TWD ~ Daryl + Reader ~

More Than 24

1 day later

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"(Y/N)," you hear Jesus call as you walk through the door of the house that was lent to you. Before you can take the knives out of your belt, Jesus is standing in front of you ready to go out the door. "Rick wants to talk to you."

As an innate reaction your left-hand rushes to grab your right index finger. "Why?"

"Don't overthink it, (Y/NIC)." Your left-hand's grip tightens as you follow Jesus out the door, down the street, and through the doors of Rick's house where Rick and Mishonne stand waiting.  

"(Y/N)," Rick acknowledges you upon you entering the house, "we have some questions that we would like you to answer." All you can do is nod as you sit on the couch that Mishonne is motioning towards. 

You don't know what they could want to ask you, you have basically told them everything. Well not everything, not as much as you have told Daryl. 

"What is it that you want to know?" Your hands don't break apart from where your left-hand is gripping on your right index finger. 

"We want to know why you wanted to come here." Mishonne asks as she sits in the chair across from you, "Why come to the home of the people that you think killed your brother?"

Your nervousness drops. You never told them about your brother and by the look on Jesus' face neither did he. You feel anger rise, and your left-hand grips tighter onto your index finger. 

"How-" you gulp down your anger, "-how do you know about him?" Your eyes dart from Mishonne to Rick, "I never told you about him."

"I told 'em." Your grip on your right index finger loosens as you see Daryl come in from the other room. "We need ta know if ya're a threat ta the people here."

"I ain't a threat." You see Jesus' face contort with concern out of the corner of your eye, as you partially glare at Daryl. "I came here because you guys are the reasons I can leave Hilltop. You killed the Saviors," you look back towards Rick and Mishonne, "and, yes, you probably killed my brother but I expected that to happen at some point after Negan took him."

"Why?" Your eyes flash to Rick, who's still standing. 

"When Negan takes someone, they never stay the same." Your left-hand starts to twist your right index finger, "Negan twists people into something he can use, something he thinks is expendable." You can feel the heartbeat in your index finger as your grip tightens, "He just uses people to get what he wants and when he took my brother I knew Negan would make him into one of his little soldiers, so I lived with the fact that my brother is gone and if you guys killed him and the Saviors so be it."

"If?" Jesus asks, from where he stands diagonally behind you and about five feet away from Daryl. "If they killed Andy and the Savior?" Jesus takes a step towards you in confusion.

"You said they hit the satellite building right." Jesus nods to your question, "How many did you kill?" You ask as you look back over to Rick and Mishonne.

"There were 24 bodies, probably more."

"That's not enough bodies." You plainly say as you stand up from the couch, "You didn't kill all of them, and I doubt Negan was there-"

"One of the men said he was Negan." Rick says with a  glare.

"They are all Negan." You glare back. "And we are all in deep shit 'cause you didn't kill all of them."

You go to walk around the couch and out of the door but you are stopped by Daryl.

"How many are there?"

"I don't know." Your hands drop to your sides and you blankly look up at Daryl, "But there are way more than 24."

You walk around Daryl, and no one else stops you from leaving as you walk out of the house.

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