Daryl's P.O.V
We were less than a mile away from the highway, ' Thank god, I don't think I could take anymore of the whinin' and bitchin' coming from these pricks. I just want to find this little girl and get back to the damn highway. I wonder if Rick and his group had already found her and are already on their way back. Why did they shoot a shot?' I thought after hearing that gun going off and it still weighed heavy in my mind and I didn't like it.
Sam and Carl with them and if one of them had to use a gun, it was because they were threatened. With Sam there everything was going to be alright, but why did I have that dreadful feeling that something happened. A scream filled the air and they pulled me out of my thoughts and I turned and raised my crossbow quickly to see everyone panicking and running towards Andrea who had a walker on top of her.
I followed the others and I aimed my crossbow and was about to fire till something else caught my attention. I turned my gaze towards a woman who was riding a horse and hit the walker in the head and got it off Andrea. Lori ran over to Andrea and helped her back up to her feet and I aimed my crossbow at the woman on the horse as she was looking at all of us.
' This girl could be a threat to us.' I thought as I kept my eyes on her til she looked at us and said something that caught me off guard.
" Daryl? Daryl Dixon?" The girl stopped the horse while looking at us.
Everyone's eyes were on me as I flinched when she said my name, ' How the hell does this girl know my name?' I thought as I didn't answer the girl while still aiming at the girl.
" Please, is there a Daryl Dixon here? I need to know." The girl begged as she looked at us.
" I'm Daryl, what's it to you?" I asked as I glanced at her.
" Rick sent me...You've got to come with me now." She said to me as she looked at me.
" How do you know Rick? What the hell are you talkin bout girl?" I asked as I looked at her confused.
" There's been an accident, Sam's been shot. She's still alive but you've gotta come now. Rick asked for just you. Please just come!" The girl pleaded to me.
I almost dropped my crossbow to the ground after hearing what I just heard and the group behind me was in shock and I could also hear a few of them crying. I slowly lowered my bow to my side, trying to keep myself calm, " Where?!" I asked as I looked towards the girl and made everyone turn to look at me.
" Rick said you had others on the highway, that big traffic snarl? Backtrack to Fairburn road. Two miles down is our farm. You'll see a mailbox named Greene." The girl tried to offer me her hand to get in the house.
" Go! I'll meet ya there!" I told the girl as she nodded her head and took off back where she came from, at first we all just stood there in silence after hearing what happened. Without a second thought, I turned and took off running towards the highway. I didn't even think about the others or if they got lost, my thoughts were on Sam. She had been shot, she's dyin' and I wasn't there with her.
I finally made it back to the highway, I jumped over the guard railing and said nothing to both Dale and T-Dog as I stormed over to my bike. I heard Dale asking questions on what was going on to the others and somebody explained the situation to him as I got to my bike ready to go. I grabbed Merle's bag and I remembered him having some pills that Merle had and he wasn't here and I needed to get to Sam and fast.
" Shot? What do you mean shot?" Dale asked as he looked at all of us confused.
" I don't know, Dale. We weren't there." Glenn said as he shook his head and sighed.
" All I know is that a chick rode out of nowhere on a horse and asked for me." I said as I came up behind them.
" And you believe her?" Dale asked me as everyone had their eyes on us.
" Get off my back, man. Rick sent her, she knew my name and Sam's as well." I said as my anger started to fill me.
" No offense man, but why would Rick send for you and not me or T-Dog?" Glenn asked me. I just glared at the Korean and he instantly backed away from me. I threw the bag of my brother's meds on the truck and everyone's eyes widened but I didn't say anything as I walked back to the bike.
" Where are you going?" Dale asked me which made me stop walking and turned back to look at him.
" To the farm." I growled under my breath as I glared at him as I threw my leg over on my bike.
" You can't just leave us here Daryl. Let's just wait til tomorrow. We can see if Sophia will come back tonight and if not then we can go." Dale tried to reason with me.
" Ya got ta be kiddin' me old man! Sam's been shot and you want me to wait!" I yelled at Dale as I just glared at him.
" No man! You understand me right now. Rick sent that girl to me for a damn good reason! Sam is probably on her death bed right now and I'll be damned if I just sit here and let that happen! So if you want to stop me, then try me!" I yelled at Dale. Dale didn't have anything to say and all he did was node his head.
I looked to the side to see Glenn coming over to me, " Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things, go to Sam." Glenn said as he looked at me.
I nodded my head and I started up my bike and drove faster than I ever had driven towards the farm. After 20 minutes passed, I came across a mailbox with the name " Greene" on it, and made the turn. I drove up the pathway, I saw Rick run over to me as I swung my leg over my bike.
" The hell happened!" I yelled as I walked over to Rick.
" A hunting accident." Rick said as he looked at me.
" What do…." I said as Rick cut me off.
" Daryl I'll explain later, but right now you need to see her." Rick said with tears going down his face.
I nodded my head and followed him into the house as Rick started to explain what happened while the old me and the girl that came to get me along with another girl followed right behind us. When Rick opened the door, my whole body froze in place when my eyes landed on Sam. Sam was pale as white snow and her hair was matted everywhere. She looked like a fallen angel, who was slowly dying. I started to feel the anger building inside me long with something else. I didn't know what this feeling was as I walked over to her, I didn't take my eyes off of Sam.
" When Shane gets back with the other man." I asked as I looked at the old man.
" You mean Otis?" Hershel asked, Rick told me what his name was as he was telling me what happened.
" Otis? The man who shot Sam?" I asked as I growled under my breath.
" It was an accident." Hershel said as he looked between me and Rick.
" Accident or not, he's the idiot who shot Sam." I growled again at Hershel and Rick placed his hand on my shoulder, which made me turn my head and I glared at him.
" Daryl, they're doing everything they can to make it right." Rick said as he tried to calm me down.
" I'm going to shoot the asshole Otis that did this to Sam, then we'll be even." I said as I looked at Hershel and then back at Rick.
" Alright first of all, I do not condone swearing in this house and second, Otis is risking his life to save your girlfriend's life." Hershel said to me and I froze when I heard him say girlfriend and I looked over at Rick and at first he was shocked but then he shook his head and then he looked back at me and he nodded his head to me. I turned away from them and looked at Sam as I tried to calm myself down.
" Okay, as soon as they get back you can perform this surgery?" I asked as I turned back to look at Hershel after calming down a bit.
" I'll certainly do my best." Hershel said as he looked at me.
" You've done this before?" I asked him in hope.
" Well, yes, in a sense." Hershel said which got me confused.
" In a sense?!" I started to feel uneasy.
" Daryl, we don't have the luxury of shopping for a surgeon." Rick said as he looked over at me.
" You're a doctor, right?" I asked Hershel.
" Yes, of course. A vet." Hershel sighed.
" A Veterinarian! Have you done this surgery before, on what? Cows….Pigs?" I asked as my anger started to fly through my veins.
" Daryl calm down!" Rick sternly said to me.
" No Rick, you gotta be shittin' me right now! How the hell can you trust him to help Sam! Yer completely in over your head!" I yelled as I looked at Rick and then I looked back at Hershel.
" Aren't we all?" Hershel asked me as he looked at me.
" I outta knock yer nuts up yer throat! Yer's and the shit head who shot Sam!" I yelled as I went towards him.
Rick quickly gets up and gets between me and Hershel, " If you keep threatening me, keep using that kinda language in my home, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. I will do whatever I can for your girl, but if you don't control yourself it won't make it easier on anybody." Hershel said as I glared at him.
" We understand Hershel. Daryl won't be a problem anymore right Daryl?" Rick asked me as he turned his head to look at me.
" Yea." Was all I said as I looked away from Hershel and Rick and looked towards Sam.
" Good." Hershel said as he and the rest of his family left the room, leaving me and Rick in the room alone.
As I was looking at Sam, I walked over to the right side of the bed and sat down in the chair right next to her while Rick sat on the other side of the bed. I didn't know what I could do, it felt like I couldn't breatheI reached out to hold Sam's hand. Her hand was so cold that I almost took my hand away.
" How many transfusions?" I asked Rick as I kept my eyes on Sam.
" Two." Rick said as he looked over at me and sighed.
" She's very lucky to have the same blood type as you." I said as I looked up at him, but then I started to wonder how he knew what her blood type was.
" How did you know, Rick?" I asked him. For a moment he didn't answer my question. I looked at him and noticed that his eyes were full of regret and worry as he looked over at Sam.
" I know, ya know." I said as Rick turned his head quickly towards me as I turned my head to look at Sam.
" About her scares, about her dad. She showed them to me when we were at the CDC and when I see you and her together I can tell there's some type of connection between you two." I said as I looked back at him.
" Her step father beat her so badly one day that she lost a lot of blood and when I was told what her blood type was, I was relieved that I had the same blood type as me and that I was able to save her life. The connection between me and Sam is that after everything that happened to her I had to take her away from there. She became like a daughter to me." Rick said as he turned his head to look back at Sam. I nodded my head to him as I tightened my grip on Sam's hand.
" Why did ya send for me?" I asked Rick, wondering why he did.
" What?" Rick asked me as he looked at me confused from what I saw from the corner of my eye.
" When you sent that Maggie? Ya asked me? Why me, why not anyone else?" I asked Rick again. This time he looked at me and he had a small smile on his face and was about to answer my question til Hershel came walking in.
" Came to check on her, may I?" Hershel asked us and we both nodded our heads as Hershel started to check on her by placing his hand on Sam's wrist to check her pulse.
" Her pressure is dropping again. We can't wait much longer." Hershel said as he turned to look at us.
" Take some more, whatever she needs." Rick said as he stretched out his arm towards Hershel.
" Where did Shane and Otis go?" I asked as I turned to Rick.
" Daryl no." Rick said as he shook his head to me.
" They should've been back by now. You told me five miles from here right, somethings wrong." I said as I grabbed my crossbow and I started to head for the door.
" Are you crazy? You can't go after them by yourself. I'll go with you." Rick said as he started to get up from the chair he was sitting in.
" Daryl you need to listen to Rick, if they got into trouble, they can get out of it. Rick, you're in no condition to do anything. You've given too much blood. You and barely stand on your feet, you wouldn't make it across the yard." Hershel said as he looked at both of us, but I wasn't listening.
" Then I'll go. Something happened out there, I'm going and you can't stop me." I said as I took two more steps towards the door but then I was stopped when Rick grabbed my shoulder.
" Daryl, your place is here, Shane said he'll be back." Rick said as I turned my head to look at him.
" I can't just wait here and watch Sam die! I need to do something and I need to do it now!" I yelled at Rick as I shrugged his hand off my shoulder.
" That's what you're going to do, but you're not leaving here Daryl! Sam needs you…..here. I can't do this by myself anymore. Everytime I look at her, all I see is a ten year old girl that I saved long ago! Do you think she'll forgive me if I just let you leave here, no she won't. When she wakes up the first thing she's going to want to see is you. Not me, not Carl, not T-Dog, nobody but you. It's gotta be you, that's the reason I asked for you when Maggie asked." Rick said as he had tears going down his face. I looked at him for a while til I dropped my crossbow to my side.
" Okay. I won't leave." I said as I walked back to the chair right beside Sam on the left side and sat down and grabbed a hold of Sam's hand again. Rick nodded his head to me and walked back over to the right side of the bed and sat back down in the chair just across from me. Later that night, I was still awake while Rick passed out in his chair. I looked at my hand that was still holding Sam's hand.
" If you can hear me. Please give me a sign." I said as I looked at Sam and waited for her to do something, but nothing happened. I let go of her hand and I leaned back in the chair and I looked at Sam til I felt my eyes getting heavier but I shook my head and I stayed awake, waiting for hope.
End of Chapter
Will Sam make it through the night and will Daryl ever tell her how he feels. Find out next time on The Walking Dead. LOL, sorry I figured it would be funny to say. Let me know what you guys thought about the chapter and another one will be ready as soon as possible. Till next time.