***Daryl's POV***
"May I speak with you Daryl?" Hershel said waddling up as I loaded bolts into my bag.
"What's up?" I asked as I stopped to turn to him.
"I'm sorry. Its my fault Eva got taken. I shouldn't have told Milton about her." He said looking at the ground.
"Ain't your fault. From what Merle said this guy is pretty weak. You couldn't have known he'd come after her." I said
Hershel nodded.
"I do hope you find her. I care a great deal for her." Hershel said finally looking at me and showing the tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'm getting her back." I said patting him on the shoulder.
Hershel nodded and walked off.
. . .
"Let roll out!" Rick yelled to everyone that had agreed to go to Eva's rescue. It consisted of almost everyone except Hershel and Carl. Maggie had been trying to convince Beth not to come but she wasn't listening.
"You sure you wanna go through with this?" I asked her as we loaded our bags into the cars.
"She my best friend I'm going." She said with a hard look in her eyes.
"Alright then" I said
"Shit!" Rick said as he ducked behind some cars. "Everyone down!" He called causing all of us to hide.
"What's goin on?" I asked.
"Fuckin governor is here." He said
"Beth you and Maggie go warn your father and Carl. Daryl start passing out the smoke bombs to everyone." Rick said as he grabbed a automatic and made a dash inside.
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***Eva's POV***
I was tied to a chair. I've been trying to get out for the past hour but the only result was rope burn that hurt and was starting to bleed.
I stopped moving as I heard the familiar sounds of a walker outside my door. The door flew open and a walker came in with what looked like a dog catcher stick around its neck keeping it away from the man leading it.
"What are you doing?" I asked as fear started to make me shake.
"I heard you were immune to the bite. Its time to test it. My name is Milton." The man called as he led the walker closer towards me.
"No no no." I said as I started to struggle. Even though I was immune the bite itself still hurt and the sickness after was pure torture.
The man Milton slowly moved the walker closer towards me until the walker took a bite out of my forearm causing a scream to jerk out of me from the pain.
After the walker did its job Milton pulled it back and another man who I recognized from the prison quickly plunged a knife into the walkers head. He looked at me mouthed sorry and together him and Milton walked off taking the body with them.
I felt tears fill my eyes because I could already feel the fever and the pains that came with it. I leaned my head back and closed my eyes hoping the pain will make me black out and I could sleep through the worst of it. The man from the prison came back in a hour later and untied the ropes and walked off. I crawled out of the chair and into the corner curling into a ball as my body felt like it was on fire. It didn't take long till the fever and the pain knocked me out.
. . .
When I woke up I was laying on a table with a bright light over head and my hands and feet tied down. I turned my head and saw Milton sitting at a desk looking through a microscope.
He turned and looked at me and walked over.
"Your blood work is truly amazing. The virus isn't in your bloodstream it's like your body kills it. Which is different from anyone else. Because with us the virus completely destroys our cells. But not yours. Brilliant." He said as walked toward me pulling out a small flashlight just like the one I used.
"Your eyes are amazing too. It seems they have turned blue as opposed to being the white that you came in with." He said shining a light into my eyes.
"What are you going to do to me?" I asked.
"Keep running test until I find a cure." He said prepping a needle.
"What kind of tests?" I asked as he pushed the needle into my skin and took a few vials of blood.
"You'll see" he said as he walked off with my blood.
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***Daryl POV***
Smoke filled the prison but we won. We had managed to chase the governor off.
"We should go get him while he's running." Merle said still jumpy from the fire fight.
"He's right" I said.
Rick nodded and as we all walked toward the cars Glenn stopped us.
"We're staying" he said gesturing to him and Maggie. " We don't know where the governor is. We'll stay here and hold him off if he comes back."
"Alright" Rick nodded. "Beth!" He called waving her over.
She walked over and he whispered in her ear something causing her to nod her head before walking over the fence and start killing walkers next to Carol.
"What's that about?" I asked putting my crossbow on my back.
"Carl killed a boy. I asked her to stay behind to try and talk to him" Rick said jumping in the truck.
"Don't worry little bro. We'll get her back." Merle said patting my back.
I nodded and revved the bike and started down the dirt road that lead out of the prison.
. . .
Complete carnage I thought as we came upon the massacre the governor left behind.
Michonne was busy killing the walkers that were making a meal out of the bodies that hadn't been dead for long when someone threw themselves against the window causing me to jump back away from the truck I was standing next to. Rick quickly orders the women out and after telling us what the governor had done Rick decided to let her come to Woodbury with us.
"You seen a girl there? Blue eyes dark hair?" I asked before she could get in the car.
"No I'm sorry." She said "was she a friend of yours?" She asked.
"Something like that." Rick said. "We believe that the governor took her. She's been missing for sometime now" Rick said.
"Wait I didn't see the face but I did see Martinez carrying in a body. It was covered with a sheet." She said.
"How big?" I asked.
"Maybe yay high" she said lifting her hands to her chest. The same size Eva would be standing next to her.
"Good lead." Rick said "thank you. Your name?" He asked
"Keren" she said offering her hand.
Rick nodded and we all started driving again.
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***Eva POV***
"No not again" I said as Milton lead another walker in.
"Sorry but your body is already killing off the virus I need fresh blood." He said as he led the walker toward my left leg.
"Oh god" I whispered closing my eyes.
I felt its breath before pain ripped through my leg and a scream broke free again.
"Eva!" I heard someone yell. "Eva!" It called again. It was easy to recognize it as Rick.
"Rick!" I yelled.
"Shut up!" The white man from the prison said slapping me across the face.
I spit the blood from my mouth and yelled again for Rick earning another hit before Rick burst through the doors quickly killing the man and Milton and taking out the walker that was now lose.
I felt tears fill my eyes as he ran over to me and started to untie my legs and arms.
"Are you ok?" He asked as he wrapped my thigh that now bared a hole where my muscle once was.
"I'm fine" I said sitting up once I was able and ripping the needles Milton had put in me.
I jumped off the table and quickly started to fall over.
"Easy" Rick said catching me.
"He took a lot of blood" I said as I put a hand to my head feeling light headed.
"You lost a lot from this damn bite." He said as he started to help me out the door.
"Yeah" I said and smiled when I saw Michonne.
"Merle?" Rick asked.
Michonne shook her head.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Merle was shot. Daryl's with him." He said.
"Rick." I said
"Yeah?" He said turning towards me.
"I'm sorry" I said as I fell forward as blackness clouded my vision.
. . .
***Daryl's POV***
No no no. I thought as I saw my brother take his last breath.
The fucking governor. I thought looking up to where one of his right hand guys now lay dead. He had shot at us and Merle had pushed me down taking the bullet that was meant for me.
I pulled my knife out and lined it up with Merle's temple. I knew it had to be done. But damn it was hard. The knife slide through with sickening ease. I wasn't going to let him turn. His last words were simply take care of what's yours. I knew he meant Eva. In his mind she was family.
I felt a tears slip down then another till I just let my head hang crying. I looked up when I heard a door open praying it was the governor so I could kill him. But when Rick came out carrying Eva I felt my breath leave me again.
Oh god not her I thought as I scrambled to my feet.
"She's alive" Rick said holding her close to his chest.
"She's lost some blood. But she'll live." Michonne said with a small smile.
"We're sorry." A voice said from behind us. Turning I saw it was Tyrese. "Had we known she was here we wouldn't have left her." He said
I just turned my back refusing to listen.
"Give me her" I told Rick holding out my arms and taking her.
She opened her eyes and my breath caught. They were almost completely blue.
"I thought I smelled squirrel." She said with a laugh.
"How can you joke at a time like this?" I asked squeezing her to my chest.
"Because I'm alive and you're here." She said wrapping her arms around my neck. I put my face in her neck and fell to the ground as emotions overtook.
I vaguely remember Rick telling everyone to give us some space. But all I could think was how happy and sad I was.
I got Eva but lost Merle.
"I'm sorry about Merle." Eva whispered.
I nodded and rubbed my face against her.
. . .
After searching through Woodbury we found no trace of the governor. But we did find Andrea. She was almost dead dying from a walker bite. She had heard Eva had been in Woodbury and had gone down to try and stop them. But she didn't get far before the governor had caught her and tied her down to a chair with a walker in the room.
We all flinched when we heard the gunshot.
. . .
We were loading the elderly and young children into the bus when Rick approached me.
"How you holding up?" He asked.
"I'm fine." I said
"And Eva?" He asked.
"She's good. Sleeping. Says she's fine. I don't believe her." I said picking up another bag filled with supplies.
"It'll hit her later." Rick said
"Yeah. I know." I said
"Make sure your there." He said
"If she wants me to be I'll be with her." I said
"Trust me she wants you" he said
"How would you know that?" I asked. He just smiled and patted me on the back walking away.
. . .
***Eva's POV***
We had just came back from Merle and Andreas funeral. It was truly beautiful. The speech Daryl had made about his brother was touching and funny. Michonne told one with deep feelings. Everyone who knew them told stories. I was a bit sad that only be and Daryl spoke for Merle. But apparently Daryl wanted it that way.
I was now walking in the cell block. Well limping for like it. My leg was still healing so it hurt to walk. I was actually pretty pissed that I was always getting hurt.
I limped up to Daryl's cell and knocked quietly to let him know I was there.
"Hey" I said.
"Hey" he said back as he leaned back against the wall.
"Can I come in?" I asked.
"Sure" he said
I walked in and sat on the bed smiling when he accepted the hand that I put over one of his.
"How are you?" I asked.
"Fine. You?" He asked back.
"I didn't just lose my brother. You don't gotta worry about me." I said
"You were just held captive and had science experiments done on ya. I have every right to be worried how your taking it." He said giving me hand a squeeze.
I sighed and nodded.
"I'm handling it." I said.
He nodded.
"To be honest I don't know what I feel." I said bringing my knees up to my chest.
"That's ok" he said.
"I don't want anyone else to know." I said as I felt my throat tighten.
"I've asked Rick not to tell the newcomers and everyone else knows not to let it slip." I said "I don't want another crazy scientist after me."
"Don't worry. We all got your back." He said.
"Do you?" I asked.
"I always do." He said
"I'm sorry I was so mean to you." I blurted out.
"Its alright. Ya had every right." He said.
"I miss you." I said looking into his eyes so he could see how much I really missed him.
"Missed ya to girl" he said. I opened my mouth to tell him I wanted him back but he knew. Just like he always knew. So instead he grabbed my face and kissed me. I kissed him back just as hard. It didn't take long for us to find the natural rhythm that came with us. We just knew it was always going to come down to this. Us together.
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AN: review? Haha I missed writing them together so yeah. Imma take a break from writing because it's graduation week! What what! Bye bye high school. I'm sad yet happy. And I have a ton of things going on so I won't have time to write sorry! Hope you enjoyed. Only 5 more chapters!