Karma's a bitch {Daryl Dixon}

58 || Caught

We walk back to Rick. My gun is still aimed at the back of the cops head. I'm making sure he doesn't do shit.

He seems like the more confident out of the three.

"Your friend, what's his name?" The female cop asks Daryl

"I need to talk to him. Your plan is going to get me and my friends killed." She says

"We're gonna make it work," Sasha says walking over to Rick

"It would work if you had different cops to trade. Dawn's running Grady into the ground. A bunch of us want her out and she knows it. Pretty sure she knows we want Lanson to replace her too."

"Dawn doesn't know what." The man I have my gun pointed at says

"She might. And she's smart. There's a good chance you can't make this deal work and that will leave us all dead. But if you let us go, we'll take care of Dawn ourselves and then we'll let your friends go and this is over." The female says

'She's a good liar. But not good enough.'

"No we're not gonna do that," Lanson says.

"Do you want to die?"

"No. I just need you to shut up right now. You can make this work." He starts, "But you've got to be able to talk to her."

"Noah told us all about her," Sasha says

I lower my gun from the man's head and walk around them, standing next to Daryl.

"I've known her for 8 years, ma'am. I know this woman. And my only interest is a peaceful resolution, not dying, and sleeping on my head tonight. So please, let me help you. Please."

"Rick. You're gonna wanna hear this." Daryl calls over his shoulder

-time skip-

Daryl and I are guarding the guy I almost shot. I sit in front of the man sharpening my knife. This guy could be a danger to the ones I care about. And I won't let him hurt my people.

"Kar, calm down," Daryl says

I don't stop sharpening my knives

"Kar..."

I don't move

"Karma!"

He grabs my shoulders and spins me towards him.

"What the hell is wrong. You need to call down."

"How! He just tried to kill you! You really think I'm going to let that slide?!" I tell him

He lets out a sigh

"I just can't lose you," I say quietly

-time skip-

I look over and finally notice Sasha and the other guard are missing. I spring from my chair.

I let out a low growl and look around. Then I hear running footsteps upstairs

"RICK ONE ESCAPED!" I yell as I run to the door

Rick runs outside to find the cop. I run on the opposite side of the building, looking to see if he came over here.

"Stop right now!" Rick says over a loudspeaker

I stop running and find a way over to Rick's side.

"Stop! I won't ask again."

I run over to the other side and chase the cop along with Rick, who is in a police car.

Rick stomps on the gas and hits the man with the car, sending him flying forward.

I stop running immediately. I look at him. His mouth is dripping with blood and his arm seems scraped.

I unsheathe my katana and slowly approach him. Rick comes out of the police car and walks with me.

"You crazy son of a bitch. I- I think- I think you broke my back."

"Didn't have to be like this. You just had to stop." Rick says

"I couldn't. I don't know you. But I think- I think I'm getting the idea." Lanson says

"You just had to stop," I say

"Take me back. Take me back to the hospital. I did it for your friend."

"Not after this, no. Can't go back, Bob." Rick says

"I was gonna iron it over, she's under it. And you've been out here too long." Rick takes out his gun and points it at Landon's head. "You'll die. You'll all-"

Rick shoots him

"Shut up."

Rick motions his head back to the cop car. I follow him.

-time skip-

We both come back to the building and everyone is there waiting.

As soon as we enter the building Daryl goes up to Rick and I go over to Sasha.

"How's your head?" I ask her

"It's fine." She says smiling politely.

Rick and Daryl both walk up to the two hostages.

"He was a good man. He was attacked by rotters. Saw it go down." The girl cop says

"Your a damn good liar," I say

"We're hanging by a thread here. He was attacked by rotters. That's the story." She says

"You said the trade was a bad idea, what changes?" Daryl asks

"Lanson was our shot. So it's this or you go in guns blazing, right? You don't want that."

"If this is some bullshit you're spinning and things go south-" Daryl starts

"I know." The girl interrupts "I know the good ones from the bad. Let us help you.

"What about you? You wanna live? How much?"

"Dawn's afraid she'll look weak in front of us. Thinks it'll tip things against her. Hell, it will. She'll see this trade as a rip off if she thinks you guys took out one of our guys. So it's a good thing Lanson got aced by rotters." The man says

-time skip to next morning-

We all are lined up on the roof. Daryl Sasha and Tyreese are all using snipers along the edge of the building.

Daryl snaps his fingers telling he they're here. I pull out the walkie-talkie and ring up Rick

"They're headed towards the vantage point."

"Alright. Copy that." He says

I'm currently standing near the hostages. My katana is by my side just in case.

I patiently wait as Rick talks to the men.