Survive// Reader × Carl Grimes

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I had no clue where I was all I knew was that I was walking. I looked around and all I saw was woods, I had a baby boy in my arms who slept peacfully. I saw a house from a far so without hesitation I walked towards it and as I opened it I quickly cleared it out before sitting the baby down. This place felt familiar, it felt as if I've lived here before. It was weird, like some dream.

"Stay" I tell the baby as if it was going to move. I hear the stomach growl so I turn to the kitchen and start looking for food which I had no luck finding so I walk back to where the baby is only to find it covered in blood with it's skull bit open. I open my mouth and start screaming until I felt the sharp pain of teeth dig into my neck.

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I can't open my eyes, flashes of the boy and enemies from the past; their memories flashed through my mind until I'm forced to be awake by constant shakes and frantic calls.

"Y/n!" I jump up finally opening my eyes.

"No! No!" I say my voice still groggy, I feel a hand on me and I begin punching still frightened, I hear the person groan and through the moonlight I see Daryl.

"Just a dream" he says and I feel his arms go over my tiny body. "I'm here" I let out a shaky breath.

"It was horrible" I whisper into his chest. "It felt real" and he begins rocking me until I push him away.

"Daryl-dad, promise me that this baby will be protected no matter what" I say, he looks at me weirdly and I feel myself shake. "Promise!"

"I-I promise" he says and I nod then begin staring at the ceiling.

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It was twelve and we where beginning to run low on food in both houses so being the only one, Maggie sent me to go retrieve more food. She and some others knew about last night, they worried but not enough to talk too me about it, not yet anyways. As I enter the armory I couldn't help but over hear people talking so I stay silent and listen to what they say knowing that we didn't get much drama in the community.

"We need to kill Rick" one of them quietly say making my eyes widen. "We kill him before he kills us-" I knew that I shouldn't hear this so I silently back away until I accidently knock over something making their heads snap towards me. I see Carter, Spencer, Olivia, Tobin, and Francine. I back away even more until I hit the shelves making me fall.

"Y-you heard" Carter says holding a gun to my face.

"I did. Go ahead" I say as he put his finger on the trigger "but just know that you'll be killing two people" he stares at me until the door opens and we look too see Rick, Michonne, and Daryl.

"What are you doing?" Rick asks

"Taking this place back from you"

"That's what y'all where talkin' about in here?"

"That's what he was talking about" Spencer says.

"I would of put people on the look out, that would of been the smarter thing" Rick says before retrieving the gun from Carter's hand by tackling him. I get up and run to somebody's arms.

"You really think you're gonna take this community from us? From Glenn, from Michonne, from Daryl, from me?!" He holds the gun to his head and I catch my breath. "Do you have any idea who your talking too?"

"It was just me J-just kill me" he says and I look up from the person's arm to see that Michonne had been the one holding me safely.

"You must think your so tough for trying to kill a pregnant woman" he says "get up" Carter does as told "Do this again you'll die"

"Don't come near my daughter again" Daryl warns all of them before walking out of the armory with me by his side.