Carl was left standing speechless, the Governor had just told him if he didn't come back he should go back to the prison, the Governor was actually letting him go, but why? Why would he just let him go, after all they've been through, after he wanted Rick to suffer, but now he's letting him go.

Carl walked up the road just like he was told, still debating on what the Governor told him. Why would he want him to go back there, if Philip didn't come back then he would have to go back to the prison, and why only if he didn't come back. He was only letting Carl go if he died, why would he even come back for him, why did he treat him differently. The Governor actually wanted Carl with him, and Carl had miss judged the Governor.

He was kind, not when he first heard of him but now he understands why, Carl would also go crazy if someone murdered his sister in the apocalypse, even if she was a biter. Philip was just a normal guy before the shit hit the fan, and this world turned him into a monster. But now Carl saw he wasn't a monster, just a man who lost everything.

Carl thought of him as nothing as a monster when his dad Rick told everyone t the prison he wanted them all dead, Rick?, why was he starting to look like the bad guy, was he the bad guy, was Carl so caught up in thinking of ways the Governor should die, that he never thought who was at fault here.

He walked up to the end of the street, up ahead was a car, but it was still running, and there where footprints coming from it, it was the thugs car, it had to be. Carl turned around and started jogging back to where the Governor said they should meet.

He continued to think about how he was wrong, that maybe his group where the bad guys all along. Philip had been nothing but kind to him, did he feel bad for kidnapping a kid, Philip used to be a father so he knew how and what it was like taking care of him, is that how he saw him, like a kid of his own.

Carl was back in the alleyway where Philip left him, only he wasn't back yet. Where is he, then the thought of him being kidnapped came into his head. No, the Governor couldn't be captured.

What if something happened to him, he was actually starting to like the Governor, the way he took care of him, and how he teaches him to take care of himself. he gave him a haircut to stop biters from grabbing his hair, and his own father never did that, was everything about Rick and his pregnant wife, his mother who he shot in the head. Ever since he found out about the pregnancy, Rick had been so mean to Lori, and then he gets upset over her death, but hated her when she was alive.

No, Carl started walking down where Philip went, he wasn't going to let Philip die, just because Rick said he was bad, sure he kidnapped Carl, or did he save him. The person Rick became during the apocalypse was not his dad, is that why he called him Rick and not dad.

He heard something, it sounded like grunting? He rounded the next corner and saw the commotion. It was someone on top of Philip, he knew that eye-patch anywhere, and someone with his back towards Carl with a visible knife in his hand, be brought the blade up and that's when Carl pulled out his gun and fired.

BANG!

The shot echoed through the empty streets, the figure cried in pain, the Governor punched him in the face and fell off, Carl walked up to the figure on the ground, he stopped in his tracks, he knew him, it's Glenn.

Glenn weakly turned his head and looked at Carl,"Carl?", he said before closing his eyes, his chest raised and fell, he was alive, but he had just shot his friend. Philip got up to his feet and looked at Carl, there was an emotion on Philips face that Carl didn't recognize.

"lets go", he said in a whisper to Philip, he didn't bother to look at Philips shocked reaction when he said that, he just turned around and walked up the street. He heard footsteps soon behind him, the he was spun around to face Philip, Carl saw the look on his face, something confused him, didn't ,make sense.

"Carl...what are you doing?", he asked, now Carl was confused by his question.

"what?"

"didn't you see who that was", Carl hoped he wouldn't hear this, especially from Philip.

"yes", he simply replied. It didn't make sense to Philip, why was Carl acting like it was nothing, that Glenn meant nothing to him, like he didn't care.

"and you shot him", the question struck Carl like an arrow, he just saved Philip, now he's asking why.

"did you want me to let you die!"

"you...didn't", no, Carl didn't want Philip to die, but how could he say that to the man. so he didn't answer, instead he turned around and began walking towards where he found the car. Philip caught up to him.

"why me and not him, he's your friend, your ticket away from me"

"I didn't know it was Glenn until I saw his face"

"and when you did...you left him there"

"he wouldn't be out here alone, so come on", he said continuing his way towards the car. The Governor smiled and mentally cheered 'I finally got through to him', he walked behind Carl, he lead them to a vehicle that was already running.

"Did you start it?", he asked.

"found it like this...lets go", he opened the door to the passenger side, Philip got into the drivers seat, the had been coming from the prison, so he drove the opposite way, Carls sudden change was going to be interesting for Philip.

Rick stood there speechless, how could it be Carl, Carl was dead or worse."Glenn, Carl was never here"

"Rick...I know what I saw, it was Carl"

"are you sure", asked Daryl,"I was also shot by a kid that I thought was Carl, but it was some teen with short hair"

Glenn looked at them like they where idiots,"The Governor could've cut his hair", immediately when Glenn said that, he started to doubt himself, why would the Governor even cut his hair, even let Carl walk around and live.

Nothing else was said as they made their way back to the car, something was wrong,"where's our car?"

The moon provided all the light the Governor needed on the road, it was becoming more difficult each day as the snow got steeper each night when it snowed, but he mostly kept thinking about Carl.

The boy saved his life by hurting his friend, and went with the Governor instead of going back to the prison,"so", Philip began, wanting the boy to explain himself more,"you picked to save me, shoot Glenn", Carl couldn't avoid the subject forever.

"yeah", he simply Said.

"why, you could've been back at your prison by now, instead you choose to go with me"

"I don't belong"

The Governor glanced at Carl, waiting for him to explain himself more.

"I don't belong in a place where I was announced dead, my dad gave up on me, so why should I go back", Carl glared at Philip, daring him to answer.

"so...you don't want to go back"

"No, I don't"

"so you would rather stick by me"

"I was always told you where the bad guy, and now...I don't know"

"you think I'm good", Philip said raising his eyebrow.

"I don't know, I'm better off with you, people think I'm dead and if they really think that...maybe it's better this way"

"so your not going back to the prison"

"no, and if you wanted me gone, you would've done so a long time ago, don't know why you keep me around but I don't care, if you didn't care what happens to me, you wouldn't have stopped Jake from...", Carl trailed off not wanting to explain further.

Carl was right, Philip enjoyed teaching and protecting Carl, its the only thing he had close to having a child, like penny, and when he loved Andrea,"well then",Philip said,"I think it's about time I teach you how to really survive like a king"