My Redneck Savior || D. D.

Roasted Squirrels || 2

Alex's Point of View

The smell of cooking meat awakens me from my slumber. My eyes fill with sunlight once more and I find myself tied to a tree with a dingy looking cloth. I try to wiggle my way out of the restraint to no avail, and my pocket knife is too far away to cut it. Defeated, I sit in front of the scene laid out before me. There is a small fire still glowing bright with a few squirrels roasting just above it. So that's what I smelt. It sure does look appetizing, I think as drool dripped from my mouth. I scanned the area some more for the mystery person that has me kept here. As if the universe was listening to my thoughts, a man that looks to be in his forties walks back to the fire with a few pieces of wood. "Hello? Over here," I say loud enough for the man to hear. For a moment, he takes his eyes off the orange flames and turns to look at me.

"What do ye' want?" He asks, his icy blue eyes piercing my brown ones.

"Well, you could tell me what I'm doing here? Who are you?" He pauses a second before speaking.

"Names Daryl Dixon," he blurts calmly. "Ye'?"

"I'm Alex Pettinger. So, mind telling me why I'm here at your 'camp'?" I question, making sure to emphasize the sarcasm on the word 'camp' seeing as we were just sitting in the middle of nowhere.

"You tell me girly. I'm the one who saved your a@$ in the first place. And what the hell were ye' doin' nappin' in the middle of the road when there was a herd comin' yer' way?" I didn't want to answer him since it seemed pathetic to tell him I was tired. Instead, I fired back with another question.

"Why am I tied to a tree?"

"Ain't gonna take no chances." Using a stick, he rearranges the cooking meat over the fire so it doesn't burn. "How many walkers have ye' killed?" Surprised, it takes me a moment to reply.

"More than a couple dozens. Why?"

Without answering me, Daryl speaks again, "How many people have ye' killed?"

I didn't know what to say. I have killed a person before. "One." He probably didn't expect me to say that because he continued to try to find out my reasoning.

"Why?"

"That's complicated. Let's just say this person didn't want me to see them become one of those things." Looking satisfied enough he stops probing me and gets up and wipes his dusty calloused hands on his black jeans. He walks over to me and takes out a knife. I flinch a bit, scared that he was going to kill me, knowing that some people in this new world wouldn't hesitate to do so. Although, he walks behind the tree I am currently strapped to and cuts the cloth. I'd decided to stay near Daryl for a little while, since my curiosity wanted to find out more about him, and not to mention he had supplies.

I watch him as he grabs a squirrel off the fire and digs into it as if it were his favorite food in the whole world. "Can I have some?" I shyly say. Daryl stops for a second a tosses me a piece of meat and then goes back to eating. "You know this is actually not half bad." He replies with a low grunt before finishing his meal and putting what was left of the fire out. Then he started to pack up the makeshift base. I argued with myself as he prepped to leave. Should I try to find my way back to the main road? Or should I try to see if I can travel with my redneck savior? I decided to take a chance and go with this stranger I just met. "Hey, Daryl can I maybe come with you? I don't know where I am or where I'm going. I don't have any supplies either and you're the one th--," I began to rant before being interrupted by him.

"Fine. Just stop yer' god damn yappin'." And with that I got on his bike behind him, and as he revved the engine I looped my arms around his waist, afraid to fall. He tensed at the touch of my hand. I didn't think much of it, only that this was going to be a new and exciting chapter in my life.

That concludes the second chapter of My Redneck Savior. As you can see I introduced Daryl to the story. Fans of The Walking Dead should know that there will be a couple references and possibly introductions to characters from the show. Don't forget to comment, vote, and share with others.

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