Always (A Daryl Dixon/ The Walking Dead Fanfiction)

Chapter 40 - No Sanctuary

I lead the way down the train tracks as Tyreese and Carol walk behind me, Carol holding Judith in her arms. We are all silent, none of us really wanting to say a word unless it's necessary. There's so much tension in the group and no way of alleviating it.

"We're close." I say as I look up ahead and see a sign.

We look at it for a moment when I hear a noise coming in from behind us. I turn around and see a walker make its way onto the tracks. I turn to Tyreese and he shakes his head, "I can't, not yet."

I snake my head and pull out my knife, "You're gonna have to be able too." I say, walking forward.

The walkers makes a grab for me and I quickly stab it in the head, it falling down the the ground. I pull it out and glance to the side, seeing a herd of walkers making its way towards us.

"More." I whisper to the two, looking over at them.

I lead them away from the tracks and up behind a hill in the woods off to the side. The walkers spill out from the other side and begin to make their way towards us. I nod towards the others for us to go when suddenly I hear the sound of automatics coming from up the tracks. We all turn and look it confused as the walkers make their way towards the noise. We wait there for the walkers to go and the noise stops not too long before that.

Once it's been a decent amount of time, we walk out from behind the hill and onto the train track. I glance down the way towards Terminus before turning and walking the other way.

"That gunfire, it could have been from Terminus." Tyreese says.

"Someone was attacking them." Carol says.

"Or they were attacking someone." I murmur.

"Do we even wanna find out?" Tyreese asks.

I turn and look at Judith who is asleep in his arms and I nod my head, "Yeah."

"There's another track due east, it will get us there. We'll have to be careful." Carol says.

"We're gonna get answers." I say, looking between the two of them.

We walk off the track and begin to make our way in the direction that Carol tells us to go. We walk in the woods for awhile until I hear the sound of talking coming from up ahead. I tell the. To be quiet as we sneak forward quietly, wanting to get the surprise on the person. We walk closer and see a man walking around with fireworks in his hands. The sound of radio comes on and we wait by the trees to listen. I can't quiet hear what the woman on the radio says but the man replies, "Don't have to tell me, I wipe my own ass."

"Alex didn't get it you see, the chick with the sword was bad news. She looked like a weapon with a weapon." He smiles confidently and I begin to sneak forward.

The woman replies and the man speaks again as we walk forward, "I told Adam I want the kid's hat when they bleed him out-" He begins when I place my gun to his head.

"Keep your finger off the button and drop it." I say and he holds his hands up.

The radio goes off again but the man speaks to us, "Listen, y'all don't have to do this. Whatever you want, we got a place where everyone's welcome."

"Shut up man." Tyreese says threateningly.

"We're friends with the chick with sword and the kid in the hat." Carol says as I glare at the man.

"Tie him up." I say and Carol walks forward, pulling the man's hands behind his back.

Tyreese walks forward and pulls the radio out of his hand and checks him for weapons as Carol ties him up. Tyreese pulls him to his feet and pushes him along as we go inside the cabin, pushing him into the corner. Carol makes sure he sits down and a plan comes to mind. I quickly walk outside and rifle through his things, grabbing what will be helpful. I stuff them in the duffel back before making my way back inside.