Broken /// (Daryl Dixon //// The Walking Dead fan fiction)

Chapter 29

Daryl

I lean against the wall in the hall of the mansion some of these people are staying in I didn't even try getting clean because I'm just going to get dirty in a couple minutes anyways.

"You ever thought about settling down?" Abraham asked me leaning on the wall across from me and I look over at Bailey sitting down next to Rick. "I never did when the world wasn't shit, now I have thought about it but now do you think shit is settled?" I said or asked and I continued to look over at Bailey wondering if she has thought about settling down and if she has ever wanted to.

Bailey

Maggie and Gregory come down the stairs neither of them looking happy and Jesus tells Rick and Daryl something I couldn't quit hear. Im looking at Maggie when somebody storms in "They're back." he informs Gregory and he walks out side with the rest of us following.

A group looks to be returning from something "What happened to everyone else? Where's Tim, Marsha?" Gregory asks "There dead." He says "Negan?" Gregory asks questionable."Yeah." the man says "We had a deal." Gregory counters back "He says it wasn't enough, he says the drop was light." another man says from behind "No" Gregory says "They still have Craig." the women says "They said they would keep him alive, return him to us, if I deliver a message."The big man says "So tell me." Gregory says and the man walks closer "Im sorry." he says and then I know whats going to happen but it all seems to go in slow motion like a movie and then the man stabs Gregory in the gut.

Rick and Michonne rush to the big man and he starts screaming and me and Maggie rush forward and bring the hurt man to the ground and now in Maggies lap. I stand up and Ricks fighting the bigger man when the smaller man comes and grabs Rick and Abraham lunges forward and tackles him and Rick goes back to the larger man who now has a knife. I notice Abraham struggling under the smaller man and look over to Daryl who looked at me and then went to the smaller man and snapping his arm causing him to stop strangling Abraham and I look over at Glenn and we both rush forward towards The bigger man who was on top of Rick and held a knife to his throat.

"Stay back, whoever tries to take me down is Killing my brother!" he screams at us and we look at each other not pulling our guns out yet. "Drop it." Michonne says and he looks up at her and thats when Rick stabs him in the throat and blood draining on him. Rick stands up stumbling a little bit looking at Daryl who was pointing a gun at the smaller man and then he looks at all the people staring at him "What?" he asks looking at the people and I have to hide my chuckle.

"Ethan!" the smaller mans screams "You killed him!"he screams again "Well he tried to kill Gregory." he says moving his hand towards that way "Then me>" he says sounding irritated and the girl storms up and punches him sounding more like a slap but it shocked Rick. "Dont."Michonne says throwing her to the ground and I look around knowing what our group can do.

"Drop it now!" a man holding a spear says and I pull out my gun pointing it towards him and Rick walks up holding his out "I don't think we will." He says looking at me and then back at the men holding spears. "Everyone this is over!" Jesus screams getting in between his two people and Rick and I "It's over. Ethan was out friend, but lets not pretend he was more than a coward who attacked us. He did this. And these people stopped him."

"What can I do?" Rick asks "You can put your gun away, you have done enough." He says and Rick lowers his gun and so do I "You need to know, that things arent as simple as they might seem. Just give me some time." He says looking at both of us and then he walks away.

I look at Rick and sigh knowing this going to be a long journey and he puts his hand on my shoulder and squeezes it.