Lily is my OC and the rest belongs to the amazing person who created all of this.

"We need to find Lori!" Rick ordered. Everyone knew why he was so adamant to find her, but the force with which he was going through the halls, he was increasing everyone's risk of getting cornered.

Lily thought back t the generator room and how that prisoner could have shot them. He would have been able to take the prison back, but he saved them instead.

"Tell me why we haven't asked you to help us clear out buildings?" Daryl stated. "You've got a pretty mean swing."

"I was too busy taking care of Lori…"

It took them a couple of minutes of running around through the many tunnels of the prison, but they were finally able to link back up with the blonde prisoner and Glenn.

Rounding the corner together, they found two walkers eating someone on the floor. Rick shot one and Lily drove her pipe through the other one's head before realizing that they were eating T-Dog. Carol's scarf wasn't too far away. The walkers had gotten then both.

Lily leaned against a wall and did all she could not to let tears reach her eyes. Rick thought the others had run outside and brought the group back out to meet with Beth and Hershel.

"Hershel!"

"You didn't find them?" the old farmer asked.

"We thought maybe they came back out here."

"What about T? Carol?"

"They didn't make it," Daryl told him.

"But that doesn't means the others didn't. We're going back. Daryl, Glenn, and Lily, you come with—"

He was caught mid sentence when he heard a baby crying. Turning to find the source of the sound, they found Maggie and Carl emerging from the prison holding a baby. With Lori not there, one could deduce what had happened.

Rick stammered and paced back and forth unable to comprehend what he was seeing.

Having seen death and pain daily, one would think that Lily would have been able to build some walls against it, but no amount of preparing could have prepared anyone for the loss of a loved one. No matter how much anybody in the group fought, they were family. If they fought, then they'd be dead. It was that simple. But despite all the times they'd bickered about how she treated Carl and handled things differently, they'd grown close and hearing that she was dead still hurt.

It also hurt knowing that no matter all the training and mental prep they put themselves through, she still died. Three people knew how to help her give birth but none of them were present.

Rick collapsed to the ground crying while Carl stood there somewhat dazed. When the boy met Lily's eyes, he was crying. She put the pipe down and walked over to meet him wrapping her arms around him. He clutched her tightly as he sobbed.

Minutes passed with him sobbing and her rubbing his head before she made eye contact with Daryl and nodded to Rick. The rough man walked over and knelt in front of Rick who was still dazed about the news. "Rick, you with me?" he asked. "Rick?"

When Carl's crying had stopped, Lily waved Maggie over to examine the baby. Besides being covered in the usual materials from birth, the baby looked healthy.

"Your sister looks healthy," she said after examining the baby in Carl's arms.

"Let me see the baby," Hershel said.

"What are we gonna feed it? We got anything a baby can eat?"

"The good news is she's healthy. But she needs formula. And soon or she won't survive." The farmer cast a look over at Lily who had her arms crossed and was staring at the baby. "That sound about right?"

She woke from her trance and met their eyes. "Yeah, she does need formula. Without their mothers…or formula to feed them…" she cleared her throat. "We need to find some quickly."

"Nope. No way. We ain't losing anybody else. I'm going for a run."

"Me too," Lily said.

"I'll back you up," Maggie added followed closely by Glenn.

"I'll go, too."

"Ok, think where we're going. Beth." He pulled Beth off to the side. "The kid just lost his mom. His dad ain't doin' so hot."

"I'll look out for him."

"You two get the fence. Too many pile up, we got ourselves a problem. Glenn, Maggie, vamonos."

Rick got up, grabbed his axe and disappeared into the prison no doubt going to find his wife.

"Get the gate!" Daryl shouted. "Come on, we're gonna loose the light."

"Be right back, Carl," Lily told him before running after the others. "Be strong." She grabbed her pipe and followed after the others.

"There's a Piggly Wiggly on 85," Glenn said.

"No," Maggie said. "The baby section's been cleared. Lori asked me to keep an eye out. Haven't had much luck yet."

"Is there any place that hasn't been completely looted?" Daryl asked.

"We saw signs for a shopping center just north of here."

"Yeah, but there's too much debris on the road," Maggie chimed in. "A car will never get through there."

"I can take one of ya."

"I'll go," Lily said.

"No, you need to stay with the baby. Next run."

"I'll go," Maggie said.

"Then let's go."

She reached into the car and pulled out a backpack. She pulled on the pack on and kissed Glenn before crawling on the bike. He slipped on his poncho before taking his place on the bike. They rode out of the prison before anybody could tell them no.