"You know, maybe Gold has a point." Gail said as they walked through the streets.

"What?" Regina gaped at Gail's words.

"The city is filled with zombies and food is getting scarce." Gail paused for a short moment, "I'm not suggesting we totally leave the area. We could easily thrive outside the city and still be kinda close to the city." She watched as Regina processed what she had said.

"You're…right." Regina nodded and gave her a soft smile.

"Why don't we go looking for a place tomorrow after everyone leaves?"

"Sounds like a-"

Gail put her hand over Regina's mouth and dragged her into the nearest alley.

"What are you-"

"Shh!" the redhead hissed.

"But…"

"Regina, hush." She growled, looking around the corner.

The sound of hoof beats hitting the blacktop made them both shudder. Both women flattened themselves against the wall. Gail put a protective arm across Regina as they stared at what little of the street they could see. Two men on horseback rode by with another horse in tow.

"Greedy bastard." The one said.

"Come on, man, don't talk ill of the dead."

"I will talk ill of the dead. He was a greedy bastard."

"Dave, knock it off."

"He should have left that woman alone."

"Dude, I swear to god! Knock! It! Off!"

"It's not like those two women were carrying anything of value to us. They had it all on the one horse."

The two women listened as the horsemen argued and rode off around the block. Gail looked around the far wall to make sure they were gone. Both women breathed a relieved sigh and remained silent until Regina murmured, "We should go home."

"No. Those are two of the guy from the camp on the other side of the city."

Regina stared at her for a long moment.

"The ones that stole from our camp a few months back."

"All the more reason we should go home and leave them be."

Gail shook her head, "That horse isn't theirs."

"They stole it, but that's no reason for us to steal from them"

"Did you see all the furs, pots and pans, and that sleeping bag? That's a pack horse. Who knows what else is in those bags." She started walking down the alley as Regina followed with hesitation.

"Why don't we go back and get…backup?"

"By the time we do that they'll be back at their camp. We can get them, quick and easy, right now." Gail started climbing up a ladder to a fire escape that went to the roof of the nearest building. "Come on."

Regina hesitated.

"All you need to do is shoot a gun and spook the horses."

Regina huffed, "Alright."

They climbed to the roof and found the two horsemen had stopped and dismounted near a puddle. Their horses and the horse Gail was looking to steal were drinking while the two men argued over something.

"Come on." Gail said with a huge grin. They darted down to the ground and snuck around the alley to the street where the two men were. They watched as their arguing began to escalate into shoving. It only took three shoves before they were on the ground wrestling like children.

"Okay, you stay here. When I wave my hand you fire a shot down the street. Make sure not to hit them or me."

"That's going to attracted zombies."

"Then be ready to run." A Cheshire cat grin covered the redhead's face.

Regina shook her head.

"Just think, we'll have a horse to go out looking for a new camp."

She rolled her eyes as Gail ran across the street and slunk down the street towards the horses. The two horses that belonged to the men weren't fazed by the fight, while the other horse was shifting about and pulling against her lead.

Gail crouched down behind a garbage can that smelled of rotten baby diapers and decaying flesh. She eyed the two men as they rolled around on the ground. She pulled her gun and watched them for a moment longer.

With a quick glance back at Regina, she waved her hand. Regina stood and fired down the street at an empty garbage can. Both men froze, tangled in each other's arms and legs. The can flew up into the air and landed with a crash a few yards away from the horses. This was enough to set off all the horses. They reared up and flew down the street. The horse with the pack horse tied to its saddle ran towards Gail while the other horse nearly ran over the two men.

Gail waved a long stick in the air. The two horses, seeing a whip instead of stick came to an unhappy halt. The pack horse stopped immediately, while the other horse pranced around and reared. Regina came out from behind the corner walking towards the man's horse with her hands up. She grabbed the horse's rains and cooed gentle words at him. He settled just as a horde of zombies came out from the block behind the men.

"Fuck!" Gail jumped onto the pack horse's back, "Hurry up!"

Regina mounted the horse as the men came running up behind them. Gail swung her sword in the men's general direction. One stopped his advances. He looked at her then back at the zombies and turned tail for an alley. The other ran at Regina. She didn't see him in time to pull her ax from its sheath on her back. He threw a long knife. Regina let out a gasp as it imbedded itself in her side. The horse reared up and ran forward. Gail and the pack horse ran after them, leaving the man and the zombies far behind.

"WHALE!" Gail shrieked as they came to the main building. Regina was doubled over with her hand clutching her right side. Gail dismounted and led Regina's horse alongside a car. She climbed onto the hood and lifted Regina off the horse. Doctor Whale came running up to them with Mary Margret in tow.

"What happened?" Whale was quick to help Gail as she lay Regina down on the hood of the car.

"We ambushed some of those riders." Gail said her arm protectively around Regina, "They didn't take it too well."

Regina smirked through the pain, "Didn't take it too well?" she growled with a wince.

David came running up to them and hovered just behind Mary Margret. Whale looked over Regina's wound, gently touching the knife which made the brunette yelp. "We need to get her inside. She could bleed out. David, can you carry her?"

"Yeah." He pushed past them and gently lifted Regina off the hood. As they carried her inside Henry came running towards them. Gail barely managed to catch him as they slipped inside.

"Mom!" He yelled as the door shut behind the doctor and David.

"Shh, she's in good hands. She'll be okay."

"But…"

Gail turned the boy around so he faced her, "She'll be okay."

He looked into her eyes and could see the worry. "Okay." He nodded before wrapping Gail in a tight hug. "She's all I have left."

A tear fell over Gail's cheek.