The End of a New Beginning // Daryl Dixon

Part 44

Daryl

"GO, I GOT him." I point to Mer. I reach the kid and grab onto his arm. "You alright? Come on." I call. He pulls himself up and we turn for the doors. I look up and hear tires screeching outside. Without warning, I see a white car ramming right into Mer. Her body flips to the side, slamming into the windshield and landing on the ground. My heart drops and I release the kid.

"No, no, no! Wait, wait, wait!" The kid shouts.

"Let go of me!" I shout.

"Wait! They can help her." He claims. He pulls us behind a pillar, hiding from the two men outside. One carrying a gurney, the other standing over Mer's unconscious body on the ground. 

"Let me go!" I growl. "I gotta save her!"

"They're the only ones who can." The kid claims. "They have medicine, machines, a doctor. You go out there, you'll have to kill them, okay? And then she can't get their help. Is that what you want?" I watched as the two men grab Mer's body and lay her on the gurney. I weakly fought against the kid, wanting to go out there and help her myself. But everything the kid told me, I knew I had to let them take her.

"We can get her back. We can get Beth back." He adds. The men load Mer into the car and drive off. The kid finally releases me and I let out a sigh.

"What's it gonna take?" I ask him.

"A lot." He huffs out. "They got guns, people."

"So do we." I nod.

It wasn't easy, but the kid and I made it through downtown, grabbed a truck and left Atlanta. I knew I needed to get to the others back at the church to get their help and get Beth and Mer back. I was scared for Mer. I wanted her to be okay. I wanted her to be alive by the time we got to the hospital. 

By the time Noah, the kid, and I made it back to the church, it was sundown. The truck ran out of gas a mile away, leaving Noah and I walk back to the church on foot. I came to a stop when I hear voices on the other side of the bushes. It was familiar, sounding more and more like Michonne. I push down the branches and stepped out into the open. Michonne raises her sword, and I easily spotted Rick standing right next to her. The two fall relieved when they realized who it was. 

"Where've you been?" Michonne asks me. I look down, letting out a small sigh. I pick my head up and look at them. Rick's brows furrow down in confusion, his eyes searching around.

"Where's Meredith?" He asks. I held a stare with him before turning sideways.

"Won't you come on out?" I call to Noah. The branches rustle before the front pulls down, Noah stepping out. He doesn't smile, doesn't say hi. 

"Who's this?" Rick asks.

"Um, I'm Noah." Noah answers. Rick and Michonne frown at me.

"He knows where Beth is." I explain. "He can help us get her back. Get Mer back."

"Meredith?" Rick questions, stepping closer to me. I nodded my head.

"Ran her over with their car, took her to where they're holdin' up." 

*****

Michonne, Carl, Judith and Gabriel remained behind. Gareth and his people from Terminus found the rest of us, tried killing us. Of course, we won the fight as we're all still standing. Except one. Bob was bit back at the food bank. Gareth kidnapped him, cut his leg off. He died the next night. Since then, everyone's been waiting for Mer and I to return. Glenn, Maggie, Tara, Abraham and his people moved on to Washington to get Eugene there so he can save the world and all. Sucks. Didn't get to say goodbye to Glenn. But at the same time, now that we know Beth is alive, Maggie ain't here. She ain't here to see her sister. But, even then, Rick mentioned that we might follow in their path and catch up to Glenn and Maggie once Mer and I returned. So, I guess, it's a good thing Mer and I found Beth. Now that we're getting her back, we can meet the others later and reunite the sisters together again.