The start

Siren Two

After talking with Daryl, he finally calm down. He went with a group of men to get more wood for the bridge. Rick and Tara came up with a plan to draw the herds/hurricanes away from the crew. I stayed at camp looking over the construction work. Rick went with another group down by the lake with the blacksmiths.

"The herd is about to hit the crew. We need back up." Carol comes running over to me with a few people. Daryl's in trouble.

"You three come with me and get your weapons. Lets go!" I point at a few people as we take off running for the crew site. Our group merges with Rick's as we get closer to the site.

"What happened?" I asked Rick.

"Siren two was suppose to redirect the herd. It never sounded off." He yells as we reach the crew. I get my knives out and start stabbing the walkers that were coming out of the woods.

"We've got this. Get him back to camp." I could hear Rick say as he takes out some walkers. I look over at him and see Daryl carrying Aaron away from the crew. I continue taking out the walkers with the group til there were no more. I noticed at the end how there were more logs on the ground than before. We all head back to camp as I look for Daryl. He came storming out of the medical tent with fire in his eyes.

"Daryl!" I call after him but he couldn't hear me. He was on a mission. Something happened. He went into HQ tent. I make my way over there but before I could walk in Justin comes tumbling out. He was the second siren that was suppose to go off.

Daryl rushes out of the tent and punches Justin. Daryl reaches down on the ground grabbing a pot as Justin tries to get backup. Daryl smacks Justin across the face with the pot as Carol comes running out of the tent.

"Daryl stop." She tells him. I would step in but I learned my lesson last time I got between Justin and Daryl. Justin hit me pretty hard and now my face is bruised.

Daryl throws the pot on the ground and grabs Justin. He pummels Justin into the ground until Justin became to weak to hold himself up. Out of the corner of my eye could see a group of people and Henry watching Daryl beat the living hell out of Justin.

"Daryl stop." I begged as I go over to Henry and try to face him away. Carol walks over and grabs Daryl's arm from continuing the beating.

"Daryl! I said stop." She tells him as he holds his fist in the air. He looks at her and then at everyone else that was watching him. His eyes stop at Henry and I. Daryl drops Justin on the ground and gets up brushing the dirt off his pants.

"We'll deal with him, but not like this." Carol whispers to him.

"There's only one way to deal with these assholes." Daryl scoffs as he walks off. Seems like today is a rough one for Daryl. Fight over fight over fight.  Bt he wasn't wrong. The only way to deal with these type of people and it wasn't Rick's way. It was soon getting dark and almost supper time. They held a banquet for the camps and people to share the food. I met up with Rick as we were going to the medical tent. I figured thats where Daryl will be. Aaron was his friend. If Daryl lost Aaron I know that would hurt him just like how he lost Carl.

"Hey, you need to keep your dog on his leash." Justin says as we walk past him.

"Excuse me?" Rick asked with a bit of an attitude.

"Who are you calling a dog you piece of shit." I went to step forward as Rick pulls me back. He was right to do so. Justin could crush me easily.

"You heard me. That bitch of yours damn near killed me over nothing." Justin spat. He was talking about Daryl.

"I know you. See, I used to be a cop. And every Saturday night, I'd pick up some dipshit like you and have to listen to him run his mouth in the back of my car, every one of them tryin' to blame someone else for their own damn problems." Rick was telling Justin but all Justin did was roll his eyes as if this story was entertaining him enough.

"I don't need to listen to this." Jusrin scoffed as he tries to walk off. Rick grabs the collar of Justin's shirt as my eyes went wide.

"Wrong. You're gonna stand there and listen to every word. Now, I gave you the benefit of the doubt. That is done. Now, you pack your shit and get out of here first thing in the morning. If I see your face again, stitches won't fix what I do to you." Rick says as he was inches away from Justin's face. I was stunned. I've only ever seen this type of anger from Daryl. Rick and Daryl were like brother. No, not even like. They were brothers. They might fight, argue or not agree on somethings but thats how it works. Daryl would do anything for Rick and Rick would do the same back.

"Wouldn't stay if you begged me. I'm not waiting till morning, either." Justin says as he walks off.

"Waste of air." I squint my eyes as Rick pulls me away. We went to the medical tent and see Daryl sitting in a chair across from Aaron. Aaron's arm was bandaged up and amputated. Must have been crushed or bit. Enid was cleaning up her tools as we shuffle in a bit closer.

"Well-done. He's gonna be all right?" Rick says as he looks over at Aaron.

"Yeah. If we can keep the wound from getting infected. But he's still in a lot of pain." Enid response back.

"He's holding on, though." Daryl tells us.

"Damn right I am." Aaron breathed out. Daryl stands up and walks over to me as Rick sits in the chair.

"You ok?" I asked him as he nods his head and gives me a hug.

"He's gonna be fine. We're gonna be fine." I assured him and rubbed his back. I could feel hin nod his head as I let go and give him a kiss.

"I'm so sorry this happened to you. We were all supposed to be working together. I thought we were." Rick apologized.

"You couldn't have known." Aaron sighed. The pain killers must have kicked in. His eyes were closing slowly but he tried to fight it.

"I've been pushing everyone hard. I know I have. I put this project first. And you paid the price." Rick shook his hesd ashamed.

"It was worth it. When the dead started to rise, I thought I was seeing the end of everything. But you changed all that, Rick. It's not the end of the world anymore. It's the start of a whole new one. I'll always be glad I was here to be a part of that." Aaron tells Rick as I smiled. As much as I didn't have hope in Rick's plan felt like I regained it. Rick had a dream and wanted all of us to be a part of it. To get along and live in peace but as much as that doesn't seem reasonable I also wanted those things.

"Come on lets get you something to eat." I grab Daryl's arm with left hand and hold his with my right. He nods his head quietly as we head over to the fire pit and grab some food. We didn't talk to anyone other than Carol. She asked about Aaron. We went to our tent and passed out for the night. It was definitely an eventful day.