Dead or alive, I love you

3.4 killer within

Daryl gets off his mattress and Genny stirs in her sleep. He kisses her head softly before walking down the stairs. "How's she doin?" Rick asks looking at Genny.

"Been better, thinkin I might let her sleep all day. Maybe she'll feel better tomorrow," Daryl sighs.

Carol steps over Genny looking down at her, "how'd she sleep?" She asks.

"Stared at the ceiling all night but didn't say a thing," he says opening a can of beans.

"How about we let her kill some walkers today?" T asks.

"Nah, gonna let her sleep for the day," Daryl sighs.

Later that day Genny is reading on the mattress when she hears the all to familiar moans and groans. "What the hell," she says grabbing her gun and getting up.

She looks at walkers coming up both the stairs and realizes she can't take them all on alone. She runs into a cell and closes it behind her.

Walkers reach their hands out to her trying to get through the bars. She stabs a few in the head until the alarms start blaring. "What the fuck!" She yells over it pulling her knife out of a head.

She keeps stabbing them until she is to exhausted and sits on the bottom bunk with her gun out.

Daryl runs into the cell block and looks around, "Genny!" He yells out.

"I'm here!" She yells getting up.

"Hang on. I'm coming!" He yells shooting a walker before grabbing his knives and stabbing the walkers one by one.

A walker sneaks up on him but Genny stabs it as he turns around. She pulls her knife out and he waists no time in hugging her.

She holds onto him and he chuckles seeing the dead walkers in front of the cell. The body's are pushed away just enough for Genny to get out of the cell.

"Did you kill a dozen walkers by yourself?" He asks putting his hands on her cheeks.

"Yeah," she smiles.

"Fuck, I love you," he smiles kissing her.

She's shocked for a minute and looks at him. She can't explain it herself but she smiles and moves her hand to his cheek. "I love you too," she breaths out.

"Daryl! Lets go!" Rick yells running in.

"Get back in a cell and stay there until I come get you," Daryl says before running of with Rick.

She doesn't listen and runs out to the courtyard where Hershel and Beth are waiting outside. Beth runs to Genny and flies into her arms. "Are you okay?" She asks Genny seeing the blood on her.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Genny says.

Daryl, Rick and Glenn run out through another door. "Hershel?" Rick asks.

"You didn't find them?" Hershel asks as Glenn runs up to his sister and hugs her.

"We thought maybe they came back out here," Glenn says.

"What about T? Carol?" Hershel asks.

Daryl shakes his head, "they didn't make it." He says looking down.

Genny walks over to him and hugs him knowing how much Carol meant to him. "That doesn't mean the others didn't. We're going back. Daryl and Glenn, you come with..." Rick starts but the crying of a baby is heard and Genny shoots around to look at the sound.

Maggie walks up to the group with a baby against her chest and her arms covered in blood. Carl seems to be in some kind of shock as his hands are also covered in blood.

Maggie is sobbing as she tries to say something while Rick drops his ax walking over to her. Daryl lets out a shaky breath as he pulls a crying Genny into his chest. They both already know that Lori didn't survive the birth.

Rick breaks down completely and lays on the ground sobbing while Carl just stands there staring at the ground. Glenn walks over to Maggie and hugs her.