Chapter 2- Season 1, Episode 1

The group of militia who had kidnapped Lexi and the boy hadn't stopped all night and still continued down a road to the water hole. They had finally stopped for Neville to write a note. Completely ignoring Lexi the Captain began to speak to the boy "son, I'm sorry that you got mixed up in all this, but you got to understand, if I couldn't have your father I had to take you… Couldn't do anything about your dad, but make no mistake; it's a mess, bad news for everyone." He stopped to pass the soldier next to him the note had written "go." Then he continued on with his speech directed to the boy "to tell you the truth, when General Monroe finds out, he's going to be irate, he might even have my head."

The boy then spoke for the first time "Well let's hope." Lexi smiled at the remark. Captain Neville's face darkened, viciously he swung his hand and slapped the boy's face. Lexi instantly lost the smirk.

"Let's not forget, you drew first. I put your daddy's blood on your hands, son." Said Neville before he turned away, put on a smile and talked to one of his men.

"Are you OK, I sorry about your dad," Lexi said quietly, not to have herself hit as well.

"Thanks, my name's Danny," The boy replied in a quiet and depressed tone. The boy kept his head down and turned away. He looked towards her and asked "What's your name,"

"Alexia, but everyone calls me Lexi," he nodded in response. He then looked away again and began to fiddle with something on the wall. Lexi sat there with her legs crossed watching the soldiers around her and occasionally looking over to Danny.

Danny stopped what he was doing and turned back to Lexi, His fingers were bleeding. She looked to his side of the carriage to see he had been doing. She saw he was trying to unscrew the Blot holding the bar he was handcuffed to. When a soldier can over to them Danny stopped and hid his hand. The man put down a bowl of water and an apple cut in half in front of them, then walked away. Lexi reached out and took a sip from the water. She look Danny in the eye "Drink some and wash the wound with a little." Then she put the bowl down and pushed it towards him. Lexi then took one of the apple halves and ate it. Danny gave her a smile and she returned the gesture.

It was now night, Lexi had fallen asleep and Danny was lying across from her in the carriage pretending to sleep. A guard walked passed them. When he was gone Danny continued unbolting the poll, when the bolt fell and hit the ground, a guard turned towards Danny and began walking over. Danny tried to pull the poll away from the wall in a hurry before he was caught. Just in time he swung the bar and hit the guard. At this time Lexi had woken up and was confused. Danny jumped from the carriage and took the keys from a now unconscious guard. Returning to Lexi he leaned over the wall and unlocked her handcuffs. The Pair then ran as fast as they could from the camp in the dead of night.

The morning sun had risen and the pollen was flying everywhere. Danny and Lexi had walked all night and were exhausted. They were walking in a field of grass and wild flowers with a barn and a house. "Maybe we should go into the thicker part of the forest, there's a house here, and someone might see us." She turned round from absent response "Danny?" He saw stumbling and coughing. He leaned against the side of the barn. "Danny!" Lexi ran over to him and help him over to a barrel filled with water. Danny stood up straight then began to fall to the ground; Lexi couldn't hold his weight and fell to the ground with him.

Lexi was trying to help Danny breath when she felt a hand grab her arm. There was a woman with dark skin and short hair around 40, standing behind her. The woman helped Lexi bring Danny in to the nearby house, up the stairs and into a bed. The woman closed the door before Lexi could come in. A few minutes later the woman opened the door and Lexi looked in, Danny was now sleeping and breathing properly. Lexi stepped into the room. In a dry and raspy voice Lexi spoke "who, who are you." Lexi was looking at the woman from the corner of her eye, still facing Danny.

"Do you know him?" the woman asked

"No,"

"Why were you two out here?" she continued to ask.

"We were, ah, the militia took us."

"Let him rest, let's go down stairs…" the woman then went down the stairs with Lexi following. When the two of them were down stairs, the woman walked into the kitchen and brought out a plate with fruit and vegetables on it. "Thank-you, my name is Lexi, "The woman put the plate on the table and sat down across from her. She looked at the girl and introduced herself as Grace Beaumont. She insisted that Lexi slept on the couch and she would tell her if there was any change with Danny.

Lexi was sleeping on the couch in their new ally's house. Lexi rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling for a while. Turning her head Lexi couldn't see Grace anywhere. She got up and walked around the first story of the house. Grace was nowhere to be seen. Lexi Came to the base of the stairs then run up and reached Danny's room. She turned the corner and saw Grace Pointing a gun in Danny's face. "Grace?" Lexi was shocked to see this. Danny lifted his arms. Grace was still pointing the gun towards Danny. "No funny business now,"

"No ma'am," Danny still had his hands ups and looked at the handcuffs still linked to his wrist. "I'm not… What happened?"

"Well, if you're going to have an asthma attack, at least you had the good sense to have it near me." She then threw a small metal thing on his torso.

Danny picked it up and asked. "What is this?"

"You breathe it in. It stops the attack before it starts."

"You a doctor?"

"It was my son's,"

"Now, you want to explain this?" Grace said pointing her gun towards the handcuff.

"We were running away from some soldiers," Danny then looked at Lexi. She smiled reassuringly at Danny, he looked back to Grace.

"Monroe's Boys?" Grace inquired.

"Yes," Lexi and Danny said in unison.

Grace looked to Lexi, "Did they follow you?" she shifted her weight and pointed her gun at Lexi.

Danny spoke up "Look, look we don't mean to put you to any more trouble, and I own you already, so we'll just…" he began to stand when the blood rush to his head and he lost balance. "We'll go." Grace put down her gun and looked at the both of them.

"You can stay here… for one night." Grace said.

"Thank-you, you have been more than generous." Lexi said looking at Grace, walking closer to the bed. Grace left the room and the two of them alone.

Danny was sitting on the bed and Lexi came and sat across from him. "How do you feel?" Lexi asked Danny.

"Better, I hope…" "Why were…" both Lexi and Danny said at the same time.

"Why were you taken by the militia?" Lexi asked Danny.

"I don't know… all I know is that they were going to take my dad, but they shot him and then they took me." Danny went quiet. Sheepishly he asked Lexi "Why… did they want you? "

"To be honest, I have no idea… I mean, I'm nothing special or anything, there was my brother, my aunt and I, we were alone… but I guess they wanted me enough to beat my brother and kill my aunt…" Lexi then began to cry. A few tears then she broke down. Sitting on the bed, hands in her lap, she cried silently. Danny looked at the hurt she was expressing; he shifted closer towards her and put his arms around her. Lexi buried her face into Danny's chest. They both lied down; Lexi was still in the embrace of Danny's comforting hug.

Footsteps were heard coming up the stairs; they were heavier than Grace's. Lexi's and Danny's eyes shot open. Quickly they ran to the window and opened it. They each had one foot out of the window when Captain Neville and one of his soldiers kicked the door in. The Captain grabbed the back of Danny's shirt and threw him on the ground. While the militia man picked up Lexi and threw her over his shoulder. Lexi was taken down the stairs; passing Grace she couldn't make eye contact with her. Lexi looked through the banisters to see Neville sitting on Danny handcuffing him.