Fighting for our Future {TWD Daryl Dixon}

114: The Storm

Four Months Later:

Nora's POV:

It has been four months since I've lost both my daughters, my daughter in law, little brother, and others that I considered family. We still haven't found Avalon, and with every day that she isn't found, I lose more hope that we will ever find her.

Siddiq had told us how Avalon was with him while being forced to watch our family members die. But with her head not on a pike, that gave me hope that she is alive. If that bitch Alpha had killed her, wouldn't she have displayed her head too?

But then again maybe Alpha did kill her and decided not to display her head, knowing I'd take it as a sign of my daughter still breathing. This could just be some form of cruel punishment. Making me search for a daughter that could already be dead. But I refuse to stop looking for my baby. I won't stop searching until I see a body.

My relationship with Siddiq is still there, but we're trying hard to make things work between us. The last few months have been really rough for the both of us. He's been dealing with some hard core PTSD from his time with the mask wearing freaks who call themselves the Whisperers. And me, well I've just been trying to grieve. 

Grieving is something I feel like I haven't actually had time to do, and I know that's not healthy. But after everything happened, I had to be the strong link holding everyone together. I had to help Seb with the loss of Enid and their baby. I had to step into more of a mother figure role for Maisie and be there for Carl. I needed to be there for Theo who wants nothing more than his twin to return home. And I've even had to be strong for Daryl who acts like he's okay, but he's not. And I know that because I'm not okay either. Far from it.

Everything that happened is my fault. It is. I won't deny it. I couldn't live with the fact that Lydia was being abused so I chased after her. If I had been focused on my own family instead, none of this would have happened.

But that doesn't change the fact that now I do have Lydia. She may not be my kid but I promised to protect her like she was. That's been hard though because every time I look at her I see Avalon, Sophia, Enid, Henry, and all the others. It's not fair to her, but I can't help it.

There's a snow storm coming, so a group of people set out to go to the Kingdom. The Kingdom fell apart. Pipes were bursting left and right, and it became impossible for it to continue thriving. So the group of us that are going to the Kingdom are helping them leave and travel to Hilltop since Maggie and Glenn offered to take them in. But since Hilltop isn't able to hold all of them, Alexandria is also opening it's gates.

I left with the group, even though Siddiq begged me to stay. I need to be on the road. These people need me to be there for them. I am after all the leader of Alexandria, so I should be the one to bring them to our community after we get the first half to Hilltop.

We just left the Kingdom with everybody that lived there to start making our way to Hilltop. The Hilltop did send a few people as well to help with the move. Glenn, Alden, Yumiko, Magna and a few others. 

As we were walking in the absolutely freezing weather, we noticed that there are a few geeks slowly walking in the field next to the road we're on. We decided to ignore them since they don't seem to be coming our way and there aren't a lot of them.

I then heard Alden ask Lydia, "Is that them?" in a harsh tone. I watched as he glared at the teen girl who is walking slightly in front of Daryl and I. "People watching us now, huh? Well, we followed their rules. Haven't they done enough to us?" 

"Leave her alone, asshole." I groaned at him. "Do I need to remind you that you were on the wrong side once? With Negan?" 

Alden rolled his eyes and looked away from me. He needs to check his attitude. I am in no mood for his shit today.