The Dead World

Fifty Eight ~ Alternate Ending

Note: This is for my readers who wish to remain unknowing, maybe a little do loo loo because...Same.

..."You hold on for me Doll okay?" Merle glanced down trying to stop his own hands from trembling "I need to know if there's an exit wound" he looked to his brother who was sobbing at her head "I need you to press your hand under her and feel for an exit wound"

Daryl shifted and slid his hand under her "Yeah, yeah, there's an exit wound, what do i do"

Merle released a sigh as he glanced up at the sky "Thank god" he whispered thanking every god he'd ever heard of as he took his jacket off "Put this under her and try to keep pressure on it until the Doc gets here"

Phoebe's breathing staggered as she looked up at the bright blue sky, her breathing was coming out rough and her whole body was shaking almost like she was cold.

"You have to hold on Little Dove" Daryl drew her attention back to him as he moved back to her head.

"I love you Daryl, i'm glad i'm your wife" she smiled up at him gently not minding when several of his tears rained down on her like gentle rainfall.

"I love you Phoebe but you have to hold on for me alright, the doctor will be here soon"

"NO!" one of the voices she'd prayed she wouldn't hear yelled out and she gasped.

"Don't let him come here, don't let him see this" she cried but it had been too late Carl having heard Big Tiny yelling for Siddiq had moved to where he had seen the large man come from. His heart had skipped when he saw Merle and Daryl hovering over someone on the floor, he had seen the dark curls but he couldn't see much else, his feet had started to move without permission.

Siddiq's figure appeared over her "Exit wound?" 

"Yeah, she has one" Merle answered and Siddiq opened his bag.

"We need to get her back to Hilltop and we need to do it now!" 

"Daryl go get one of their fucking trucks and drive it right down here, quickly!" Merle gestured his brother on who scrambled to hit feet and sprinted to one of the trucks.

You see that afternoon Siddiq and the others managed to get Phoebe back to Hilltop just in time, Siddiq and a few of the Hilltop doctors worked on her through the night and she made it. It had not been easy in fact they had almost lost her several time but she pulled through, Rick brought Negan back but when Phoebe woke she convinced him that was not for the best seeing how Maggie was dealing with it so far.

So not long after Negan was killed, by Maggie no less.

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A few months later Phoebe was stood by Maggie's side, Beth stood on the other side each holding her hands while she pushed. Phoebe was the second person after Beth who held baby Hershel "He's precious Mags" she smiled stroking the babe's baby fuzz on his head.

The Rhee woman hummed, it was very bittersweet.

However Hershel Jr became the newest member of their family and he was protected as such, he was cuddled almost 24/7, Beth sang to him every day, Phoebe read to him when she read to Judith and the others, Daryl and Merle brought back any trinkets they though the baby would like, he was very well loved.

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Rick still blows up the bridge being saved unknowingly by Jadis, Michonne still ends up pregnant, Phoebe steps up for her people even in her lowest time.

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The communities came together to rebuild all the communities, Alexandria, Hilltop and the Kingdom were thriving. 

However when one threat is dealt with another comes forward, like the whisperers.

Humans wearing the faces of the dead who in turn can not only hide but also direct the dead...Yeah it was fucked up and the fight was long, people died but just like every other threat Phoebe and her group prevailed.

Phoebe being the one to behead Alpha from sheer rage after she killed Henry, Enid, Tara and a few others. Sophia helped her mother heal and the pair were close but the bond between mother and daughter could never be fully healed after everything, Carol was too scared of losing her flesh and blood daughter like she lost the others she saw as her own.

They made new friends along the way in a small group: Kelly, Connie, Luke, Yumiko and Magna.

When Judith was 10 and Rj hit 6 Michonne left in search for Rick, something about having a deep rooted feeling that he was still alive. Phoebe didn't blame her because she felt the same feeling herself so instead she took over guardianship of the pair of them, Carl and Sophia being 21 then didn't need guardianship but stuck close as if they did.

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Then they found the Commonwealth group, it wasn't pretty and yet somehow they once again end out of top, although Judith was shot saving Maggie's life.

"What's happening? Where am i?" her head snapped up hearing Judith's voice, Daryl was donating blood seeing as he was a match with Judith and Phoebe had to have both hands free to fix up her arm.

"It's okay you're at the hospital" Daryl smooth the young girls hair back while Phoebe quickly finished bandaging her up

"Why? Am i going to die?" 

"No" Phoebe cut her off maybe slightly too aggressively "No baby, you're going to be just fine and when we get you safe we're going to have a long conversation that ends with you being grounded for life, you hear me?"

"It feels like i'm going to die, I can't, Mom's gonna find Dad and we're going to be together. We're all going to be together" Judith whimpered.

"Judith, Judith baby?" she cut the girls panicked cried off "Listen to me, you are not going to die, i would never allow you to die" 

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A year later they were all back in Alexandria for the first yearly trade just like they'd hoped for, "I never thought we'd get back to any of this, i hoped but we're all very lucky" Aaron smiled at the group of them.

Daryl grinned and tucked Phoebe into his side, they hadn't been able to have children after her near death experience but they were so fulfilled by the family they kept around that it hadn't really mattered.

  "Not luck, it's effort" Gabriel chuckled "We have a lot to be proud of my friends, it's our family, our community, future" 

"It was all us and it will continue to be us because as long as we have each other...We have everything" Phoebe beamed at her family each and every one of them were dear to her heart, the only thing that would make it better was if Michonne and her brother were there but soon, she felt it would be soon or at least she hoped it would be.

Soon they'd all be reunited once more.

Note: This is the end, i just wanted to thank everyone for all the kind comments and the love you have all shown me with this book. I have loved writing this and it has re-sparked my love for writing, i have a few ideas for other fanfics. I'm curious to know what Fanfics you would be interested in reading if i were to write more, i'm slightly sad to be done with Phoebe Grimes and her tale but it was time, i'm so grateful you love her as much as i do. Thank you X