Kenny woke with a start, coughing. His lungs and eyes stung, and his head was throbbing with pain. He heard the groan of a walker and sat up with a start. Hannah was quick to gun it down.

"Hey," She said, noticing that Kenny was now awake. "You took a pretty hard hit with that bomb." She said, kneeling down beside Kenny. Kenny turned his head away, coughing again.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah," Hannah said, standing back up. "What about you?"

"I'll be fine." Kenny replied. "Just need to get my bearings..."

Hannah hummed in response. She looked down the path and whistled. Shade came trotting around the corner, his mane flowing slightly, and stopped in front of her. Kenny sighed and got to his feet, looking out at the treeline, his eye narrowed.

"They're gone," Hannah said, answering Kenny's unspoken question. "For now, anyways." She said, gently stroking her horse's snout. Kenny's eye narrowed and he hummed. Something about this ambush felt off, but he couldn't quite place a finger on why.

A walker stumbled out of the forest, his arms outstretched. Kenny frowned and drew his pistol, shooting it in the head before it could get too close. Hannah looked over, raising an eyebrow as Kenny walked over to the walker and bent down, examining it. He was wearing a dark gray muscle shirt along with black jeans. On the left side of his neck was what appeared to be a brand- a circle, with a seven and a six inside of it.

"Shit... I've seen that mark before." Kenny said. Hannah walked over, leading Shade by the reigns.

"What mark?" Hannah asked. Kenny nodded at the walker's throat. Hannah looked at it, and frowned.

"Ow..." She mumbled.

"That's the mark of The New Frontier." Kenny said, feeling anger boil up inside of him.

"How do you know?" Hannah asked. Kenny couldn't tell her the truth- he had to make something up.

"Clem and I, we were their prisoners at one point." He said. Hannah's nose wrinkled up at that and she frowned.

"Did you escape?"

Kenny stood up straight, raising an eyebrow at her. "No. We died." He said flatly. Hannah stared at him blankly, and then a look of realization crossed over her face and she cleared her throat awkwardly, looking away.

"Right. Yeah. So... What exactly are we supposed to do about that?" Hannah asked, kicking the walker.

"Not much we really can do, I suppose. See, this is why I don't want her going out alone..." Kenny said, shaking his head with a frown. "C'mon, we oughta get back."

Hannah nodded in agreement. "Do you want to ride Shade?"

Kenny scoffed. "Naw, i'm too old to be ridin' horses. Thanks for the offer, though." He said. Hannah nodded and placed her foot on the tread cover of her saddle, grimacing a bit, and then hoisted herself onto Shade's saddle, her jaw clenched. Kenny rose an eyebrow at her.

"You sure you're okay?"

"Well, I got shot in the shoulder," Hannah said. "Eleanor will have to patch me up when we get back to Prescott." Hannah said. She cracked her reigns and whistled, prompting Shade to start walking down the road. Kenny followed.

"What were you doin' with Clem last night?" Kenny asked.

"Talking."

"I know that, smart-ass." Kenny said indignantly, earning a snicker from Hannah. "I mean, why was she riding your horse?" Hannah shrugged, and then grimaced a bit.

"I thought it might help her relax." She replied with a shrug. "Since we're both teenagers, I thought I might know how to cheer her up. Y'know, from one teenager to another I guess."

Kenny huffed. "Well... I appreciate it. I haven't seen her smile in ages." Kenny said sincerely. Hannah nodded and looked forward.

"No problem."

When they got back to Prescott, Kenny saw that Tripp was on watch, and beside him, Clementine was pacing around anxiously. It appeared as if Tripp was ignoring her nervous antics.

When Kenny and Hannah came into view, a relieved look crossed onto her face, and she hurried down. She burst through the gates, running towards Kenny.

"Kenny!" She exclaimed, hugging him tightly.

Kenny huffed in surprise and gently hugged her back, smirking. "Easy, now," Kenny said. Hannah smiled sincerely down at them before going through the gates.

"What took you so long?" Clementine asked, pulling away from Kenny.

"I'll tell you once we get inside." Kenny said. Clementine nodded and turned, walking through the gates and back into Prescott. Kenny followed closely behind.

"Glad to see you made it back in one piece!" Tripp called down to Kenny.

Hannah scoffed from ahead of them. "Speak for yourself!" She said,, hopping down from Shade. She sucked in a breath, frowning, and put a hand on her shoulder. Kenny closed the gates to Prescott while Clementine looked over at Hannah.

"Oooh... What happened to you?" Clementine asked, raising an eyebrow at Hannah.

"I got shot by some freak with a brand." Hannah replied with a scowl. At that, Clementine paled and her eyes went a bit wide. Her face fell at that, and she looked at Kenny with a pleading look, as if begging him to say, 'No, she's just joking.'

Kenny sighed and nodded. "Yeah... They attacked us and shot Kate and Hannah. Speaking of which, where is she?" Kenny asked.

"Eleanor's patching her up." Clementine replied softly, crossing her arms and looking away. Kenny sighed.

"Clem-"

Clementine looked up at Kenny, her eyes glistening. Kenny's heart sank at that, and he himself felt as if a wound was reopening. "It ain't your fault-" Kenny tried.

"I don't want to talk about this right now." Clementine said stiffly, looking away. Kenny sighed, rubbing the side of his face with a hand.

"Alright... Yeah. I understand." He said with a nod. "Just... I'm here if you need me, okay? We're family. You don't have to go through this alone."

Clementine glanced at him and and nodded. "I'm... I need some alone time." She said softly. Kenny nodded.

"I understand, darlin'." He said softly. Clementine cast one last look at Kenny before turning and walking away. She went to her usual hiding place- behind the old plane that stood near the gates of Prescott. Kenny shook his head and went straight down the dirt path. Eleanor's station should be straight ahead, in front of a white EMS car.

Kenny walked down the road, and as he did, he saw people socializing in front of buildings. It was almost as if the apocalypse had never happened. For a moment, it felt like a normal day in a normal town.

Kenny was drawn out of his thoughts when an agonized scream of pain rang out ahead of him. He involuntarily flinched and looked up, spotting Eleanor working on Kate. Javier was holding her hand, trying to offer support, while Gabriel and Mariana stood by, watching fearfully. Mariana clung to her brother and buried her face into his chest when Kate screamed, letting out a quiet sob. Kenny's heart broke when he saw that.

Hannah stood next to Gabriel, watching with a horrified look on her face. Kenny saw her lips purse, and then she backed away slowly, turning and disappearing behind the truck. He saw Eleanor with white gloves and a pair of medical tweezers gently probing Kate's wound, and then she withdrew the tweezers. A golden bullet covered in blood gleamed in the moonlight.

"I still need to patch her up!" Eleanor exclaimed. A dismayed look crossed over Javier's features. Eleanor looked up, spotting Kenny.

"Kenny, get over here. I need your help."

Kenny internally groaned in protest and his shoulders sagged, but he didn't voice it. He hurried over, kneeling down on Kate's right side.

"What do you need?" He asked.

"I need you to hold her shoulders down." Eleanor instructed. Kenny nodded and obeyed, carefully placing his hands on the woman's shoulders. Eleanor nodded at Javier, who carefully pulled Kate's wound open again, causing her to let out a whimper of pain. Eleanor took a deep breath and went back to the wound, causing Kate to let out a loud scream again. From the corner of Kenny's eye, he saw Hannah getting Gabriel and Mariana's attention. He couldn't hear what was being said, but whatever it was made the three kids leave with Hannah leading the way.