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Chapter 32

He woke up the next morning when Daryl unhooked the tent on him. It collapsed in a heap on top of him and Rick started laughing. It took him a good five minutes to untangle himself from the tent and by then the other two were laughing harder. They packed up quickly. They needed to keep moving. They were on the road in a half hour. Daryl leaning back in the back of Shane's truck and Rick taking the lead with Glenn in the front car. Dale's RV and the car that Hershel had were in the middle. The drive was rather smooth for the first half of the day.

It was around noon when Daryl tapped the back window and then ducked as Shane felt a bullet hit the truck. He honked his horn on the truck so Rick knew to speed up. He yelled out the window to Daryl, "Is it the Governor?" Daryl peered around the side of the truck and nodded quickly, "Yep. Get the guys to hurry up." Shane honked again and felt an immediate pick up in speed. He saw Daryl lying down in the truck to avoid getting hit by the occasional bullet.

One of them broke the window and now he could hear Daryl yelling. "There are about five trucks on our tail. Got big guns on the top of two of them. There's no way to take those out. Our best chance is to get to the top of them and take over," Daryl said from the back. Shane turned to glance back quickly, "Are you thinking they're going to catch us?" Daryl nodded, "Yep. We can't get out of here Shane. We need to fight." Shane sighed, "Alright well let's see how far we can get." Daryl smiled slightly, "Just don't let me get shot back here." Shane laughed, "Then duck down and stop talking." Daryl rolled his eyes, "Shut up." The kid lied down in the back of the truck and Shane kept driving.

He pulled up on Rick's car and yelled out the window, "They're going to catch up to us. Find a spot we could make a stand." Rick nodded and continued to speed up. Daryl had managed to get his hand on a shotgun and was firing back from the back of the truck. He yelled to Shane, "I think I hit a couple of them." One of the trucks swerved wildly off the road and crashed. Daryl smiled, "Yep I got a few."

Rick was pulling up to an area that had some good cover for them and they could use the cars. Rick leaped out of the car as soon as it was parked and began raining bullets on the trucks. Shane and Daryl were out in a few minutes as well and the battle started. Carl was hidden safely behind the cars with Lori. The rest of them were fighting. Maggie was shooting at the people unloading from the Governor's cars. Shane hit some of the moving cars' tires, causing them to spin out of control but most of the people were ok which was not the supposed goal. Carol and Andrea were hidden behind the cars shooting as well. Rick, Shane, Daryl, and Glenn were in front. They were using the smallest cover and shooting more accurately.

As the people on the Governor's side began to lessen Shane knew they had to move. "Everyone spread out. We'll close in on them." Daryl grinned at him and he and Rick moved one way while Shane and Glenn moved the other way. The girls filled in the extra holes. They began the close in. Then the Governor had started to retreat. They jumped into their cars and raced off. Shane let out a breath as they left. Why had they left? He barely even heard Rick yell, "Oh my god!"

Shane turned around and saw Rick kneeling in the tall grass. Shane's eyes widened and he was over there in a minute, "Rick? You ok?" Rick turned to him, "I'm fine. It's Daryl. He got hit." Shane wanted to punch something, "How in the world did he get hit?" Rick glared at him, "I don't know. But it's a really good hit." Shane knelt down next to Daryl and saw the bullet had hit him hard in the side. Very close to the chest. He tapped Daryl's head slightly and the kid opened his eyes. "I don't think I'm going to make it out of this one Shane," he said quietly. Shane shook his head, "No you are. So stop thinking like that and let me think." Daryl smiled slightly, "Stop thinking. Come on please just shoot me. I don't want to be one of them." Shane felt Rick leave his side. Shane turned back to Daryl, "I can't shoot you Daryl. You know I can't." Daryl closed his eyes for a minute, "Then break it. I don't care if you break that promise. Just please do it."

Rick came running back, "If you guys will stop being all dramatic and let us get Daryl to the car maybe Hershel can do something about it." Shane turned to Daryl and picked him up. Rick helped him as they brought the bleeding kid to the car. Hershel was there with his stuff set up. Rick had to smile slightly, "It's really good that you can carry all that stuff around and set it up that quickly." Hershel just nodded and got to work on Daryl. Shane stood by the side of his truck the whole time. Daryl was unconscious and that made Hershel's examination easier. After a few minutes Hershel nodded slightly, "The bullet is deep but it didn't hit anything significant. I'll be able to get out without too much trouble. Of course he's lost a lot of blood. Anyone know his blood type?"

Everyone looked expectantly at Shane. Shane shook his head, "I don't know." Hershel nodded, "Well we can wait and hopefully he'll wake up. While he's out, I might as well get the bullet out." Shane nodded and didn't leave his spot. Rick stood next to him. The two men didn't talk, too lost in their own thoughts. Finally Rick turned to him, "He'll wake up. He'll be alright." Shane nodded, "That's what you told me a long time ago. You barely made it out. I'm pretty sure you died on me for a long time." Rick put his head down, "I'm sorry but there was nothing I could've done. He's going to be alright."

Daryl chose that time to wake up. He groaned slightly but didn't let any other noise of pain escape him. Shane was over the truck's side in a second, "Hey you ok? Look do you know your blood type?" Daryl looked up at him, "Uh yea. It's um AB." Shane sighed in relief. Hershel looked at Shane, who nodded and stuck his arm out. Daryl looked at him, "No way. You aren't giving me your blood." Hershel looked at Shane, "I need to get the bullet out still. Just wait until I get it patched up." Shane dropped his arm and looked down at Daryl who was still shaking his head. The kid looked at him, "There is no way I'm letting you do that." Shane smiled slightly, "Sorry Daryl. But you don't have a say in this. My blood, my choice." Daryl winced slightly as Hershel did something but turned his head away. Shane stood close to them the whole time. Daryl drifted in and out of conscious the whole time.

Glenn came over to Shane, "Hey Shane you should eat something. Maybe get a drink if you're going to donate." Shane didn't answer right away but then said, "Can you get me a water?" Glenn nodded, "Hang on." The younger man returned in a minute with a canteen of water and Shane took a few drinks. Then he turned to Glenn, "Make sure that everyone is ok. Get them all out into the main part of our little make shift camp. I think we'll be here for a little while." Glenn nodded, "I'll get them unpacking." Shane smiled gratefully, "Thanks Glenn. Usually I'd have Daryl doing that but…" Glenn nodded again, "I know."

Rick stayed by Shane until Hershel was finally done getting the bullet out. The old man quickly applied a bandage to Daryl's side and turned to Shane, "You would be the worst father in history if he was your kid. I don't know how many times I've been here fixing him up." Shane didn't show it but that hit went home. Rick glared at Hershel, "Shane wants to donate. I know the kid has lost a lot of blood. Let him do it." Hershel nodded and Shane moved forward to sit on the edge of the truck. Shane winced slightly as the tube poked into him but he waited and watched his blood leave him. He decided after a few minutes that it had been a bad idea to watch and closed his eyes.

Hershel came up to him later on and told him that was enough. The kid would be fine with that amount. Shane got unhooked and Rick helped him down from the truck. They went towards the camp and let Hershel finish his work. Rick turned to Shane and looked straight into his eyes, "I really need to tell you something."

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