Temerity ➳ Daryl Dixon

Chapter Five

Daryl's Pov

A blinding light shone and we were let it. Raven was acting weird. She waited for everyone to walk past, I waited too. She looked at me with a small nod.

We guarded the doors as everyone filed in, then closed them. A male called out. "Hello?" Everyone aimed at him but Raven. She was calm. "Anybody infected?"

Rick spoke about Jim. He told us we had to summit a blood test. He kept eyeing Raven. She stared at the ground as he told 'VI' to lock everything up.

"Doctors always go around packing heat like that?" "Oh there were plenty lying around I familiarized myself."

He stared at Raven. She clenched her fist as we got out of the elevator. She disappeared as we got into the 'big room'.

She was leaning against the wall as Jenner took the blood tests. Her eyes still on the ground. I let him take mine and walked out.

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Raven sat across from me at dinner. She had some to drink, a little to much I'd say. I joked about Glenn not stopping.

Jenner couldn't keep his eyes off her. It annoyed the hell outta me. Rick stood up, thanking him. She grew stiff every time the male opened his mouth.

She got up and left. I followed her out, along with Jenner and everyone else. He explained what we needed to do. I took the room next to hers, setting my bag on the bed.

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I took a shower and stuff, headed back towards my room. Before I could enter it, Raven walked outta hers, drying her hair with a towel. Her eyes set on me and they weren't the bright orange like normal. They were a dim orange.

She stared at me. I closed my door and she walked back into her room, I knew she wanted me to follow, so I did.

As soon as I closed the door behind me, she hugged me. I slowly wrapped my arms around her waist. I've known her what? Two days? And she is already breaking my walls down.

She mumbled something into my chest, I lifted her chin as she stopped talked. "What was' that?" She looked away. "He's gonna be mad tomorrow. I drunk last night.. I wasn't supposed to drink.."

Who is she talking about? "Uh who? Rick?" She let out a small breath. "No mhmrentmther.." I smirked. "What was that?" Her body went limp in my arms, she slumped against my chest.

I picked her up and laid her in her bed. Just as I went to walk away, a hand grabbed my wrist. I turned back seeing her eyes open. "Stay?..." I gulped. "Lemme go get my stuff.." She nodded and let me go.

I did just that. I grabbed my bag and went back into Raven's room. After setting my bag on the little chair, I walked around the bed and climbed in. She had her back facing me, her breathing light.

" 'Night Raven.." "Goodnight, Daryl." I loved the way my name rolled off her lips. Her voice was so calm and relaxed surprisingly.

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Raven' Pov

I woke up, knowing full well that it was dawn. I always woke at dawn. For some reason, I didn't wanna get up..

My eyes slowly trailed down to see Daryl's hand on my waist, keeping me held against him firmly. A small laugh escaped my lips.

I put my hand over his and then retracted it, flicking him in the nose lightly. He scrunched up his nose and opened one of his eyes. "Hmm?" "I need to get dressed." Both his eyes opened.

"Couldn't ya have done that without confonting me?" I glanced at his hand, to which he moved. "Oh sorry."

I sat up and noticed my normal outfit sat on my nightstand, cleaned and folded. I responding with a low hum. It was to obvious of who done that. "So she saw us.." "Hm?" I shook my head, picking up the outfit (above minus backpack.)

He got up lazily outta bed and went out of the room. I quickly peeled my clothes off and put the new outfit on. I then knocked on the door so that Daryl knew to come in.

He smiled at me as I shook my hair, after running a brush through it. I left the room with my backpack. I walked to where everyone was having breakfast.

I quickly ate and then got ready to hide away. A voice besides my ear made me flinch. "I need to speak with you." It was my "dad". I slowly nodded and he dragged me to section 5's control room.

He let my arm go roughly. "Why are you here?" His voice was a sharp whisper. "Because. I can be. Now, where's mom?" He stated to walk away. "Answer me!" He went back to where everyone else was.

I pushed him away from everyone. "Where the hell is she?.." He looked at me with regret. "TS-19..." Andrea told him we didn't come for the eggs.

He led everyone to the room we were just in. He explained what the screen showed. "This is sample TS-19." I gulped, now understanding.

I backed up so that I was away from everyone. He shot her. He killed my mom.. Andrea was tearing up just as he explained so harshly that the 'you' part can never return. I grabbed her hand, causing my dad to look at me.

Lori explained why I did as I did. My eyes never left hers as the tears disappeared. Rick chuckled. "There you go again with that calming effect." I shot him a glare.

Dale asked what happens when the clock reaches zero. Dad walked off not explaining anything. I bit my lip, releasing Andrea's hand.

His eyes shot to me.

Everyone slowly looked to me. Dale's eyes were concerned, everyone else but Rick, Daryl, and Shane were terrified.

I looked to the floor as he started to speak. "I had made something that could possibly cure this thing.." "..There were two of them, one of which was destroyed."

I knew where he was going with this. "The other, protects the closest thing to my heart." Everyone glanced between us two. Rick gulped. "Dr. Jenner is.."

I sighed. "My father."