Silent warrior: A Daryl Dixon Fan fiction

Chapter 17: Impromptu Meeting

"So what's this plan?" Daryl whispers over to me as he helps me limp towards the town.

I keep my eyes trained in front of me keeping my determination. I shake my head a little before answering him "I'm going to confront them" another smile comes across my lips.

"Wow. Wow, hold up" he returns stopping his feet. I look to him with questioning eyes "you're just gonna go up to him and confront him? What the hell are yew gonna say?" He asks

"I'm going to call him out on his shit. There's no reason for him to be here, he has a place to be. They go and never come back or they die." I say with determination.

His eyes squint when I speak but he waits to respond   "And if they come back?" His tone is more harsh then it was before.

"We beef up patrol and we kill them. With all those weapons we brought back from the storage unit, we will be fine." I assure.

Daryl blinks a few times "Thas really what yew wanna do?" I nod my head up and down once and he sighs "then you'll do that. But let's get Denise to look at your leg. You couldn't threaten a pig walking up to it like that" he chuckles a little while saying this.

"I could too threaten a pig!" I say back to him with a smile. His eyebrows raise back at my response and we laugh together for a moment. It wasn't the best come back but it was the only thing that came to mind.

"Alright. Let's get back and tell Rick the plan" he puts his arm around my waist and we start forward again.

Daryl goes ahead of me to check the surrounding area for Clint and the other 2. He's gone for about 15 minutes so he should be inside by now. I lean against a tree impatiently waiting to get back inside the walls. It's funny how mere hours before I wanted to be as far away from here as possible but now I'm going back to face my fears. "About time" I joke with him as foot steps come closer to where I'm waiting. I swing myself around the tree with a big smile but it quickly fades.

"Waiting for somebody?" The man asks me.

"Oh. Sorry." I mutter through a panted breath. Calm down, you have to calm down. I tell myself. He hasn't done anything, just breathe normally. "I'm Shannon" I smirk and reach my hand forward.

"I'm Flax" he reaches his hand back in return. He shakes it with a firm grip and after he releases I wipe the sweat against my jeans. I see him eye my injured leg and furrow his eyebrows together. "Flax, that's an interesting name" I say quickly.

"Mmmhmm" he says before spitting to the side "say" his eyes no longer furrow and he takes a step closer "you look mighty familiar" he cocks his head to the side trying to place me.

My heart rate quickens but I stand my ground and don't move away. You've never met him before, there is no way he can know you. "I get that a lot actually" I fake smirk back to him.

"No. No. I've seen you before" he points a finger at me before moving it up to his face thinking.

I stay where I am and just keep up the facade "well I don't know, I doubt I'd forget someone with such a unique name" I bat my eyelashes a little. Maybe I can flirt my way through this.

He stops when he is just a few feet away. My heart keeps pounding but I keep my pace normal. After a few more moments of him staring his eyes blink twice quickly and his demeanor changes back to normal again "how come I haven't seen you around in there?" He asks me taking a step back now.

"I'm a pretty private person" I come up with.

He laughs "must be if your coming out here to meet someone" he looks around.