" Hey Vash. How did the shopping go?" Violet asked, she approached him slowly, wearing her black tank top, torn camouflage jeans and black combat boots. Her face was covered in blood and dirt, and gauze covered practically all the way up her arms, it hurt Vash to see her that way. " Eh... okay. There was a girl there, I couldn't save her, if I did I wouldn't have been able to get the supplies." he sighed and handed her the backpack full of food and a few bandages. " Oh, well, don't linger on it too much. Walkers are a bitch you know. You had no other option." she kissed his cheek softly and moved over to the RV the six used. " Why don't you go give these too Lilli, I still have to change the oil on this thing." she handed him some bandages, and he looked over toward his little sister nervously. She was playing happily with Raivis. " Is she alright?" Vash asked. " Hm? Oh yeah, her, Ivy, Gil, Raivis and I were playing tag earlier and she tripped." Vash chuckled when she said they were playing tag, it was just like her and Ivy to make sure the kids weren't too scared, they were so motherly, it was cute. " Okay, thank you." he moved over to Lilli, who immediately stood up and ran to him. " Hi bruder! Oh bandaids!" she grabbed them and put one on a small scrape on her arm. " Are you and Miss Violet going to teach me how to shoot soon?" she asked. Vash chuckled and shook his head, making her smile fade. " Not yet, Ivy, Gil, Violet and I are here to protect you kids, you don't need to know how to shoot a gun, just how to follow orders."

" But bruder! What if something happens?" Vash's eyes widened as images of Violet flashed through his mind, all the things that could happen to her. He held back tears and sighed quietly. " Nothing will happen, not as long as I'm alive to do anything about it." he muttered. He looked over to Violet, who happily chatting away with her brother and sister, and smiled, as long as she was safe, that's all he needed. " Now come on." he took Lilli's hand and Raivis followed closely behind. " Violet do jou vant a vashcloth or somzhing? Jou have dirt all over jour face." Gilbert pointed out, to which Violet simply shrugged. " Nah, too lazy." she playfully laid down and pretended to be asleep, to which Ivy chuckled and kicked her softly in the side. " Oh sweet, walker bait." Violet immediately jumped up and tackled her. " Not if I have anything to say about it!" Ivy squealed and pushed Violet off of her. " Bitch please, we all know Gilbert would be the best walker bait!" " Fuck jou!" the two started laughing hysterically, as Vash brought over the two kids. " So how's the RV coming?" Vash asked. Violet turned to him and gave him a thumbs up, smiling that adorable smile of hers. " It's almost done!" " Um... guys?" Ivy tapped Violet's shoulder nervously, as the sound of moaning could be heard. They all slowly turned, and immediately screamed, walkers turned the corner, and moved toward the motel. " Get in the RV!" Violet cried, she bent down and started ferociously working to fix the vehicle. Ivy and Gil immediately began ushering the two kids into it, telling them they were going on a fun trip, and to just make themselves comfortable. Vash moved to climb in, nearly forgetting about the situation they were in, he grabbed his rifle and started shooting furiously as Violet continued her work. While he was in such a deep focus, he forget to check the other side, and only remembered at one sound. " Vash!" Violet cried. She spun around and was face to face with rotting flesh and bones, and within moments was on the ground, kicking and punching fiercely while also attempting to reach for her gun in her back pocket. Suddenly the thing went limp on top of her, she pushed it off quickly, already aware Vash had taken care of it, and dove into her job. She would be done any minute now, and simply prayed Vash would be able to hold them off just a little longer. She looked up at the window and saw Lilli staring at her in fear, it took her a moment to realize what was happening, until she felt a hand grab her wrist. She screamed, then realized Vash had taken her gun. " Sorry, gonna have to borrow this." he chuckled and stood directly behind her, she could hear the loud bangs with every shot, as small traces of gunpowder stuck to her clothes and hair.

" I'm done! Let's go!" she stood up and took Vash's hand, she pulled him into the large van and slammed the door behind them. Gilbert was already in the drivers seat, Violet nodded at him and he took off, blood smeared the hood and windshield as the drove through the crowd of zombies and crashed through the wooden fence that was once their only protection. As soon as they were safe Violet moved to the back of the RV, Ivy was holding the two children softly, whispering soothing words to them, as they were clearly shaken up. " You okay Violet?" Ivy asked quietly, signaling to Violet that the children were falling asleep. " Yeah, I'm fine, how are the kids?" Violet sat next to her as Vash took a seat next to Gilbert in the front. " Lilli saw you get attacked, she told Raivis, there's no sheltering them anymore, she was positive you had died." Ivy muttered. " Got me a little worried too." she admitted without looking at her. " And hell, it took a lot not to get that idiot brother of yours to go out there himself." Violet chuckled and tapped her shoulder. " No need to be so worried about me, I can take care of myself, I'm a big girl now." she pointed out. " Yeah, but you'll always be my little sissy, even if we are only in laws." Violet smiled and hugged her tightly for a few moments, and Ivy hugged her back. " I should go check on Gil, make sure he's not freaking out or anything." Violet pulled away and stood up, she tapped her brothers shoulder and smiled. " Hey, are you alright? I heard you were worried." Violet asked. " Vhy zhe hell vouldn't I be vorried? Mein only little schwester is being attacked by zombies and I'm supposed to not be?" Gilbert snapped. Violet sighed and hugged him from behind before resting her chin on his shoulder. " Ja, but mein wonderful boyfriend took care of it ja? So no harm done?" Violet teased, using a little bit of German to calm him down. " Vell, zhat is true but..." he trailed off and sighed. " I just don't vant jou to get hurt." he mumbled quietly. Violet smiled and pulled away from him. " Yeah, but if I hadn't done that. If Vash and I didn't have our lives on the line, where would we be now, think about it. If I was fixing the RV we would all still be stuck there, and if Vash wasn't there protecting me I'd be dead, and then who'd fix the van? Where would Ivy be now if I hadn't done what I did?" Violet asked, taking a seat on Vash's lap. " She..." Gilbert sighed and focused on the road without another word. " … Violet, zhank jou, but, please... jou two are the closest zhings to my heart, please don't make me zhink of zhat." he whispered. Violet nodded and smiled softly, before standing up and curling up on one of the chairs in the back of the RV. The soft rumble of the engine lulling her into sleep.

Hours later she awoke to the sound of a loud bang, followed by screaming. She looked out the window and saw a girl outside, probably about nineteen, shooting at a crowd of zombies. " Gilbert pull over!" Violet shouted. " Why? What's-" " Just do it!" Violet grabbed her gun off the table next to her and waited at the door, as the vehicle came to a stop she threw open and ran out the door. She heard the others crying her name from behind her, but she wouldn't let another person die if she had a say in it, not like Serenity. She ran around the ran and aimed carefully, as soon as one of the zombies was down all of them turned to her, the girl looked over at her and sighed in relief. " Come on!" Violet pointed to the van, and within moments she was sprinting through the door. Violet followed, but without once taking her eyes off the crowd until they were on the opposite side of the van as her, which is when she sprinted into the van and slammed the door behind her. " Go!" she cried, Gilbert immediately stepped on the gas and drove straight through the crowd before turning back to her angrily. " Vhat zhe hell were jou zhinking?!" he shouted. " I don't know I just-" " Violet jou can't just go out doing zhat! Jou nearly got jourself killed!" " Not even close Gil!" " Just can't we just calm down and-" " Save it pretty boy! Jou'd zhink jou'd be on my side and try to protect her and-" " I don't need protecting! I'm pretty sure I just made that clear!" " He has a point though Violet, that was a risky move." " You too?" Violet turned to Ivy, hurt easily visible in her eyes. " I thought I was..." she bit her lip and sat as far back as she could, away from everybody. The whole van went quiet as she hid her face in her hands. ' Am I really that useless? I thought they'd finally stop treating me like I couldn't take care of myself.' She inhaled deeply and stopped the tears in her eyes from falling. " Zhere's a building up ahead, no sign of any valkers. But ve haven't been inside to check so-" " I'll go." Violet offered, grabbing a rifle off the table next to her. The new girl looked over to her, and Violet smiled softly at her, trying to be reassuring since within the first twenty minutes being with them a huge fight had broken out. " But Violet are you sure?" Vash asked, to which Violet nodded and looked over at the kids, who were both still sleeping peacefully on Ivy's lap. " I'm going in." Gilbert pulled over and watched her climb off, she turned to them before she walked off. " If I'm not back here in ten minutes. Leave. Got it?" Violet ordered, Gilbert chuckled and crossed his arms. " Since vhen vere jou zhe one giving out zhe orders here?" he asked. " Please Gilbert just listen to me!" Violet cried, the tears finally starting to fall. " I don't want you guys to get hurt. So I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Ten minutes god dammit! If I'm not back, leave! Please Gil!" she shouted desperately. Gilbert stared at her in shock and sighed. " Fine, but if you aren't back in eight I'm going in to look for you." Violet nodded and smiled. " Deal." She spun around and took off into the building, it was a one story motel, similar to the one they were in before, it looked clear, but part of her didn't trust it. " Hello?" Violet shouted, she peered around one of the corners, nothing was there. " Hello?" This uneasy feeling came over her, like she was being watched. " Ohonhon, well what do we 'ave 'ere?" Violet spun around to come face to face with two men, one had shoulder length blonde hair, shining blue eyes and stubble on his chin, while the other had short brown hair with bright green eyes, Violet recognized them immediately. " Francis! Antonio! Oh my god!" she hugged them tightly and looked up at them, expecting a different reaction then the one she received. " Sorry amiga, we hate to do this to you and your hermano..." Antonio mumbled quietly, Violet looked up at him in confusion and felt a gun press against her forehead. " Oui, but we 'ave fun out of food and weapons. So we 'ad no choice." she froze, aware if she tried to run they would shoot her on the spot. " Now come on. Nice and easy." the two lead her outside, where the R.V was still parked, everyone immediately ran out, everyone except Gilbert. Violet looked at her watch, it was the ninth minute. " Give us everything you have or the chica gets it!" Antonio shouted, desperation hinting in his voice. The others made there way into the van, as Violet stood there, shaking furiously, tears welling her eyes. Suddenly she felt the metal fall from her head, as Francis collapsed to the floor, Antonio following closely behind him, before Violet even got the chance to turn around she heard a voice that made her tears finally fall. " Lay a hand on my baby sister again and jou'll get a lot more zhen zhat." Violet spun around and ran into her brothers outstretched arms. " Come on guys, besides zhese two idiots, zhe coast is clear." Ivy, Vash, Lilli, Raivis and the new girl climbed out of the RV and ran up to them. " Just go grab rooms, I need to talk to Violet." Gilbert looked down at the little red head sobbing in his arms, tears beginning to form in his own eyes. Everyone else may see her as a beautiful young woman who was finally learning to fend for herself, but no matter how hard he tried, when she was scared like this, all he could picture was the same five year old who he used to hold the same way when she had nightmares. " Gil, please don't-" " I'm not mad Ivy, I just... I just vant to help her." Gilbert muttered. Ivy smiled as everyone dispersed. He lead Violet into the R.V closing the door behind him and sitting her down on the benches before kneeling in front of her. " Hey..." Violet looked down at him with red eyes and tear stains on her cheeks. " Don't cry liebe." he wiped her tears with his thumb and smiled at her. " Vhat jou have to understand is... zhey are simply desperate. Ve are scared true, but zhose two bozos only had each other, ve have jou, me, Ivy, Vash, Lilli, Raivis, and zhat girl." he took her hand gently. " Sometimes, zhe living are more dangerous zhen zhe dead." He stood up and pulled her to her feet. " Now go get some rest. Ve leave tomorrow." Violet nodded and held his hand until they got to each others rooms.

Violet entered her room and closed the door behind her, a large mirror stood right next to the bed. She approached it and looked at herself for a brief moment, before slamming her hand into the glass, shattering it on contact and drawing blood. She fell to her knees and clutched her injured hand, tears rolling down her cheeks. What's wrong with me? Why do I always manage to screw up something? She sobbed loudly, praying no one would hear her. I'll never amount to anything. I'm useless. Violet looked at her reflection in a piece of shattered glass and sighed. Am I good enough to even survive? She lowered her head in shame, blood dripped onto the carpeted floor, she sat on her bed and wiped her tears with her good hand and laid on her back, facing the plain white ceiling, before slowly drifting off to sleep.