Daddy's Little Girl

Chapter 13: Homies

"You call that surviving? Just wandering out in the streets, maybe passing out? What are his odds out there?" T-Dog challenges.

"No worse than being handcuffed and left to rot by you sorry pricks!" My daddy yells over at the others. Glenn runs his hands over his face and T-Dog looks to the floor.

"You couldn't kill him. Ain't so worried about some dumb dead bastard." My daddy says getting up in Rick's face.

"What about 1,000 dead dumb bastards?" Rick fires back. "Different story?" He asks.

"Why don't you take a tally? Do what you want. We're gonna go get him." My daddy says grabbing my hand and trying to walk pass Rick.

"Daryl, wait." Rick says holding my daddy back.

"Get your hands off me!" My daddy yells. "You can't stop us."

"I don't blame you. He's family, I get that. I went through hell to find mine. I know exactly how you feel. He can't get far with that injury. We could help you check a few blocks around but only if we keep a level head." Rick says. Rick always knows just what to say and when, and I've only known him for a few days.

"I could do that." My daddy says somewhat calmly even though I know it's taking all that's in him not to start something with Rick right now.

"Only if we get those guns first." T-Dog speaks. "I'm not strolling the streets of Atlanta with just my good intentions, okay?"

***

At this point we're all sitting around deciding what we're gonna do about Merle and the guns. Glenn has this grand plan of doing it by himself. What the hell is wrong with everyone and their dumbass master plans, I mean look at Rick's plan from yesterday.

"You're not doing this alone." Rick finally speaks.

"Even I think it's a bad idea and I don't even like you much." My daddy says.

"It's a good idea, okay, if you just hear me out." Glenn says trying to defend himself. "If we go out there in a group, we're slow, drawing attention. If I'm alone, I can move fast. Look..." Glenn draws our attention to his make-shift map on the floor. "That's the tank, five blocks from where we are now." He says placing a paper clip on the floor. "That's the bag of guns." He says placing a piece of tape next to it. "Here's the alley I dragged you two into when we first met." He says looking at me and Rick.

"That's where Daryl, Kat and I will go."

"Why us?" My daddy questions.

"Your crossbows, there quieter than his gun." Glenn explains, make sense.

"While Daryl and Kat wait here in the alley, I run up the street, grab the bag." Glenn says marking his route.

"You got us elsewhere?" Rick asks, pointing at him and T-Dog.

"You and T-Dog, right? You'll be in this alley here." Glenn says marking them a few blocks away.

"Two blocks away? Why?"

"I may not be able to come back the same way. Walkers might cut me off. If that happens, I won't go back to Daryl. I'll go forward instead, all the way around to that alley where you guys are. Whichever direction I go, I got you in both places to cover me. Afterwards, we'll all meet back here." Glenn explains, It's a pretty good plan, I'll give you that much. Still pretty stupid in my opinion but let's just see if it actually works.

"Hey, kid, what'd you do before all this?" My daddy asks.

"Delivered pizzas. Why?" Glenn says and I laugh a little, Guess that's where he gets his street smarts.

***

Glenn, my daddy and I head out to the alley where we first met, while Rick and T-Dog head to their positions two blocks down. We go down the ladder and hide behind a dumpster as we load up our crossbows.

"You got some balls for a chinaman." My daddy tells Glenn.

"I'm Korean." Glenn says taking off his extra shirt.

"Whatever."

"Good one daddy." I laugh at him as Glenn runs out of the alley. "You hear that?" I say as my daddy pushes me behind him as we get up and aim our crossbows down the other end of the alley at a-at a kid, a living kid.

"Whoa, don't shoot me!" He yells. "What do you want?"

"I'm looking for my brother. He's hurt real bad." My daddy says.

"You seen him?" I add.

"Aydame!" The boys shouts as I take my aim off him and look down the other side of the alley of where he came from.

"Shut up! You're gonna bring the geeks down on us. Answer me." My daddy whisper/shouts. The kid shouts again, this time louder. "Answer me!" My daddy yells. The kid continues to shout the same sentence over and over again. This time my daddy hits him with his crossbow to shut him up.

"Help! Help! Help!" The kid shouts.

"Daddy get him to shut up!" I say not taking my eyes off the Walkers in front of us.

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up." My daddy says.

"Daddy!" I scream as two men run into the alley, one knocks me over as the other runs for my daddy. He kicks my daddy off the kid and continues to kick my daddy as the other picks me up and restrains me from doing anything.

"DADDY!" I scream as the man pulls out a bat and starts to beat my daddy with it.

"Shut up!" The man yells covering my mouth with his hand. I bite down his hand, hard, blood filling my mouth as he curses and releases me. "Stupid puta bit me!" He yells as he back hands me and I let out a shriek as he restrains me again. Just then Glenn walks in with the bag of guns and Rick's hat looking confused as ever.

"That's it! That's the bag, Vato!" The man with the bat says to the other holding me.

"Take it! Take it!" The one holding me yells to the other as he chases after Glenn and punches him in the face.

"Glenn!" I shout as he begins to beat up Glenn. My daddy picks himself up off the ground and fires an arrow into the man's legs, the same one holding me. He throws me against the wall, knocking the wind out of me as he takes the arrow out, picks me up again and begins to drag me backwards.

"Get off me! Get off me! Daryl! Daryl!" Glenn shouts for my daddy but I barely have enough air in my lungs to breathe properly. A car pulls up behind us as the men throw us into the backseats and drive off.

"Come back here, you son bitches!" My daddy screams after us.

"DADDY!" Was the last thing I was able to scream before I was knocked out cold.

Daryl's P.O.V

What the hell just happened? One minute me and my girl are just sitting here waiting for the chinaman Glenn to come back with the guns, the next some taco-bending son bitches come, beat my ass and take my little girl! I think as I shout at them as they drive off, geeks coming after me. I quickly turn and close the gate to the alley before I get eaten alive.

The stupid son bitch that started this gets to his feet as Rick and T-Dog come running down the alley. I push him back and pick up my crossbow, only to be stopped my Rick.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Stop it!" Rick says pushing me back.

"I'm gonna kick your nuts up in your throat!" I yell at the kid. "Let me go!" I yell at Rick.

"Chill out." T-Dog tells me.

"They took Kathrine and Glenn! That little bastard and his little bastard homie friends! I'm gonna stomp your ass!" I yell still fighting to get passed Rick.

"Guys! Guys! We're cut off!" T-Dog yells.

"Get to the lab. Go." Rick yells at T-Dog.

"Come on." I say to Rick as he picks up the bag of guns. "Damn, let's go." I say loading my crossbow, he goes back and picks up his hat. We run down the alley before the geeks break through the fence and head back to the lab. I'm coming Kitty Kat don't you worry, daddy's coming.