*AN – sorry that these chapters are coming to you slowly. Real life has a tendency to get in my way… I'm the maid of honor in one of my friend's weddings in 6 weeks, so it's crunch time… For those who have been part of a wedding, you would understand…

And not only that, I go to college online, and this week is finals week… ugh…*

Rick saw that they were looking into the vehicles for useful items, and he didn't want to be useless.

"Hey Dale, can you watch the kids while I go looking for stuff and things?" Dale responded by shaking his head.

"Hey T-Dog, Shane, and Glenn; let's go through these cars and look for some supplies."

"Already on it" Glenn replied, walking over with a gas can. "We might as well get some of this gas from these cars; we don't know when we will be able to find any again." Rick smiled, "Good idea, Glenn."

Shane looked over at the two with disgust. "That's the way we used to be" he thought to himself. "I need to get away from this crap, now that he's back; no one listens to me, and that is not gonna work. I'm a leader, not a damn pansy ass follower!" he mumbled as he walked away from the group. Looking around at the abandoned vehicles, he spotted a light green SUV. Walking over to it, he admired the condition of the vehicle. It appeared to be fresh off the showroom floor. "Might as well look good, even though it is the end of the world." Shane laughed to himself.

Looking inside the cabin if the car, nothing seemed out of sorts. There were no bodies, just some knick knacks from the owners who apparently abandoned the vehicle. Surprisingly, the driver's side door was unlocked when he tried it. He cautiously opened the door, and heard the familiar ding a car makes when the keys are left in the ignition.

Sure enough, when he leaned over, he saw a keychain full of keys dangling from the ignition. Hanging from the keychain was a cross. "Jesus ain't gonna save any of us now." Shane mumbled as he tried to turn on the vehicle. The engine tried to turn over, but was not able to. Shane looked at the gauges and noticed that it was out of gas. Makes sense as to why the car was abandoned. Walking behind the car, he spotted Glenn getting gas out of an older abandoned car.

"Hey, come over here, this car needs gas, and I bet this will get us further than any of those old pieces of crap we have. Glenn looked over at him, and realized that the man did have a point. Walking over to the Tucson, he also gave the car the look over. "Nice wheels, sad that it is stuck here."

"Well, help me get it unstuck, and give it some gas." As he popped open the gas door.

Glenn sighed and knew he wasn't going to win any battles against the man, so he relented. "I wasn't able to get much yet, but probably enough to get it out of this area."

"Well, that is all I need for right now. I want to check to see how well this baby works."

After Glenn put what gas he was able to get out of the one vehicle into the Tucson. Shane turned the key, and the engine turned over, and it purred like a kitten. "Oh yea!" Shane said as he jumped into the driver's seat. "That is what I am talking about." Driving the SUV over to where the other vehicles and the RV were parked, he got out and had a big grin on his face. Rick looked over at him, and smiled. "Good job, now we can reduce the stockpile of these older vehicles, and use that."

"That was my plan." Shane nodded.

~NLA~

"Ok Carl, we have to be quiet so none of those icky dead things to come out of the woods and get us."

"I didn't have friends that were girls back home, so I got no clue." Carl shrugged his shoulders. "All I do know, is I don't wanna play dolls or girlie things like that." Sophia huffed. "I don't have any dolls with me, other than this one," pointing to the stuffed doll she was holding on to that the Morales' daughter gave her before they left to meet up with their family in Alabama.

"Have you ever wondered what happened to Eliza and her family?" "Nah, I haven't. But to think about it, I hope they made it to Alabama." Carl sighed, followed by another shrug of his shoulders. "Well, why waste time, wanna play Cops and Robbers?" Sophia suggested. "How about Cops and Walkers?" Carl suggested, twisting the traditional game with reality of life that they all now face. "Sure! You be the walker first!" "Nah uh! I don't wanna!" Carl whined. Putting her hands on her hips, Sophia exhaled. "Didn't your momma ever teach you manners? Ladies first?"

Carl rolled his eyes at her, "Fine."

~NLA~

Dale, the oldest one of the group, sometimes thought of the moral compass of the group, watched as Sophia placed her hands on her hips, say something, and Carl relenting.

"Already like his father." Dale laughed to himself. Looking through his binoculars from the top of the RV, he spotted a walker. Calling down to Rick, "We got one heading our way, 10 o'clock." Rick turned around, walked down the row of cars, and swiftly took down the walker. Dale looked around spotted another, sent Rick that direction and down the walker went.

Heading back towards the RV, Rick climbed up the ladder on the side of the RV, and stood on the top of the RV. Looking around, he spotted Shane. Rick let out a single whistle, which caused Shane to look directly at him. Pointing to his face, and then out to the area around him. Shane shook his head, and was in cop mode.

~NLA~

Daryl walked around the next vehicle inspecting the inside to make sure that there was nothing that was going to cause any problems. There was nobody in the vehicle, so all is good. Carol and he made quick work of the vehicles out there, finding food and warmer clothes as the winter was approaching. It wasn't until a high pitched scream came piercing through the calm air. Carol quickly turned around, as she recognized the voice. "My baby!" Carol yelled as she dropped everything and ran in the direction of her daughter, with Daryl in hot pursuit.