Francine is awake in bed lying on her side. The sun shines through the blinds, giving light into the cabin. She feels Robin's arm over her waist, and she feels him breathing on the back of her neck sound asleep. Her baby bump is very large considering she's about 8 months pregnant. Francine quietly gets out of bed and puts on her clothes. She looks back at Robin still asleep, and she steps out of the cabin. Francine walks to the thawed river with Nayru and Eldin trotting by her side. Because Francine's stomach is very big, the most comfortable way to walk is with both hands on her stomach. She stares out at the river glistening under the spring sun, and it's completely silent. Francine sighs and looks down at her stomach, thinking about Richard. She takes her shoes off and steps into the river to feel the cold water on her toes. The cold of the water sends shivers down Francine's spine, and she hears footsteps behind her. She turns around and sees Robin walking towards her. She smiles, and he smiles back sheepish. Francine looks forward again, and Robin hugs Francine from behind. He wraps his arms around her bulging stomach, and he kisses her neck sweetly. Francine holds Robin's hands tightly in her grasp, and she leans her head back on Robin's collar bone. Robin jumps when he feels the baby kick.
Robin: (smiles) It's kicking.
Francine: I think he's gonna come out soon.
Robin: How soon?
Francine: I don't know. Soon.
Robin turns Francine around so she can look at him. He looks into Francine's eyes and tucks her hair behind her ears. Francine looks up into Robin's eyes, and she's touched by how much he cares for her. Robin kisses Francine lovingly, and Francine's stomach growls loudly. Robin laughs lightly while Francine smiles sheepishly.
Robin: I'll go get some food. Stay in the cabin while I'm gone.
Francine: Alright.
Robin walks hand-in-hand with Francine back to the cabin, and he kisses her again before he watches her enter the cabin with Nayru. Robin then walks off with Eldin to hunt for some food since they ran out of canned foods. Francine sits on a chair in front of the empty fireplace, and she stares out the window to the forest. Francine's mouth drops and she bolts onto her feet when she sees a teenage boy and teenage girl running out of the forest heading straight towards the cabin. Francine quickly squats down to hide away from sight, and she can hear the kids outside the cabin.
Girl: Wait, John. What if there are walkers in the cabin?
Boy: Then we'll kill 'em. We need a place to rest, Grace. We have to stay here.
Francine quickly gets back onto her feet and grabs the gun resting on the kitchen counter. She then locks the front door, and holds the gun firmly in her hands pointing it at the door. The boy tries to open the door, but it's locked.
Boy: (frantic) It's locked. The door's locked.
Girl: Here. Let's try this.
Francine can hear the door being hit with a large rock, and the teenage girl busts the door open with the rock. The two teenagers freeze when they see Francine standing next to the kitchen pointing a gun right at them with a large brown-furred wolf by her side.
Francine: (firmly) Don't move, or I'll shoot.
Boy: (puts his hands up) We're not armed. Please, lower your gun.
Francine eyes the teenagers and feels as if they're harmless because they're so young.
Boy: We just need a place to stay. Please, can you put the gun away?
Francine slowly puts the gun down, and when the gun is held limply in her hand the teenage boy brings out his gun and points it at Francine. Francine curses herself in her head, knowing deep down inside she shouldn't have been so clumsy and careless to let strangers take the advantage over her. Nayru snarls under her breath angrily, glaring down the boy still pointing the gun at Francine.
Girl: John, what are you doing?!
Boy: (to Francine) Give me your gun now or I swear I'll shoot you in the stomach.
Girl: John!
Boy: (keeps eyes on Francine) Shut up, Grace! I'm doing this for us!
Robin and Eldin come back to the cabin with dead rabbits slung over Robin's shoulder, and Robin halts when he sees a teenage boy and girl standing at the front door of the cabin. He can see the teenage boy has a gun out, and he knows that the boy is probably pointing the gun at Francine.
Robin: (whispers to Eldin) You get the girl. I'll get the boy.
Eldin quietly trots towards the cabin while Robin follows from behind.
Boy: (impatient) Give me the goddamn gun now!
Francine sees Robin and Eldin approaching the cabin cautiously to make a move on the teenagers, so she kneels down slowly to put the gun on the floor.
Boy: Now stand back up.
Francine just looks up at the teenage boy.
Boy: I SAID STAND UP!
In the next second, Eldin pounces on the teenage girl making her fall on her stomach. Eldin snarls intimidatingly on top of the girl, making her shriek her lungs out from fright. The boy is caught off guard by the grown wolf snarling like a monster on top of his girlfriend, and Robin elbows the boy in the back of the head as hard as he can. The boy falls on his face, and Robin grabs the gun from the boy. Robin runs into the cabin and stands in front of Francine, pointing the gun at the boy. Francine also stands back up pointing her gun at the boy as well. Eldin then walks off of the girl and stands next to Francine, still growling under his breath at the teenage couple.
Robin: Get out now or I'll kill you and your girlfriend.
The teenage girl is trying to calm down from being petrified by the wolf, and she slowly stands while looking at her boyfriend.
Girl: John, let's just go, please.
Boy: Alright. (sighs heavily) Alright, just...(to Robin) just please give me my gun back. We don't have any other weapon.
Francine: Don't give it to him, Robin. He's lied to me before.
Boy: (pleading) Please, I'm begging you, sir. The gun is all I have to protect me and my girlfriend. Please, I need the gun to survive out there.
Robin eyes the teenagers, and he feels sympathetic towards the two. He puts himself in the teenagers' shoes, naively thinking that he'd need the gun to protect his girlfriend too. Robin cautiously approaches the two and hands the teenage boy his gun back.
Boy: Thank you.
The girl walks off first, and the boy walks off backwards eying Robin. Robin watches the teenagers walking off towards the forest, and when he thinks they're far away enough he looks back to Francine concerned for her well-being.
Robin: Are you okay, Francine?
Francine: (widened eyes) ROBIN, DUCK!
Francine pushes Robin on the ground, and a gunshot fires through the glass window in the cabin shattering it loudly. The teenage boy fires another bullet, hitting the outside walls of the cabin. Eldin quickly runs out of the cabin towards the boy snarling his fangs angrily, and the boy pulls the trigger at Eldin but he's out of bullets. The teenage girl screams and runs off into the forest alone, and the boy stumbles back as Eldin pounces on him and bites deep into his neck. The boy screams in excruciating pain, and Francine's heart drops knowing that the cabin is no longer safe. Robin quickly runs out of the cabin and looks at the boy bleeding on the ground with large holes in his neck. Francine walks out with Nayru by her side, and she stands next to Robin looking down at the boy bleeding out, dying slowly. Nayru growls under her breath at the boy, and Francine looks to see walkers approaching in the distance.
Francine: (to Robin) We need to leave. The walkers are coming.
Robin: We can just get rid of them-
Francine: No. No the gunshots were too loud. There'll be too many of them. We need to leave now.
Robin: (sighs) Alright. Stay out here. I'm gonna grab some stuff inside.
Francine watches Robin running into the cabin to grab a few things, and she looks back down at the boy who's looking up at her with tears in his eyes.
Boy: (weakly) Please...kill me...
Francine just looks down at him emotionless, and the boy coughs out more blood. He is now gasping for air as the blood pouring out his mouth is blocking air from entering.
Boy: (crying) Please...they're coming...
Francine turns her back on the boy, and he watches Francine walking off towards the cabin with Nayru and Eldin by her side. Robin comes running out carrying a filled blanket like he's Santa Claus carrying around a bag of toys.
Robin: Let's go.
Boy: (crying helplessly) Please! Please kill me! Please!
Robin and Francine look back at the boy on the ground. The walkers are approaching even closer, and the two look at one another.
Francine: Let's go.
Robin holds Francine's hand, and the two start running through the forest with Nayru and Eldin by their side. After running for 5 minutes, Francine gasps sharply and stops running. She hollers in pain and leans her back against a tree.
Robin: W-What's wrong?
Francine's mouth and eyes are wide open from the pain and shock. She grabs onto her stomach as an indescribable amount of pain explodes inside of her stomach.
Robin: Francine?!
Francine: (hyperventilating) The baby...the baby is coming!...
Mina and Winters are walking within the forest with Faron. Mina is carrying the wagon by the handle while Faron is free from being saddled.
Mina: Do you like fishing, Mr. Sergeant?
Winters: (glances down at Mina) I've tried it before. I'm not very good at it. Have you ever fished before?
Mina: Yes. I went with Richard and Franny a long time ago. It was so much fun! We caught so many kinds of fish, and then Franny cut the fish so we could eat it.
Winters: Raw?
Mina: (nods) Uh huh. I forget what it's called.
Winters: I'm not so sure either. I'm not a real fan of fish.
Mina: Fan of fish?
Winters: (smiles) It means I don't really like fish.
Mina: But fish is so yummy! It's my favorite food in the whole world! It's squishy, soft, and so yummy-
Mina and Winters stop walking when they see a little cabin in the middle of the forest. They stare at this cabin for a moment, and Winters examines everything from his position. He notices a dead body of a boy near the cabin with many walker bodies piled up to the side. He can see the grass is stained with a lot of blood around the dead boy. Winters signals for Mina to follow behind him. He knows telling Mina to stay won't matter because she won't leave him alone, so now Winters makes Mina follow him from behind if they come across anything special. Winters approaches the cabin first with Mina following behind and Faron by her side. He looks down at the dead boy, and he can see large holes in his neck as if an animal bit him. There's a bullet hole in his forehead, showing that someone killed the boy off before he could turn into a walker. Winters then looks at the pile of dead walkers. It's as if the cabin was attacked by these walkers just recently. Winters and Mina can hear the laughter of two little girls, and the two hide from sight behind the cabin's wall. Winters peeks out and sees two little blonde girls playing together.
Mika: Catch me, Lizzie!
Mina: (gasps) Lizzie?
Winters shushes Mina, but Mina walks in front of Winters to peek through. She gasps seeing Lizzie chasing after Mika, the two giggling together.
Mina: Mika! Lizzie!
Mina hops out from her hiding spot before Winters can stop her, and Mika stops running when she sees Mina.
Mika: (gasps) Mina!
Before Mika can run to Mina, Lizzie comes up behind Mika and stabs her in the back with a knife. Mika's face turns into a look of horror, and Mina can't understand what's wrong with Mika. Lizzie takes out the knife and stabs Mika again and again multiple times. Mika falls to her knees with tears strolling down, and Mina sees Lizzie standing there with a bloody knife in her hand.
Mina: Lizzie?
Mina sees tears flowing down Mika's face, and Lizzie stabs Mika in the back one more time with the final blow.
Mina: Mika!
Mina runs forward towards Mika, but Winters grabs Mina to stop her.
Mina: MIKA!
Mika: Run Mina! Run!
Lizzie: Why won't you die?!
Lizzie then grabs the knife out of Mika's back and stabs it behind Mika's neck, and that blow kills Mika. Mika falls on her face into the grass with the knife protruding out of the back of her neck.
Mina: (crying) MIKA!
Mina tries to push Winters' arm off of her so she can run to her friend, but Winters throws Mina over his shoulder to carry her off. He runs away with Mina on his shoulder crying for her dear friend as Faron runs away with the wagon saddled around himself to get away from the murder scene...
Richard, Beth, and Daryl arrive at a graveyard with a funeral home on the land. The 3 cautiously approach the home, and Daryl opens the front door. The 3 search through the home for walkers or people, and they find none. They reconvene in the kitchen, and they look through the cabinets for food. They note how clean everything looks with stacked cans of food and no dust anywhere.
Richard: This place is too clean. Someone's been living here.
Beth: You don't think they'll mind if we take some food, do you?
Beth is holding a can of tuna, and Richard and Daryl look at one another.
Beth: We can leave a note to thank them for the food and shelter.
The 3 agree to stay in the funeral home for the night, so they set up tripwires all around the house by using yarn and empty cans. After a long day of securing the house, the 3 rest in the living room and eat. Daryl and Richard sit on the couch eating canned food while listening to Beth play the piano. During this moment of silence and zen, Richard's mind wanders to Francine and Mina wondering where they are and how they are coping. Suddenly, the 3 hear a dog squealing outside as if it's in pain. Daryl walks to the door while Richard and Beth stay behind. Richard has his machete in his hand while Beth is unarmed. Daryl looks through the peephole to see hoards of walkers heading towards the house from the dog's noise. He quickly locks the door and shouts for Beth and Richard.
Daryl: Walkers are coming! Get out of the house through the windows! I'll be right behind you!
Beth: Daryl-
Daryl: Go now!
Walkers bang on the door, and Daryl leans against it with all his might to give Richard and Beth time to escape. Richard puts his machete away to grab Beth's hand and they escape through the window with Richard leading the way. As soon as their feet hit the grass, Richard and Beth are immediately greeted by a group of people with golf clubs in their hands. Before Richard and Beth can react, they get knocked out cold...
Francine: Oh shit! The baby's coming now!
Francine starts hyperventilating and doesn't have the energy to stand on her feet. She leans back on a tree and is sweating greatly. Robin can see walkers approaching them, so he kneels down to Francine. He cups Francine's face in his hands, and he makes her look at him. Francine groans when she can hear walkers snarling getting louder.
Robin: Francine, Francine look at me. We need to get out of here. You can't have the baby here.
Francine: (crying and hyperventilating) I can't move. I can't move, it hurts too much.
Robin: (pleading) Francine, you have to move. You have to get up. The walkers are getting closer.
Francine looks back and sees the walkers nearing them.
Robin: Come on.
Robin puts Francine's arm around his shoulder while he puts his other arm around Francine's waist, and they walk away as quickly as they can with Nayru and Eldin looking out for them. They keep walking until they come across another river. Robin knows he can't make Francine keep walking, so he sets her down next to the river. Francine is still hyperventilating, and she looks much more pale than before.
Robin: (panicking and trembling) Oh god, Francine. I-I don't know what to do. I don't know how to help.
Francine: (deep breath) J-Just make sure the baby's head- (groans and gasps in pain)
Robin: R-Right, right, yeah. A-Are you gonna push?
Francine: I have to. I have to. It hurts.
Robin: O-Okay, okay, wait.
Robin sets out the blanket on the ground, and he helps Francine onto the blanket. Francine takes off her underwear and lays down on her back, breathing unevenly. She takes a piece of the blanket and bites onto it hard, preparing herself to push. Francine screams under her breath as she pushes hard, and Robin looks but sees nothing coming out.
Robin: I-I-I don't see it. I don't see a head.
Francine keeps pushing and crying in pain, and Robin's mouth drops when he sees the head slowly appearing. It finally hits Robin that the baby is going to come, and he can't take his eyes off of the baby's head. He puts his hands out to support the baby's head which is partially out.
Robin: (keeps eyes locked on the baby's head with his mouth wide open) Keep pushing. Keep pushing, Francine. I see the head.
Robin quickly looks around to make sure there aren't walkers nearby. There aren't any for now, but Robin knows walkers will appear soon enough from Francine's cries. Robin is shocked at how fast the baby comes out after the head appeared, and he can't believe he's holding the baby in his arms now. The baby cries loudly in Robin's arms, and he stares down at the newborn baby with his mouth wide open. Francine looks up weakly to see her baby, and she watches Robin cutting the umbilical cord with a pocketknife. Francine rolls off of the blanket, and Robin wraps the baby with a blanket. The snarls of walkers echo through the forest as they hear the crying of the baby. Robin looks around but still doesn't see any walkers nearby, so he wants to give Francine some time with her newborn baby before they have to start running. Robin hands the baby to Francine, and she starts crying uncontrollably as she holds her baby. She's overwhelmed with mixed emotions. She's happy because she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, but she's sad because the baby only reminds her of Richard and how much she wished he was here with her. Eldin whimpers lightly, and Robin looks up to see walkers starting to get nearer. He knows it's time to leave again. Robin stands up first and he puts his hand out. Francine can see walkers getting closer as her baby is still crying loudly. She grabs Robin's hand, and he helps her onto her feet.
Robin: You ready?
Francine: (nods) Yeah. Let's go.
Robin takes knives in both hands to lead the way through the forest while Francine follows him from behind. Nayru runs by Francine's side while Eldin runs by Robin's side...
Mina stares into the river quietly. She's still traumatized from what she saw, what Lizzie did to Mika. Winters is sitting away from Mina, eying her. His feet are in the water, and he's using his jacket as a net to catch fish. Even though he's being loud while catching fish since he's not very good at it, Mina doesn't ever glance at Winters to see what the noise is about. She just stares into the water blankly with Faron drinking water by her side. Winters manages to catch 4 large fish, and he takes them all to Mina. He puts the fish in front of Mina's eyes, and she looks up at him. Winters weakly smiles at her.
Winters: Hungry?
Mina: No.
Winters: (sits next to Mina) You should eat something. It's time for lunch.
Mina: I'm not hungry.
Winters quietly sits next to Mina as she continues staring into the river.
Winters: Who were they?
Mina: My friends from the prison. Lizzie and Mika...(looks up at Winters) Why did Lizzie kill Mika? They're sisters. Sisters aren't supposed to hurt each other like that.
Winters: ...well, this world makes you do crazy things to stay alive.
Mina: But Mika wasn't doing anything wrong. There weren't any walkers too. Why did she kill Mika? I don't understand.
Winters: I don't know...(looks at Mina) But what we do know is that she's dead. There's nothing you could've done about that, nothing that could've stopped that from happening.
Mina is quiet. She sighs and looks at the fish resting on Winters' jacket. She takes out her pocketknife around her belt, and she takes a fish in her hand. Mina cuts off the fish skin the way she learned from Francine as Winters watches attentively. Mina teaches Winters how to skin fish, and he practices skinning on one. He's not very good at it, but neither is Mina. They both try their best skinning the fish, and then Mina cuts the meat off the fish sashimi-style. She shows Winters how to do it, and he listens the way Mina listened to him when he explained to her how to skin rabbits. After cutting up the fish, Winters and Mina sit together eating raw fish by the river.
Mina: I want to find Franny. I miss my sister.
Winters: (looks at Mina) We'll find her.
Mina cries lightly, and she sits there wiping her tears away with her sleeves. It breaks Winters' heart seeing the little child crying quietly in such pain. He lifts Mina up and puts her down gently on his lap. Mina digs her head into Winters' chest as she wipes her tears away, and Winters hugs the little child comfortingly.
Winters: We'll find your sister. I promise we will. (looks down at Mina) And you trust me, don't you?
Mina nods and sniffles. Winters smiles and sits there hugging Mina, comforting her until she falls asleep in his arms for a late nap...
Beth wakes up on a hospital bed, and Richard is sitting right by her side on a chair. Richard jumps when he sees Beth waking up, and he smiles down at her.
Beth: (confused) What...
Richard: We're in a hospital.
Beth sees Richard with a black eye and bandages around his head as if he was beaten up recently.
Beth: What happened? Where's Daryl?
Richard: I don't know. I don't think Daryl is here with us.
Beth looks around her room hospital. She slowly sits up and when she does the door opens. Dr. Edwards and Officer Dawn enter Beth's room together, and Beth sees Richard's face darken when he sees those two.
Dawn: Good to see you're awake.
Beth looks at Richard as if for reassurance.
Richard: This is Dawn, and that's Dr. Edwards.
Beth: (to Dawn and Edwards) Where am I?
Dawn: At a safe haven where you won't get hurt. Your injuries have been taken care of by Dr. Edwards here.
Edwards nods.
Dawn: (walking forth) You know, we found you bleeding on the side of the road, you and Richard. We saved your lives.
Beth and Richard look at Dawn, not saying anything.
Dawn: You owe us.
Beth: Owe you what?
Dawn: Service.
Edwards can see Beth is frustrated that she doesn't understand what Dawn is talking about, so he intervenes.
Edwards: If you don't mind, Dawn, I'm going to check up on Beth now.
Dawn: (nods) Of course.
Officer Dawn steps out while Edwards walks over to Beth and Richard.
Beth: (to Edwards) What did she mean by service?
Edwards: (checking Beth's vitals) In this hospital, everyone has a job. I'm the doctor, Dawn is the leader. There are cooks, nurses, janitors...in fact, Richard, you've got a job to do right now.
Richard looks at Edwards, and Edwards looks back at Richard.
Edwards: You were lucky Dawn didn't do anything about you being in here during working hours. You should go now.
Richard: (reluctant) Yeah.
Beth: Wait-
Richard: (to Beth) It's okay. I'll visit you soon, alright?
Beth watches Richard leave her room as Edwards continues checking her to make sure she's fine.
Edwards: Are you two a couple?
Beth looks at Edwards and back at her door.
Beth: ...no. We're just friends...
Robin and Francine stare at the sign for Terminus and a map providing its location. Francine's baby boy is bundled in a blanket, asleep in her arms while Eldin and Nayru are by Robin and Francine's sides.
Robin: (sighs as he looks at the sign) Safe haven huh...
Francine: Let's go there.
Robin: (looks at Francine) Are you sure you want to?
Francine: Yeah. Maybe the people I'm looking for are there.
Robin: Right...(sighs) Alright then. Let's go to Terminus.
Robin and Francine walk side-by-side with Robin armed with knives in both hands. Eldin walks by Robin's side while Nayru walks by Francine's side, and they all walk along the railroad tracks to head to Terminus...
Richard disposes a dead body down the elevator shaft, and he's able to hear the snarling of walkers from afar. After he finishes the day cleaning up as a janitor, he visits Beth in her room. He knocks lightly, and Beth says to come in. Richard pokes his head in first, and Beth smiles happy to see him.
Richard: Let's go get dinner.
Beth and Richard walk together to the kitchen, and they grab some food. The two head back into Beth's room to eat their dinner together. For a while, the two are silent, unable to speak.
Richard: We gotta get out of here, Beth.
Beth: (looks at Richard) How?
Richard: (leans in and whispers) There's an elevator shaft where we dispose dead bodies. I can hear walkers from there, so there must be an exit around there that leads outside.
Beth: Must be?
Richard: (sighs) That's the thing. I don't know this hospital, and I'm not even sure there's an exit below the elevator shaft. But we need to find someone who wants to get out with us, someone we can trust to not rat us out to Dawn. They can show us how to get out of here, and we can take them with us.
Beth: Do you know anyone who'll do that for us?
Richard: No...I guess it's time to start making new friends.
Beth quietly eats her food, and she glances at Richard.
Beth: This is a bad place, isn't it?
Richard looks up at Beth.
Richard: What makes you say that?
Beth: The first thing you've said to me about this place is that we need to leave.
Richard doesn't answer Beth and he quietly eats his food.
Beth: Richard?
Richard: ...I can't find Francine and Mina if I'm stuck in here. That's why I need to get out.
Beth: What about me?
Richard looks up at Beth confused.
Beth: What if...I wanted to stay?
Richard: Trust me, Beth. You don't want to stay in here.
Richard can see he's worrying Beth, and he puts down his fork to hold Beth's hand.
Richard: Hey. I promised I'd take care of you. I won't let anyone hurt you, and I won't leave you behind, Beth. I'm gonna take care of you, alright?
Beth nods, and the two continue eating their dinner together in silence...