My Fallen Angel (Daryl Dixon Love Story)

Chapter Twenty: Realization

We come up with a plan to use as many smoke grenades to cover us and get out the way we came in.

"All right stay close, on three." Rick says getting ready to open the door. "One, two, three!"

Daryl then throws the grenade.

"Go!" Rick calls and we run shooting at anyone that gets in our way making our way slowly to the spot. We take cover next to a building.

"Any grenades left?" Rick calls over the gunfire.

"Uh-huh." Daryl answers going through the bag.

"Get 'em ready, we gotta gun into the wall." Rick orders.

"You guys go ahead, I'm going to lay down some cover fire." Daryl tells us.

"No, we gotta stay together." Maggie yells.

"Daryl she's right." I argue.

"Too hairy. I'll be right behind you." He argues back.

"Daryl..." I was about to argue again when he interrupts me.

"I said, I'll be right behind you!" He yells at me, the look in his eyes countered all my arguments. I nod at him, he grabs another smoke grenade and stands up.

"Ready?" He says and throws the grenade and we move to get to a truck where Oscar ends up shot. I turn and look for Rick who was out in the open standing over the man that shot Oscar.

"Rick!" I call him. "Rick! Get your fucking ass over here!" I yell again and he finally runs over to us we get up on the truck.

"Daryl!" Rick calls to him.

"GO!" He calls back.

"Daryl!" I call him. "Let's go!"

"I said GO!" He yells back and Rick pushes me to go over the fence. I jump over and turn around staring at where Daryl should be jumping over soon.

"Come on Daryl...." I keep muttering. Soon after there is noise coming from below the wall. I wait hoping it's Daryl, only to see Michonne crawl out from under the gate. I sigh in frustration and relief. At least she was okay.

"Where in the hell were you?" Rick says pointing his gun at her. "Turn around." He orders and as he does he takes her sword.

"Rick." I say annoyed at him, he just glares a bit at me. I shake my head and turn back around to the gate, still waiting on Daryl.

"Get what you came for?" I hear Rick ask her.

"Where are the rest of your people?" Michonne asks.

"They got Oscar." Glenn says.

"Daryl is missing, you didn't see him?" I ask, my voice almost coming out begging. She shakes her head.

"If anything happens to him..." Rick threatens.

"I brought you here to save them." She says.

"Thanks for the help." Rick says sarcastically.

"You'll need help to get them back to the prison." She says. "Or to go back in there for Daryl. Either way, you need me."

"We're going back in," I say, making up my mind. "Rick?" I beg. He nods to me.

We make our way back in, hearing a ruckus at the back of the town. We make our way there and see Daryl and Merle fighting each other, then they bring in walkers to the fight as well. When Rick shoots first we all start shooting. I shoot down the closest walker to Daryl and he turns to look in my direction, I pick my head up a bit for him to see me. I smile at him, he just nods and goes back to keeping himself safe. Rick throws a smoke grenade in and we shoot out the lights. The townspeople run and I make my way slowly to where I last saw Daryl. I grab his hand as he grabs his bow.