"Alright, sweet pea, be good for Sandra, alright?" Ed, Clem's father said, before kissing the girl on the cheek.

"I love you, honey." Diana, Clem's mother said.

"Do you guys have to go?" Clementine asked, sadly.

"Hey, c'mon now, chin up." The girl's father said, crouching down in front of the girl. "We won't be long."

"How long will you be?" Clementine asked.

"Just a few days. C'mon, you like Sandra." Diana said.

"I know…I do…but…but she's not you." Clementine sighed.

"Alright, alright. Here, look after this for me, keep it safe and don't get it dirty." Ed ordered, taking his blue and white cap off before placing it on the small girl's fuzzy black hair. "Keep it safe until I get back."

Clementine fastened the hat on her head comfortably and wrapped her arms around Ed's waist. "I love you."

"I love you too, sweet pea. I promise we'll be back before you know it." He said.

"Promise you promise?" She asked.

"Promise I promise…"

Clem sat down next to Glenn around one of the campfires. The rest of the group gathered around, sombrely keeping to themselves, as Shane began talking. "I've been thinking about Rick's plan. Now, look there are no guarantees, either way, I'll be the first one to say that. I've known this man a long time." Shane began, as he looked over to Rick. "I trust his instincts. I say the most important thing is, we need to stay together. So, those of you that agree, we leave first thing in the morning."

Rick's plan was to go to the old CDC building. The Centre for Disease Control. Clem could tell Glenn was unsure about the plan from the way he looked down at his feet through Shane's speech. "Glenn, are you okay?" Clementine asked, kindly.

"Sure I am, kiddo," Glenn said, wrapping his arm around Clem's waist, before hugging her up to his side. "Are you? That was a close call last night."

"I'm okay, I was scared, but then you were there. I felt better." Clementine said, with a smile as she cuddled up to Glenn's side.

"You're so tough, y'know that? When I was your age, if that happened to me I would've peed my pants and fainted." Glenn joked, making Clementine giggle. "Look, you're happy with this plan of Rick's right?"

"I don't know…are you okay with it?" Clementine asked.

"I…I guess. But…I just don't know about this. I mean, I'd usually be cool with taking a chance if it means a place to stay but…I've got you with me now." Glenn sighed. "Just…stick close to me okay?"

Clementine felt her heart melt at how much Glenn cared about her. Without thinking, she wrapped her arms around his neck in a sweet embrace.

"I didn't mean that close." Glenn laughed, hugging the girl back. "C'mon, we should go get your things together, if we're leaving in the morning."

The Next Morning

Rick stared out over the city below the rock quarry as the orange sun rose above it. He held his radio to his mouth, crouching down on the highest point in the camp.

"We're moving out…leaving the quarry if you heard me yesterday you may be coming here. If you are, we'll be gone by the time you arrive. I'm leaving a note and map behind for you, taped to a red car so you can follow our trail. We're headed to the CDC if there's anything left it's got to be there, don't you think? Morgan…I hope you were right about that place…I need you to be." Rick said, before letting go of the button on the side of his radio.

"Who are you talking to?" Clementine asked, curiously.

Rick snapped his head around in a startled movement. "Jesus…you scared me." He sighed.

"Oh…sorry. I didn't mean to…" Clementine said, looking to her feet guiltily.

"It's alright, sweetheart. What are you doing up here?" Rick asked, walking over to the girl.

"I was looking for Glenn, but then I heard you talking to someone. So who are you talking to?" Clem persisted.

"It's a long story. C'mon, we'll get you back to camp, okay?" Rick said, placing his hand on Clem's shoulder as he directed her down the path back to the camp, where the rest of the group stood around the Winnebago and a few of other cars the group had gotten over the months at the quarry.

Clementine ran over to Glenn who wrapped his arm around her shoulder whilst Rick took his place next to Shane who was standing in front of the group. "Alright, everybody listen up. Those who've got CBs are gonna be on channel 40, but let's keep the chatter down, okay? Now if you don't go a CB, can't get a signal or anything like that, you gonna honk your horn once, that'll stop the RV." Shane explained. "Any questions?"

"We're…uh…we're not going," Morales said.

The group stared at the Morales family silently. "We have a family in Birmingham. We want to be with our people." Miranda, the man's wife said.

"When you're on your own, you won't have anyone to watch your back," Shane warned.

"We'll take the chance. I've got to do what's best for my family." Morales said.

"You sure?" Rick asked.

"We talked about it. We're sure." The man confirmed.

After some tearful goodbyes, the Morales left the camp on their own.

"C'mon. Let's go. Let's move out!" Shane ordered.

Hey guys, so I decided to start this up again.

Now, I just wanted to reassure you guys that there will be differences in the storyline, this won't just be me writing the story of the TV show with Clem just kinda being there, it just seems that all my good ideas that drastically change the story come later on (not too much later, don't worry).

So, just bear with me on that, it's more just relationship building at the moment. I'll see you guys in the next chapter! :D Thanks for reading!