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Home Is With You: Chapter 24

Beth
I watched from the bed as Daryl held our newborn son in his arms, Daryl had wanted to name him Bolt but I made sure that he knew that wasn't going to happen, he also came up with some other Daryl-like names; Hunter, Hawke, Bowman, Colt and Archer. Anyone see a theme with the names he came up with? I wanted something sweet but Daryl wanted... well he wanted names that represented him. We had our name chosen for a girl; Freya. Daryl was the one who had actually come up with it and we loved it, I was sure we were having a girl, guess I was wrong.

Daryl held our son and looked so lovingly at him. I can't believe that after all of the screaming and crying my little boy was finally here and I was so in love with him, I honestly never thought that I could be so in love with someone. He was the perfect mix of me and Daryl, he had light blonde wisps of hair but he had Daryl's eyes and lips.

Our son started to squirm in Daryl's arms but he hushed and gently rocked our newborn and very quickly our son went back to sleep, still wrapped up in the little cream blanket Daryl had found just a couple of days ago.

"We still have to find a name for him," I pointed out.

"You choose one, you don't like the ones I found," He replied, still not taking his eyes of our baby boy.

"Not that I don't like them... I just wanted something maybe a bit more traditional," I said.

"Compromise?" He questioned and I nodded "You chose the first name but Archer for his middle name," He suggested.

"Ok, I can go with that," I agreed "What about Michael?" I asked.

"Michael Archer Dixon... it's good," He said.

"You sure?" I questioned "You don't have to like it," I told him.

"No I like it... Michael Archer Dixon, definitely sounds like my son." He said with large smile.

"Beth wake up... c'mon, we gotta go," I opened my eyes and saw Daryl standing there looking panicked. It was then that I heard it, the gunfire and shouting... how did I not wake up? I know since being pregnant I have slept a lot deeper than normal but I thought I would have heard WW3 going on outside "C'mon Beth... The Governor's back and he's brought a damn army!" Daryl exclaimed and started picking up the emergency back packs he packed, in case of something like this happening.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked him as I started getting out of bed, it was a bit harder with this big belly in the way... I also moved a bit slower now "Is everyone else out?" I questioned.

"Rick just got Judith, Andrea and Carol," He answered and helped me stand up.

"What the hell happened?" I asked as we started moving.

"I was on watch and everythin' was fine then this damn tank rolled up and took down the gates. A van drove in and when they opened the back, it was full of walkers. I started firing which woke up Rick, Maggie and Glenn who came out t' help but there was too many. Michonne appeared from somewhere and started killing walkers but there were people with guns, big guns. It's a mess out there," He explained to me as he guided me outside and into the chaos.

"Daryl!" Merle called and rushed over to us, he took one of the emergency back packs off Daryl and put it on his back "We gotta get outta 'ere, the place is done," He told us.

"Where's my dad? Maggie?"I questioned.

"I lost them a few minutes ago," Merle replied.

"I can't leave them here," I argued.

"Beth, I promise we will try to find them but I have to get yer outta here," Daryl told me and started pulling me away from the prison and towards the woods "Please lemme get yer outta here," He pleaded with me and I nodded and followed him and Merle.

"I got a place we can go to," Merle stated and took the lead. Daryl held onto my hand and made sure we stayed together.

"Beth," A calm voice said over the prison tannoy making all three of us stop "Beth, I need you to come and face me, or I kill your father," The voice said, I know who that voice belonged to... it was The Governor.

"I gotta go back," I stated and tried to get my hand free from Daryl

"No!" Daryl shouted and held onto me.

"He's gonna kill my daddy!" I argued.

"Beth, we don't know if he has yer daddy or not. He might be playin' with yer," Merle said.

"What if he isn't?" I questioned.

"Yer six months pregnant with my damn kid, I'm not lettin' yer go back there. I'm not lettin' anythin' happen t' yer! I promised yer daddy and yer sister that I would keep you safe!" He shouted.

"Daryl let go of me," I warned.

"Beth... time is ticking. You have one minute to show yourself to me or I kill him and don't worry, I'll make sure you can hear it, wherever you are," The Governor's voice called out.

"Please Daryl, let me save my daddy... please, I am begging you. Don't let my daddy die," I pleaded.

"Let's scope it out," Merle suggested.

"No," Daryl replied firmly.

"Let's see if he really has got the old man, if he hasn't we go," Merle said.

"And if he has got him?" Daryl asked.

"He's family, we try an' save him," Merle replied "We're both here, we can protect her." Merle added.

Daryl agreed and the three of us made our way back to the prison with Daryl and Merle killing any walkers and a couple of people that got in our way. As we made it to the prison there were no more walkers but no sign of anyone from the group either, I hope they got away and they weren't lying her dead somewhere.

I found The Governor quickly, he was standing on top of a tank... where the hell did he get a damn tank?! He saw me approaching him and smiled sweetly at me, it made me want to be sick.

My dad was kneeled down on the ground in front of the tank, he had Michonne there too and they had their hands tied behind their backs. A man had hold of Michonne's Katana meaning that they were both defenceless.

Maggie appeared with Glenn and screamed when she saw daddy.

Merle and Daryl came up behind me, away from their hiding spots and had their guns trained on The Governor and the man with the Katana.

"Wow... look at you Beth. You and Daryl are going to have a baby, that's sweet; stupid but sweet," He said.

"What do you want with me?" I asked him.

"Me and you have some unfinished business," He stated.

"The only unfinished business we have is that you're still alive!" I shouted at him.

"Today I'm going to kill you Beth... you and Daryl," The Governor promised "And just to prove to you that I am in a murdering mood," He started and got down from the tank and took hold of the Katana "I'm going to kill your daddy." He said and went to swing the Katana but Merle fired his gun and shot the Katana out of his hand.

A huge gun fight started breaking out from the people that The Governor brought with him. Daryl started pulling me away from the battle but I wanted to get to my daddy and Daryl knew that, he knew I wouldn't leave my daddy and Maggie behind but when I went to reach for Maggie, she and Glenn were gone. Where the hell did she go?

"Let's go," Merle stated and started pulling me with Daryl back towards the woods.

"My daddy!" I shouted.

"Maggie went to get him," Daryl told me.

There was someone running behind us, I didn't want to look back because I didn't know who it would be and I was scared of finding out who it was. I just kept running as quickly as I could, which wasn't that quick with this belly. I was going to have to stop soon and I don't know if it was going to be far enough away from the prison to be out of immediate danger.

The further away we got from the prison the quieter it got but I could still hear someone running after us, maybe it was Maggie and Glenn or Rick or maybe it was The Governor.

"I need to stop," I said between deep breaths to the two of them and they started to slow down "I can't keep running," I told them.

"There you are," The Governor said from behind us.

Daryl jumped in front of me and Merle jumped in front of Daryl. The two of them had their guns raised ready to shoot at any given second, The Governor approached us with a gun in his hands and ready to kill all of us but could he really kill both Merle and Daryl before one of them put him down? I doubt it but I also don't want one of them to die either.

"You got away from me Beth," The Governor said.

"Back the hell up," Merle ordered The Governor.

"All I want is her," He replied.

"Well that don't look like it's gonna happen now does it?" Merle replied "Now back up and let us go or we'll kill yer," He added.

"You think you can kill me before I drop at least one of you?" The Governor wondered and trained his gun on Merle "I will kill both of you," He stated.

"I'm sick of this." Daryl said, pushing in front of Merle and went to pull the trigger on the gun.

The Governor saw what he was doing and fired his gun first.

Ahhhhh!

The Governor fired the gun first.

Did he hit anyone?
Are Merle, Daryl and Beth safe?
Did Hershel get out?
Did Maggie and Glenn really go and get Hershel?
Where is everyone else?
Are any of the group dead?

There are so many questions left to be answered and there is only one chapter left. Just one chapter! How is there only one chapter left?

I know this chapter is small but I promise that the last chapter is quite a long one. I am really excited for you guys to read the last chapter.

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