My God, I rushed through this. I added more ocs so I could kill them later, mwahahahaha! No, but seriously... I probably made so many grammar and spelling mistakes along with having the same word typed at least 2 times beside each other in a few sentences. If you see a mistake or repeated sentences or something, please tell me! Help me out!
Rick looked up from the book Daryl had handed to him, "So… You tend to dream about what's going to happen?"
Cat nodded.
He handed her the book. "Well… Not sure what to say but I won't tell anyone if you do not want me to."
"Please don't."
Rick nodded but turned when he heard quick footsteps. It was Lori, "Rick, there are these people that arrived at the house. Say that they found the place by accident but are requesting to stay the night."
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to meet them." He sighed, "Meeting people that are actually alive is always a good thing."
Dayle and Carol were talking to the three boys and the two girls standing behind them. Rick just walked up to the group and shook each of their hands.
Daryl and Cat went back to their tent, Cat hiding her book at the very bottom of her backpack.
"Rick won't tell anyone." Daryl said, stroking his fingers through her hair.
"I know. He has an aura around him that speaks of nothing but trust."
"You know, you really are an interesting person. Kind of weird but interesting weird." He kissed her soft lips and smiled, "Everything will be ok."
Rick had brought the group over to the couple, introducing them to everyone.
"This is Daryl and C-"
"Catori?!" The main guy said with a laugh, adjusting his glasses, "I thought you'd be dead by now!"
"Hello, Brandon…" Cat said, sourly.
"Cat? You mean the geeky chic you dated?" The darker haired guy beside him said, laughing a bit, "Oh, I remember her now!"
Brandon? Daryl remembered what she had told him the day before, "This is the guy that hurt you?" He asked her calmly.
She nodded.
"These are his other friends and girlfriends that tormented you, as well?" He was very calm.
She nodded.
Daryl walked up to Brandon and held out his hand, "Nice to meet you-" He bashed him in the face with his crossbow, "You mother fucker." Daryl proceeded to climb on top of Brandon and delivered hard as hell punches on his face.
"Daryl!" Rick and Cat were screaming for him to stop. The male with the darker hair in the group tackled Daryl off of Brandon but Daryl just rolled over, proceeding to punch the guy. Though he aimed for his face, he ended up targeting his throat area when he moved. The third one in the group just stood there with the two girls, looking completely horrified as the hunter beat the shit out of both of their friends at the same time.
"Daryl, stop!" Rick grabbed Daryl's arm but Daryl threw the cop backwards, away from him.
"Daryl! That's enough!" Cat touched his shoulder and he stopped, mid-punch, "That's enough, 'k?"
Daryl nodded to her then slowly stood up with a growl. He was forcing himself to stay as calm as possible for Catori.
He turned to the others in the group, "If any of you bastards so much as even look at her the wrong way, I will not hesitate to kill you. That goes for the bitches behind you, too."
The two girls were crying and holding each other behind the third male.
"Same goes to you two." He looked at Brandon and his friend who were barely conscious in their own blood.
"I'm watching all of you. Be very careful what you say or even think about because I will hear it." He took his crossbow in hand and wrapped his other arm around Catori, "Come on, they aren't even worthy of your presence."
"Shit!" Glenn was behind them and tensed as the two walked by. Daryl grabbed Glenn, "If anyone has the old man bandage them, I'll kill them as well."
Glenn nodded.
Walking away from everyone, Cat smirked and held her hand out and Daryl reached out his and gave her a low five.
"Thank you, Daryl."
"You are very welcome!" Daryl replied with a smirk of his own.
"I very much enjoyed that."
"I'm glad."
That night, Daryl made sure to harass the new group as they slept in their tent. He would throw rocks, hitting the walls of the flimsy fort but the beings within did not dare go out and say anything. They had guns, yes. But Daryl, there was something about him that gave off the 'alpha male' vibe and they wanted no trouble with him.
"OK! Ok, first thing in the morning, we apologize to Cat." Brandon said, placing a finger on his busted lip. "We were immature and we are grown now. We might not find another group of people for a while."
"Maybe the cop will let us stay with him and his group?"
Daryl was outside the newbie's tent. Inside, Brandon held his hand up after hearing movement outside. After that, he heard something that he didn't expect.
"Daryl, what are you doing?" It was Catori's voice. More movement was heard before she spoke again, "Why are you trying to get back at them for me? What's done is done, love."
"After the way they treated you?"
"If you let grudges rule your life then you aren't even living a life of your own anymore. I admit it was hilarious watching them get the shit beat out of them but no more, k?" She wrapped her arms around his waist and put her head against his chest. "We should help them, let them stay with us."
Daryl's arms went around her as he spoke, "Even after everything they have done to you?"
"That's over and done with. This is now about survival. We need to find as many living people as possible."
Inside the tent, Brandon sat back with a look of concentration on his face.
"Brandon?"
He had to agree with the girl outside. Survival was important now. He had to fix this.
Brandon stood and walked out of the tent, approaching Catori, "Cat…"
Catori looked a bit unsure at first but answered. "Yes?"
"Look, I'm… Well, we're sorry. Me, Kory, Chad, Brooke and Mina were immature. All through school and today but we just realized that you are right. I think I might have matured from listening to what you just said. If you allow us to stay, we will do our part in helping search for supplies along with food and water. We'll share what we have right now as well in our van we…kind of stole…" Branson sighed, "That sounded bad, so much for the mature part."
"I don't think it matters, anymore. The stealing a random car part, anyway." Rick walked up next to the group, glad they set aside their differences. "You can stay with us, but…" The entire group was out of the tent by now and stood listening to the police officer. "We do not steal from each other. We always keep a check on all of our weapons and ammo as well as our water and food. If anyone needs anything, please ask instead of just taking. All of us take turns to stand watch, keep an eye out for walkers or anything out of the ordinary. We all help out each other and there is no fighting, at all. Is that clear?"
All of them nodded and they each shook Rick's hand, sealing the deal. It was true, all of them had matured upon hearing Catori's words but they were still shaken up by Daryl Dixon who was making damn sure they didn't even look at the brunette the wrong way.
Mina walked up to Catori and Daryl, her slightly high pitched voice speaking, "We have water in our van along with some ammo." Her beautiful brown eyes shimmered in the night. She was wearing a black halter top with blue jeans and a leather jacket that went well with her slim figure and curled hairstyle. This beautiful African American woman was wearing actual shoes instead of boots or high heels and Catori noticed for the first time ever that she was actually short. She assumed it was the high heels that made her tall and scary when they were in high school.
Brooke, on the other hand, was taller and a bit heavier. Though she was not considered fat, she wasn't considered skinny, either. Still as beautiful as ever with her short white blonde hair and her pale-ish, slightly sunburnt skin; she seemed unsure of herself as if she no longer had self-esteem. She was still dating Brandon, it seemed.
Daryl stepped closer to Catori but nodded at the two females that had moved forward. "Go inform Dayle of the ammo. He's the one that's mainly in charge of the weapons." He looked back at Catori and nodded before walking back to their tent and crawling in.
Brandon looked at Cat and coughed a bit, scratching the back of his head. "We do have something to admit, though."
"What?"
"The only reason we are still alive is because of Chad's wicked baseball skills. We don't know how to shoot at all."
"I'll teach you, then."
"Wait, you know how to shoot a gun?" He seemed shocked.
She nodded, "-And crossbows, old school bow and arrows, rocket launcher… You name it, I can shoot it."
All the men in the new group's jaws dropped.
"How'd you learn all that, girl?!" Chad almost yelled.
"I grew up around weapons of all kinds. I went on my first hunting trip when I was four years old, learned to shoot actual guns when I was ten. We're teaching some of the others to shoot tomorrow; I can teach you then if you wish." They all nodded, "Now go to sleep."
They all went into the tent except Mina who went towards Cat.
"What is it?"
"This is going to sound random but do you have any feminine products?" She whispered. Cat handed her what she needed and she smiled, "You know… We really were wrong about you. You're pretty bad ass."
Cat sighed and nodded to Mina before turning on her heel and went back to cuddle up with Daryl.
The next day started out well but Shane ruined everything. Catori had felt her stomach in her throat when she heard Shane yelling at Rick who had helped Hershel round up some walkers and ran to the barn. Rick knew what Catori and Daryl had told him so tried his best to stop the crazed man.
Mina ran up with Chad and Brandon, with their weapons drawn. They had discovered the one child that had been missing so they were determined to protect Carl who was with Lori.
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion when Shane opened the barn doors and the walkers emerged. Rick held his breath, as did Daryl but neither were going to let them attack anyone in the group.
After all of the walkers had been shot, soft gasping breaths could be heard from behind the doors and Catori covered her mouth, tears in her eyes as she looked to Daryl. She knew what happened next and so did he…
Small steps were heard before the little blonde haired walker crept out.
"Sophia!" Carol ran towards the dead little girl to embrace her but Daryl caught her, dragging the poor woman to the ground.
The little walker crept closer but no one dared to even move, except Rick. He held his gun up to the walker's head and shot. After that, it was quiet except for Carol's sobbing in Daryl's arms. The newest members of the group who had only arrived a day before seemed to be stunned.
"Sophia!" Carol jerked out of Daryl's arms and ran to her child. That was when Cat approached her as well, kneeling beside of her and placing a gentle hand on her head. Another scream had her attention and she jumped up, reaching for her gun. The zombie body of a relative had grabbed one of the girl's arms; she hadn't been put down completely.
Everything seemed to be happening at once. Everyone's movements to get the bodies of the dead, their movements to pry Carol from Sophia's body, then Cat's own movements that were slow footsteps back to her tent.