The morning after they had gotten rid of the cannibals, it was time for the group to say goodbye to Bob, his bite was finally taking him. Bryce went in to say goodbye, to thank the man from saving him, from helping him to get out of the attic he had been living in for too long. To thank the man for being somewhat of a friend to him. To see Bob go was a loss to them all. After saying goodbye, Bryce left Gabriel's office to see Cas and the priest sat outside, talking.

He joined them in the morning sun, they both looked at him.

"Are you alright?" Gabriel asked, Bryce nodded. "A loss can be hard."

"You don't need to sugar coat it, you can cry if you want." Cas said, Bryce shook his head.

"I'm fine." Bryce sighed.

"Rick almost done?" Cas asked, Bryce frowned at him.

"You're leaving?" Bryce asked.

"You don't need me; Big groups attract more rotters anyway." Cas shrugged.

"On the contrary, I think I may need you." Eugene said, walking out of the church.

"My god, he's worse than you." Cas said to Bryce, who punched him lightly on the arm.

"I'm trying!"

"I'm not helping you play superman, I'm just going my own way and hope I don't run into anyone else." Cas said.

"Cas, I want you to stay with us." Rick said, walking out the door, carrying his daughter.

"Why?" Cas asked, Rick passed her his child, he held her carefully, yet protectively.

"Please stay." Tara added. "Even if you don't come with us, stay with Rick." She said, putting her hand on his shoulder. "I don't want you out there alone again."

"I trust that you'll protect her, and you're good, you know what you're doing, we need you, and you aren't a bad kid." Rick answered Cas' question.

"Alright. For her and Tara." Cas nodded, Rick smiled and nodded at him.

"Mind keeping an eye on her?" He asked, Cas nodded again. Tara hugged him, before joining Abraham, Eugene and Maggie, Rosita and Glenn walked out of the church soon after, they had readied the church bus for their trip to D.C, where Eugene was going to stop the apocalypse.

Rick left the church, and talked to Abraham, who handed him a map, Bryce got up to stand beside Cas, who was holding Judith close to him.

"You worried?" Bryce asked, Cas, to Bryce's surprise, nodded.

"D.C is far away." He answered.

The bus started up, and soon, it left. The remaining group watched it, all with sad eyes, splitting up the group always left the worry that they may never see the others again. The group remained quiet for most of the day, exhausted by the recent events. Tyreese and Rick were the only ones who left the church, Tyreese to bury the Cannibals, and Rick to talk to him.

As night fell, Bryce found that he could not sleep, He was in the office, with Carl, Judith, Cas, Sasha and Rick, all who were asleep, but he could not sleep. Carl was asleep in the chair in the corner, Judith in a makeshift cot, Cas on the floor directly next to her, and next to him Bryce sat. He was nervous to sit beside the new boy, as he was very clearly on edge, and had a knife in his left hand, the arm of which he was sleeping on.

Rick too seemed uneasy, and Bryce wasn't sure whether that was because he was sleeping on the sofa, where Bob died, or because he was just worried. Michonne and Gabriel weren't in the room, and Bryce was just hoping they were on guard. Tyreese also looked upset, he was slumped in the corner against the wall, looking visibly distressed.

Bryce sighed loudly, before jumping as Cas sat up suddenly, his eyes wide. He swore.

"What's wrong?" Bryce asked.

"Bad dream, you?" Cas responded.

"Can't sleep." Bryce answered.

"Good look with that." Cas shifted his position, turned over and went back to sleep, or at least it looked like it. But he was still awake, whatever his dream was, it had spooked him.

Bryce sighed and lay down, hoping that he could at least get some sleep.

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The morning came all too soon. Daryl and a boy called Noah had stumbled out of the forest last night, and currently, Daryl, Tyreese and Sasha were fortifying the church, whilst Rick and Michonne barricaded the windows. Another member of the group, Beth was in a hospital in Atlanta, and some of their group was going to find her.

Bryce was sat on the steps by the alter, wondering what to do now that their group was being split up even more. The others were all at least doing something.

He wasn't sure where Cas had gone, but for once the strange boy wasn't worrying him, being left in the church was.

" Cas?" Bryce called out, but earnt no reply, the boy suddenly appeared at the door to the office.

" What?" He asked with a frown.

"What are you doing?" Bryce asked, Cas instantly looked guilty.

"Um... nothing." He answered. Bryce examined his face and then noticed blood on his shirt.

"Are you bleeding?" Bryce inquired.

"Maybe a little." Cas nodded.

"I'll help you." Bryce got up and followed Cas into the office.

Looking at the deep, infected cut made Bryce wince. "Is it bad?" Cas asked.

"Yeah, have you even treated this?" Bryce asked. Cas nodded.

" I'm no good at this stuff." He answered.

" I'm going to clean it, it'll hurt." Cas had a small pack of antiseptic wipes that he had yet to attempt to use, so Bryce picked them up.

" Okay." Cas didn't even brace himself, yet his face stayed unchanging as Bryce gently rubbed the cut.

"How did this happen?" Bryce asked as he continued to clean the wound.

"Came across a crazy guy in the woods, he wanted to kill me, in the end his dead wife ate him." Cas answered with a shrug.

"You're lucky you didn't leave it any longer." Bryce told him.

"I tried to clean it, but it didn't work." Cas answered.

"It should heal now." Bryce said, bandaging the boy. He saw scars on the boy's back. "Cas what are they?"

"Its- doesn't matter." Cas suddenly closed up.

"Sorry." Bryce patted his shoulder. "You're all done."

"Thanks." Cas smiled and got up, heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Bryce frowned.

"Hunting, wanna come?" The boy offered, Bryce nodded.

" Why not."