Daryl and Connie got up quickly, Daryl grabbed his crossbow.

"Let's go, she can't be gone that long, she was still here when I came back," Daryl said and Connie nodded.

"Okay, let's go," Henry said, but Daryl put his hand against Henry's chest.

"No, you stay here, it's too risky."

"Are you kidding? I have to go with you, she's my girlfriend," Henry replied.

"Henry, we don't have time for this, you're staying," Daryl said with a firm voice, but Henry just went towards the door.

"You're right we don't have time for this and you can't make me stay."

Daryl sighed and looked at Connie, who was concerned but couldn't think of anything to make Henry stay either.

Rick, who was planning to return to Alexandria the next day, came to them and Daryl quickly explained to him what happened. They decided that Rick would go back to Alexandria immediately and see how far the preparations for the battle were.

When they stepped outside, Daryl let Dog sniff at one of Lydia's shirts. Dog ran ahead and Daryl, Connie and Henry followed him. They were walking quickly, trying to catch up with Dog. The sun began to rise and Daryl looked closely at the ground and the surroundings, trying to find Lydia's tracks.

He knelt down as he saw a footprint.

"I think that's hers, she came through here," he told Connie and Henry. Connie nodded, but then she saw a movement between the trees. A walker was approaching them and she quickly took out her slingshot and shot the walker, which came towards them. But it wasn't the only one, more walkers were approaching. Daryl shot one with his crossbow, Henry killed one with his spear and they started to kill more walkers, but the more they killed, the more walkers were coming and Connie counted almost twenty of them, walking towards them. She showed Daryl the sign to retreat and he nodded.

"Yeah, let's get out of here," he said.

"But, the tracks..." Henry began, but Daryl cut him off.

"We find another way to catch up on them." Daryl shoved Henry away from the tracks and walkers.

It took them hours to find the tracks again and they were all a little bit tired already, but they started to move faster trying to catch up to Lydia. Not far from Oceanside they finally saw her sitting under a tree with her knees to her chest, when she saw them she tried to run away. Connie was glad, that Daryl was fast enough to catch her. Connie didn't feel well, she felt dizzy and she thought, if she had to run much longer, she would pass out.

Lydia shouted at Daryl and tried to break free from him, but he just pulled her closer and hugged her. Connie was so relieved they finally found Lydia. As they all made their way back, Dog suddenly stopped and started to bark. And then from every direction walkers were coming at them. They were all staying back to back with their weapons out, ready to fight. When they fought off many of the walkers, other walkers were closing in at them. But these walkers suddenly stopped and one of them pulled a shotgun out.

"You, better hand over your weapons," a woman in a walker mask said. Connie was still aiming with her slingshot, but there were too many of them and they all had weapons.

"Now!" the woman spoke again. Connie lowered her slingshot and in the next moment something hit her on the head and everything went black.

When Connie woke up, everything was blurry for a moment. She blinked a couple of times to get a clear sight. She noticed that she was tied to something. In front of her she saw Daryl and Henry, who were tied to trees too. Henry was still unconscious, while Daryl tried to get free. Connie tried to move too, but the ropes were very tight around her body.

Connie saw a woman with a bald head approaching and recognized Alpha. Lydia was walking right behind her. Connie was surprised that she was free, but also happy that Alpha didn't kill her.

Henry woke up and looked surprisingly at Lydia, who was looking at the ground.

"Good, you're awake now," Alpha said, walking between them.

Connie felt suddenly nausea coming up and she had to vomit. Alpha watched her closely. As she approached her, Daryl was desperately moving, as he tried to break free.

"You're feeling sick, my dear?" Alpha asked her. She crouched in front of her.

"Could it be that you have a baby in here?" She touched Connie's belly and Connie was disgusted by her touch, but couldn't get away from her.

"I remember you. You were the one who took our baby, isn't that so?" Alpha asked her and Connie gave her a defiant look.

"Yes, that was you." Alpha smiled.

"Hey, you let the baby out there to die," Daryl shouted and Alpha turned to him.

"Leave her the fuck alone," he told her through his teeth.

"And who are you to talk to me like that?" Alpha got up and went to him. "You took my daughter and it was you, who killed Beta, isn't that so?"

"He got what he deserved," Daryl said.

Connie was anxiously watching Daryl talking like that. She knew he was trying to distract Alpha from her, but she was afraid that Alpha would kill him and she would rather die instead of seeing her killing him.

"And your daughter doesn't want to be with you anymore, she has a new family now," Daryl continued.

"I guess that's why she came back to me?" Alpha asked calmly. Daryl looked at Lydia with a questioning look, but she just looked away. Alpha saw that.

"It's true, she came to me and she lured you here. She said, she knew you would follow her and she was hoping I would take her back, when she brought me the one who killed Beta."

"That's bullshit," Daryl said with a snarl.

"Oh yeah?" Alpha turned around to Lydia.

"Come here, child," she told her and Lydia obeyed. Alpha put a hand on Lydia's shoulder, who was still looking at the ground.

"You're right Alpha. I don't care about those people, please forgive me for leaving you," she said and her voice sounded almost like the voice of a robot.

"See?" Alpha asked Daryl triumphantly. Daryl said nothing, just gave her an angry look. Alpha went back to Connie again and he desperately tried again to get free.

"You want revenge ain't it? So come here and get it," he shouted out and Connie anxiously shook her head. Alpha looked with a creepy smile at both of them.

"Revenge is something for people. We're not people. But we need to get rid of you all."

Alpha aimed with her shotgun at Connie's belly.

"You and your baby first."

Connie's heart was beating fast. She was afraid for her life and she felt sorry for Daryl who would have to watch it. He looked at her with a sad and desperate look in his eyes.

He was screaming something like "Leave her alone" Connie couldn't see it properly. She felt the blood pulsating in her ears. She closed her eyes and some tears were running down her cheeks. She prepared for the pain, but nothing happened. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Alpha gave her shotgun to Lydia.

"Here, child. Prove that you're not weak. Kill her." Lydia took the shotgun and Connie could see that her hands were shaking. Lydia pointed it at her and Connie looked at her in disbelief. Did Lydia betray them? Did she lie all the time? No, Connie's mind told her that was impossible. And then Lydia proved that Connie was right, when she spun around and aimed the shotgun at Alpha. She pulled the trigger but there was no shooting sound, which even Connie would have noticed.

"What?" Lydia said in surprise and Alpha just laughed.

"I was wrong. You're stronger than I thought," she told her. "Ready to kill your own mother."

"You're not my mother anymore," Lydia said angrily. She looked at Connie and there was so much love in that look. Lydia wanted her to know that Connie was her real mother and Connie's heart almost busted with love and pain. There was also something else in Lydia's look. Something that told Connie she knew what would come next.

"You're wrong, I am your mother. I gave you life. And now I'm taking it." With this words, Alpha pulled a knife out and drove it into Lydia's stomach.