A/N: Light references to Home Sweet Home, which is written by Howl Of A Werewolf. Not sure if our stories will follow each other's events accurately.
"You alright back there, kiddo?" Rick asks as he stopped the RV. He, Carly, Johnny and the others had pulled over in the Vinewood area.
Carly nodded after she had stopped throwing up… it had started as a barely noticeable sickening feeling which she figured was just from stress and worry about what the only home she had known for most of her life was like after the chaos but the rocking motion of the RV and Abraham's damn driving meant she couldn't keep her food down. Surprisingly, Rick, Johnny and Carl had found ration packs before the trip and Judith slept…
Until a slight crying noise made Carly instinctively stand up, walk over and pick Judith up out of her crib, Rick looking over his shoulder… and smiling slightly.
"Shh… it's okay, baby girl. It's okay…" Carly whispered, Judith's cries quieting down and the nearly year old baby resting her head against Carly's chest, right over Carly's heart.
"Mama…" Judith says, Carly and the others a bit startled… and then it hit Rick.
'She doesn't remember Lori…' Rick thought sadly, his smile fading but he walked over and hugged Carly and Judith.
"Dada…" Judith says after looking up at Rick, who kissed her on her forehead.
"Uh, Rick?" Glenn asks after quickly looking outside, walking over to Rick and whispering to him as Carly and Johnny distracted Judith. Rick tried to help Carly up but Judith let out a loud wailing cry, almost as if she was saying "Don't take Mama!", Johnny standing up instead and him and Rick walking to the front of the RV… there were no walkers... but there was Trevor, Michael, Franklin, Lamar, Dash, Sally, Packie, Jack, Sam, Sammy, K8lynn and Immy, who had hijacked a military convoy.
"Well if there were zombies, he and the others killed them." Johnny says.
"I take it you and him don't get along?" Rick asks.
"That's putting it mildly… when Carly and I became closer, Trevor went batshit with rage and see that small blonde with the two pupils in her right eye?" Johnny says, Rick seeing K8lynn. "That's his girlfriend and she's barely 20." He says.
Carly rested a now sleeping Judith against her and stood up, quietly walking outside… and everyone but Trevor lowered their weapons.
"You wouldn't shoot a child, would you? Lower it." Carly says quietly so as not to traumatize the sleeping baby in her arms, Trevor doing so.
"We were all worried sick about you, thought you were dead and then those… things started appearing. But that was weeks ago, haven't seen any since…" Trevor says.
"Johnny and I… ran into a few people who can explain this better and one of them is the father of this little sleeping angel. So that safety switch on your weapons better be on." Carly says, Trevor clicking his on.
"I would never hurt a child…" Trevor says.
'Bunch of bullshit!' Carly thought in an aggravated manner, remembering the repeated threats thrown at her and Johnny as well as Sam and Sammy.
Rick was a bit startled at that… the way Carly spoke to Trevor was eerily similar to how Lori was when Lori was pregnant. But he, Johnny and Glenn walked outside.
"We didn't drive 74 hours so you could shoot us on site… can we be civilized here?" Rick asks.
Trevor reluctantly nodded and everyone got into their respective vehicles, Glenn driving this time so Rick could check on Carl and Judith and Johnny could check on Carly.
"Are you sure you're alright, darlin?" Johnny asks, Carly nodding.
Right now, she just wanted to get somewhere safe, clean off and rest.
Tomorrow, she could figure things out.