Walking with the dead(Rick Grimes)

New arrival

I lifted my bow to shoulder hight with the string half drawn ready to fire at a moments notice. The deer tracks we were following are relatively new, the noise of an bolt zipping past my head caused me to glare at the man next to me.
"Really brother!" I exclaimed lowering the bow to the ground.
" Aww baby sis, got us a squirrel. " he smirked pulling the arrow from the limp squirrel.
" shut it Daryl" he just smirked and keep on walking.
"get yer ass movin', gotta deer ta catch". his thick southern drawl was just as prominent as mine maybe even more so. I lifted the bow back into its original place and followed after my brother.
About half an hour later Daryl comes to an abrupt stop, if I was paying attention I would of ran into him. We heard a scream and ran towards the noise I followed Daryl in to a small clearing. The deer we had been tracking on the ground with a walker chewing it up. with all of the fresh meat stood next to it the walker started to stand.
"You need ta shoot it in the head!"exclaimed Daryl shooting the walker.
"Damn that's our deer." i said nudging it with my boot. it was dead.
"Stupid poxy bastard!" Daryl shouted as he kicked it. hard.
"Hey Daryl, shut it would ya."i said to him. He growled and mumbled something about finding Merle.
I glanced around the group and saw them all staring at us and the deer. i followed Daryl to go and find our oldest brother.
"Merle, we got us some squirrels."Daryl shouted.
"Merle, where you at!" I shouted after him. me and Daryl shared a glance before carrying on further in to the camp.
"Jesus Merle, get your ass out here!" Daryl shouted out again.
"Daryl ,Leah." said Shane walking out of the group that had followed us.
"What?" I asked him.
"Something happened to Merle on the run." he said in the calmest voice he could.
"He dead?" Daryl questioned.
"We don't know."he said back.
"Well he is or he isn't, it ain't that hard." Daryl growled losing his temper.
"He was a danger to us as well as himself." said a new voice. he now stood next to Shane in a sheriffs getup he looked in his later 30s maybe early 40s. his brown hair was quite long, stopping at the nape of his neck. His blue eyes stared at my and my brother watching our movements. I would be lying if I said he wasn't handsome.
"Who the hell are you?" shouted Daryl.
"I'm Rick grimes." he stated calmly.
"What did you do to my brother?." I asked stepping forward. his eyes met mine and I knew it wasn't good.
"I handcuffed him to a pipe on the roof." he said not taking his eyes off of my own.
"YOU DID WHAT?" Daryl practically screamed. he lunged for Rick but Shane and t-dog restrained him.
"Hey calm down and let him explain." shouted shane.
"He isn't the one you should be worried about." I said in a small voice not taking my eyes of Rick, before they understood what I had just said I had already lunged for him. I kicked him in the stomach so that he fell to the ground i straddled his waist and landed a punch to his jaw before, he flipped us over and held my hands down to the ground. he had me pinned with his weight and one of his legs pressed in between of mine so I had no way of moving.
"YOU LEFT ME BROTHER!" I shouted at him trying to get from under him.
"Hey, calm down, hey Shh." he said to me.
"DONT SHUSH ME!"i roared at him.
"It's not his fault!" T-dog said in a quiet voice. my head snapped towards him.
"You want to explain yer statement?." I asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"I dropped the key." he whispered looking down at the ground.
"WHY DIDNT YOU PICK IT UP THEN." Daryl shouted.
"I dropped it down the drain." he muttered.
"STUPID SON OF A BITCH." Daryl screamed.
"We gotta and get him!" I exclaim looking up at Shane from the ground.
"We can't go tonight." he stated with what I expected to be a sympathetic look.
"I will take a team tomorrow to go and get him. okay?" Rick Said looking from me to Daryl.
"Fine." I snapped.
"Are you gonna get up?" I asked looking up at him.
"Are you going to attack someone again?" He said raising an eyebrow.
"No, not at the moment."i stared at him as he slowly let go of my wrists. when he was finally stood straight he held out his hand for me to take.
"Thanks" I muttered brushing off the dust of my jeans.
"Come on,Leah" My brother muttered walking over to our little camp, that held two tents and a small fire and our bags.
"You alright?" I glance over at him.
"Yea" he muttered back.
We sat in silence for an hour or so as we skinned the squirrels we had caught.
"ima get some shut eye." i said as u stood up and kissed Daryl on the cheek.
"Night Lele" he replied before starring in to the distance again, before I zipped back up my tent I spoke again.
"Don't stay awake to late, we need rest for tomorrow." I told him before disappearing in to the tent.
After changing my clothes and cleaning off most of the layer of dirt that stuck to my skin, I lay in my sleeping back and stared at the ceiling of the green and grey tent.
I tried to sleep but my mind wouldn't shut off.Merle. Daryl.Mom. Dad. This group. Thought after thought. flashing through my mind what had happened, what could happen.ifs and buts.i just want sleep to come, even just for a few hours of relief. And it did eventually,slowly almost painfully. but it came and that's what I asked for.sleep.

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