Daryl woke up suddenly. His whole body was trembling and sweating. This night wasn't such a good rest like the last. He had dreamed about what happened to Beth. Where she was and what they were doing there to her. Of course, he had dreamed just the worst things.

In his dream, she was in a small room without any windows and she didn't get enough to drink and eat. The disgusting men there were raping her all the time. They were torturing her with the most terrible things. He could hear her screaming and crying all the time. But they didn't stop. Till there was no light left in her eyes. No hope. Nothing.

Waking, the tears were running down his cheeks and he was feeling damn sick. Then something was moving next to him. Rose. Beth's and his little girl. And Daryl remembered, that he had to be strong. For both of his girls. He needed to have a clear mind, when they will start looking for Beth today. Daryl closed his eyes again and breathed slowly a few times until he felt better. He was looking down to Rose then.

She had her little head on his belly, her hair all over his chest. Daryl pulled the blanket closer to her so she won't freeze. Stroking her tiny head with his big hand, he didn't know why, but this made him smile.

A few days ago he would have never imagined, that he had a child with Beth together, that he was a father. Daryl could remember, that the first time they had sex together, they hadn't used a condom. Because they just hadn't one and there wouldn't have been any time for that anyway. They both were just too nervous, excited and in love. Beth had finally found some a few days later and the first time he tried to put one on, he failed. Beth had helped him then and showed him how to use it. She hadn't laughed at him, she just helped him and said that she had learned it in the biology lessons in school.

Daryl thought, that it had happened at their first time. Sure they both weren't professional with using condoms, but he thought that it had worked, when they had used one and Daryl got Beth pregnant by their first time. If he would have known, that she was pregnant, he would have been more careful with her.

When the sun finally rose, Rose moved and finally she was looking at him with her big eyes. "Good morning princess. How did you sleep?" "Good. I have dreamed that mommy was already here" "Me too sweetheart, but this evening she will be here. I promise." "I know daddy, I trust you." Rose said with a smile, got up to him and gave him a little kiss on his cheek. "Come on baby girl. We should go outside."

Maggie said to them, that Rose needed to get clean and get into new clothes. She wanted to do it, but Rose said that Daryl should help her. Daryl thought, that maybe Rose wanted to spend more time with him, before he will leave. Rose was quiet all the time, maybe she had changed her mind and wanted to go with Rick and him. When he was finish she was just looking at him, while she was sitting on the big stone.

He waited, till she will say that she want to come with him, but finally she told him "Don't worry daddy. You will find mommy. Only you can find her." Daryl got in front of his daughter, sank to his knees and hugged her, while he could feel the tears building in his eyes. She had so much from her mother.

Together they went back to their camp. Rick was already waiting for him. Daryl nodded in his direction and gave Rose one last kiss on her forehead. "Don't worry baby girl. I will be back with your mama soon." Rose smiled and went to Maggie's side. One of his girls was already safe and his other girl will be soon, Daryl thought, when Rick and he left the camp.

He stopped thinking then. Soon Rick and he were at the place, where they had stopped yesterday. They followed the tracks and soon they heard voices. Rick and Daryl were hiding themself behind some trees and they could see four men standing a few feet away, but Beth wasn't with them.

Daryl showed Rick, that they will kill three and leave one alive so they could question him about where Beth was. Rick went right and Daryl went in the other direction, being soundless the whole time. They waited for a good chance to kill one without the other noticing it.

Daryl didn't know what the four men were doing. Obviously they were waiting for something or someone. Rick and he had to do this quick, before something will happen. Rick killed one man, when he went to take a piss. Daryl killed one, when the man went to get something from his pack, which was standing next to a hidden tree. But it didn't look like the other two were going anywhere anytime soon and they will start to ask themselves, where the other two men were, so Daryl gave Rick a sign.

At the same time they went out of their hiding spot and aimed their weapons to the two men. "On your knees and don't try anything!" Daryl yelled. Rick quickly searched them for their weapons and then aimed his weapon at one of the men. "Where's Beth?" Daryl asked serious.

The two men didn't say one word, they were just looking at the ground. Then Daryl noticed, that the two of them had W's on their foreheads. "Where is she?" Daryl was yelling, when they still didn't say anything. Finally one of the two men was looking up at him. "Not here."

"Where is she you bastard?" Daryl yelled with glentched teeth. The man began to smile and said with an amused voice "We were just trying to help her." Daryl was beating him hard with his crossbow then and leaned over his body on the ground. "You asshole tell me where she is or I will kill you all."

Before the man could answer they heard a shot. Daryl could tell that the one who had shot, had aimed at his head, because the shot went into the tree next to him. When he was looking up he just saw a man running away. Daryl knew, that the two men, who were still on the ground, were useless. They had to follow the guy, who had wanted to shoot him. It seemed like Rick thought the same, because when Daryl was looking back at his friend, he had already killed one of the men and Daryl killed the last one.

They started running. Daryl quickly found his tracks and they followed them. Suddenly there were at least ten walkers, which had heard the shot. Rick and Daryl had to take another way, so they won't run into the herd. The man was running west, so Rick and Daryl did too. They had to kill some walkers and because of the longer way the man had at least a thirty minutes head start.

But finally Rick and Daryl found it. There was a little place with three huts and a fireplace in the middle. The group wasn't that big, maybe Rick and he had already killed half of them. Rick gave Daryl a pistol, which he had found by one of the men, they had already killed.

Rick and he killed the three men, which were outside without making any noises. Then they went into the first hut. No one was in there. Daryl quickly looked to see if Beth was in here, but she wasn't.

In the next hut there was one man who was sleeping. Rick killed him, while Daryl checked again to see, if Beth was in here. But again she wasn't. Daryl got even more nervous.

When they opened the door to the last hut, there was a man sitting on a chair, facing Rick and Daryl with a damn smile on his face. Daryl knew that something was wrong, because of the stupid smile the man showed them. Daryl went closer to him. "Where is she?"

The man started laughing, like the one before. "Not here." He simply answered.

Daryl looked back to Rick and showed him, that he should look, if he had any weapons, while Daryl was looking for Beth. Unfortunately what the man had said true. And that was, when Daryl had finally enough. He went back to the man, kicked him from the chair and beated him hard in the face, till he was bleeding.

Then he asked the man again with an angry voice. "Where is she? Where is Beth?"

"One of my men saw the two of you. What you did to John, Arnold, Michael and George and what's more important, what you said to them. Your girl isn't here any more. One of my men took her away. He is going to tie her up against a tree. The creatures will take care about her." The man said, smiling again while the blood was running out of the corner of his mouth.

Daryl couldn't believe his ears. He started to punch him in the face again, till the man didn't move any more. Finally he killed him with his knife. Daryl stood up and ran out of the hut. He turned around to Rick and commented "You take this direction!"

Daryl started to run in the other direction. He was looking at every tree. His feet hurted and he didn't get much air, but he won't stop until he will found her. He was praying to God that it wasn't too late.
He knew it was a bad idea, because he would probably lead all the walkers from miles away to him, but he began shout her name, as loud as he could. Maybe she will hear him.

After the third time he had shouted her name, he heard it. Her voice shouting his name. He couldn't say for sure, if it was real or maybe he was just imagined it, but he ran in the direction, where the shout came from. Daryl screamed her name again and she answered with his, louder this time. Daryl was getting closer to her.

He ran through some shrubbery and finally he saw her. Beth was tied up against a tree and three walkers were dangerously close to her. Daryl killed two with his crossbow and the last one with his knife.
Quickly he ran behind the tree, where Beth was tied up, and cut through the rope.

Daryl helped her to get out of it and the second Beth's hands and feet were free, she threw her arms around his neck and Daryl didn't have any strength left and fell with her powerless to the ground.