Carlos let out a sigh as Jackson started the car. He knew that this long trip into the city was going to take everything out of him; all of his energy, all of his mental state, just everything. It was going to be dangerous too, and he was going to be worried about Sarah the whole time. That was another reason why he didn't want to leave his teen daughter here with Alyssa and Nikki. He didn't want to be worried about her, and he didn't want her to worry about him. But nonetheless, he had to do it, and like he said before, he would do literally anything in the world for his daughter.

"You okay man?" Jackson asked, taking his eyes off the road for a second to look over at Carlos. The hispanic man shook his head though. He didn't really know how to answer that question. No, he wasn't okay, but he didn't want Jackson to know that either. Carlos wanted to come off as a strong individual, not someone who was weak or scared.

"Just worried about my daughter." He finally answered after a moment of silence.

"Don't worry." Jackson said, giving Carlos a pat on the shoulder. "She'll be okay. We'll be back before you know it. It only takes us about a day to get into the city." He answered. "She's in good hands." He finished as he continued to drive. They were finally out of the thick woods, and on the road to the city.

"Yeah, I know. I trust Nikki and Alyssa, they're good people." He answered in reply. "It's just after my wife died, Sarah is all I have left. I don't want anything to happen to her... And if it did, well, then I'd have nothing left to live for." Carlos said a little cynically, but it was true. Sarah was his world now, especially now in all of this apocalypse crap.

"That's heavy man." Jackson commented. "But I understand."

It was silent while they drove now, the two deciding that conversation wasn't the best thing right now. "Sarah has a kids bop CD if you want to listen to music." Carlos said with a small chuckle.

Jackson laughed, "No thank you."

Carlos let his thoughts consume him as he looked out the window of his car. Nothing but fields passed by, and he remembered not too long ago, it was him and Sarah driving and sleeping in this car. The man wondered what he would see once he got to the city. Would it be worse? Would there be more of those walkers? Would there even be any supplies left for he and Jackson? Or would they come back empty handed? Carlos didn't want that. He didn't want to be on this trip for no reason. He had to bring something back to Sarah. "This is the way Sarah and I took." Carlos said, noticing the path and road.

"We're close." Jackson said with a nod. "Only about three more hours I'd say."

"Good." Carlos answered. He wanted to get back to Sarah as soon as possible.

The sun was just starting to set when Alyssa and Nikki had gotten dinner done back at the house. "Sarah, it's dinner time!" Alyssa called out to the teen girl in the living room. She was perched at the window that looked out to the front of the house, and she hadn't left that spot since Carlos and Jackson left earlier today. She was worried about her dad, and even worried about Jackson a little bit. She did not want them to get hurt. She wanted them to come back safe, with lots of food and supplies so that they would all be safe.

Alyssa approached Sarah and put a gentle hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up. "I'm waiting for my dad to come back." Sarah said, and then continued to look out the window.

"He won't be back until morning honey." Alyssa tried to explain.

"I want to be here when he comes back." Sarah said. "That way he knows that I waited for him the whole time he was gone."

"But you have to eat." Alyssa replied with a smile. "Your dad wouldn't want you to go hungry, would he?"

Sarah sighed, "Can I eat at the window? Please?" She asked in her little child like voice.

"Alright." Alyssa answered. "I'll bring you your plate." They didn't have much for dinner that night because they didn't have much food left. Nikki had managed to heat up a few cans of beans for them all to split, so that they wouldn't be hungry when they went to sleep. Sarah ate at the window, and once she was done eating, she fell asleep at the window waiting for Carlos to return.

"Should we move her upstairs?" Nikki asked, looking over at Alyssa, then back to Sarah who was curled up in the fetal position sleeping soundly.

Alyssa shook her head, "No, she'd be upset when she wakes up."

"Yeah, you're probably right." Nikki said. "Come on Trevor," She called out to her son. "Let's go to bed."

Meanwhile, Carlos and Jackson had finally made it in to the boundaries of the city, and Carlos couldn't believe what he saw. There weren't that many walkers, but there was still more than he had ever seen at once. They were staggering around, looking for human flesh, and he was glad that he didn't bring Sarah. She didn't need to see this. There were collapsed buildings, military vehicles broken down, and the world was falling apart. "Do you believe this?" He asked Jackson.

"If I can see it, I believe it." Jackson answered as he drove slowly on the crowded streets.

"This is crazy..." Carlos said in disbelief.

"I bet that drug store over there is a good place to look for stuff." Jackson pointed off in the distance. "Let's go there first."

"Sounds good." Carlos said with a nod.