Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 81

Author's Note: Reviews make me happy. I called out of work today cause of my back, so there isn't going to be a whole lot of sitting going on here. It's Payday, so luckily I got Maria to do it for me. Enough of my whining right? So I've had a request to keep Axel alive for Carol since they seem to be made good. So, Oscar is going to live at the Woodbury but die instead of Axel when the Governor comes to visit. Mean Governor. And, it was pointed out to me that without Psycho Rick, Tyreese and Sasha wouldn't be going over to wacko's side. Which made no sense to me, I mean I swear couldn't someone say to them, 'I'm sorry but the man just lost his wife' So a few things are changing from cannon (Merle's living….may or may not kill Jes….haven't decided that yet)

Rick and Daryl's POV:

Jes tapped her finger on her leg. "Hate to interrupt this mediation you all got goin' on but what kind of weapons do you have?"

Rick glanced back at her. "Don't really feel like we need to tell you what type of weapons we have."

Jes snorted. "No, why in the world would you want to tell the Army LT. what type of weapons you have? I mean considering I'm putting my ass on the line taking you back in there, you could be a little bit more friendly. If he sees me, he's going to shoot me on sight, not to mention take my head as a trophy. So, really think I kind of deserve to know what weapons we got so I come out of here with my hide, don't you?"

Michonne glared at her. "I could just kill you now, and be done with it."

Oscar glanced between the two women. "Oh this is going to be fun," he said.

Rick glanced at Daryl. "We're the one's putting our life in you hand," he told Jes.

"You know I always gave you the benefit of the doubt when Merle would talk about you handcuffing him to a damn roof. Figured he was hot headed with out the drugs, he'd be ten times worse on them. But, now I'm thinking he has a right to hold a damn grudge. Let me say this one more time. I killed someone I knew before this outbreak, someone who at one time meant something to me. I left a young man who is like a son to me inside. I did this to get your wife back to you, your sister back to you," Jes told Daryl and Rick. "Don't trust me, I really could care less if I become your bestie and stay up all night smoking cigarettes. And you," she said to Michonne, "big quiet warrior woman, thinks you are so tough with that sword. Managed to live so long on your own. We're the same."

"We are not the same," Michonne hissed.

"We both hate the Governor, we both took a chance to do what's right," Jes told her. She looked back at Oscar. "Don't know your story, but I'm sure I'll find something to pick on you about later," Jes told him. "We're going to have to walk, they have patrols, better off on foot in the dark. Plus I got some weapons hid," she told them. "Weapons I'm willing to share, unlike some people I know," she said as she glanced at Rick.

Rick glanced at her. "Thank you for risking your life for Jewel….you didn't know her, you could have left her there."

Jes shrugged. "I'm not that type of person. I couldn't help everyone," she said as she nodded to Michonne. "I knew you'd figure a way out, and I'm sorry that you got shot," she told the other woman. "You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for everything. In another life, the Governor could be a cult leader. One of the ones that you'd turn on the TV and here about people following him to there deaths. David Koresh? Jim Jones? Yeah, the Governor can sweet talk most people into following them. It's a little bit easier when the world is going to hell, and people are just trying to stay safe."

"How does my brother fit into this?" Daryl asked.

"Your brother? Your brother shot me?" Michonne hissed.

"Easy," Rick told her. "He's also, God, I never thought about this before, my brother in law."

Daryl laughed. "That's what usually happens when you marry into someone's family. Though I got to admit, handcuffin' someone to a roof…is not the best way to make a first impression."

"Wait! That blond woman is that SOB's sister too?" Michonne asked.

"And Summer is his niece," Daryl answered. "Your point?"

"The point is that SOB SHOT me," Michonne told him.

"Stop whining, you're alive," Jes told her. "We should stop here," she told Rick.

Rick nodded as he stopped the car and got out.

"You said you had weapons?" Oscar asked.

"About a mile away from the front gate from Woodbury. Psycho would send us out on raids, instruct us to kill anyone who was a threat and bring back there heads and weapons," Jes responded. "I would always take the lead, hide some grenades', small weapons, things that I could smuggle out," she explained. "And to answer your question Daryl, your brother is his right hand man. Merle tries to do what's right, specially when it comes to family. But he's to afraid to go against the Governor point blank the way I did. But I can guarantee you that he didn't know what the Governor was going to do, what he tried to do to Jewel, otherwise he would have killed him himself."

Daryl raised his hand. "Rick," he said as the group bent down.

"Biter's," Jes said.

"There's to many of them," Oscar said.

"There's a small cabin right over the ridge. We leave it alone, old hermit lives there, Governor never thought of him as a threat," Jes informed them. "I hid the guns behind the cabin."

"Formation, no guns!" Rick told the group as they ran. Michonne taking out a couple with her sword. "Get the door!"

Jes kicked the door in. "Oh God the smell…."

"Something died," Oscar said as he held his nose.

"What the hell is that?" Rick asked.

"A fox or what's left of it, guess Lassie went home," Daryl said.

A man sat up from his bed. "Ah who the hell are you?"

"Easy, we are just here for a minute," Jes told him.

"Get out of my house!" the man yelled.

"OK OK we will but we can't right now," Rick told him.

"He's attracting the walker's!" Oscar told him as he helped Daryl with the door.

"Get out right now! I'll call the cops," the old man said.

Rick smirked. "I am the cops."

"Lower the gun old man!" Jes hissed at him.

"Don't do anything rash alright? Just put it down, look at me," Rick said.

"Let me see your badge," the man told him.

"Easy it's in my pocket, see I'm just going to take it out. Nice and easy," he said as he knocked the man out in a quick movement and tied him up.

Michonne uses her Katina and killed the old timer.

"Open the door," Rick said.

"Remember the Alamo?" Daryl questioned as he opened the door and they pushed the old man out as the walkers' devoured him.

Jes grabbed the weapons and led the group to Woodbury. "The back gate is the easiest way to get through."

"Do you have any idea where they are keeping them?" Rick asked.

"Down in holding cells," Jes answered.

"That wasn't where I was held," Michonne told the group.

"The Governor didn't see you as a threat, wanted you to join his misfit gang of outlaws," Jes told her. "I know that guard, dumb as shit," she said.

"You aint going to reveal yourself," Daryl told her.

"Yeah I am," Jes said as she moved away from the group, not giving anyone a chance to grab her. "Warren, hey Warren," she called him.

Warren turned. "Sanchez….Governor said that you were due back earlier."

"Had some trouble," Jes said as she brought up her knife to his throat and split it. "Let's go."

Rick grabbed her arm. "Don't ever do that again. We do this together."

Jes pulled away from him. "I'm going to do what I need to do to get your people back. My way. Don't like it then you can wait right here," she said as she walked away from him.

Daryl and Rick exchanged glances as they went with her, Oscar and Michonne bringing up the rear.

The group exchanged gun fire with the residences of Woodbury as Jes led the group to the holding area. "Come on!" Rick said as he grabbed Glenn's arm.

"Jewel, she's here somewhere!" Maggie said as they ran.

"She's back at the prison, she was brought back by her," Daryl said as he nodded toward Jes. "Come on we got to go!"

"You alright? Can you make it?" Rick asked Glenn as they made there way up to a room.

"We're missing one," Oscar told the group.

Rick turned. "Where is she? She was right behind us!" he told the group referencing Michonne.

Jes looked at them. "She's after the Governor," she said as she helped Glenn sit down.

"Rick…Merle is here, Merle did this," Glenn said as he motioned to his face.

"We know that Merle is here," Daryl told them. "I've got to find him, talk to him," he told Rick.

Jes glanced at Daryl. "I have someone here that I care about to, but trying to go after them right now is only going to endanger us, this group and them."

"He threw a walker at me! He was gonna execute us," Glenn told them. "We told him where the prison was, we couldn't hold out."

"Sorry," Maggie said.

"Hey don't be sorry, there's no need to apologize," Glenn told them. "We've got a car a few miles out."

"I need to find Merle," Daryl repeated.

"We're in hostile territory, Daryl. Look what he did to Glenn. He left Jewel alone with the Governor, you can't tell me he didn't have SOME idea what he was going to do. I don't care what they say, they are hurt," Rick told the other man about Maggie and Glenn. "Glenn can barley walk. What happens if we get overrun by walkers' or the Governor catches up with us? I need you, are you with me?" Rick asked.

"Yes," Daryl said.

"You were one of them," Maggie told Jes.

"Technically, and I really don't have the time to explain once again to another person," Jes answered as she shot at one of the guards, "why I did what I did."

"Stay tight," Rick told the group as they fought there way through.

"I'll give you cover, you guys go ahead," Daryl said as he fired.

"No we stay together," Rick told him.

"I'll be right behind you! Go!" Daryl told his brother in law.

Jes nodded as the group took off as they got out of town leaving Daryl behind. Jes checked her gun as they got to the area where the car was. She looked up as Michonne came behind them.

"Turn around!" Rick yelled at her. "Turn around!" he told her again as she did and he took her sword.

"Daryl's missing, he should have been here by now," Maggie told them.

"Did you get what you were came for?" Rick asked Michonne.

Jes checked Oscar's shoulder where he got shot. "He'll be OK."

"You didn't see Daryl?" Rick asked. "If anything happens to him…." Rick told her.

"I brought you here to save them," Michonne told him.

"Thanks for the help," Rick said sarcastically.

"No you came to get back with the Governor," Jes told the woman. "I believe that part of you did just want to help, and I'll give you that, but the first chance you got you went after him."

"Look you're going to need me to get Daryl or back to the prison, either way you're going to need me," Michonne told him.

"Michonne and Glenn both need to get back to the car, Oscar can get them back to the car. We go on the offensive, use grenades, smoke bombs. The Governor is going to use this as his advantage, he's going to rally the town, they'll all be in one place," Jes told him.

Rick nodded. "She leaves out of your sight, shoot her," he told Oscar as he pointed to Michonne.

"Got it," Oscar said as they started to walk away.