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 should be me." Megan whispered sadly as she looked into the cell Carol was currently laying in.
She was unconscious, her shoulder bandaged from the stab wound. Merle and Sophia were by her side.
"Ain't your fault." Daryl said wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
She shrugged him off making him sigh and move his arm away. "Whoever this was, was after me, they went in my cell to kill me, but Carol..." Tears fell down her cheeks. "Carol was there instead."
She walked away from the cell and out of the cell blocks until she reached the courtyard.
Most of Woodbury were out there talking but all got silent when they saw Megan.
Megan's eyes focused on one person only.
Ellie.
She could see the shock in her face
"That bitch." Megan thought.
Megan approached her keeping an eyes on her reactions.
"Hi Ellie, I'm guess you heard about the attack in our cell block last night?" Megan asked.
"Y-yeah..." She stammered.
"Don't suppose you know anyone that would want to try and kill poor Carol do you?"
She gasped. "Carol?" She asked.
"Yeah Carol." Megan spat angrily grabbing her hair an dulling her into a standing position. "I know it was you and I know it was me you were trying to kill."
"I didn't." She said innocently.
"Liar!" Megan growled pulling her hair tighter.
"I think you should calm down." One of the Woodbury men shouted angrily.
"Are you for real? She almost killed Carol last night!" Megan snapped.
"You can't know that for sure!" Another shouted.
Megan tugged Ellie's hair back before throwing her on the floor face first.
"Come near me or my family again and I'll show you how good I am with q knife you dumb bitch!" Megan snapped.
Ellie scoffed. "What with one arm." She chuckled.
Megan kicked her in the side three times until she felt strong arms wrap around her body.
"Get the Fuck off me!" She snapped. "Let me beat the fucker!"
"Megan calm down." Daryl soothed from behind her.
"It was her Daryl! She almost killed Carol thinking she was me. I know she did!"
"You have no proof Meg, but we will find it, I promise." He whispered.
She pulled from his grip and glared at him. "Piss off." She snapped before storming off towards the prison.
"Why do you bother with a bitch like her?" Ellie asked wincing as she was helped up by the other Woodbury residents.
"Oh shut up!" Daryl snapped before following Megan.
"So what do we do?" Daryl asked "the counsel". "Megan's convinced its that Ellie girl."
"We could do with finding the weapon on her or someone else. It wasn't a knife that made that wound, I found splinters so it was something wooden that had been sharpened, not many of the Woodbury residence don't carry knives so it was something homemade." Hershel explained.
"We could do a search of the cells to start with, everyone's including our owns." Rick explained.
"You can't honestly think one of us would do it?" Andrea asked in disbelief.
"Of course not but we have to make it look like a fair trial for the Woodbury lot, especially after Megan's stupid stunt." Rock explained.
"She feels guilty. You do realise that it could have been her lying unconscious don't you?" Daryl asked.
Rick just shrugged.
"You need to get your head together. She's your sister, you should be supporting her not being an ass because she's looking after you wife's kid!" Daryl snapped.
"Enough!" Hershel snapped.
"Let's get this search done." Michonne added.
"Agreed." Andrea said.
Searching the cells had been an easy task as everyone was cooperative. They did notice that Ellie was nowhere to be found when the search began so they searched her cell without her permission, they did find a sharpened piece off wood which made them suspect it was more than likely her that did attack Carol but her being missing was still a worry.
When they searched the groups cells they found both Megan had disappeared too making the group worry as she was nowhere to be found in the main prison areas which meant she was either out of the walls or somewhere hidden in the tombs and Ellie could potentially be with her.
Everyone was planning a search outside the walls when one of the Woodbury residence came rushing in.
"You gotta see this." He said breathlessly, clearly he had been running. Rick, Daryl, Andrea and Michonne rushed to follow the man leading them to a small outside area which was protected by walls.
Andrea gagged at the sight. A body, chopped up on the floor and burnt. The smell was as horrific as the sight.
"W-who is it?" Rick asked.
"Can't tell, it could be Ellie but it's burnt and chopped up so much it could be your girl." The Woodbury resident said.
"Either way the other has got to have done it." Michonne added.
The group headed back to the cell blocks and explained the situation.
"Was there two arms?" Maggie asked.
The four who had checked the body looked at each other.
"You didn't check did you! And you were a cop!" Maggie shook her head angrily at Rick. "I'll go see if it's my friend that's dead or not, seen as you are all so ready to grieve over her." She snapped and headed out of the cell block with Glenn following behind.
A few minutes of silence and the door reopened, this time revealing Megan, she was covered in blood.
"Oh my god Megan." Andrea gasped and have her a hug.
"It's okay. It's not my blood."
Andrea pulled back slowly and backed away.
"Then who's is it?" Daryl asked.
"Walkers of course. Was testing out how well I could fight them off with one arm."
"You sure it ain't Ellie's?" He asked doubtfully.
"Ellie's?" She asked. "I haven't been near that bitch since we had that fight."
"You mean when you beat her up. " Rick corrected.
"Will someone just explain what the hell has gone on?" She asked.
"Two arms, can't be meg-oh my go Megan." Maggie exclaimed as she hugged her.
"Someone best get explaining right now!" Megan snapped as Maggie pulled away.
"You and Ellie have been missing for most of the day. We found a body, chopped up and burnt...you're the only one unaccounted for therefore it must have been you." Rick said.
"Jesus Rick! I know you hate me but are you seriously accusing me of murder right now! I thought that was your thing!" She snapped.
"Don't you dare being that man into this, I killed him to protect you!"
"Really? Cos you're doing a pretty shit job of it ain't you, just like you always have, you were never a big brother, was never there for me, not really, never wanted to talk, didn't care when the kids at school bullied and tormented me, always hanging around with Shane.." She smirked. "Unless I was with him of course."
"Don't!" He snapped.
"What? Remind you that I slept with your best friend on multiple occasions? Remind you that, that same friend raped me? Got me pregnant? Kidnapped me? Tried to kill me?" She asked the paused. "Knocked up your wife." She said slowly.
"SHUT UP!" He snapped. "You are to leave the prison immediately!"
The cell block erupted on chaos.
Megan just shook her head and headed to Carols cell to check on her. Carol was laying on the bed awake and talking to Sophia.
"Hi Megan." She croaked out. "What's going on down there?" She asked.
"Ricks kicking me out of the prison. He thinks I killed the girl that did this to you. As much as I wanted to Carol I didn't." She said sincerely as the tears began to form in her eyes. "I don't want to leave.."
"He won't let you I'm sure. You need to present your case prove you didn't do it or..." She paused and looked at Sophia. "Maybe you should look for Merle."
"Merle?" Megan asked realising he wasn't in the cell like he had been since she got there.
Carol nodded and sighed. "When I woke up, I described who had attacked me, he left immediately and hasn't been back yet, I think he heard about you fighting someone too which made he think he knew who did this."
"Maybe I could just prove it wasn't me and then they won't have to know about Merle." Megan whispered as she entered the cell more.
"Don't have to worry about that sweet cheeks." Came a husky voice from behind her. "Merle." She said as she turned around and came face to face with him. He smelt of smoke and was covered in blood and knew it had been him instantly.
"Just wanted to say goodbye to my girls, just in case. Can you give me a moment?" He asked.
She nodded and left the cell. Merle didn't look like Merle anymore, he looked broken, hurt, he wasn't hiding the emotion anymore, he was scared he would have to leave the prison, and leave Sophia and Carol behind.
Megan walked down and into the area everyone was still arguing at.
She noticed Daryl staring at her from the other side of the room but looked away.
Merle reappeared with Sophia still wrapped around him in a hug, she had really become attached to him.
"I need you all to shut up!" He shouted silencing everyone. Everyone looked shocked to see him especially I'm the states he was in. They must have been too busy arguing to notice he had come back.
"Why are you covered on blood? What's wrong? Is it Carol?" They asked.
"It was me that killed that girl, the one Carol described as her attacker and the one Megan attacked."
"You don't have to stick up for her you know." Rick said.
"Piss off officer friendly. It was me, I killed the bitch and she deserved it! You were too busy acting like a looney bin to notice someone had even gotten into this cell block! You're are leader, this is on you, not Megan and I can tell you something I ain't leaving without a fight and neither is she." He said pointing towards Megan.
Rick looked towards Megan and then Merle angrily before storming out of the room slamming all doors behind him.
Everyone was staring between Megan and Merle.
"We ain't leaving. That bitch got what she deserved, whether you believe it or not. I will fight you all to stay here with my family." He said calmly before turning to Sophia. "Come on kid, let's tell your Mom the news." He said.
They left leaving everyone silent.
"I'm going to bed." Megan muttered leaving the group.
She entered her cell exhausted from the events of that day, Beth entered a short while later holding Matthew in her arms.
"Thought you'd want to see him. " she said softly as she slid him down on the bed.
"I'm sorry for dumping him on your for the day." Megan said nervously.
"It's fine, I love watching him and Judith." She grinned.
"You're a sweet girl Beth."
She grinned. "Thanks, I'm going to watch Judith tonight, give you a break."
"Thanks but if she needs feeding don't hesitate to bring her in. Better than that formula shit." She chuckled.
"Hey kid scram!" Came Daryl's rough voice.
"Do you mind. We're having a conversation." Megan snapped glaring at him.
"I will just leave. Bye Megan." Beth said awkwardly.
Megan sighed and looked down at Matthew who's was laying on the bed kicking his legs around.
"What do you want Daryl?" She asked.
"See if you were okay." He mumbled.
"Well I am, so you can leave now."
"Why are you being a bitch?" He snapped.
"Why?" She snapped. "Maybe because of all the people that shouldn't have doubted me you still did!" She snapped. "I saw it in your eyes Daryl you thought I'd killed her."
"No..I-I, fine alright for a moment I thought you did. I wouldn't have wanted you out of the group though."
"You should never have doubted me when I said I hadn't done." She quickly wiped her tears away. "You should have trusted me." She whispered.
He knelt down beside the bed and took her hand. "I do trust you..."
She shook her head and pulled her hand away.
"Don't doubt me again." She warned.
"I won't." He replied a kissed her forehead.
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Theres a reason I made Rick the way he is and you will find out later.
So I moved up some of the events, was it any good?
Will Merle get kicked out?
;);)
Thank you for reading.