Don't Fear The Reaper (R. Grimes & D. Dixon)

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Magna stood outside the Grimes/Dixon house in the middle of the night, about to break in and literally fight for her group to stay. But when she saw Tj and Kit together, she quickly changed her mind, knowing her friends were right; there were kids here and it would hurt them if they lashed out. So she made a choice: she closed the hidden knife on her girlfriend's necklace, walked to the front door, and knocked.

Kit handed Tj to Daryl, who was just coming down the stairs after hearing the commotion their son was making. "I got it," she mumbled, letting him take their kid back to bed. She opened the door and was only slightly surprised to see Magna standing there. 

She held out the leaf necklace to kit. "you missed one."

Kit took it and inspected it before opening it to reveal the blade "Badass," she mumbled before looking up to Magna. "Thank you."

"You and your friend were right about me. I've done things, terrible things. If I had all this, I wouldn't trust me, either." Magna said before walking down the steps.

"We've all done things," she said; Magna half turned to her. "Some worse than others; it's how we all got here. It isn't always that easy to live with."

"It's better than losing everything."

"How did you end up in jail, Magna?" 

"Killed my cousin's rapist," she said honestly before leaving. Kit shut the door turning towards the stairs to see Judith sitting on the steps. 

"Judith, you're supposed to be in bed." kit lightly scolded

"Are you kicking them out?" 

"I don't know, Jude, I really don't," Kit sighed before walking back up the steps "come on, let's get you back to bed; you and your brother are gonna drive me crazy tonight."

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The following day Kit and Daryl walked up to the group as they were handed their bags back for the trip to check out their old camp; Luke made his rounds shaking everyone's hands. "We've made a decision. We want to show you another community, much like the one we have here. See which will be a better match before deciding where you will be taking up residency. And I would suggest starting truthful this time. We will take you there personally." Kit said, signing as she talked so Connie could understand her.

"I'm coming too," Carl said, walking up with horses; kit and Daryl looked at him funny but didn't say anything. and nodded to DJ to take the group to the wagon for transport.

"You taking your bike?" Kit asked Daryl as she reached into her back pocket

"Yeah," he said watching as she took a piece of dried jerky out of her pocket and gave it to Dog. "You're gonna make him fat if you keep spoiling him"

"I am not; you keep him plenty active, huh, good boy." she cooed, petting him.

Daryl snorted, shaking his head. "Let's go burning daylight." 

"How far did the patrols clear?" Kit asked Merle and DJ their heads of safety once they were a couple of miles outside Alexandria.

"Till the route D river bend. Their Rig's about Five miles past that." Dj answered

"If their story checks out," Merle added, side-eyeing the newcomers. Kit rolled her eyes as Magna started ranting that Kit still had her knives.

"Look, I'm sorry about Magna. she can be a bit hotheaded." Yumiko piped up, looking to kit, who just snorted. That's not what she would call her. "She's been on edge since we lost Bernie."

"Was he with you long?" Merle asked, not taking his eyes off his brother up ahead as he lazily swerved on the road.

"Long enough. He loved getting under Magna's skin. He, um, used to wear this absolutely horrid shirt. It was like looking into creation itself, in paisley. God, it was horrendous, but Magna hated it. She said, just looking at it gave her a migraine. So Bernie wore it every day for a week. Honestly, I think she came around on the shirt. Just like she came around on him."