The train came to an abrupt stop, and everyone got off to stand outside. They couldn't believe the sight that they saw in front of them. "Holy shit..." Carley said as she looked up at the mess in front of them. A tanker truck had fallen off the side of a bridge, and was just dangling there.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Kenny yelled angrily. Carlos covered Sarah's ears.

"Maybe we could walk?" Ben chimed in.

Kenny shook his head, "That's fucking stupid, Ben."

"It is pretty damn dumb," Larry added.

"Dad!" Lilly chided.

"I'm just saying..." Ben trailed off.

"Hm, I don't know about y'all's fortitude, but we could probably deal with this," Chuck commented. "I mean, we got a damn train."

"That thing's not full of milk, Charles," Kenny said. "It's gotta be gas or diesel. Something that's gonna explode."

"You gotta get a hold of yourself," Chuck reprimanded. "This is a crew here."

Kenny started to approach, getting in the older man's face. "This is-"

"Yo! You keep screaming like that, you're gonna get your face chewed off!"

This was a new voice. The group looked, and the person who had spoken was a rather short man who looked to be Persian-American. With him was a taller African-American woman, who was looking at them suspiciously.

"Are you guys going to be trouble? Because we could have just kept walking," the woman called down.

"No, we're friendly!" Lee shouted back. He turned to his friend. "Put your hand down, Ken."

"That's what everybody says," the woman continued.

"We know."

The two people on top of the bridge spoke to one another briefly, then the man called down to them, "You guys got a problem with your train?"

"Yeah. You're standing right in front of it," Kenny replied cockily.

"Kenny..." Carlos chided.

"Dude, it's a wreck! It's not so bad from up here!" the man yelled. "Send your buddy up to have a look."

Lee began to walk forward, until Kenny stopped him. "Anything goes sideways up there, we won't let them escape." Lee then made his way to the ladder that allowed you to climb up onto the bridge. He proceeded to climb up it so he could talk to the new strangers.

"If I come up there, you better not be murderers or thieves!" he warned.

The woman replied, "I guess you'll have to find out."

As Lee climbed up, he heard the two conversing. "A group of guys is what we need!" he heard the man say.

"It's what you think we need!" the woman replied. "We're doing fine on our own."

"Yeah, for now," the man said. "What about when...?" But he left his sentence hanging because Lee had finally made it to the top, and had approached them eagerly.

"Hey dude, I'm Omid," the man said.

"Lee," Lee introduced himself.

"Christa," the woman said. "What's the deal with the train?" she asked.

"We're driving it," Lee answered.

"Oh, MAN!" Omid exclaimed, and Christa playfully rolled her eyes. Omid seemed to have a love for trains.

"Look, you wanna help us out? We could use some able bodies, and..." Lee trailed off. "Yeah, we really need some help."

"What's in it-" Christa began, but she was interrupted when they all saw Clementine climbing the ladder after Lee. Carlos had told her to stay put, but she wanted to see what her guardian was doing.

"Oh, shit!" Omid cried. "Goddamn, you guys have a kid!"

"What are you doing up here?" Lee inquired.

"Do you know how long it's been since I've seen a kid?" Omid continued excitedly. "Shit! What's your name?"

"Clementine," Clementine introduced herself with a smile, stepping forward.

"Oh, so he gets to swear," Lee playfully scolded, crossing his arms.

"This is great!" Omid nearly shouted. "See? Things are looking up!"

Christa narrowed her eyes at Lee. "You're not her dad, is he down there?" she asked.

"It's that obvious?" Lee asked.

"To me," Christa retorted.

"And no, he's not down there," Lee answered. "But we do have another kid down there with her dad," he said, referring to Sarah.

"Hm, so what's your story?" Christa inquired curiously.

"I came across Clementine when this all started..." Lee answered. "I was actually incarcerated."

"Sick, do you have any prison tats?" Omid asked, smiling.

Lee shrugged. "Didn't make it that far."

"And everybody down there, they're cool?" Christa asked, referring to the rest of the group.

Lee looked back down at his group and sighed, "Kenny just lost his wife and kid..." he trailed off. "But everyone else is okay."

"How long ago?" Omid asked.

"Maybe two hours ago?" Lee replied.

Christa sighed. "Goddamn..."

"We're sorry for anything that's happened to you guys," Omid said sympathetically. "That train is awesome, though," he changed the subject.

"That tank is your real problem," Christa added, turning around to look at it. "We'll help you with it, but if we see anything we don't like, we're moving on down the road. Alone."

"We'd appreciate the help," Lee smiled.

"Can't just blast through it, I guess?" Omid inquired.

"If you could get it down, the rest of it would probably be pretty easy," Christa explained.

"We'll start there," Lee told them.

"We'll come down and settle in, and see if we can help."

Lee, Clementine, Omid, and Christa walked down the ladder and over towards the group.

"Who the hell are these two?" Larry demanded.

"Guys, this is Omid and Christa," Lee introduced them, ignoring Larry.

Everyone else only eyed them, and Sarah hid behind Carlos, curious about these new people. They could never be too careful, especially after the St. Johns incident.

"Not big on welcomes," Omid noted, scratching the back of his head.

"Like I said, we could use some good people," Lee added.

"We just wanted to say hi, and your train is pretty cool," Omid said, trying to make conversation.

"The plan is to cut that tanker down and be on our way," Lee explained.

"Seems like plan enough to me," Kenny commented.

Omid looked over at Lee, "You want to start in on that tanker?" he asked.

"I'll get to know the girls a minute, if you don't mind?" Christa looked over to Lee and Carlos.

"And why don't I show you how this thing works in case something happens," Kenny added.

"Really, Ken?" Lee asked.

"It's probably for the best," he replied. "Someone might wanna have a look inside that station back there too," he continued as he climbed back up into the train cab.

"Sounds great, let's do this thing," Omid smiled.

He followed Kenny into the train cab to learn the controls. Chuck got out his guitar and began playing it, while everyone else sat on the ground (Christa, Sarah, and Clementine were seated a little ways, however). Lee began to look around until he noticed a train station up ahead.

"Can I follow you over there?"

Lee looked down, and noticed Clementine approaching him eagerly.

"You don't like the new girl?" Lee asked. This was rather quick, if you asked him.

"I do. But...it's like we're a team, like you said," Clementine explained as Lee knelt to her level.

"Yeah, all right. Come on," Lee said, and stood up. "Clementine and I are checking out this train station, all right? Hustle over if you hear anything," he announced to the others.

The two of them walked over to the station, where the words "Survivors Inside" were painted on the roof. Clementine noticed a door in the corner and ran to it, while Lee slowly followed.

"You should wait for me before you try to open doors," he reprimanded.

"Sorry," said Clementine.

"Luckily, it's locked. We'll get better at working together."

Clementine nodded and walked away from the door. Lee tried opening the door, but to no avail. He looked up and noticed a window that appeared to be open.

"Maybe I can look in?" Clem suggested.

Lee nodded. "Yeah, I'll put you on my shoulders and you can look in."

"Sounds good." Clem agreed. Lee then hoisted the small girl up to stand on his shoulders so she could look in the window. "Okay, I can see in. What do I do now?" she asked.

"What do you see?" Lee asked.

"Lots of crates and stuff," Clementine answered. Lee then began rambling about picking the lock and whatnot, but during that time, Clem reached down into the window and unlocked the door. "I think I opened it."

"For real?" Lee said incredulously.

"I think so!" Clem replied. He then helped the little girl down, and they were able to open the door.

"Well I'll be damned..." He trailed off.

"Let's go," Clem said, "Be careful."

Lee smiled, "I'm supposed to tell you that." The two then walked into the station together, and the door closed behind them. "Goddamn it's dark in here," he noted.

"Maybe I can hold the door open?" Clem suggested.

"I don't like that," Lee said. "I'll find something to prop it open." He then reached into his pocket and pulled out the wrench that he grabbed from the train earlier and sat it in front of the door. It seemed to work at the moment, so he left it there.

"Okay, what do we need?" Clementine asked.

"Something to help us deal with that tanker," Lee told her, and they began looking around the station.

Meanwhile, Sarah was still talking to Christa, and Carlos and Lilly were standing nearby.

"So, you have a baby?" Sarah asked as she looked at Christa with careful eyes. Sure, she was thirteen and all, but her dad really hadn't explained to her how all that happened.

Christa nodded, "Yeah, inside of me," she answered.

Sarah smiled. "That's so cool! Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It would still too early to tell, but I guess now we have to wait until he or she is born," Christa explained. "Omid, the man I'm with, he wants to call it Omid Junior, but I think one of him is enough."

"He seems really nice," Sarah replied with a small giggle. "Do you guys have any other names in mind?"

The two of them mainly talked about the baby, which Sarah seemed really excited about even though she had just met Omid and Christa. So far, she seemed to like both of them, although she had yet to talk to Omid.

Carlos walked up to them at that moment. "How are you doing, sweetie?" he inquired.

"I'm okay," Sarah smiled. "Christa has a baby inside of her."

"She does?" Carlos asked.

Sarah nodded, and looked back over to Christa, "And my dad is a doctor! He can help you with your baby."

"This seems to be working out great, then," Christa smiled.

Back at the station, Lee and Clementine were still poking around, and that's when Lee spotted a blowtorch. "That's exactly what we need," he told Clem.

"Over there?" she asked.

"Yeah, we need to get in there and get that blowtorch," he said. Unfortunately, it was locked behind a caged wall. "The door is locked, but there seems to be some space at the top," he noted.

"We're lucky I'm so little," Clementine smiled.

"Yeah," Lee smiled back. He then hoisted Clem on her shoulders once more, and boosted her over the fence. "Go on and grab the keys, Clem," he said, but the little girl seemed to be frozen.

"Go on, scoot," Lee continued, frowning.

"Behind you!" the little girl warned.

Lee turned around just in time to see two walkers coming right for him. He noticed the wrench that held the door open, and began to back away to get it, having to punch the two walkers a couple of times in the process. When he got to the wrench, he picked it up and hit the first walker until it was dead. The other walker lunged right for him, but he started to hold it back until he heard a gunshot.

He turned, and there was Clementine, holding out the gun with shaky fingers. Apparently, it had dropped into the cage where she was.

"It's okay, it's okay. Everything's fine," Lee assured as he walked forward.

Clementine lowered the gun, but the growl of another walker could be heard, this time from inside the cage. Lee noticed this and yelled, "KEYS! NOW!"

The little girl ran to get the keys, handing them to Lee, who unlocked the cage. He placed an arm around her and shot the walker dead.

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