The Walking Dead [Daryl Dixon]

Chapter 18- This Sorrowful Life

~Haley's P.O.V~

Slowly I opened my eyes. Come on these beatings just have to stop. I groaned and felt warmth all over me. I'm guessing it was blood. My head was tangling down and I didn't bring it up at all. About 15 minutes later Jason walked in

"Your finally awake" He said as he began to untie the ropes

"How long have I been out?" I whispered because talking wasn't much of a choice

"About a day"

"A day? Wow you must have given me a pretty bad beating"

"Again sorry about that" He said as he finished the ropes from my feet

"You've gotta get out of here, come on" He helped me up but once I stood up I fell again

"I can't go" I said still weakly

"Yes, you can do it ok. This is your only chance. Once you go you don't stop until you get back to your friends. Please come on Haley"

He guided me outside

"Thank you Jason" I said

He nodded "Your one of the good people. Your gonna survive"

I nodded before taking off into the woods. I'm going back home. No matter how much pain I felt from the beating nothing was going to stop me from getting home. Getting home to my family, and getting home to Daryl.

~Daryl's P.O.V~

Since we're going to war, the governor still wanted something. Michonne. I walked in the courtyard looking for Rick. He told me Merle and Michonne were gone. Shit. We ran down to were I last talked to Merle. In the generator room. We saw a rag that was left behind

"Yea, he took her here. They mixed it up" I said kneeling down

"Damn it! I'm going after him" He said walking to a door that led outside

"You can't track for shit" I said going after him

"Then the both of us" He said stopping and turned to me

"No, just me" I said making it to the door and turning my back on it "I said I'd go I'll go. Plus they're gonna come back here you need to be ready. Your family, too" I said before opening the door with my back and walking out and going after Merle.

~Haley's P.O.V~

The sun was stinging my whole body. I'm guessing mainly the cuts that were open and stinging badly. That didn't stop me, I kept going. It must have been almost the whole day. I passed walkers along the way but they were too far and I didn't have the strength to kill them. I felt closer, I was almost to the prison. Closer to being reunited with my family, mainly with Daryl.

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Daryl was walking in the grass going after Michonne and Merle. He spotted Michonne stabbing a headless walker in the face

"Hey!" He yelled approaching her "Where's my brother?"

She turned to look at him

"You kill him" He asked lowering his crossbow

She shook her head "He let me go"

"Don't let anyone come after me" Daryl said before passing her and running towards the direction the came at

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I walked for who knows how long until I saw the prison. I chuckled as I ran to the entrance where the main gate was. I dodged any walkers that were coming after me slowly. I made it to big gate. I saw Rick running my way and I smiled slightly. One walker snuck up behind me. I grunted as I tried fighting him off. He snarled in my face opening his mouth wanting to bite me. I tried holding him off for I don't know how long until blood splattered everywhere and a little on my face. The walker fell as the gate opened up. I took a couple steps backward until I tripped on a rope behind me. The last thing I knew I hit my head so hard against the metal gate and everything went black once again

~Daryl's P.O.V~

I made it to where it looks like hell went down. I scouted the walkers looking for Merle anywhere, anywhere alive. I found two walkers eating and decided not to bother them, I walked passed them and kept walking. I passed a couple people who were dead. Fresh guts hanging out. I approached a walker eating the insides of someone. I shot the arrow as I went straight into the head. I began to approach the other as I took out an arrow from my crossbow ready to stab it. It was snarling and chowing down. I stopped dead in my tracks when I realized who it was.

Merle... no. No, no, no, no, no. Not him. He slowly picked up his head and chewed until the piece of meat hanging from his mouth fell. Tears instantly flooded my eyes. I saw the wound was a shot in the chest. His eyes were just dead. Changed color, all I saw was red. I started crying as he stood up and began slowly walking to me snarling. I took a couple steps back as he went after me and I pushed him away from me

"No!"

He came at me again as I pushed him away. That didn't stop him. He swung around and came at me as I continued to cry. I pushed him again as he came after me. I stabbed him on the side as I took his lifeless walker body down to the ground. I sobbed as I tearfully stabbed him in the head, out of rage I stabbed him multiple times. I fell to the ground just sobbing and sobbing. He was my blood family and now he's gone. I laid my head on the ground after looking at his walker body, he was gone. I let a few sobs out before falling back to the ground in misery.