Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 19

Author's Note: More reviews make me a happy camper. OMG 51 reviews, all positive! LOVE YOU GUYS. I did have a question from someone and I answered her in private but I'll give you guys my line of thinking. It was asked that if Rick and Shane are still going to have the problems are Hershel's farm because Shane has what he wants (Lori). The answer is yes. He still thinks Rick being there is endangering Lori and Carl and that he is making bad decisions. Plus there's going to be an incident involving Summer and Shane….not gonna set well with Lori. Plus, Shane I see Shane always wanting what Rick has, always was jealous of him, so yeah Jewel's gonna get to punch him. OR Daryl will put a cross bow in his butt!

OK, Carl is going to get shot, and all that happens.

Jewel turned from the car she was looking in when she heard the group come up. "Where's the rest of us?" she asked as she came up to them.

"Some girl rode up on a horse, like damn Zorro and took Lori, said Carl had been shot," Daryl told them.

"You just let them?" Dale questioned.

"Climb down out of my asshole Old Man, she knew Rick and Carl's names," Daryl told them.

"Daryl," Jewel warned. "Did she mention where they were taking her?"

"Two miles back on Fairbank Road, name of Greene," Glenn answered.

Jewel nodded. "Some of us are going to need to go there," she told the group.

"We can't leave, that boy is still out there," Carol told them.

"That's why I said some of us. I'll go, they may need medical supplies and help, Summer will go, she's a universal blood donor, T Dog cause of his arm and Glenn," Jewel responded as she went into emergency responder mode and started gathering the first aid kit.

"Why me?" Glenn asked.

"Simple, you can find this place, that's what you do," Daryl told him.

Jewel nodded. "T's cut has gone from bad to worse, even with the Merle's medication. There's nothin' else I can do, if there's a chance at this farm, we need to get him there. He's got a serious blood infection," she informed the group.

"I'll stay here with the RV, tomorrow put up a couple signs, and get supplies for Luke together in case he comes back," Daryl offered.

"If the RV's stayin', I'm stayin'," Dale told them.

"I'll stay then too," Andrea told them.

"Mitch is gonna want to stay," Jewel said as she looked up from the kit.

"Sophia and I'll stay with him," Carol offered.

Jewel nodded. "Dale can you help Glenn getting' Summer into the car?"

Got it," Dale and Glenn both responded as Carol went into the RV with them to talk to the kids and Andrea climbed to be watch out.

Jewel glanced up as Daryl came over. "You got that look like you want to say somethin' big brother."

"You doin' this cause of whatever is goin' on with you and Rick?" Daryl asked as he bent down helping her.

Jewel glanced at him. "Didn' we have this discussion at the CDC?" she questioned as she lowered her voice. "I'd be doin' this if it was anyone in this group, includin' Shane," she informed him. "You know that," she added as she hit his arm. "First Summer and Luke go missin, and he's still out there, now Carl's been shot. What the hell do we have to do to keep the kids safe?" she asked in a lower voice.

Daryl didn't answer her as he squeezed her hand. They both shared a look and knew that each one of them would do whatever it took to keep the children of the group safe.

"Mom? Dale said Carl's been shot?" Summer asked as Dale and Glenn helped her to the car.

"Yeah, that's all we know, Glenn's going to drive us to the farm the girl who got Lori. T you OK with getting' in the back? I'm not sure if Summer's going to be able to get in with her ankle," Jewel asked as Daryl picked up the first aid kit.

"Yeah," T Dog answered.

"I separated some supplies from the first aid kit, just in case," Jewel told Dale as she handed him some supplies. "When we figure out what's goin' on, Glenn will come back and tell you guys."

"Why is it always me?" Glenn asked as he got in the driver's seat.

"Because it's what you do," Daryl and Jewel both answered.

Daryl kissed the top of Summer's head. "I'll see you tomorrow," he told her. "Take care of your mom," he whispered in her ear.

"Got it," Summer answered as she got in the car next to Glenn.

Jewel nodded at Daryl as she got in the back seat. "You gonna be able to navigate out of here Glenn?" she asked as she looked out the window.

"It's what I do," Glenn responded with a smile as he maneuvered through the traffic jam.

"It's kinda funny, you know," T Dog mumbled as he laid his head on the backseat.

"What's funny T?" Jewel asked.

"World's gone to hell, dead people risin' from the dead to eat the livin', and good old Theodore Douglas gets done in my a cut on his arm," he answered with a small laugh.

Jewel glanced at Summer and Glenn in the rearview mirror. "Hey no talkin' like that T. I don't like losin' patients, and you know what I hate losin' more than patients?" she asked.

"What?" T Dog questioned cautiously.

"Family," Jewel told him as she squeezed his shoulder. "Summer there's a bag of water by your feet, hand me one."

Summer opened the bag and grabbed one. "Here."

Jewel opened up the pill bottle and gave two to him. "Take them," she instructed as she handed him the water.

T Dog did as he swallowed the pills and took the pills. "I don't know which was luckier, Merle's clap or you bein' around."

"Eww, can we not discuss Uncle Merle's…EWW," Summer said as she made a face.

Glenn laughed. "Totally agree," he told the teen.

"Sorry," T Dog responded. "I forgot that we had underage ears in the car," he said.

Summer glanced back at him. "Please, I've heard worse, I just don't want to think…EWW."

Glenn slowed down the car. "Going to have to close the gate," he said as he pulled up to the gate separating the road from the driveway.

"Let me out, I'll do it," Jewel told him.

Glenn stopped the car and got out and let her out and got back in and started the car as Jewel opened the gate and let them in then closed it back behind them and got back in the car. "For a minute I could forget that we were in the middle of end of the world," Jewel told them.

Glenn pulled up and parked. "How do we do this? Ring the doorbell? It looks like someone lives here," he questioned as he got out of the car and helped Summer.

"We're past that kind of stuff aren't we? Bein' considerate?" T Dog asked.

"That's a damn shame when we start askin' how to be considerate," Jewel said as she took out the first aid kit.

"You latched the gate on your way in?" A young woman asked as she stood up from the porch.

"Yeah we latched it," Jewel answered.

"Hi again, nice to see you again, we met briefly," Glenn stumbled through his words.

"We came to help, I'm a nurse, brought supplies, my daughter is a universal blood donor," Jewel explained as she cast a look at Glenn.

The young woman looked at T Dog and Summer's injuries.

"They aren't bit, T got injured when a herd came through, and Summer tripped while she was runnin," Jewel told her. "T's running a pretty bad fever, had some antibiotics, just gave him some."

The woman nodded. "You two wait here, you two come with me," she told the women. She took Summer by one arm. "I'm Maggie."

"Jewel," she introduced herself.

"Summer," Summer said as she followed suit.

"Daddy," Maggie said as she helped Summer in. "This is Jewel she's a nurse, and her daughter Summer, she's a universal donor," the young woman told the other man.

Jewel glanced at Rick then at Lori. "I didn't know how bad he was, or what you would need. I brought the majority of our first aid supplies," she told them as she went over to the bed.

Rick got up and let Summer sit down. "Thanks," she said as she sat down.

"I'm Hershel, you an emergency room nurse?" he questioned the older woman.

"That obvious?" she asked. "How many transfusions has he had?" Jewel questioned.

"Two but he's gonna need more," Lori answered.

"What's his blood type?" Jewel asked.

"A positive, his dad's given two transfusions. Good thing you know your daughter's blood type," the older man answered.

"Always know your address, phone number and blood type. That was Jane's motto," Summer answered softly as Maggie brought her a box to prop her leg on. "Guess the only thing important now is blood type."

"You two need to take a break, Summer and I are here," Jewel told the boy's parents softly.

"I can't leave him," Lori told her.

Jewel went over and bent in front of her. "Lori, listen to me. You aren't goin' to do Carl any good if you push yourself to the point of exhaustion. I'm right here, I'm not goin' anywhere. I will come and get you if anything happens. I swear to you, but you need to go take a breather," she told the other woman. "Where's Shane?" she asked as she noticed the other man's absence.

"He went to the school down the road with Otis to get parts for the respirator," Rick answered.

"Who's Otis?" Summer asked as she flinched as Maggie put the needle in her arm.

"Sorry," Maggie told the teen.

"It's OK," Summer assured the older woman.

"Otis is a hand on the farm, he was trackin' a deer, the bullet went clear through it and hit Carl. He didn't even see him," Rick explained as he looked at his son. "The bullet shattered into six pieces."

Jewel squeezed Rick's shoulder. "I'm here."

Rick looked at her in the eyes. "Thank you," he simply said.

"No thanks necessary," Jewel answered as she squeezed his shoulder again. "Both of you need to go take a breather. "T and Glenn are both here. T's fever got really bad even with the antibiotics we had."

"And, I'll thank you not to say what those pills were for again, I so don't want to think about that. EWW," Summer said as she shook her head.

Lori squeezed Jewel's hand as she went out, Rick doing the same before Jewel sat down on Carl's bed. "How bad?" she asked Herschel.

"You sure you want me to say in front of your daughter?" Herschel asked.

Jewel nodded. "After all we've been through together, we're family."

"And I am kinda giving Carl blood, so I really can't leave the room," Summer answered.

Jewel gave her a look and arched her eyebrow. "Bordering on sass, Summer Grace," she warned her daughter.

Herschel gave a small tired smile. "About sixteen aren't you?" he asked the girl.

"Fifteen," Summer answered.

Maggie smiled. "My sister is sixteen; we're used to borderline sassy teenagers."

"If I went any further to dig out the five remaining pieces, I'd sever an artery, and he's already got internal bleedin'," Herschel explained.

Jewel nodded. "So you need the respirator to prevent collapsing of the lungs," she replied.

Herschel nodded. "I'm surprised that you weren't at the hospital when this all happened."

Jewel and Summer exchanged glances. "A friend of mine, called from the hospital, it was getting' bad, she begged me to not to come in, for Summer's sake. It's a guilt I struggle with daily."