Summary: Set in S3E “Welcome to the Tombs.” What if Merle had rescued Andrea from the clutches of the Governor, before Milton turned?
It was a beautiful day, as Merle Dixon, Daryl’s older brother, walked through the woods. Andrea whom he preferred to call Blondie, hadn’t come back to the prison. He’d never admit it to anyone out loud, but it worried him that something might’ve happened to her. That was why he had left the prison when everyone else was busy doing other things. He was heading to Woodbury to see if Philip had her there somewhere. He had to be sneaky though, which he was good at. He would wait until nightfall and then sneak in without being noticed. He knew Woodbury like the back of his hand, so he figured that he knew where he might be keeping her at.
When he arrived at Woodbury, it was dark. It didn’t take him long to sneak in though, since he knew the town pretty dang well. And once he got close to that room he had had Glenn in a while back, he slowly opened it to find Blondie tied up in an executioner chair, Milton dying by a wall, not far from the door.
He found some pliers behind the chair, so he used them to cut the wires off her, before setting the pliers back down and gently pulling an out cold Andrea into his arms, before silently closing the door and getting out of Woodbury.
As Andrea started to wake up, she felt someone carrying her, but it didn’t feel like it was The Governor, so she wasn’t afraid anymore. And then she opened her eyes to the darkness and tried to make out who it was. There wasn’t a moon near them to help her see who it was. And then her eyes adjusted and she realized, with shock, who it was.
“Merle?” she softly questioned.
“It’s me, Blondie.”
He stopped walking and set her on her feet, since she was awake now. He figured she could walk on her own now. He then started walking again and she walked at his left side.
“Thank you,” she said.
“Well, no one else was lookin’ fer you. I figured that you were in trouble, since you didn’t come back. Besides, I know the Governor. He’s not a good guy,” he replied back to her. They then headed towards the prison silently and after a while, made it without any trouble.
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