Lee's Pov

"It's only been about two days into all this. We fucked up at Hershel's farm and got boy killed. After that Kenny let me and clementine hitch a ride down to Macon. We made, and of course, it had to be my parents drug store"

A couple hours later

"Glenn's trapped down at the motor inn." I say turning to Kenny. Put the walkie talkie up to my face to speak.

"Hey, Glenn, we're gonna talk it over and send a group to come get you alright?" I say, awaiting a reply.

"Awesome. I'll sit tight then." He replied.

I turn the radio off as I look down at clementine.

"I'm gonna hold onto this until we get Glenn back, okay? I'll take good care of it." She nods, before Kenny speaks

"So what're ya thinkin?" He ask. I look back up to him before replying

"I'm thinkin Doug's not good around The dead. You've got a family to look after, so I'll take Carley and her deadeye to the motor inn." I tell him, he nods in approval and heads toward Katjaa and duck.

I walk back into my dad's old office and look inside the drawer, I spot my brothers old tape recorder, and turn to clementine.

"Hey sweat pea, do you mind giving me a couple minutes? I'll be right out once I'm done." Clementine nods and exits the room, closing the door behind her.

I look down at the tape recorder in my hand and take a deep breath, I've lost so much in so little time. Apart of me feels like what I'm about to do is pointless, but the other is still holding in to hope.

"Here goes nothing" I think as I hit the record button.

Two days later...

Shawn's Pov

We've been on the road for about two days now, and we're just about to hit Macon and of course, as luck would have it, we run out of gas. Luckily we're just out the small town.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Vince curses as he slams the wheel. My mother tries to calm him down, which thankfully helped.

"It's fine, me and Shawn know this town well enough to make it to the pharmacy." She says. Vince groans and gets out of the car. Me, mom and Danny follow suit.

"Well then, where to?" Vince asked, still slightly annoyed about the car. I look at the town facing north, which is a little ways down the hill.

"There! The pharmacy is about four or five blocks, southeast." My mother looks shocked. I look at her confused "what?" I asked.

"I know you, knew this town quite well but man, you're like a mini tour guide." My mom exclaimed.

"Uncle B drove me around all the time when I came to visit, so yeah, I know where everything is" I frown slightly "or should be..."

We walk for over an hour before we see it, or what's left of it, instantly my heart drops. There were so many walkers stumbling and out of the pharmacy.

"Shit, now what, I fuckin told you assholes this a waste of time!" Danny raised his voice. My mom glares at him before speaking.

"You mind keeping your fucking voice down idiot? If it was such a big deal you could have easily stayed your ass in Atlanta." She whispered angrily.

Danny huffs before looking away "whatever bitch" he mumbles, Any other time I would have thrown a punch at him for that comment, but right now I'm a little defeated.

"The back room" I say to nobody in particular, the three look at me as I get up and bolt toward the pharmacy. I hear my mother call out my name but I kept running until I reach the ally beside the pharmacy.

"If I remember correctly there should be a back entrance here, leading to grandpa's office." I think to myself, but just as I'm about to reach for the door handle I hear a nightmare inducing scream, I look over and see mom and Vince running toward me.

"What the fuck were you thinking! Shawn? That was absolutely stupid. You could have gotten yourself killed" my mom scolds me while embracing me but I pull away and look at her.

"What happened to Danny?" She frowns and looks toward the intersection in front of the pharmacy, Danny was currently being feasted on by a walker that caught him by surprise. My eyes widened at the gory sight.

I shake my head to snap out of it and point towards the door, "we can get on through there. This door leads to grandpa's office." Mom nods and stands up she about to open the door before Vince interrupts her.

"Here, let me." He states as he pulls out a giant hunting knife "That thing could kill a bear!" I think to myself. He opens the door slowly and looks inside "rooms clear but it's obvious, nothing good is on the other side of the door leading into the store." We nods as we creep into the office and start looking around.

The first thing that caught my eye was the bloody futon on the ground, grandpa used to let me sleep In that when ever he had a long night at the pharmacy. I refuse to say it out loud but I know in My heart he's gone...which means grandma probably didn't fair any better. I wipe away my tears as the realization finally sets in...

Layla's Pov

I look down at My son, kneeling next to the bloodied futon. I reach my hound out but pull it back as I realize it's best to just let him grieve. Start looking near the shelf underneath the TV, searching for anything I can find

"Hey Layla, think you might wanna come check this out." He must have found something in the desk the was blocking the dead from getting in. I walk over as he turns around with his hand out stretched holding something.

"A tape recorder huh?" I say aloud, Shawn looks at the both of us, runs and reaches for the tape recorder, to which Vince obliges.

"I think this was, uncle b's. He liked to record sounds around the city and turn them into beats." He says excitedly. He press the play button almost immediately, the voice that plays on the tape however causes both me and Shawn to go into an almost trance like state, listening intently.

Beginning of tape

(LEES VOICE)

[hey so um, it's hopeful thinking but, *sigh* I really miss you both, Shawn...Layla]

We begin to tear up

[Its been a crazy few days, Damn near A week and this shit shows no sign of slowing down. If either of you two are listening to this I just wanna say I'm sorry for everything I've done to this family.]

"It wasn't your fault baby, it was all on me!" I choked out.

[I'm sorry to you especially son, all that bullshit I tried to tell you about controlling your emotions, being a man. Then I go scar you like that, I wasn't even man enough to look you in the eye one final time]

Shawn's hands start to tremble at his fathers words "its okay dad, we already forgive you." He says through tears

[I'm running with a group right now, we're about ten people deep, including myself. We headed to savannah, guy named Kenny her knows a thing or two about operating a boat, calls himself a "boat god" *chuckles* anyway, I've gotta go it's been nice catching up, at least in some way. Shawn, Layla honey, I love you both so much.]

End of tape

At this point me and Shawn were a sobbing mess, it's takes a good few minutes for me to collect myself and start to feel a level of determination I haven't felt since this whole thing started. Vince must have noticed to look on my face.

"I'd ask what our next plan was, but I'm guessing that would be stupid. Savannah it is then" he's states. We both look down at my son who is checking his gun for bullets, clicking the full chamber back in place as he stands.

"We're gonna find him mom, we are" Shawn states as he exits the office and waits for us outside. Vince leans into my ear and whispers as we follow suit.

"Does he know how to use that thing?" He says with and understandable amount of concern. I giggle as I reply

"No, no he does not...yet, anyway" I tell him. We exit the office and join Shawn outside.

"Well, where to next?" Shawn ask. I couldn't help but laugh, which makes him frown a bit.

"You walked out here determined with a loaded gun and ya didn't even know what to do next?" I laughed while saying, he Crosses his arms like his father would.

"Well to be honest I don't really know either, actually making our way to savannah would be our best bet, where to set up shop on the way there Is another story." I look over at mitch.

"You got any ideas, mister comedian?" He looks of to the side, thinking before turn back to me.

"There should be a motor inn somewhere close by but, naaaw that's stupid. No way it would work." He stops to think again.

"I know, there's gas station a couple blocks west of here! A 7-eleven if I remember correctly" I look at him slightly worried.

"A gas station doesn't seem like such a good idea. But shit it better than here, I say we scout out another car tomorrow morning." Vince nods, as we get moving.

Shawn's Pov

"Are we there yet?" I start to whine as my legs are getting tired. Stupid pre pubescent legs.

Vince & Layla: no

We walk for about another 5 minutes until I felt the need to ask

"Are. We there. Yet?" I said smirking knowing I was getting on mom's nerves. But it was sooooo boring, I wish I had a book to read...

"We're here you can stop asking now, ya turd." Says my mother in slightly annoyed tone. I walk up to the gas station, but my mom grabs my collar before I pass.

"Let me see the gun for now, take this instead." I hand her the gun and she trades me her hunting knife. She sees the dissatisfied look on my face and she speaks.

"Between you and me, I'm currently the better shot, and I'd be devastated if you died because I wasn't able to properly teach you yet, understand?" She stated. I nod knowing she made the most sense.

"Good, now we need to set some ground rules. One, Always stay armed, whether it's a knife or damn stick, understand? She ask, I nod listening intently.

"Two, Always Look for a way out, check windows, doors, the whole nine yards." Once again I nod. She takes a deep breath before speaking

"And number three *sigh* if I get bit - as she speaks my heart drops at just the thought, she continues, "if I get bit, you have to shoot me baby, okay?" I nod. I wanna cry just thinking about it but I suck it up, "I wonder if this is apart of growing up"

We all enter the gas station making sure to check each and every corner and in between the small aisles, there were two walkers total, I took care of the one that was rested face down on the floor while Vince killed one that had awoken due to the sound of our footsteps.

I see my mom walking into the staff only room as she where a disgusted face m, covering her nose as she coughs, whatever it was I'm staying clear if that room.

Layla's Pov

"Dear God the smell is atrocious! Poor bastard blew his damn brains out, oh God you really do shit yourself when you die!"

cough* *cough* "nice to know we can't even leave this world with our dignity intact!" Vince laughs at my expense.

"I'd you're really worried about that I think this location specializes in adult diapers" I roll my at his attempt at humor.

"Yeah whatever asshole, how about you close the door then wise guy? Because I'm not going back for round two" Vince smugly advances towards the door and closes it...

It's takes a second for the gust of air to travel from the door to his nostrils and then...he starts gagging.

"Holy f- *ugh* I think I'm gonna- *ugggh* he spews his guts as me an Shawn start to "quietly" laugh at his expense.

"aww, does the baby want mommy to rub him's back?" I say in a cooing voice "they might also have bibs lying around"

He lays down next to his vomit, utterly defeated, "shut. Up...Layla"

And with that we all decided to get some much deserved rest. I lean up against the wall and doze off as Shawn lays his head on my lap.