Two of a kind
Theme song: Enter Sandman by: Metallica
Eva's and Daryl's theme song: Livin' On A Prayer by: Bon Jovi
Rick and Eva's theme song: Misery Business by: Paramore
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Chapter 14: Highway to Hell
"Eva."
"Eva, honey wake up." Eva opens her eyes to see her mother standing in front of her.
"Mom? What's going on? Where's Daryl and the others?" She looks around panicked.
She finds herself in a Lab her heart pounding, oh god was her father here?
"Don't fret your father isn't here, your baby and Daryl are safe as well as your group. Your sleeping." Her mother explains.
Asleep? How did she know?
"I came to give you one finnal word, your father...he's alive but don't worry. You wont have to face him, but he will try to kill you and your group, he doesn't know your alive."
Eva nods slowly as her mother goes on to explain "You will forget I ever told you this, but know I will be there for you. I'm soo proud of you! Keep fighting dear, you are opening Daryl's heart know that. One last thing before I go, there's someone else, he will join you and your husband. All three of you will be a family know that."
Eva wipes her eyes, she had missed her mother, but she was also confused.
"What do you mean someone else?"
"I can't tell you who but just know he to loves weather he knows it or not just yet."
Her mother begins to fade "I love you Eva, I will always love you!"
"Mama! Don't leave me again!"
"Ядерное пропадать Чернобыля начинается в пятнадцати секунд".
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Gasping Eva jerks in her sleep sitting up, Daryl looks over at her as the caravan stops.
"Ya ok? Look like ya were havin an intense dream." He observed.
Eva nods wiping her face "Yeah I'm fine, had a dream about my mom. I can't remember what it was about though."
He nods as Rick walks up to their truck "We're running low on fuel we're going to have to leave some cars behind. Daryl, Eva I'm sorry but your going to have to leave the truck."
Daryl nods "Fine but I anit leavin ma brother's bike, I'll ride it."
Rick nods looking at them both before walking back to everyone else.
Eva looks at Daryl "Do you want me with you?" He looks at his lap a momment then at her growing stomach.
"Think it's safe for now." He nods as he slips out of the truck.
They had been on the road for a while, after the C.D.C they had stopped at a building in the City.
According to Daryl it had been ocupied by a group called the Vatos, they were helping the elderly that couldn't move or fend for themselves.
When they had gotten there it looked like a slaughter house, someone had went in and dieliberatly did that to them.
The next morning after syphoning gas from random cars, they had been on their way again.
Opening her door Eva goes to step out but Rick meets, he holds his hand out making her take it.
"Easy does it now, Daryl told me your going to ride with him. If at anytime you need a rest have Daryl stop the caravan." He tells her once she was on the ground.
The young mother smiles "Don't worry about me, but thank you Rick that's kind of you."
Smiling back he pats her shoulder before joining Daryl and Shane in unloading the bike.
Lori walks up to her "Look I don't know where you get off at." She points at her.
Eva raises an eye brow "What? Rick just helped me out of the truck, just because you cheated on him doesn't mean you have to go all insecure bitch mode on me or any one else."
Lori's eyes widen as Eva goes on "You brought this on yourself not me at least I love my husband." She stalks off.
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After Syphoning gas out of Daryl's truck and loading their clothes into the RV, they were back on the road.
They lead the now smaller caravan, the RV behind them, the hachback behind it.
Eva loved the sound of the Triumph as it speeds down the highway, it made her feel like life was some what normal for a time.
Resting her head on Daryl's broad back she closes her eyes relaxing.
"Don't be going to sleep Lil mama, don't want ya fallen off." Daryl calls behind him.
Eva giggles "I'm not papa bear don't worry about me."
Daryl sighs putting his right hand on her's he squeezes it, he couldn't help but to worry about her always.
Especially after the C.D.C she hadn't been right, like something inside her awakened.
Coming up on the highway, Eva could feel the bike slowing down.
Opening her eyes she looks to see a big pile up "Hope the RV will fit through this mess." She calls to Daryl.
He nods turning around he pulls up to the RV.
"See a away through?" Dale asks.
Nodding they go through some of the car "Hold on Eva."
She nods gripping his waist tighter, that's when she hears a loud bang.
Eva turns her head around to see the RV smoking then stop.
"Daryl the RV it stalled." He nods parking the bike.
"I said it, didn't I say it? A thousand times dead in the water."
"Problem Dale?" Shane asks the obvious.
"Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of..." Dale stops looking at Eva's raised eyebrow as Daryl walks to a car "Okay that was dumb."
She giggles and nods as she joins Daryl sifting through the back of the car.
Grabbing a small pink back pack, they look for food and other necessities.
Lori complanes that it was a graveyard Eva turns "Really Lori? We know but you don't need to freak the kids out ok?"
She looks at Carl "Hey buddy make it like a Seen It or I spy, if you spy any itams we need," She tosses him the pink bag "filler up."
Carl smiles nodding "You got it!" he runs off while Lori just gives her an evil glare.
Humming Eva walks away from the group back the way they came, she opens the trunk of an SUV.
She grabs a back pack opening it she finds some men's shirts for Daryl, food a couple of warm unopened Gatorades.
Throwing out the rest she goes to a cooler and looking inside she grabs packs of beef jerky, a jar of pickles, and a jar of honey?
Shrugging she shoves the jar in the bag but not before opening it and having a taste.
"Mmm that's good." She murmers before putting it in the bag.
Rick walks up to her "Saw ya sneak a taste there." squealing she jumps.
He laughs grabing her waist "Calm down sorry I scared you, why don't you come back up towored the others. Daryl and T-dog are syphoning some gas."
Nodding Eva fallow him "Thank's Rick...for everything I know no one has thanked you or given the time to. But you stepped up and I appreciate it."
Rick stops to look at her, their eyes meeting he stops himself from kissing her.
"Your welcome Eva, besides someone's got to look out for you and the others." He responds.
Biting her lower lip she nods walking to the RV, she sits on the step pulling out the Jar.
Licking her lips she takes her finger and dips it into the jar and moans.
He chucckles "Don't be turning into a bee on us."
Eva sticks her tongue out and goes back to eating "Tell that to the munchkin, ever sense shit hit the fan the kid has me craving things we don't have. Think squirrles the only thing that's kept him quiet."
"Sounds like he or she is going to be a daddies kid." He smirks, Eva giggles and nods.
Looking up she see's Rick look down the scope of his rife, putting her jar away she stands beside him.
"What is it?" She asks as he pulls the safty off quietly.
"Just one...walker? Oh shit." Grabing Eva he pulls her under a car.
"What's going on what's wrong?"
Rick doesn't answer he puts a finger to his lips "Stay here and be quiet, I'll be back for you when it's safe or I'll get Daryl." He tells her in a rush.
Her yes widen as he gives Dale a signal to watch her car as he runs off.
Gasping she trys not to move wondering what the hell was going on, untill that smell.
Walkers oh god they found them, this wasn't good she thought and pry'd as she smelled them get closer.
Moving her hand behind her back she slowly slips her gun out, that's when she heared the shuffle of feet and saw them.
She stops frozen where was Daryl? Was he ok?
Whimpering she watches as one stops beside the care she's under.
"Go away go away." She tryed thinking, weilding it to go away "there's nothing here go away."
As if thinking it the walker seems to shuffle past, sighing she lays her head on the concrete closing her eyes.
All was quiet, she didn't want to move Rick said either him or Daryl would get her, but she was starting to get uncomfortable.
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After a few more unconfertable seconds she heared Daryl yell her name.
"Here I'm here." She calls out as she slowly slides out, she was hot and exhausted.
Running to her, he cups her face "You okay? The baby? Ya not bit?"
Eva shakes her head as he hugs her "I'm fine I'm safe, its ok. Rick pulled me under the car told me to stay while he went after the rest of you. Said he or you would come get me."
Daryl nods sighing he kisses the top of her head, Rick comes up to them asking Daryl to help find Sophia.
"What happened?" Eva asks her eyes wide wondering if Carl was ok.
He tells them about two walkers chasing her into the woods.
"Ya I'll go, stay here Eva we'll be back." He whispers in her ear before fallowing Rick.
Slowly walking up to the rest Shane hands her a bottle of water, she nods in thanks as she gulps it down.
She stands beside Carol and Lori waiting for Daryl.
Shane and Glenn appears asigning them choress Eva walks back to her Jar of honey and rejoins carol.
He looks over at her "Eva you to, we all need the hands."
"No, I want to wait for my husband thanks." She turns to Carol holding her jar out "Honey?"
Carol gives her a small smile and shakes her head "no thanks all yours."
Shrugging she dips her finger in the jar.
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Looking for Sophia both Rick and Daryl "So what's with you and ma girl?"
Rick looks at Daryl for a short minuet "We're just friends, I...I feel something but I promise if it's anything just brother/sister love. If it were anything else, I'd tell you first I don't want a rift in the group especially in a family."
Daryl stops and stairs, why would he care? He nods as he looks back at the trail.
"Tracks are gone." Rick says after a few hours.
"No, their faint, but they aint gone." Pointing to another set "She came through here."
Rick looks where he points "How can you tell?"
"You want a lession in tracking or you want to find that girl and get our ass off the that interstate?"
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Eva looks around seeing Carl by a truck she walks over "hey buddy what are you up to?"
Carl looks up at her "found something in there looks like knives."
Eva nods walking to the driver side door "Why don't I grab them but you take credit?"
"What if its...a walker? I don't want Daryl or dad getting mad because you got hurt." He looks down.
Eva bend down as best she could "Now Daryl I understand but why your father?"
"Because he likes you, though...he loves mom but they argue alot." Eva hugs Carl.
"Sweet heart they only agrue out of worry for you."
He shakes his head "No they argue for no reason."
Sighing Eva nods "Well I think they'd be more mad if you got hurt then me, so let me do it ok?"
Carl nods as she grabs her knife out of her boot, she opens the door slowly.
Moving slowly she stabs the corps in the head making sure its dead.
Grabbing the bag of knives she puts her's back in her boot.
"Here you are my good man, your tressure." She smiles handing it over.
Carl's eyes light up like he just got the best toy for Christmas.
He runs off Eva following behind, as she makes it him, he was talking animatedly with Shane showing off what he found.
Queen Bitch walks up trying to destory the poor kid's happy moment.
"Lay off Lori, he found something the group could use he was showing Shane." Eva defends.
Lori walks up to her "Don't you dare tell me how to raise my son!"
"Someone should! You don't keep an eye on him, and when you loose him you either yell or freaking out! How about this for a change be a mother and stop being a whore!" Lori gasps and slaps Eva across the face.
Shane stands up straighter telling Carl to go to the RV.
Eva looks at Lori glareing "Like I said start being a mother." Eva walks off.
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What felt like a few hours both Daryl and Rick hear rustling, they both crouch automatically.
They see a walker and Daryl makes hand signal, Rick would go one way and he another.
They circle the unsuspecting walker, Rick whistles at it cetching it's attention.
Daryl comes up behind and shoots it down, he yanks the arrow out.
"Sophia!"
Rick bends down taking out rubber gloves he searches the walker.
"What are you doing?" Daryl asks.
"Looking for skin under the fingernails." Rick responds as he turns it over "It fed recently."
Rick shows Daryl flesh between it's teeth "What kind of flesh?"
"Only one way to find out." Rick says looking sick, and tears the shirt open and goes to cut when Daryl stops him.
"Here, I'll do it. How many kills you skin and gutted in your life? Anyway mines, sharper." Rick couldn't help but look at Daryl as he pulled his knife out.
No Rick didn't swing that way but with Lori acting the way she was, well both Daryl and Eva...they were become somthing to him he couldn't describe.
Shaking it off he watches as Daryl stabs the stomach and yanks it open.
A nasty oder admits from the walker, Rick couldn't help but feel sick while Daryl looked unfazed.
After stabing it a couple more times Daryl finnaly got the sucker open.
Seeing how sick the man was he warns him "Here comes the bad part."
Daryl starts digging into the gut pulling out what the walker had to eat, all the while RIck sitting there looking sick wondering how this hunter can do it without throwing up or going to.
"Yeah Hoss had a big meal not to long ago, I feel it in there." He informs the former sheriff as he digs deeper.
Finally finding the gut sack they cut it open and Daryl finds a bone.
"This gross man had himself a woodchuck for lunch."
"At least we know."
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Eva stands against the gard rail her arms wrapped around waist.
The baby kicks and she smiles "Don't worry daddy will be back promis." She whispers as she rubs her bump gently.
"It's late, gonna be dark soon." Carol whispers.
Eva turns to see blondie talking to the worried mother "They'll find her."
"Of corse they are Daryl's best tracker we got, if any body can find your little girl it's him." Eva smiles.
Carol gives her a strained smile back, Andrea turns to walk away going to harrass Dale.
It was one fight she was not getting into, Eva turns back around looking at the woods.
"The truth is less guns the better." Shane puts in.
"You and Eva going to turn your's into?" Groaning Eva walks over.
"Naw I'm trained, see that's what ya'll need is proper training. But until that time I think it's best if dale keeps them all accounted for." Shane adds.
Andrea scoffs and looks at Eva "What about you?"
Eva blinks and crosses her arms "What about me?"
"Your not going to hand your's over?"
Eva glares "Over my cold dead unwalking body! Darly and Merle taught me, my gun stays. Don't bring me into it again." She walks back grumbling about bitchy woman and wanting to kill them.
Gasping she sees Daryl and Rick walk out of the woods, she jogs and climbs over the guardrail; launching herself in Daryl's arms.
"Hey Lil mama it's ok I'm back." He whispers, feeling uncomfortable.
Eva looks back up then starts hitting him "good never leave me with these people again!"
Daryl trys to deflect her then grabs her arms pulling her to him.
"We'll talk later."
"You didn't find her?" Carol whimpers.
Rick looks at Carol as he climbs over helping Eva over along with Daryl.
"Her trail went cold. We'll pick it up again first light."
Carol hugs herself looking between both men "You can't leave my daughter out there on her own to spend the night in the woods."
Daryl lets go of Eva as he responds softly "Out in the dark's no good. We'd just be tripping over ourselves. more people get lost."
For whatever reason Daryl talking that soothing to Carol made her blood run cold.
"But she's twelve she can't be out on her own." Closing her eyes Eva resists yelling, as Carol grows hysterical "You didn't find anything?"
Rick trys calming her asking her not to panic Daryl steps up past Eva.
"We tracked her for a while. "
Eva walks away not wanting to hear anymore, yes it was sad Sophia got lost but to her for some reason this pissed her off.
Daryl grabs her hand pulling her back before she can get to far.
"We have to make this an organized effort. Daryl knows the woods better then anybody. I've asked him to oversee this." Rick had told them all.
That right there is what fueld her anger, she yanks her hand away from Daryl.
Carol looks at his hand as Eva pulled away "Is that blood?"
Once again Eva walks away not want to hear or see anymore, they were trying to take her husband away from her and her child.
Daryl looks after her wondering what she was mad for? Why did she pull away?
But then she heared Carol ask the unthinkable questions.
"How can you have left her out there to begin with? How could you just leave her?" Eva rushes back breathing heavy with anger.
"He had to lead them away! If he hadn't she would have gotten bitten infront of him! it could have been a whole lot worse! Don't pin this on him!" Eva yells, everyone stops and stairs "You all are so fucking selfish! I'm tired of you people! once Sophia is found we're leaving"
As she says that last part she turns to Daryl glareing at him and walks away.
"Hey!" Daryl runs after her grabing her wrist he turns her around "The hell was that? We're leaving after we find that girl? What the hell ya mean by that?"
Eva wipes her eyes "I'm sorry, everything...everyone, the stress. I can't...now their asking you for help? What if...what if something happens and I loose you?"
Daryl blinks then sighs his shoulders slack, he understood now.
Pulling her in his arms he holds her to him "Look Eva I'm not going to leave you nothing is going to happen to us, I'm goin to protect you and our child. I promise."
Sniffling she berrys her face in his chest as she cry's.
Rick slowly walks over to them, Daryl looks up and nods letting her go.
"Eva...Eva I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't ask you first." She turns around and looks at him.
"I want to thank you, you didn't have to say all that, but I ask that you and Daryl...don't...please don't leave." Eva looks at the man's pleading eyes, she sighs and nods.
Walking up he hugs her, something about that hug made her feel safe wanted; it felt nice.
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Next morning everyone was up Rick had taken Carl's arsinal and lay'd it out for everyone to choose.
Eva went to step up and help, also be by Daryl's side but both he and Rick wanted her to stay with the RV.
So here she was leaning against the moble home, T-dog sitting on the first step Dale on the other side of him.
"Everybody takes a weapon." Rick instructs the others.
"These arn't the kind of weapons we need." Andrea says looking down at the knives.
Eva steps up "It's exactly what you need, silent and deadly not loud and attracting. I'm not sending my husband out there just so you can pop rounds everytime a leaf blows, or a twig snaps."
Daryl lays a hand on Eva's shoulder, she turns to look at him and nods.
Shane nods "Eva's right, we've been over that Daryl, Rick and I are carrying. Say somebody fires at the wrong moment, another herd happens to pass by. See, then it's game over for all of us. So you need to get over it."
Eva looks at Shane and nods to him in thanks, he nods back in understanding.
"See, the idea is to take the creek up about five miles, turn around come back down the other side. Chances are she'll be by the creek. It's her only landmark." Daryl tells them as he walks around to go to the guardrail.
Eva fallows him her hand on her bump "Daryl...please, please be careful."
He turns around and nods at her "Don't worry Lil' mama I'll be back, just watch yourself keep yourself safe."
Smiling she nods at him, turning she head back to the RV as everyone moves around to get ready.
She goes to stand beside Dale as Andrea walks up "Here we go." She thinks bitterly.
Dale starts off first not wanting to be put in a position.
"I'm not going out there without my gun. I'll even say please." Eva steps infront of Dale.
"What the hell did I just tell you? Your not getting it! I'm not
letting put my husband's life in mortal danger! Your not having it!"
Andrea looks at her and crosses her arms "And I told you I want it."
Scoffing she gets in the blond's face "Well when you come up with a reliable answer, Dale aint handing you shit. My husband is going to come back safe, not bit just so he can say good by to me and his only child you selfish bitch. There are more people then just you!"
Dale holds her back he to responds "Look I'm doing this for you, and for Eva."
"No, Dale, your doing this for you. You need to stop what do you think's gonna happen? I'm gonna stick it in my mouth and pull the trigger the moment you hand it to me?" The blond demands.
Eva snorts "May do us all a favor then with your damn complaints all the fricken time."
Andrea's mouth falls open hereing her say that, then she went back to chewing Dale's ass.
Eva shook her head mutting damn bitch as she walked away to Daryl.
"This is why I want to leave, to many trigger happy blonds." She grumbles.
Daryl smirks down at his fisty wife, he lays a hand on her shoulder.
Kissing her forhead Daryl turns to walk away with the rest of the group.