Broken Trust ( Daryl Dixon x Shane Walsh's!Sister Reader )

Chapter 18

A few hours later, the group of you had managed to stop fighting and figure out a proper plan to look for Sophia.

Andrea and T-Dog had paired up and searched the south side of the woods by the farm. You had managed to convince Rick and Shane to pair up and search the other side of the woods, the two of them needing to sort out their issues and the only way to get the two of them to properly talk to each was to force them to work together.

They had been arguing and at each others throat a lot lately. At first it was just because of all the stress from this new world and keeping the group safe, but you were starting to think there was something else that was getting between the two of them, but you had no idea what it was.

Daryl had taken a horse and gone up to a ridge to get a birds-eye view of the whole grid while you decided to go back to that farmhouse that Daryl had found yesterday and search the area around it.

To your relief, Daryl hadn't mentioned anything to do with what Shane had said. So, you were hoping that by the time you all made it back to the farm, he would've forgotten about it.

After a few hours, you had found the farmhouse and swept the entire building, but Sophia wasn't inside.

You sighed, holstering your handgun as you stared at the pillow and blanket stashed in the cupboard where Sophia had clearly been staying.

She was here.

She had been sleeping right here, you were so close, but she's not here anymore. She could be miles away by now.

"Damnit." You muttered to yourself as you looked around the kitchen, taking in all the canned food on the shelves and bottles of waters in the other cupboards.

Grabbing the nearest bag, you began to load it with the supplies, but made sure to leave some for Sophia in case she happened to come back.

You spent the rest of the day wandering through the woods, but there was no sign of Sophia anywhere. You didn't want to return without her, but the sun was beginning to set in the distance and you knew you had to get back soon before it turns dark.

"Sophia?!" You shouted, as you scanned your surroundings.

You were met with nothing, but silence when suddenly a twig snapped to your left.

Acting on pure instinct you quickly drew your gun and aimed in the direction of the noise, but you immediately froze when your eyes locked with Sophia's.

"Y-Y/N?" Sophia whispered staring at you with tear filled eyes.

Your jaw dropped as you quickly lowered your gun, stumbling to get it back in its holster as you rushed over to the little girl and immediately pulled her into a gentle hug.

"Oh my God, are you okay? I can't believe I found you."

Slowly, you pulled away from the little girl, hating how skinny she looked.

She has been gone for four days.

Four whole days.

"I'm okay. Where's my mom?" She asked quietly as you quickly pulled the backpack from your shoulders and gave her one of the water bottles which she gladly took and began to drink half the bottle.

"Your mother is back on a farm with the rest of the group. Everyone is fine." You reassured, taking the half empty bottle away from her as you cracked open one of the cans of peaches which she began to eat quickly, clearly starving.

Once you made sure Sophia had drank and eaten, you began to lead the little girl back to the farm. By the time you reached the field in front of the house, the sun had disappeared over the horizon as the sky started to turn dark.