Mi Amor ~ Daryl Dixon

Chapter Twenty-Nine

"You found them like this?"

Rick, Daryl, Adrianna, and Carol stood around the charred bodies of Karen and David. Tyreese had led them out there in a panic. "I came to see Karen..." Tyreese pointed at the blood trail. "And I saw the blood on the floor. Then I smelled it. Somebody dragged them out here and set them on fire."

"They killed them and set them on fire!" He roared. Tyreese took a huge step towards Rick. "You're a cop. You find out who did this and you bring them to me, you understand? You bring em to me."

"We'll find out who-" Daryl was cut off by a strong push. Adrianna tightened her grip on her crossbow as Daryl steadied himself.

"I need to say it again?" Tyreese questioned Rick.

"No. I know what you're feeling, I've been there. You saw me there. It's dangerous." Rick attempted to calm him down.

"Karen didn't deserve this!" He yelled getting in Rick's face. "David didn't deserve it! Nobody does!"

Daryl reached out for the man in an attempt to pull him back. "All right man, let's-" Tyreese turned around swiftly and pushed him against the wall.
Adrianna raised her weapon aiming it straight at the crazed man. Daryl put his arms up to keep her and Rick back.

"Man, I ain't going nowhere till I find out who did this!" He shouted at Daryl.

"We're on the same side man." Daryl replied. Tyreese let go of him slowly, but didn't turn away.

Adrianna lowered her weapon slightly as Rick spoke.
"Hey, look. I know what you're going through. We've all lost someone." He speaks carefully. "We know what you're going through right now, but you gotta calm down." He reached for Tyreese's arm.

"You need to step the hell back!" He pushed Rick back.

"She wouldn't want you being like this."

Tyreese ran up to Rick and punched him in the face, the force brought him down to the floor. Adrianna raised her crossbow fully again as Daryl pushed her slightly behind his body. Tyreese punched him again despite our pleads.

"Enough!" Daryl yanked the man off of the now bleeding Rick.

Rick took to his feet in a quick second and then made his way quickly back to Tyreese. He began pummeling the man, very violently. "Rick!" Adrianna yelled out. He was taking it too far.

"Rick! Stop!" Daryl pulled at Rick to get him off of Tyreese.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!" He thrashed around in Daryl's arms before getting released. Rick stood for a moment as he caught his breath.

Tyreese's sobs filled the air as he laid on the ground and cried. Realization hit Rick as the noise sounded. He looked down to his bloodied knuckles and then to the bloodied and crying man. The others stood around in shock at the scene that just unfolded. No one had ever seen Rick that violent.

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"It's spread. Everyone who survived the attack in cell block D, Sasha, Caleb, and now others." Hershel updated the council group.

"Jesus." Daryl muttered.

"So what do we do?" Carol asks.

"First things first. Cell block A is isolation, we keep the sick people there like we tried with Karen and David."

"The hell we gone do about that?" Daryl questioned about the Karen and David situation.

"Ask Rick to look into it. Try to make a timeline, who was where and when." Carol suggested. "But what are we gonna do to stop this?" Her focus back on the virus.