Two of a kind
Eva's themesong: Bad Reputaion by: Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Daryl's themesong: So Cold by: Breaking Benjamin
Themesong together: Awake by: Godsmack
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Chapter 11: Rick's and Daryl's POV, Eva's bad reputation
Daryl looks up at T-dog "He best be okay. that's my oly word on the matter."
"I told you the geeks can't get at him. The only thing that's gonna get through that door is us."
"He best be right." He thought as the truck stopped.
"We walk from here." Glenn tells them, Daryl was the first to get up throwing the door open.
He jumps out this was it he hopped Merle was okay, and Eva was safe back at camp.
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Eva decided that she would help the woman wash clothes, both Dixon brother's were going to need them.
It was also to keep an eye on Ed, she didn't trust him or Shane to keep watch.
Though Shane was teaching Carl how to cetch frogs, so it was Ed she didn't trust.
Both man and boy started splashing about, as Jaci and Andrea walked up to her and carol.
"I'm begining to question the division of labor here." Jaci says as they come up.
"Can someone explain to me how the woman wound up doing all the Hattie McDaniel work?"
Both Eva and make giggle "The world ended, didn't you get the memo?"
Eva nods "Besides, not like men knew how to do laundry anyway. and if they did...well they got lazy."
Carol looks over at Ed "It's just the way it is."
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Glen pushed the fence open and Daryl went through first.
"Merle first or guns?" Rick asks, turning to Glenn.
"Merle! we ain't even havin' this conversation."
Rick sighs "We are. You know the geography it's your call."
Glen huffed as they all started jogging "Merle, Merle's closest, guns would mean doubling back."
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"I do miss my Maytag." Carol starts in, it seams this was everyone's favorite game.
Eva was scrubbing one of her shirts when it was Andrea's turn "I miss my Benz, my SAT NAV."
She rolls her eyes rich right, no wonder she was a snooty bitch like Lori.
"I miss my coffeemaker with that dual-drip filter and built in grinder honey."
Eva smiles at Jaci as she puts in "I miss the radio, music."
Amy nods agreeing "My comeputer...and texting."
As if it was the altument thing she missed Andrea puts in "I miss my vibrator."
Everyone including Carol and Eva both smirked, Carol looks behind her at Ed.
They all begin to laugh "Oh god." Amy giggles.
"Me too." Carol says modestly, everyone bursts out more.
Eva pats Carol on the back "Good girl, good girl."
"Oh come on Eva, what about you?" Jaci asks.
Snorting Eva shakes her head "Didn't need it then, don't need it now. Daryl's the best I've had."
They all burst out louder Jaci cheering.
That's when Ed walks up "What's so funny." Groaning Eva lowers her head.
"Just swapping war stories, Ed." Andrea informs him as Eva couphs "ass wipe."
Pounding her chest as if something got stuck, Amy pats her back smirking.
They all seem to go quiet as Andrea looks up "Problem, Ed?"
Eva stops, She wished she brought Arizona but left him with Dale.
"Nothin' that concerns you. And you ought to focus on your work. This ain't no comedy club." Ed informs them.
Eva stands pissed "What do you want white trash bitch?"
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Getting to the dapartment store was easy, now that they were inside.
One walker seemed to roam the place, Rick stops them holding his hand up.
He points two fingers at his eyes then at the walker signaling Daryl to take it out.
Slowly he creeps up on it, he was used to it sense its the same as hunting.
Just need less noise to alert more to them.
"Damn, you are one ugly skank." He informs the walker as he raises his crossbow.
Pulling the trigger he takes it out, then pulls his arrow out wiping the blood off of it with his brother's pants.
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"You to go back to your car, leave us the hell alone. Before something bad happens." She glares.
Andrea stands next to her " Or if you don't like how your laundry is done, you are welcome to pitch in and do it yourself, here." and she throws the shirt she was holding at him.
Ed grabs it and chucks it back, Eva steps up infront of him "You better back off Ed right now!"
"Or what? Ya boyfriends arn't here to protect ya not even your dog. So you better go back to work. Besides it ain't my job." Eva's shoulder's stiffen.
This man reminded her so much of her father it wasn't even funny.
Amy stands "Andrea don't." she pleads.
"What is your job, Ed? Sitting on your ass smoking ciggretts?"
Eva snorts "Beating the crap out of woman and children, more like it."
"Best watch your mouth! And it ain't listening to some uppity smart-mouth bitch. Tell you what...come on let's go."
Eva stays infront of Ed as Andrea tells him that carol doesn't need to go anywhere with him.
"What's the matter Ed? To chicken shit to beat on one of us so you choose your wife?" Eva growls, her eyes flared dangerously as her hand slowly moves to her gun.
"I say it's none of your business. come on now."
Eva pushes him slightly "I don't think so Ed! You want to hit someone best start with me because you bet your ass, it won't be Merle or Daryl next. It'll be me with a gun to your face!"
That's when Ed slaps her, Eva stands there her head to the side unmoving.
The woman seam to gasp, Eva slowly turns and looks at him "Wrong move buddy."
She punches him in the face and he punches back making her land on the ground.
Images seam to flash nightmares, horror of her past as Ed starts kicking her back.
The woman scream trying to get him away from both Carol and Eva.
Eva curls protecting her stomach, but then the kicking seem to stop.
She jumps feeling a feminen gental hand "Come on sweety, come on get up. Let's get you cleened and back to camp."
Looking up she sees Jaci looking at her with concern, looking away she holds back tears.
Jaci slowly pulls her up with Amy's help "Daryl is going to flip worse then Shane." the young blond whispers.
"What do you mean worse then Shane?" looking up she sees Carol crying over a bloody faced Ed.
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They Raced up the stairs, Daryl had a bad feeling both for his brother and girl.
T-dog uses the bolt cutters unsnaping the chain, Daryl impaintenly kicks the door open racing out onto the roof first.
"Merle! Merle!" Daryl calls to his brother, looking around for him.
Daryl stops and see's no Merle, only a cut off hand.
"No! No! No!" Daryl cries out pacing in agony, his brother wasn't there the worst only going through his mind.
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Once back at camp Eva stay'd away from everyone, she had started closing herself off.
After the whole fight memories seemed to come back, the baby was thankfully fine.
Arizona lay's his head on Eva's lap, she absently rubs his head.
Dale tried talking to her but she stiffened afraid, but once Shane tried talking to her.
Telling her she needed to suck it up and move on, well she came back a bit only to punch him.
Then again when Lori walked up to her "You know if it wasn't for your family my husband wouldn't have left, he'd be here with me and his son."
Standing Eva got in her face "Listen here you ungratefule bitch! My if it weren't for my fiance you and these people would be starving. For the last time stay away from me."
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Huffing Daryl's anger once again boils over, he turns pointing his crossbow at T-dog.
Rick points his gun to Daryl's head "I won't hesitate, I don't care if every walker in the city hears it. I know you have a fiance and a baby on the way, you wouldn't want to leave them alone."
Closing his eyes Daryl trys not to picture Eva and the baby on their own, dead without him.
He lowers his bow Rick lowers his gun greatfule he didn't have to do that.
Rick figures Eva would hold her end up, probably kill him.
Calmly Daryl asks if T has a du-rag, T-dog pulls it out, Daryl grabs it wipping it open he lays it on the ground beside his brother's hand.
Sighing he slowly pick's Merle's hand up "I guess the saw blade was too dull for the handcuffs. Ain't that a bitch." He murmers examining it.
Daryl folds the rag over the hand and puts it in Glenn's back pack.
Going back he observes the situation, saying that his brother must have used his belt as a tourniquet.
He starts to fallow the blood droplets towored another door, Rick signals both Glenn and T-dog to fallow.
"Merle? You in here?" Daryl calls out, hoping his brother would answer; as they make their way down some stairs.
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Eva had decided to join Dale on watch, thankfully he didn't bring anything up.
He did point out though if she did want to talk he was there.
It was a few moments of Dale watching Jim on the hill digging, that it worried them both.
Now here they were slowly walking up to the man.
"Jim? You ok?" Dale asks "Keep this up, you're gonna keel over out here."
Eva nods as she quietly watches, the man didn't answer as he continued to dig.
"Drink some water at least." He offers, Eva steps up.
"Jim come on you've got to be hot, you're going to get heat stroke out here."
He stops to look at them before continueing, Eva turns her back and leans into Dale whispering in his ear.
"This is freaking me out, if we can't stop him...I hate to say this...I really do but we're going to have to get Shane." After saying it she felt like scrubing her mouth out with soap.
Dale nods agreeing with her he turns and they head back toword camp.
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Shooting an arrow, the a walker hits the ground hard.
Daryl appears around the cover holding the arrow he had used.
Both him and Rick pear around the corner to see two bodies on the ground.
"Had enough in him to take out these two sumbitches. One handed." He pointed out sounding proud, close to admireation.
"Toughest asswhole I ever met, my brother." Daryl says grunting while putting a bolt in the dock "Feed him a hammer, he'd crap out nails."
"Any man can pass out from blood loss, no matter how tough he is." Rick informs Daryl as he walks past.
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Walking back Eva stops hearing them cheer for blondie and her sister.
Seeing the fish in Morelas hand "Screw all you! You ungreatfule sons of bitches!"
Everyone seams to stop talking and looks up at the steaming brown haired woman.
"My fiance goes out hunting for you people! Not once do you all act greatfule or say thank you! But when these two come back you act like its fucking christmas!" Dale trys to calm her but she shakes him off "As soon as Daryl and Merle come back, all of you are on your own!"
She stomps off back to her tent, she was done trying to be social; every time she showed any bit of kindness they throw it back in her face.
Arizona whimpers as he trots in his head lowered.
"Come here boy, it's ok. I'm not mad at you." She whispers.
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Fallowing the blood, it seemed to be slowing down to both Daryl and Rick.
"Merle." Daryl calls out.
"We're not alone here. Remember?" Rick whispers, as both men look a kitchen.
"Screw that. He could be bleeding out. You said so yourself." Daryl tells him, throwing the information back in the man's face.
Daryl walks in looking around in a half crouch seeing a stove burner on.
He notices blood on the stove and Merle's belt, Rick picks up and old iron seeing blood on it.
"What's that burned stuff?" Glenn asks from behind.
"Skin." Rick replays "He cauterized the stump." he looks up at the asain boy.
Glenn looked discusted as Daryl looks at Rick "Told you he was tough." as if that proved his point he adds "Nobody can kill Merle but Merle."
As if to bring Daryl down a peg he tells him not to take it on faith.
"Yeah? Didn't stop him from busting out of this death trap." He conferms as he falls the trail to a broken window.
"He left the building? Why the hell would he do that?" Glenn asks.
"Why wouldn't he? He's out there alone as far as he knows, doing what he's got to do. Surviving." He turns to walk away, follow his brother.
Rick didn't like where this was going, they need to get the bag of guns before someone else.
"You call that surviving?" T-dog asks "Just wandering out in the streets, maybe passing out? What are his odds out there?"
Rick had to agree but the statement also got the younger man angry.
"No worse than being handcuffed and left to rot by you sorry pricks." The guys looked around irritated as Daryl got in Rick's face "You couldn't kill him. Ain't so worried about some dumb dead bastard."
Rick get's in his face as well "What about a thousand dumb dead bastards? Different story?"
"Why don't you take a tally? Do what you want, I'm gonna go get him." Daryl wasn't going to have it, he was going to get his brother with or without their help.
Rick knew this was going to get bad, He couldn't let the man go and leave his wife and unborn behind.
"Daryl wait." he stops him.
"Get your hands off me! You can't stop me."
"I don't blame you. He's family, I get that. I went through hell to find mine. I know exactly how you feel. He can't get far with that injury. We could help you check a few blocks around but only if we keep a level head. But you also need to focus on getting back to your girl." Rick finishes.
Daryl blinks the man unforfunatly was right he agreed.
They turned and looked at T who agreed only if they could get the guns first.
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They all stopped in an office Glenn had made a plan.
Rick didn't want the kid going out on his own.
"Even I think it's a bad idea and I don't even like you much." Daryl commented.
"It's a good idea, okay. If you hear me out. If we go out there in a group, We're slow, drawing attention. If I'm alone I can move fast." Glenn explains, Rick kneels looking at the plan on the ground.
Glenn demonstraights where the tank is from the bag.
He showed where Rick and T-dog would be on one side of the street,from where he and Daryl would be.
"Why me?" Daryl asks.
Giving him a duh look Glenn explains how is crossbow is quieter.
He goes on to explain that walker may cut him off and he would have to run in Rick and T's ally.
Looking impressed Daryl looks up "Hey kid what you do before all this?"
"Delivered pizzas, why?" Both Rick and Daryl nod like that explains it.
They all split up, Daryl and Glenn made it down their ally.
Both hid behind a dumpster "You got some balls for a chinaman."
Glenn looks back "I'm Korean"
"Whatever."
Once Glenn had left, Daryl was leaning against dumster when he heared foot steps.
Shooting out he holds his crossbow up "Whoa, don't shoot me! What do you want?"
It was kid no old then 16 or 17 "Looking for my brother. He's hurt real bad you seen him?" Daryl demands not putting the bow down for nothing.
"Ayudame!"
"Shut up! Your going to bring the geeks down on us. Answer me."
"Answer me!" Daryl demands.
"Ayudame!" The kid screams again.
Panic filled Daryl's body, he wasn't going to let this kid ruinin anything for his group.
The kid wouldn't stop screaming, Rick and T-dog heared him screaming on the other side.
They both started raceing to the noise thinking both Daryl and Glenn were in trouble.
That's when Daryl took the bow and nocked the kid flat on his ass, covering his mouth.
"Shut up. Shut up!" Eva flashed through Daryl's mind as the kid kept screaming.
Out of nowhere two other men came through and started beating on Daryl.
Daryl covered his face as best he could grunting every time a metal bat came down on him.
"That's it that's the bag!" One of those asswholes yells.
Daryl knew Glenn was introuble now, sitting up he grabs his crossbow and shoots one in the ass.
Glenn screamed for them to get off, he called after Daryl to help him.
Daryl was now thankfule Eva didn't fight him to come, this could have been her.
He got up yelling for them to come back but the walkers were already close to hte gate that Daryl had to force it closed.
Getting pissed, he was now stuck here more in this wastland of a city, unable to make it back to his girl.
The asain kid was kiddnapped Daryl went to attack the kid but Rick stopped him .
"I'm gonna kick youy nuts up your throat!" Daryl yells point at the kid.
The kid was yelling to let him go while T-dog told him to chill out.
"They took Glenn. That little bastard, and his homi friends!' Rick keeps a hold of Daryl's tank when he points to the kid "I'm gonna stomp your ass!"
Rick yells saying they need to get to the lab, the walkers had cut them off.
Daryl reloads his bow as Rick grabs the guns he looks at Daryl.
"I'm going to get you back safe to her! I made that promis to her."
Daryl looks in shock then stomps away embarressed.
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Eva couldn't help but feel dread fall upon her.
Something was wrong with Daryl she just knew it, she stands on the RV looking at the city her hands resting on her baby bump.
She bites her lowler lip when she hears someone climbing up the RV.
"Hey honny, its hot come down and get some water, maby eat something."
Sighing Eva turns to see Jaci looking at her with concern.
"I'd love to but...I'm worried something keeps eating at me..." Jaci lays a gentel hand on the young woman's shoulder.
"What is it honny? You worried about Daryl?" Eva nods looking at her boots.
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"Those men you were with, we need to know where they went." Rick tells the prisoner.
They had taken the kid somewhere to interigate him, anger seam to be Daryl's one and only emotion.
The kid looks at Rick "I ain't telling you nothing.
Look at Daryl T-dog asks what happened.
Daryl walks up to the kid "I told you, this little turd and his douchebag friends came out of nowhere and jumped me."
He begins pacing "You're the one who jumped me, puto. Screaming about trying to find his brother like it's my damn fault." The kid explains like it was Dary's fault.
"They took Glenn. Could have taken Merle too." He accuses him.
"Merle? What kind of hick name is that? I wouldn't even name my dog Merle."
Getting pissed Daryl went to go at the kid but Rick stopped him.
"Damn it , Daryl. Back off." Rick yells, wondering how Eva could ever handle a man with anger issuses.
Calming down a bit he strolls over to Glen's bag pulling out Merle's hand.
"Want to see what happened to the last guy that pissed me off?"
The kid looks up in time for Daryl to throw the hand at the kid who freaked out.
Daryl grabs the kid "Start with the feet this time." but Rick ends up stoping him again.
Rick bends down in front of the kid "The men you were with took our friend. All we want to do is talk to them. See if we can work something out."
The kid agreed to take them, Daryl on the inside was feeling nervouse something bad was going to happen.
Rick looks up from spaying on the door where Glenn was being held.
"You sure you're up for this?" T-nods.
"One wrong move, you get an arrow in the ass, Just so you know." Daryl threatend the kid.
"G's gonna take that arrow out of my ass and shove it yup your ass. Just so you know." The teen threatened back.
"G?"
"Guillermo. He's the man here."
"Okay then. Let's go see guillermo." Rick says while cocking the shotgun he was holding.
A few long hours and some nagotiating thanks to a little old lady, the group had gotten their guns and Glenn back.
They started walking back to the bread truck, Daryl was anxouse to get back to camp.
"Admit it you only camp back for the hat." Glenn joked.
"Don't tell anyone." Rick smirks.
Daryl then started in on giving away half the ammo and guns.
Everyone halted seeing the truck was missing, both Rick and Daryl have the same idea.
"Merle."
"He's gonna be takin' some vengeance back to camp." He couldn't help but think of Eva.
What would Merle do to her and the baby? Rick could see the regret in Daryl's eyes.
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Jaci was able to talk Eva back down from the RV, she was now watching Carl and Sophia play with Arizona.
Everyone had the fish preped and ready.
Morelas had the campire rocks higher so there could be more fire.
To Eva this was a bad idea, they should have dug the pit into the ground that way.
But she wasn't going to voice her opinion on the matter.
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Panting the men had started running back to camp, Daryl's mind set on Eva.
He hopped his brother wasn't there but at the same time wished he was.
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Night rolled in and Eva's panic attacks weren't getting better.
She quietly sat listening to other's talk, she fed half the fish to Arizona.
She hadn't felt hungry to worried something back was about hit them.
"I gotta ask you, man. It's been driving me crazy." Morelas said to Dale.
"What?"
"That watch."
Dale smiles looking at it "What's wrong with my watch?"
"I see you every day, the same time, winding that thing like a village priest saying mass."
Eva looks up and smiles as does Dale "I'm missing the point?"
Jacqui giggles "Unless I've misread the signs, the world seems to have come to an end. At least hit a speed bump for a good long while."
Eva rolls her eyes as she nibbles on her fish, she quietly looks at her plate.
"Time, It's important to keep track, isn't it? The days at least."
Eva smiles "I have to agree with you Dale."
"I like, I like what, um, a father said to son when he gave him a watch that had been handed down through generations. He said, "I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire, which will fit your individual needs no better then it did mine or my father's before me; I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you may forget it for a moment now and then and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it." Eva smiles and nods.
"Falkner, good man." Eva whispers, people turn to look at her but her head was down.
"Must be my bad paraphrasing." Dale says, as everyone laughs.
Eva quietly stood she was ready for bed, Amy also stood.
"Where you going?" Andrea asks.
"I have to pee. Jeez you try to be discreet around here." Which made everyone giggle.
As Eva got close to her tent Arizona starts growling his fur stands up.
"What? What's wrong boy?" She whispers.
That's when a walker comes walking around, gasping she looks around for something sharp.
That's when screams echod through camp, growling Arizona lunges for the undead corps.
"No Arizona!" She grabs her pistol and shoots the bastard in the head.
She wasn't gonna die, she wasn't going to let her dog die either.
The camp was in full chaos, she looks around hearing Shane yell to get to the RV.
Where was Daryl? she was hyperventalating, she keeps shooting.
Seeing Sophia and Carol in danger she whistles at her dog.
"Arizona! go help them!" She points to both mother and daughter.
Barking the dog runs off, he grabs a bite out of the walker's leg.
She points her gun at the walker and shoots it in the back off the head.
Before she could run to them a hand grabs her hair and pulls her down.
Eva screams looking over at Shane she yells for him to help.
"Shane please help! Help me!" She closes her eyes, scared she wasn't going to see her baby be born, or Daryl again.
That's when she felt the heavy body fall off her, looking up she see's Daryl running over to her.
"Eva! Eva! You bit?!" crying as he helped her up, she shakes her head no.
"I thought...oh god Daryl I thought I was done for." Daryl looks at her as he pulls her close.
"Won't let anythin' happen to ya girl I promise." He murmers.
he takes a shot at an on coming walker, Eva burys her face in his shoulder her arms wrapped around his waist.
Everything after seem to go silent, Daryl pulls Eva closer.
He had spotted Arizona on the ground, he closes his eyes.
"Yur ok I got ya, yur ok Lil mama." He trys soothing as he keeps stairing at the now dead dog.