It was silent. All that could be heard were Carol's sobs as Daryl picked her up off the ground. Kayla remained glued to her spot with her gun on the ground by her feet. She couldn't stop tears from filling her eyes. A little girl she never knew who was no older than twelve years old had to die like that.

"Don't look!" Daryl's gruff voice said, breaking Kayla from her thoughts. "Don't look!" he repeated as Carol tore herself away from him and took off running. "Carol!" Kayla called out as she ran after her. She chased the crying woman all the way to the edge of the woods where a small shack was and Carol fell to her knees altogether. Kayla came to a stop and kneeled down next to her. Kayla put a hand on her back as she cried. "My little girl…" she muffled through the sobs. "My little Sophia…" Kayla rubbed Carol's back in an attempt to calm her down. She's gotten to the point where she was almost numb to the sight of people's reactions after a loved one had died. That's what happened when you worked in a hospital. But her heart still broke a little every time.

A few minutes past until Kayla looked out at the woods. All that gunfire had to have had attracted some attention to the farm. How could it not? "Carol…" she began. "We can't stay here. We have to go back to the camp." Carol just continued to sob. "Carol…" Kayla repeated. "We have to get back to the camp." This time Carol nodded and Kaya helped her to her feet. She then put an arm across her shoulders and led her back to the RV where Carol just sat at the table and stared vacantly out the window.

Kayla went back outside where she bumped into Daryl by accident. "Sorry." She said to him. He looked at her and saw the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "You alright?" he asked her. She looked at him and shook her head. "I've seen kids die before." She told Daryl. "Hell I was the one trying to save em' while they were on my table. But this one I couldn't save… I couldn't even make an attempt to because she was right there the whole time. Not lost in the woods, but right next to us the whole time." Daryl gave her a long look before she walked off to the barn. His face fell before he stepped into the RV.

Kayla helped dig the graves for Sophia, Annette, and Sean and a short service was held that Carol didn't attend much to Kayla and Daryl's disappointment. But Daryl was angry about it, but Kayla just let the woman grieve. She knew she would come around eventually one way or another. Kayla kept replaying Carol's words in her head though. "That's not my little girl. That's some other thing. My little girl was alone in the woods. All this time I thought…she never went hungry. She never cried to herself to sleep. Sophia died a long time ago." They were the words of a true broken and bent heart and woman.

After the service Andrea, T-Dog, and Shane began collecting the bodies of the dead walkers and Kayla was about to help when she saw Daryl packing up his tent. Curious and confused she walked over to him as he folded up his tent.

"Goin' somewhere?" Kayla asked as she approached him. He looked over her and scoffed before returning to packing his things away. "Away from you people." He answered. "Need my damn space."

"So you're just gonna leave?" Kayla questioned.

"I'm just moving up to the edge of the field. This group's broken." Daryl informed her as he shouldered his bag and crossbow. She crossed her arms. "What?" he asked. She just shook her head.

"Nothing." She told him with a shake of her head. "Just don't leave."

"What makes you think I'd do that? And why would you care?" he questioned.

"You just seem unpredictable. And I don't wanna see you walk away."

"I've had people walk away from me. So what if it's the other way for once."

"And being walked away from sucks." Kayla replied coldly.

"I didn't ask for your opinion girly." Daryl snapped. "So why don't you run a long and go do something useful with your time instead of nosing around in my business?" Kayla shook her head as she stepped backwards and then turned around to go help the others. She didn't need this. Not now…after everything that happened.

OOOOO

Kayla loaded the last body into the back of the truck when a frantic Glenn came running from the house. "Kayla!" he called out. Kayla looked over and saw Glenn sprinting over. She rushed towards him and met him at the fence where she saw the scared look on Glen's face. "Beth collapsed." The Korean her. "I need your help."

"Where's Hershel?" Kayla asked curiously, figuring he'd go to him first.

"We can't find him anywhere and I need your help now." Glenn explained with a shaky tone.

"Okay, okay settle down I'm coming."

Kayla and Glenn rushed back up to the house and up to a bedroom where Beth was laid down with Maggie by her side. Beth's skin was pale and she had a vacant stare in her eyes. "What's wrong with her?" Maggie asked worriedly. Kayla put her hand on the side of Beth's face and checked her pulse. "She's in catatonic shock." Kayla reported. "She needs fluids and a cold towel."

"Is she gonna be alright?" Maggie asked through a few tears. Kayla turned towards Maggie and took her hands in hers. "Maggie she's gonna be alright, okay? I know you're scared you have every reason to be, but I need an IV for her." Kayla said calmly as possible. Maggie nodded and took off downstairs. "I'm going to get Rick." Glenn told her as he left the room.

Maggie returned several minutes later with the IV and Kayla hooked Beth up to it just as Rick, Shane, and Lori came in. "What's wrong with her?" Lori asked.

"She's in shock." Kayla told her.

"Why isn't she moving?" Maggie asked.

"It's catatonic shock." Kayla explained. "She has lost motor mobility and the ability to respond to anything. It's a neurological kind of shock instead of a more physical kind."

"Is she gonna die?" Maggie cried as Glenn put an arm around her shoulder.

This was the part that Kayla dreaded the most. "She's does have a fever and her pulse is up." Kayla informed the farmer's daughter. "Normally that's a good sign…catatonic shock can be fatal unless treated properly."

"Where's Hershel?" Rick asked.

"We can't find him anywhere." Glenn answered.

"Ay Rick you might wanna see this." Shane called from the hallway. Rick and the rest walked out of the room and into Hershel's while Kayla remained with Beth when Patricia and Jimmy walked in.

"Is there anything we can do?" Patricia offered. Kayla shook her head. "She'll be unresponsive for hours, maybe days…it's hard to tell with shock victims." Jimmy took his hat off and sat down next to Beth. Kayla walked over to him and took his hand and placed it in Beth's. "Don't you dare leave her side, you hear me?" she said to Jimmy nicely, but in all seriousness. He nodded. Just then Kayla heard footsteps walking down the hall and Lori and Rick arguing. She stepped out and found Lori telling Rick not to leave and go after Hershel.

"We have Kayla looking out for Beth right now… you can't leave and solve everyone else's problems." Lori told Rick in a harsh tone.

"I'm not arguing. We need Hershel and so do his daughters and family." Rick replied coldly before walking off down the hall. With that, Kayla went back to Beth's side.

Sorry for such a long wait, but school is school. :/ Please review and I will try to review ASAP