Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 87

Author's Note: Daryl and Mar are getting there own chapter after this. They need it don't you think? Summer is going to be mad at Merle. Yeah family drama! Please review! Axel is going to be alive, Oscar is going to take his place. Carol and Axel are going to be a couple. They were so cute together.

Summer's POV:

Summer walked down to the grave markers and sat down and took a breath. "Hey Lori…we got new people in earlier. They seem OK. I meant to come down earlier, to tell you Carl and I named the baby. Judith Jane…she goes by everything from JJ by Carol and Axel, Judy by Dad, Mar, mom, Mitch and Carl. Beth and Hershel call her Judith. She's Lil' Asskicker to Uncle Daryl, and she's Ladybug to me. She's beautiful, you would have loved her. Dad and mom are taking care of her, like she was there own. Any of us would die for her. We got problems with a man called Governor. Wackadoodle right? I mean a man who calls himself Governor, well that just screams I'm a power hungry fool. Uncle Merle was his right hand man. Uncle Merle took mom, Maggie and Glenn. He beat up on Glenn something fierce, left the Governor alone with mom and Maggie. He almost killed mom…would have fed her to walkers' if a woman named Jes didn't disobey him, she would have been. And I guess Andrea's at Woodbury, sleeping with the Governor. I'm tryin' Lori, I'm tryin' to take care of Carl and Ladybug. I'm trying to be strong. But, after I saw what that man did to mom…what Uncle Merle did to Glenn…all I want to do is kill them both. I'm not a killer Lori. None of us are…but we do what we have to keep our family safe," she said as she laid her head on her knees. "I just don't know if I'm the right person to try and keep Ladybug safe."

Rick walked out and shut the gate in between the prison and the graves. "Summer? You alright?"

"I told Mom I was going to come down here…thought Lori would want an update on Judy," Summer said as she looked up.

"I know, sweetheart, she told me. That's why I came down. The newcomers', them having a teenager with them, it's bothering you that you may lose someone else?" Rick asked.

"Yeah, I guess," she admitted.

"Hey, we work as a team right? Summer, how many times do I have to tell you that you aren't responsible for the kids' in this group? That's not on you, sweetheart. But if you feel like you have to, then you need to talk to us, just like we talk to each other," Rick told her as he hugged her. "We'll be alright, we'll handle this together."

"I think Jes is right…we should go…strike him in his home," Summer told Rick.

Rick sighed. "Sweetheart, we attacked him, and he's got more man power then we have, more guns and ammo then we have. We're working on fortifying this place, to keep everyone safe. I wish there was an answer on how to deal with a homicidal maniac, if there was, I wouldn't have needed to be a sheriff," he told the teen. "When I was at Woodbury, I saw Shane, plain as day. It wasn't him, of course. But you aren't the only one that is struggling to keep there sanity. We all are," he assured her.

Summer nodded. "Thanks Dad," she said as she started to turn. She had barley turned when she heard a round of bullets.

"Summer!" Rick yelled as he took out his gun and pushed her in front of him as they ran.

Group POV:

Jes glanced over at Michonne as she watched Rick and Summer. "So they let you roam free now?"

"Guess they have better things to do then worry bout me," Michonne said.

"Glenn agrees we should strike first," Jes told the other woman. She turned. "You need to go inside, it's not safe," she told Carl and Mitch.

"He isn't here yet," Carl told them.

"But he can be at anytime," Jes pointed out.

"Maybe we're making a big deal out of nothing?" Carol asked as she stood beside Axel and Oscar.

"We're not makin' a big enough deal about it," Jes point blank told them.

"You all haven't seen him up close and personal, we have," Michonne told them.

"There is definitely something off with that guy," Sasha said as she joined them with a weapon.

"He's a smooth talking ass who could convince you that Hell was full of ice water," Jes told the group.

"We had guys in here like that," Axel said.

"Dangerous yet charming," Oscar told them.

"In the real world, he could have been a politician," Jes said. "Whose in the guard tower?"

"Mar and Maggie," Carol answered.

"Maybe I should…." Oscar said as he was shot and went down.

Axel pulled Carol down behind Oscar's body. "Easy," he told her as gun shots rang out.

"Come on, Carl, Mitch," Beth told the two boys as they ran to grab guns.

"Son of a Bitch," Jes yelled as a mail truck came into the court yard and walkers' came out.

"Dad and Summer's trapped!" Carl yelled.

Michonne started toward the field taking out walkers'.

Maggie and Mar both shot at walkers from the guard tower. "Shit," Mar said.

Jes took aim as another round of gun fire came. Sasha helped her take out walkers.

Summer put a knife in a walker's eye against the fence as she tried to pull a couple away from Rick.

"Go!" Rick yelled at her as he got a walker off her.

"I'm not leaving you!" she yelled as she got pushed against the gate.

"Summer!" Rick yelled as he stabbed a walker. He saw an arrow go by his head and glanced back to see Merle and Daryl.

Summer used the opportunity to take out her knife and stab a walker. She looked at Merle who was grinning as he took care of walkers.

Rick took a breath as they stood at the gate. "Summer, I want you to run. You got your knife. Michonne! I'm sending my daughter in, cover her! We'll be right behind you. You understand?"

"Yeah…I understand dad," Summer said as Rick went to the gate.

"Ready?" Rick asked.

"Ready," Summer responded as he opened the gate and ran in. Michonne grabbed her after taking a couple walkers' out.

"OPEN THE GATE NOW!" Michonne yelled at Carl and Mitch.

"Come on!" Rick yelled as they followed them.

"Summer! Rick! Are you alright?" Jewel asked as she came outside with Hershel.

Summer nodded. "We're alright."

"What the hell is he doing here?" Jewel asked as Mar and Maggie came down from the guard tower.

"We lost Oscar," Axel said.

"Now little sister I just helped save your husband and daughter's behinds, a little thank you would be nice," Merle said. "Summer a hug would be nice. You've grown up in the past year. Got to hand it to you Officer Friendly, you sure got my family wrapped around your finger."

"Merle shut up," Daryl told him.

"Sasha can you take Mitch and Carl inside and check on the baby? This is going to get ugly," Mar said as she looked at Daryl then looked at Merle.

"Well well Mariah's here to, a old family reunion," Merle said with a smirk. "You and little brother hook up yet?"

"Shut it Merle," Mar and Daryl both said.

"Yeah, come on," Sasha said. "Lexi and Tyreese are probably with the baby, let's go check on them," she told the two kids.

"So where's my hug girl?" Merle asked Summer.

Summer glanced at Jewel who only nodded. She knew she was going to go off on Merle and at this point he needed it. Jewel shook her head at Daryl not to say a word. Daryl nodded. "Let her say what she needs to say," Jewel whispered to Rick as she kissed him.

"You want to know where your hug is you bastard?" Summer asked as she pushed him. "Look what you did to Glenn! Look what you let the Governor do to my mother!"

"Girl," Merle said as he grabbed her arm.

Rick pulled his gun and Jewel used her good hand to grab her knife. "Merle, let her go. She's got things to say and she's saying it," Jewel told him. "Don't make me throw this knife, Merle. You're in our house now, play by our rules."

Jes walked up behind him. "He's going to let her speak, aren't you Merle? You know I always told you that your attitude was going to get you in trouble."

Merle let go of her. "Fine, let me see that Dixon spirit."

"You are a Son of a Bitch, you know that Uncle Merle? You shot AT your own sister! You let her almost be raped by him. Yeah did you know that? Family is supposed to protect each other. But you never did that! You always were running away. You stupid piece of shit, you got handcuffed to a roof by dad because you were a loud mouth son of a bitch! If I had been stupid enough to let myself be handcuffed to a freakin' roof, I would have used that time to think of how I got into that position! And, if I saw my sister after almost a year, the last thing I would have done was fire a gun at her. And I certainly wouldn't have taken her hostage! You think showing up here and saving my life is going to make up for what you did? This would have never happened if you hadn't been associated with a psychopath who called himself the Governor," Summer said as she turned to walk away. "Oh what the hell," she cursed to herself and gave him a right hook to the nose. "Guess you taught me well, huh?" she said as she turned and pointed at Daryl. "You back now Uncle Daryl or are you going to run off again? Cause I sure the hell can knock some sense into you too."

"Hey you only have permission to yell at one Uncle," Jewel told her.

Merle rubbed his nose. "You done?"

"Yeah, I'm done, I'm done with you," Summer told him. "Dad can I take Judy to my cell tonight?"

"Yeah, go ahead sweetheart," Rick told her. "I have to say I've never seen her that riled up."

"Yeah, well it's been coming for a while. I'm going to check on her while you all decide to do with Merle. I'll say my piece, Merle, don't you worry," Jewel said as she kissed Rick.

"Oh you did that just to piss me off," Merle told her.

"I just breath and I piss you off," Jewel said. "But since it pissed you off so much," she said as she kissed him again. "Take care of him."

"We will," Rick said.

Mar looked at Daryl. "I'm going to go check on Mitch. I'm not liking the company out here," she said as she walked away.

Daryl watched her go. Glenn turned and looked at him. "If you want to repair things I'd go talk to her now."

Rick nodded. "We'll handle him," he told Daryl before Daryl followed her.