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By the time Rick was finished with Gareth, it was just a few hours away from nightfall. Rick tries to remember where the safe house is... Unlike Daryl, his memory is not that sharp. He head towards a forest where he knows Daryl will lead the group closer to the house and away from the walkers as much as possible. Rick’s senses heightened as he looks from left to right, figuring out where to go from there. There is only a few hours of daylight left, he knows he cannot maneuver in the darkness where his vulnerability is elevated. Walkers might come at him from different angles and he has no chance of fighting them off when he cannot even depend on his sight. Sunlight nearly dipping in the mountains as he walks straight until he reaches a familiar dirt road that by any chance, leads him to his family.
Darkness with a hint of blue-ish glow covered the forest but there is still no road of any form in sight. Rick felt like he was chasing his tail, doing all he could to move forward but for him, what he achieved so far is still insufficient. He squint his eyes to the right to see a cabin; he jogs toward it in an uneasy pace. Unsure to what is lurking inside it, groans and moans of walkers covering the dark forest, Rick hurriedly opens the cabin’s door. Pitch black covered the cabin, he walks forward, and hoping to brush over any kind of furniture, just to assure him that he is alone. The faint glow outside was his only source of light, taps anything his hands touch, not really thinking that there’s a chance it’s something sharp or prickly.
He squints again; a weak outline of a desk by the window welcomes him. He strokes his palm on top of the desk, examining the things on top of it. His hand brushes on what seems to be a lantern. His shaky hands rake over the full coverage of the desk until his index finger touches a box. He grabs it with his hand and shakes it; a small rattling was all he heard, Rick is certain that it is a box of matches.
He slides out the content of the said box and takes out a match, he lit the match up and steadily placed it in the lantern, a glow immediately illuminated the room. He smiles to himself, as his eyes explore the newly lit up cabin. A worn out bed, a cheap kitchen and a door that might be leading to the bathroom was all he saw. He rummages the cupboards of the kitchen. Mushrooms, pickled eggs and pickled walnuts were all he found. It was better than nothing was, he thought. He takes the pickled eggs, opens it and pops one in his mouth, relishing the smooth consistency of it.
He fixes his gaze out the window, his thoughts making its way toward his family. Rick is worried sick, his mind racing rapidly fast, he hopes that Daryl successfully led them to the shack that for Rick, was hard to find. He trusts Daryl with his life, the lives of Maggie, Glenn and his children’s even. Rick is convinced that Daryl did not let him down; his attention went back to the morning after Joe’s group ambushed them. How Daryl apologizes with pure sincerity, Shane never did that to him. All of Shane’s apology were either half-assed or a mock. That is when Rick decided that it is safe to announce Daryl as his brother. He has known it for a long time but it was just then that he told Daryl what he felt without the knowledge of Daryl betraying him. He sighs deeply, raking his hands through his curly hair.
The sight of the worn out and possibly bug crammed bed caught his eyes, he walks on over it with aching feet. And plops down heavily on the bed and closes his eyes, he’ll continue his trek tomorrow. The dull pain of his eyes slowly fading, and is replaced with nothing but a deep and dreamless sleep.
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RomanceRick took it upon himself to let Daryl and the others leave him alone on Terminus where he did the task to get rid of what's left of the Termites, and along his trek to find his group after the brawl with Gareth and his crew, he stumbles upon a man...
