Note: Sorry, it has been a while. Going through some dramatic stuff and things and I just haven't been feeling up to updating... Just been in a mood where its like 'fuck everything, I dont care anymore' until I got all of my frustrations out in kickboxing. Anyway, I sort of rushed it again but a friend that read it said she liked it so it's being posted like it is.

Autocorrect changes my words to shit so if you see something funny, tell me. I'm having to write my stuff on a tablet that hates me.

Rick was not upset about hearing of Catori's condition. She had been terrified that he would snap like he did when Lori had passed.

"We are in the safest place we could possibly be in."

Daryl pulled Cat into his arm, her back against his chest. She smiled up at him, "So... What should we name him?"

"Him?" Daryl laughed, "You're sure it's going to be a boy?"

"Positive. I was thinking 'Hunter' or naming him after Merle."

"Hunter Merle Dixon..." He said with a grin, "I like it!"

Rick was standing next to them, listening and he actually felt happy and excited for them.

Cat had been upset, thinking she couldn't even have kids. The woman thought silently to herself while braiding her hair over her shoulder, the braid reaching her waist when she was done. She was terrified when she realized her condition.

Silently, she put on a water camo spaghetti strap shirt on with a pair of black leggings. The new black combat boots she had found on a run recently fit perfectly so she took them considering her brown boots had started to fall apart.

Something was put over her shoulders and she turned to see Daryl.

"Here, I found this. Its sort of chilly out so you might need it."

It was a tight fitting black jacket, half of it made to look like leather. Small studs decorated the lining of the hood and the material over the zipper along with the bottom. The upper arms had straps that she could use to put a knife in.

Considering it was the end of the world and the fact that she was now pregnant she thought she looked pretty good in her new clothes. Her hands touched her belly, though she wasn't showing and she wouldn't be for a while, she had so many mixed feelings about being pregnant.

But she pushed the worry away, they were in a safe place. They were safe enough to have a family here.

...

Daryl stood in front of Catori after the governor arrived in a tank. She had grabbed her backpack and satchels after realizing the emergency. She was always capable of fighting and running with everything but took off the backpack and knelled beside Daryl with her gun, aiming at the governor.

"Daryl, this is not going to end well."

"Yeah, I know. Stay out of harm's way and stay near me so I can protect you. If we get separated, I swear to God I will find you."

The governor sliced into Hershel and all hell broke lose.

"Cat, go with the others! Go, now and do not stop until you are safe! I am not losing you!" The hunter grabbed Cat by the back of her neck while they were still in cover and kissed her hard, "I will find you. I promise!"

"I love you!"

"Love you more, Kitty..."

He gave her a gentle push and she ran, shooting anything that got in her way. It was a miracle she wasn't shot but she made sure to take out at least two of the governor's men before she his. Everything was quiet when she walked out of the woods and saw the prison was covered in walkers.

"Daryl, you're okay. You'll find me. You promised." She whispered and started walking.

A sigh was taken in and slowly let out in an attempt to calm her nerves. The woman was torn between staying in the prison area and leaving to find Daryl on her own. Night was falling so she had to decide quick.

...

"Damn, girl!" A familiar voice called from behind her, "I told you to take care of my baby brother, not lose him."

Cat turned around to see Daryl's brother, "Merle?"

He had both hands and his clothes looked somewhat clean as if he had just washed them. Lighting a cigarette, he looked back up at her with a dopey grin on his face. "Don't worry, Kitten. He's safe. Just follow the tracks and he will find you. Everyone is following the tracks."

"Why follow the tracks?" She asked but he turned his back to her and walked away. About that time she had the sudden sensation of falling.

...

Cat shot up from her small camping area against a tree, a gasp escaping her lips. She was sure she had actually communicated with Merle. He would be the type to actually look after his brother even in the after life.

So she decided to follow the tracks until she somehow met up with her husband.

The smell of smoke found her nose making it itch a bit.

'Wonder what happened?' She silently asked herself but just shrugged it off, until a couple of smoking walkers stumbled up behind her. Two different swings from her knife seemed to do the trick so she continued on her way.

For the longest time it was quiet. There was no walkers, no gunshots, no rustling in the woods. It was rather unnerving, it made her want to cry though she wasn't sure why.

The woman kept walking, even when night fell. She didn't feel any hint of sleep in her eyes so just kept moving but slowly to keep an eye out.

It was the next day when she started feeling safe enough to sleep. She made her way to the trees and flopped on the ground, ready to cry.

"Cat?"

Her head jerked up, recognizing the voice.

"Carl?"

Catori hadn't realized how tired she was until she tried to stand up.

"Dad! Its Cat!"

Rick ran to Carl to see he had in fact found Catori. He pulled her into a tight hug when he reached her. Cat couldn't help but burst into tears once she was wrapped up in his embrace.

"I thought all of you had been killed, you're alive... Y-you're..." She couldn't finish her sentence because she started sobbing again against his chest.

"I'm glad you're okay. You're staying with us now."

Rick gently pulled Cat back towards the tracks where Michonne stood with Carl who had ran back to her to tell her of his discovery.

"You haven't found anyone else?" She asked the three, receiving shakes of their heads, "Oh..."

"I know Daryl is alive, we will find him. I know we will. So don't you worry yourself to death."

Cat nodded and continued with the three. All she could think about was Daryl, surely if Rick made it Daryl had.

She wanted Daryl to hold her in his arms again, to kiss her, she missed his voice talking to her while they were laying down half asleep wrapped in each others embrace.

'I will see him again!'

"So this Terminus place... I saw some signs for it, are we headed there?"

Rick nodded, "I figured we would try it out, see what happens."

They made plans to raid the next place they saw but the only thing they saw were trees.

"There's probably a store coming up soon, gotta be some food somewhere."

"Hopefully..."

The first thing they saw that could provide shelter was a broken down vehicle. They could set up a camp here!

They were tired and weak and became slightly disappointed when they found nothing edible in the broken down blazer. The entire time they made a fire Catori had a bad feeling in her chest.

"I have a bad feeling, Michonne. It almost feels like a panic attack." She said, smiling when Michonne put a hand on her shoulder.

"Everything will be alright. I had a bad feeling earlier, it was like an anxious feeling though." The sun was setting below the trees and Michonne sighed, "Maybe you just need rest, you're pregnant and tired. The car isn't smelly or anything, you can lay down in the back seat. Carl called took the front."

"The back can be just as comfortable. Thank you for listening to me."

"You just go rest."

Rick had just made it back from collecting wood for the fire when he reached down and helped Cat up. Once she climbed inside the vehicle she stretched out as best she could in the backseat and closed her eyes.

"Weeell, looky what we have back here?"

'That's not Rick-" She thought before she was jerked out of the car. Still drowsy with no idea as to what was going on, her eyes were everywhere trying to figure out what the hell was happening.

"Well, ain't she a pretty one." The man said, holding his gun up to Rick's head, "I'll claim her if none of ya'll want her. I promise I'll share."

"Catori?!" She knew this voice...

"Daryl!"

The two lovers locked eyes for a moment before the assumed leader of the group spoke again, "Oh, I know that look! They're in love... Take her, boys, since Daryl wants to be a traitor."

"No!" She was thrown to one of the men and the other two jumped on Daryl when he tried to stop them. She heard Carl when she was forced to her knees. A gun was held up to her head and she could do nothing but watch as her husband was beaten by the other men.

She began praying in her head, begging for this to end right now. Carl didn't deserve this, neither did Rick and Michonne. Cat sure as hell did not want anyone that wasn't Daryl touching her.

A gurgling scream caught her attention and she turned to see Rick had ripped into the man's neck with his teeth. Everyone seemed to take advantage while the men were distracted. Cat jumped Up and headbutted the man before turning and grabbing his gun and shooting him. Though she was aiming at his head, he grabbed her wrist and she shot through his throat. Another shot to the actual head made him drop to the ground.

The next thing she knew she was wrapped up in Daryl's arms, "Kitty, you're okay..."

"D-Daryl..." She was terrified that this was some kind of nightmarish dream, "Daryl, you're here..."

Her arms wrapped around him and she began sobbing, she was quite loud at first she clamped a hand over her mouth to quiet herself.

"Please be real, please be real." She muttered.

"This is real, Kitty. I promise. Now... We need rest, we going to Terminus tomorrow."