|previously known as Insomnia|
(DARYL DIXON)
*
(THE WALKING DEAD)
|Season 2-11|
|Slow Burn|
Started: May of 2020
Finished: March of 2023
|I do not own any of The Walking Dead or plot, only my OCs and plot line|
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SWAMPS-088
Max crouched beside Rosita, his emerald eyes locked on the map that his dad, Rosita, and Tara was looking at. The people of Alexandria had walked for hours after they had escaped the walls of their home, they were all exhausted, hunger, and thirsty.
"If they're smart, they'll cover all these passes between here and Hilltop." His father said, pointing at two points on the map.
"We have to keep moving." Rosita said. "We'll just have to risk it."
Dwight came towards them and spoke, causing the four to look at him. "Maybe you don't have to. Negan won't send his people down into this stretch of swamp, not if he doesn't have to."
"Yeah? How do you know that?" Tara asked, she looked at the man with utter hatred.
"Negan wanted to map the best routes with cover from the Sanctuary to the Hilltop. He—he decided the swamp was too dangerous. Didn't think it was worth the risk." Dwight explained further.
Max and Rosita looked at his dad, seeing as he was one leading them towards the Hilltop. Tara's mouth popped as she looked at Daryl in disbelief, seeing he might be considering.
"You aren't seriously gonna listen to him. It's too dangerous for the Saviors, so you're gonna send us?are you kidding me?"
"They have us boxed in." Rosita replied.
"Tara has a point." Tobin spoke up, sitting near them with the group. "Why should we trust him?"
"He could turn on us like he turned on his own people." Scott added.
Dwight shook his head. "I don't just turn on 'em. I killed 'em. Daryl saw it. Rosita saw it." He looked at Tara. "You saw it. But one of them got away...so if they find me, Negan puts my head on a pike. I'm not working for them, and I'm not going back to them. I chose my side. This is it. I'm here to help you beat Negan. After that...we'll, I know how it ends."
"Alright. We try the swamps." Daryl said before he started walking.
Max looked Tara for a moment before following after his dad and the group soon followed. As they walked towards the swamps, Daryl spoke to Dwight.
"This works, it don't change shit."
"Everything I did, it was for Sherry. That doesn't make it right." Dwight replied. "Or something that should be forgiven. But it's the truth. Only one I got left. She's the one that let out. Then she ran."
