Dangerous | Daryl Dixon The Walking Dead

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(Cats Pov)
A couple of hours later I wake up and swap with Daryl he goes to sleep while I keep watch and the second the sun comes up we are all up

"You sleep alrigh'?" Daryl asks with his gravelly voice

"Yeah did you?" I ask and he nods and we all quickly eat while we discuss the plans for today, so far we've cleared the court yard and today we are going to get behind the gate we closed yesterday and hopefully get into the prison.

Daryl, Cole, Rick, Glenn, T-dog, Maggie and I are all ready to fight we are in formation

"Ready?" I ask as I unchain the gate holding it closed everyone nods at me and I quickly open it we all rush in I slice the head of the first walkers head Hershel closes the gate behind us as we all stab the walkers and walk forward towards them staying close, another comes stumbling over so I slice it's head, we eventually reach the door but I take a peek around the corner to see another gate open

"Shit" Rick whispers we we all have our backs against the wall Daryl stays out slightly holding up his crossbow I look around the corner to see walkers stumbling towards us wearing protective gear. One comes close to me my hand instantly goes to my sword, an arrow hits off the clear face shield just bouncing off it so I take a step forward trying to slice its head off but the the armour is in the way. I step back pushing the Walker away it's back hitting the wall and that's when I notice the walkers flesh is visible on the neck so I lift it's head to the best of my ability and pierce the skin with my sword blood splurting everywhere. I take a step back and look at Maggie, T-dog and Glenn struggling

"Guys the neck! Lift the head!" I shout as I walk over to them lifting the head of one of the walkers stabbing into its neck causing its body to flop down

Daryl, Rick and Coke have closed the gate so come over to us and stab the walkers, once they've all been killed we all look at each other heavy breathing

"You alrigh'?" Daryl asks placing his hand in my shoulder

"Yeah, are you?" I ask looking up at him

"It looks secure" Glenn states

"Not from the look of that courtyard over there," Daryl points "and that's a civilian" he now points at one of the dead bodies

"So the interior could be overrun from walkers from outside the prison" t-dog states

"Well, if there's walls down, what are we gonna do? we can't rebuild this place" Glenn states

"We can't risk a blind spot. We have to push in" Rick tells us walking towards the gate we all follow him. Rick opens the door leading us up the stairs to a door into the prison. I stand in front of the door with Rick and Cole my sword in hand as Daryl had a hand on the door handle he looks at us and we nod at him so he slides open the door to reveal another metal door. We walk towards the door and I open it the metal squeaks interrupting the silence, we walk into the dark empty prison into a cafeteria that is a mess, tables tipped over, towels and lots of other mess covering the floor. The only light that's coming in is the beaming sun through the barred windows.

Quietly we creep in the room weapons in hand looking around for any walkers, this room is empty. We just notice the door is locked closed so can't get through.

There's stairs so I look up and Cole and nod he slowly follows behind me, my sword is in my hand ready and instantly I raise my sword at the sight of a large dead body on a chair, he's in uniform so before he died he worked here. I look at the body and notice a set of keys in his pocket so I pick them up and walk down the stairs while cole stabs through the man's head just to be sure.

As I walk down I dangle the keys in my hand so I hand them to Daryl who slides his hand through the bars and opens the lock, he opens the foot and we walk into see the cell blocks. They're seemingly empty the floor is also covered in clothes, paper, towels and many other things. Each cell has the familiar silver bars we take a look in the cells some have dead bodies sitting on the floor.

Daryl, Rick, Cole and I head up the stairs as we walk past some of the cells growls erupt and arms  reach through the bars I let out a small laugh and pierce my sword through the bars slicing the walkers head we open the cell doors and through the dead bodies over the balcony which the rest of the group are dragging outside.

"I'm so glad I found you" cole says placing his large hand on my head

"I didn't think we would see each other again" I tell him looking up to see a sad expression cross his face

"Neither did I but I'll protect you forever" he says

"You're gonna be the one that needs protected off me" I scoff moving his hand off my head

"Yeah you're gonna be the last Ryleigh standing" he speaks

"Don't say that" I tell him furrowing my brows

"It's true" he shrugs his shoulders

"You think Cams still alive?" I ask

"I- I don't know Cat" he sighs

"He was a pussy anyways" I chuckle and he laughs not denying it.

Once we clear out the bodies everyone from outside comes in and takes a look around

"We're sleeping in the cells?" Beth asks

"I ain't sleepin' in no cage. I'll take the perch" Daryl grumbles walking up the stairs

"Come on" Carol says to Lori as we all separate to choose what will be our room for the foreseeable future I head up the stairs and go into a cell on my own

"You alrigh'?" Daryl asks as he stands in front of my door

"Yeah are you?" I ask placing my bag on the ground

"Yeah" he mumbles as he walks over to me placing his warm rough hand on my bicep, he looks up and down at my body

"What's up?" I ask him

"Checkin' for scratches" he tells me

"I'm fine" I tell him making his hand leave my body moving them onto Aider stroking her

"Sleep well" he says as he stands back up

"You too" I smile climbing into the bottom bunk of the bunk bed quickly falling asleep with my dog at my feet.