It wasn't long until we wrapped all the bodies in blanket and Daryl drove them up the hill to where Jim started digging the graves. Now Shane and Rick were up there to finish digging. I carried Jamie up the hill with the others.

"These people need to know who's in charge here, what the rules are." Daryl said.

"There are no rules." Rick replied.

"Well, that's a problem. We haven't had one minute to hold onto anything of our old selves." Lori said. "We need time to mourn and we need to bury our dead. It's what people do."

Everyone was in their grave except for Amy. I had tears in my eyes as Andrea dragged her body into the hole. Once she laid Amy's head down gently, Dale helped her out of the grave. After finishing burying everyone, we headed back to camp.

Shane, Dale, and Rick went to patrol the perimeter and we waited for them.

"I've been, uh, I've been thinking about Rick's plan." Shane said when the three of them got back, "Now look, there are no guarantees either way. I'll be the first one to admit that. I've known this man a long time. I trust his instincts. I say the most important thing here is we need to stay together. So those of you that agree, we leave first thing in the morning. Okay?"

That night Jamie and I slept in Daryl's tent again. He was sitting right outside the tent to make sure no walkers sneak up on the camp.

"Daryl?" I questioned.

"Yeah?"

"You wouldn't mind if Jamie and I rode with you to the CDC, would you?"

"No, I don't mind." He answered.

"Thank you." I whispered before falling asleep.

"Everybody listen up. Those of you with , we're gonna be on channel 40. Let's keep the chatter down, okay? Now you got a problem, don't have a C.B, can't get a signal or anything at all, you're gonna hit your horn one time. That'll stop the caravan. Any questions?" Shane asked.

"We're, uh, we're not going." Morales said.

"We have family in Birmingham. We want to be with our people." Miranda said.

"You go on your own, you won't have anyone to watch your back." Shane replied.

"We'll take the chance. I got to do what's best for my family." Morales responded.

"You sure?"

"We talked about it. We're sure." Morales answered.

Rick grabbed a gun and Shane gave them half a box of ammo.

"Thank you all... for everything." Miranda said.

I hugged Miranda, Morales, and their kids, Jamie did, too.

"What makes you think our odds are any better?" Shane asked Rick. "Let's go."

I buckled Jamie into his car seat in the seat between the driver and passenger seats before sitting down on the passenger seat.

Jacqui, Dale, Glenn, and Jim were in the RV. Rick, Carol, Lori, Carl, and Sophia were in the Cherokee. T-Dog and Andrea were in the church van. Tyler and Shane were alone in their own cars.

It wasn't long until Jamie and I fell asleep. I woke up a while later when Daryl shook my shoulder.

"What's wrong? Why did we stop?" I asked.

"I don't know. Come on." He replied.

I left Jamie alone as I got out and we walked toward the RV which was smoking.

"I told you we'd never get far on that hose." Dale said to Rick. "I needed the one from the cube van."

"Can you jury-rig it?" Rick asked.

"That's all it's been so far. It's more duct tape than hose. And I'm out of duct tape." Dale answered.

"I see something up ahead." Shane said, lowering his binoculars. "A gas station if we're lucky."

"Y'all, Jim, it's bad. I don't think he can take it anymore." Jacqui said, coming out of the RV.

"Hey, Rick, you want to hold down the fort. I'll drive ahead, see what I can bring back?" Shane offered.

"Yeah, I'll come along too and back you up." T-Dog said.

"Y'all keep your eyes open now." Shane said.

Rick came out of the RV and waited for Shane and T-Dog to come back before telling us what Jim said.

"It's what he says he wants." Rick said.

"And he's lucid?" Carol asked.

"He seems to be." Rick answered. "I would say yes."

"Back in the camp when I said Daryl might be right and you shut me down, you misunderstood. I would never go along with callously killing a man. I was just gonna suggest that we ask Jim what he wants. And I think we have an answer." Dale said.

"We just leave him here? We take off? Man, I'm not sure I could live with that." Shane said.

"It's not your call, either one of you." Lori replied.

Shane and Rick went into the RV and grabbed Jim, placing him against a tree.

"Hey, another damn tree." Jim joked.

"Hey, Jim. I mean, you know it doesn't need to be this." Shane said.

"No. It's good. The breeze feels nice." Jim replied.

"Okay. All right." Shane said before backing up.

We all said our good byes to Jim before heading back to our cars. Jamie was still asleep. I watched as Jim got smaller as we drove farther away.

"You said he ain't your kid, but I heard him call you mom a few times." Daryl said.

I smiled slightly, "He ain't my kid. I found him in an apartment. He said his mom left him. I wasn't gonna leave a four-year-old alone in the freakin' zombie apocalypse. Tyler wasn't so happy about it."

"Did he hit you?"

"What?" I replied.

Daryl tapped his right cheek, "Your bruise. Did he hit you?"

"No. That was Ed, Carol's husband." I answered.

"What happened?" He asked.

"He was just being Ed and I got angry at him. He got angry too and he hit me." I replied.

About another hour or so, it started to get dark and we got to the CDC. It looked like a battlefield. There were bodies everywhere. Once the door to the RV opened, we all got out. I woke up Jamie before picking him up. We started walking toward the building. It smelled really bad, so I made sure to have Jamie hold his shirt to his nose before I did the same.

We got to the building, bit the doors were blocked by shutters.

"There's nobody here." T-Dog said.

"Then why are the shutters down?" Rick replied.

"Walkers!" Daryl exclaimed.

The kids started crying and I held Jamie closer.

"You led us into a graveyard." Daryl said.

"He made a call."

"It was the wrong damn call!" Daryl replied.

"Shut up!" Shane told Daryl before turning to Rick, "Rick, this is a dead end. Do you hear me? No blame."

"Where are we gonna go?" Carol asked.

"She's right. We can't be this close to the city after dark." Lori replied.

"Fort Benning. Rick, it's still an option." Shane said.

"On what? No food. No fuel. That's 100 miles." Andrea questioned.

"125. I checked the map." Glenn commented.

"Forget Fort Benning. We need answers tonight, now." Lori said.

"We'll think of something."

Then Shane told us to go back for the cars. Daryl put his hand on my back and we all started walking back.

"The camera, it moved." Rick said.

"You imagined it." Dale replied.

"It moved." Rick said.

"Rick, it's dead, man. It's an automated device. It's gears, okay? They're just winding down. Now come on." Shane told him.

They started arguing and Rick ran forward, hitting the shutters.

"Rick, there's nobody here!"

"I know you're in there. I know you can hear me. Please, we're desperate. Please help us. We have woman, children, no food. Hardly any gas left." Rick begged. "You're killing us! You're killing us!"

Then the shutters opened and there was a bright light.