Disclaimer – See Chapter 1

AN - I missed this group :)

Buffy was impatiently pacing up and down the halls of the prison waiting for Herschel to finish his supply list. Judith and Hope were sick, one of the Woodbury kids brought a bug in with them when they came and had spread it to their two most vulnerable.

"Okay, here is what we need and if you see any thing else just grab it, if we can't use it now we can later if this spreads to the rest of us." Buffy nodded and took the list to add to the regular run list, and the wish list of the group, before heading back to their cell. Daryl and Beth were each sitting on a bed, Hope had her head in Daryl's lap, her little face red and tears in her eyes, Bonk was curled up next to her on the bed as well softly whining in sympathy for her tiny owner. Judith was not doing much better as Beth tried to calm her down.

"I don't like you going out there on your own." Daryl's voice was rough from lack of sleep and worry over the two kids being sick for the first time.

"I know you don't, but it needs to be done. We need as many people on guard rotation as we can. Too many unknowns. I will be quick, in and out. Been in there before." Buffy tried her best to reassure him and herself that this would be just a simple run.

"I know, but I remember what happened last time you were in that town." Daryl sighed as he looked down at Hope then spoke again. "Just be careful. Stay out of trouble." Daryl said this as he swiped the cold rag over Hope's face to try and bring down her fever some.

"I will. Love you."

"You too." Buffy kissed him quickly and placed a kiss on Hope's forehead before heading out to the yard. Faith was waiting for her by her bike.

"Not going to get a lecture from you too about being safe am I?" Buffy asked this as she approached.

"Not from me B. Just wanted to help open the gate for you. Seein' the kid sick in there is making me feel...maternal and that ain't right for me B." Buffy grinned at her.

"Sorry to make you hormonal there Faith. I will have Hope reign in the cute from now on."

"Get out of here, burning daylight." Faith laughed as she said this and moved to help Rick open and close the gate behind Buffy as she rode off.

Buffy ended up in the same small town where she and Merle were taken by the Governor's men just weeks before, there were a lot of stores they were not able to check and there was a pharmacy in there as well. Once she entered into the town, she turned the bike off, grabbed her satchel and adjusted her crossbow keeping an eye out for walkers. As she approached the door to the pharmacy she saw the door had a crowbar taken too it not too long ago, she sighed and said a prayer to whomever was still listening that they would still have some of the medicine for the children in there. There was not enough light coming through the dingy windows so she took out the small flashlight from her pocket then turned it on and held it between her teeth as she headed carefully to the isle that was labeled cold and flu. Buffy pulled out the list and grabbed what was needed and threw in some more bottles, was able to find some for adults that was shelved wrong before it all went down.

"What's next?" She looked at the list again and headed up and down the isles and found some more Advil, tampons, pads, some more rubbing alcohol, and a few ace bandages made this a good run. Not everything they needed off the list, but it was better than nothing. She was even able to score a few things off the indulgence wish list that was in the same area, mostly girly soaps and a few books. At least the kids would be okay. As quietly as she entered Buffy left the building and took another look around before heading further down the street to the vet office that was there. In addition to canned dog food, there were surgical supplies that Herschel had been wanting and since she was there she might as well stop in, hospitals were a no go without a full team to cover you so the supplies there would work. This door was pried open as well, she entered quietly and took a step inside and closed the door behind her, and as she turned on her flashlight she heard three guns cocking from further into the darkened building.

"Shit." She moved slowly to remove the flashlight from her mouth. "Okay, got it you have this place staked out. Just going to back out now and let you have it." As Buffy took a step backwards one of them spoke.

"Not so fast chica. Saw you across the street. That was ours too. You want to hand over what you took?" Buffy sighed once more, she promised Daryl she wouldn't get in trouble again.

"You have women and children in your group?" Buffy took a chance and asked this to the unseen voices.

"No, we don't."

"Look, I have a sick kid, I will empty the bag out so you can take what you want. I just ask that you be nice enough to leave the feminine products and children's medication. I am putting my crossbow down. I am keeping my knife on me, can't be too careful these days. Sound fair?"

"Sounds fair, go ahead." Slowly Buffy did as she said she would and placed the crossbow on the ground then emptied the contents of the bag. She noticed that one of the men, when he saw her crossbow, subtly rubbed his butt as if he was injured. She took a step back and watched them rifle through the scavenged items and came across the photo that she always packs in her supply bags. It was a simple picture she had taken Hope was sitting on Daryl's chest as he was laying down and she was talking about something, her face lit up with childlike wonderment and he had one hand steadying her and his other was behind his head, his face held the most serene look on his face and was listening to every babble as if what she was saying was the cure to this walker mess.

"Look G, it's Robin Hood from Atlanta. Never would have pictured him as a dad." Buffy tensed as the big man handed the photograph over to his leader. He looked at the picture then to her.

"Sheriff still alive too? And the Asian?" Buffy didn't speak, just looked their leader straight in the eyes. Just because they knew the men, did not mean they were friend and not foe.

"Felipe, she's not gonna answer you. If she has this picture then she is protective. They are her family, am I right?" She gave him a slight nod. "It is good to know they are still alive. They gave up some weapons back in Atlanta. Robin Hood there shot my boy in the ass, threatened the little man here with a severed hand." Realization dawned on her face.

"Oh, you must be Guillermo of the Vatos."

"That's right, chica. They talk about us?"

"Came up one night when Merle...when Merle was asking about what they did with his hand."

"Still wouldn't name my dog that. So he found his hick brother?"

"Yeah, he did. You disrespect his memory again and I will gut you without blinking." Guillermo stepped in front of Miguel to address Buffy.

"Forgive him, Miguel is still hot headed. Sorry for your loss then. Look we are looking for a more permanent location, there is medical knowledge we can share, plus the supplies we have acquired along the way." After he said this, Buffy took a few minutes to study the three men in front of her. At any point they could have attempted something but they had not. They were run down, banded together like they were kept their spirits up. Rick and Daryl may not be happy about this, but she was not happy about the people they brought back with them from Woodbury. She gave them a soft smile then spoke.

"Alright, pack it up and follow me. Oh is there still dog food in here?"

"Yeah, we will load it up in our truck." After saying that the men got to loading up their truck while Buffy packed her bag back up and made her way over to her bike. She started her engine and took off when she heard them start up the truck to follow, Buffy picked up her pace and they made it back to the prison in good time. Buffy slowed down until the gates were open then sped up, coming to a stop next to Daryl's bike once inside. She could hear the calls of the others for Rick and Daryl to come outside start up when they were at the gate and held her hand to tell the Vatos members to stay in the truck.

"You okay?" "Who you got there?" Buffy laughed at the questions in stereo that came from Daryl and Rick.

"I'm fine, picked up some people while I was out. Weapons down for the moment, okay?" Rick nodded, but kept his hand on the butt of his pistol. Daryl looked down at Buffy's face, not seeing any tension and put his bow back in it's resting spot. She smiled up at him gave a 'come here' motion with her hand at the people in the vehicle. As the three men got out of the truck, Rick actually smiled for a moment.

"How?"

"Good to see you too there Sheriff. There was this large group that ran through a few days after we last saw you. They came in to Atlanta and tore the place up, took all our supplies. They had more firepower on us and did not hesitate to use it. Jorge was the first casualty. They offered us our lives if we banded with them. Killed most everyone in there, there was no way we could stop them and we could hear them things getting closer from the gunfire. What choice did we have? We were with them for about a week when we caught on to the more devious nature of these guys." Guillermo looked around and saw Sophia and Carl amongst the group and paused for a way to phrase things more delicately. "They went on raids and took whatever they wanted. They came back bragging about a small camp they took things from with a man and his two daughters, left them alive, just took things." He paused and hoped his vagueness was getting across, the dark look on Daryl, Rick and Buffy's faces confirmed it. "We talked to our guys later, some of them were too scared to break apart. Miguel and Felipe here. We stole some supplies, snuck out that night, found the camp. We did what we could to repair the damage. Gave them some supplies and offered to travel with them, but they said no. Been hoppin' around from place to place, gathering things up until Maid Marion here ran across us." Guillermo finished his story and the group looked deep in thought.

"Soph, Carl." Buffy spoke their names and they came running over. "Gun or no gun, you two are still kids of the group, now can you do me a favor while we talk this out and run this stuff in to Beth and Herschel so they can get AssKicker and Hope on the mend? Who is in the tower?" Sophia went running in with the supplies, leaving Carl to answer with a frown on his face as he processed the news.

"Michonne and Faith." Buffy nodded.

"Okay, let them know what is going on, tell Faith we are 5x5. Then go inside and let the others know we may have some new faces. Okay?" Carl stood there for a moment. Torn between acting like a child and pitching a fit, proving her words right, or going off an doing what she asked him to do in order to protect him in a way. He sighed and nodded then ran in the direction of the guard tower. Once he was out of sight she turned her gaze to Daryl and Rick.

"Okay, kids are gone. Look I see those looks you two have. I understand those looks. Want me to argue on their behalf or you want to give in now and save us all some breath?" Buffy put her hands on her hips and stared down the two leaders of their prison group. She could hear the muffled laughter of the three newcomers at the sight it made. Two men who towered over her and she looked like a stiff wind would knock her over, they were caving in at a raised eyebrow.

Rick raised his hands up in surrender and took a step back. That just left Daryl and Buffy having a staring contest. The two of them seemed to be having an entire argument right there with just their eyes, then as soon as the starting started it ended with a soft smile from Daryl and Buffy on her toes to kiss his jaw then turned and smiled at the three men.

"Welcome to our corner of the world."