Save Me, Save You
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summary: twenty-nine year old Kathryn Smith and her daughter three year old Jasmine have been on their own until they meet the Atlanta group on the highway. both mother and daughter carry with them a scared and frightening past but Kathryn is also carrying with her something more. Enter Daryl Dixon Hunter, tracker, and all around bad ass as well carries a dark past can they both save each other or will someone or something tear them apart?
Theme song: Who's Crying Now? by: Journey
Chapter 14 part 1: Nightmare Returned
Everyone started snapping out of it realizing the baby needs formula.
Daryl, Maggie, and Glenn were going on an emergency run, Daryl was right they weren't going to lose anyone else.
Kathryn had to be strong, Rick was out of it, her mother wasn't here and she couldn't feed this baby as well as her two.
She watched as Rick picked up and axe and ran where Maggie, Jasmine, and Carl came from.
Daryl sent Beth with Carl on watch duty to make sure he was okay.
Kathryn turns and runs. "Daryl!"
He turns in time for her to hug him. "I love you, I love you so damn much. Please, please be safe!" She grabs his neck putting her forehead against his.
They both look into each other's eyes. "I love you too, I'll be back Littl' mama I promise."
Kathryn nods as she turns to Maggie who was the only one going with him.
"Take care of him; make sure he comes back to us." Maggie nods as she hops on the back of the Triumph.
Daryl nods to her as he pulls away.
Glenn walks up to Kathryn. "They'll be fine."
She turns to look at him and nods. "You're right, I better get inside and feed Chrissi she's probably hungry."
He nods as she watches her walk back in.
WD~WD~WD~WD
Kathryn sighs as puts the twins down for their nap.
Luckly, Chrissi hadn't needed much. Glenn had gone to dig graves and Rick was MIA, so it was her father and her for the time being.
Kathryn sighs as she looks at the cans of cream corn.
She wasn't her mother; she didn't know what to do. She knew how to cook, but that was it.
Kathryn puts the can down and walks outside to watch for her husband.
Something told her that there was more to come, that it was just going to be a bad day all around.
WD~WD~WD~WD
It was night by the time Daryl and Maggie made it back. Daryl rushed in; the baby's wails wouldn't stop until he picked her up.
Maggie and Beth quickly prepared a bottle and Daryl fed her.
Kathryn's heart melted more at the sight of her man.
Daryl looks at Carl. "She have name?"
Caryl shakes his head. "N...Not yet. I was thinking maybe Sophia, Carol too, Andrea, Amy, Jaci, Patricia, or Lori."
To Daryl's affection he calls her Littl' Asskicker.
Everyone chuckles as Kathryn walks up to her husband and kisses his cheek.
"That's perfect babe." Daryl nods smiling as he rocks the baby as she chugs the bottle down.
That morning Daryl, Kathryn, and Jasmine woke up around dawn and go to her mother's grave.
Daryl had found a Cherokee Rose he placed it in front of her grave.
He turns to his wife and hugs her as she hugs back.
WD~WD~WD~WD
That same morning, Kathryn decided she wanted to help, pull her weight. That's when Rick walks in asking how everyone was.
Daryl mentions that they were low on ammo that's when Glenn said he and Maggie were going to make a run.
Kathryn looks up. "I was thinking about going and helping as well."
Daryl looks at her. "What?"
"I want to help Daryl, please...I feel like I need to pull my own weight and not by just taking care of the babies."
She sighs, holding up her hand before he could interrupt. "Look, they're going to need an extra set of hands. Maggie and I know what we're looking for and Glenn could keep a look out."
Daryl sighs, he did want to fight with his wife, he knew she was right.
He stands grabbing his hunting knife and puts it on the table. "Ya go, ya do what Glenn says, ya come back safe. No hero shit, ya hear me?"
Kathryn nods as she stands and hugs him. "I love you so much, I'll be back safe promise."
He chuckles "Funny I should be saying that ta you." He mumbles.
Kathryn smiles as she goes and gets ready.
Jasmine went with Daryl and Carl to comb through the tombs.
Kathryn had left with Glenn and Maggie, the three of them riding up to the Piggly Wiggly store.
She looks around with Maggie as she jumps out. "It's clear outside." She tells Glenn.
Both seem to stop to share a kiss. "Come on love birds, let's go. We need to hurry and get back to the prison."
Maggie looks at her and giggles. "Hey, don't say that we all know what you and Daryl did last night."
Kathryn sticks her tongue out. "You're just jealous, now let's go."
Glenn nods, grabbing a flashlight and bolt cutters, he cuts into the store door they stood outside of. All three duck in time for birds to fly out.
The women look at each other and laugh. "Glenn get that duck."
He turns and looks at them. "You serious?"
Kathryn giggles. "Yes Glenn and grab three bears while you're at it."
Glen comes out with three red baskets "Hopefully this will be enough for now."
Kathryn nods as Maggie says. "Hope your right."
That's when a man with a gun pops out, his left arm was missing from the elbow down, but it was replaced by a metal contraption with a knife at the end.
"And where is it ya good people call home?" He asks in a raspy voice.
Glenn and Maggie pull out their guns, aiming at him.
"Merle?" Glen asks.
Kathryn's eyes widen, this was Daryl's brother? He looked like he came from a fight his, nose was broken.
Merle laughs as he sets his gun down, he begins to walk over to them. "Hey back the hell up!" Maggie yells.
He agrees his hands in the air. "Can you tell me, is my brother alive?"
Kathryn steps up. "Yes he is." Glenn grabs her arm trying to hold her back.
"Who are you hunny bunch?" He asks her with a smirk on his face.
Kathryn backs up a bit. "His wife, I'm your sister-in-law."
He lets out a breathy laugh. "Whoo weey. My baby brother! I know he would break down and get in the sac with a chick. DIdn't think it would be with a chick like you. Though I do have to say you look mighty fine. Maybe he'll share when we get to where every it is ya'll are goin. I'll even call it even on everything that happened back in Atlanta. No hard feelings."
Kathryn Looks at Glenn as she bites her lip; she wanted to bring Merle back.
From what Daryl says he was just all talk and well her kids needed family.
Glenn says he would tell Daryl Merle was out here and he would come get him.
Kathryn turns to Glenn. "That's not right Glenn, this is Daryl's brother! He should come back with us!"
Glenn shakes his head. "No, we just leave him to Daryl, we can't just bring him back."
Kathryn sighs. "How about I stay here with him?"
Glenn looks at her. "Are you crazy? No, Daryl would kill me."
As they were talking Merle walks up behind Kat and puts his knife to her throat.
Kathryn screams as Glenn and Maggie raise their guns. "Now we're gonna take a little ride."
Merle yells for them to put the guns in the car.
"You're not going back to camp." Glenn says calmly as Kathryn tries to stay calm.
Merle yells for him to get in the car first then Maggie, they both comply as Merle rips the door open.
He shoves Kathryn inside and points the gun at her head.
WD~WD~WD~WD
Once Merle had taken them where he wanted them, a few men came out dragging her, Glenn and Maggie out of the car.
Merle told the men what rooms to put them in. To Kathryn this place looked like something out of a horror movie.
One man took her down further then Glenn and Maggie and threw her inside. There stood what looked like an old dentist chair.
Flashes of what happened to her came to mind, God she hopped that the group knew they were gone.