Bethyl Alternative Ending Book 2: My Apocolypse Lover

Time Again

Daryl's POV
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So many things ran through my head, I couldn't believe it, these guys were liars. They had just killed someone.

Just like that, shot him right in the head.

"We gotta go!" Rick said making his way back to our people.

"Wait, wait, I think we should see if we can gain their trust, their hiding something from us and maybe if we stay n' try to figure it out, then we'll know what kind of people they are." I said.

"And if they kill us before that?" Rick said. I didn't respond, "I'm not risking it." he continued walking.

"Daryl's right Rick. What if we stay, figure it out first, we cant always run." Glenn said. "They're surviving just like we did, maybe he's the enemy".

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Glenn and I convinced Rick that we should stay. Yeah they shot someone but  we wanted to know why and who he was, what if it the guy was from the same group of people that attacked the other camp. We couldn't just keep leaving places. We could help them here make this place safe if it really isint.

Our plan was to get close to Aidan, he was the leader here and he said they had 3 other camps all ran by his brothers. We were curious to find out more about these camps so we stayed. We kept our guards up at all times.

Everyone sat down for dinner, Rick and I made our way to Aidan. "Hey guys! How are you liking it here?" he asked.

"Its alright." Rick said. "So these other camps of yours, where are they?" he asked.

"Not far Rick." Aidan answered. "Not far at all."

"Will you take us to them?" Rick asked heavily.  

"Is there something wrong?" Aidan asked.

"No, we just want to know where these camps are." Rick answered.

"Okay then, we can go tomorrow." Aidan answered.

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The next day Aidan took us out, Rick, Glenn, and I.

Aidan and 3 others came with us too. We walked what looked like a familiar trail to them, then to a truck near by that we drove to another camp.

It wasn't a lie, there really was another camp. It was another building that had fences around it. Wasn't as big as the one we were at but it was real. The man at the entrance greeted Aidan, "Brother! Long time no see, you never come visit us anymore!" he looked over at us, "New people?" he asked.

"Yeah this is Rick, Daryl, and Glenn. They came in a couple days ago, they want us to show them around." he said.

"Welcome. My name is Brandon. " he introduced himself.

 After he showed us around his camp, I felt a bit better about them and what kind of people they were but I could tell Rick still had his doubts.

We went back to our camp that night, Rick was inpatient, he wanted to know about the guy they shot so he got up and said to me, "I need to know."

He walked over to Aidan and his men and asked him if he could speak with him privately, I followed them.

"What's going on Rick?" he asked.

"The man you shot in the head, who was he."

Aidan looked surprised. "Look, Rick..."

"WHO ARE THEY?!" Rick asked again.

"They, they're the enemy okay." he said.

"You're lying. That man pleaded for his life and you shot him!"

"Okay, okay, you want to know? Follow me." He said.

Rick and I followed him into his office, "Sit down" he offered pointing to a chair.

"Im okay" Rick answered crossing his arms.

Aidan sighed and then took a seat. "Okay. A couple weeks ago we were attacked by another group, they distracted us by leading a heard of walkers to our fences and then snuck in. They killed 6 of our people. No guns, just knifes, chains, and their bare arms. Nasty killers they are. They all had a "W" carved on their foreheads. We only caught one of them, he didn't tell us anything about his group, he was crazy, so we killed him."

"But that guy, the one you killed, he didn't have a W on his forehead." I said.

"He was one of them. Trust me." Aidan answered. "After the attack on our camp we thought they would go for our other camps so we kept our guards up but they haven't came since, one of our best trackers took out a group to find them. Instead, they found another camp they were attacking, a camp with huge metal walls. We thought they'd all be killed for sure. That's the last we saw of them"

I knew then what camp they were talking about, they were talking about Daniela's camp. "So you stood by, while they attacked that camp?!" I said.

"To each their own in this world Daryl, don't you agree?" he said.

"How long ago was that?" Rick asked.

"A couple weeks"

That was the attack that happened before we left....

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