"Yo!"

Lilly jerked up at the voice. She grabbed her rifle, but when she saw who the voice belonged to, she relaxed.

"Oh, hey Max," she greeted as Max, Carley, and Ben pushed the gates back and walked into the lot. "What's that you're carrying?", she asked.

"It's a basket of biscuits the guys at the dairy gave to us. We uh... kinda had a few on the way back," Carley said sheepishly.

"How much to you mean by 'a few'?", Lilly asked as she glared at them. The trio exchanged a look.

"Uh... about three or four," said Carley.

"We can't trust you to do anything right, can we?! Not even with food!", Larry snapped. Ben flinched and took a step back.

"Dad, calm down..."

"When we ask you to do a simple task, you always screw up!"

"We don't always screw up!", Max countered. "I don't see you getting up off your a** to do any work."

"Watch your mouth, boy!", Larry growled.

"Where's Lee?", Clementine asked, ignoring the argument.

"He's back at the dairy with Mark checking out the electric fence and clearing the area of anything dangerous," Carley answered. "Electric fence?", asked Kenny. Carley nodded before she saw Max take off one of her shoes and had gotten ready to throw it at Larry, who's back was turned. Just when she was about to throw it, Larry turned around and she quickly hid it behind her back. Carley held back a laugh, imagining what would have happened if Larry hadn't turned around at that moment.

"Is that place safe?", asked Katjaa.

"They said it was. Said we should bring you back there," Carley said.

"Well, I say we go, but if anything happens at the dairy, we come straight back," Lilly said before she turned to Carley, Ben, and Travis. "You three, stay here and guard the motor inn."

"What? Why us?!", Ben asked. "Because you ate some of the food on the way back," Lilly stated simply.

"She actually has a point, Ben," Travis said.

"Alright, Max, lead the way," said Kenny. Max looked at him once she got her shoe on. "Huh?"

"You do know the way back there, don't you?", asked Lilly. "Yeah, of course I do!", the girl in disguise said standing up. "Well, lead the way then!", said Kenny. "You got it. See ya when we get back, guys!", Max said over her shoulder as she led them out into the forest.

"Do you think they're gonna be OK?", asked Ben. "Hey, they got Max and Kenny with them, so they'll be fine. Trust me, he saved Lee and I when we were cornered by walkers all by himself," Carley said as she climbed onto the RV.

"Sh**, that guy's tough," Travis muttered.

"And here we are!", Max said as they reached the dairy.

"This place is beautiful!", Katjaa stated. They noticed Lee, Mark, Andy, Danny, and Brenda by the house.

"Hey y'all!", Kenny greeted with a wave. The smile fell when he saw an arrow lodged in Mark's shoulder. "Mark! What happened?!", Katjaa exclaimed. "He was shot with an arrow," Lee explained as everyone looked at him in concern.

"Are you gonna be OK?!", asked Lilly. "Yeah, I'm fine. I should just... pull it out...", Mark groaned. "That'll only make the pain worse," Max pointed out. "Someone needs to take that out carefully."

"Brenda's got you, honey," Brenda reassured Mark. "C'mon inside now. We'll get this sorted out," she said as she led Mark into the house with Katjaa following them. "What kind of sh** is this?!", Larry demanded as he looked at Lee. "We ran into some people on the way here... bandits. I think they were the ones that attacked us," Lee explained. "They gave us a lot of problems in the beginning. They killed a bunch of our farmhands, but we manage to get them to stop by making a deal with them," said Andy.

"You knew about these people?!", asked Kenny.

Danny sighed. "Food for protection. Not like we had much of a choice, but they did leave us alone," he said. "Son of a b**ch, Carley said this place was safe!", Larry said. "Maybe it isn't as safe here as we thought it was," said Lee. "We're sorry, we've never had them screw with us like this. Not since we started giving them food. Listen, we may have had an agreement with them, but we will NOT take this sh**!", said Andy.

"Ain't no way we're gonna let them get away with this," Danny muttered.

"You know where these a**holes are?", asked Kenny.

"They're pretty hard to pin down, but I think I know where at least one of their camps are. When you're ready to scope out that bandit camp, find us," said Danny as he and Andy walked up to the porch.

"Bandits? Are you serious? This place isn't safe, we can't stay here," said Lilly.

"Not safe? This place is a h**l of a lot safer than that motor inn. I think we can handle a couple of punks with bows and arrows with the guns we have," said Kenny. "What we need to do is find a way to get our whole group out here and stay. Take this place over if we have to."

"Whoa, cool your jets, Rambo. These are nice people, let's not do anything to get us thrown out of here before we eat," said Larry. Max shot him a look. For once, she actually agreed with the old man.

"I'm gonna head out and help Danny find those bandits. You guys should try to make friends with Andy and Brenda," said Lee.

"Well, that's easy. I've got charm coming out of my a**," Larry said.

Max groaned in disgust at his comment. "Yeah, that's... real charming, dad," said Lilly. "Where's Ben, Carley, and Travis?", asked Lee. "Lilly had them stay behind and guard the motor inn cause we ate some of the food on the way back," Max explained sheepishly.

Andy walked up to them and said, "Hey, I remember seeing kids in your group, so I went ahead and fixed up that swing over there. Hope you kids like swings!"

Duck and Clementine smiled. "A swing! I love swings! Just like the one at my treehouse! Come on, Duck!", Clementine exclaimed as she and Duck ran over to the swing with Kenny walking behind them. Max smiled at the children before turning to Lee. "Hey, Lee? Can I come with you?", she asked.

"I'm afraid not, Max. You may be able to defend yourself, but these guys are way to dangerous for you to handle right now," Lee said.

"Aw..."

"Listen, why don't you get comfortable here and wait for me to get back, alright?", he asked. Max's shoulders slumped in defeat. "OK...", she muttered as she trudged over to a tree stump near the swing and sat on it. "Hi Max!", Duck exclaimed as he swung back and forth while Kenny pushed him. Max looked up at the boy and smiled. "Hey Duck. Having fun?", she asked. Duck nodded eagerly. "Yeah!"

She then stood up and stretched. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm kinda bored. I'm gonna go check this place out a bit," she said.

"Alright, but be careful," Kenny advised.

"Yes Mom," Max joked as she walked away. Kenny smirked and shook his head.

Max whistled a tune as she entered the barn, finding a cow lying in a stable. "Whoa, haven't seen a living animal like you for a while," she remarked. She knelt down and patted the cow.

"Good boy," she said with a smile.

The cow then snorted on her arm.

"Uh, sorry. Good girl," she corrected before she stood up and left the barn. She could see Larry and Brenda chatting with each other. Larry then said something that made Brenda laugh.

"You have got to be freaking kidding me," she mentally deadpanned. Max shook her head and walked back to the swing, which was now vacant. She stared at it for a moment before she shrugged and sat down on it.

"Hey."

She looked over her shoulder and saw Lilly standing a few feet away. "Oh, hi Lilly," Max greeted.

"How you doing?"

"Good..."

"Want me to push you?"

Max tilted her head in confusion. "Huh?"

"On the swing."

"Uh..."

"Look, do you want me to push you or not?", Lilly asked.

Max shrugged. "Sure..."

Lilly then began to push Max as the disguised girl swung back and forth. She noticed the dumbfounded look on Kenny's face as he watch Lilly push her. The look on his face as hilarious, causing her to snicker quietly.

"So, what do you think of this place?", asked Lilly after an awkward silence.

"It seems alright, but I don't think we can stay here long," Max replied. The two were silent for a few minutes as Lilly kept pushing her. The teen then chuckled.

"You know, this kind of reminds me of something I did with my friends back then," she said.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. This crazy friend of mine got this stupid idea to take a rope and swing across the river. Her name was Elizabeth, but she prefers Lizzy."

"What did you do?"

"I told her that she was crazy, which she kind of is. Of course, she ignored me and went along with her plan. My other friend Scott was always looking for adventure, so he agreed with her. They tied the rope to a strong branch and swung across the river one at a time. I had this other friend that joined us, but she moved away because she was being bullied," said Max. "Anyway, Lizzy somehow managed to convince me to follow them, so I took the rope and swung across, but halfway, I lost my grip and landed in the river."

Lilly rose an eyebrow and stopped pushing momentarily. "What happened after that?"

"Scott and Lizzy dove in after me and helped me out. We were pretty lucky that river didn't have leeches in it. We were all soaked and people stared at us on our way home, but we didn't care."

Max then frowned. "I wonder if they made it out OK when the walkers started popping up..."

"I'm pretty sure they did," Lilly assured as Max jumped off the swing. She then noticed something in the distance. "Hey, Lee's back!", she exclaimed as she ran towards the two. She skidded to a halt when they entered the gate. "Hey, you OK? Did something happen?", she asked when she saw the look on Lee's face.

"Trust me, Max, you do NOT want to know," he said. "Where's Clementine?"

Max simply jabbed a thumb towards the barn. Clementine could be seen peeking through the doors before she closed them. "I bet she really missed you," she said.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot...", Lee said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out Clementine's hat. "Hey, you found her hat! Nice job!", Max praised.

"I found it in the woods at this camp. This crazy lady had stolen it from our camp a few days ago and said Clementine was her daughter." Lee said with a frown. Max's smile immediately frowned. "She what?!"

"I know. That woman was obviously crazy and was trying to tell me something, but before she could, Danny straight up shot her in the head," said Lee.

Max's jaw dropped. "Why the h**l did he do that?!", she asked.

"I don't know, but personally, I think you and the kids should stay away from him," Lee said as he walked to the barn. Max followed him and found Clementine, Duck, Katjaa, and Andy gathered around the cow. "It's OK, Clementine, you can pet her," Katjaa said. Clementine glanced up at Lee.

"It's OK, go ahead," Lee said. Clementine nervously stepped towards the cow and stroked it's head.

"Whoa...", she gasped. "Katjaa says Maybelle could have her baby tonight!"

Max rose an eyebrow. "The cow's pregnant?"

Her gaze drifted over to a large, cube shaped object next to Duck. She knelt down and examined it. "Hey, what's this thing?", she asked.

"Daddy says it's called a salt lick," said Duck.

"Yeah, but don't lick it, it's gross!", Clementine said.

Lee smiled and crossed his arms. "Did you lick it?"

Clementine gave him an innocent look. "I don't know..."

Lee held back a laugh, but Max let out a snicker and covered her mouth to hide her smile. "So... have we missed anything?", she asked. "No, not really," Duck replied before he sniffed. "Hm, it smells funny in here."

"Like manure," Clementine piped up.

"Manure?"

"Doo-dee."

Max then lost her balance and fell down laughing. The three chuckled together as Lee smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Kids...", Katjaa scolded.

The trio immediately stopped giggling. Max stood straight back up and dusted herself off. "Sorry Kat..."

Lee then remembered Clementine's hat and pulled it out. "Here Clementine."

The girl gasped. "My hat! You found it!", she exclaimed as she placed it back on her head. "I knew you'd find it! You said you would! Thanks so much!"

"Um, Clem? Did you happen to give your hat to anyone by any chance?"

"No."

"Did you see anyone by the Motor Inn that might have taken it?", Max asked.

"No. Why?"

"It's probably nothing, but just let me know if you see anything," said Lee.

"I will. Hey Lee? Do you think you'll ever have kids?", Clem asked.

Lee smiled. "I'd like to someday. Maybe a little girl, like you."

"Dawww," Max sighed in the background. "You know, I think you'd make a great dad, Lee."

"Do you guys wanna pet the cow with us?", asked Clementine. "Nah, that's OK," said Lee. His gaze drifted over to a door at the back of the barn. He and Max walked over to it and found that is was locked shut. "So you guys found it to, huh?", Kenny asked walking over to them. "They're definitely hiding something behind this door. I managed to sneak a peek. They've got boxes of stuff and something metal and sharp."

"Don't get paranoid, Kenny."

"It's my job to be paranoid," Kenny retorted. "I've got my whole family here. How about you? What about Clem?"

"I'll protect her no matter what."

"I know you will, Lee. That guy with Katjaa over there... I saw him lock this thing up real tight the second we got here. I definitely heard a noise back there. We gotta be sure about this, so go find a hammer or something and I'll yank this thing off in a second. You two back me up incase those farmers come running."

"Wait a second Kenny, you should think about this. You smash that lock. Then what if it turns out that you're wrong?", asked Max.

"Alright professor, what do you have in mind?", asked Kenny. Max shrugged. "Let me have a look at what we're dealing with first," Lee said as he examined the lock.

"Hey, Lee? You know how to pick a lock, right?", Kenny asked. "No! Why would you sway that?", asked Lee.

"Well, you're, ya know... urban?"

Max mentally banged her head on a wall. "Oy..."

"Oh, you are NOT saying what I think you're saying,"

"Sorry man! I'm from Florida. I tend to say some crazy sh** sometimes...", Kenny muttered as he scratched the back of his head.

"Oh, for the love of-! Move over," the teen groaned as she pushed her way through them and examined the lock. "Hey guys, you see these screws?", she asked. "Instead of breaking the lock, I bet we can just take it off, have a quick peek inside, and then place it back on like nothing happened."

"Sound like a plan. I'll hang around here and keep my eye on the guy with the cow," said Kenny.

"Andy," Lee corrected.

"Thought that was Danny."

"Can I help you boys find something?", Andy asked.

"We're just checking out the barn. Never been to a dairy farm before," Lee said quickly.

Max smiled slightly. "Nice save, Lee," she thought. "OK, but don't roam around the from without me or Danny. The farm can be a dangerous place, you know, with the bandits and all. Sorry about your friend. Hey uh, do me a favor. Don't f**k with that door, alright? Mama gets nervous," said Andy.

"Andrew, I need your help again!", Katjaa called.

"Not a problem, Doc," Andy said as he walked back over to Maybelle's stall.

"Great. Any ideas?", asked Kenny.

"I got nothing," Max said.

"Give me a minute. You two stay here," Lee ordered as he stepped out of the barn. Kenny and Max exchanged a confused look as they leaned against the wall and waited. Several minutes later, Andy left the barn and could be heard grumbling about the generator. Lee quickly stepped back in.

"OK, let's go," he whispered.

Just then, a bell could be heard ringing in the distance. Duck hopped to his feet. "Mom, Dad! It's dinner time! It's dinner time!", he exclaimed.

"I'll make an excuse for you two. Find out what's behind that thing!", Kenny whispered as he, Clementine, Duck, and Katjaa left the barn. Lee pulled a multi tool out of his pocket and began unscrewing the lock. As he did, Max peeked into one of the stables and found a bin filled with clothes.

"That's weird...", she thought out loud.

"I got it!", he whispered as he pulled the doors open.

What the duo saw next shocked them.

Inside was a room that looked more like a slaughter house. On the floor, there was blood smeared everywhere with tools stained with blood scattered around the place.

"Boys, didn't you hear the bell?"

The two whirled around to find Andy standing behind them. "It's dinner time."

Max gulped. "Um, why is there a lot of blood in there?"

"That's from when we hunted animals and skinned them, I guess we forgot to clean it up," Andy replied. "Come on, let's not keep them waiting."

The three then walked out of the barn, but Lee and Max lagged behind. "They're hiding something, Lee," Max whispered. Lee nodded in agreement as they stepped inside.

"Wow, look at all this food!", Duck exclaimed.

"Oh, Brenda, you are an angel!", Larry chuckled.

"Everybody sit down and I'll go get the meal. Oh, this is a delight!", said Brenda.

Max scanned the room and noticed that something was missing. "Hey, where's Mark?", she asked. "Now don't you worry about him. I brought some food up. You just let him rest," said Brenda.

"Mind if I wash my hands first?", asked Lee.

"Sure. Bathroom's right across the hall."

Lee nodded and stepped out of the dining room, but took Max by the arm and gently led her to the stairs.

"What're you-?"

"Shh! Come on," he whispered as the two quietly climbed up the stairs. Max winced as a floorboard beneath her creaked, but no one heard. The duo then walked over to a cabinet and opened it, revealing a bunch of medical supplies.

"What's up with all the morphine?", Max asked noticing several jars. Lee noticed a switch and flipped it as another light came on in a room.

"What the?", he asked. The two then stepped into the room Mark was staying in. Their eyes widened, finding that Mark wasn't there.

"Where the h**l is Mark?!", asked Max. Suddenly, they heard a moan of pain coming from behind a bookshelf. They could see light coming out from under it. Lee and Max pushed it out of the way and opened the door, finding a horrifying sight.

Mark was lying on the floor legless surrounded in a pool of his own blood. Max gagged at the sight and held a hand to her mouth in horror.

"L-Lee... Max..."

"Mark?! What the h**l happened to you?!", asked Lee.

"Brothers..."

"W-What?! Those mother-!"

"Don't... eat... dinner...", Mark moaned.

"Lee! Did you fall in? Dinner's ready!", Brenda called from downstairs.

Lee and Max gasped and exchanged a look. "Clementine!", they said in unison before they darted down the stairs. The two made it to the dining room just in time to see Clementine bring a piece of meat up to her mouth.

"CLEMENTINE, NO!", Lee yelled. The girl stopped and set the fork down. The rest of the group looked up in confusion while Andy, Danny, and Brenda kept eating as if nothing happened.

"Lee? Did you guys find something back there?", asked Kenny.

"Sit your a**es down. This nice lady has made us a meal!", Larry snapped. "Yeah Lee, what's your problem?", Lilly asked.

"You're all eating HUMAN meat! All of you!", Max exclaimed.

"Max, you're scaring the kids!", said Kenny.

"It's the truth! Go upstairs! Mark is up there with his f**king legs chopped off!", Lee said. "We need to get out of here now!"

Katjaa then noticed that something was up and took away Duck's plate.

"Mom, I was eating that!"

"You're out of your skulls!"

"Brenda, tell me that he's not being eaten right now!", Max demanded.

After a moment, Brenda sighed. "It's true."

"Everything coulda turned out alright for you folks...", Danny muttered. Lilly groaned and pushed her plate away from her. "I'm gonna puke..."

"He woulda died anyway! We gotta start thinking about LIVING!", Andy said.

"Settle down, honey. Growing up in rural Georgia, you're taught not to waste. It's how I was raised and how I raised my boys. Now you got monsters roaming around that do nothing but eat people! And for what? To continue to rot till they eat some more!", said Brenda.

"You're all sick! Sick in the head!", Lee exclaimed.

"Andy is right. We go after folks that were gonna die anyway," said Brenda.

Max gritted her teeth as Danny looked up at them.

"Like y'all."

"CLEMENTINE, RUN!", Lee yelled. Andy drew a gun and pointed it at him. "Nobody's going anywhere!", he growled as Danny aimed his rifle at them.

"Let us go!", Lilly yelled.

"What the f**k?!", Larry shouted.

"I don't wanna die! Mommy, what did I eat?!", Duck cried.

"It's gonna be OK, guys!", Lee said.

"Lee! Lee!"

Andy then grabbed her by the hair and aimed his gun at Lee.

"CLEMENTINE!", Max screamed.

"LET GO OF HER!", Lee roared as he lunged at him, but was stopped in his tracks by Danny's rifle.

Suddenly, there was a thumping noise. Everyone froze as they turned to the stairs. Mark could be seen dragging himself across the floor.

"PLEEEEASEEE... SOMEONE!"

Everyone gasped. Lee turned around and looked at Clementine.

"CLEMENTI-", he began, only to get hit in the face by Danny's rifle. "LEE!", Max screamed as Danny aimed his rifle at her. "Now, if y'all cooperate, we MIGHT let some of you live...", he said with a sick grin.

Moments later, Max, Lilly, Kenny, Larry, Clementine, and Lee were shoved into a meat locker with the door slammed shut behind them.

As soon as Danny left, Lilly leaned against the wall and started puking up whatever she had ate. Larry started pounding on the door swearing at the top of his lungs.

"OPEN UP! I WILL TEAR YOU ALL APART!", Larry shouted.

"Stop it with the banging! We got find another way outta here!", said Kenny. "Max, any luck, yet?"

"Not yet," Max said as she looked for an exit.

"Well, keep looking! They've got Katjaa and Duck!"

The teen nodded and kept looking around the room with only one thought coming into her mind.

"How could it come to this?"