I forgot to mention it before, but The Walking Dead doesn't belong to me.
"Wait, wait!" Maggie yelled at the two men facing off. The men hadn't noticed Daryl unleashing his anger on the fence. They hadn't seen her there and then suddenly gone again. Carol.
"I'm just asking for some time. That's all." Rick spoke calmly.
"Do you even know what they did to Maggie?" Glenn shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought. "What they threatened to do?"
"We can't lose Daryl." Rick insisted. "We can't. We need him."
"What about Maggie? What about me? He threw a walker at me!"
"I know." Rick grasped Glenn's shoulder. "I know. Believe me. And I know I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. Merle is an unwanted complication. I get it. But we'll lose Daryl if we cut Merle loose."
"And Daryl is more important than us?"
"Glenn, stop." Maggie stepped between the two men.
"Don't tell me you are going to go along with this?"
"Daryl risked his life for us today. He always puts himself on the line for us. He fed us all winter. How can we drive him away from his home? From his family?"
"He doesn't have to go." Glenn reminded them. "It's his choice."
"Would you have me choose between you and Beth?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Carol." Maggie said, lowering her voice. "I saw her just now, I swear."
"That's right." Rick confirmed. "Daryl found her down in the tombs. She made it."
Glenn was stunned for a minute. "That's good news."
"It is. It's very good news." Rick agreed. "And we got you two back. We need to stay together. We're stronger together."
"But Merle." Glenn turned toward the Dixon brothers. Daryl was pissed and Merle was standing perfectly still, watching them.
"I know. I don't like it either."
"Hey!" Daryl called out then, interrupting them. "We're losing light. I need my stuff."
Rick held up a hand and looked at Glenn. "Tonight? Can we sleep on it? I don't want to make a rash decision. Once he's gone we'll have no way of finding him again."
Glenn gave a short nod. "D block. I don't want him where we sleep."
"I can work with that. Thank you."
Glenn looked away from the obvious gratitude in Rick's face.
"It'll be fine." Maggie reassured him. "It's the right thing to do."
"It's the stupid thing to do." Glenn shoved his hands in his pockets and watched Rick walk up to Daryl, keys in hand.
"We can set you up in D block for tonight." Rick said, opening the gate. "Maybe we can work something out."
"Nothin' gonna be any different tomorrow." Daryl warned.
"We all need a good night's rest. Let's put it on the shelf for tonight." Rick asked.
Daryl glanced back at his brother. Merle shrugged, looking amused.
"You think something is gonna change over night?" Daryl asked.
"Merle's not going to change." Glenn said.
"Nothin's gonna change." Daryl agreed. "This is it and every day we wake up it's just the same. Best get used to it."
"Just take him to D block." Rick said. "We'll worry about tomorrow when it comes."
Rick followed the two men toward the prison.
"Thank you." Maggie whispered to Glenn, wrapping her arms around him.
"I'm not sure why you're fighting to keep Merle." Glenn said, confused.
"I'm fighting to keep Daryl. We can't let him go." Maggie said. "I think he loves her."