Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Chapter 93

Author's Note: Reviews make me happy. Reviews make me want to write more. Reviews give me a big head! I heard this song and knew that it was perfect for the upcoming chapters. But I was having trouble where to put it. So I'm just going to have the lyrics. I don't own it, it's called Homage to The Suffering by Matthew Perryman Jones.

"Here's to you when it rains too hard. When the battles you fight just leave you scarred. When you're tired to the bone and you've got no strength to move on. Here's to you when the light has grown too dim. And your faith is hanging by a limb. Your heart begins to doubt if you'll make it through. Here's to you. Here's to you. When the anger burns like fire beneath your skin. And you long for love, you won't let love in. Your arms folded tight against your chest. And you won't let go. Oh and the fear rolls like thunder in your soul. And all the lies have got you under their control and your mind is to confused to see what's true. Oh here's to you. Here's to you. Oh soon the sun will come with healing on its wings. To wash away your tears and make you move. Here's to you. Here's to you. Here's to you."

Group POV:

Jewel kissed the top of Judith's head. You take care of your big sister for me alright Judy?" she asked as she kissed the top of Summer's head. "You take care of your little sister for me,"" she told her

Summer nodded. "Got it, be careful," she said.

"We should be back by late tonight, if we don't run into trouble," Rick answered as he kissed the top of Summer's head. "You guys get the prison ready," Rick instructed.

"We're already planning on it, got a few tricks up my sleeve that I didn't share with the Governor," Jes answered.

"We've got it handled," Mar answered as she hugged Rick. "Bring them back safe," she told him. "And bring yourself back safe."

"Don't worry I got there back's," Carl said.

Daryl nodded as he patted Carl on the back. "Good man."

"What are we doing about Merle?" Glenn asked.

"I'll keep an eye on him," Daryl said.

"I got him, it'll just be like Woodbury," Jes said.

Summer handed Beth Judith. "Michonne can I talk to you for a moment?" she asked.

Michonne looked at her then at Rick who nodded. "Yeah, I guess."

Summer motioned with her head to follow her. "Look I know that you may not want to be here, and that you may not trust us anymore then we trust you. But you are going to be with my dad, my mom, and my brother, so I'm trusting you to bring them back. I'm begging you not to run off, not to abandon them. I don't care why you ran off at Woodbury, I don't care what personal agenda you had, but three people that I love are going with you, three people who I can't lose. Do you understand what I'm asking? Can you please do that for me? They'll watch your back, if you watch there's. That's how we do it. We can't do it alone anymore," Summer begged.

Michonne looked at her. "How old are you?"

"Sixteen almost seventeen, why?" Summer asked.

"Cause you aren't like most sixteen year olds that I know," Michonne said. "They don't trust me much," she said as she nodded to the cr.

"You don't trust us much," Summer countered.

"Yeah definitely not a typical sixteen year old," Michonne told her.

"Well if you haven't noticed, the world isn't the same as it used to be. So can you just promise me to take care of them and they'll take care of you," Summer said.

"Yeah I promise," Michonne said.

Summer nodded. "Good," she said as she walked back over to the car.

"You all get back inside, no need to draw unneeded attention to yourselves," Rick instructed. "Carl help me finish up packing the car.

Carl nodded as Michonne got in the back seat and Jewel in the front. "Why are we bringing Michonne? She took you to Woodbury and you said she just split on you," he told him.

"It wasn't that simple, Carl," Rick told him as he put things in the car. "I asked her to come today. I didn't want to leave her at the prison, not with both me and Jewel not being there. Not with Merle being there. That and we have a common interest, a common problem. So maybe we can work on them together," he told his son.

"Just for right now?" Carl asked.

"Yeah just for right now," Rick told him. "Let's go before we lose to much light."

Merle, Jes's and Daryl's POV:

Merle looked at Daryl. "So let me get this straight, brother, you just let our little sister go outside the prison walls, back to Officer Friendly's stomping grounds, and you didn't stop her," he stated.

Daryl looked up from what he was doing. "You have met our sister right? Blond, five foot nine, attitude of a Dixon, doesn't like you much? That's the same sister that you're asking me if I 'let' go outside the prison walls. Maybe because you've been hanging out with a psycho for to long, you forgot that no one tells Jewel to do anything. That just makes her more determined to do it, and more stubborn."

"Stubborn, you wouldn't know anything about being stubborn would you Merle?" Jes asked.

Merle glared at her. "I was talking to my brother, Jes, not to you."

"Yeah, but it's such an interesting conversation that I had to involve myself in," Jes said. "You don't mind do you Daryl?"

"Nope, not at all," Daryl answered. "Jewel volunteered to go with a broken hand to get away from you Merle. She can't stand being in the same prison as your sorry ass. She needed to go and do something to help her family stand up to the maniac that you brought into our lives. The maniac that came to the front gate, and shot at Summer, your niece. Her and Rick both would have died if we hadn't showed up."

"How did I bring the Governor into your lives baby brother?" Merle asked.

Jes shook her head. "He can be so naïve at times," she told Daryl.

Daryl looked at him. "You're kidding me right now right? You SHOT at Jewel, you took them hostage. Glenn told me that Jewel told you she would stay with you while Glenn and Maggie came back here to get me, but you didn't want that. You threatened to kill Maggie if they didn't get in the car. I have always been trying to stand between you and Jewel, but you know what Merle, this time there is no standing up for you. What you did was WRONG."

"I did what I did to survive. Just like you did baby brother, just like Jewel did. You think Jewel would have hooked up with Officer Friendly if I was around?" Merle asked.

Daryl took two steps and grabbed Merle and slammed him against the wall. "You don't get it do you Merle? Jewel and Rick aren't a hook up. They fell in love, it wasn't a plot against you, you piece of crap. And yeah, you weren't around to fuck it up. Now you're back and you're pissed off cause you can see it. You can see that we've moved on without you, Merle," Daryl told him.

"Daryl, let him go, come on. He isn't worth fighting with. You've got other things that you need to be worrying about other then this piece of shit," Jes said as she grabbed Daryl's arm.

"You know what brother, I'm sick and tired of everyone thinking the worst of me. You've changed in the past year, well so have I. Have I even punched Officer Friendly?" Merle asked.

"If you tried, Jewel would kick you in your balls," Daryl said.

Jes stifled a laugh. "Merle, just shut up. Maybe people would stop looking at you like a bag of trash if you did something productive. Stop running your mouth would be the first step," she warned.

Tyreese and Mitch's POV:

Tyreese worked on building a wooden barricade and looked over at the little boy who sat on the steps. "It's Mitch right?" he asked as he went over to him.

"Yes," Mitch answered.

"This is all kind of scary isn't it?" Tyreese asked at he sat down next to him.

"I'm not scared," Mitch said confidently.

"No? Well I'll tell you a secret, if you promise not to tell anyone?" Tyreese told him.

"I promise," Mitch answered.

"I'm scared," Tyreese told him.

Mitch's eyes get big as he looked at him. "You are?"

Tyreese nodded. "I'm scared that I'm not going to be able to protect my sisters, this place. I'm afraid that some people that I'm learning to care about are going to die."

"People die….that's just how it is these days," Mitch told him.

Tyreese nodded. "Yeah, that is true. Sad but true."

"You got to fight if you want to survive," Mitch says. "And, you came to the right group."

"I did?" Tyreese asked.

Mitch nodded. "We aren't like this guy that came and shot at us. We want to help, we care bout each other. Doing it alone, well it just doesn't cut it anymore.'

"You're pretty smart, kiddo," Tyreese told him.

"I just listen. I got lucky, most people would have just left me for walker bait when my older brothers' died, but they all adopted me. They taught me to fight, and make sure I'm safe. Now Judith is the smallest of the group and she can't fight," Mitch said.

"Well I guess we are going to need to watch out for her huh?" Tyreese asked.

Mitch nodded. "I lied when you asked me if I was scared and I said no, I am. I know it's wrong to lie."

"It's alright, I figured you might be a little scared. So why don't you help me build this and we can take it outside?" Tyreese asked. "A little bit more protection for Judith and the rest of us."

Mitch nodded as he stood up. "Let's do it!"