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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"What do you mean we are going to fort Benning?" Was the first thing Megan heard when she woke from her restless sleep.
She groaned and stretched her aching limbs before heading out of the tent.
There was a lot going on. People were arguing, Andrea was still holding Amy's body, Jim was sweating violently from the fever caused by his bite and Daryl, well he was being Daryl as look ready to plunge his machete into someone's head.
"What's going on?" Megan asked sleepily.
"Apparently we are going to Fort Benning." Daryl muttered angrily as he paced around the fire.
"I though the CDC was the best option?" Megan asked her brother.
"It's is, but maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to check out Fort Benning too." Rick explained siding with Shane in the discussion which annoyed her.
"But what about Jim! If the CDC have a cure shouldn't we get Jim there as soon as possible?" Jacqui asked before Megan could say anymore.
"We've already spoken to Jim. He wants to be left behind." Shane explained.
Not many people were happy with the decision but Shane and Rick had decided which unfortunately meant you either went or get left behind. Eventually even Daryl agreed to go.
The rest of the morning was spent burying their own and burning the walkers.
Megan spent her time packing up everyone's belongings and putting them in the RV or trucks.
Andrea didn't do much. She sat near the RV staring blankly into the camp. Amy had been buried a few hours ago leaving Andrea to her thoughts and painful memories.
By noon everything was packed up and the bodies were buried thanks to Jim who had already spent the day before digging holes. No one knew why. They sure did now though.
One by one everyone said goodbye to Jim. Rick gave him a gun and said his goodbyes before everyone drove away leaving Jim to finally be with his family again. It was sad that another one was leaving them, the Morales family had left that morning too.
The group headed towards Fort Benning even though it would take double the time.
"This is stupid. The CDC was a much better option." Megan muttered to herself. "But nooooo! Officer Asshole got his way as usual."
"You talking to yourself again girl?" Daryl asked from the drivers seat amused by her muttering.
She scowled. "You think this is a good idea now or something? We could be at the CDC right now finding out if there's a cure or what this stupid virus thing is."
Daryl shrugged. "Got nothing to loose anymore." He replied simply.
"Great he's giving up!" She thought angrily.
She huffed. "How'd I get stuck with you anyway."
"This pregnancy shit is making you a bitch." He muttered in annoyance.
"Maybe I'm just a bitch anyway."
Daryl shook his head and let her mutter to herself angrily.
As they approached Fort Benning Daryl and Megan looked at each other instantly knowing something wasn't right.
Thick black smoke filled the air where they were heading and chard smoking walkers roamed the streets near by.
The cars stopped and everyone got out.
"I fucking told you." Was the first thing that came out of Megan's mouth when she approached Rick and Shane.
"Calm down. They didn't know!" Lori snapped at her.
"Oh shut up. They decided to come here on their own terms even though half of us didn't want to and now look. We are over a hundred miles away from the CDC and this place has been burnt to the ground." Megan snapped.
"Look it was a risk, a risk we had to take. Let's check some of these cars for gas and we will head back towards the CDC." Rick suggested.
Megan shook her head angrily at him before storming back to Daryl's truck and slamming the door.
Megan watched as the group argued and try to decide what to do while others tried to find more gas for the cars.
Jacqui had walked away from the group, Megan watched curiously as she crouched down with her head in her hands. She wasn't taking notice of her surroundings and before Megan could react and walker was right behind her.
"JAQUI!" Megan screamed jumping out of the car.
Unfortunately it was too late. The walker took a chunk out of Jaqui's neck. Shane was there in seconds stabbing the walker in the head.
Jaqui's screams were attracting more walkers.
"Megan get in the truck." Rick ordered.
Megan was still staring in shock at the scene before her. She felt a hand grab her and pull her back towards the truck. She got inside without saying anything. She watched as Rick asked Jacqui a question. She nodded her head rapidly, that's when Rick raised his gun.
Bang!
They couldn't bury her, there were too many walkers coming and they didn't have the time to bring her with them. They had to leave her.
Daryl got into the drivers side of the truck and began speeding backwards hitting walkers as he went until he was able to spin the truck around.
He made sure the rest were following him as they drove back the way they came.
"This isn't fair." Megan said.
"Nothing's fair anymore." Daryl muttered.
Less than an hour later and the group had to stop on a highway. They cars were running on fumes and they had left the gas behind that they had gotten from the cars near Fort Benning.
"I say we start taking the gas out of these cars and searching for any other supplies, clothes, food, water and so on." Rick suggested.
Everyone nodded and got to work.
Megan headed towards the cars. She opened the boot of one and found it jam packed with clothes. She searched through them all picking out what would be good for anyone in the group. There were men's, women's and even baby clothes.
She picked up a small onesie with grey and pink elephants printed on it. It made her wonder what had happened to the family, where was the baby? Did they escape the highway and find somewhere to stay? Questions rarely got answered, instead they just sparked up more questions.
"That's cute." She heard a small voice behind her. She turned around to see Sophia who was clutching her doll against her chest.
Megan smiled. "Yeah it is."
"You should keep it for your baby." She suggested.
Megan smiled. "I think I will."
Sophia smiled and walked back to Carol.
Megan folded the small onesie and stuffed it in her jacket pocket before heading to the passenger sides to see if there was any food or water.
She opened the passenger door and checked the glove compartment. Nothing but CDs. She opened the back door. There was a baby carrier in the back. It was covered by a blanket. She had a bad feeling about it but she uncovered the carrier anyway.
She screamed when she saw the baby, it was a walker. It was so small but moving it's jaw in chomping motions and holding it's arms out.
"What happened? You bit?" Daryl asked worriedly as he approached her.
She said nothing just pointed towards the car.
"Ah, man. That's fucked up." He muttered.
He looked away while he put the walker out of it's misery.
Megan heard the sound of the knife going through it's head and instantly felt sick. Seconds later she was vomiting up her small breakfast.
"Everything okay over here? Thought I heard a scream." Rick said. He instantly went to Megan's side and began rubbing her back when he saw her.
"Assholes left there kid to get bit." Daryl muttered slamming the car door shut.
"You don't know that. They could have died before they got to it." Rick debated.
"Will you both just stop talking about it!" Megan pleaded.
"Sorry. You alright now?" Rick asked.
"Peachy." She spat as she wiped her mouth.
"You look awful." Daryl said.
"No shit!" She snapped walking away.
"And your being even more of a bitch than usual." He said after her.
"Screw you Dixon."
Daryl shook his head and looked back at Rick who was glaring at him with his hands on his hips.
"What?" Daryl grunted.
"Keep your distance." Was all Rick said before following Megan.
"Keep my distance? Little hard when I'm forced to share the drive with her." Daryl muttered to himself.
Rick approached Megan who was staring blankly ahead of her as she leant against the RV.
She jumped when he placed a hand on her shoulder. "You alright?" He asked.
"There was no blood...no bites or scratches." She said.
"What are you talking about?" He asked confused.
"The baby, it wasn't bitten or scratched. Why did it turn?" She asked looking directly at him.
He ran his hands over his face. "Shit." He mumbled.
"What if we all have this virus thing? If we die from natural causes will we turn into one of those?" She asked. He could tell she was frightened. "What if the baby dies inside me. Will it turn?" Tears had begun to form in her eyes.
He sighed. "I don't know. We will get more answers when we get to the CDC." He said. "Just keep this to yourself for the time being."
She nodded in agreement.
An hour later and the group were on the road to the CDC again.
"What the...ugh!" She groaned in disgust when the smell of rotting flesh seeped into the truck.
"Woah! Don't be spewing in my truck!" Daryl's snapped.
"It's not my fault this place smells so bad!" She snapped back.
Bodies lay across the ground covered in blankets of flies and maggots. Megan gagged with each one they passed trying to hold back anything she had left in her stomach from coming up again.
"I swear you vomit in my truck and I'll make you scrub every inch of it clean."
She scoffed. "Dream on."
The cars all stopped and every got out and headed towards the doors.
Rick was banging on the door shouting for someone to open it.
"Looks like brother dearest idea wasn't so great either." Shane smirked smugly.
"I swear to any god left out there Walsh! Keep your mouth shut or I'll be chopping your baby maker off!" She snapped.
"So sexy when your angry." He grinned winking.
She lunged at him but got pulled back by Andrea and Lori.
"He isn't worth it." Lori hissed.
Megan stepped away muttering to herself as Rick began getting more and more frustrated with the doors not opening.
"There's no one there Rick. Let's leave." Megan sighed defeated.
"No!" He snapped.
"Walkers!" Carl shouted and hid behind Lori.
"Rick we have to go!" Shane snapped.
"The camera moved!" He repeated over and over while hitting his fist against the door.
Rick continued to scream and shout attracting the attention of more walkers which for Daryl was taking care of easily but he wouldn't be able to hold them off for long.
"Rick please." Megan begged. "Can we just leave. I'm not feeling so good."
She was swaying slightly and had turned awfully pale.
"There's a pregnant women here and children!" Rick shouted one last time before kicking the door as it began to open.
They entered the building where a man stood pointing a shot gun towards them.
"Anyone bit?" He asked.
"No but she isn't doing too good. She's pregnant." Lori said as she held Megan up who was close to passing out.
"Alright, I'm Dr Jenner. Bring your belongings in. Once this door is shut it stays shut." The group nodded. "Let's sort this lady out. You will all need to have blood tests first however."
They all agreed and followed him once they had collected their belongings.
They entered a lift and started going down.
"You alright Meg?" Daryl asked concerned when she almost fell into him.
"No." She answered before passing out.
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So I took them to Fort Benning! Shane's idea was crap of course!
Rick and Megan already have an idea as to what the virus does and now I've let you with a cliffhanger.
Dun dun duuuun.
Yeah it wasn't that good but oh well.
Just wanted to say Megan and Daryl are not going to jump into some cute romance. I was actually hoping I could go down the friends, to best friends, to lovers route, what do you think?
Let me know what you think of this chapter!
Thank you for reading.
Frankie.