𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖄𝖔𝖚|| Daryl Dixon [DISCONTINUED]

LXVIII

HOW IT'S GOTTA BE

I was with Judith and Lyra. They were both playing with toys. Michonne walked over and kneeled in front of Judith

"We'll be back soon. I'll bring your daddy, too, okay? Can you say bye-bye?" Michonne asked. Judith looked at her

"Bye-bye" Judith said

"Bye" Michonne said with a smile. Michonne looked at me and smiled. We were by the water. I turned to see Daryl. Lyra stood up and ran over to him

"Da-da!" She yelled as he smiled at her. He picked her up. She giggled

"You miss me, you little shit?" Daryl asked. Lyra giggled. I stood up and walked over to Daryl. Michonne walked over

"Hey" I said to him

"Hi" Daryl said to me and Michonne as he held Lyra

"I'm glad you came back. It's better we go out there together" Michonne said to Daryl

"It worked. We'll roll in, tell them to give up. They're gonna give up" Daryl said

"Damn right they will" I said with a smile

"I'm sorry. I couldn't" Michonne said

"Don't be. It worked" Daryl said as he handed me Lyra and then walked off. I brought Lyra back down towards the lake

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Night had fallen. We were getting ready to leave when I heard metal clanging. Lyra looked at me confused

"You may be wondering why the hell your lookouts didn't sound the alarm. See, we are polite. I mean, I don't know when they're gonna wake up from that kinda shot, but they should wake up. So let's just cut through the cow shit- you lose. It's over. So you're gonna line up in front of your little houses, and you're gonna work up some apologies, and then the person with the lamest one is gonna get killed. Then I kill Rick in front of everybody, and we move on. You have three- count 'em, three minutes to open this gate, or we start bombing the shit out of you!" Negan said using a megaphone. My heart stopped

"Fuck!" I yelled. Lyra was confused as I grabbed my mask and quickly put it on. I then picked up Lyra. Negan whistled as I ran out the door. I ran to the others. Carl was putting stuff in a bag

"You need to make it look like we're escaping out back. Get to the woods, halfway to the quarry, and cut the lights. Get enough of a lead on them, hit them, and get away on foot. You know where we'll be. Just have to get the guns, get everyone else here, and we'll meet you there" Carl said. Me and Daryl looked at each other. I then looked at Taylor. Me and Carl made eye contact. It was as if we knew what the other was thinking. Carl looked like shit

"Two minutes, people! Dig deep- I want these apologies to be memorable. Bonus points for creativity. Work up a poem, sing a song. I love that shit" Negan said

"Get going- There's gonna be people in the infirmary. They're gonna need your help" Carl said. Negan whistled again

"Look, we got guns. We can fight them" Tara said

"We will, but not now. Carl's right" Rosita said

"Carl, we can't just let them have this place" Michonne said

"We can. All you need to do is survive tonight. This is my show. You said it. This is my plan, and you're gonna do it. You're all gonna do it. So let's go!" Carl yelled

"One minute! One minute!" Negan yelled

"Y/n, head to the sewers" Carl told me. I nodded. Daryl and the others ran in the other direction. Carl ran towards the gate, and I ran to the man-hole

"Okey-dokey. Brought this on yourself, Rick. See, I was willing to work with you. All you had to do was follow a few very simple rules. But now.. Well, now I see that you got to go. Scorched earth, you dick!" Negan yelled

"Oh-ho-holy shit! Everybody hold your fire. It's Carl. Look at you. Answering the door like a big boy. I am so proud. Daddy's not home, huh? Well, I guess he's gonna get back to a big old smoky surprise" Negan said. There was a pause

"Well, that shit just breaks my heart. There's kids at the Sanctuary. You must've seen 'em. Even had a little baby at one of the outposts. I wonder what happened to her" Negan said. There was a long pause of silence. I finally got there. I set Lyra down and I opened the man-hole. I picked up Lyra

"Hey, Y/n? You need some help?" A familiar voice asked. I looked down to see Siddiq

"Yeah, I do actually" I said as I held Lyra with one arm. I grabbed onto the top of the ladder and then walked down to the farthest I could reach while holding onto the top bar. Siddiq held his arms out. He grabbed Lyra from me. I then moved the man-hole back in place and climbed down the ladder. I looked at Siddiq

"Thank you" I said as he handed Lyra back

"What's going on?" Siddiq asked as I lifted up my mask

"Negan, that's what's going on" I said. He looked shocked since this was the first time he had ever seen my face

"How come you wear a mask?" He asked

"Because, I'm supposed to be a runaway. So I hide my identity with this" I said. That's when we heard bombs go off. Lyra began crying. A minute later, Carl had came down here. I shushed Lyra as Carl closed the cover

"Damn it" A man said

"Come on!" Another man said as the walked away. Carl fell to the ground. He looked terrible

"Carl?" I asked as I set Lyra down. I went over to Carl and kneeled beside him. His face cringed in pain. I touched his face only to find out he was really hot

"He's burning up" I said worriedly. Tara, Rosita, Daryl, Taylor and Lee had come down. They looked at Carl shocked

"What's wrong?" I asked Carl. Everyone else except for Rick and Michonne had made it to the sewers. He coughed as he became more and more pale. I took off his hat

"Carl, talk to me" I said. Carl looked behind me. I turned to see Rick and Michonne. Rick kneeled in front of Carl. I backed up

"That's how it happened" Carl said lifting up his shirt. There was a bandage. He pulled it down to reveal a bite mark. I shook my head in horror

"No.." I muttered out. I felt arms wrap around me as I began to sob. Michonne fell to her knees

(1136 words)
02/13/22

Edited: 07/11/22