A few years later-

Roman was almost in his thirties and not happy about it. He had yet to find someone to live his life with. He was their towns doctor and the neighboring town, so he went back and forth.

It was raining really hard, but he had to make the trip because a woman in the other town had went into early labor. Driving home, he watched as two figures ran across the road. He grabbed his coat and got off his car.

He could hear someone screaming in the direction the figures ran from. He ran towards the screams. Stopping when he saw her. Her leg was caught in a trap. She tried to move away from him. Seeing her better, she was a wild one.

"No. Hurt", he said, hoping Brie wasn't the only one who understand English.

The girl stopped. She was wet and covered in mud and blood. He placed his hands on the trap and pulled it apart as much as he could. She pulled her leg out and he let the trap go. It snapped shut again. He knew he had to help her, he was sure they didn't have doctors for this kind of injury.

She fainted from blood loss. Wondering how long she had been stuck here. He debated whether or not to take her back to town. If they saw her, they wouldn't let him take care of her injury and if he left her here, she would die. He would take his chances. He carefully lifted her and placed her in his trunk.

"Please don't wake up", he whispered to himself as he got back in his car.

He drove to the gate and lucky for him, Dean was placed in check in.

"Everything go ok?", Dean asked as he leaned against his window.

"Yes", Roman said.

"Then what's with the look?", Dean asked.

"I found something", Roman whispered.

Dean glanced at the other men waiting for his order to open the gate.

"Found what?", Dean asked.

"A wild one. She's hurt Dean and I'm the only one who can help her. She won't be here long, I'll just patch her up", Roman explained.

"Rome, you can't do this to me", Dean sighed.

"She's young, harmless. I can handle her", Roman said.

Dean nodded.

"I'll be by later to check on her", Dean said.

Roman nodded. Dean signaled to someone to open the gate. They did and he drove right in. Getting home, he pressed the button to open his garage, waiting for it to lift before driving in. He closed his garage and opened his trunk. She had lost more blood. He carefully lifted her out, and to a spare bedroom.

Laying her down, he grabbed what he needed too.


Brie kept a watchful eye for when the girls got back from running around. She was happy Quinn had friends close to her age, but she wasn't happy about how those friends came to live with them.

Carmella and Cass's little community had burned down, they had already had Willow. Cass was able to get them out and they showed up here. Becky and Sami went through the same thing, but were able to escape with a little group, along with their daughter Sky.

"Help", she stood, everyone went quiet.

Sky and Willow came into view. No Quinn.

"Where's Quinn?", Brie asked the frightened girls.

"Someone set a trap. We didn't see it till it closed on her leg. We came to get help", Willow said.

Carmella wrapped her arms around Willow. Cass and Bryan took off running. Sami and John had gone to the lake to get water. Becky wrapped her arms around Brie. Sky ran after them, they didn't know where Quinn was.

"Sky", Becky called after her.

Bryan and Cass followed after Sky. Once they crossed the road, the trap was empty, but there was blood.

"You don't think the dark ones took her?", Cass asked.

"No, we saw a man. He was going towards that direction. I think he lives inside the fence.", Sky explained.

Bryan hoped he did. If whoever took his daughter lived there, they would be good to her. He hoped they were like those boys and their fathers.

"What do we do Bryan?", Cass asked.

"Watch the gate and keep out of sight.", Bryan said.

There was nothing else they could do. They didn't understand each other.

"We've got to wait till mother comes home. She's the only one who can speak their language", Bryan said.

Brie and Nikki's grandmother was the only one who understood them and they her.

"What if they hurt her?", Sky asked, afraid for her best friend.

"I'm hoping someone won't let it happen", Bryan said.


Once Roman was done, he removed the blood stained gloves. His shirt was covered in blood and so were his jeans. He would have to throw them out. He left her alone in the room, she would be out for a bit. He removed his clothes and showered. Changing and grabbing his ruined clothes to throw out.

He went to check on her and she was still out. She was so lucky the trap missed her bone. A knock at his front door had him shutting the bedroom door. He walked over and opened it. Dean stood there, out of his guard uniform.

"How is it?", he asked.

"She is fine. Trap missed her bone by inches. She's asleep right now", he explained.

Dean nodded. He had become a guard to help keep not only his people safe, but also the wild ones. After meeting Brie, he couldn't hold any hatred towards them.

"When do you think you could set her free?", Dean asked.

"She's not an animal Dean, she's human and it will probably be months. She has to heal and can't walk. I'll put a boot on her later to make sure she doesn't open her wounds.", Roman said as they walked into the kitchen.

"And you're going to keep her? Here? Where the entire town can see her", Dean said.

"I'm not going to put her in the basement", Roman said.

"Can I see her?", he asked.

Roman nodded and walked him to the room. Opening the door, Dean got close and looked over her face.

"Man, kid's not even in her twenties yet or just about", Dean said.

Roman nodded.

"Yeah. That means someone's looking for her. I saw two others, I think they might have gone to get help or left her for dead.", Roman said.

"You said she was caught in a trap?", Dean asked.

Roman nodded.

"Your dad told the Wyatts they couldn't set those things up on our lands", Dean said.

"You can't tell them she's here", Roman said.

"I'm not. I am going to go out there and find a trap, bring it to your dad and mine and show them.", Dean said.

"I found her about ten or fifteen minutes outside of the gate", Roman said.

Dean nodded and grabbed his coat before leaving. Roman looked back at the girl.


Dean took Seth out with him.

"I don't understand why I'm here. I'm not a guard, I'm a teacher", Seth said.

"Seth for once, stop your whining", Dean called back as they walked down the edge of the road.

"Dean", Seth called.

"I said stop whining", Dean shouted.

"Would you come here, I found it", Seth called.

Dean turned and jogged over to a bent over Seth. There was still blood.

"They covered it with leaves, so whoever was walking through here wouldn't have seen it", Seth said.

He shined the light on the blood.

"And someone didn't see it", he sighed.

"Can you keep a secret?", Dean asked.

Seth looked over at him. Dean dug out the trap and they walked back to his truck. Unaware that someone was watching them.


As soon as they drove back towards the gate, Willow took off running. She needed to tell everyone what she saw.

"Are you sure they took the claws?", Bryan asked.

She nodded while breathing heavy.

"What did they look like?", Carmella asked her daughter.

"One was blonde and the other had black hair. They pulled the claws out and left.", she said.

"Are they setting traps for us now?", John asked.

"We don't know that. They've never done anything to hurt us. It's the dark ones that hunt us", Bryan said.

"When they arrived they seemed to be looking for it. If they set it, don't you think they would remember where they put them", Willow said.

"She makes a point", Sami said.

"Is Elias still watching the gate?", Cass asked.

Alicia nodded.


Roman came out of the kitchen when Dean and Seth marched into his house without knocking.

"Dean", Roman warned.

"Relax, I told him everything on the way here", Dean said, before opening the bedroom door.

Seth's jaw dropped open.

"Are you crazy?", he asked Roman.

"I wasn't going to leave her out there to die", Roman said, defending his actions.

"If they find out you housed one, you'll be in so much trouble", Seth said.

"Thanks for the warning captain obvious", Roman said.

Seth sighed. He and Roman had gotten into a fight a couple of years back after Roman caught Seth with his fiancée Lana. Roman fazed Seth out after that.

"I'm not going to say anything, I owe you that much and more", Seth mumbled.

Roman rolled his eyes.

"Just be careful", Seth said.

Dean looked between his friends.

"I'm going to go show your dad the trap", Dean said, breaking the tension.

Roman nodded and Seth followed him out. Roman didn't know if his friendship with Seth could still work, he didn't even know if he wanted to try. The girl moved a bit, but fell right back to sleep. He didn't want her freaking out and opening her wounds again.

He walked back to the kitchen and grabbed the bag she was wearing. Roman wondered if they all wore something like this, Brie had one too. He dumped the contents, seeing a name stitched into the flap.

"Quinn", he said softly.

Sticks, cut up cloth, berries that were soggy from the rain water. He threw those out. He had found some extra clothes he no long wears. Once she woke up, she had to get herself cleaned up before he could put a cast on her leg.