It's daytime. Rick decided to stop by the highway where the RV used to be, where the sign for Sophia was. Hopefully your friends would get the same idea and regroup there.

Carl: Where's mom? You said she'd be here. We gotta go back for her!

Rick: Carl....

Carl: No! Why are we running? What are you doing? It's mom. We need to get her and not be safe a mile away.

Rick hushes Carl and puts a hand in his shoulder.

Rick: You need to be quiet, all right? Please.

Carl: Please? It's mom.

Rick: Look, Carl, listen—

Carl: No.

Carl storms off. You stand there holding your rifle as you look at him walking away.

You: I'll go talk with him.

Rick gives a nod as Hershel starts to talk with him.

You walk over to Carl, who's sitting against the hood of a car.

You: Your old man knows what he's going.

Carl: He doesn't. He doesn't even know where mom is.

You: No, we don't.

Carl: Everybody we know is gone.

You lean against the hood of the car with him. You look on in the distance.

You: I don't know where my mom is either.

Carl looks up at you.

Carl: What?

You: She can be in Ohio still....at a camp in Michigan....or somewhere across the country by now. I will never know.

You look down.

You: As long as she's not with him.

Carl: Who?

You look at Carl, then back at the road.

You: My dad, or stepdad....whatever. He never treated us right. Always beat my mom....my sister....me. Back when I beat Ed at the quarry, that's who I saw. Him.

Carl: Where's your real dad?

You: Your guess is as good as mine. My mom had me pretty young, my guess is that my dad was young too. He probably doesn't even know I exist.

You look back at Carl.

You: Be grateful you have a dad that cares about you, Carl. He loves you. What you have with him is something I wish I had.

Carl nods.

Carl: I'm sorry.

You pat his back.

You: Don't worry about it, Carl.

••

After a while of waiting at the highway, you hear a motorcycle rolling up. It's Daryl and Carol.

Then an SUV follows close behind. It's Glenn and Maggie.

Finally, a truck pulls up. It's T-Dog, Lori, Beth, and Clementine.

You clasp hands with Daryl, and Rick does too.

Lori: Oh thank god!

Lori hugs both Rick and Carl.

You look at Clementine.

You: Clem!

You run up to her and give her a hug.

Clementine: I thought we lost everybody....

You: No way. The world won't get rid of us that easily.

Rick: Where'd you find everyone?

Daryl: Well, those guys' tail lights zigzagging all over the road, figured he had to be Asian driving like that.

Glenn chuckles.

Glenn: Good one.

You dap up Glenn right after Daryl's joke.

You: Cut him some slack, Daryl. He hasn't driven since his pizza boy days.

Daryl: Where's the rest of us?

Rick: Where the only one's that made it so far.

Lori: Shane?

Rick looks at Lori, and shakes his head.

T-Dog says he saw Andrea go down. Patricia also didn't make it.

Rick: We got to get moving.

T-Dog: I say we head East.

Clementine: I agree.

Daryl: Stay off the main roads. The bigger the roads the more walkers.

You: Let's get moving, then.

••

After an hour, the caravan stops at the side of the road. Gas was running low.

Rick: We set up a perimeter. In the morning, we'll find gas and some supplies. We'll keep pushing on.

You: Clem and I could go on a run now, scrounge up some gas.

Rick: No, we stay together. God forbid something happens and people get stranded without a car.

Glenn: Rick, we're stranded now.

Rick: I know it looks bad, we've been through hell and worse, but at least we found each other.

Rick starts to explain how we wants to find a place to stay. Not just for the night, but for a while. He wants a place we can fortify and make a life for themselves.

Maggie: Look at what happened to the farm. We can never know with a place we think is safe. We fooled ourselves into thinking that.

Hershel: We won't make that mistake again.

Rick points at a dilapidated shelter in the distance.

Rick: We'll make camp over there for tonight.

Beth: What if walkers come through, or another group like Randall's?

Daryl walks up to Rick.

Daryl: You know we found Randall, right? He had turned but he wasn't bit.

Clementine: How's that possible?

Lori: Rick, what the hell happened?

You walk up and join the conversation.

You: Shane killed Randall, just like he always wanted to. He tried to shut me up when I saw him.

Rick looks at you, then at the rest of the group.

Rick: We're all infected.

You didn't understand what Rick was saying. It got the attention of everybody.

Rick: At the CDC, Jenner told me. Whatever it is, we all carry it.

Carol: And you never said anything?

Rick: Would it have made a difference? I thought it'd be best if people didn't know.

Glenn shook his head at the thought of Rick keeping secrets. Rick looked at each one of us, then turned around and walked away.

You: So....we're going to be one sooner or later? When we die?

T-Dog: That's what the big man's referring to.

You shake you head, and sigh.

••

You sat around by the campfire. It was nighttime, and getting cold. You sat by Clementine who had a blanket over her.

Clementine: Aren't you cold?

You: I am. But this fire's doing alright.

Clementine: Take this blanket.

You: No. Keep it. Don't you even think about handing it to me or I'm throwing it in the fire.

You both chuckle, as the group hears a rustling.

Carol: What was that?

Daryl: Could be anything. A raccoon, a possum....

Glenn: A walker....

Carol: We need leave.

Rick: The last thing we need is for everyone to be running off in the dark. We don't have the vehicles, no one's traveling on foot.

Maggie: I'm not waiting for another herd to blow through. We need to move.

Rick: No one is going anywhere.

Rick was more serious than he usually was.

Carol: Do something.

Rick: I am doing something! I'm keeping this group together, alive! I've been doing that all along.

Rick then turns to the rest of the group.

Rick: I didn't ask for this! I killed my best friend for you people for Christ's sake!

That statement had people in awe. Rick had killed Shane. You didn't really care, since Shane tried to kill you too.

Rick: You saw what was like, how he pushed me, how he compromised us, how he threatened us.

Rick kept pacing around as he held his revolver.

Rick: He staged the whole Randall thing, he tried to kill Y/N, and led me out to put a bullet in my back. He gave me no choice!

Carl began crying into Lori's arms.

Rick begins to explain how maybe you were better off without him. He offers you and the others a chance to leave and test your luck out there. Of course, there is no takers. You yourself believe that Rick can lead.

Rick: No takers? Then let's get one thing straight, you're staying. This isn't a democracy anymore.

The fire continued to crackle as the group stood there silently, taking in what Rick said. He then walked off, leaving you in your thoughts.

You look at Clementine, who had the same look as everybody. You then look up in the night sky, and see the moon.

You hope that you're able to live through each day and see that same beautiful sight.