Save Me, Save You
Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead or the characters except my own! The rest is all AMC!
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: A Little Bit Stronger by: Sara Evans
Chapter 20: Tell Me You Still Love Me
Daryl shook his head pissed. "Ya got anything ta say? Putting yerself in danger?! I understand my brother but ya?!"
Kathryn winces and looks down at her hands not saying a word.
Daryl shakes his head. "Ya keep doin this I aint gonna stay around ya!"
They came back to the prison telling them what happened.
Everyone could see the rift between Daryl and Kathryn.
Hershel cleaned Merle's wound, digging out the bullet and sewing up.
Kathryn packs the children's things, Daryl walks up to her not meeting her eyes.
He grabs the bags and walks out of the cell; she sits down putting her hands to her face.
She wanted to scream and cry; didn't she do the right thing?
No, no she just made Daryl hate her, even Jasmine stopped talking to her.
She was alone and she knew it, grabbing the rest of her things, she takes the twins outside.
"Merle's never done that before." Daryl said to her mother by the Triumph.
Carol holds out her hand. "It wasn't just Merle, Kathryn did as well. What they did was right, gave us more time."
Daryl shrugs as her mother helps him up.
Kathryn goes to the SUV and straps the babies inside as she places the bags in the back.
Merle walks over to her and lays a gentle hand on her shoulder, "Ma lil' brother'll come around."
Kathryn looks away and sighs. "I don't know Merle...I highly doubt it." She mumbles, walking away from him.
Daryl looks at his wife and sighs; he could tell she looked dead inside.
He knew it was his fault, but what the hell was he to think?
She went on a suicide mission with his brother, without even telling him.
Kathryn looks at him and away as she climbs into an SUV.
"Baby brother hope you talk to her, tell her you still love her." Daryl looks at Merle.
"Why?" Merle shakes his head. "I talked her into it, everything. Gave her an easy way out."
Daryl sighs. "Just need time is all, I'll talk to her when the times ready."
Merle nods. "Sure hope you know what you're doing." He mumbles, walking away.
WD~WD~WD~WD
Kathryn sighs as she waits for the others; she was waiting with Carl, her father, Beth, and her children.
They all hear gun fire, waiting with baited breath Merle standing beside her.
"Should be there." Carl says, Kathryn looks down she had been silent since they started hiding in the woods.
They all turned hearing someone running through the trees.
They ducked and Carl stepped out holding his pistol.
"Whoa, hold it there…don't shoot." The kid says, holding up his gun.
The kid goes to give Carl his gun when Carl shoots him.
Kathryn puts her hand over Jasmine's mouth before she can scream.
Merle lays a hand on Kathryn's shoulders.
WD~WD~WD~WD
Once the others came to get them, everyone brought their things back inside.
Kathryn laid the twins down upstairs in their cell silently.
Daryl pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs as he walks away from the others.
Merle stopped him. "She knows she did wrong...just don't be ta hard on her li'l brother. She's already beating herself up."
Daryl nods as he sees Kathryn walking down the stairs.
He jogs up to her, grabbing her arm, he pulls her away from the group.
"We need ta talk..." He looks at the ground, hands in his pockets. "I was scared, if I didn't make it, you would have been dead."
Kathryn looks up at him tears spill down her cheeks.
"So many things ran through my head. Dammit Kat, I can't lose you, if I did...I don't think I could live."
She hesitates wanting to hug him. "I had to...help I wanted to kill the Governor."
Kathryn wipes her eyes, but her tears won't stop. "I wanted you and the kids safe. Merle gave the option...and Michonne gave me one to back out."
Daryl looks at her. "Why didn't ya?"
"Someone had to watch your brother's back." Daryl chuckles and hugs her.
"Oh, lil mama I love ya so damn much." Daryl whispers.
Kathryn cries into his chest. "I love you to cowboy, so damn much."
He tilts her head back and kisses her. "No more goin off by yerself, we're married, we do things together."
Kathryn nods. "Heard you're going to Woodbury to take the fight to them."
Daryl nods. "Ya, would like ya to come with though."
Kathryn tilts her head looking into his eyes. "You sure?"
He nods and smiles. "Ya I'm sure, Merle told me he taught ya some moves."
She giggles and nods. "Ya he did, still not good, but I'm as good."
He nods wrapping an arm around her waist, he kisses her once more before going to help the others.
WD~WD~WD~WD
Piling things in the car Kathryn looked around, she knew Daryl forgave her but she still didn't feel right.
She rubs her arm up and down Merle stops and nudges Daryl.
He looks up to see his wife walk toward the gate hugging herself.
He follows her, walking up behind her he wraps his arms around her waist.
"What ya thinking?" He asks, Kathryn closes her eyes, "Messed up on a lot of things."
She takes a shuddering breath as Daryl hugs her tighter.
"I'm scared...I'm not who I once was...I don't feel right anymore." She whispers.
Daryl turns her around. "Ya just who ya need ta be. I'll help where ever I can."
He places his forehead on hers. "Come on time to go."
Kathryn nods as they walk to the Triumph she gets on behind him.
Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Merle, and Kathryn were the once to go while the rest stayed."
They opened the gate and the bike zooms out first the cold air hitting her face.
She buries her face in his back.
Coming up the road they stop seeing the trucks Woodbury came with.
Most of the people slaughtered, Michonne went hacking heads off.
After finding a live one named Karen, she asks for their help.
She tells them that there are children back in the town and with the Governor gone they had no defense.
That night they went to Woodbury, two guards stood on the wall.
Karen told the guards how the Governor slaughtered their people.
"We're coming out!" Rick yells, Kathryn and Daryl look at him shaking their heads.
Daryl whispers no but stands when Rick does.
Kathryn and Merle grumble, wondering why they were there.
They hold their guns in the air; Daryl pulls Kathryn to him as they walk to the gate.
A man opens the door asking us what we were doing here. "We were coming to finish this off. Till we saw what the Governor did." Rick informed him.
"He...he killed them?" The man, Tyreese asks.
Rick nods as Kathryn looks away holding the poncho close.
Daryl wraps on arm around her keeping her close.
"Karen told us Andrea hopped the wall, she didn't make it to the prison. We think she might be here." Rick adds.
They make their way to the holding cells, Kathryn stops as does Merle.
"Go on sweet cheeks, best to get this out of the way." Kathryn looks at him and nods.
Sighing, she takes her gun out, sucks in air and follows Daryl, Michonne behind her.
The door opens and Kathryn stops as Michonne runs past her.
Kathryn shakes her head, tears falling. Daryl turns and grabs her, hiding her face in his chest.
"Ya were in here weren't ya?" Kathryn nods as she breaks down sobbing for the first time.
Daryl wraps his arms tightly around her. "He did so much...I tried to be strong tried for you."
Daryl tries to calm her, rubbing her back. Rick looks at Daryl. "Take her outside, she don't need to be here."
Daryl nods, walking her out of the room whispering in her ear.
Once Rick and Michonne came out, Rick told them that she shot herself to end it.
Kathryn nods feeling somewhat bad that had to happen to her. By morning everyone rounded up what they could, loading it on buses along with people.
It was silent coming back, Merle had left to go do his own thing.
Kathryn got off and went to go help some of the people; she stops in her tracks shaking her head.
Daryl walks up to her. "What's wrong darlin?"
"My father, his wife and her daughter...my family, there alive" She turns as her Aunt Sheryl runs to her.
"Kat!" Her Aunt hugs her sobbing, the rest of the family stood back.
She looks at Daryl and Merle "We thought you were dead."
Kathryn backs away "To you guys I am."