As we walk out of the woods I hear a gunshot. I look around quickly and exchange a look with Daryl and Glenn. We know it isn't Randall. We get back to the house and I'm ready to run in there and rip Shane limb from limb but as we enter the house everyone is in the living room except Rick and Shane.

"Rick and Shane ain't back?" Daryl asks

"No."

"We heard a shot." Daryl says

"Maybe they found Randall." Lori says

"We found him." I tell her

"Is he back in the shed?" Patricia asks

"He's a walker." Daryl replies

"Did you find the walker that bit him?" Hershel asks

"No, the weird thing is he wasn't bit." Glenn says

"His neck was broken" I say

"So he fought back." Patricia says

"The thing is, Shane and Randall's tracks were right on top of each other. And Shane ain't no tracker, so he didn't come up behind him. They were together." Daryl says.

"I think Shane killed Randall then lied to us about it" I tell them

Lori looks positively petrified and walks up to Daryl "Would you please get back out there, find Rick and Shane and find out what on earth is going on?"

"You got it." Daryl says then heads out

"Thank you." Lori replies

I follow him outside and that's when I hear the groaning. "Oh shit!" I mutter as I see a heard of walkers in the distance.

"Patricia, kill the lights." Hershel says

"I'll get the guns." Andrea says then runs off

"Maybe they're just passing, like the herd on the highway. Should we just go inside?" Glenn asks hopefully

"Not unless there's a tunnel downstairs I don't know about. A herd that size would rip the house down" Daryl says.

"Gwen, what do we do?" Nessa asks.

I shake my head "Fight them off?"

"Carl's gone." Lori says

"What?" Daryl asks

"He... he was upstairs. I can't find him anymore." She panics

"Maybe he's hiding." Andy offers

"He's supposed to be upstairs. I'm not leaving without my boy." Lori says

"We're not. We're gonna look again. We're gonna find him." Carol says and they run back into the house.

Andrea comes back with the bag of guns and hands me, Andy and Nessa one. Nessa looks at it hesitantly "Better now than never" I tell her.

She nods.

"Maggie." Glenn says shocked as the girl picks up a shotgun

"You grow up country, you pick up a thing or two." Maggie says

"I got the number... It's no use." Daryl says

"You can go if you want." Hershel tells him

"You gonna take 'em all on?" Daryl asks

"We have guns. We have cars." Hershel says

"Kill as many as we can, and we'll use the cars to lead the rest of them off the farm" Andrea says

"Oh that's a good plan!" I compliment. She looks up at me surprised but happy.

"Are you serious?" Daryl asks

"This is my farm. I'll die here." Hershel says

"Alright. It's as good a night as any." Daryl says before jumping off the porch.

"Don't die on me Dixon!" I call after him.

He leans up and I lean down and we kiss before he runs off to his bike. I turn to Andy "Got the keys to the Honda?" I ask him

"Yeah, here" He hands them to me, "Nessa, Andy, you're in my car, let's go!"

We all head to separate vehicles. I jump into the driver's seat and follow Daryl's bike until we are at the barn, which is now on fire for some fucking reason! I drive up the length of the fence in the opposite direction as Glenn and Maggie to spread the walkers out a bit. Andy climbs out the window and sits with his legs in the car. He starts shooting.

"You too Nessa!" I shout.

"Oh God" She mutters as she leans out the window and also starts shooting.

My eyes flick to the side to see if they are hitting anything. There is so many of them, hundreds! Nessa's aim has improved shit loads and Andy is amazing. Their both doing a really good job but more walkers just seem to appear.

I reach the end of the fence and yell "Hold on!" I spin the wheel and pull the handbrake up, the car drifts a 180 and I put the handbrake back down and I drive back towards Daryl. I stop next to him and lean out the window myself to shoot. The walkers get right up to the fence and I slide back into the car and drive away. Andy and Nessa continue to shoot the walkers.

"Gwen! We need to get out of here!" Andy shouts.

"No! Not without the others!" I shout back.

"I'm running out of ammo! We won't be able to do anything!" He screams back at me.

"I said no!"

"Gwen, the farm is over run!" Andy shouts.

"Do you see anyone?" I ask.

I end up driving to the farmhouse "I see Rick, Carl and Hershel!" Nessa shouts.

I see them too and pull up next to them and yell "Guys! Let's go! Get out of here!"

Rick has to literally drag Hershel away and into the red truck. "Follow them!" Andy shouts as they pull away

"I am!" I yell back.

Andy slides back into the car and Nessa pulls back in too. Nessa is hyperventilating a little. I'm too damn stressed to comfort her as I follow Rick's tail lights.

"Where are we going?" Andy asks.

"The highway I suspect. Where we got stuck, it will be the first place everyone thinks of considering we all know there is supplies there" I say.

I see the sun rise and shake my head. What the hell do we do now? The sun has completely risen when we drive onto the highway. We drive until we reach the car's we hid under. Rick stops the truck and I stop the Honda right next to him, turn the engine off and climb out.

I rush over to him and hug him "Thank God, you're okay!" he hugs me back.

I turn to Carl and drop down next to him and hug him. He hugs me back tightly "Your mother is so worried about you!"

"Did you see them?" Rick asks.

I shake my head "I didn't see anyone but you three by the end" I tell him as I pull away from the hug I give Hershel.

"You said she'd be here. W... we gotta go back for her." Carl shouts at Rick

"Carl... No." Rick says

"Why are we running? What are you doing? It's... It is mom. We need to get her and not be safe a mile away." Carl argues loudly

"Shh. You need to be quiet, all right?" Rick says

"Please. Please... It's mom." Carl pleads.

"Look, Carl, listen..." Rick starts but Carl pulls away from him and runs into me and wraps his arms around my waist and cries. I hold him.

"Rick. You've got to get your boy to safety. Gwen, Nessa and Andy too, I'll wait here for my girls and the others. I know a few places. We'll meet up at one of them later." Hershel says

"Where? Where is safe? We're not splitting up." Rick says

"Please, keep your boy safe. I'll hide in one of the cars. If a walker gets me, so be it. I've lost my farm. I've lost my wife and maybe my daughters." Hershel says.

"You don't know that. They'll be here." I argue

"And you don't know that." Hershel says to me

"You're a man of God. Have some faith." Rick snaps

"I can't profess to understand God's plan, but Christ promised the resurrection of the dead. I just thought he had something a little different in mind." Hershel says

"We stick together." Rick says.

"Yeah, I'm not leaving here without Daryl and Lori, I refuse!" I say and sit on the hood of my car.

We wait there for ages and we keep our eyes open for our people and for walkers. I see a walker and slide off my car and duck behind it. I motion for Andy and Nessa to do the same. Rick, Carl and Hershel are doing the same thing but at the truck. I shadow Rick's movements step for step until we are behind the cars and the walker walks away. When I'm sure he's far enough away I stand up and rush over to the truck quietly.

"I don't know how much longer we can stay here." Hershel whispers

"I... I'm not leaving without mom." Carl says

"So we're just gonna walk away? Not knowing if my wife, your girls are still out there? How do we live with that?" Rick asks

"You've only got one concern now... Just one... Keeping him alive. Nature may be throwing us a curveball, but that law is still true." Hershel says.

"I point blank refuse to leave without them!" I growl at them both.

Rick looks at me torn then he kneels down next to Carl "Carl. It's not safe here. I'm sorry. We'll..." He starts until I hear and engine.

I spin around and grin and tears run down my cheeks, a motor cycle, a car and a truck arrive at the same time.