Little Grimes

nineteen

I managed to stay quiet and track the group to the community. I did not want to risk losing Rick or Daryl. If they came back without one of them... I don't know what I would do.

By the time I make it to community, all hell as broken loose. I can hear screaming and gunshots coming from inside.

I sneak around the secure fence until I find a weak spot, stabbing walkers that get too close along the way.

I pull myself up over the fence. Once i'm over and my feet touch the ground, I'm amazed by how normal the town looks. There's plenty of homes and it looks like it used to. Before the dead started to rise and families were ripped apart, literally.

I hide in the shadows, lurking as the town gets quiet. Maybe they already escaped and I'm just throwing myself into harms way. Doing exactly what they worried about.

I watch as a large group of people are gathered in the center of the town. A man with one eye covered takes the center attention of the group.

They're too far to hear exactly what he's saying but a light shines on another man with a knife for one of his hands. Holy shit, it's Merle.

I see a blonde try to stop him. Wait. I know that blonde. Andrea?

Daryl is suddenly in my view, being shoved towards the center.

My heart beats quickly and I know I have to do something. There is no way i'm letting him fight this alone.

I make my way towards the group, not raising any suspicions as I do. I move along the back, making my way closer to Andrea.

I wince as the first punch that Merle throws knocks Daryl back. Merle has Daryl on the ground by the time I make it to Andrea.

Before I can grab her, smoke spreads throughout the crowd and gunshots go off. Chaos happens as I try my best to find Daryl. I jump as a hand grabs my arm.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Daryl's voice is like venom towards me.

"Looking for you!" I snap back as he pulls me away from everything.

"Daryl! Come on!" I hear Rick's voice yell to us.

Daryl's hand stays gripped on mine like gorilla glue. We finally get to Rick and I can feel the glare coming from my older brother. He doesn't say anything to me as Michonne jumps down behind us.

"Where were you?" Rick hisses at her.

"We need to move," I push at Rick.

He shakes his head in frustration but grabs onto my hand to pull me in front of him.

It's a silent and tense walk to meet with Glenn.

My eyes widen in shock at the sight of Glenn.

"Holy shit, Glenn!" I gasp, gently grabbing his face with my hands to check him over.

His eyes soften at the sight of me but once he spots Merle, it's like red has taken over. He pushes me away as he pulls a gun towards Daryl while Maggie has one on Merle.

I stand between Daryl and Glenn.

"What is he doing here?" Glenn yells.

"He's blood!" Daryl speaks loudly, getting pissed off with the fact a gun is pointed at him.

Also probably pissed at the fact that I'm between the two so technically the gun is pointed at me.

"This is ridiculous," I mumble.

"He is the one that did this to me!" Glenn yells, directly at me.

I glare at him, "Don't raise your voice at me."

"I'm sorry but he's not coming with us," Maggie defends her boyfriend.

"Enough, we need to move," Rick yells at all of us.

"Get that damn gun out of my face and hers," Daryl growls.

The weapons finally come down and I look back at Daryl to see how upset he is. He looks confused and lost.

Rick leads the group away from the town that holds our new enemies. Daryl barely looks at me as we walk.

It's almost as if he's fighting something in his head.

I feel tension between Maggie and Glenn but I don't want to bring it up. Maggie seems like something traumatic happened to her while imprisoned.

To my surprise, Daryl laces his fingers with mine. That small act makes my heart flutter. I glance at him and he's already looking at me.

I lean into him and he responds by kissing the side of my head.

"Is my little brother pussy whipped?" I hear Merle's spit at us.

Daryl doesn't answer him and keeps his eyes on the road in front of us. He has a tight grip on my hand and I make sure not to let go.

"I never thought I'd see the day where you find yourself a little slut. The Sheriff's baby sister at that," Merle continues.

"Watch it," Rick hisses back at Merle.

"I'm just saying. You've got yourself a fine piece of ass," Merle shrugs.

Daryl let's go of my hand and has Merle down on the ground. He's throwing punches as Rick tries to rip him off of him brother.

"I'm so sick of this!" Glenn yells at us.

I watch the scene fold out in front of my disbelief.