desire - daryl dixon x oc

6 - terminus

"Black car with a white cross on it. We tried to follow it, we tried," I mentioned to Maggie as Daryl stood beside me nodding slowly.

"She's alive?" Maggie asked with a trembling voice, to which daryl responded with a hesitant nod. We hope that she's alive, but there's no definite way of finding out if she is.

Radio chatter began to echo from outside the train-cart along with footsteps approaching.  "Four of them Pricks coming our way" Announced Abraham as he gathered all of our attention.

"You all know what to do first, their eyes then their throats" Rick told us as we all stood to face the attack. Footsteps banged on the roof above us, then dropping in a gas bomb which to abraham yelled for us to move. We ducked to cover our heads and it all was a blur. Once we looked back, Rick, Daryl, Glenn and Bob were gone. A loud explosion echoed outside of the walls, growls and snarls along with it as gunfire rang. We peered through the gaps of the doors as walkers on fire stumbled past. "Someone's attacked this place" I spoke out.

"That could be either good or bad" Replied Eugene while crouching on the floor and attempting to open the door with a small knife.

"What's the cure Eugene?" Asked Sasha, almost as if she didn't believe him; and neither did I.

"It's classified" Murmured Eugene like he was keeping a secret from all of us.

"I'm calling bullshit" I rolled my eyes and whispered into Sasha's ear as she nodded at me.

Soon later, clanging of the sliding door opened, allowing us to escape as Rick stood taking down each walker that approached us. We bolted to the gates, killing every walker we saw with whatever weapons we had. "Up and over!" Shouted Rosita as we began to climb the fence.

I took a last look at the community which was up in flames as smoke filled the dreary sky. "There" I pointed down to the forest floor where Rick buried the bag of weapons and he began to dig. Only now I could take a good look of Rick, blood smeared across his face and dried in his brown curls. He rummaged through the dirt until the navy bag was shown. He unzipped it immediately, passing the weapons out to the group. "It's not over till they're all dead" He grumbled, standing up and handing me an a16 a2.

"Rick, the fences are down they will either run or die" Maggie mentioned, attempting to convince him to leave the place behind. They will die anyway and most will be wounded but Rick was dead-set on heading back and murdering each person.

"It's not worth it Dad" Mentioned Carl, placing his hand on his dad's arm to make him look at him. Footsteps slowly approached along with a soft chuckle, everyone's eyes glances up to meet the woman. Daryl bolted his way towards her, engulfing her in a warm embrace as smiles appeared on the group's faces.

"Did you do that?" Rick asked the woman as he approached her once Daryl had let her go. She nodded letting out another small chuckle and pulled her for a hug. It was announced that this was the woman who saved us all from terminus.

"You have to come with me" She said which Rick agreed too. None of us knew what she was bringing us too but I assumed it must be a good thing since the whole group seems that they trust her. She led us throughout the woods, along a short road which led up to a small forest cabin. A man stood outside, pacing back and forth with an infant in his arms. As we got closer towards the home, Rick and Carl dropped their weapons and bolted to the baby, picking her up out of the man's arms as tears rolled down their cheeks in shock and awe. "Judith, your okay" Carl sobbed and planted a kiss on the baby's forehead.

The group collectively decided to leave and get as far away from Terminus as we could for days on end. Crickets and owls hooting filled the night sky as we took shifts to rest. I sat beside Daryl slouching against a tree when he asked me, "You just gon' talk to me and that's it? Nobody else?" He grunted.

"Maggie and Glenn are asleep, and I don't know I haven't really spoke to the rest of you guys. Other than Rick and Michonne," I threw him a smile and turned my head to look at him.

"Shut up" He looked over to me and I gently lay my head on his shoulder to rest incase he was to flinch slightly.

"Do you want me to leave you alone?" I questioned him and he sat in silence before a
mumble escaped his lips. "Nah, You should get some rest i'll keep watch" Daryl said barely above a whisper.

"Ya sure?" I placed my gun down beside me and he nodded, I unbuttoned my ripped flannel shirt, then pulling it off of my body and folding it into a make-shift pillow beside Daryl. He remained slouched against the tree while I lay down. "Goodnight Daryl," I chuckled to myself before shutting my eyes.

The sunrise awoke us and everyone was preparing to continue on our walk. I looked up to Daryl as my head now lay rested on his lap. I sat up and glanced to the man who was now looking away in shame. "You two come on" Rick announced to me and Daryl as we stood up. I started to giggle to myself and daryl looked to me confused.

"What?" he asked me as we approached the group.
"Come.. on" I chuckled and glanced to him, once he finally realised what I was laughing about he responded.
"Dirty mind" He muttered under his breath yet it was loud enough for me to hear. Rick began to speak and inform us to where we would be heading today before he was interrupted.

"Help! Help me please!" A scream echoed through the woods as we helplessly glanced around to find where the cries for help were coming from. Another scream followed afterwards, revealing where it was coming from where Carl shouted. "Over there!" We all followed the source of sound, approaching the man who lay on top of a boulder. Wailing and kicking at the walkers which were clawing towards his feet. The group individually took down the walkers from behind, waiting for each corpse to collapse and the man gazed upon us in shock.

"Thank you, i'm Gabriel" The man introduced himself in a hurry. His breath was shaky and full of fear, he brushed dirt and dust off of his clothes before stepping down.

"Do you have any weapons?" Rick quizzed Gabriel after taking a few glances at all of us, assuming that we were thinking the same thing.

"Does it look like I have any weapons?" Gabriel chuckled sarcastically raising his hands almost as if he was held at gun point.

"We don't give two short and curlies what it looks like." Abraham spoke out, glaring towards the man. Abraham was judging Gabriel, and it was clearly obvious but yet so were we. He can't take down five or six walkers?

"I have no weapons of any kind, the word of god is the only protection I need" Gabriel stuttered in humiliation.

"Sure didn't look like it" Hissed Daryl as he slung his crossbow back onto his shoulder.

"I called for help, help came!" Gabriel nervously rambled. "Do you have.. any food? Whatever I had left it hit the ground"

Carl passed him some pecans as Judith began to coo, "That's a beautiful child" Gabriel added. "Do you have a camp?"

"No. Do you?" Rick hissed and Gabriel responded instantly. "I have a church."
Rick demanded for him to put his hands above his head and began to search for weapons.

"How many walkers have you killed?" Grumbled Rick and he forced Gabriel to turn around.

"Not any... actually" He frantically chuckled.

"How many people have you killed?" Asked Rick before making Gabriel face him once again.

"None, because the lord abhors violence." Gabriel spoke in a now calming tone.

Rick demanded Gabriel to lead us the way to his church, in return of protection. Rosita rolled her eyes as Gabriel continued to speak, to which I giggled since Rosita looks at him with pure anger and annoyance. We made our way into the church, checking the rooms and scavenging through his belongings. Pictures and drawings filled the walls as empty food cans were scattered across the floor. A short bus was abandoned outside the church, abraham wanted to attempt to start it back up and make our way with transport. But not many agreed, we needed supplies no matter the choice of what we did.