Dixon's Daughter

Chapter 11: Uncle Merle!

Third Person's POV

"Dixon. You said Dixon. As in Daryl or-or Merle?" Sadie frantically questioned as the group climbed the staircase to the roof, more shots firing from above. "Merle Dixon." Andrea answered as they neared the door to the roof.

Then she paused and looked back at Sadie as the rest of the group flooded through the door to the roof. "How do you know Merle?" Andrea questioned, but Sadie wasn't listening anymore.

There was only one thing on her mind and nothing was going to slow her down from getting to him. Sadie ducked around Andrea and ran through the door.

"Hey, Dixon, are you crazy?" The man –Morales, Sadie had heard someone call him– shouted at Merle who stood on the ledge of the building with gun in hand. Sadie froze when she saw him, her breath catching in her throat. She couldn't believe it.

Merle laughed as he turned to face the group. "Hey! Y'all be more polite to a man with a gun!" Then he jumped down to the ground of the roof.

"Only common sense." He finished saying before he caught sight of Sadie. His eyes widened slightly in shock, just for a moment. "Well, I'll be damned." He muttered before he laughed loudly as Sadie ran to him.

"Uncle Merle!" She shouted and he scooped her up into his arms. "Little niece, we thought you was long dead." Merle spoke, laughing as they hugged. He couldn't believe she had actually survived, and Sadie was relieved beyond words to have finally found her family again.

"Where's Daddy? Is he okay?" Sadie questioned as Merle put her down in front of him. "Your daddy's just fine. None of these sumbitches able to kill him." Merle said, referring to the walkers, and Sadie couldn't describe how much weight lifted off of her, knowing that her dad was alive.

"Where is he?" Sadie questioned, a smile on her face. "He's out hunting, you know how he is." Merle answered and Sadie didn't reply. She was just so happy to find her uncle and soon her daddy.

It was quiet for a couple seconds until Glenn spoke up. "Daryl Dixon is your dad?" He questioned Sadie, who glanced back at him and nodded.

Then she walked over to Rick and hugged him around his waist, since she was only up to his mid-chest area in height. "Thank you for helping me find my family." She whispered to him. "Of course, Sadie. I'm really happy you did." He responded, laying his hands on her back, hugging her back.

As Sadie did this with Rick, T-Dog went over to Merle. "I'm glad you found your niece, but I still have to say something about what you were doing. You can't be wasting bullets – bullets we don't even have." T-Dog told him.

"It's bad enough I've got this taco-bender on my ass all day. Now I'm going to take orders from you? I don't think so, bro. That'll be the day." Merle said and Sadie looked over at him and sighed. She was glad to have found him, but she wished Merle could stop being a racist shit for just a few minutes.

"'That'll be the day?' You got something you wanna say to me?" T-Dog questioned. "Hey, T-Dog, just leave it. It ain't worth it." Morales told him before turning to Merle. "Hey, Merle, just relax, okay? We've got enough trouble." Morales said.

"You want to know the day?" Merle asked T-Dog. "Yeah." T-Dog answered. "I'll tell you the day, Mr. 'Yo'. It's the day I take orders from a ni**er." Merle told him and T-Dog tried to punch Merle, but he ended up getting the butt of a shotgun to his face instead.