I started walking behind Daryl, who was leading the group down the stairs. When we reached a room we saw a walker Daryl quickly shot it with an arrow. Walking forward I saw two walkers laying on the floor with their heads smashed in. "Had enough in him to take out these two sumbitches, one handed" Daryl grunted loading his crossbow. I couldn t help but stare as I saw His muscles flex, but I quickly turned away when I realized what I was doing. 'what the hell is wrong with me' I thought to myself, I was sure that I would be blushing if the situation wasn't so serious. "toughest asshole I met my brother, ..feed him a hammer, he d crap out nails" I looked at the walkers and I must admit I was impressed. "any man could pass out from blood loss No matter how tough he is" Rick said, I walked forward now leading the group. I looked around the corner, tightening my hold on my hunting knife. I jumped when I heard Daryl Shout from right behind me. "MERLE!" I turned and glared at him, He smirked obviously pleased that he was able to scare the shit out of me. damn bastard! Rick quickly shushed him "were not alone...remember?" He scoffed "screw that he could be bleeding out, you said so yourself" I rolled my eyes and continued forward, It was true though we had a man that could be dying somewhere we needed to help him, even though he is an ass. I frowned as the scent of burn flesh hit me. I saw the stove on and a belt on the stove. ew gross.. Rick went over and picked something up. Glenn hesitantly asked "what's that burnt stuff?" I know what it is, i've seen this be done before "Skin, he cauterized the stump" Rick said not believing it at first. Daryl Looked over at Rick "told you he was tough, nobody can kill Merle but Merle" I scoffed "except blood loss" I said causing Daryl to look at me. what yeah its mean but it's the truth! He looked away and walked over to the broken window "yeah didn t stop him from busting out of this death trap" I walked over and looked out the window seeing glass and a bloody cloth. ah crap that makes everything more difficult, Glenn was shocked "He left the building? Why the Hell would He do that?" I rolled my eyes at the question "its either leave or stay and rot" I said to Glenn, Daryl looked over at me then looked out of the window. "why wouldn t he? He's out there alone far as he knows, doing what he s got to do, surviving" I sighed and leaned against the wall.
T-Dog looked at him like he's a madman "you call that surviving, just wandering the streets maybe passing out, what are his odds?" I winced as I saw Daryl getting mad 'bad question!' I frowned. Daryl turned to him glaring "no worse then being handcuffed and left to rot by you sorry pricks" I saw Glenn and T-Dog look down shamefully. I put my hand on Daryl's shoulder trying to calm him down. Causing him to look at me then shrug my hand off, He turned to Rick "do what you want, I'm Going to go get him" he went to walk away and Rick put his hand on him trying to stop him"'Get your hands off of me! You can't stop me" Daryl shouted shoving Rick away. I look down at my knife twirling it and flipping it in my hand. A habit I've had since I was little. I looked over and saw T-Dog and Glenn watching me warily. I smirked and stopped playing with the knife. I kicked off the wall getting annoyed now "look we are going to look for him but we need the guns first. And I am getting sick and tired of waiting around, While you guys are arguing like little kids. Arguing is only wasting time" I said as everyone to look at me. I looked at every single one of them "deal?" T-Dog spoke up "she's right we need those guns first. Im not strolling the streets of Atlanta with just my good intentions ok?" everyone nodded except Daryl, I understand his lack of trust of the group but distance right now will kill you "Its either you agree or we waste more time arguing while your brother is out there alone" I said walking over to him sheathing my knife . He looked at me unsure but then nodded. I smiled and we started to work out a plan.
"Your not doing this alone" Rick said Looking at Glenn after hearing his plan. Daryl looked at the drawing on the floor "Even I think it s a bad Idea and I don t even Like you much" I smirked at Daryl "but enough to care" He looked and me and Scoffed looking away, I turned to Glenn '"Its actually not too bad of an idea" Glenn smiled and then looked at Rick "it's a good idea, if you just hear Me out" He began to explain how he was going to grab the guns by himself and have Me and Daryl wait in the alley where he exits. "Why Me?" Daryl asked "your crossbow is quieter than his gun, And Erika I saw how you handle the knife, so your back up" I nodded as he continued "I grab the bag and run back into the alley" Rick looked at Glenn and asked "you have us elsewhere?" He nodded and pointed to the map "you and T-Dog right here" Rick was confused "two blocks away? Why?" Glenn frowned "I might not be able to go back the way I came, walkers might cut me off" I nodded listening closely 'this might actually work especially since he has a back up plan' Daryl then asked "Hey, Kid, what'd you do before all this?" I couldn t help but wonder the same thing "delivered pizza s, why?" he just shrugged surprised. After a quick recap we split up I took out my hunting knife and flipped it twice out of excitement. "you got some balls for a chinaman" Daryl said aiming his crossbow I giggled at the annoyed look on Glenn's face "I'm Korean" He said looking at Daryl then getting ready to run "whatever" Daryl muttered I smirked "you'll be fine Glenn" He smiled and nodded then took off as we took cover behind the dumpster.
Daryl frowned at me "you give him to much hope" I smiled looking at him then looking where Glenn took off "But if you don't have any hope, what s the point of living?, besides he's still young let him have hope" He grunted and looked away. All of a sudden we heard footsteps Daryl growled stepped out and aimed his weapon. It was a boy, "whoa don't shoot me! What do you want he asked". I stood behind Daryl "information" I stated "I'm looking for my brother, He's hurt real bad, you seen him?" Daryl asked. The boy backed away and shouted "Ayudame!" I growled in frustration "Daryl Shut Him up! We don need attention" Daryl growled walking closer to him "shut up your going to bring the geeks down on us!, answer me!" the boy just kept shouting for help. Then all of a sudden I heard footsteps and turned around just in time to get hit in the side with a bat. The blow knocked the wind out of me and caused me to hit my head on the side of the Dumpster. 'Damn that hurt!' I thought getting up, now having a major headache. I looked over and saw the guys beating up Daryl. I ran over and grabbed the one hitting him with the bat and threw him off, then kicked the other man in the side knocking him to the ground. The guy with the bat came and charged at me and I roundhouse kicked him to the ground.
Just at that moment Glenn ran into the alley and froze, I looked at him which gave the guy enough time to get up and whack me in the back with the bat 'son of a bitch'. "that's the bag vato grab it" one yelled pointing at the bag Glenn had. I looked up and saw the two guys grab Glenn and the bag. I tried to get up but my body wouldnt move, I heard someone yell and saw one of the guys had an arrow in his ass causing him to drop the guns. I looked over at Daryl who ran after them after Glenn shouted at us to help him. When the guy dropped the bag the other one grabbed Glenn and shoved him into a car. I Managed to get up slowly, which by the way was VERY painful. I saw Daryl shouting for the guys to come back but had to close the gate because of the walkers. Then He turned and charged at the boy who was left behind, Unfortunately I was to far away to stop him. Thankfully Rick stopped him just in time. Pushing him back "Im going to kick your nuts up in your throat!" He screamed. Rick held him back "chill out" But Daryl wouldn't hear of it "They took Glenn, That little bastard and his little bastard Homie friends, Im Gonna Stomp Your Ass!" He yelled trying to reach him. That's when T-Dog Yelled "Guys were cut off" I looked around and saw he was right. "Get to the lab GO!" He yelled we nodded and took off. It took everything in my not to limp and cry out in pain. When we got to the lab we shoved the boy into the seat.
I put my hair into a high ponytail. "Erika, what happened?" Rick asked shocked, I looked at him confused "What?" He pointed to my head "Your bleeding, badly there's a huge gash on the side of your head" By this time everyone was looking at me. I reached up and touched my head wincing at the contact, pulling my hand away I saw a lot of blood. Damn i forgot about that "when the guys came into the alley, He took me by surprised and hit me in the side with the metal bat, I fell and hit my head on the side of the dumpster" I reached into my pocket and pulled out gauze pads and a gauze role 'thank God I come Prepared' I thought. I tried reached up to put pressure on the wound but got a sharp pain in my back causing me to flinch, I put the stuff on the table and grabbed the edge to brace my self. 'God damn Monkey Balls' Rick stepped forward "what happened to your back?" I frowned "the bastard hit me in the back with the bat". He stepped forward "let me see" No he wasn't being a pervert he just cared. I shook my head stepping back. All of a sudden I felt two strong arms grab me and spin me around lifting up the back of my shirt, I blushed noticing it was Daryl who grabbed me but thankfully he didnt pay attention to my face. I heard the guys wince, even the boy in the chair "Damn he must of got you good you back is bruised" T-Dog muttered. I rolled my eyes 'No Shit Sherlock' I thought as Daryl let me go. I went to reach for the supplies but somebody grabbed them. I looked and saw Daryl, he didnt say anything as he started to bandaged my head. I muttered a quiet thank you as he grunted and turned to the boy.
Rick turned to the boy "those men you were with, we need you to tell us where they went" The boy scoffed and tried to act all tough"I aint telling you nothing" T-Dog sighed and Asked what happened. Daryl told him and I just glared at the boy. The boy scoffed again "You were the one who jumped me, Puto, screaming about tryin to find his brother like its my damn fault" Daryl started pacing losing his temper fast "Merle? What kind of hick name is that? I wouldn t name my Dog Merle" the boy said, I frowned as Daryl went to kick the boy Rick stopping him yet again "Damn it Daryl back off" he said pushing Him away. I rolled my eyes when I saw Daryl threaten him with merles hand. I walked over and sat on the unoccupied desk taking out my knife and flipping it again as I watched the scene. "Damn it would you put that damn thing away, your making me nervous" T-Dog said watching the knife. The boy chuckled getting his tough guy attitude back "why would you be afraid of her? She Probably doesn't know how to use it". I smirked evilly as I threw the knife, Lodging it into the wall just inches away from his head. He paled as I looked at him "still think I don't know how to use it?,next time I'll aim for your head" I said darkly. Daryl smirked and Rick sighed "Erika that s enough, we want a calm discussion, not more threats" I growled "this boy needs to be put in his place Rick" He looked at me and I rolled my eyes. Rick turned Back to the boy "Look The men you were with took our friend, we just want to talk to them see if we can work something out". the boy looked slightly afraid but agreed.
"One wrong move, you get an arrow in the ass, just so you know" Daryl said looking at the boy. He looked at Daryl and smirked "G's gonna take that arrow out of my ass and shove it up yours. Just so you know". Rick looked at him "G?" the boy looked over "Guillermo. He's the man here." Rick nodded "ok then Lets go see Guillermo" we followed him closely. As we reached the door. This man walked out, He looked at the boy. "you ok, little man?" at this point the boy dropped the tough guy act "They're gonna cut off my feet, carnal". The leader looked at Rick "cops do that?" The boy shook his head "not him This redneck puto Here, He cut off some dude s hand man, he showed it to me, and then his girlfriend threw a knife at me, said next time she would aim for my head" I growled ignoring the girlfriend comment as Daryl and I yelled "Shut Up" the two men from before came out yelling. Guillermo put his hand up "chill, ese chill" then He turned back to Rick "this true? He wants miguelito's feet? Thats pretty sick man" Rick looked at us then back to him "we were hopping for more of a calm discussion". I glared at the man as the conversation went on. I saw The leader look where T-Dog was stationed aiming a gun at his head. I frowned when I saw two men on the roof threatening to push Glenn over the edge. We turned back to come up with a plan 'what are we going to do?'