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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It had been a week since the group had met the Greene family. They had allowed the group to stay on their land as long as they helped out which they were all willing to do.
Otis was getting better and Megan had eventually made Daryl apologise.
Rick and Lori were still on rocky terms and Shane spent most of his time gloating and trying to win Lori back, although failing in the process.
Rick and Megan's relationship wasn't going to well either. She found herself snapping and starting arguments with him for no reason to the point where they simply ignored each other.
The group had gathered around the camp fire quietly eating dinner which Carol had made.
Eventually Glenn spoke up with something unexpected.
"So the barn is full of walkers..." He said suddenly.
Everyone gasped.
"And your only telling us now?" Shane snapped.
"Well...I um.." He stammered.
"Leave him alone. He was doing what he thought right." Dale defended.
"You knew too?" Megan asked Dale.
"Yes, I spoke to Hershel about it. He doesn't see them like we do. He thinks they're sick, that eventually they will find a cure..."
Shane muttered to himself before storming towards the barn with everyone following.
He shook the doors and everyone heard the moans of the walkers as they scratched against the door seeking flesh.
"We need to leave now!" Shane said.
"Let me talk to Hershel see if I can explain-"
"Explain what? He's deluded if he thinks they are normal people."
Shane snapped.
"Shane just leave it. Let Rick talk to Hershel. They are locked away they can't get us." Megan said.
"You really want to be sleeping next to this?" He snapped causing the walked to lunge against the barn door making it rattle.
"Shane just get away. Your rilling them up!" Megan snapped.
"Great way to take care of the group Rick." Shane snapped before walking away.
The next day after restless sleep for most of the group Shane was still rampaging about the walkers in the barn. Rick had decided to talk to Hershel about it but no one expected him to arrive back on the farm with walkers.
Shane ran over to the walker Hershel was holding and shot it several times trying to prove a point until he shot it dead, he then went to the barn and opened it up and allowed the walkers to come free.
Megan, Rick, Shane, Andrea and Glenn shot the walkers heading towards them until there was no more.
"Now everyone pack you stuff. We are leaving." Shane ordered the group.
Some were about to comply while others didn't until they heard Megan scream.
"Matthew!"
Everyone looked around confused. They all knew her husband had been bitten at the start so why would she be shouting at him.
That's when they saw her running towards the last walker to leave the barn.
"Matthew, baby, it's me." She sobbed but he continued to walk towards her with his arms out and jaw snapping.
He didn't know it was her, his Rhein was dead. The only thing he search for was flesh. That's all Megan was to him now. He didn't see her as his wife. He saw her as his next meal and it broke her heart all over again.
His once beautiful bright green eyes had glazed over, his skin was a pale grey and his clothes were covered in old and fairly new blood. He wasn't Matthew anymore but she couldn't loose her husband twice. She just wanted to being him back even though deep down she knew that wasn't possible.
"Matthew come back to me please." She begged as she tried to take his hands in her own completely forgetting the dangers.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.
"No, no!" She shouted. "Please Matthew." She begged.
A gun shot echoed and Matthews body fell to the floor dragging Megan down with him.
She looked towards the person who had shot Matthew.
Shane...
She released her grip from Matthew and charged towards Shane with her gun raised.
"You bastard! You killed him!" She cried. "You killed my husband! My babies father! You-"
"He's already dead you dumb bitch!" Shane snapped.
"Hey! That's my sister your talking too!" Rick snapped pushing Shane back.
Megan still hadn't lowered her gun. Her hand was shaking and her finger was on the trigger ready to shoot.
"So you'd have happily seen her get a chunk bitten out of her by her dead husband?" He snapped.
"It should have been her to do it. To give her closure." Rick snapped. He could hear Carl and Lori sobbing from behind him. Although Rick was already feeling like he had lost his family he couldn't imagine going through the pain of seeing them die, technically twice.
"Megan give me the gun." Came a voice from behind her. She knew straight away it was Daryl.
"He killed him Daryl, he deserves the same treatment." She said not taking her eyes of Shane who was looking directly at her.
"Everyone else leave!" Rick ordered.
People were mumbling and crying as they left.
Daryl was the only one to stay behind. He stood behind Megan hoping she would calm down and not do anything stupid.
"You going to put that down yet?" Shane asked fiddling with his own gun in his hand. "I mean come on Meg. This is going a bit far don't you think? Just because I turned you down all those years back." He said smirking as he purposely wound her up.
"You know damn well that isn't the only reason I can't stand you..neither is killing my husband." She snapped.
"Megan what do you mean?" Rick asked genuinely confused.
Shane smirked. "Yeah Megan what do you mean by that?" He asked.
"Megan come on let's just leave. You need to calm down." Daryl said from behind her.
Rick was looking between Megan and Shane confused.
Slowly Megan turned around lowering her gun. She handed it Daryl before walking back to her husbands body.
When she went Rick finally turned to Shane fully. "What happened between you two?" He asked.
"Told you. She didn't like that I turned her down." He smirked.
"It's more than that and you know it." Rick snapped.
Shane just snorted and walked away.
Rick and Daryl watched him leave before turning to each other.
"I know I told you to keep your distance but I'd appreciate if you kept as close as possible and if you can find out what happened between those two. I'll do the same but I need to watch my son and wide too."
Daryl nodded. He wanted to argue but something bad had clearly come between Megan and Shane.
Rick walked back to the house to inform the group what had happened. The Greenes were not impressed by what they had done but after Rick explained what they found out from the CDC they understood. They were still upset of course but for the most part they realised it was for the best.
Daryl watched Megan from a distance as she sat beside Matthews body. He felt bad for her. He had lost Merle briefly but had gotten him back. Now she had lost her husband twice both in horrific ways.
Daryl was also extremely curious as to why she hates Shane so much. She had once told him she had never really liked Shane but there had to be a reason.
Later that same day Matthew and the people Hershel's family knew were buried on the farm.
Megan didn't leave Matthews grave side when Hershel finished talking, or when everyone left, or when she was called for dinner or when it got dark.
Daryl was never too far either. He already blocked Shane's path every time he was going in the same direction she sat which made Shane even more angry with the situation
"Come on Megan. You need sleep." Daryl said as he approached her.
"No." She growled.
"If you don't get in that tent and sleep I'll drag you in there!" He snapped.
She scoffed but said nothing.
"Right that's it." He said before picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder.
"Daryl Dixon you put me down right this second!" She snapped as she hit his back and kicked her legs hoping to get free.
"I warned you." He said as he opened up his tent. He put her down on her feet and pushed her firmly - but not enough to hurt her -into the tent. "Lay down." He ordered.
She sighed and gave in and laid on her sleeping bag which had been put in Daryl's tent since she decided to sneak in during the night.
"Thank you." He said before lying down himself.
She said nothing and within a few minutes she was asleep. Not long after Daryl was too.
The next morning was full of quite mutterings between a few of the group members and stares from the others as Megan arrived at breakfast.
Megan stayed silent and didn't say a word to anyone. She ate her food and walked back to Matthews grave.
Daryl watched from a distance and made sure Shane didn't go near her.
He'd been making new arrows to keep him from getting bored and glancing up at Megan every few minutes. The next time he did she was gone.
Instantly he was panicking when he didn't see Shane with the others.
"Where's Megan and Shane?" Daryl asked as he approached the group.
Ricks eyes widened instantly. "Shit. We need to find them." He muttered. Before turning to Daryl looking angry. "You were suppose to be watching her!" Rick snapped.
"I looked away for a few minutes. She just disappeared." Daryl snapped back.
"Everyone check around the farm and meet back here." Rick ordered.
Megan had been sat at Matthews grave most of the day. She knew someone was behind her and assumed it was Daryl.
"Just leave me alone." She said quietly.
"Can't do that I'm afraid."
It was Shane's voice. She was about to stand up but felt a sharp pain in the side of her head before everything went dark.
Everyone met back at the RV shaking their heads just as Shane appeared out of the woods with a bloodied face.
"What the hell happened? Where's Megan?" Everyone questioned.
"She went mental. She told me to follow her to the woods so I did. She fucking hit me and then ran off." He explained. "I thought she was going to kill me."
"Bullshit." Daryl said before running towards the woods where Shane had come from with Rick following behind.
"There's two different tracks all with only one set of footprints. You take that one I'll take the other. Meet back at the farm in a hour. If we haven't found her we will set up a bigger search." Daryl explained showing Rick the tracks so he got a better understanding of where to go.
"Ain't they a bit big for Megan?" Rick asked when he saw a boot print on the mud.
Daryl nodded. "Yeah and so are these. I think your bestie Shane has been lying to you." Daryl said before he headed off following the tracks.
Rick and Daryl could still see each other slightly through the trees and seemed to be following the tracks to the same destination.
As they met up around a large tree they found Megan propped up against it with blood trickle down her head and neck. She was lucky they found her when they saw three walkers approaching.
"She's doesn't even have a weapon on her!" Daryl snapped. "He hit her carried her here left her and then walked back your way." He said as he checked to make sure she wasn't bitten.
"Megan wake up." Rick said shaking her shoulders. She made a groaning noise but didn't open her eyes.
Daryl took out the walkers that were approaching them and retrieved his arrows. Rick was still trying to wake her when he got back.
"What are you doing!" Daryl snapped. He slung his crossbow over his back and picked Megan up bridal style. "She needs Hershel not you shaking her like a maraca." He said walking quickly ahead. "Keep an eye out for walkers!"
Everyone approached them quickly when they arrived back half an hour later.
"Get Hershel." Was all Daryl said as he approached them.
Hershel was already making his way into the porch.
"Bring her in." He said.
Daryl followed them inside and placed her on the bed so Hershel could check her over.
"Is she going to be okay?" Rick asked as he ran into the room.
"I can't be sure yet." Hershel said.
"I can be sure of one thing. Shane's dead." Daryl muttered angrily as he walked out of the house.
"Where is he?" Daryl asked the group noticing Shane wasn't around.
"Daryl leave it...I'll sort him." Rick said grabbing his arm to stop him.
"Oh and what are you going to do? Have a little talk over a cup of tea?"
Merle sniggered from behind him. "Come on bro. Let's go teach him a lesson."
Daryl nodded and they both walked away from camp. Rick was following close behind.
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Slight spoiler. Shane isn't going to die just yet
Also I said there would be a character death in this chapter but I changed my mind.
Next up:the farm gets over run. Defiantly going to be some deaths.
Also Woodbury or the prison first?
Someone said that the prison to make them stronger but I actually thought it weakened them in the show because they let their guard down? Although I could change that of course anyway...What do you think? Either way we are a few chapters from that.
Another reminder this will be a slow romance between Daryl and Megan. You have to remember she has just lose her husband..erm again.
Also just saying but Otis is still alive...for now? Maybe... I wonder how dar he would haven't gotten if Shane hadn't of killed him?
Anyway let me know what you want me to do with the whole prison thing. I am leaning more towards the prison first because that's what's been asked to do.
I like readers to be apart of what the story will be about.
Also any other ideas feel free to let me know.
Thank you for reading.
Frankie.