Not So Fictional World

A Walking Dead fanfic

Chapter 11: Battles Won and Peace Earned

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Daryl was shocked at the name Glenn just said. He knew that name; heard it many times.

'Penny? Foster home Penny? The wolf that told you about all this Wolf Shifter stuff and took care of you? That Penny?'

'Yeah!' Glenn thought back excitedly.

The woman, Penny, looked over at Glenn and smiled. "Glenn, dear! I knew you would make it."

The woman had black hair that was just above her waist, a dark-tinged cream complexion, and hazel eyes. She looked to be in her 40's and was healthy and lean.

Glenn grinned. "Oh my god, it is you! I can't believe it!" He said joyfully as he went over to her and hugged her.

"You know her?" Asked Jim.

Glenn and Penny ended their hug and walked up closer to stand in front of T-dog, Andrea, Jim, and Daryl.

"Yeah, she's like a mom to me. I've known her since I was a kid. Penny this is T-dog, Andrea, and Jim. And this is Daryl, my boyfriend. Everybody this is Penny."

Everyone did their greetings then started walking back to the house. Penny and Glenn were walking next to each other and began talking on the way back.

"So are you and Daryl imprints?" Penny asked softly to Glenn so the humans couldn't hear her.

Glenn smiled. "Yeah, we are. And you don't have to be so quiet, they know."

"Oh, well, I suppose we don't have a choice but to tell now that things are like this." She stated.

"So what were you doing out here?" Glenn asked her.

"I was actually on a hunt when I came across a scent I recognized, I knew it was you the second I smelled it and took off in the direction your scent was. It's good to see you again." She said with a content smile.

"You, too." Glenn replied also with a smile of content.

Everyone was now in the Greene family house, gathered in the living room getting to know Penny more.

"So you're a Wolf Shifter as well?" Hershel asked Penny after everyone got done talking about Penny taking care of Glenn when he was a kid.

Penny held her cup of water in her hands and took a sip of it before answering.

"Yes, I'm guessing Glenn and Daryl have told you about our kind?"

"Yes, they have." Rick replied.

"Everything." Lori added.

"It's all so amazing, the things you can do." Carol stated.

"Do you have superpowers, too?" Little Sophia asked Penny from beside her mother.

Penny smiled in amusement at her. "Yes, sweetie, I do."

"What do you do?" Daryl asked. He may have heard about her from time to time but Glenn never told him what her power was. Daryl had high respect for the woman – even if he didn't clearly show it – since it was because of her that he was able to meet Glenn.

Penny met Daryl's emotionless gaze. "Multiplication."

"What?" Andrea asked in confusion.

"I multiply." Penny explained.

"Multiply?" Amy repeated. "…Like…make copies?"

"Exactly right," Penny then multiplied herself once, a seemingly identical twin of her appearing next to her in a standing position.

"I'm also called army of one." Penny's clone standing next to her stated.

"Wow!" Jimmy exclaimed in amazement at what just happened.

"Did you just…?" Otis said stunned.

"Yeah, she can make unlimited copies of herself, and also anything else she wants. It's extremely helpful. She can make an army of herself in seconds, which is why she's called army of one. It was how she took care of me whenever she had a busy schedule." Said Glenn.

'Oh, when is Lori going to tell everyone she's pregnant? I don't think I can keep quiet about it any longer, it's starting to stress me out!' Glenn thought to himself.

As everyone continued to talk to Penny, Daryl sensed Glenn's stress, so he opened their mind link to find out what was up.

'What's wrong, babe? I sense your stress.'

'Lori told me something that I can't tell anyone else about, and it's making me anxious. She should tell them now since we're all together talking like this.' Glenn thought to him from his seat next to Daryl on the couch.

Daryl's face was emotionless but when he spoke through the mind link his voice was full of amusement.

'Wait, wait…she told you a secret? You?'

'Yeah, I know, I know….but she didn't know I don't do well with secrets.'

Daryl was silent for a few seconds before he spoke through the mind link again.

'So what'd she tell ya?' He asked, his voice seemingly casual and innocent.

'That she's pregnant,' He blurted, not even giving much thought into what he was saying.

The corner of Daryl's mouth went up slightly in satisfaction that he got it out of him so easily, but the slight lift of Daryl's mouth was not noticeable by the others, since it was so vague. Daryl felt a bit surprised that the women would risk getting pregnant in this screwed up world. Once Glenn's mind caught up to what he just revealed to Daryl, his face gained a look of minor panic. Daryl noticed and just smirked at him when no one was paying attention to catch him.

'Oh, I cannot believe you! Why did you do that!?' Glenn exclaimed in minor exasperation.

'Chill, Gee-Gee, you can't keep it anyway, and you said it was making you anxious not being able to tell anyone. I just wanted to help calm you down, kay?' Daryl said calmly in a soothing voice to calm his mate.

"Glenn…you alright? You're lookin' mighty stressed over there. Somethin' you want to talk about?" Rick asked feeling worried.

Now Glenn was starting to panic. He felt cornered. He absolutely could not lie to Rick, the father of Lori's upcoming baby. It was impossible for his loyal, kind heart to do that to him, so he had no choice. He had to.

"Uuuh…" He then paused and swallowed, Rick giving him an expectant and worried look. That really broke the dam and made him spill. "…Lori's pregnant!" He exclaimed.

Everyone went still. Mouths and eyes widened in shock on some while others were unsure what to feel first, feeling emotionally overwhelmed. Glenn then felt guilty for telling Lori's secret without her permission. He gazed over at her and mouthed the word sorry. Lori gave him a reassuring look and mouthed 'not your fault'. Everyone looked at Lori except Glenn, who was staring at the ground feeling uncomfortable with the unsettling silence that filled the room.

"Wh….what?" Rick said in shock.

Lori looked around and noticed almost everyone was staring at her. She swallowed nervously then got up to walk over to Rick; she stood next to him, and then whispered to him before walking out the front door.

"Not here. Let's talk about this outside."

Rick, looking lost for words, just complied and followed her out with the stunned look still on his face. After the sound of the front door shutting was heard, mostly everyone else still looked stunned themselves and felt awkward, not knowing what to do.

"Well, good talk….I'm going to go see how Carl's doing." Dale said awkwardly before getting up from the chair he was in and walked towards the room Carl was kept in.

Everyone else just slowly left the living room and wandered in to other rooms of the house, some socializing, some checking out more of the Greene's house. Penny was invited to go with Amy, Sophia, and Carol to go talk in an area where it was just the four of them. Glenn and Daryl were the only ones left in the living room now.

"I really hope Rick doesn't get mad at me for knowing before him." Glenn said feeling distraught.

"I wouldn't worry about it. Trust me, kid, you're pretty hard to be mad at."

Glenn smiled at him. "Thanks," Glenn and Daryl intertwined their fingers. Daryl smiled back lovingly, letting his walls down, since no one was around. "You know…you should show this side of you to the others instead of just me or a little to the kids."

Daryl huffed and shook his head at the idea. "Why? I don't really care about'em."

Glenn briefly squeezed Daryl's hand he was holding to reassure him.

"That's because you don't let them get close. If you let them in and have a genuine conversation with them then I'm sure you'll care more about them as people."

"…I don't know, Gee-Gee. I don't want to risk getting back-stabbed, you know?"

"I know, baby…but I don't see any of them ever back-stabbing you. I know them and they are nice, loyal people and good friends. I don't want you missing out on that anymore, love. You're a really great guy and you deserve a lot more than just me. I guarantee you'll grow to like them if you just let them in and let them see you instead of a shell of you. They accept you being gay and being a Wolf Shifter already. That proves how loyal they are. Will you at least work on getting comfortable with their presence and be nice to them?"

Daryl was thinking about it. "….Hate it when yer right sometimes," Daryl said while side glancing at Glenn with a small smile. Glenn smiled back and leaned in to peck his lips. Daryl's smile widened a little. "I guess I'll try."

Glenn smiled. "That's my alpha," Glenn then leaned in again and kissed him. "Let's go check up on Carl." Glenn suggested before letting go of Daryl's hand and getting up off the couch that he and Daryl were sitting on.

Daryl got up as well then reattached their fingers. "Yeah, let's see how the pup's doin'."

They then walked off to Carl's room. Carl was awake when they entered and they stood by Carl's bedside.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Glenn asked him.

"I'm fine, just waiting for it to heal enough to walk around."

"That should be real soon, bud. It's been 2 and a half days, you should be walkin' around in no time." Daryl stated.

"Good," Carl paused for a few seconds, just looking at Daryl and Glenn before speaking. "Was what mom and dad said true? Are you guys really wolves?"

Daryl nodded. "Yes."

Carl sighed in wonder. "Wow, that's amazing. It'd be awesome to see you in action."

"Once you get a bit better, you can." Glenn stated with a smile.

"Really?" Carl said excitedly.

"Yeah, really, so rest up, pup." Said Daryl.

"Kay." Carl said in a smile before getting comfortable to fall asleep.

Glenn and Daryl left then and was about to go out the front door to relax in their den/tent but before they could even open the front door, Lori and Rick came bursting in through it looking panicked.

"Walkers!" Rick exclaimed.

"A whole herd of them…and they're coming this way!" Lori said in fear.

Daryl and Glenn looked surprised at this and went passed the married couple to look outside from the open door and saw what they were talking about. They were coming out of the forest, north of the house. There had to be at least twenty-six walkers.

"Whoa…" Said Glenn amazed that many walkers were coming toward the Greene farm.

Daryl went in alpha mode and turned his head back to Lori and Rick, who were standing behind them.

"Warn the others quickly! Tell them to stay inside the house and to not come out for anything until these walkers are gone. And go get Penny and tell her to meet us here." He commanded.

Lori and Rick nodded and went to do just that. Penny met Daryl and Glenn out on the front porch a minute later.

"Oh my!" Penny said in surprise at how many there were.

"Are we splitting sides?" Glenn asked his alpha.

"Yeah, I'll take the left. Glenn, you take the right. And Penny, you take the middle; your clones can take the rest. You ready?"

"Yeah." Penny replied.

"Let's show'em what Wolf Shifters are made of." Glenn replied confidently.

"Let's move." Daryl said before he and the two other wolves ran toward the herd and leaped in the air, turning in to six foot wolves.

Penny was the same size as Glenn, who was a little smaller than Daryl. Penny was white on the bottom of her body and a deep orange-red on the top with a white tipped tail.

Penny made five clones of herself and ordered them to take care of the walkers that weren't already being targeted before she took out the walkers in the middle. While Glenn was shredding a walker on the right side of the zombie herd he sensed one coming at him from behind. He used his telekinesis to lift the walker off its feet, levitated it over to the front of him, then slammed it down on the ground and tore it to shreds as well. Daryl was doing pretty well, too. A walker tried grabbing Daryl but he turned on his phasing ability and made the walker's hands go right through him as if he wasn't there, and then he attacked it by biting its torso and taking it down then tore it apart. The survivors could hear the battle from in the house. They couldn't hear the soft moaning of the walkers. All they heard was the vicious snarling of the wolves disposing all of them. Most watched from the windows while some preferred not to watch. Carl could see the battle out the window from his bed and was amazed at watching Daryl and Glenn and the new comer, Penny, as wolves and completely destroying the walkers.

"They're incredible." Lori stated as she watched them.

"Yeah…gotta hand it to'em, they can definitely take down walkers better than we ever could." Shane admitted.

"With them we actually might have a chance through all this." Rick stated hopefully.

"Maybe they are our hope of a cure." Hershel said.

Maggie looked over at her father. "You really think so, dad?"

"They are as they say; stronger, faster, have healing powers….I say there's great potential of a cure using the blood of a Wolf Shifter."

"You mean it would cure all the dead and turn them back to how they were before all this happened?" Beth asked her father in a growing smile feeling a surge of hope.

"There's a possibility, yes. But of course, it is only a theory." Hershel said, not wanting to get their hopes up if he were wrong.

"It's better than nothing. We'll talk about it with them when they come back to the house." Rick Decided.

Back to the fight with the Wolf Shifters; they were almost done taking care of the dead, only five left standing, moaning in their dead language while walking slowly towards them in unsated hunger. Penny's two clones looked at one another then nodded in agreement before turning around so their hind end was facing the walker that was between them then kicked it with their hind leg in unison. The kick was so powerful it made the walker split in two; the top half going to the Penny clone on the right while the bottom half flew over to the Penny clone on the left, and then they both tore into the body parts they had and turned them in to nothing but bits and pieces. Glenn used his telekinesis on two walkers at the same time and lifted them up in the air getting ready to send them over to Daryl, who was in a ready stance with his hind end up in the air and his front half low to the ground in a crouch and swishing his tail lightly in excitement.

'Ready to play walker ball?' Glenn asked Daryl with a smirk.

Daryl smirked back. 'Hell yeah.'

Glenn then flew one over to Daryl. Daryl then lunged in the air and wacked it hard with his sharp clawed paw, sending it roughly to the ground so hard it burst in to pieces, he did the same thing with the second one but this time used his hind legs. After destroying all of the dead, Penny willed her clones to disappear then all three wolves walked to each other, joining in a little circle and shifted back to human form.

Glenn smiled in a brief laugh. "Now, that was fun!" He said while high-fiving Daryl and Penny.

"Yeah, we sure got'em good." Penny said in a smile while looking at their handy work.

"Nothin' beats the power of a Wolf Shifter, not even the undead, that's fer damn sure." Daryl stated while also looking at all the officially dead walkers that were scattered all over the ground.

"Let's go back to the others…tell them it's okay now." Glenn said while taking Daryl's hand in his and beginning to walk back to the Greene's house, Daryl and Penny following.

When they entered back inside the house, some of the group ambushed them enthusiastically with praise.

"Oh my god, that was so cool!" Said Amy.

"You guys were like superheros out there!" Said Beth.

"Liftin' and throwin' them around like that was amazing! Fightin' walkers is going to be so easy now!" Said Maggie.

Feeling sorry for the wolves, Rick came over to settle down the girls.

"Okay, girls, give them some space." He instructed with a smile, amused by the girls' antics.

The girls calmed down then backed up to give them room. Rick then looked over to the three Wolf Shifters with curiosity.

"Is it safe?" Rick asked them.

"Oh yeah, it's safe. You can go out now, if you like." Said Penny.

"First we want to ask you something." Dale stated.

"We were talking about a possible cure. Hershel suggested that, since you Wolf Shifters are so powerful and different, you might be a good possible source for one." Rick explained.

Glenn blinked, processing this new information. "…Really? Us…how?"

"If one of you gave me a sample of your blood and a small piece of a walker then we can see if my theory is correct." Hershel stated.

"A normal syringe won't be able to pierce our skin. In order to give you blood, we would have to pierce our skin ourselves." Glenn informed.

"I'll volunteer," Said Penny. "Can someone get me a bottle?" She asked.

"Sure." Beth said before walking off to retrieve the item then coming back with a small, clear bottle in her hand and handed it over to Penny.

"Thanks," Penny said before lifting up her hand and bringing her index finger up to her mouth to prick her finger on one of her teeth, making a small cut and letting the drops of blood fall into the small bottle.

It obviously wasn't enough, so instead of hurting herself she started multiplying the drops of blood already in the bottle to where it created more and more till it filled up the bottle enough. She multiplied the bottle of blood once so if they ever needed more she can just make more copies.

"There you go." She stated while holding out one bottle to Hershel for him to take while she kept the other.

Hershel didn't take it right away because of him being so surprised at what Penny just did but he snapped out of it soon enough and took the bottle from her.

"Um…thank you, miss…" He said still amazed at what she did with the blood and how clever it was.

'Damn….she's pretty badass.' Daryl said feeling impressed by her skill.

'Yup…that's my mom.' Glenn said proudly with a smile.

"…Now the walker sample." Hershel stated.

"I got it." Daryl said before opening the front door and dashing in a blur towards the place where they fought the walkers, grabbed a chunk of dead walker flesh then dashed back in the house, the whole process only taking a few seconds. He then handed over the chunk to Hershel, who took it hesitantly after being surprised yet again by the wolves' abnormal way of doing things.

"Alright, now, I'll get to working on this in my room. I'll tell you the results when I get them." Said Hershel with a nod and walked away to do his experiment while the others busied themselves. All the Atlanta survivors went outside including two Greenes, Maggie and Beth, since the walkers were gone while most of the Greenes stayed in. Glenn and Daryl were now outside along with Penny joining them as they stood near a large tree by camp.

"Gosh…I really hope this works. It would be so amazing if we cured the world of this undead disease, us." Glenn mused.

"That would be pretty amazin', wouldn't it?" Daryl stated liking the thought of that.

"I hope it works, too. We would've fulfilled our reason of being if it did." Penny stated.

Daryl then noticed something. Carl was out, he was outside with his mom and dad walking and everything. His eyes softened out of joy that he was alright to walk around again.

"Look who's up and about." Daryl stated.

Glenn and Penny looked in the direction Daryl was looking in and saw Carl.

Glenn smiled. "He's out, that's great!"

"I hadn't seen him yet. Who is he?" Penny asked.

"That's Carl, Rick and Lori's boy." Daryl answered.

"Hmmm, did something happen to him?" Penny wondered.

"He got shot in the shoulder by accident two and a half days ago. He must've healed enough to walk." Glenn replied.

"Let's go see how the kid's doin'." Daryl suggested before he walked in Carl's direction, Glenn and Penny following after.

Carl was sitting down in a chair with his mom and dad. His parents were currently having a conversation when the wolves came over.

"Hey, bud." Said Daryl as he walked up to Carl, Glenn and Penny walking up behind Daryl.

Carl turned his head towards the voice and when he saw Daryl along with Glenn and Penny he smiled.

"Hi." Carl greeted in a smile.

By now Daryl, Glenn and Penny were standing in front of him.

"Hey, Carl, this is Penny, my foster mother." Glenn introduced.

Carl smiled up at her. "Nice to meet you."

"You, too, dear." She replied with a warm smile.

"Are you…a Wolf Shifter, too?" Carl asked her.

She nodded. "Yes, I am."

Carl smiled at that. "Oh, that's cool!"

Penny laughed at his enthusiasm. Just then Hershel came out of the house, the rest of the family following behind him. When the camp group noticed Hershel walking towards them everyone stopped what they were doing and started walking towards him as well, eager to know what the end result of the experiment was. They all met between the house and the camp all gathered in an incomplete circle.

"Well?" Rick asked Hershel, eyes filled with hope and curiosity.

Hershel paused with a straight face. Noticing this, everyone got the impression that the experiment had no luck, and therefore, caused everyone to feel disappointed. But then…Hershel smiled.

"…It worked." He said still feeling astounded that it did indeed work.

The Atlanta survivors, as well as the Greenes were amazed and stunned.

"You're kidding…it actually worked? The Wolf Shifter blood really worked?" T-dog said with wide eyes.

Hershel nodded with a joyous smile. "Yes…the blood purified the dead skin cells and terminated the disease completely."

Everyone then slowly gushed with happiness and excitement.

"Oh my god! Oh my god, Amy, we're saved!" Andrea said laughing at the end of her statement in happiness.

Amy grinned and hugged her sister tightly and let out small laughs of joy. Lori put a hand over her stomach and had a thankful and relieved smile and started crying tears of joy. Rick hugged her with a relieved smile, happy they wouldn't have to bring their new baby in a world with little hope of life. Glenn, Daryl, and Penny were overjoyed at hearing those words they were so hoping for and hugged, Glenn hugging Penny then Daryl.

One week later things were looking up. Penny and Hershel worked together to prepare many bottles of the walker cure and loaded them up in a duffle bag for use, so next time they come across a walker instead of killing it they can use the cure to revert them back to the way they were before. When everyone was still asleep one morning and Glenn went to use the Greene family bathroom in the house, he started to feel nauseous and sick to his stomach. He turned around to walk back over to the toilet after using it a few seconds ago, lifted the closed lid, kneeled down on the floor, and hovered his face over the toilet bowl to dispel the disgusting acid based fluid that flowed from his mouth.

'Mmm…what's wrong with me all of a sudden?' He thought in a groan after throwing up.

He flushed the toilet and shut the lid before going over to the sink to wash out his mouth and wash his hands. When he was done doing that, he suddenly didn't feel nauseous anymore and felt fine.

"Huh….that's weird," He mused.

Then he started noticing a new smell. It wasn't coming from anything around him but he knew it was coming from within the bathroom. Soon enough he realized it was from….himself ? He bent his head down to his chest to smell himself, and sure enough it was him.

His scent was different…almost like, no, exactly like what happened to Lori. But that would mean…Glenn's eyes widened then when he put the clues together.

"No….it couldn't be," He mused looking shocked.

'But Daryl and I always use a condom,' He thought. But then he thought back to the week before and gasped. 'Oh! We didn't use a condom that night. I was too focused on my heat problem to even notice we didn't use a condom. And I'm sure Daryl was too focused on the scent I was giving off to notice either.'

Glenn then put a hand on his stomach and rubbed it affectionately with a smile. He was pregnant. It was unexpected but not unwelcomed. He had always wanted kids, especially with Daryl but Glenn didn't plan on having any this soon, especially with the world like this. He was happy he was pregnant, though, despite the circumstances, but he didn't know how Daryl would take it. It wasn't going to be too bad anymore since they had a cure now, but they were still around walkers, so they weren't worry free just yet. Glenn went back outside to their camp and went back inside his and Daryl's den to go back to sleep. Once he took his shirt off again he cuddled up to Daryl, who was deep in sleep, but somehow he knew Glenn was at his side again and put his arms around him and held Glenn close to him in his sleep. Glenn smiled, not knowing how Daryl does that when he's not even awake, then nuzzled his bare chest and went to sleep.

Later that same morning when Daryl and Glenn were waking up, Daryl noticed the different scent that Glenn was emitting. Daryl rubbed his eye as he sat up from the sleeping bag, just waking up, and looked over at Glenn oddly, who was already sitting up and stretching.

"…Um…babe."

"Hmm?" Glenn replied as he stopped stretching and met Daryl's eyes, which were looking at him strangely.

"You uh…smell different."

Glenn started nervously rubbing the back of his neck and looked sheepish.

"Oh…uh…well…"

Daryl frowned and looked puzzled. "What…why did you suddenly get nervous?" Daryl then reached out an arm, wrapped it around Glenn, and pulled him close to him then started kissing his neck and shoulder lazily.

Glenn relaxed at the good feeling of Daryl's mouth against his skin and let out a calm, content sigh.

"Because there's a reason why I smell different…a big reason."

"Tell me." Daryl coaxed softly near his ear as he continued to place kisses all over his neck, shoulder, and collarbone area.

Daryl was really good at squeezing things out of Glenn, and Daryl knows it and uses this skill whenever he wanted to. Knowing this fact, Glenn willingly gave in right away.

"…I'm pregnant," He said in a relaxed tone, a result from Daryl's actions.

Daryl froze his kissing and didn't move an inch for a few seconds. This made Glenn begin to worry a little.

"…Daryl?"

Daryl slowly leaned his head back to meet Glenn's eyes. The look on Daryl's face was of complete shock. Glenn got nervous again because he didn't know if it was good shock or bad shock. Daryl blinked before he could finally find the words to speak.

"W-when?" He stuttered out, surprise clear in his voice.

Glenn grabbed Daryl's hand hoping it'll calm him down. "It had to of been the day my heat started. That was the only time we didn't use a condom."

Daryl was surprised at the last statement. "We…we didn't?"

"No, I don't remember us ever getting a condom out that night."

Daryl then felt a rush of guilt, since condoms were his responsibility, and because he slipped up and forgot to use a condom one time, he made Glenn end up pregnant.

"God, babe, I'm so sorry. I should'a-"

"No, D, Don't apologize. I forgot, too, not just you. It's hard to think about other things during a heat cycle, both for the wolf in heat and for the wolves that smell the scent influenced by the heat. This may not have been planned but I don't mind being pregnant now."

"Y…ya don't?"

Glenn shook his head with a warm smile. "No…I like the idea of having our own pups that were created by me and you. Do you?"

"Of course, you know I love children."

Glenn smiled happily. "I do, but I was unsure because of…well, the circumstances."

Daryl smiled and tightened his hold on Glenn's hand. "I wouldn't let that stop me from being happy with you."

Glenn's eyes filled with love and affection, and then he leaned in to kiss Daryl deeply. Soon after, they told everyone the news. A lot of them couldn't make sense of a male getting pregnant, but none-of-the-less, that didn't stop them from being happy for them. Amy, Maggie, Beth, Carl, and Sophia were overjoyed by the news and couldn't wait to see their offspring, even though they didn't understand how a male can become pregnant either. And of course Penny was the happiest and hugged the two and wished them positive things. Three weeks later, it being August now, Glenn's stomach was starting to poof out and was getting rounded. Less than 2 inches was added on to his fit, flat stomach now and wasn't going to get any bigger. He got compliments a lot from the female humans of their group, saying they wished they were that small when pregnant. Glenn just laughed sheepishly at their comments. When Glenn and Daryl go to bed Daryl would always put his arms around Glenn's stomach protectively, which Glenn was fond of.

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Four years later, 2016

"Barry, share with your brothers!" Glenn called to his oldest son, who pouted cutely and reluctantly handed over the hand held videogame to his little brothers.

It has been four years since the walker apocalypse ended. Now everything was back to the way it was: alive and walker free. Glenn and Daryl still till this day can't believe they did it. They cured the world of the living dead. Back then when the apocalypse was still in existence, they were lucky to spot a helicopter flying by over the Greene farm and they got the people in the helicopter to notice them, which lead to the helicopter landing in the field of the farm. The two people in the helicopter were agents of the government. Once they showed the agents that they have a cure, they were all transported off the farm by the helicopter and were taken to a secret place high in the mountains where a large underground community was hidden. This is where the president and all his people were hiding all this time. They even discovered that Merle was taking cover there. Daryl and Merle had a brotherly embrace that even made some cry. Merle gave Glenn an affectionate big hug as well for taking care of his brother and sticking by him all this time, and never letting him give up. The survivors stayed there and the president had his agents send the cure worldwide, and then eventually everything was cured and the world went back to normal.

Glenn gave birth to four beautiful boys while at the underground sanctuary. He and Daryl named them Barry, Benny, Eli, and Kai; Barry and Benny looking more like Daryl and Eli and Kai looking more like Glenn. They were quadruplets so they were all the same age. And Barry and Benny were identical twins while Eli and Kai were fraternal twins. Merle was happy for his brother and over joyed that he was going to be an uncle. Glenn and Daryl were now married and have been for three years.

They had a nice two story house that was on a large creek called Bear Creek in Athens, Georgia. Glenn was a stay-at-home-dad while Daryl worked and made money for the family. Glenn was now twenty-four and Daryl was thirty-six. Their boys were five now and were a bunch of cuties and a joyous addition to their lives. Lori had her baby girl a year after Glenn had his kids. Lori and Rick named her Bell, short for Annabell. She was three now and Carl was sixteen. Lori and Rick would bring Bell over to play with the boys often and sometimes they would bring Carl along, too. Glenn and Daryl kept in touch with their apocalypse group and even hanged out with some of them from time to time. Penny didn't live far from Glenn and Daryl and visited often, and even babysat when Glenn had to do something or needed a break. Merle helped out with babysitting, too, and loved spending time with his little nephews.

Atlanta was rebuilt and was up and running again as if it was never gone. Daryl and Glenn took their kids there for family events. Right now Glenn was sorting and folding his pups' clothes after washing them. He was sitting on the couch of the living room while doing this task while his pups were playing in the hallway of their bedrooms which was across from the living room. Daryl was at work right now but should be home any minute. Then the front door opened. The kids stopped what they were doing and looked at each other with big grins.

"Dad!" They all exclaimed excitedly and began running to the door.

Glenn laughed at the kids' enthusiasm from their father coming home.

"Slow down!" Glenn called to them in a laugh as they made it over to the front door.

Glenn continued doing the laundry and waited for Daryl to come in the living room. When he did he had two kids in his hands and the other two following close by him. When Daryl reached the middle of the living room, he let the two kids he had in his arms down and walked over to Glenn on the couch.

"Hey, baby." Daryl said.

Glenn looked up and smiled at him as he sat the clothes down that he had in his hands and got up to stand in front of him.

"Hi, honey, welcome home." Glenn replied before he wrapped his arms around Daryl's neck and they kissed affectionately.

"Eeew!" The kids said in unison from the hallway.

Glenn giggled and Daryl smiled as they separated and looked at their pups.

"Ya won't be sayin' that when you find someone ya like." Daryl stated and mock glared at them playfully with a smile, making the kids laugh and dart back into their rooms.

Glenn giggled and looked back at Daryl, Glenn's arms now around Daryl's upper torso with his hands on his back. Daryl turned his attention back on Glenn and secured his arms around Glenn's waist and held him close, touching noses and nuzzling him in a purr.

"How was work?" Glenn asked also purring from being so happy that Daryl was finally home.

"Fine, but I couldn't wait to come home and see you and the pups."

Glenn smiled at that. "We couldn't wait to see you either as I'm sure you can tell by how they swarmed you at the door." He said in a giggle.

Daryl smiled and huffed out a laugh. "Yeah, that was fun to come home to." He said in amusement at their kids.

Glenn hummed back in reply before speaking. "It's a little hard to believe that all of this was unreachable and undoable because of walker infestation four years ago. Now it feels like all that never happened. Almost like a crazy dream." He mused.

"A crazy dream….yeah…I wish it had." Daryl mused.

"Me, too. What do we tell the kids? They're going to ask one day where they were born."

"We tell them what happened…minus the gruesome details, of course."

"Okay." Glenn agreed.

"So…what's for dinner today?"

"Well, we're having-"

They talked and planned and had a very happily ever after. They never did find out who was behind the walker outbreak but they knew whoever did it was going to get caught and would pay for what they did with their life. Now that's a death they would all like to see.

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That's the story of Daryl and Glenn's supernatural love. I hope you all enjoyed. If so leave me a comment in the review box and let me know. I love my stories, but I have no clue if others do. I'm new to this whole posting-stories-on-the-internet thing, so I'm filled with doubt on if people will actually read my stuff and like it, so it would mean a lot if you let me know what you think. Thank you all for reading. ^ - ' v

1 year later: Hello my fellow readers. I just wanted to say thank you for all the support you have given this story for almost 2 years now. I can't believe the responses this story has been getting. 17 people have favorite this and 5,355 people have read this...that astounds me to incredible amounts of joy. Thank you. Since you all like the story so much, I wish you would express it in person in a review. That lets me know that the story was enjoyable to you. People favoriting and reading it is much appreciated, but what means the most is your personal thoughts and feelings on the story. Hardly anyone has told me in person how they feel about the story, so I'm confused a bit here that so many people have read and favorited this story and yet, barely anyone has left reviews for it. If you like it then you should review and tell me or I won't know how the story was taken. Posting stories to the public is only worth while if people tell you how your work affected them. That's the reason I post stories up for public read, to get feedback from others. If no feedback is given, then the story means nothing. So please review. The writing community is nothing without it. ^ - '