Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia
Somebody To Die For
Chapter 7
Anna and Bailey struggled to keep going as they battled their way through the walkers that just kept coming. "You two getting tired yet?" Dave spat, as he watched them with a smile on his face. Bailey felt sick at the thought she was ever married to him. Technically still was.
"Not even fucking close, asshole." She spat at him as she saw an arrow hit one of the men in the head making everyone stare in surprise.
"Daryl." She said hopeful.
Two minutes later another fell to the ground after being shot in the head by three bullets in the head and Anna knew instantly who that was.
Rick.
They didn't have time to concentrate on what was going on, they were too busy trying to fight their way through the walkers, even although their bodies ached, and they both wanted nothing more than to just collapse and sleep.
"Come on, Anna, keep going," Bailey encouraged. "We're going to be OK."
Anna nodded and shoved her knife into a walker's skull before it could bite Bailey on the shoulder as they ran up to the steep hill where Rick and Daryl pulled them up.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Dave yelled running towards them and Daryl saw red as he saw the man who had hurt his woman.
He ran towards him and let out a yell as he pounced on top of him. "SON OF A BITCH!" he snarled, punching Dave repeatedly in the face, until he heard a satisfying crack underneath him. He didn't stop, just continued to beat Dave.
Anna ran into Rick's arms and he held her tightly as she cried into him. "Are you hurt? Did any of you get bit? Scratched?"
"No, we're fine aside from having blood on us." She said through her tears as he held her tighter to him as Daryl shoved Dave into the trunk along with Shane.
Daryl then hurried over to where Bailey was and pulled her into his arms tightly as she sobbed into him, her shoulders shaking.
"I knew you would find me."
"Of course I would, Bailey," he said softly, as he rocked her in his arms, stroking her hair gently. "Come on, let's get the two of ya back, cleaned up and rested," he said softly, as he picked up Bailey, while Rick picked up Anna and they carried them back to the car.
Anna got in the front with Rick while Bailey and Daryl got in the back with their prisoners in the trunk as they drove back to the farm.
Bailey looked at Daryl worriedly, "Is Aoife alright?"
Daryl nodded as he kissed her gently, and used the rag he carried in his back pocket to wipe some of the blood from her face. "She's fine, sweetheart," he assured her, as he noticed her bruised face, and cut lip. "What the hell did they do to the two of ya?"
"They beat us up to try and make us tell them where the farm was but when that didn't work they threw us into the walker pit and we only had our knives." Bailey explained.
"We found them on the hill." Rick said and Anna looked up then.
"You found my dad's sword?"
"Looks like it," Rick said with a small smile, as Anna placed her hand on top of his on the steering wheel. "What you said when Lori was in the bedroom... did you mean that?" she asked quietly. Rick had more or less confessed he had a love for her, in front of a fuming Lori.
"I sure as hell fucking did, Carl loves you too." He said gripping her hand tightly as they pulled up outside the house and they all got out as the others hurried out.
"OH MY GOD, WHAT DID THAT BASTARD DO TO YOU TWO GIRLS?!" Merle roared as he and Beth ran over looking angry.
"We're fine, Merle," Anna assured him as she struggled out of the car, her legs aching. "They're in the trunk; feel free to take your turns with them."
"I sure as fuck will." Merle snarled as he dragged the two men out when Lori ran out as Rick helped Anna into the house along with Carl who was curled into her side.
"SHANE, WHAT DID THOSE PEOPLE DO TO YOU?!"
"Ya gotta be kidding me?" Daryl growled as he helped Bailey onto the sofa as he placed Aoife in her arms gently.
"What did they do to him?" Merle snapped. "More like what did he and his friends do to them. Look at Bailey and Anna, Lori, fuck! He almost got them killed."
"They would have deserved it," Lori spat back, before hurrying over to the barn to be with Shane.
"Damn," Anna groaned as she sat down. "It feels like I've been hit with a train."
"Here take some painkillers." Patricia handed her two ibuprofen tablets with a glass of water that she gladly took as Bailey did the same.
"We heard Lori and Shane talk, then we went to warn dad, Daryl and the others." Carl explained to Anna.
Anna ruffled his hair gently; she didn't want the kids to blame themselves for what had happened. "It's alright, sweetheart, it's not your fault what happened. Shane and that bastard were just too damn quick."
"I hate them." Carl said darkly as they all had dinner, Bailey smiled at him and hugged him tightly when Dale came in with Lori.
"What's going to happen with Dave and Shane?" He asked quietly.
"They're going to die for what they did, that's what." Rick said coldly.
"Of course they are," Dale muttered as he sat down at the table. "I wouldn't expect anything else from you, Rick."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rick asked, narrowing his eyes at Dale.
"It means that you're not fit to be the leader of this group anymore, you have a wife to think about and a baby." Dale said firmly.
"Ex wife as it happens, Andrea's a cilvil servant lawyer so I asked her to draw up the papers. We're finished Lori, just like you wanted." Rick told a stunned Lori.
"Shane's your best friend!" She yelled.
"No, Shane was my best friend," Rick corrected her. "Before the two of you started an affair behind my back. We're over, and Shane and I are over too. All you have to do is sign the papers, Lori."
Lori glared at him. "I don't think so."
"Just sign the damn papers Lori, I feel bad for my baby brother or sister being inside you with all of the shit you do." Carl snapped and gave her a pen as she wordlessly signed the papers.
"I'm your mother."
"Not anymore you're not," he said glaring at her. "I want Anna to be my mom now," he added, earning gasped shocks from everyone, not to mention Lori looked like she had been punched in the face.
"I'd be honoured, Carl," Anna said with a small smile as she gave him a hug.
Rick looked at the papers once they were signed. "Look at that, I'm a free man," he muttered, glad to have his marriage to Lori ended.
"Good now maybe you can calm down and take care of that baby." Carl said glaring at Lori with disgust.
"I can't not like this." Lori said desperate.
"That's your fault for not being careful with Shane; you must have used protection back at the quarry?" Andrea asked dryly.
"We ran out by the time we got to the CDC," she said, shrugging like it was no big deal.
"And you didn't think to go out and get more?" Maggie asked in disbelief.
"I didn't think I could get pregnant." She snapped.
"Well what you did was very selfish." Carol said appalled at Lori's attitude and behaviour.
"Please, it's not like you had much of an example marriage to go on," Lori spat back, as she remembered Ed, and how Carol had behaved around him.
"ENOUGH!" Hershel yelled, as he stood up from the table. "If I hear one more argument tonight, then you're all out of here, every last one of you, except my girls!"
Silence surrounded the room as everyone got ready for Jimmy's funeral and headed outside with Rick and Anna holding Carl's hands, Daryl and Bailey were holding hands as she held Aoife tightly to her and Merle stood near Beth.
"Uncle Hershel, please don't kick them out." Bailey said quietly.
"Then I can't have any more conflict in this house," Hershel said firmly, as he put his hat on while it started to rain outside. "We have enough problems to deal with; I don't need everything else going on too."
Daryl looked at Bailey. "It's alright, don't matter where we are, yer gonna be with me."
She nodded and gave him a soft smile as she leaned into him as they paid their respects to Jimmy and Beth regretted how she'd been towards him.
"Rest in peace, Jimmy." She said softly as they all headed back to the house for dinner and sat at the table.
"I don't really feel like dinner tonight, I still don't feel too good," Anna said quietly as she stood up from the table. "I just want to shower and get into bed."
"Alright, we'll come with you," Rick said, as he and Carl took their plates and the three of them headed upstairs.
"I hope she's OK," Maggie said softly as she watched her go. "I can't imagine how she's feeling after today."
"I know, it wasn't easy." Bailey said as she finished eating and got up as well with Daryl and picked up Aoife when Maggie looked at her worriedly.
"Did Dave hurt you?" She asked hugging her.
Bailey shook her head. "It was just hard seeing him," she admitted. "Whenever I do, it brings back memories, y'know?"
"I can see that." Maggie said softly as she watched them all go to bed and sat down beside Glenn as they continued to eat.
"Those two men love those girls and they love them." Hershel said quietly.
Maggie smiled at them. "They sure do," she said softly, as she gave Glenn's arm a gentle rub. "They sure do."
They all nodded as they headed upstairs to bed.
Anna had just finished coming out of the shower feeling a lot better, not to mention she didn't feel like she had been run over. She dried her blonde hair with a towel as she sat down and sighed in content.
"Feeling better?" Rick asked softly, as he and Carl appeared, both dressed ready for bed.
Anna gave them a smile. "I sure am," she assured them. "I think I could do with a lie-in tomorrow, mind you."
"I think you could do with a rest." He said pulling her into him and Carl as they got under the sheets and curled into each other.
She kissed him gently on the cheek and then Carl before falling asleep.
"Night Rick, Carl."
"Goodnight, Anna," Rick said softly, as he watched over her and Carl smiled up at him. He stroked Carl's hair softly. "My family," he whispered, before he too fell asleep.
Daryl and Bailey showered together as they got dry and he combed through her thick dark brown wavy curls gently as she got changed into a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
"Thank you, for finding me." She said softly as they got into bed with Aoife fast asleep in her crib, her light snuffles making them smile.
"I wouldn't have stopped lookin' until I found ya," he said softly as he pulled her against his chest. "I mean come on, ya can't just leave me with a baby," he added with a small chuckle, as he played with her hair. "Besides, what we did last night, I ain't plannin' on that bein' the last time."
Bailey laughed as she snuggled into his chest. "Is that all you men ever think about?"
"Not me, I woulda gone crazy if something had happened to ya." He said kissing her lovingly before they both fell asleep again.
Everyone gathered for breakfast the next morning, apart from the girls who were still in bed resting. Lori wasn't present, and Dale was sulking in the corner. Hershel was keeping a close eye on everyone.
"So, Phillip, what was Woodbury like?" Andrea asked.
"It was a nice town with a lot of people of all ages, men, women, children and infants. Then my older brother Brian came in with his group and everything went to hell." He said sadly.
"They started killing other groups." Penny added.
Andrea gave her a sad smile. "That must have been awful for you to see your town getting destroyed like that."
Phillip nodded. "Yes, especially by my own brother," he said with a sigh.
"How far away is Woodbury?" Rick asked as they all looked at a map.
"You need to get back onto the Highway, and after that it's about eight miles away," Phillip said, pointing it out on the map. "Except Brian and his guards are everywhere, so there would be no way anyone could get in unless you were one of them."
"Would they see us as a threat?" Daryl asked Phillip as they all looked at the map intently.
"They would. Brian controls Woodbury with his fists and if he does find any groups, he'll play nice then kill them when their guard is down." Phillip said disgusted.
"In that case, if we ever run across Brian, be sure to point him out to us so we know to keep our distance," Rick said seriously, not wanting to get mixed up in another war with another group. They had enough trouble as it was.
"I will don't worry." Phillip assured him as Hershel looked at Rick with kind but firm eyes.
"What happened at that camp where Anna and Bailey were?" He asked worried about the two young women.
"They were put in some sort of arena and Dave let in walkers so he could watch them fight them off to survive." Daryl said angry.
"Did you check their bodies for bites and scratches?" Milton asked softly, from where he was sitting next to Penny.
Daryl nodded. "Yeah, Bailey's good."
"Anna had nothing either," Rick replied, thankful they had both gotten away unharmed.
"Why the hell did Shane hand them over to Dave for?" Maggie demanded from where she sat next to Glenn and Beth.
"Lori blamed them for the fact Rick didn't wanna be with her anymore so she convinced Shane to give them over to Dave so he wouldn't bother any of us." Carol said disgusted.
Beth looked horrified. "You know... if she wasn't having a baby, I'd say she should be shot too, she's just as bad as the others," she mumbled, but shut up when she'd seen her father watching her. "I'm just saying, dad."
"At least everyone is alright," Glenn said with a small smile. "That's all that matters."
"Yeah." Daryl said as he looked at the shed where Dave was and got up as he headed towards the shed.
He unlocked the door to see Dave was tied up tightly and looked battered as he glared at him with narrowed eyes.
"I'm gonna make ya wish that yer never met my woman." He growled as he pulled out his knife and saw Dave flinch.
Dave spat out some blood that was still in his mouth, from the last beating Daryl had given him. "She ain't your woman, redneck. She's my wife," he hissed as he struggled around in his bindings.
"Not anymore she aint, she signed the divorce papers last night and all ya have to do is sign but I guess ya won't be able to seeing as you'll be in the fucking ground." Daryl snarled and started to kick him brutally.
"Please stop, Christ!" He yelled trying to move away.
"No fuckin' chance," Daryl growled, as he crouched down beside Dave, and lightly slashed at his arms with his knife. "I'm gonna make sure ya hurt so bad, that ya suffer every second for what you did," he snapped, digging his knife in a little harder. "I ain't gonna kill you though... I'm gonna leave it to MY woman to do that," he added, as Dave curled up in the corner.
He spat at him then as he headed out of the shed and locked it before going into the house where Bailey was with Aoife as they sat in the bedroom.
"Hey there." She said giving him a warm smile.
"Hey," he said softly as he sat down next to them and smiled down at Aoife. "You two doin' OK?" he asked, tickling Aoife's stomach, earning cute little laughs.
"We're fine don't worry, I just woke up from having a nap and little madam over here just finished having her lunch." She said kissing him gently on the lips as they watched over Aoife, she got up then and pulled on a pair of clean jeans, a long sleeved black cashmere sweater and her black biker boots as they headed downstairs where they saw Anna with Carl and Rick.
"Hey sword lady." She called out to her friend.
Anna smiled back at them, she seemed to be much more herself today. "Hey guys," she said softly, as they all sat down. "How are you doing?"
"We're good, thanks," Bailey said with a smile. "How are you?"
"I'm good thanks; Carl and Rick have been great with me." She said warmly as she and Carl finished their card game.
"You win Gambit." She said smirking at him.
Carl chuckled. "My dad taught me how to play," he said with a smile. "Can we play again, mom?" he asked, and Anna froze.
After a moment, a wide smile spread across her face. "We sure can, Carl, we sure can."
He grinned at her as they invited Sophia to join them while Bailey helped Carol sort through the clothes they had found in town.
"You should have that, the colour suits you." She told Carol warmly.
Carol smiled and held the red top up against her. "My ex husband, he would never let me wear things like this. I wasn't allowed pretty things," she said quietly.
Bailey nodded in understanding. "I know... Dave was the same," she said, as she rubbed Carol's hand gently.
Carol smiled at her as she placed it into a pile and they continued to sort through the clothes as Beth found some shirts for Merle and Carl and Anna found some sweaters.
"Do you think this winter will be rough?" Bailey asked Daryl as they sorted through the clothes.
"Ain't sure," he replied, as he looked through the bags. "At least maybe if it snows it'll slow the walkers down a bit," he added, pulling out a red dress.
Merle laughed from where he was standing. "Ain't really yer colour, little brother?"
"Fuck you Merle." Daryl said giving him the finger as Bailey took it from him and looked at the dress before smiling.
"You mind if I take this?" She asked the other women.
"No honey, you take it." Carol said warmly as she picked out some clothes and underwear for Sophia.
"We got quite the selection here," Maggie said happily, as she and Beth picked out some clothes for themselves. Carol and Patricia had washed everything so that it was clean.
"Thanks to that clothing store." Andrea said as she saw Penny choosing some clothes and helped her out along with Duane who seemed a lot happier.
"What do you think Rick's going to do about Shane?" Lori asked worriedly.
"I think he's going to kill him if he gets the chance," Glenn said quietly. "And I think Shane deserves everything he gets."
"Yeah, I'll be cheerin' him on from the side," Merle added, getting a glare from Lori in return.
"But he protected us before Rick came into the group; he looked after us better than Rick who's brought us all into danger." Lori protested.
"That's not true Lori and you know it isn't." Carl snapped at her.
"Oh yeah, look at what happened to Anna and Bailey," she added, and the two women glared at her.
"Yeah, and that was Shane's damn fault. Rick saved our asses," Anna mumbled, so far she past being annoyed with Lori.
"Shane's the one who got this group into trouble not Rick." She added as they all ignored Lori and continued to sort through the clothes.
Bailey had found some warm clothes for Aoife, herself and Daryl as she placed them into a pile as the others walked inside.
"The fence is secure and so is the shed." Rick said calmly as he walked to where Anna and Carl were.
He kissed Anna gently on the cheek as Lori's face turned red, before they all went into the dining room for dinner. "Hopefully we'll have no more trouble," Rick added. "Since we have the group's leader in our barn, after all."
"What did you two find out from him?" She asked quietly as they all sat down to eat dinner and passed around plates.
"They've got a group of about forty men, Randall was lying to us about how many there were of them." Daryl said as he watched Aoife and Bailey eat their food before eating his.
"So the ones that we killed outside the pit, that was only about half of them?" Anna asked worriedly, scared the rest were going to come back looking for Dave, and finish off what they started the last time.
Rick nodded. "Unfortunately, it seems that way, yeah."
"Damnit." Hershel said worried as they continued to eat their food as they talked to each other quietly.
"Did you have any complications when you were pregnant with Carl?" Hershel asked Lori kindly.
"I had to have a c-section with him," Lori said quietly, as she avoided eye contact with everyone else in the room. "Do you think I'm going to need another with this baby?"
Hershel nodded. "It's a possibility. We'll try and make sure we have everything we need when the time comes."
"We'll need to make a run to the local hospital to get the necessary medical equipment and medicine when you give birth." Anna told her and Lori nodded quietly.
"So who's going on the run tomorrow?" Merle asked everyone.
"I'll go," Daryl volunteered, wanting to keep an eye on his brother this time, and make sure he didn't end up on a roof again.
"I'm in," Glenn added, as he gave Maggie a small smile.
"Me too," T-Dog spoke up from where he was eating quietly.
"Alright then that's settled, we'll deal with Shane and Dave tomorrow as well." Rick said as he drank some of his coffee.
"No one's gonna miss those animals." Bailey said as she wiped Aoife's face gently with a cloth as the others watched with smiles.
"How old do ya think she is?" Daryl asked her.
"She looks around a couple of months to me," Anna replied. "She's just so small because she didn't have proper food or proper care."
"Who could have abandoned her?" Bailey asked as she rocked her gently in her arms as she cooed at them all happily holding her teddy bear.
"She's so cute." Sophia said smiling.
"She sure is," Penny grinned as she looked down at the baby, her little tufts of hair sticking up, and an adorable smile on her face.
"Let's just hope her real parents don't come back looking for her," Lori muttered. "Then we'll have more problems."
"I don't think she had any parents." Bailey said as she touched Aoife's cheek as they all got ready for bed and headed upstairs with Merle and Glenn going on watch.
They went into their room and Daryl helped Bailey change Aoife's diaper then feed her before getting her ready for bed as their daughter fell asleep holding their hands.
"Lori's just bein' a bitch as usual," Daryl said softly, as they placed Aoife into her crib and stood watching over her. "Don' worry about her."
Bailey shook her head. "I'm not. I just wish she would stop annoying other people because her life isn't perfect anymore."
"She's just bitter over the fact that Rick's moved on from her along with Carl." Daryl said softly as they got changed for bed and got in bed when she looked at him.
"I want to touch you." She said kissing him hard on the mouth as her light brown hair tickled his face.
"Feel free," Daryl smiled as she pulled off his shirt, along with his sweatpants, and laid him back on the bed. She kissed down his chest, over where his scars were, tracing each one gently, as Daryl tensed up underneath her. "I'm not going to hurt you, Daryl," she said softly, and he nodded and eventually relaxed, as she went back to kissing over his torso. She began to lightly grind her hips into him to get him ready, and Daryl was groaning in no time, as he tangled his fingers into her hair, pulling her head up to him so he could kiss her hard on the mouth.
"Yer so beautiful, Bailey," he whispered against her lips, as his hand ran down her back, over the smooth skin. "Yer all mine."
"I'm all yours, Daryl," she said with a smile, as she rested her forehead against his and ran her hands up and down his sides. She pulled down his boxers, letting his erection spring free. "And this is all mine," she said with a smirk, as she took him into her hands, and began to stroke up and down his length gently. Daryl gripped the bedsheets, his eyes scrunching closed in pleasure, as he wriggled around underneath her.
"Fuck yes, it's yours," Daryl panted as he kissed her again. "Wanna be inside ya, now."
Bailey chuckled. "Easy boy," she said, as she slid her panties off and straddled his lap. She pressed into him until he couldn't take it much longer and was begging underneath her. Eventually, after she was finished teasing him, she raised her hips up, before sinking down onto his hard length, letting out a small moan of pleasure, as she put her hands on his chest to steady herself. "That what you wanted?" she asked mischievously, and Daryl nodded and gripped her hands, as he started to thrust into her.
The room was filled with Daryl's grunts and Bailey's moans as he picked up his pace, until eventually he couldn't go any faster or harder, and Bailey was biting down on her lip to stop herself from screaming out. She didn't imagine Anna and Rick in the room next door would appreciate it. Fuck, Daryl felt so good. She leaned forward, her breasts brushing against his chest, so that she could kiss at his neck, as he placed his hands on her hips to keep her steady.
She felt the fire build in her stomach before the explosion and bit down roughly on his shoulder as she came, her eyes closing, and small whimpering sounds escaping her throat, as she reached an unbelievable high. Daryl followed soon after, his hands squeezing hers tightly, as he let out a feral growl and spilled inside her, his body jerking on the bed.
"Fuck, oh shit Bailey." He grunted as he spilled inside and held her tightly to him as they held each other tightly.
"Mine." He growled.
"Yours. Who knew you were so possessive?" she chuckled, as she lay flat on top of him and kissed his neck.
"Ya know I am." He said smirking as he ran his rough fingers through her hair as they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
Everyone was up and ready for the supply run the next morning, as Carol packed them all something to eat, while the men checked their weapons.
"Here, you could use something silent but long." Anna said to Rick as she took out a claymore sword that had two double swords on either side and had writing on the sword as well.
"Anna, I can't take this." Rick said touched.
"I want you to," Anna said softly as she hugged him tightly. "As long as you come back to me in one piece, she said before taking a deep breath. "I know I said we were just friends... but I've fallen in love with you again, Rick," she admitted, feeling her cheeks turn red. "I don't want to lose you so soon, I can't lose you. You and Carl are my family now."
"I love you too; you're family to me and Carl." He said hugging her tightly as they headed outside where the car was. Dailey and Aoife were saying good bye to Daryl and Beth and Maggie were saying good bye to Glenn and Merle.
"You be careful alright." Bailey said seriously as she kissed him gently on the lips and he kissed her and Aoife.
"Take care of yourself," Maggie said softly, as she hugged Glenn and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, knowing her dad was watching.
"And you, try and come back with your hand still in place this time," Beth smirked at Merle, who laughed in return and hugged her tightly.
"Don't worry, sugar I'll be alright." Merle said smirking at her as he lightly hugged her and then they all got into the car and drove off.
"C'mon let's go board up the house and make this house safe." Andrea said softly and they all headed to make the farm safer with Phillip and Hershel boarding up the windows while Andrea and Carol made checks of the supplies.
"Do you think it's going to snow this year?" Sophia asked her mother, looking excited.
Carol smiled softly, even if snow wouldn't have been the most ideal, it sure made the kids happier. "Maybe. But if it does we have a nice warm house, and nice warm beds to stay in," she said, as she ruffled her daughter's hair.
"It might slow down the walkers as well." Bailey added as she helped Anna and Maggie with stocking up the cupboards, Lori looked around carefully before walking out of the room to the shed where Shane was.
"Shane are you alright?" She called out softly.
"Lori?" he asked weakly, as he heard a figure approaching. "Over here!"
"Oh Shane, what have they done to you?" she asked, crouching down beside him.
"I'm alright, just a bit bruised." He said wincing as he sat up with Lori's help and she gave him a bottle of water.
"I'm going to get you out of here." She said firmly.
Shane nodded. "I'm going to kill those two bitches. You've gotta get Dave out too, and we need to get the hell out of here," he instructed.
She nodded and hurried away back to the house as Dave and Shane watched her go and smiled darkly.
"We'll kill the whole fucking group." Dave spat darkly.
"Yeah, but we're going to make them suffer first," Shane added, as the two of them smirked at each other.
Rick pulled up outside a local town called 'Welcome to Saint Ivey's' as they all got out and headed into the stores making sure that no one else was around.
"Let's check the gun store first." Daryl said quietly as they all headed into the store.
Rick nodded. "It might have the most useful stock in it," he said as he followed Daryl, but stopped in the doorway. "Daryl and I will be alright in here, why don't you three go to the hospital and get what we need?" he asked, looking at T-Dog, Glenn and Merle.
They all nodded and headed to the local hospital as he and Daryl headed inside the gun store to find it was still stocked with plenty of guns, ammo, tents and hunting knives.
"Lot's of rifles and handguns." Daryl said grabbing them as he shoved them into his rucksack and Rick grabbed all of the other guns.
Rick nodded. "Yeah, they could come in handy. I think I'm gonna try out each thing on Dave and Shane," he said with a small laugh, but Daryl knew there was a part of him that was being serious.
"You really love Anna don't ya?" Daryl asked him quietly as they headed out of the store and went into the local supermarket which only had three walkers.
"Very much, I'm so glad I found her again." Rick said as he swung his sword at one of the walkers, cutting into the walker's head.
Daryl nodded. "I'm glad ya found her too, ya deserve to be happy after everythin' that Lori put ya through."
"I'm glad you have Bailey and Aoife, you love her as well don't you?" Rick asked him gently as they grabbed all of the tinned food along with the bottled water and other drinks.
"I do but we're taking it slow, I don't wanna scare her." Daryl admitted.
"I don't think you'll do that, Daryl, you're crazy about each other," Rick assured him as he patted his back gently. "Come on, shall we go see how the others are doing?"
Daryl nodded and they headed back outside where the others were at the hospital.
Merle, Glenn and T-Dog had gathered half of the medical supplies that Hershel and Anna had wrote down as they headed down to the maternity ward.
"I'm just saying that I think Anna is partly to blame for breaking up Rick and Lori." T-Dog said honestly.
"Lori is to blame for breaking up Rick and Lori," Glenn corrected him. Merle was choosing not to even get involved in the conversation. "If she hadn't been sleeping around with Shane behind Rick's back, then they might still have had a happy marriage. Now she's carrying a baby and she doesn't even know who the father is. It's not right."
"Whatever." T-Dog said annoyed as they reached the maternity ward and went into the storage unit where they found all of the supplies.
"This is a gold mine." Merle said delighted as they all grabbed the medicine.
They smiled and headed back out to the car where they met Rick and Daryl loading in their own stuff. The men put the medical equipment in and climbed into the car, as Rick got in the drivers seat. He started the engine which spluttered, before giving in. "Uh.. the car's not starting."
"Want us to take a look at it?" Merle asked from the backseat. "Me and Darylina are pretty good with mechanics."
Rick shook his head. "We had probably best be getting back. It's not that far away. Why don't we just all take a bag and walk back?" he suggested.
They all nodded and took a bag each as they headed back to where the farm was and were unaware of the lone walker following T- Dog as they walked.
T-Dog was falling a little behind from the rest of the guys, panting as he changed the shoulder his bag was on. After what felt like a lifetime to him, they could finally see the farmhouse in sight.
"C'mon let's go inside, pack the supplies and deal with Shane and Dave." Rick said as they all headed inside where they were greeted by the others.
"This sword is handy." He told Anna as he hugged her and Carl tightly.
"Been in the family since they were in Scotland." Anna said smiling.
"Maybe we can visit Scotland one day, if all this ever blows over. We could find a boat, get out of here," he smiled, and Anna chuckled quietly as he kissed her forehead. "You and Bailey wanna help us deal with our two prisoners?"
"With great fucking pleasure." Bailey said as Carol gently took Aoife and she smiled at her as she picked up her broadsword and gun while Anna took her sword as well and they headed outside to deal with the two men as a smug Lori watched.
"I can't wait to decapitate that bastard," Bailey growled as she gripped her sword tightly, while they walked to the shed. "Did you get everything you needed in town?"
"Yeah, we got everything." Daryl said taking her hand as they reached the shed and Rick unlocked it as they looked in to see it was empty.
"Oh hell no." Anna said horrified.
"But they were chained up," Anna said, her face paling. "How the hell could they have gotten out?!"
"Someone must have let them out," Bailey said as she gripped Daryl's hand tighter. "They're out there somewhere."
Rick checked the shed as the others hurried out to see what was going looking worriedly at them all.
"What's wrong?" Andrea asked looking worried as she ran to where they were and the others caught up as well.
"Shane and Dave are missing." Daryl snarled, enraged.
"How? That's impossible, not unless someone le-"
Andrea was cut off with the loud sounds of moans and groans, and everyone looked around to see what was probably the most horrifying sight of their life.
They saw a whole herd of walkers stumbling towards them, growling and snarling as they all hurried back to the house.
"EVERYONE INSIDE THE HOUSE!" Rick yelled as he grabbed Carl and Anna, Bailey took Aoife and Daryl took her hand as they all ran back to the house as the walkers stumbled after them, Morgan held the door open for them.
"What the hell are we supposed to do?" Glenn asked Rick urgently, as he looked out the window.
"Do you have a basement?" Carol asked Hershel.
"Hell no, unless it has a tunnel," Daryl said quickly. "A herd that size will rip the house down."
Everyone fell silent. Bailey held his hand as they walked outside. Everyone's face paled when they saw a herd of Walkers in the distance, their growling voices sounded like the humming of a thousand bees at a distance.
"Oh, my God." Beth said from behind them.
"Patricia, kill the lights." Hershel said quietly.
"I'll get the guns." Andrea said and she hurried off.
"Alright, everyone pack their things in case we might have to leave the farm." Rick instructed as they saw cars heading towards them.
"HEY RICK!" Shane yelled.