori's slight disgust,

"Even abandoning Amy's sister?" Lori asked in a whisper, "Really?"

"Yeah." Shane said with no hesitation,

"My son and I are not your problem anymore, or your excuse." Lori said before storming away,

Just outside Kate sat on the steps in a state of guilt and regret. Sawyer slowly opened the door and let out a little smirk, "Freckles." He said with a nod,

"How's he doing?" She asked with a worried tone,

"Daryl? Oh he's fine, how about you?" Sawyer asked as he sat down next to her,

"I shot him." Kate said as she lowered her head,

"Yeah well I'm pretty sure he had it coming. Think I got a few rounds coming towards me too." Sawyer said with a little smirk, "Don't beat yourself over it." Kate couldn't help but smile and look over to him. She held his gaze for a moment before leaning in and giving him a small kiss on the lips.

Nearly an hour later everyone was gathered in the dining room eating the dinner that was prepared. Yet the whole dinner was tense and extremely awkward for everyone. Hershel was giving everyone the cold shoulder while Rick and Shane continued to exchange angry glances. "So how's Carl?" Sophia asked quietly,

Lori gave the girl a small smile, "He's fine, he's just resting still. You can see him soon." Lori replied,

"What about Desmond?" Eko asked causing Shane to shift a bit,

"Fine, he'll be up and going tomorrow." Jack said with a nod,

Nearby Glenn felt something touch his hand and then he felt a piece of paper enter it. He peered down and saw a note from Maggie saying, Tonight. He let out a grin and quickly wrote something on it before passing it back. Maggie looked around and saw Hershel watching her so she didn't look at what he had wrote.

Another ten minutes past as everyone finished eating. As they were cleaning up Sophia quietly prepared a plate and walked out of the dining room. She knocked on Daryl's door and opened it, "Hi, um how are you feeling?" She asked nervously,

"About as good as I look." Daryl said with smirk as he pulled the covers over him chest,

"I um, I got you some food. You must be hungry." Sophia said as she sat the plate down on the nightstand,

"Yeah...thanks." Daryl said a bit unsure how to respond,

Sophia gave him a little smile and nodded. She turned around but paused, "Daryl, I just wanted to say that you are really nice. I heard that you were looking for me all day and now you're looking for Andrea." She said sweetly to him,

"Didn't do anything that the others wouldn't do." Daryl said with a shrug,

"Yeah, you're just like them, Good." Sophia said softly before walking out of the room and shutting the door.

Meanwhile as everyone began to disperse from the kitchen Maggie pulled out the note and opened it up. To her horror it read out, Okay the barn, wasting no time she ran out of the house as Glenn headed over to the barn with blankets. Glenn walked around the barn confused as the doors were locked and all windows were blocked up. He climbed up a ladder to the second floor of the barn as he saw a large door opening. As he walked forward he covered his nose in disgust as he smelt something foul. He reached in his pocket and put out a flashlight and shined it around only to see a dozen walkers wandering around the first floor. As they looked up at him and began to growl he heard someone behind him. He looked over and saw Maggie looking at him fearfully, "You weren't suppose to see that."

Alright so have a long hiatus I have finally returned to this story. Now I love this story but I figure that it may be a bit rarer in updates as it takes awhile to write each chapter. Regardless I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I do look forward to continuing this for season 2 and beyond. Let me know what you think in a review and i'll see you all in the next one.