So i didn'tlike how i rushed my last chapter so i deletedit, so here is the new and hopefully improved chapter :) review and fave xx

Chapter 6 He Tried

Things had been pretty quiet at the prison since the governor attacked, everyone had begun to relax and little but i knew that if we let our guard down we would become vulnerable again, that could not happen again. It was nice to have Daryl and Merle back at the prison although many aren't happy that Merle is here especially Glenn and Maggie. I know he did some pretty bad things but he's my brother and I'm always going to love him, Merle being back at the prison gave us some time to spend with each other again and it made me realise how much i had missed him.

I head back to the prison after hunting for a couple hours, i had only found a squirrel and a rabbit but it was better than nothing. Daryl and Merle had taught me to hunt from a young age and now I'm pretty grateful for that. As i get into the prison i see some of the others sat on the tables in the courtyard with Rick stood in front of them all.

"I got us some dinner" I say smiling

"Gracie" Rick began

"Wait wheres Daryl and Merle?" I ask

"Theres something i have to tell you" Rick admitted

"Have they left again?" I sighed

"No, its not like that"

"Then what?" I question

"You know i had a meeting with the governor"

"Yeah"

"He told me that if we gave him Michonne he would leave us alone" Rick admitted

"Do you really believe that pig" I spat

"Merle has taken Michonne to the governor" Rick sighed

"What? after everything she did to help us?" I burst out

"Daryl has gone after them to stop him"

"Ill go help" I say picking my crossbow up

"no we need you here" Rick said sternly

*Few hours later*

Michonne had returned to the prison a while ago without Merle, she told me that Merle had decided to just let her go. I always knew Merle would do the right thing but where were he and Daryl it has been hours since they left. Michonne said that he was going to go after the governor and end it once and for all, i really hope he doesn't do anything stupid.

We all stand by the fence trying to kill as many of the walkers as we could that where beginning to pile up, we carried on until we had killed the majority of them. In the distance i hear a car coming towards us, we all lift up our weapons ready incase it was the governor but as the noise gets closer we see thats its just Daryl on his motorcycle with no Merle. We open the gate luckily we had killed most of the walkers before Daryl got here otherwise it would of been a nightmare trying to get him back inside.

"You didn't find him did you" I sigh

" i…" Daryl stops

"Did something happen?" Rick asks

"What if the governors got him?" I added

"i'm sorry" Daryl answered bowing his head down

"Sorry for what Daryl?" I ask worriedly

"He's dead grace" Daryl mumbled

I stand frozen to the ground, he cant be dead.

"Your lying" I snap

"Gracie" Daryl croaks

"No no no" I cry

I knew everyone was looking at me and i just couldn't stand it, i wish they would all disappear or at least stop looking at me.

I could feel the anger boiling inside me, i start to knock and smash everything in site. I had just got him back and he's just taken away like that its so unfair. I feel Daryl grab hold of me to stop me from injuring myself before pulling me into a hug.

"Its okay" Daryl calmly says pushing my hair out my face

"had he turned?" I breathed

"Yeah" Daryls sighs

"Did you make sure he didn't stay like that" I question

"He's no longer one of those" Daryl weakly smiles

It was weird for Daryl and i to see each other like this we both hated to cry especially in front of people but this cruel new world had changed us. It pained me that i was never going to see Merle again i didn't even get to say goodbye. Growing up Merle had always tried to protect Daryl and I from our old man, he even got into trouble for doing some dodgy jobs just to get money for us. A lot of the people here would of never understood what Merle would do for his family but now that they see what he sacrificed to try and protect us all i think they had begin to realise he wasn't as bad as they had first thought.

It had been a few hours since Daryl had got back, we knew that the governor wasn't going to be happy that he didn't get Michonne. We begin to pack up our stuff to make it look like we had left the prison when he arrives, i put my few things i owned into my back pack and walk past Carls who was in his cell, he was holding on to the photo of his dad, mum and him.

"Hey, you okay?" I say quietly

"Shouldn't i be the one asking you that" Carl addressed

"There would be no point" I say faking a smile

"I'm really sorry about Merle, he just was starting to fit in" Carl sympathetically says

"We should go" I advised trying to not let the tears spill out again

"Yeah" Carl nods

We head outside together carrying our small bags to the car. Rick trys to grab hold of Carl to speak to him but he just carries on walking, i stop next to rick.

"He will be fine" I add

"I haven't seen him like this even when Lori died, he's just shut down" Glenn announced

"He's just a kid, sometimes its easy to forget you two are both just kids" Rick says looking at me

"I can speak to him if you like?" I ask

"I think i need to do it but thank you Grace i don't know what he would do without a friend like you" Rick smiles as starts walking towards Carl

"Oh and Grace" Rick adds

"Yeah" I say turning around

"If you ever need to talk"

I just give him a slight nod and go to find Daryl, i knew that if i stood there and anyone else spoke about Merle again i was most likely going to cry again and thats the last thing we need right now.

I find Daryl round the corner getting his motorcycle ready and talking to Carol , i walk up to him and Carol and stand behind them both.

"Merle gave us a chance" Daryl acknowledged

"I know, without him we all could be dead right now" Carol agreed

"In the end he tried to do the right thing" Daryl smiles

"Shouldn't we be getting off" I add trying to change the subject

"urm yeah i guess we should" Daryl says pushing his motorcycle round to the others"
"you okay?" Carol asks

"Yeah i'm fine" I lie

"You know no one is going to treat you any differently if your not" Carol addresses

"like i said thank you but you don't have to worry I'm fine" I continued

We walk over to everyone who was now stood around the cars listening to Rick.

"Hershel, Beth, Carl and Grace you take Judith and hide in the woods so if anyone trys to escape you can catch them" Rick demands

"Im staying here and helping you, you know what the governors capable of the more people the better" I stressed

"If she's staying so am i" Carl adds

"No carl you need to go with them, you need to protect them" I told Carl gaining a nod from him

"I don't want you getting hurt, i'm not loosing you as well" Daryl admitted

"I just want to help"

"fine… but you stay by my side and don't try anything stupid" Daryl cautioned

"Right, now everyone in to place" Rick orders

Not long after the Governor arrives with his army, there was so many of them if this goes wrong we could all end up dead. They all head inside guns at the ready. After a while of them being inside we hear the explosions we had set up, few by few they start streaming out of the prison. Maggie and Glenn start to shoot first closely followed by Daryl, Rick, Michonne and i taking out the ones that started running back to the truck. Before we know it the Governor and the army that is left head back to the truck and drive off. Success….

"We did it" Maggie cheered as we all regrouped

"We need to go after them" I add

"They will just keep coming back if we don't" Daryl says

"I don't want to live my life wondering when there going to attack again" Carol approved

"Maggie and I will stay here find the others and stay alert incase he comes back" Glenn confessed

"I appreciate it" Rick says

"Just the four of us?" Daryl asks

"Lets do this" I begged