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Summary: twenty-nine year old Kathryn Smith and her daughter three year old Jasmine have been on their own until they meet the Atlanta group on the highway. both mother and daughter carry with them a scared and frightening past but Kathryn is also carrying with her something more. Enter Daryl Dixon Hunter, tracker, and all around bad ass as well carries a dark past can they both save each other or will someone or something tear them apart?

Theme song: Theme of Laura (Silent Hill 2 soundtrack) by Konami Kubeiha Club

Chapter 2: meet the Greene's

Kathryn opened her eyes the next day, everyone was outside looking down Jasmine was still laying asleep. Sitting up she made sure not to wake the three year old in question.

Walking out of the RV everyone was holding weapons "What's… going… on?" she whispered to the blond named Andrea "oh Carol's little girl Sophia went missing. Two walkers went chasing her through the woods.

She nodded feeling bad "I…I'm s…sorry it was…my fault."

Shane looked up and glared "excuse me?!" Kathryn seam to jump and look down whimpering "What do you mean it's your fault?!" Rick held Shane back before he could advance on her, Kathryn squeezed her hands together tightly her body shaking in fright "we…saw them…f…fallowing…us… (she whimpered)…I told Jas…Jasmine to run," she paused looking up at the now angered man "I…didn't see…your group…we just hid…went under a car…and they walked passed." She finished looking at them all with uncertainty.

Rick was the first to speak "it's not your fault Kathryn you were just trying to protect you daughter. That's what any of us would have done. We understand you didn't see us." Everyone else nodded in agreement except Carol and Shane who were glaring at her. By this time Jasmine came up behind her mother and stared up at her "mama, why are they staring like that?" Kathryn looked down and gave the faintest of smiles.

"It's nothing sweetie, let's go look for something to eat." Kathryn suggested.

"Now hold on just a minuet this is not nothing!" Shane yelled.

Jasmine backed away in fear, her mother pushed the child behind her "please…don't…yell." Kathryn stated boldly, Rick got between them both once more before Shane could do and say anything.

"It's not their fault; Kathryn was trying to protect her daughter." He said sternly, not just to the whole group but to Shane.

They all seemed to agree at that point, Shane backed off.

After some arguing from Andrea, they left to find the missing girl Kathryn learned was named Sophia. Kathryn turned to Jasmine, Dale who owns the RV, and T-dog. Biting her lower lip she walks to her daughter "let's…let's find some breakfast shall we?"

The three year old nodded grabbing her mother's hand. After an hour or two, Kathryn and Jasmine got used to both men. As they quietly talked, a scream broke through the woods. Jasmine gasped and ran into the RV, biting her lower lip Kathryn grabs the pipe and holds it to her.

Dale holds his hand out making her lower the weapon. Kathryn looks at the older man with a questioning look as, four out of seven people from the group appear threw the trees.

After learning a little boy named Carl, Rick and Lori's son was shot, there was some agreement that the few of them would stay behind to wait for Sophia. Glenn, T-dog, Jasmine, and Kathryn went to the farm where the Grimes were at.

Feeling the jerk of the Cherokee stop Kathryn woke up, Glen looked over at T-dog "what do we do just go up and knock?" T looked at him "its kind a late for that don't you think?"

All four of them climbed out as a girl with cropped brown hair walked out onto the porch, Kathryn pushed Jasmine behind her.

"Did ya'll lock the gate before pulling up?" the girl asked

"Yes…yes we did, I'm Glen this is T-dog, Kathryn, and her daughter Jasmine." He introduced.

"I'm Maggie this is my daddy's farm, ya'll are welcome inside." She said looking at Kathryn and Jasmine who seemed almost hungrier than the two men.

Kathryn fallowed the men inside but not too far, she held onto Jasmine as they stood in the foray.

Jasmine turned to her mother pulling on Kathryn's shirt "I's hungry mommy." She whispered.

Kathryn looked around this wasn't her house, she was afraid to ask but both of them needed something to eat.

Walking into the kitchen T-dog and a woman were sitting in the kitchen, biting her lower lip she walks over to them. Kathryn's anxiety level hitting a new high, she turns about to walk out but Maggie is in the door way "you ok?" she asks.

Kathryn seamed to stutter and shake in fear, yes this was odd but not when the world and people change, fear would always be her first emotion on top of everything.

Jasmine stood in front of her mother "we just want to know if we may have somethin to eat paweas." Asked the three year old quietly, Maggie looked down at her and nodded with a smile wondering why the mother didn't ask.

That night Hershel the owner of the farm and Maggie, and Beth's father, let the tiny family have a small bed room to them.