Mi Amor ~ Daryl Dixon

Chapter Fourty-Two

The bright sun shined down on to the group.

Their gaze was stuck on the high walls that were in front of them, they were now fully believing in Aaron's words. The group walked up slowly with their weapons raised high as they observed for any type of danger.

As a click from the gate sounded, a loud thud rustled in the bushes next to them. Quickly, all of their aims were towards the loud noise. A possum came running out and Daryl released an arrow into its head before it could run. The gate opened up at the same time and two men stared them down. "We brought dinner." Daryl said grabbing the dead possum from off of the ground. The man looked to him confused and then Aaron waved him off. "It's okay." He reassured both parties. "Come in." Aaron urged the group to come inside.

As they walked in, someone came up behind them and shut the first layer of the gate. The group paused as they observed the double layered and strong looking gate. "Before we take this any further, I need you all to turn over your weapons." The man that opened the gate said. The group tensed and looked him over. "You stay, you hand em over."

"We don't know if we want to stay." Rick shot back as Aaron tried to get the man to back off. "If we were gonna use them, we would've started already." He pointed out.

"Let them talk to Diana first." Aaron pled.

"Who's Diana?" Abraham asked. The group looked to Aaron confused, he didn't mention anyone by that name when he was talking about Alexandria. He gave them a warm smile. "She knows everything you'd want to know about this place." He explained to them. "Rick, why don't you start?" Aaron offered.

As if it were a secret power Rick turned back. A walker was yards away and no one had noticed it yet.
"Adrianna." Rick called out. She turned back and sent a shot between the things eyes. It dropped with a thud and the second gate closed soon after the shot was fired. "It's a good thing we're here." Rick commented as they walked further into the basically untouched community.

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Rick came walking out the house, his expression was unreadable, he gave a nod over to Adrianna and she knew it was her turn. She turned to Daryl and gave him a small nod. Their eyes warned each other and they knew to stay on alert. Adrianna walked up the porch and as she returned her crossbow to her back, an older lady came to the door with a huge smile.

"Hello. I'm Diana Monroe." The lady motioned for Adrianna to walk inside. She took a step in and her eyes widened at the state of the clean and put together house. She made her way to the corner of the room where she could get a good view out the window, Diana took place behind the camera. Adrianna felt uncomfortable with how welcoming this lady was, it reminded her of Terminus. They were nice in the beginning too. "Adrianna Torres." She replied back her name as she looked out the window. Her eyes scanned for any hint of danger that could be lurking.

"Do you mind if I film this?" The woman asked and Adrianna just gave her a nod. She gave a slight glance back at the camera, it sure had been long since they seen one. "Why film the interviews?" Adrianna asked. "We're about transparency here." The lady explained and then motioned to a seat in front of her. "Please, sit." Adrianna hesitated but walked over slowly. "How long have you been out there?" Diana asked as Adrianna took a seat. She thought about the question for a minute, no one had ever asked questions before. "Since the beginning."

Diana nodded at Adrianna's answer. "And did you know your husband before the turn, or did you meet him after?" Adrianna eyebrows scrunched at the question and Diana stopped. "Sorry, I just assumed you guys were married. I didn't-"

Before she could finish Adrianna cut her off quickly. "We are. Just not officially." She took a pause. "I've known him since we were young, met him in high school." Adrianna explained.