𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖄𝖔𝖚|| Daryl Dixon [DISCONTINUED]

XLIV

THE DISTANCE

Lyra and Judith were beside each other as they both babbled. Sasha and Maggie had left earlier. I was sitting down, watching the two girls

"Hey. Everyone.. this is Aaron" Maggie said as she opened the door. It was a man with brown hair. Sasha had a gun to his back. We all pulled out our guns and aimed it at the man. I stood up with Lyra in my free arm. I held her as I aimed the gun at the man supposedly called Lyra. Rick had done the same but with Judith

"We met him outside. He's by himself. We took his weapons and we took his gear" Maggie said as Daryl frisked the man. Tara closed the barn door. The chains rattling as she locked it. We were all on guard

"Hi" Aaron said. Judith began crying which caused Lyra to cry. Carl took Judith from Rick. I began shushing Lyra as I lightly bounced her up and down. That seemed to quiet her down

"It's nice to meet you" Aaron said as he approached Rick, but stopped when he heard the gun cock. Aaron had his hands up

"You said he had a weapon?" Rick asked. Maggie walked over and handed Rick the hand gun. Rick checked the ammo and then put it in his belt

"There something you need?" Rick asked

"He has a camp nearby. He wants us to audition for membership" Sasha said

"I wish there was another word. Audition makes it sound like we're some kind of dance troupe. That's only on Friday nights. Um, and it's not a camp. It's a community. I think you all would make valuable additions. But it's not my call. My job is to convince you all to follow me back home. I know. If I were you, I wouldn't go either. Not until I knew exactly what I was getting into. Sasha, can you hand Rick my pack?" Aaron asked. Sasha complied and walked over to Rick. She took off the backpack she had on and then handed it to Rick

"Front pocket, there's an envelope" Aaron explained. Rick set the backpack on the ground and searched  the front pocket

"There's no way I could convince you to come with me just by talking about our community. That's why I brought those. I apologize in advance for the picture quality. We just found an old camera store last-" Daryl cut Aaron off. Rick had pulled out an orange envelope

"Nobody gives a shit" Daryl said. Aaron turned and looked at him

"You're absolutely 100% right. That's the first picture I wanted to show you because nothing I say about our community will matter unless you know you'll be safe. If you join us, you will be. Each panel in that wall is a 15-foot-high, 12-foot-wide slab of solid steel framed by cold-rolled steel beams and square tubing. Nothing alive or dead gets through that without our say-so. Like I said, security is obviously important. In fact, there's only one resource more critical to our community's survival- the people. Together we're strong. You can make us even stronger. The next picture, you'll see inside the gates. Our community was first contruc-" Aaron was cut off. Rick had gotten up and walked over to him. Rick then punched Aaron in the face. Knocking him out cold. Glad I was not that guy