Truth in the Stones |The Walking Dead - Daryl Dixon|

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"Cheyenne, can I talk to you for a moment?" Dale asked, interrupting my arrow sharpening. "I hate to interrupt..."

I smiled at him kindly. "No, it's fine. Uh, what is it?" 

Dale shifted on his feet nervously. "It's about Shane."

I furrowed my eyebrows, wondering what could possibly be wrong with Shane. "What about him?"

"I know he's your uncle and I don't know; maybe I saw this wrong but...when Shane and Rick went out in the woods, I went to go check on them. And when I got there, I saw Shane pointing his riffle in Rick's direction." He sighed.

I exhaled deeply and looked up at Dale. I don't think Shane would be capable of killing Rick. Rick is his best friend and Shane would do anything for him - including taking care of Rick's family.

"He looked...distressed and angry."

"I'll keep that mind Dale." I smiled wearily and began to sharpen my wooden arrows again. Dale must have got the message that I wanted to be alone and I soon heard his footsteps crunch under the fallen leaves; which meant he had left. Once he was out of sight, I threw the arrow I was working on on the ground harshly; starting to feel frustrated with Shane's actions. I didn't know what was wrong with him but I had a feeling it had to do with his 'on-going' relationship with Lori when they thought Rick was dead. If Shane continues to act this way, I know it's gonna end badly for him.  

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"We're not going."

I chuckled without amusement at the sudden, lucky streak we were having - note the sarcasm.

"We have family in Birmingham. We wanna be with our people." Miranda stated, hugging her daughter closely.

"You go on your own, you won't have anyone to watch your back." Shane warned.

Morales shook his head. "We'll take the chance. I gotta do what's best for my family."

"You sure?" Shane asked, not giving much effort into changing their minds.

If they wanted to risk themselves and possibly get themselves killed, then they could go right ahead. But who says our chances are any better?

Morales nodded. "We talked about it. We're sure."

"All right." Rick agreed after a few seconds.

Shane and Rick gave Morales a gun and some spare ammo to which Daryl scoffed. I didn't agree with Daryl but I didn't necessarily disagree with him. I wasn't very close to Morales or his family and they were good people but on the other hand, it was pretty ridiculous how they were just leaving. Most of the group said their goodbye's and they packed into their own car and wouldn't be following us to the CDC.

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"It's what he says he wants." Rick grumbled as we talked about Jim's situation.

He wanted to be dropped off here, in the middle of nowhere, to turn and be with his family. He didn't and probably couldn't make it to the CDC. Who even knows if we'll make it to the CDC or if anyone else will actually be there?

"Back in the camp when I said Daryl might be right and you and Cheyenne shut me down, you both misunderstood. I would never go along with callously killing a man. I was just gonna suggest that we ask Jim what he wants." Dale reasoned. "And I think we have an answer."

I looked to Lori and Carol as grim expressions sketched onto their faces. I, for one, felt extremely bad. I'm a very hard person to figure out and my emotions aren't easily seen but from the look on Jeremy and Shane's faces, I could tell they knew I was distraught. Like I've mentioned before, I'm not very close to anyone in the group other than them and Andrea but now Amy's dead and Jim is close to dying. Could I think of a worse situation to be in? You know what, scratch that; I might've just jinxed myself.