A/N: So yeah….I felt bad about leaving things how I did…this chapter has been sitting on my computer for a while now. I had a lot of self-doubt about whether or not I was doing this story justice, but tonight I finally just said to heck with it and finished it up and posted it.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead. If I did there would already be Bethyl and things would not have gone down like that in the Season 4 Mid-Season finale.

Carol and Adam ran towards the ladders that led to the rooftops. From what they could gather there were supposed to be two snipers on duty. The plan was to take them both out and then go find Beth. From there they would hit the armory and then go back to help out Alex. They knew there wasn't much time so in record time they had made it up the ladder. Adam snuck up behind the first man and before the man could turn around Adam had reached up and snapped his neck. It all happened so quick that Carol wasn't even for sure what had happened. Adam quickly moved onto the next rooftop and motioned for Carol to take care of things. Quickly she took out her knife and stabbed the dead man in the head. She grabbed the gun and went after Adam.

There had actually been four snipers on duty that night which made them very uneasy. It meant that some if not all of the information Derek had given Alex and Adam was false. Or else the people here made last minute changes for some reason. They only hoped that Beth was going to be where they were told or else their plan will have officially gone straight to hell. Running in between buildings until they came to the main one had been a challenge. There were people everywhere, but they had managed to sneak in a side door. She was supposed to be on the third floor, second door from the right. Once they made it up there they noticed that there was a guard outside the door so they were pretty confident that Beth was more than likely in the room. Creating a quick diversion they were able to distract the guard long enough to take him out and try the door. It wasn't even locked. They walked in very carefully with Adam going in first, "Beth?" he whispered.

"Oh my god! Adam!" Beth whispered as the flung herself at Adam wrapping him in a quick hug. Until she noticed who was behind him. "Carol?" Beth said as a smile came across her face and she let go of Adam to give the woman a hug. I'm so glad you're alright."

Carol smiled as she hugged Beth back, "It's good to see you Beth, but we need to get going. Alex is talking to Gareth right now and we need to get to the armory, get her, and get the hell out of here."

Beth took a step back, "But we can't leave! They have everyone in a train car. We can't just leave them here," she said as she ran out the door. "Let's get to the armory. We're gonna need everything we can get."

"Well this kind of changes the plan." Adam said as Carol and him ran after Beth. "I'm not gonna be the one to explain to Alex though what happened to the fucking plan when we all get out of this mess."

-D/B-

Once Daryl got over the initial shock of the voice he focused on what the woman had said. The people at Terminus had Beth. He was beyond pissed. If they hurt her in any way they were going to have to deal with him…..well, deal with him as soon as he got the hell out of this train car. He stood up and started banging on the side of the car.

"Aww….Alex, don't be like that." Gareth said. "I think the name of your friend has drawn the attention of one of our friends in A." He looked over at one of the other Termities, " Bring me the Archer!"

Rick gave Daryl a look, Carl looked pissed off, and Michonne tried to reach for her sword before realizing that it was no longer in her possession.

Daryl prepared himself for what was coming next. Everyone else in the train car was just looking around trying to make sense of what was going on. Only Rick had any idea of what was really going on. He knew that if Beth was here it wasn't going to end well. There was a part of Daryl missing since they had joined back up and he had the feeling that the missing piece was Beth Greene. All he knew is that he'd back his brother up in whatever happened.

The door opened and two men appeared. One was armed and the other walked forward. "Archer move!"

Daryl started walking out of the train car and down the stairs. One of the Termites had a gun pointed at him as he walked toward where Gareth and Alex were.

"Welcome Archer," Gareth said. I see that the name of Alex's friend has gotten you a bit riled up, he said motioning to where the woman named Alex stood. "You see when our friend Derek arrived here at Terminus he told us a tale of how he'd gotten exiled from Alex's group", he said motioning over to her,
"for kidnapping a pretty young blond girl from an old man with a crossbow."

The admission had Daryl seeing red.

"So when you showed up with a crossbow I began to wonder…..what are the odds?" Gareth said with a smile on his face. "So yes we did send a small group to collect said girl from Alex's group and we brought her back here. But she's just such a pretty thing that I don't know that we would be willing to give her back. I'm sure she could be very useful to our community here."

Daryl lunged forward, "You son of a bitch!" Two termites held him back as he tried to reach Gareth to he could rip him apart. He vaguely noticed that they had to restrain Alex also.

"Someone bring me the girl," Gareth instructed.

-D/B-

Beth, Adam, and Carol were in the armory trying to get as many weapons as possible. They had found a few duffle bags and were filling those as fast as they could. They didn't run into too many people. It seemed as though Alex's appearance had garnered the attention of almost the entire community.

Beth looked over at a table and saw Daryl's crossbow. She'd recognize it anywhere. Running over she moved to pick it up and noticed Michonne's katana also.

"We have to get going Beth," Adam said.

Beth looked over at him, "Do you remember what train car they're in?"

"Yeah, they're in 'A'. Once we grab them we're supposed to arm them and wait for your cue to rain bullets on these idiots."

Before anyone could say anything else there was a commotion outside the door to the armory. They could hear a couple of the residents talking.

"Have you seen the blond?"

"She's in the room."

"I just checked, she's gone. Gareth is looking for her and I don't want to be the one to tell him she's gone. He had special plans for her."

"Shit!" Beth whispered as she turned to Adam and Carol. "You guys have 5 minutes to get everyone out of the train car and into position. Then I'm gonna go out there and have a chat with Gareth."

"Damnit Beth. That's not the plan! Alex is going to be pissed if something happens to you," Adam quietly yelled. She knew that he was concerned for Alex and her safety. She often wondered just exactly how close Alex and Adam were.

"I know Adam, but this is my family also, I just can't leave them here to die."

He ran his hand over his face and let out a sigh, "I know, but when we get back home we're gonna sit down and have a serious fucking conversation about what a plan is and how one sticks to it. Let's go Carol." He said as the two of them ran out of the room, duffle bags in tow.

Beth took a few minutes once they left to figure out how in the hell she was going to play this. It could come down to her having to kill someone. She hoped it didn't, but she quickly prepared herself for the possibility. They were all her family and she was going to do anything to make sure they were all together again. After a few more minutes she made sure she had what she needed and she walked out to face her fate.

-D/B-

"You looking for me?"

Everyone turned toward the voice to see Beth with a katana across her back and a crossbow aimed right at Gareth's head.

"Well looky here," Gareth said. "The little blond girl thinks she's a little bad ass." He looked over at Daryl, "I think she's trying to imitate you."

Beth quickly looked over at Alex who was giving her a look that said she was pissed, but she was trying to figure out how exactly the plan had changed so she could help. Beth was avoiding looking towards him cause once she did she knew there would be no finishing what needed to be done.

'Hey Gareth!" Beth yelled and he turned towards her, "You underestimate just what I'm capable of…NOW!"

Gunshots immediately filled the air as Terminus people started falling to the ground. Beth tried to fire off a bolt, but Gareth was trying to duck for cover and she ended up hitting him with one in the side. Out of the shadows came the group from the train car along with Adam and Carol armed and firing upon the residents when necessary. Daryl, Beth, and Alex ducked for cover. Beth grabbed at the gun she had tucked in the back of her jeans and opened fire along with the rest of her family. As the gunshots started to subside the group started to make their way over to where Beth, Daryl, and Alex were, but Rick motioned for them to hang back for a moment.

Coming out of where they had been taking cover Daryl and Beth stood just staring at each other before Beth dropped the crossbow and the katana and took the few steps toward him, jumping up and wrapping her arms and legs around him. He caught her and held onto her so tightly he thought for sure he was hurting her.

"You all go with Adam." Alex yelled at the group. "Daryl, Beth, and I will make sure no one follows."

Beth and Daryl both froze as Alex spoke. Beth slid down out of Daryl's grasp and walked towards Alex, "Wait how did you know Daryl's name? No one ever…" and then everything clicked all at once. What drew her to Alex's girls. She'd seen their eyes before. She looked over at Daryl before glancing back at Alex, "Dria?"

Alex's eyes shot up to meet Beth's and then slowly shifted over to meet Daryl's. Beth looked between the two and could see the pain now showing in both their eyes and all of the things that needed to be said, but this just wasn't the time or the place to get all touchy feely about things.

Even though they were still in danger, time seemed to stand still for just a moment as everyone tried to figure out exactly what was going on. Suddenly the sound of a gunshot rang out. Everyone glanced around trying to figure out where it came from and what it hit. Daryl looked over at Beth to see her glancing downward as crimson started to stain her shirt over her midsection.

Beth quickly grabbed for where the blood continued to spread. She thought she heard possibly Maggie scream her name in the distance. She looked up at Daryl with a look that bordered between fear and being really pissed off, "Well shit," she said as she fell towards the ground with Daryl and Alex both diving to catch her before she hit the ground.

A/N: *peers out from hiding spot* so…I feel bad about leaving you like this again, but plus side is Beth and Daryl are back together now…well kind of… Season 5 will be here soon. I'm trying to figure out how to write myself out of this corner. This was not what I had planned, but my characters had other ideas. Go figure…..