Daryl aimed and fired his crossbow into the skull of an oncoming Walker, the thing dropped to the floor like a sack of meat and Daryl smiled a satisfied smile as he crossed the tarmac to collect his arrow.
He cast a look over his shoulder at Glenn and Tyreese who were just catching him up.
"Shit, I didn't even see it." Glenn cursed.
Daryl shrugged, "It's irrelevant now." He mumbled wiping the head of the arrow on his jeans and sticking it back into the back of his crossbow.
"He's a big one." Tyreese observed, he crouched down and studied the corpse.
Again, Daryl shrugged, he hadn't really paid attention to the size of the Walker – he stepped over the corpse and made his way over to the nursery.
"I thought we had enough formula?" Glenn asked, he watched as Daryl peered in through a window.
"She needs clothes, she's gettin' too big for all her sleep suits." Daryl explained as he climbed in through the broken window, avoiding stray shards of glass as he went. "Besides, you can never have too much formula. Watch out for glass."
Glenn nodded in response as he followed Daryl inside, closely followed by Tyreese.
"Don't get shootin' unless you absolutely have to." Daryl whispered as they made their way into the nursery corridor, he shone his torch in every possible direction before advancing, signalling for Glenn and Tyreese to do the same. They got to the first room and Glenn took it upon himself to open the door, Daryl aimed his crossbow into the room, just in case. After thoroughly checking the room and finding nothing of any interest, they moved on to the second room.
This time Daryl pushed open the door and Glenn stood poised and ready to attack anything that might have been behind the door, but again there was nothing, Daryl and Glenn stepped inside leaving Tyreese in the corridor aiming at nothing in particular.
"See anythin'?" Daryl asked scanning the room.
Glenn shook his head as he opened the one and only cabinet and took a look inside, "No."
Daryl sighed inwardly and angled his body towards Tyreese, "Looks like this place has already been looted." He suggested stepping forward just as a Walker appeared from seemingly nowhere.
Just as the Walker was about to chow down on Tyreese's neck, Daryl fired his crossbow, dark blood sprayed out over the wall behind him and the corpse dropped to the floor. But, instead of being grateful, Tyreese fixed Daryl with a cold stare, "I had him." He snapped.
"Yeah, I'm sure you did." Daryl replied sarcastically, "And you're welcome."
"I thought I was sent along with you two to get some practice." Tyreese responded curtly. "Ain't getting no practice if you keep killin' everything."
Daryl furrowed his brow, "You're right," He bit back, "Next time I'll let you get eaten."
"I wouldn't have been eaten."
"Dude, he was right behind you." Glenn interjected gesticulating with his hands, "You would have definitely got eaten."
Tyreese scoffed and shook his head as Glenn and Daryl joined him in the corridor.
X
Carol lay on Daryl's bed staring up at the bottom of the top bunk, there was no way she was sleeping while Daryl was out there but Rick had insisted that she lie down. She didn't want to, she wanted to be sitting on top of the overturned bus, like Michonne was, waiting for her man to come home.
She sighed inwardly and closed her eyes, trying not to think about the fact that Daryl was still out there. When she opened her eyes again, Maggie was standing at the foot of the bed, she smiled slightly and shuffled closer.
"Hey," Maggie breathed as she took a seat at the foot of the bed, "How you copin'?" She asked.
Carol shrugged as she sat up, "I'm not. Not very well anyway. Shouldn't they be back by now?"
Maggie nodded her head slowly, "It'll be gettin' dark soon."
Carol swung her legs off the bed, placed her hands on her knees and shook her head, refusing to believe that something was wrong, she trusted Daryl implicitly, not to mention the fact he'd promised he would come home to her... "They'll be fine."
"I hope you're right." Maggie mumbled, she splayed her fingers out on her knees and glanced over at Carol, "Sorry, I'm not usually this negative." She tried to laugh but the sound just wouldn't come, instead she half-smiled and got to her feet. "I'm gonna go wait outside. Do you wanna join me?"
Carol shook her head and sighed inwardly, "I'm gonna wait just here."
Maggie nodded once and backed away slightly, "I'm sure they're fine." She mumbled before leaving.
Carol stared after her, feeling oddly comforted at the fact that Maggie was going through the same.