Daryl Dixon's Family

Chapter 60

Big 60! Wow

~~~Third person's view~~~

Rick, Glenn, Michonne and others race towards Alexandria as the horn draws the rear half of the walker parade towards the town. Rick orders Daryl to continue leading the rest of the herd away from Alexandria, as part of his plan.

When the horn stops, Rick decides to circle back for an RV, improvising to draw the breakaway herd back to the route he'd planned. He instructs Glenn and Michonne to lead the group back home, to not stop or fight anything on their way, and warns that they may have to leave others behind if they could not keep up; this is overheard by Heath.

While Rick has stopped the group to give these instructions, however, one Alexandrian is caught by a walker and killed.

Daryl ignores Rick's plan and leaves Abraham and Sasha to lead the herd by themselves, as he has only one thing on his mind and that's his wife Ava, he has been worrying bout her ever since she told him almost a week ago about Venus moving round more, and her kicking has become more often and is in more pain then she will admit, but he can see it clear as day in her eye's, so that's where he is going to right now.

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Michonne and Glenn's group suffer attrition as Annie twists her ankle and in a fight with walkers David is bitten in the shoulder while Sturgess panics and shoots Scott in the leg before running off to be killed himself.

Though slowed by three walking wounded and encountering additional walkers, Michonne and Glenn refuse to leave anyone behind despite Rick's orders. Barely keeping it together, Nicholas leads them through familiar territory to shelter in a pet store.

Glenn devises a plan to light one of the buildings on fire to distract the undead, and Nicholas offers to lead him to a feed store. Annie and Scott suggest they be left behind, but Heath insists otherwise and glares at Michonne. When Michonne confronts Heath about his attitude, the latter tells her that he overheard what Rick said, while the former counters by saying they haven't left anyone behind and defends Rick's brutal attitude by telling Heath that he hasn't experienced what Rick has.

Newlywed David, knowing he is going to die, writes a farewell note to his wife Betsy, but Michonne refuses to carry it for him and assures him that he can make it home for a final goodbye.

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Michonne dispatches two walkers that were hidden inside the pet store, which draws the herd to their location. They are forced to flee though without Glenn and Nicholas they don't have enough able-bodied people to help the injured.

Annie trips on an improvised crutch and falls, urging the others to run moments before she is devoured by walkers. David is eaten alive against a gate, dropping his note to Betsy. Michonne and Heath, carrying Scott between them, manage to escape the town and arrive in Alexandria which they find has been attacked Glenn and Nicholas discover the feed store had already been burned down.

Nicholas tries to lead them away but they find themselves surrounded and trapped in a dead end, where they desperately climb a dumpster to avoid the clutches of the walkers. Nicholas calms himself and thanks Glenn before shooting himself in the head. Glenn falls with him into the mass of walkers, and Glenn screams in anguish as bloody viscera are torn out over his chest.

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Rick arrives at the RV which he drives to another location in hopes of single-handedly intercepting the herd and salvaging his failed plan. He radios Daryl with his intentions but he is ambushed by the Wolves that Morgan had convinced to flee Alexandria. Rick kills all five Wolves and finds one of them had a jar of baby food from Alexandria. As walkers approach, Rick is unable to start the shot-up RV which becomes surrounded by an increasing number of walkers.

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Ava's P. O. V

I have moved myself to the couch, yet I'm still in a LOT of pain and I whimper out a "come in" when I hear some one knock at the door, then I see Maggie coming over to me she looks worried "Mags? What's wrong?  Is" she cut me off "Ava you don't look well" "I'm fine Mags ya" I stopped then as I felt a gush of water go down in between my legs, I instantly look up at Maggie fear written all over my face "Mags" I started whimpering "it's to soon!" "Shh Ava, you got to relax, come on I will help you get comfortable" she says as she puts my legs up on the couch as I lay down "your gonna be alright Avie" Maggie say to me as we hear the door open again, I look up hoping to see Daryl, but see that it's Hunter and Crystal "mom?" Hunter questions "are ya akay? Maggie what's going on?" "I think your little sister Venus wants to come early" "you mean Ava is gonna give birth soon?" Crystal asks, Maggie just nods as she grabs a wet cloth and puts it on my forehead as I've started to sweat "what can I do to help Maggie?" She questions "some towels and some warm water, and some blankets" "right" Crystal said as she made her way upstairs "mom, are ya akay?" Hunter asks while he came to sit next to me "I'm fine, Hunter, just very sore.....ahhh fuck!!" I moan out as a contraction hits me "breath Ava, breath though it" Maggie encourages me "she's to early Mags, this doesn't feel right" I sob out as yet another contraction hits me harder then the last one "ya can do it mom" I hear Hunter say though I can hear the worry in his voice. "Got the towels, blankets and some warm water" Crystal says as she comes over by Maggie and they sort the stuff out as Hunter dabs my forehead again with the wet cloth. After a few more minutes my contractions were getting closer and closer together which meant my daughter was gonna be here soon "ahhh God! Where's Daryl?  He should be back, ahhh I need him, where is he!" I shout in pain "i will go find him mom, be strong" and he gave me a quick kiss before leaving out the front door.

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