Carley woke up. Again? She wondered what was going on, was she in a dream? Was she encountering a new reality? She looked to her left and saw the Clementine she knew and loved open her eyes. Carley wasn't disorientated; she was in this house just a day before. In fact, she felt right at home hearing the voices of Christa and Kenny reaching their peaks.

Carley sprung out of bed, Clementine was waking up due to their silly bickering. "Shush. Mommy's got you."

Carley patted her back and rubbed her hair, just like that Clementine re adjusted herself and went to back to sleep. Carley opened the door gently and closed it again. She made her way down the stairs slowly; she didn't want to interrupt what was going on. She felt a bit frightened, but knew that it was about time that she called the shots. Carley reached the bottom of the stairs and there she saw Kenny with arms crossed tied to a chair with Chuck and Lily arguing back and forth.

Carley approached them "And there she is, Sleeping Beauty herself. Well anything you'd like to contribute?"

Lee pushed Chuck out of the way and hugged Carley. "I thought you were sick so I left you to sleep."

"Yeah, thanks Lee. How long has this been going on for?" Lee chuckled and faced the group. "An hour now."

Lily piped up "We've been talking about who should be the new leader. I think it should be me. Chuck and Kenny nominate themselves."

Carley walked up to Lily and yelled at her. "Well, Why did you tie up Kenny?"

Omid giggled and yelled into the room where they were arguing, "Because he couldn't string his punches together!"

Chuck stepped forward yet again; he had been on quite the rampage at the gate. "Well, pick me because I'm the only one with the balls to do anything about it."

Carley was not impressed by his mannerisms and pushed him out of the way. "What about me?" Lee smiled and clapped his hands. "I like that idea."

Kenny tried to interject, new life was in him, it was if his wife and son never died. "Yeah, only cause you're sleeping with her."

"Shut up, Kenny. Carley is the one whose always level headed and she doesn't complain either. Even if she is sleeping with Lee what difference does that make?" Lily was always self-righteous or so she thought anyway.

"And that's what all drove us to madness, my wife, your dad. Have we learnt nothing?" Kenny made a fair point; all of them had made rash and reckless decisions because of their loved ones.

Christa thought she had been left out to long. "Well, we all have to care about our loved ones… What's most important to us right now? Family? Survival? What's best for the group? I vote Carley, she's the only one with family left and should be able to do what's best for the group and Lee."

Lily made sure to chime in "And don't forget Clementine, that's a big responsibility on her hands."

"Well why don't we pick Lee? I mean Jesus, he's been leading us this entire time, might as well let him continue officially." Kenny had made yet another fair point, so far it seemed like it was down to Lee or Carley, neither of them cared who the leader was as long as they were safe.

"We'll both do it." Lee said, everyone was shocked and was left with jaw hanging wide open.

Carley made her way over to Lee, it seemed as though there relationship was now in public so she kissed him. "Yeah, we can handle it. There's nothing Lee and I can't take."

"Then it's settled. Now I appreciate why I was tied up, but can you untie me?" Kenny squirmed as Lily let him out. Chuck stormed out and knocked everything off the table.

He slammed a door behind him like an angry teenager. Kenny shook hands with Lee and Carley, as did Christa and Lily.

"Well what now Boss and Ms. Boss?" Kenny asked.

Carley put her hand on Lee's chest; she implied that she could handle this one. "I suggest you all get your weapons and materials. Cause its time we got out on the water." Kenny rushed back to his room all excited.

"I hope you know what you're doing" Lily said worriedly. They all dispersed back to their rooms and picked up their necessary.

For once the Everett family was alone at last, but Clementine was still asleep and that was fine. They pondered whether or not to wake her. They needed to make sure Clementine didn't feel lost.

Lee and Carley shared a kiss and said, "I'm proud of you."

They were both in sync, more than every before, it was like this new role had joined them and somewhat made them whole. Sheer coincidence and luck both them together, but they never underestimated the power of love.

"I wrote you a letter." Lee held up a piece of paper to her face, she took it and put it in her pocket. "Later, we've got things to do."

"So what's the plan?"

"Well we all had separate plans, but I believe in the plan and what we set up with Clem. Let's get everyone on board." Lee smiled, that is exactly what he was thinking, but there was only one problem.

"Well, we gotta wake her. She needs to know where we are." Carley walked over to Clementine "I'd hate to wake her. She looks so peaceful. Could you do it Lee?"

Lee looked confused "What? Put a bullet in the back of her head if she were bit?"

They shivered and wanted to remove this thought, they needed to see her alive. Lee hugged Carley tight and woke up Clementine. "Come on, sweat pea. Wake up."

Clementine rose to her feet, she was as graceful as ever. "Is it time to find my parents?" Carley stepped in "Not just yet baby. Soon though."

Clementine simply nodded, she knew there was nothing she could do at the moment. "Come on down, we're going to try and find a boat." The Everett family made there way down and met up with everyone else. It was time to decide who did what.

Carley and Lee stood side by side and Clementine in the middle, everyone else waited with anticipation. "Lily, Christa. You stay here with Clementine. I trust you two to stay here with her. Chuck. Kenny. Lee and myself will go out looking for this boat. Hopefully we'll find one in good working order. Sound like a plan?"

Chuck was about to speak up, but he hesitated and walked out the door. Kenny and Carley followed, but first Carley blew a kiss to her daughter. Lee approached Clementine he needed to warn her in case anything went wrong.

"Don't worry Clem, we'll be back in no time what so ever. You just keep an eye on Lily alright." Clementine frowned.

"And then when I…we get back, we'll try to find your parents." Clementine nodded "Sounds like a plan."

Lee left the room; it was about time they started searching for a boat. Kenny, Chuck, Carley and Lee charged out of the gate, they killed a few walkers, but nothing they couldn't handle. They began charging down the street, Kenny was obviously on point, but Chuck began breaking formation. Kenny shoved him back into line, there was obviously a worthless power struggle going on between the two of them. They had a lot of ground to cover and not a lot of time to do it in, Lee stepped up to the plate like always and delivered a swift kick to Kenny and Chuck. Both of them were furious, but remained silent, they realized that their fight was for another time.

Lee smiled at Carley and she winked back at him. It was clear that the two were in love, but it also wasn't the time for that either. This was the time for survival. A new hoard of walkers appeared out of the alleyway, Carley began to run and the rest followed. She knew since high school that she had the makings of a great leader, but never really acted on it until now. They were close to the docks but needed a distraction to get out of this hoard out of the way. Chuck had already received an idea. He saw a jeweler store, ran towards it and broke all the windows. The Walkers fell in line, his plan had worked. Chuck smirked at Kenny, he was right and they all knew it.

They reached the docks shortly after this point, Carley and Lee decided that they were well out of the way and decided to begin speaking to one another. Everyone took a moment to stare across the desolate wasteland upon the water. The docks were in absolute ruins and everyone couldn't help but sink their heads. They wondered about the many lives that may have been lost due to the scramble that may have taken place at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Chuck had set up a bin fire. He wanted to keep warm, but Kenny had other ideas. Kenny walked up and down the docks; he couldn't see a single salvageable boat on the sea. front He sat down at a park bench; he was tired, as they had done a lot of running.

Carley extended her hand to Lee. "What's this?"

Carley was annoyed "Just hold my hand Lee, we're never going to get the chance to take walks or do anything romantic."

Lee took her hand and walked somewhere secluded; they had approached a couple of shops. They looted the shops fairly quickly and finished off the remaining walkers. They thought it was time to split up and cover more of the docks quicker. They let go of each other's hands and kept walking. It was these small moments that kept them going through out their runs.

Carley walked over to Chuck, she didn't question the bin fire, but she needed to know about the current angst. "Chuck… What's with the attitude?"Chuck shrugged his shoulders.

"Look Chuck, you're a great asset to the group, but with this kind of attitude you're giving me no reason to keep you around. So give me a reason for this behaviour."

Chuck stood up and spoke calmly. "I… lost my wife to this madness or more so I thought she was my wife. I don't know what you learnt from that woman on the train, but don't take it to heart."

Carley was absolutely furious by this, she shoved him into the bin fire. "You may have not known that woman, Katjaa long, but she was my best friend. Well, she was the only person who gave me tips and advice in this place and you just… just… show some fucking respect."

Chuck was adamant to yell back, but he knew this would draw walkers. "Look lady if you want me gone, I'll go."

Carley pondered what would happen, Chuck lying on the floor angry, was ready to leave. She extended her arm to him. "Come on, fight for your life. It's all we've got."

Chuck grabbed her arm and pulled up. They both stood face to face and shook hands. They had both earned a bit of respect for one another. Chuck decided to put himself to good use and looked for more things to loot. He found a fair amount that Carley couldn't reach, but he wanted to leave this group so bad. He thought it was a sinking ship, but he decided to have some faith in Carley and Lee.

Meanwhile, Lee had come across a gate, a very barbaric gate. Although he could not see any boats that were worth saving, he continued to look for the ends of the docks, which were blocked by this huge and deadly gate. Hundreds of walkers were strapped to the front making Lee feel slightly intimidated and disgusted, these didn't seem like the kind of people he wanted to interact with. He moved into the shop to get some change in order to use the telescope on the edge of the docks. Through it, he saw more and more wrecked ships. Far and near, he couldn't avoid the sight of broken wood. However, a woman a top of a ledge caught his eye. Lee knew that she was the person that he and Lily saw earlier, as she scaled down the building, Lee hatched a plan to catch the women in action and she what she was capable of.

"Everyone get down, hide!" Lee and Kenny hid at the foot of the dock, close to the boat that Kenny was analysing.

Chuck cleaned out the bin fire whilst Carley joined Kenny and Lee, it wasn't long until Chuck joined them. The woman looked like a bandit, she wielded a tomahawk from what they could see. She entered a nearby newsstand and disappeared from their line of sight. No one disputed the fact that this girl meant danger, Lee calmly pulled out his gun and approached the stand, the woman was hiding or so they thought. He reached the stand and pulled out his wrench and looked to attack the girl, but she had disappeared. Then, out of nowhere she ambushed him and in an instant she pinned him down and was about to strike.

Until "Step back!" Carley stepped out of their hiding spot, she found it difficult to contain her tears, she didn't want him to die.

The girl removed herself from Lee's body and decided to let Lee go. He ran to Carley and hugged her. "So not from Crawford, huh?"

Everyone was confused. "Lady, what's a Crawford?" Chuck raised his shovel, he didn't want any trouble from this mystery woman.

She unmasked herself and it just so happens that the speculations were correct, it was a woman. "Crawford's community is about survival of the fittest, no elderly, no children, no sick. Until, I saw your old man over there with your girlfriend, I thought you guys were part of Crawford. It's a good thing she stepped in when she did. The name's Molly by the way."

Carley smiled she liked this new girl, Molly. "Yeah anyone who got sick, anyone too old, anyone they figured wasn't strong enough to survive. To them those people were just mouths to feed, a drain on their precious resources."

"And how do you know that?" Kenny made another good point, why should they trust her.

"Everyone in Savannah knew. What was going on inside Crawford got passed around like a ghost story. Except this one was true." They all looked at one another and the woman was very perplexed.

"Look, I'm gonna ask you people again; you're not from Crawford, so who the hell are you? What are you doing here?" Carley was quick to respond, "We're looking for a place to go… Savannah is fucked."

The woman replied just as quick "Good luck with that. Anyone with a boat took it out of here as soon as people started eating each other. Any that got left behind, Crawford stripped 'em for parts."

Kenny crossed his arms "There's gotta be something."

Just then a hoard of walkers came down the main road, it was time to leave. "Anyone got any ideas on how to get out of here." Nobody responded as they backed up.

Lee turned to try and ask Molly, but she had already darted down the back alley. The group sprinted after her and watched her use her incredible climbing skills to reach the fire exit on one of the apartments.

"Aren't you going to help us?" Carley yelled "Nope I don't know any of you people, so why should I?"

Kenny screamed at her, no point keeping his voice down "So you're just going to leave us?"

"Yup." Chuck who had no intention to say anything quickly ran and hit the fire escape. The staircase began to budge but they needed Molly's help.

"Come on you kook. Help us." Molly pondered her options and let the escape down. "Make it quick." Chuck climbed up first, then Kenny followed.

Carley was about to go up, but the ladder promptly broke. Lee caught Carley, as Molly tossed her tomahawk down to them. "Pry the manhole open."

Lee and Carley quickly sprinted down into it. "Don't worry we'll get to the house! Oh Captains!" Chuck had a quick giggle, but realized that this was inappropriate and seriously nodded. The manhole shut and the two of them were down alone.

"Hey baby." Lee smiled "Not now Lee. We're stuck down here."

"Yeah but at least Clementine's safe. Good thing we didn't bring her." They both smiled at one another.

"Well better start finding our way back to the house." They kissed, checked their inventory and walked into the dark, the unknown. Just then something attacked them, a bite, a scream and all kinds of violent sounds were heard.

Back at the house, Clementine had just woken up from her little nap. She decided to check out the attic, she didn't want to bother the napping Christa, Omid and Lily. The handle was loose and the stairs had come down. Clementine walked up to the attic, she saw a lot of cool paintings, statues. Something in her mind that surprised her, but the one thing that surprised her was a boy. Stark naked in only his underwear, he looked like someone she knew in almost a previous life. It felt that long. She raised Lee's gone to it, a tear rolled down her eyes. They boy had turned to face her and the memory of Duck came flooding back. She ran out the attic, closed the door and cried till she slept. She waited for the love of Lee and Carley to come back to her. To help her deal with these hard times, but until then she just had to deal with the pain.

Next time on "What if Lily missed…" :

Down in the sewers, Carley and Lee are at a halt, they find something they knew, but didn't want to see. However, they must first come across an important challenge. Clementine needs consoling, but both her parents aren't there, who will she turn to for help and guidance?