Mi Amor ~ Daryl Dixon

Chapter Fourty-Three

"I don't see it, but it's close." Daryl said walking back over to the small group that was formed outside of an abandoned house. "There's just one of em."

Him and Adrianna stood with their crossbows raised and attention on the trees. "We won't be here long." Rick said turning his attention to Carol. "So what do you think?" He asked.

She nodded. "We can go in when it's empty."

"How is that? It's locked up at night."

"The window. There's just a latch, I can leave it open." Carol explained and they all looked to her in disbelief. "A latch?" Adrianna scoffed as Carol gave them a nod. They all rolled their eyes internally at how naive the people were. "Well what if one of those pricks shuts it?" Daryl asks making a good point. They fell silent for a moment before Carol spoke back up. "Wait a couple of days and I leave it open again." The rustling from the trees caught Adrianna's attention.

"It's getting closer." She called out.

"We need to do it sooner or later." Rick urged. "Right now they're not watching us, not worrying about meetings like this. We may need the guns we may not." Carol cut in quickly. "We will." Her voice was certain. "Whatever way it goes." They fell silent.

"They're the luckiest damn people I ever met." Rick spoke up. "And they just keep getting luckier."

"How's that?"

"We're here now."

"They got a couple of lockers full of nine mm autos, rugers, kel-tecs, all of them just tossed in there." Carol told them what she's seen. "They never use them so they're never gonna know they're gone."

"Someone's got one now, right?" Daryl asked as their gaze turned to an empty blender. Rick told them that before they got to Alexandria he stuffed a gun inside of it and hid it. Rick sighed as he wished he hid the gun better. "Listen, the others, we want them to try." He urged for them to keep quiet so everyone continues to enjoy the community.

Carols gaze turned to the couple. "You guys too."

"So we keep it quiet, just us." Daryl nodded before motioning to the walker. "Here it comes."

Adrianna took a step forward. "I got him."

"Hey, wait." Carol called out bringing Adrianna to a stop. She then fired off multiple shots into the walkers body before she aimed at the head and shot one last bullet off. "You said you were taking me out shooting," She said tucking the gun in her waistband. "I couldn't go back with a full mag."

"Lucky he came by." Rick motioned for Carol to stick with him. "We should get back." He gave a nod to Adrianna and Daryl as they walked away from the house.

"What the hell is that?" Adrianna's voice boomed out as she passed the dead walker. Her words caught everyone's attention and they walked over to see what she was talking about. As they walked over, the sight of a letter was carved into the man's forehead. The marking was familiar but Adrianna couldn't place her finger on where she had seen it before. "Is that a W?" Daryl asks crouching down. The four shared a concerned look before the pairs took off in separate directions.

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While hunting with Daryl, Adrianna and him were disturbed by Aaron. He joined them despite the stares sent his way and he tried to keep up. After a while of hunting with Aaron and Daryl, Adrianna left them in the woods. They were searching for a horse that Alexandria had lost a while back and she got bored. The hunt basically consisted of Aaron trying to get the couple to open up and trust them which irritated the pair, making the walk tense and silent.