The Lost Arrow

Surprise Visitor

It's been a month since Hershell's farm was overrun by walkers and they lost, Shane, Dale and Jenny to the walkers. Ricks planting some crops in the prisons field with Carl and Scott, Daryl, Glenn and a slightly pregnant Lori are on the Gate killing walkers. A car quickly pulls him at the gat and a man get out of the back, covered in blood and a young girl, maybe 12 gets out the drivers seat. Rick and the other quickly gather at where they are
"Let us in" the girl says
" where you just driving?" Lori asks the girl
"no I was floating what do you think, let us in we got someone hurt in the back"
" hurry this along, I ain't a doctor and the bleeding isn't stopping"
"Calm down , don't be such a drama queen"
" I'M COVERED IN BLOOD, I LIKED THIS SHIRT"
"it'll wash out"
"IT'S BLOOD IT WONT"
"What do you want to do Rick?" Glenn asks him
"Were they bit?" Rick asks the mystery people
"no, this dumbass shot her"
"It was an accident"
"this is why we don't give you a gun Carter"
"Your 12 shut up" Carter shouts at the younger girl
"and you might as well be a girl, your point?"
"Slightly bleeding out guys, really is this the time?" a voice shouts weakly from the car back seats of the car
"Sorry" Carter says going back to the car
"So?" Sierra asks
"Let them in, Glenn get Hershel" Glenn runs to the prison shouting for Hershel as the others open the gate and Sierra drives in
"Are you just gonna stand there, help her out" she gets out and opens the door, helping Connor to get out the injured women out, Daryl and Rick go to help her she's unconscious with her hair covering her face
"Why did you shoot her"
"This idiot thought she was a walker"
"It was DARK"
"excuses, excuses"
"You know what Sierra I am getting really tired of your attitude"
"That's a shame, your not my mom"
"can you ever stop being a brat for like 5 seconds"
"Can you stop being a moody teenage girl for like 5 seconds"
"I'm 21"
"I'm 21" she repeats in a mocking tone
"Both of you quit it, your friend is hurt" Rick tells them, the girl start to move, bleeding from her gut she groans "yeah that isn't happening, trust me I've been stuck with them for months" she looks up and her hair moves from her face, she smiles at them "RICK. DARYL" she shouts delirious, "fancy seeing you two here" she turns to Sierra and Carter, "It's Daryl and Rick" she whispers and laughs to herself, the just nod at her then give each other a look
"J" Daryl sighs in relief, "we need to get her in quick" hr picks her up bridal style and they hurry in to the prison where Hershel await with Glenn, both looking shocked when they see Jenn being carried in by Daryl
"Is that Jenny" Glenn asks
"Yeah it is" Daryl answers laying her down on the table
"I'm so sorry Jenn" Carter apologies
"who are they?" Hershel asks as he looks Jenny over
"Yeah who are you guys? and what the hell did you do to my sister?" Rick asks getting in between Jenny and Carter and Sierra
"Well..."

One month Earlier after the farm got over ran by walkers.
"Sierra there is no one here"
"She said she was staying here Carter okay, she would have told me if she was somewhere else"
"Look around, this place got over ran by the dead, if she was here she's probably either dead or nowhere near"
"Look Carter let me have my hope"
"look all I'm saying Sie is that you may need to prepare yourself for disappoint"
"Over there" she runs off "-ment" she finishes
"Sierra!" he says shouting at her, "your mom is gonna kill me" he runs after to her, she runs to a tree where she sees a leg sticking out moving. they get there and see a pile of walkers
"Careful"
"I know"
"Jenny?" there's a moan from the pile
"Jenny, you under there" Carter asks
"Sierra?" a voice says from underneath "carter?"
they start moving the walkers out the way to reveal Jenny covered in blood laying on the floor
"God I miss showers" they help her up
"What happened here Jenny?"
"It got over run by rotters. my husband, my friends... is there anyone else around?"
"no we've looked around the whole place for you"
"Why what's happened, Sie where is your mom?"
"That's why we need you, she's really ill, I'm worried"
"Come on, I'm sure I'll find them again. Let's go"

Present time.
"Lori you said you saw them kill her" Rick turns to Lori
"I thought they did, they all crowded around her and she told me to run" Lori answers
"Is my mom gonna be okay Hershel?" Scott asks holding Jenny's hand
"She'll be fine Scott, Rick take him and Carl somewhere else? they don't need to see this"
"Yeah sure, you two come with me as well"
"No way, I'm staying with Jenn" Sierra protests
"no, I have questions for you two"
"You can ask me later" she says standing her ground
"Sierra" Jenny says weakly, "Go with Rick, I'll be fine"
"Jenn"
"Sierra, do it"
"Okay" she reluctantly agrees and walks off
"Is she going to be... okay?"
"Should be, I don't think it hit anything vital, just skimmed her side, she's lucky"
"No Carter is just a shit shot" she laughs and coughs as she tries to sit up
"Jennifer don't do that, stay lying down"
"smart, real smart plan" she says as she lays back down
"I'm just going to stitch you up, I'm not going to lie to you, this will hurt"
"I know, just get it over with"
"Okay" Hershel says as he grabs a needle and threat and start stitching, she winces at every stitch, finally this breaks Daryl too much and he holds her hand, she turns her head to look at him and squeezes his hand tight at every stitch, he strokes her hair. Hershel eventually finishes up "now you need to rest"
"Yeah, yeah I know the drill Hershel" she laughs
"I'll leave you two, Daryl, you mind finding her a cell"
"Sure" Daryl says, as Hershel leaves
"Hey" Jenny says quietly
"hey" Daryl replies, he helps her sit up
"I've been looking for you D" she holds his hand
"I tried to find you but we thought you were dead"
"I thought I was gonna be, they all came at me at once I killed a few and they just piled on me. I just fought" she pulls a knife from her ankle, the same knife he gave her "All I had was this, without it I would be standing here" he smiles at her, recognising the knife
"you still have that?"
"I never leave without it" she puts it back in her ankle "So, where's Shane? no way Rick got rid of him. Even after what he did"
"You don't know..."
"What?"
"Rick killed him"
"What" her eyes start to fill with water "No"
"You can't be crying over that dick"
"That dick, was my husband, who I was married to for years" she tells him crossing her arms
"Look no offence"
"No I think you do mean offence"
"He was a bad guy"
"No he wasn't he was sweet. Before everything"
"He was a bad person in the end"
"He was probably just scared"
"He's dead and your still defending him. What is wrong with me?"
"What is wrong with me? I loved him. I cared about him no matter what. What's wrong with you? Why do you have to be so mean and cold all the time"
"I'm just being truthful"
"The words hurtful. Just like you always are. No matter what. Can't you just be happy for a second"
"Happy over your abuses Ex? Sure. i'm happy he's dead. I'm happy Rick shot him and I'm happy your little boy shot him in the head when he got back up"
"Scott shot him?"
"Yeah he did"
"and your making a joke out of him shooting his own father and my brother shooting his best friend. God how messed up are you?"
"Messed up am I? you went back to that abusive dick repeatedly. No matter what he did or said. Check yourself before you insult me"
"Go to hell"
"Hey all i've done is try and help you out. You should be saying thank you"
"Help me out? you hurt me multiple times"
"hurt you? What your feelings? I'm sorry you're so sensitive"
"Yes you did. I told you how I felt and you have a go at me then you kiss me then ignore me. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL? GO ON TELL ME"
"I was mad, okay?"
"MAD? You were the one mad. I was the nicest person to you" she moves away from the table
"You need to rest"
"I know what I need" she takes one step and collapses to the floor, he tries to help her up
"NO" she shouts at him "I don't need help from you"
"okay" he backs up throwing his hands in the air
"Just, just get Hershel back in here please"
"I thought you don't need her from me?" she stares at him, eyes full of water "then leave me alone" she spits at him
"fine"
"Fine" they both say angrily and Daryl storms off, "Jackass"
Hershel walks back in and sees her on the floor, she looks at him and starts crying
"Let me help you Jennifer" he helps her up and back sat on the table
"I feel ridiculous, I can't believe I'm crying, over Daryl Dixon"
"You love him" she laughs
"I don't" he gives her a look "I don't love him!" he doesn't say anything to her but stares "I don't, we're, were, were friends" he still doesn't say anything "Hershel, he's just... different.." she looks at him,
"So he is something more than a friend"
"yeah, he was, but, nothing happened.."
"Nothing?"
"We kissed but then he avoided me and thats, that"
"Except for carrying all the way out of the forest, not leaving your kids side for the passed month or so and cried when he thought you were dead. He doesn't strike me as that kind of guy"
"He's not.."
" you need to tell him at some point about your feelings, I've been here with him the last month and he may not say it or show it often but he does feel the same about you"
"You don't know that for sure"
"Yes I do and I think you do too"
"Do you know where he went?"
Hershel smiles "probably back to his cell, I'll take you"

They go to his cell then Hershel leaves her standing there, outside his cell, there's sheets covering the entrance, but she can hear movement inside. She braces herself, takes a deep breath and walks in.
"D?" she says stepping in, he looks over to her from his bed then looks away again "Can we talk please?"
"Don't feel like talking"
"fine. I'll do the talking" she sits at the end of the bed "you were right about Shane. May have not said it in the best way, but you were right. He was bad. I should not have blown up at your for saying that. You did not deserve it. I care about you a lot. Please don't be mad at me"
he turns to look at her then sits up "When I said I was mad I didn't mean you. I met me. I was mad at me, for not telling you" he stops himself "I lose anyone who I care about. So I don't. I didn't want to lose you too" he puts his head down and fiddles with his hand she grabs his hand
"Your not going to lose me Daryl" she smiles at him "Look at me" she says softly and he does "I care about you, a lot. I'll always be here for you" she leans in and kisses him.

He kisses her back, moving his hand to the back of her head, pulling her closer to him as the kiss deepens and moves from just a kiss, to something bigger. Hands move from one another to each others clothes and quiet moans, to not let anyone else hear and stop their moment. Moments of happiness of being together.

when the time ended Daryl rolls and lays in his stomach staring at her, she turns her head to look at him, admiring every inch of his face until she sees the scars on his back, she sits up to look at them, tracing her fingers over them "What happened to your back?" at that he tenses up and turns away from her
"nothing" he says grabbing his shirt and putting it back on
"D" she gives him a look as she puts her shirt back on "Do not tell me nothing. Clearly it is something"
"Maybe I dont wanna talk about it" he looks at her, then looks away "Look my dad weren't nice"
"Yeah I get that?"
"You get that. You and Rick seemed to be real fine, with the one you got"
"You forget, Rick isn't my biological brother. I was in foster care for years before I met the Grimes family"
"Right sorry..."
"Don't need to apologies. You didn't do anything" she looks away "my dad was, difficult, nothing was perfect, our family wasn't perfect enough for him" she smiles slightly then stops and looks at him
"You don't have to-"
"Hey, I asked about yours, you have every right to know about mine." she strokes his face "My mom and Dad got in a fight one night, something about money, I think and he got really mad, but then the next day everything was normal again he had us pack up and took us to the beach, we had a beach house, the first day was fine, he didn't get mad once, I thought everything was fine, and then the next day we went outside to the beach set everything up and I fell asleep. I woke up to a gunshot. He had shot my mom from behind. In the head. Her blood was all over me, I turned and he raised the gun at me but before he could shoot it I launched at him and struggled for the gun, it went off"
"you shot him?"
"No" a tear falls down her face "He shot me. Well through me" she takes a sharp breath in "and straight into the back of my little brother who was playing in the sand. I stepped back and saw him lying there head first in a pool of his own blood" she wipes her eyes and Daryl holds her hand, rubbing it "then everything went black. When I came to, I was in the hospital and was told my dad had shot himself right after and I was alone" he hugs her tight "I'm sorry Jenny. How old were you?"
"13, my brother was 2" she wipes her face "It's all in the passed now, right" she puts on a fake smile "Nothing I could have done"
"doesn't seem like you believe that"
"I don't. But I can not change it now"