Megan Grimes, thirty two years old and pregnant with her first child. It should be a happy time for her but instead she's fighting to survive with her sister in law and nephew. What happens when Daryl becomes overly protective of the mother to be?
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That evening while everyone sat around the camp fire - minus Daryl and Merle - Rick and the group that had gone into the city told everyone what had happened and why Merle didn't come back with them.
Megan was shocked to find out her brother had handcuffed a man to a roof and left him there to die.
"I put chains on the door. There's no way the geeks could push through them. Dixon a still up there." T-Dog said.
"That's even worse!" Megan thought to herself.
"Well you best get prepared to tell Daryl. He's going to he pissed!" Megan snapped at the group.
"She's right." Dale countered.
"Where is he anyway?" T asked.
"Hunting." Megan answered.
The group talked amongst themselves while they are. It occurred to Megan that her brother didn't even know she was pregnant as he had been in a coma when she found out.
"Rick can I talk to you alone please?" Megan asked.
Rick smiled and nodded. "Sure."
They both got up and walked from the camp, far enough for it to be a private conversation. Everyone already knew but she wasn't sure how her brother would react. Even though she was a grown women he had always been overly protective of her.
"What's up sis?" He asked. He put his hands on his hips, a trait he had picked up a long time ago when he first joined the police force. It had always made her want to chuckle.
"So you know before all this began, before you went into a coma, me and Matthew had wanted a baby." She explained.
He nodded his head and she continued.
"Well while you was in your coma I found out I was pregnant." She said nervously.
"Oh.." He said. "Oh." He repeated with wide eyes. "Your pregnant?" He asked dumbly.
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm not very far along. Just got a small bump." She grinned. "It's just bloating more than anything." She laughed.
He smiled a little but it soon faded. "I'm happy you got what you wanted. I just wish it was under better circumstances."
"Me too, we, as adults can barely survive In this world, never mind a new born baby." She said trying to hold back the tears once again.
Rick sighed and pulled her into a hug. "It's going to be okay Meg, I'll look after you, you know that and Lori."
Megan inwardly growled in disgusted at Loris name remembering what she had seen just hours ago. Should she tell Rick or pretend it never happened? Wasn't there already enough heartache in this world already without her splitting up a marriage...
She vowed that if she saw Shane and Lori together again she would tell Rick but for nor she would keep it to herself. She didn't want to loose her brother again, she had only just got him back.
The next morning Megan was surprised to see that Daryl still hadn't returned from his little hunting trip. She had never been hunting before so she had no idea how long it took, for all she knew Daryl just used it as an excuse to get away from camp.
Megan was sat at the fire poking and prodding the chard wood when she heard a child like scream.
Megan and a few others arrived at a small clearing with their weapons ready.
A walkers was hovering over a deer which had several of Daryl's arrows stuck into it's neck.
The walkers head got chopped of and fell to the floor with a thud.
"You kids okay?" Megan asked Carl and Sophia who were hidden behind her and Ricks bodies. The both nodded although they were clearly shaken up.
"Too close for comfort." Megan muttered looking down at the walker.
"They haven't been up this far before." Shane stated.
The bushes rustled and everyone raised their weapons just as Daryl appeared.
"Oh come on!" He growled in frustration.
He began kicking and shouting at the walker that had bitten into his kill.
"Maybe we can just cut around the chewed up part." He suggested.
"Ew.." Megan mumbles in disgust.
"I wouldn't risk it." Shane said straight after.
Daryl kicked the walker again.
The walkers head began to growl and snap.
"Don't you people know anything. It's got to be the brain." Daryl chastised as he killed the walker for good.
He pushed past everyone and made his way to the main camp shouting for Merle.
Megan looked over at her brother with a raised eyebrow. "You going to tell him?" She asked.
"Daryl Merles not here. There was a problem back in Atlanta."
That's when it all happened.
It was so quick. Megan watched trying to keep up with what was happening. One minute Daryl was in Ricks face and the next he was being held back and pinned down.
They finally let go of Daryl and Megan stood beside Rick.
"He's going to go back and help you look for him, aren't you?" Megan asked Rick.
Rick looked at Daryl and nodded. "I am." He answered.
Daryl tutted and walked away to his truck.
Megan followed him. He was leant against the side of the truck fiddling with one of his arrows.
"Hi." She said awkwardly.
"What so you want?" Daryl snapped.
She jumped slightly and frowned. "I came to see if you was okay and to say sorry about my brother being an ass to yours." She replied.
He looked up at her and scoffed. "No one says sorry to a Dixon."
"Well I do. What Rick did was wrong even if Merle was being a total and complete-"
"Yeah, yeah. I get it." He cut her off.
She blushed. "Sorry, I'm a bit like Lori. I forget to think before I speak." She chuckled awkwardly.
She saw a slight smirk quickly spread across his face before it disappeared seconds later.
"Everyone is like that at times." He said
She nodded. "Well...um..I will just go back to camp then." She said awkwardly.
He just nodded not even looking at her.
She walked back to the group and found them discussing who would go to Atlanta to get back Merle and apparently some guns Rick had dropped while there.
Megan didn't get involved with the discussion instead she sat on top of the RV in place of Dale who was discussing the trip with the others.
She watched Daryl curiously as he walked towards the group before Daryl, Rick, Glenn and T headed towards the truck that had been brought back the day before.
Rick waved at her before he got into the truck and surprisingly so did Daryl.
"Be careful." He said repeating the words she had said to him the day he left for hunting.
She smiled and nodded. "You too."
She watched the truck disappear from view before climbing down from the RV.
"Anything I can help with?" Megan asked Carol who was sorting clothes into different piles.
"We are about to go and do laundry. You can help if Lori agrees." She said.
Megan rolled her eyes. "Lori doesn't control me. I'm helping whether she likes it or not." Megan replied stubbornly picking up a basket of clothes and heading towards the water.
"Woah! What are you doing? Give that me." Shane said when he passed her. He took the basket out of her hands.
"Shane!" She snapped. "I can do it myself! We are living in a world were people are trying to eat people, carrying a basket of clothes is the least dangerous thing I could be doing right now." She argued as she snatched the basket back out of his hands.
He held his hands up in surrender laughing. "Alright, Rick told me to watch out for you that's all."
"Typical.." She thought.
"I'm fine on my own." She snapped before joining the others by the water.
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Rick, Glenn, T and Daryl had successfully gotten the guns Rick dropped back although they did have a little trouble with another group and then they had their truck stolen, which they believed was Merle. They believed he was alive although he was probably bleeding out after chopping of his hand that had been cuffed to the roof.
Daryl was even more annoyed at Rick but at least he knew he brother was alive for now.
Right now though they had bigger problems. They'd had to jog the entire way back to the quarry.
They heard screams and shouts as they got closer which made the four of them hurry.
The scene before them was horrific. Bodies of both walkers and survivors were dotted around the camp along with a few stray walkers searching for their next meal.
The men helped kill the last of the walkers.
The only sounds that could be heard were the sobbing of some of the group although mainly from Andrea who was crying over her sister. .
"Where's Lori? Carl? Meg?" Rick asked frantically.
"I sent them to the RV." Shane answered.
Rick ran to the RV where he found everyone but Megan.
He stepped out and looked around.
"Where Megan?" He asked again. "She's not in there."
Daryl looked around for Megan but couldn't see her anywhere. The other had joined in searching for her.
Daryl walked towards the cars where the sounds of heavy breathing were coming from.
Megan looked up from her spot on the ground to see Daryl staring back at her.
She had been scared and freaked out when the walkers had attacked. When she had gotten to the RV a walker had blocked her way so she ran and hid behind the cars.
"You alright?" Daryl asked awkwardly.
She shook her head no.
"Stop breathing so fast." He ordered harshly.
"I'm...trying!" She snapped.
He crouched down in front of her and made her look in his eyes.
"Slow your breathing down." He ordered softly. "It's not good for the baby."
She nodded and soon began to calm down.
"I'm good, I'm good." She repeated.
He nodded and let go of her hands which he hadn't realised he was holding.
"She's here Rick." Daryl shouted walking a little towards the camp.
Rick appeared several seconds later looking relived.
Daryl walked away leaving the brother and sister to hug.
"Had me worried there." Rick said as he helped her from the floor.
"Sorry." She said as they walked to the main camp.
Everyone was looking around at the bodies laying on the floor.
Andrea was leant over Amy who was covered in blood, clearly she had been bitten.
"Megan you're okay!" Carl called as he ran towards her and hugged her waist.
"Yeah I'm okay." She replied.
The group was on high alert for the rest of the night. The walkers bodies were moved away from camp along with their own people who had been killed during the attack. Andrea however refused to let go of Amy.
Rick and Shane were currently discussion their current situation. The quarry was on longer safe for them to stay in if the walkers kept turning up.
Rick wanted to go to the CDC to find out if there really was a cure and what this virus was while Shane disagreed.
"I ain't going anywhere with that asshole." Megan muttered to herself as she listened into the conversation.
She heard a chuckle from behind her. It was Daryl.
"Oh, hi." She said awkwardly realising he had heard what she had said.
"Don't like him very much do you?" He asked.
"Never have. I've known him for as long as I can remember. He's always made me feel uncomfortable." She explained.
He nodded a bit and sat down about a foot away.
"H-how's baby?" He asked awkwardly pointing at her stomach.
She shrugged. "I don't know. It's not like I can go and ask a doctor to check on it is it?" She asked.
"I guess. Sucks that."
She nodded. "Tell me about it." She sighed. "Anyway I haven't asked about Merle? Is he-"
"No, crazy bastard chopped his hand off and did a runner with the truck." He answered.
She chuckled slightly. "Wow." She grinned.
He smirked slightly.
She stood from the floor. "I'm going to lay down. I'm exhausted." She said yawning.
He nodded. "I'm going to keep watch so don't be worried about going to sleep. I know the others are too freaked out to sleep but you and baby need it."
She smiled and nodded. "Thanks Daryl."
"Hes a sweetheart really." She thought.
"Yeah whatever." He replied.
"Maybe not then."
"Good night." She chuckled and headed towards her tent that was right beside the RV.
Daryl did exactly as he said and stayed on watch all night while Megan tried to sleep although it was hard to come by after what had happens.
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Yes I missed bits out and skipped ahead slightly but if I wrote in everything that happened from the television series then this story would be too long and so would the chapters. Plus like I said before I'm not going to copy the script word for word.
If yo don't like that don't read.
Frankie.