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Vanessa was in the middle of a nap when she woke to the sound of someone banging on the wall of her room. Her eyes snapped open to see Daryl standing there, crossbow in hand with a frantic look on his face.

"Sorry. You seen Merle?" he asked, his voice tight with worry.

"No," she said, pushing herself up. "Last I saw him he was ripping up mattresses looking for meth. Why?"

"He and Michonne are missing," he told her, rushing out.

Vanessa quickly got up, going after him. "He took her? Where, to the Governor?"

"Probably."

"Okay, so where the hell are you going?" she asked, matching his pace.

"I'm going after him. Bring 'em back," he said, his determination evident.

"I'm going with you," she said firmly.

"No—"

"I'm not asking! What are you gonna do if you find him and he's not alone? Or in trouble? Daryl, you're not going alone!" she insisted.

Daryl only agreed with a nod, giving her only a few minutes to grab her stuff before they left.

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"How do you know he's not covering his tracks?" Vanessa asked as she walked behind him, allowing Daryl to follow a trail.

"Merle's not a tracker. Don't know how to cover his tracks," he said. "That's why he always got in trouble."

"As opposed to you who's always staying out of trouble," she said, shrugging as he turned around and scowled at her. Suddenly, Daryl came to a stop, picking up on something that Vanessa couldn't.

"What is—" she paused as he shushed her before gesturing for her to keep following him. They came out of the tree line to an open field and found Michonne, alone, taking down a walker.

"Hey!" he shouted. "Where's my brother?"

"We also want to know if you're okay?" Vanessa asked, rolling her eyes at Daryl's bluntness.

"You kill him?" he asked.

Michonne shook her head. "He let me go."

Daryl quickly turned to Vanessa. "Take her back, I'm gonna go find him."

"Uh-uh," she said, grabbing his arm. "I'm going with you, asshole."

He looked like he wanted to argue with her but just nodded, running ahead as he tried to catch up with Merle, and Vanessa ran after him.

Eventually, they made it to the old warehouse where the Governor and Rick had their meeting. The squelching sound of walkers chewing on flesh set them on high alert.