Once they were outside Clementine slowly shut the door on her house and Alyssa fetched her bag from the treehouse as well as the last bottle of water they had, they walked down the drive in silence. Listening out for trouble. Alyssa walked beside Lee and he seen her smile when she seen Clementine slowly swing his hand as they walked.

They stopped when they heard voices and Lee signalled them both to crouch down as they approached the metal gates. The street was full of abandoned cars and he was surprised that someone had tried to drive through, there didn't seem to be any walking dead about and Lee observed them making sure they weren't dangerous.

A fat young guy who was helping a skinnier one push a car stopped and shook his head "Maan, I 'ent gettin' home to Mama at this rate" he sighed rubbing his head.

"This sucks" the other one agreed as he leant against the bonnet of the car.

"It's hot dish night as well" the fatter one whined, Lee fought the urge to roll his eyes. It was the end of the world and all he could think about was his dinner. They both took a breather and returned to trying to push the car away. Lee stood and was about to head for the gate when Clementine pulled on his hand looking worried.

"Whats the matter?" he questioned.

Clementine looked uncomfortable, he glanced at Alyssa who shrugged in response. "Should I stay?" the little girl asked.

"What?" Lee was surprised at her question.

She closed her eyes "I don't want to sleep in the treehouse again tonight, but I don't know if I should leave. What if my parents come home?" she opened them and almost seemed to beg Lee for an answer.

Lee thought for a minute, he knew there was a good chance that the girls parents were dead. Especially after he had heard her mother's message saying her father had a little 'incident' with a crazy guy and her mother sobbing down the phone as he could hear riots in the background but he couldn't bring himself to tell the small girl that. Alyssa seemed to guess as much as she bit her lip and looked tearful.

"I won't leave you alone" Lee answered making her smile "either of you"

"How about we find somewhere thats safe and also close?" Alyssa suggested.

Lee nodded in approval "That sounds like a good idea".

He led them down the drive and Alyssa pushed the gate, it gave a creak as it opened and caused the two young men to jump and turn towards the source of the noise. Lee seen that they looked scared and he held up his hands "Hey, it's okay" he said.

"Holy shit" the skinnier one with black hair cursed.

The other one seemed on the verge of wetting himself "Don't eat us!" he cried out.

"We're not going to hurt you" Lee said calmly and they walked closer, he snorted inwardly, a limping black man, a small eight year old and a teenager looked dangerous. They relaxed once they seen that they really didn't mean any harm.

"Phew thought for a second you were all gonna give us the chomp" the black haired one sighed with relief.

"Do you have any idea whats happening?" Alyssa asked before Lee could say anything.

He shook his head "Nope, but I'm guessing you've seen whats been walking around then?"

Lee nodded "Unfortunately"

"I'm Shawn, Shawn Greene"

"Lee, and this is Clementine and Alyssa" he said indicating to the two girls.

The chubbier one knelt down and gave Clementine a wave "I'm Chet" he smiled, Clementine gave him a shy smile and hid behind Lee a little while Alyssa just nodded.

Shawn frowned "We shouldn't be out in the open like this. How about you help us clear the way and we'll take your daughter and your ..." he glanced between Alyssa and Lee who were obviously not related "step-daughter? Out of here and down to my family's farm. It will be safer there"

Lee coughed "I'm not her dad ... or step-dad" he hesitated "I'm just some guy that found them"

"Some guy?" Shawn said uneasily, Lee knew what he must be thinking, especially with Alyssa.

She took a step forward and folded her arms "He's the guy who saved us from one of those things" she said firmly.

"We saved each other" Lee admitted shooting Alyssa a grateful look and she smiled back.

"She's alone" Shawn said looking down at Clementine with a sad look "you as well?" he asked Alyssa, who nodded sadly.

"We are now" she sighed.

Lee turned to them both "What do you want to do?" he asked the both of them, Alyssa bit her lip and remained silent, obviously not knowing what would be best.

Clementine anxiously looked back at her house and shook her head confused "..I ..." she began to say something but stopped dead when they heard growls and snarls get louder and closer.

"Them monsters are coming!" Chet said urgently "WE GOTTA GO!" he hissed crouching down behind a car.

Shawn began to push the car and looked back at Lee, "Lee quick, let's go!"

Ignoring the stabbing pain in his leg, Lee quickly limped over and began to help Shawn push the car while Chet kept watch on the zombies. Alyssa ran over and began to help as did Clementine and slowly the car began to move. With one more push it was out of the way of Shawn's red truck and Lee pushed Clem and Alyssa into the front cab and got in as did Shawn. Wasting no time as the dead came staggering closer, Chet jumped in the back and patted the top.

"GO!" he shouted and Shawn put his foot down on the accelerator and they sped away, bumping into a car. Lee let out a breath and rubbed his forehead, they had gotten away. Clementine was peering out the back at her house in the distant while Alyssa caught her breath.

Shawn glanced along at Lee "'For just some guy', you've saved a bunch of lifes today"

It was dark when they finally made it to Shawn's family's farm and Alyssa felt her eyes grow incredibly heavy as she forced them open. It was a full moon and she thought to what Alan had always said whenever it was a full moon.

"All the weirdo's will be out tonight!" he would say to scare her, "zombies and were-wolves wanting to eat you up!"

Never had she thought the zombie part would come true.

Shawn slowed the truck down as they approached a farmhouse and tall barn, you wouldn't think that the world had gone mad out here. Alyssa glanced at Lee who reached across and squeezed her shoulder tight, she smiled at him and glanced down at Clementine who was snuggled into Lee's chest. She had really grown attached to him.

They opened the door and Lee jumped out holding the door as Alyssa and Clementine hopped out. Chet swung himself over the side of the truck and stretched out, he had been in the back the whole journey and it couldn't have been comfortable.

"Hey, Shawn .. I'm 'a run on home. Mama's gone be in a snit" he said smiling at his friend.

Shawn nodded "No sweat man, I'll see you tomorrow night". Alyssa raised an eyebrow, you wouldn't think that dead people were up and walking the way they calmly made social arrangements.

"It was .. nice to meet you all" Chet said nodding to the three of them before taking off. Clementine waved after him. They followed Shawn to the front door where an older man, probably Shawn's dad opened it and smiled down at his son.

"Thank god, you're okay" he said walking down the steps.

Shawn hugged him "I was worried it'd be bad here too" he admitted. His dad patted his back and broke off the hug.

"Been quiet as usual the past couple days. Ol' Breckon down the way thinks his mare's gone lame but that ain't nothing new" he told his son.

Shawn looked up to his dad "I wouldn't have made it back without Chet" he said.

His dad nodded "Well, I'm glad you took him with you then" he looked up and seen Lee, Alyssa and Clementine holding back. "You've brought a couple of guests" he stated and Alyssa couldn't tell if he was pleased by this or not.

Lee cleared his throat "We just need a little help, we won't stay long" he promised.

"Good to hear, you're welcome to stay the night. I don't run a bed and breakfast" he raised an eyebrow "So it's just you and your ... daughters then?"

"Oh not his daughters" he corrected his father "he's well ... just some guy who saved them both"

The old man leaned down so he was eyelevel with Clementine, "Honey, do you know this man?"

"Yes" Clementine answered. He glanced up at Alyssa who nodded back at him.

He sighed and nodded "Ok then" he looked to Lee and noticed his bleeding leg "well, it looks to me that you hurt your leg pretty bad there"

Alyssa looked down at Lee's leg and saw he was shaking slightly on his feet "Yeah, it's not doing too good" he admitted.

Clementine fidgeted about and averted her eyes, "What's wrong Clem?" Alyssa asked her.

"I need the toilet" she said embarresed.

"I think I can help you both out, Shawn take the young'un to the bathroom, you take a seat up on the porch and I'll see what I can do" the man said, Shawn smiled at Clementine and held out his hand. She took it and he led her into the house.

Alyssa helped Lee up the stairs and sat next to him on the seat while Shawn's dad disapered into the house, he came back out and squinted at Alyssa who probably looked as tired as she felt. He bent down and gently moved the ripped jeans away from the wound "Let's have a look" he said, and felt around the bloodied tear "Yeah, this is swollen to hell"

"It hurts like hell" Lee winced and closed his eyes as he began to work on his knee.

"I bet it does" he remarked "What did you say you're name was?"

"Lee"

He nodded "Nice to meet you Lee, I'm Hershel Greene" he frowned as he dabbed something out of a bottle onto Lee's knee "how did this happen?"

Alyssa watched as Lee thought carefully about his answer, she didn't know anything about him before he had came into their lives. "Car accident" he finally answered. Alyssa thought about the crashed police car and he wasn't wearing a uniform, what was he doing riding about with the police? Unless ...

"That so? Where were you headed. Before the accident" Hershel asked.

"I was getting out of Atlanta" he answered.

In a police car Alyssa thought. "The news said to stay there" Hershel pointed out to him.

Lee shook his head "Bad idea, we hit someone on the road. One of the things you probably heard about on the road"

Hershel started to bandage his knee "Who were you with? The girl" he indicated to Alyssa.

Lee shook his head and sighed "I was with a police officer. He was giving me a lift"

Hershel must've believed what he heard as he continued to bandage Lee's wound "Awful nice of him"

"I'm an awful nice guy" Lee smiled.

Hershel smiled back and stood up straight "House is full up with mine. We've got another displace family of three sleeping in the barn. You and your daughters are welcome to rest there, when we're done here."

Alyssa noticed what he said and frowned, he obviously hadn't taken in that Lee wasn't Clementine's or her father. He turned to her "I didn't catch your name darlin'?"

"Alyssa" she replied "and the other girl is Clementine"

He looked saddened "Can't imagine what you girls have been through Alyssa" he said sincerely.

"Lee's keeping an eye on us" Alyssa said "keeping us safe"

"Until we find their parents" Lee added.

Shawn re-appeared with Clementine who came over and stood beside Lee. "So I'm thinking, first thing tomorrow, we gotta re-inforce this place" he said to his dad.

Hershel frowned "That doesn't seem necessary" he said while gathering up the spare bandages.

"I don't know what you saw on tv or heard on the radio but there's some serious ... shit" he whispered the swear word "hitting the fan, I don't think anyone knows how big it is yet"

Lee nodded in agreement "Your son's right, you're going to want to reinforce this place"

Hershel rolled his eyes "Stuff like that doesn't happen around here Shawn" he insisted.

Shawn looked angry "Dad, I'm serious" he looked to Lee and Alyssa "Lee, Alyssa back me up, tell him what you saw out there"

"I saw people eating each other" Alyssa whispered looking away.

Lee closed his eyes and shook his head "I got chased by a couple of dead people"

Hershel sighed "Well, do what you think you should. We've got plenty of chores as it is"

"Lee and the folks in the barn can help out in the morning. This is something that needs to be done" Shawn informed him firmly.

"I already said ok" Hershel snapped annoyed, Shawn rolled his eyes and went back into the house. The older man turned to Lee and the girls "Well, I'm all done here. It should start to feel better tomorrow"

"Thanks"

"If it feels hot or the swelling doesn't go down, you're probably dealing with an infection" he pointed out.

"What happens then?" Clementine asked, her little forehead creased with worry.

Hershel pointed his finger at Lee with his thumb sticking up "We'll probably just have to shoot you" he said seriously but Alyssa knew he was joking and snorted at the look on Lee and Clementine's faces.

"He's joking guys" Alyssa said smiling.

Hershel shook his head "We'll clean it, re-dress it and you'll be fine"

"That would be preferable" Lee muttered.

Hershel pointed over to the large barn "There's blankets and such in the barn. We'll be seeing you bright and early" he gave Lee a look "come tomorrow, which way will you be headed?"

"Towards Macon, I suppose" Alyssa shot him a confused look, why Macon of all places? He must have family there, she thought.

They headed to the barn and made themselves beds as well as they could out of the blankets and hay, Alyssa took off her jacket and used it as a pillow and let Clementine and Lee use the lumpy pillows. In the darkness, they couldn't see the other family that Hershel had mentioned but could hear the occasional snore.

Alyssa was about to drop off when Clementine broke the silence, "It smells like ..."

Lee seemed to chuckle "I know what it smells like" he said.

"Shit" Alyssa said without thinking and Clementine shot her a frown.

"Swear" she pointed out and Alyssa smiled tiredly at her.

"Sorry"

She rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling "I miss my mum and dad" she whispered into the darkness. Alyssa remained silent, she didn't miss her Mum at all and certainly not her dad but she couldn't help but wonder what was happening to them both.

"I bet Clem," Lee said quietly.

"How far is Savannah?" she asked with a note of sadness, Alyssa knew it was killing her to not be with her parents.

Lee shifted in his blanked "Pretty far" he said tiredly.

Clementine snuggled down and closed her eyes "Oh, ok" and Alyssa waited until she had fallen asleep.

"How are you doing Alyssa?" Lee asked out of the dark.

"Still breathing and not eating people" she answered, she could hear Lee chuckle again.

"Good let's keep it that way" he said.

"I plan too"