Summary: Set in S1 and 3. Based on the song “Bless the Broken Road.”
*Tell It To The Frogs*
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
After Merle had said some bad things to everyone, he got handcuffed to the pipe on a rooftop. Then when walkers got through the store, they left him. Though Glenn tossed the key to him, it went down the pipe. Then Glenn locked the door so the walkers couldn’t get to him.
“Don’t leave me here! You can’t leave me here! Come back!” he yelled, as they all left.
*Walk With Me*
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you
Andrea was watching what they were doing, which was killing some walkers and looking for survivors of the crashed plane, on her knees behind some bushes, when someone came up behind her, a gun pointed at close range.
When he told her not to move and put her hands up, which she did, she recognized the voice, but couldn’t believe it. She and the rest of the group thought he was dead; long dead.
“Turn around slowly,” he ordered.
She had difficulty, since she was quite sick from being on her own for so long, but she did it anyway.
“Holly hell,” he commented, seeing who it was. Then he said, “Why don’t you give your old pal Merle a hug?” He gave her a smile with his gun in its holster.
Seeing the sight of him being alive and her being sick, she blacked out.
An hour later, give or take, she woke up feeling better. That’s when Merle walked in and they had a chat about what he’d missed. Even an ass like him had a heart to sympathize with her.
“I’m sorry about your sister. She was a sweet girl,” he said.
“Thanks,” she replied, accepting his sympathy.
*Killer Within*
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you
(Yes he did)
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You’ve been there to understand
It’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true
After Andrea finally accepted what he had asked her to help him with, they stood outside, her showing him where the group had been the last time she’d seen them. He had asked her if she would help him look for his brother.
After they figured out where they could’ve gone, she gave him the map and he looked at her.
“We work great together,” he commented. “Why we never hooked up?” he asked in his usual redneck accent.
“You called me a white trash whore,” she replied.
“Right,” he commented.
She looked at him, before walking away. She never liked him, but she was helping him look for his brother. If it was Amy, she’d want to find her, too.
*Ain’t A Judas/Prey*
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yeah
Now I’m just rolling home
Into my lover’s arms
This much I know is true
That God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you
That God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you
After realizing what a bad person the Governor was, also known as Philip, Andrea began to head for the prison. She wanted no part in his plans. Hell, she wanted no part of his life. Now she knew why Merle had recently left. Merle knew how bad he was and had taken the chance he had to leave, despite how much the group, apart from Daryl, hated having him around. She wished she had seen it earlier, but just like always, she had fallen so deeply for him that she hadn’t seen it coming. She was blindly in love, but now she was moving forward in this life without him.
An hour later, late in the afternoon, she finally arrived at the prison. And as she walked towards it, hands up in surrender for them to know that she was alone, she sighed in relief.
I made it. I’m finally home, she thought to herself.
She gave a smile.
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