I know the chapters are short, but that's just how I wrote them in the beginning. Also there is a twist, actually a few of them coming up in later chapters, for now, you'll just have to roll with it. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own The Walking Dead

Carley woke up calmly, despite the reoccurring nightmare that she hadn't had in so long. She climbed out of the van and stretched, eying Lilly who was standing alone in the far corner and eating her breakfast. The second the newcomer tried to make eye-contact, she looked away; she wasn't so sure that she should trust her just yet.

"We're off to collect water," Lee called to the rest of the group."

"Can I come with you this time, Lee?" Clementine asked, hopefully.

"What's the matter, sweet-pea? You bored?"

"Yeah. There's nothing to do here!" She said with an adorable, stern face. Lee chuckled.

"Well, we haven't seen any signs of walkers... Alright, I suppose it's safe."

"Yes!"

"Wow! The river is so pretty! When it gets warmer, can we go swimming?"

"We'll see."

"Hey, Lee?" She said, nervously. "...Is Lilly gonna try to hurt Carley again?" He knew the questions were coming, and to be honest, he wasn't quite sure, himself.

"... I don't think so, Clem."

"Is she okay now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, before we left her, she was so sad, and she got angry a lot..." Lee said nothing, but continued to walk along the riverbank, watching as Christa filled her bucket with cool, fresh pond water and the end of the continuous flow of clean water, while holding a hand over her bulging stomach. "Why did she do it?"

"Well, Clem, people can do some crazy things when they think their lives are at state; and sometimes those crazy things can be all for nothing." He suddenly noticed Christa crouched behind a bush with her gun out, waving them over.

"Christa, what's wrong?" Lee asked as he and Clementine joined Christa in her hiding spot.

"Shhhh! Look!" She said, gesturing for him to look over the vegetation. He followed her directions and saw what he hoped he'd never see. A walker. It was wondering across the field at the bottom the very hill they was standing on and heading straight toward the camp.

"If there's one, there could be more," Christa whispered.

"You think there's any chance of an invasion?" Lee asked. He heard Clementine let out a frightened gasp, and he gave her an apologetic look.

"If we don't do anything."

"Well, we have everything here and I'm not prepared to lose it all now," Lee said.

"We can't use a gun; if there are more around here, the noise will just attract them to the camp."

"Right. Leave that to me." Lee pulled the ax from the strap at his side, and slowly approached the walker from behind. As he raised the weapon to it's head, he realized that he had a perfect view of the camp. Wait, was that Lilly on watch...?

That one moment of distraction gave the zombie enough time to realize it was in danger, and within seconds, it was on top of him, attempting to take a chomp out of his neck. The two struggled for power as Lee used one hand to push the zombie away, and the other desperately searching for the discarded fire ax that had fallen to the ground at the start of the attack.

He looked over to Christa, who had her gun raised; he quickly shook his head no. They could not risk the chance of attracting any more of them.

Then suddenly, a silent blow to the head, and a familiar yell, brought the creature down, spraying blood and covering Lee's face and shirt.

"Hell yeah!" Lee looked up to see if he had reconized the voice correctly. He did.

"Look who I found!" Molly said in a sing-song voice.

"Kenny?!"

"Hey, Lee."

"How did you... I saw you... I thought you died..."

"Yeah, well it takes a lot to bring me down," he said with a half-hearted smile. Even though Lee had helped Lilly try to save her dad, and in Kenny's eyes: 'turned against him,' he couldn't forget the fact that Lee was a good, loyal friend, and he realized, only now, that he shouldn't have taken it for granted. "Also, there was another door in the alley," Kenny said, a smirk covering his features.

"I found him in an abandoned building while searching for food. And he had some. Here ya go, kid," Molly said, tossing Clementine a bag of cookies, which she caught and smiled gratefully.

"Alright," Christa said, "we got our water so we should probably head back."

"Wait, Lee?" Kenny said. "Got room for one more?"

"Always," he said with a smile.