Mina runs to Winters asleep on the ground next to a tree. She runs to him with a big goofy smile on her face, and she hops onto her knees in front of him.

Mina: (nudges Winters) Mr. Sergeant! Mr. Sergeant, wake up!

The sergeant snaps awake immediately and bolts up onto his feet as a reflex with his rifle in his hands. He frantically looks around and sees no walkers around, so he looks down at the small child looking up at him with that big goofy grin on her face. He notices that she's kneeling on white snow, and he looks up around the forest again more focused on the bigger picture. All the trees are glistening white with snow, and Winters can see his own warm breath against the icy cold weather. Winters can't believe it's snowing, and he puts his hand out to feel the snowflakes falling onto the palm of his hand.

Mina: Isn't it beautiful, Mr. Sergeant?

Winters: (looking at the snowflake melting in his palm) Yes, it is.

Winters looks back up at the snow gently falling onto the tree branches. The snow reminds him of his youth when he grew up in the East Coast, how his mother would make him hot chocolate after an entire day of playing in the snow with his friends. Mina looks up at Winters just staring up at the sky thinking deeply to himself. She holds the sergeant's hand, and he looks back down at the little girl who's looking up at him still smiling.

Mina: Will you play in the snow with me?

Before he can respond, Winters hears footsteps approaching. He quickly puts up his gun and sees Faron trotting back with 3 rabbits in his mouth. Faron's white fur camouflages with the snow in stark contrast with the blood dripping down Faron's fangs onto the snow.

Mina: Breakfast!

Mina prepares the fire with all the twigs, but she can't get it to catch on fire. Mina keeps trying to start the fire, but Winters can see it won't work the way it usually does because of the freezing weather. Winters takes out a box of matches from his backpack, and he throws the lit match to the twigs causing it to catch on fire. Mina then grabs one rabbit while Winters grabs the other one. He hands Mina a small knife strapped to his boot while Winters take out a bigger knife for himself. The two start skinning their breakfast while sitting next to one another. Winters glances at Mina, watching her concentrating hard as she's skinning her rabbit exactly the way he taught her. He sees that she's doing a pretty good job considering she's only 4-years-old. Winters is done skinning his rabbit, so he watches Mina skinning hers.

Winters: You missed a spot there.

Mina: Where?

Winters points to the little patch of fur still on the rabbit. Mina then quickly skins that part off, holding the fully naked dead rabbit in her hand. Winters then sets up the animals above the fire to cook them. Faron eats the third rabbit laying down by Mina's side on the snow. Mina watches Faron devouring the rabbit as she pets him gently.

Mina: (looks up at Winters) Mr. Sergeant, do you think Franny and Richard are alive?

Winters looks at the little child looking up at him, hoping for an honest answer. He then looks away to the landscape of the glistening forest.

Winters: ...I'm not sure. My own soldiers couldn't survive more than a month out in these woods.

Mina: You were with other people before?

Winters: Yes.

Mina: What happened to them?

Winters: All of them were bit...but the last two killed one another.

Mina: Why did they kill each other?

Winters eyes Mina wondering if he should tell the little child what had happened to his platoon of new trainees. It was so quick how each trainee died every day. They were unable to adapt to the new situation, unable to learn the way Winters did after each new encounter with walkers. Every death of his trainee still haunts Winters every night, and the last murders of his trainees is the worst of them all. It still sickens Winters how they turned on each other so fast.

Winters and his two last trainees run away as fast as they can through the ghost town infested with walkers. The walkers are chasing after them, but the 3 humans are too quick for the slow walkers. Winters and his two trainees run into the forest, and after running for a bit they come to a stop to catch their breath.

1st trainee: Sergeant! He's bit!

Winters looks back at his trainees and looks at the 2nd trainee. He can see a part of the trainee's arm is bit. The 1st trainee points his gun at the 2nd trainee without hesitation, and Winters can see that the 1st trainee is going to pull the trigger without thinking twice. The 2nd trainee pleads frantically for the 1st trainee to not shoot him.

1st trainee: I'm sorry, man. But you're bit. You'll turn into one of them.

Winters: (calmly) Private Johnson, lower your weapon now.

1st trainee: (frantic) I can't, sergeant. I need to kill him. He's bit!

Winters: (sternly) Private Johnson, I will not ask you to lower your weapon again! / 2nd trainee: (begging) Please, don't do this, Bobby. Don't kill me.

1st trainee: (looks at the 2nd trainee) I'm sorry, Jake.

Winters: Enough!

Before Winters can stop the 1st trainee from shooting the 2nd trainee, the 2nd trainee takes out his handgun and the two privates shoot one another at the same time. Winters quickly runs to the 2nd trainee and sees he's dead with a bullet in his head. He sighs and closes the trainee's eyes. Then he walks over to the 1st trainee bleeding out from his neck. Blood is pouring out through the trainee's neck and spilling out from his mouth. The man is convulsing from the blood loss, yet he's still conscious. Winters makes the trainee move his hand away from his neck to see the extent of the damage, and Winters notes his artery burst from the bullet. He knows the trainee will bleed out for a few more seconds and die. Winters looks down at his trainee, and the trainee looks back up at Winters unable to speak. But Winters can see how sorry the trainee is for killing his fellow platoon member and how sorry he is for disobeying the sergeant's orders.

Winters: (disappointed) Relax, Private Johnson. Just relax.

The trainee looks up at Winters unable to relax, and he dies with a look of guilt on his face. Winters hears the snarl of walkers from afar approaching because of the gun shots, so Winters grabs all the weapons on both trainees. He hangs the guns around his shoulders, grabs the backpack filled with ammo and water, and runs away from the murder scene.

Winters: They couldn't accept that the world turned into...this. They couldn't adapt, and they weren't willing to learn. Even if they didn't kill each other, they wouldn't have survived for long.

Mina: Well, my sister is smart. I know she's alive, and Richard too.

Winters doesn't answer. Deep in his heart, he believes that Mina's sister and her boyfriend are dead. He's only ever been around people who couldn't survive long out in the woods, and if his trainees couldn't survive then he figured there's no way an accountant and film maker could survive for this long...

Francine is out in the woods with the snow falling on her long hair. There's a barely noticeable bump on Francine's stomach, and she has both hands on her stomach over this bump. She's still cast with doubt about having the baby in this kind of world, but as each day goes by the more weary she becomes thinking about it. Francine is tired of pondering about whether having this baby is a smart decision or not, and all she knows is that she doesn't have the guts to terminate this baby. She decided not long ago to stop thinking about whether she's making a grave mistake and to focus on taking care of the baby as best as she can. Francine is at the frozen river by herself with Nayru, looking out at the frozen ice. She slowly takes a step onto the ice and looks back at Nayru still standing in the snow.

Francine: Come on, Nayru.

Nayru cautiously takes a step onto the ice and when Nayru walks further she slips. Nayru slips head first, and Francine bellows out a laugh. Francine grabs onto her stomach laughing at Nayru, and the wolf whimpers quickly hopping back onto the snow. Nayru watches Francine start to skate on the ice with her hands on her stomach. Francine used to love ice-skating when she was young in winter time. She'd always go to the ice-rink with Jenny, and the two would skate for hours until the blisters on their feet started bleeding. The ice cold air piercing Francine's face sends chills down her spine and brings back memories of Richard.

Richard: An ice-rink?

Richard and Francine walk hand-in-hand to the ice-rink inside a large shopping mall in California.

Francine: You can skate right?

Richard: (sheepish) Uh...no, I uh actually never...

Francine: You never ice-skated once in your life?

Richard: No.

Francine: But you're from Canada. It snows there all the time.

Richard: You're from California and you've never surfed before. AND you live right next to the beach.

Francine: Touche. Well, let's go rent some ice-skates.

Richard and Francine head over to the booth for ice-skates, and the two put on their skates. Francine steps into the rink first, and she looks back at Richard. Little girls push Richard out of the way to get onto the rink.

Francine: Come on, babe.

Richard: So, do I HAVE to get into the rink?

Francine: Little girls can do it. Why can't a grown man do it?

Richard: (growls under his breath) There are lots of things grown men can't do that little girls can.

Francine: Oh yeah? Like what?

Richard: Gymnastics.

Francine: ...touche...whatever! Just get in the rink, babe.

Francine puts her hand out and Richard takes it. She pulls Richard into the rink, and she's surprised that Richard was telling the truth about never having ice-skated before. In just a few seconds, Richard falls on his knees and everyone skates around Richard to not crash into him.

Francine smiles remembering just how bad Richard was at ice-skating, and she's so lost in her memories that she doesn't realize she's skating right towards a walker limping on the ice. Nayru howls loudly frantically, snapping Francine awake from her thoughts. She sees herself skating right towards the walker, and there's no way Francine can stop because she's skating in her shoes with no ability to brake. Francine knows she has to stop or else the walker will kill her, so she falls on her back and crashes into the walker feet first. The walker falls down face flat onto the ice and Francine quickly scrambles back onto her feet on the ice heading towards the snow. The walker on the ground grabs Francine by the ankle, making Francine fall hard on her stomach on the ice. Francine frantically kicks the walker in the face and once again scrambles onto her feet. As Francine finally manages to stand on the snow, she sees a hoard of walkers heading her way through the snowy forest.

Francine: Oh shit.

Francine turns around to run back to Nayru to head to the cabin, but she has a sharp excruciating pain in her stomach. Francine groans loudly in pain, and she falls to her knees holding onto her stomach unable to stand on her feet from the extreme pain. She's completely terrified that she hurt the baby when she fell on her stomach on the ice, and Francine starts trembling overwhelmed with so much emotions and thoughts. Nayru runs to Francine's side, whimpering for her to get on her feet. Francine groans in pain, unable to move no matter how hard she's trying. The walkers draw nearer hearing Francine's groans of pain. Francine gasps when she hears a howl from afar, and Nayru howls back an answer. Francine looks back and sees the hoard of walkers drawing nearer, and with all her might she wobbles onto her feet still with a great amount of pain in her stomach. She hobbles away from the walkers as fast as she can with Nayru by her side when Eldin appears through the snowy forest running towards her and Nayru. Francine gasps seeing the grey wolf running past her towards Nayru, and the two wolves run away from Francine towards the hoard of walkers. Eldin and Nayru attack the walkers to allow Francine to escape to safety. Francine runs away from the icy river back towards the cabin, and she runs into Robin picking berries not too far from the cabin. Robin can see Francine in a panic and in pain.

Robin: (concerned) What happened?

Francine: (breathing quickly and wincing in pain) I-I was being chased by walkers. And I fell hard on my stomach. We need to get into the cabin now.

The two run into the cabin and they watch through a window a group of walkers approach the cabin. Robin and Francine hide in the bedroom together both equipped with knives. Eldin and Nayru howl together, and Francine and Robin can hear the snarls and tearing of flesh outside of the cabin from the two wolves protecting Francine from harm. Francine groans in pain again as her stomach is hit with another sharp pain as if a knife is stabbing her. Robin looks at Francine and wraps his arms tightly around her to keep her close. Francine grabs onto Robin tightly, breathing rapidly trying to alleviate the pain...

Beth, Richard, and Daryl all sit around the fire as they feel the snow falling down on them. Beth looks up with a big grin watching the snow fall while Daryl is busy skinning little animals. Richard just stares into the fire, preoccupied with his own thoughts. Beth looks at Daryl then to Richard and notices he needs to think about other things for a change.

Beth: Hey, let's try to find a frozen lake today.

Daryl: (eyes Beth) Gonna go ice-skating?

Beth: Yeah. I used to love ice-skating when I was a little girl. How about it, Richard?

Richard: Ice-skating? Uh...y-yeah. Yeah, we can do that.

After the 3 finish eating their lunch together, they walk off into the forest than the road today.

Daryl: Eldin's been missing for some time.

Richard: Yeah. I mean, he's still a wild wolf.

Beth: Wonder where he is.

The 3 stop when they hear wolves howling from afar.

Beth: Do you think that's Eldin?

Richard: Let's go find out.

The 3 continue walking through the woods with Richard leading the way, machete in hand.

Beth: Hey, hey look.

Daryl and Richard look back at Beth staring down at the snow. They both look down to see a blood trail in the snow in a specific direction.

Richard: (to Daryl) What do you think?

Daryl: Just an animal taking its food somewhere. Nothing special.

Beth: Then let's keep looking for a frozen lake. I'm sure it should be somewhere around here.

Daryl and Beth move along as Richard stares at the blood trail in the snow. Richard follows the blood trail and the pair of paw prints embedded in the snow. He follows the trail until he sees freshly burnt twigs. He stares at this little campfire, and he takes a step forward. Richard can see little animal bones on the ground slightly covered in snow. Richard knows for sure that whoever was here was here not too long ago. He kneels down to the snow, looking around to see if he can find any footprints.

Beth: Richard?

Beth and Daryl find Richard as they followed the blood trail and foot prints. Richard doesn't reply, continuing to search for clues as to where these people went.

Beth: Richard?

Richard: Someone was just here not too long ago.

Daryl kneels down next to Richard and looks into the snow.

Richard: Can you see a trail?

Daryl: No. They've been gone long enough for the snow to cover their tracks.

Richard sighs heavily, wishing that there could've been clues as to who was here and where they went. He has a feeling it was either Francine or Mina because of the little fire and paw prints around it.

Beth: Well, Daryl and I found what we were looking for.

Richard looks back and Beth smiles. She leads Richard away from the trail and they see a frozen river in the clearing through the woods. It's a beautiful frozen river glistening under the winter sun.

Richard: Wow...you really found it.

Beth: Come on. Let's have a little fun for once. We deserve it.

Beth is the first to run to the frozen river with Richard and Daryl following from behind. Beth hops onto the ice, and Richard watches Beth skating around reminding him of Francine. He smiles watching Beth having fun skating around on her own. She looks at Richard and skates to him and Daryl.

Beth: Come on, guys. Skate with me.

Daryl: Nah, I don't skate.

Beth: Why? You're too manly to skate? (looks at Richard) Come on, Richard.

Richard: (sheepish) I'm not so good at skating.

Beth: It's alright. I'll make sure you don't fall.

Beth puts her hand out, and Richard reluctantly takes it. He steps onto the ice, and it's a little easier to skate on shoes than ice-skates. Richard falls on his stomach on the ice nonetheless, and Beth laughs at Richard grabbing onto her stomach.

Beth: (laughing) Wow, you're really bad at this.

Richard smiles and wobbles back onto his feet. Richard grabs balance, and Beth grabs his hand again. She skates with Richard, leading him around the frozen river and back. The 3 hear two wolves howling, and they all freeze looking into the woods listening to the wolves howling...

Winters and Mina with Faron approach a clearing in the forest, and they look to see a road leading to an empty town. Mina gasps excited to see a town but Winters is cautious.

Winters: (quietly) You stay here.

Mina: Why?

Winters: The town could be filled with walkers.

Mina: I want to go with you, Mr. Sergeant. Can you just wait for me a little?

Winters watches Mina picking up rocks and loading them into the wagon. She fills it halfway with rocks, and she holds the wagon handle in her hands so that Faron can travel light.

Mina: Okay. Let's go.

Winters leads the way with his gun as Mina follows him from behind. Winters chooses to enter the pharmacy first. Mina stops him by grabbing onto his pants. He looks down at the little girl, and she grabs 2 rocks. Mina throws the rocks into the pharmacy on the ground, and they hear snarls of walkers approaching the entrance from within the shop. Winters grabs his knife and kills walkers with Faron helping him. When all the walkers are dead in the pharmacy, Mina picks up the rocks again and puts them into the wagon. Winters immediately searches through the shelves for useful medicine. He loads them all into Mina's wagon as she watches out the door for any other signs of walkers. Winters then checks the cashier box and he opens it to see a gun and pocketknife. He checks to see that the gun is completely loaded. He stores the gun and pocketknife away into his bag and finishes gathering supplies for their continuing journey.

Mina: Mr. Sergeant. There's more of them coming.

Winters looks out to see more walkers headed their way little by little from the other shops.

Mina: Should we go back into the woods?

Winters: No, not yet. We can handle 5 of them.

Winters whistles for Faron, and the wolf trots to Winters' side. They both run to the 5 walkers heading their way, and they are all easily killed by the dynamic duo. Mina walks out with the wagon towards Winters and Faron while they finish killing the walkers, and Mina stops when her vision goes blurry. She rubs her eye with her free hand, but her vision is still blurry. Winters looks back at the child to see a walker coming out of a shop heading right towards Mina from behind. Winters knows he doesn't have time to run to the walker to kill it by knife silently, so he takes out his rifle and points it at the walker.

Winters: Mina! Get down on the ground now!

Mina looks back and sees the walker 2 feet away from her. She gasps and quickly squats down not leaving her sight off of the walker. Winters shoots the walker down, and Mina knows it's time to leave the town because hoards of walkers will be here soon enough. Winters and Mina run into the woods, and they come across a few walkers who are headed towards the town because of the gun shots. Winters is caught off guard from the up-close walkers, and a walker topples on top of him as the others start to surround Winters to bite into him.

Mina: (gasps) Faron, help him!

Faron helps Winters by first killing the walker on top of him, and Mina watches afraid of the walkers nearing in on Winters. Winters pushes the dead walker on top of him away, and he kills 3 walkers starting to surround him. Mina grabs a rock, and she chucks it at a walker closing in on Winters. It hits the walker in the shoulder, and it looks back at Mina. She throws another rock at the walker and hits it in the head. The walker falls on its back, and Mina quickly runs to that walker with a rock in her hands. She smashes the rock into the walker's head, killing it effectively. Mina then notices a walker walking behind Winters. He and Faron are busy taking care of the other walkers, so Mina grabs her shield. She runs to the walker and hits the walker's leg with the shield, making it fall down on its stomach. Mina then runs to the walker's head and decapitates the head off with the shield. The walker head is still snarling, so Mina lays the shield on top of the walker's head. Then she jumps on top of the shield, squishing the walker dead. Winters looks at what Mina did to save him, out of breath from killing more than 10 walkers in 20 minutes. He's surprised that he was saved by a 4-year-old and that a 4-year-old even had the guts to kill such deadly monsters.

Winters: (panting and looks at Mina) Thank you...

Francine and Robin are sitting on the ground in front of the fireplace. She and Robin haven't left the cabin since they locked themselves in, and they're both eating canned food for dinner. Robin glances at Francine and sees her just staring into the fireplace.

Robin: How are you feeling?

Francine: (looks at Robin) Fine.

Robin: Your stomach?

Francine: Better.

Robin: Mind if I...

Francine moves her hands away from her stomach, and Robin puts his hand on her stomach. Francine looks up and her eyes meet with Robin's. She quickly looks away, and Robin takes his hand off of Francine's stomach embarrassed. Francine stands up and walks towards the bedroom silently. Robin quickly bolts onto his feet and follows Francine as if he's in a trance to follow her. Francine can tell Robin is following her, and she stops walking to look back at him. Robin freezes when Francine looks back at him, and the two look at one another for a quick moment. Robin then takes another step forward to stand right in front of Francine. He's looking down into her eyes while she looks up into his. He leans in for a kiss, and he plants his lips onto hers. Robin moves his lips, and Francine responds back half-heartedly. Robin opens the bedroom door and leads Francine inside still kissing. Robin leans Francine down to the bed, and he leans down to kiss her again.

Francine: Wait.

Robin stops kissing her and looks at her.

Francine: Please don't come inside me.

Robin nods, and he kisses Francine again. Robin takes off his clothes, and Francine takes off her clothes. Robin looks down at Francine lying on the bed naked looking up at him. Robin foreplays Francine with his fingers, and he can feel her getting wet. He then moves Francine's legs apart even further, and he leans down on Francine making himself comfortable between her legs. He kisses her, and Francine moans under his lips when his tip is inside her. Robin slowly pushes in deeper, and he can feel Francine's nails digging a little deeper into his back as she gasps. Robin moves in and out slowly, and Francine moans sensually. She can't tell whether it's because she hasn't had sex in a while or whether Robin is actually really good, but Francine is already near finishing one. Francine wraps her legs around Robin, and she sends chills down Robin's spine when she climaxes. Robin keeps himself inside as Francine calms down from her peak. He stares into Francine's eyes, mesmerized by her beauty as she stares back into his eyes. She can see in Robin's eyes that he really cares for her.

Francine: Here, lean back.

Quickly Francine switches places with Robin and now she's on top while he's resting on his back. It turns Robin on the way Francine took over confidently, knowing exactly what she wants from him. She starts riding Robin hard, and Robin's mouth drops open from the sensation.

Robin: (moans) Oh god. Oh!

Robin looks up at Francine riding him like a rodeo and he feels himself getting close to finishing. He puts his hands around Francine's waist to stop her from moving anymore, and she looks down at him a little confused as to why he stopped her. Robin positions Francine above him, and he starts thrusting hard and fast, up and down. Francine moans loudly feeling such euphoria slowly creeping in her spine. She quickly leans back as Robin continues to thrust, and Francine reaches her climax instantly and hard. As she clenches with a shudder, Robin pulls himself out and comes on the bed. Francine calms down as Robin plops down on the bed next to her, still trying to get his grip together. The two are panting on the bed, calming down from their climax. Francine quietly sits up in bed and walks away to the door. Robin quickly sits up and looks at Francine staring at her body.

Robin: Where are you going?

Francine: (looks back at Robin) Just gonna wash up.

Francine then walks off into the bathroom to take a shower. Francine steps into the shower and she can't stop thinking about Richard. She feels guilty for having sex with Robin, but she just needed some physical release. She hopes that wherever Richard is, he's in a safer place than she is..

This time Richard, Daryl, and Beth couldn't find a car to sleep in on the road so they have no choice but to sleep out in the open within the woods. Daryl was smart enough to steal blankets from the previous car they were in, and everyone bundles up. It's Daryl's shift, so Richard and Beth are lying down on the snow next to one another. Beth is shivering cold, and Richard seems like he's fine.

Beth: (shivering) Aren't you cold?

Richard: I'm used to the cold. I'm from Canada.

Beth: Oh yeah, I forget you're from there.

Richard: You're freezing, aren't you?

Beth: (sarcastic) No, I shiver when I'm warm.

Richard: (chortles) Come here.

Richard scoots in closer to Beth and puts his arm around Beth to keep her tight and warm. Beth quickly wraps her arms around Richard, and she digs her face into Richard's chest. It sends chills down Richard's spine feeling Beth so close to him breathing warmly on him. It reminds him of Francine, and he gets saddened thinking about the reality of him and Francine being separated.

Beth: Is it hard having one arm?

Richard looks at Beth and is a bit taken aback by how close their faces are and how beautiful she is.

Beth: I've always wanted to know.

Richard: It takes time to get used to.

Beth: Maybe one day we'll come across some kind of engineer that can give you a robotic arm.

Richard smirks, entertaining the idea in his head as well.

Richard: If we end up in California and find Francine's brothers alive, they can fix my arm for me.

Beth: Why?

Richard: Her older brother is a bio-engineer. I remember he was talking to me about his latest project, a robotic arm that can be controlled by your thoughts. All you need to do is implant a chip in your brain that links your thoughts to the arm.

Beth: (smiles) It would be nice to have a robotic arm like that. Maybe you'll have Terminator-like strength.

Richard chuckles, and Beth looks at him with a smile. Richard feels a little awkward staring at Beth like this, and he feels a little sheepish seeing that Beth is looking at Richard with the same look on her face.

Beth: It would be nice if we could all get to California safely.

Richard: Have you ever been there?

Beth: No. I've been in Atlanta my whole life.

Richard: You'll love California. The beaches, the sun, it's beautiful there.

Beth: (smiles) I'd love to see the beach. I've never been to one. Promise you'll take me to California with you.

Richard: I'd never leave you behind.

Beth digs her face in Richard's chest again holding him even tighter. Richard holds Beth tighter too, and he feels Beth falling asleep in his embrace as the snow continues to gently fall from the sky.