Two Opposites | Daryl Dixon

Chapter 13: Throwing Punches

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Rick walked over to Hershel's shed where the older man was pouring gas into a generator.

"One of my horses is missing. Did one of your people take it?" Hershel asked Rick.

"I was given the impression you knew about that."

"I did not." Hershel said glaring at Rick.

Rick sighed and looked at the ground licking his lips and looked back at Hershel, "I'll have a talk with Daryl."

"And Jimmy? You took him out today. Did he also give you the impression of my consent?"

Rick looked at Hershel with a confused face, "No, he said it outright. I took the boy at his word."

Hershel cut Rick off, "Jimmy is 17, he's not my kin but I am responsible for him. You know how worried his brother was when he found out he was gone? These things need to be cleared with me."

"Sounds like we need to work on our communication. What do you suggest?" Rick asked, looking at the older man.

"Keep it simple, I'll control my people. You control yours."

Rick nods at Hershel then turns around to go back to work until he sees two figures walking up the road. "Glenn!"

Glenn looked over at Rick and then the direction he was looking at, and at that moment everything stopped. He started running in the direction of the figures, almost falling a few times until he wrapped his arms around one of them. Tears fell down his face as he pulled back and looked at Alexis, a smile laid on her face as tears slowly slipped down just like Glenn's face.

"Hey Pizza boy." Alexis says, hugging the boy again.

Glenn laughed, "I knew you were alive. I just knew it!" When he pulled away he noticed the other girl beside her and looked back at Alexis with a confused look, "Who's this?"

Alexis looked at Lexa and then back to Glenn, "This is Lexa, she saved my life."

"Hey." Lexa said, her hand outstretched to Glenn.

"Thank you." Glenn replies, taking the girl's hand and pulling her into a hug. "Thank you."

Lexa awkwardly hugged the boy and slowly patted his back, "Umm.. you're welcome."

"Alexis." A soft voice says, making her turn and look. Alexis's breath stopped when she saw Carol standing looking at the girl. "You're alive." She said, a small smile on her face.

Alexis hopped over to Carol and hugged the women. "I'm so sorry, I tried to get her back to you."

Carol shushed the girl as the two stayed there hugging each other. "It's okay, Daryl is out there right now trying to find her. I'm sure he will."

After everyone gave their welcomes back to Alexis she was taken into the house and sat on a chair, Hershel grabbed her foot and slowly started to unbadage the damaged ankle. He started taking care of it and then wrapped it back up looking at the girl.

"You need to rest. If you walked on this anymore than you did, you could have damaged it to the point where you could not walk." Hershel says, helping the girl into a bed.

"I really didn't have any time to rest the last few days." Alexis explains, laying down in the bed. She lays there staring out the window beside her as she watches everyone work and walk around the land.

Lexa stands at the doorway looking at the girl with guilt in her eyes, she knew she should have made her stay at the camp a little longer, but at the same time they found her group. Lexa walked up the bed and sat down next to the girl's legs. Alexis looked up and smiled at Lexa, "Hey."