Confide in Fear | DARYL DIXON •1

29- Stranger

"Hold fast to one another, we will stand stranger to brother....We are one, we carry on."
We Carry On - The Phantoms

Alexandra's *POV*

My eyes opened slowly, as I regained my consciousness, looking up at the light blue sky. I slowly raised up off of whoever I was laying on. I looked behind me and saw that it was Glenn. "You're up." Glenn smiled, with hope in his eyes. I smiled back, then began to stand up. I lost my balance, causing me to shift back, and almost fall.

"Alex- whoa, take it easy." Glenn spoke, holding onto my waist and shoulders, making sure I didn't fall.

"How long have I been out?" I asked.

"Couple of hours." answered, with no emotion.

"Where is uh-"

"Daryl?" Glenn asked. "He's been out, hunting, looking for water."

"Alone?" I asked, rubbing my head.

"Yeah- at first. Then Carol went out to look for him. Came back without him." Glenn answered. I looked around the road and the sides of the road, seeing the group scattered out, sitting down and talking- some keeping quiet.

"So all we found was booze?" Tara asked, looking at Abraham then at Glenn.

"Yeah." Rosita said.

"It's not gonna help." Tara said.

"He knows that." Rosita spoke, putting her head down.

"You sure?" I said, furrowing my eyebrows and leaning on Glenn.

"You okay?" Glenn whispered.

"Not really."

"Cmon, let's sit." Glenn said, guiding me down to the concrete floor.

"It's gonna make it worse," Tara and Rosita continued.

"Yeah... It is."

"He's a grown man- I truly do not know if things can get worse." Eugene spoke up.

"They can." Rosita said, then the group went silent.

Our heads snapped quickly towards the sounds of growls and heavy, quick pace breaths. Black dogs stood in a line, looking at us, hungrily. I was still dizzy, making me grab onto Glenn's arm tightly, feeling a shot of pain in my head. I squeezed Glenn's shoulders again, using more of my strength, causing him to wince.

My eyes bulged out, as my heart started racing. My breathing picked up, as the dogs kept staring all of us down, then barking a couple of times. We then heard leaves move and twigs snapped.

It was Daryl, making his way slowly and steady, out of the woods. His eyes made his way from the dogs in front staring us down, then met my eyes. I stared at him desperately, thinking if he was going to save us...

The sounds of five quick gun shots made me jump, surprising me. All of our heads turned behind and to the side of us, seeing Sasha with a determined look, putting her big long black gun slowly down. Moments later, we all cooked up the dogs with a fire we had made and began to eat them. We were all a little hesitant at first, but we ate them fast.