Daryl Dixon's Family

Chapter 44

~~~Third persons view~~~

Rick, Carl and Michonne are following signs along train tracks to Terminus. They hear a man nearby cry for help, and find him surrounded by walkers. They move to help, but there are too many to take without using guns to reduce their numbers, and Rick warns that they need to conserve their ammunition, which is more precious than the stranger's life.

They leave the man to be consumed by the walkers and flee back to the tracks. Rick suddenly has flashbacks of Hershel, encouraging Rick to spend some time without his guns, and to get up early in the morning to join Beth and Judith.

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While camping that night, the three are ambushed by Joe and his gang of scavengers; they had been tracking Rick's group since Rick had killed one of their own. Joe has a gun to Rick's head and is counting down before assassinating him when Daryl who had previously been forced to join Joe's group, appears. Daryl proclaims that Rick is a good man, and that he will take any punishment that Joe wants to offer, but Joe refuses, declares Daryl a liar, and orders his other men to beat Daryl to death. Joe returns his attention to Rick and allows another man, Dan, to have his way with Michonne and Carl. Dan prepares to sexually assault Carl, angering Rick enough to headbutt Joe, startling him to fire his weapon which just misses Rick but makes him temporarily deaf. Rick proceeds to fight Joe, but Joe eventually pins Rick's arms, claiming victory. Rick surprises everyone by biting and ripping out Joe's jugular vein. Daryl and Michonne use the moment to kill all of the other men. Dan begs for his life, but Rick slaughters him.

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There is another flashback, with Hershel convincing Rick to turn to less violent pursuits, to try and farm. Rick insists that he is needed on the fences and the runs. Hershel questions Rick's ultimate values and urges him to be a proper role model for Carl, by turning away from guns and learning to farm, so that Carl can learn farming for the future.

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Back in the present, after assuring that Carl was unharmed save for a cut on his face, Rick and Daryl reconcile, each forgiving of past transgressions. Daryl explains that he got separated from Beth but does not know her fate, or that of Ava and Hunter and asked Rick if he had at least seen them escape the prison, which Rick sadly shakes his head no.

After camping, they continue towards Terminus, discovering it to be a large, secured train yard. Rick is cautious and buries most of their weapons before they scale the fence and enter it. There, they meet Gareth and Alex, who have their weapons checked before returned to them and welcomes them to Terminus. Alex takes them to get food from Mary. As they talk, both Rick and Daryl notice that Gareth and the others have various items he recognizes from others in his group, such as the watch that Hershel had given to Glenn, and also Hunter's knife. Rick takes Alex hostage with his gun, demanding to know where they got the items. Gareth approaches them, appearing ready to talk, but instead discreetly signals an attack. Other men in Terminus suddenly fire on the group; Rick uses Alex as a bullet shield before scrambling for cover with the others. The gunmen continue to fire, forcing the group towards a closed-in area. With snipers trained on them, Rick and his group surrender, turning over their weapons. Gareth orders them into a nearby train car where they find Glenn, Hunter, Maggie, Bob and Sasha, and meet Abraham, Rosita, Eugene and Tara Now reunited with his group, Rick then says "They're gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out...they're fucking with the wrong people" "and for taking my son" Daryl says harshly while giving his son a side hug happy to see him alive and well, he thanks Glenn and the others for protecting his son and saying the new people in the train car with him are now considered family.

Woo another chapter up and done might try and get one more up before I go to bed lol cause I want a Dixon family reunion 😘🎈 Vote and or comment

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