Suicide Mission ( Daryl Dixon x Reader )

Chapter 13

"Daryl? Y/N? You up there?" Rick's voice shouted, waking you from your sleep as you blinked your eyes open a few times taking in your surroundings and you realised you were still in the watch tower.

"What the hell?" Daryl mumbled from beside you and you chuckled looking over at him as he rolled onto his back, covering his eyes with the back of his hand from the morning sunlight.

You watched Daryl for a few seconds, but it was clear he didn't want to get up just yet and you rolled your eyes. Throwing his poncho off your body, you stood yourself up and began walking towards the door that lead to the platform.

"What's up?" You called leaning against the railing as you looked down to find Rick and Hershel standing near the gate looking up at the tower. You tried your best to look awake as you ran your fingers through your messy hair and straightened up your flannel shirt.

"Can you guys come down here, we need to talk." Rick replied, his voice now softer and you realised whatever he wanted to talk about he didn't want other people hearing.

"We'll be down in a second." You shouted before you opened the door to the guard tower finding Daryl sitting up against the wall. His hair spiked up in different directions as he rubbed his eyes and you chuckled walking over to him.

"Rick and Hershel want to talk, it sounds serious." You stated, crouching down in front of him as you gently patted his hair back down.

"Well let's go see what it's about." Daryl replied, leaning forward giving you a quick kiss before the two of you made your way down the stairs of the watch tower.

Rick and Hershel were standing by the gate waiting for the two of you, but you had a feeling that whatever they were gonna say wasn't going to be good. After a few minutes of Rick explaining what the Governor actually wanted, you realised you were right. This wasn't good. The Governor wanted Michonne, and Rick was actually thinking about doing it.

"It's the only way. No one else knows." Rick sighed pinching the bridge of his nose as he looked around at the three of you.

"Ya gonna tell 'em?" Daryl asked and by the tone in his voice you knew he didn't agree with it.

"Not till after. We have to do it today. It has to be quiet." Rick replied looking between you and Daryl and you sighed, not liking this idea at all.

"He won't just kill her, you know that right? What happened to Glenn, Maggie and I back in Woodbury that would be nothing compared to what he has planned for her." You finally spoke up, looking over at Rick who nodded, clearly already having thought of that.

"Just ain't us, man." Daryl said softly, but before Rick could reply Hershel began talking.

"No. No, it isn't." Hershel muttered and without another word he began walking off, obviously not liking this idea either.

"We do this, we avoid a fight. No one else dies." Rick stated, taking a step towards you and Daryl and you sighed, glancing over at Daryl who was giving you a questioning look as you shrugged your shoulders. You knew he wanted your opinion, but you weren't going to say yes or no, whatever Rick and Daryl decided is what you would go with. You trusted the two of them, they had kept this group alive for this long, they knew what they were doing.

"Okay." Daryl finally said, looking back over at Rick who nodded.

"We need someone else." Rick added and he didn't have to say the name for you to know he was referring to Merle.

"I'll go talk to him." You suddenly said, fixing your crossbow strap over your shoulder as you looked over at Rick who shook his head.

"I'll do it." Rick responded and before either of you could reply he was already walking back towards the prison. Well that went about as well as you thought it would.