"You've never looked out for me! I dedicated my goddamn life to helping others, and it was because you always treated me like I didn't exist. You were never there for me when I needed you."

Nora looked at her father with tears in her eyes, her hands wringing themselves in her dirty shirt.

He looked at her with contempt, "You think I didn't notice you, didn't know you existed? You were all I saw, and every time I looked at you, it reminded me of her. She died because of you, and I couldn't stand to act like I was okay with that because I'm not. I know that I should have felt some fatherly compassion towards you, but when they pulled you out of her and the doctors gave you to me to hold, I couldn't look at you. All I could see was your mom's dead body on that hospital bed."

Nora exhaled and let the tears that had been aching to be let out were released, dripping down her sweaty face and onto the ground.

"I was a baby! I had no control over what happened to her, and you know it, you just don't want to admit it. And if you really want to go there, need I remind you why I never had a grandmother?"

"Don't you dare!," he seethed, "don't you dare bring that up."

"Dad, I never blamed you for that, okay, the only reason both my mom and yours are dead is genetic, it had nothing to do with us. You're just looking for someone to blame for the guilt you felt for growing up without a mom! And I was the easy choice, because I was the only one left."

While they were both letting out pent up anger and remorse, neither of them heard the biters approaching them.

...

Nora arrived at the gates with two packs slung over her shoulder, dried blood caked underneath her fingernails.

"Hey," she yelled, her voice cracking. "Hey, let me in!"

When she was preparing to yell again, the doors shifted, and started to slowly show a normal Georgia town. But not apocalypse normal, like the kind of normal where her and her friends would go shopping in a place like this.

People were walking around with ice cream, laughing. Some were riding bikes around the healthy plants in the middle of the road. A mother and father were pushing their newborn around in a stroller.

Nora blinked a few times to try and make this apperation go away, but it stayed. The untouched buildings stayed. The people were still going about their lives.

A man she hadn't even noticed until he was a few feet away from her smiled, "what's your name?"

"Uh, Nora," she let out, still debating whether she was dreaming or not.

"Well, Nora. Welcome to Woodbury."

...

"Hey, hey, Nora," Glenn lightly shook her shoulder.

She flinched and looked up at the Korean pizza delivery boy, and sat up, rubbing her eyes.

"My watch," she slurred.

"Yeah, my watch just ended. When you're done, it's Abraham's turn."

She stood up and wiped the dirt from her jeans, knowing that there was no point in it, but an old habit that still presented itself at times. Nora started walking over to the tree they were all taking turns sitting at to look over the group, but stopped when Glenn started talking again.

"Were you even sleeping?"

"No, I haven't been able to yet."

His voice became gentle, something Nora had noticed even when he didn't.

"I can take this watch too, you should get some sleep."

"No, no. I don't mind," she sat down against the trunk of the tree, "besides, you're still recovering from an illness. Thanks, though."

He nodded and laid down by the small fire, using his bulletproof vest as a pillow.

She adjusted her position to get in the most comfortable position one could find by a tree. She took her knife out and rested it on her legs in front of her to make it easier if she needed to act fast against a biter later.

Right when she started to hear soft snoring coming from Glenn's direction, Abraham walked over and sat down in the space beside her.

"Hey," she said.

"You need to get some sleep."

She groaned and laid her head down on her arms, "oh god, you heard me and Glenn?"

"I'm just saying I haven't seen you do it yet. At first I thought it was cause you were in love with him. You know, another cliche love story, the girl's in love with the boy she's trying to get to his girl."

She gave a short laugh, "yeah, that's definitely not the case. We just met right before you guys showed up. I barely know him, but I kind of feel responsible for him I guess. I helped him escape the prison and now I feel like I should see that he gets to Maggie. It gives me a purpose for now, it helps having something to work towards when this is the world now, you know? Like with you getting Eugene to D.C," she looked at him, "we both have our reasons, our missions."

He looked at her with a start of a smile, a look of respect.

Nora sighed and looked back at Glenn's sleeping form, "but what do you do when the mission's over?"

...

They were all up by dawn, packing up and moving along the train tracks. Eugene was trying to make conversation with Nora, talking about things from making homemade batteries to the video games they used to enjoy. Nora liked Eugene, she found his uniqueness entertaining. When you looked at him, mullet and all, scientist isn't exactly what comes to mind, and that made him all the more interesting to her. She liked how he wasn't ashamed of it. So they talked throughout the morning, and it helped the trip seem like it was going quicker. It was nice having someone to talk to, even if she didn't know what he was talking about half the time. Usually Glenn or Abraham would talk to her a little bit, relating to Glenn over their shared experience at the prison, and relating to Abraham over the weight of their missions they both wanted to accomplish. But Glenn was focused on getting to his wife, and Abraham was a man of little words anyways, and usually talked to her when they settled down for the night.

Eugene and Nora were in the middle of their conversation when Glenn stopped right in front of her. She looked up and saw a map on attached to a street sign a few yards away. It had a black chipped star made from a marker a while ago with the word Terminus written in big bold letters beside it. Above the map, there was something written in blood, obvious enough so that whoever it was meant for wouldn't pass it on accident.

Glenn go to Terminus -Maggie, Sasha, Bob

Glenn looked at the map in shock, and took off. He ran as fast as he could down the tracks, tears in his eyes, I'm gonna find my wife repeating in hid head over and over. He smiled, feeling hope coursing through his veins.

After the rest of the group ran to catch up with Glenn, they were exhausted. Abraham yelled out to Glenn, "Hey! We're stopping here. We're all tired, and tired is slow, slow is dead. There's a building right here, let's get some rest."

Glenn turned back, "No, I have to find Maggie."

"Yeah, well Rosita and I need to get Eugene to D.C, and same the whole damn world. So we're going in that building, and we're going now!"

Snarling stopped their disagreement, and they all looked up at the biter that was a few steps from falling onto them from the building's roof that had been broken in half.

Eugene was right underneath where the biter was about to land and Glenn started running, "hey, hey, hey, watch out!"

Abraham and Nora got to him quicker, and Abraham pushed Eugene, who bumped roughly into Nora. She fell down right on her knee, and grunted in pain.

Rosita walked up to her, "are you okay?"

Nora turned over and grabbed onto her knee with her face scrunched up in discomfort. "I'm fine."

Rosita looked at the group, "we've got to stay here, who's gonna help me carry her up?"

Nora started to stand and felt someone grab her elbow and help her up, "Hey," a familiar gentle voice came from her side, "you okay?"

She looked over at Glenn, "yeah, I'm fine."

He looked into her eyes with concern, "you wanna stop or you wanna keep going?"

"No, keep going, I'm good."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, yeah," she sighed, trying to get her footing.

Glenn let go of her arm once she started walking again, "look, if she can keep going, then you can too. Or," he paused, "you guys can stay here and we can go. You don't need us, we don't need you."

Rosita scoffed, "wow, you're an ass." She pointed aggressively towards Nora, who was limping, "She will do whatever you say because she feels like she owes you. Man up, and stay here for a few hours."

Glenn ignored her and went up to Abraham, "the only reason you want to stop is for Eugene, right? Lets go until at least sundown and then I'll give Eugene my riot gear. It keeps him safe, you're on the road again by tonight, everybody wins."

Rosita cut in, "Uh, yeah, except her," she pointed over to Nora again.

Abraham looked at Rosita, "you're not her mama. She says she can walk, she can walk." He nodded to Glenn, "you've got yourself a deal."

...

They all looked at the entrance to the tunnel, Glenn go to Terminus -Maggie, Sasha, Bob, written in more blood on the cement by the opening.

"Well we can't go up and over," Abraham said, "how about around?"

Glenn sighed, "no, that will take a day, maybe more. It looks like Maggie went through, and if she did, then I am. We're close."

"Shut up for a second," the sergeant stepped closer to the entrance of the tunnel, "you hear that?"

They all focused on the tunnel, and heard snarling echoing off the dark walls.

"That there is a long dark tunnel filled with the undead, and I'm not one hundred percent certain I can get Eugene through there alive. Now I would say play it safe and go around, but I know you won't do that, so this is where we part ways. You're on your own."

Nora walked up to him, "no you're not."

Glenn nodded at her in appreciation and Abraham held out two cans of beans, "you'll need these."

Glenn declined, "no, you'll need them on your trip."

"So will you."

Nora sighed and moved in front of Glenn, accepting the food, "thank you," she smiled.

Abraham pulled out a flashlight from his pack and held it out, which Glenn the took.

Abraham stood up and pulled his pack on. Glenn looked to him, "I'm sorry I um," he cleared his throat, "hit you in the face."

"Oh yeah, sorry about your nose by the way," Nora added.

Abraham laughed and looked at them both, "I'm not, I like to fight."

Glenn smiled and looked at the ground. Rosita approached him and gave him a hug, "good luck, and don't be an ass." Rosita then moved over to Nora and gave her a hug too, whispering, "good luck," in her ear. They pulled away from each other with soft smiles.

Nora looked to Glenn and they both nodded at each other, indicating they were ready to go into the dark tunnel. When they were starting to enter Eugene spoke up, "you're both good people. And I have to say that you are seriously hot, Nora."

Nora laughed, "yeah I'll miss you too, Eugene." Glenn started silently laughing behind them, and Abraham called out, "hey, say you get into trouble in there, turn around. Follow the tracks the same way we came, and maybe you'll find us before we hit the road."

Glenn nodded, "thanks."

They watched Rosita, Eugene, and Abraham until they couldn't see them anymore and Glenn looked over to see Nora looking conflicted. "Hey, I know what you're going through. After seeing my friends and family die, and having to leave people again and again, I'm just saying I get it. It sucks saying goodbye."

She looked to where Glenn turned the flashlight on, trying to see anything around them, "I kind of had a terrible dad. He had a gift at pretending like I didn't exist. And when he acknowledged me I would always wish he didn't. It's not like he was abusive or anything, he just made me feel like I didn't matter. He would never help me with any troubles I went through. I mean even when I was in the third grade and coming home to tell him about how I was being bullied, he just told me to ignore it and then never said anything else about it again. I told you I've always wanted to help people, felt the need for it, and I did, but I wonder if that would have been different if her wasn't my parent. He never helped me, so the growing weight of feeling like it was my job to help people got stronger, and that's why I became a caretaker. My mom died when I was born, and he blamed me for that, but it wasn't even just that. His mom died when she gave birth to him and he always struggled with that, he didn't talk about it often, but I knew. And when the same thing happened all over again, I think he took all the feelings he felt towards himself and directed them at me because it was easier. I think it helped him lift the guilt off his own shoulders," she sighed, "and then when the world started dying, we were stuck together. We were only out there for a few days before he died and I found Woodbury. I know I shouldn't have, but I started growing accustomed to the normality of the place. Concerts, and parties, you know? It was easy to make myself forget about what was happening outside the walls. And then the Governor found the prison and convinced us it would be better than Woodbury. At that point we had been attacked recently by your group, so we thought you were bad, and that's what he told us. So I went with them to try and get the prison, believing that your group was psychopaths, which we all realized was a lie too late. The Governor had already killed that man, Hershel, and that's when I realized how wrong we were. So I hid, and didn't fire one bullet. I threw the gun down and tried to stay out of it. I saw some friends die that day, and I tried escaping when I heard you."

Nora stopped, choked up, "but seeing my friends die, hell, seeing my own dad die wasn't as hard as when that sword cut that mans head off, "she started shaking, "because the moment that happened, I realized I had made a huge mistake. That I had trusted the enemy."

They were almost through the tunnel when Glenn shined the light on piles of rubble with biters trapped underneath the stones, reaching out to them still desperate for a meal.

Glenn paused for a few seconds before adopting that determined look yet again, and climbing the rubble, stabbing each biter in the head as he went along. Nora started following him, trying to take the same path so she would only get near the biters Glenn already killed.

They both reached the top, about to go down the other side when they saw dozens of biters going towards Glenn's flashlight.

Nora gasped and leaned back, but Glenn kept shining the light on them, luring them closer. "Glenn what are you doing?" she hissed.

"She's not one of them, Maggie's not one of them," he looked up decidedly, "we've got to get rid of them"

"No, we don't have enough ammo, and I only have a knife."

"We'll push through." He set the flashlight down on top of the rubble, moving it to the opposite side of where him and Nora were standing. The biters were drawn to it, and reached their fragile decaying arms towards the light while Glenn went to the other side of the rubble where Nora was and started to silently climb down while the dead were distracted. Nora followed, trying to get down the last few feet, which was just a pile of dirt. She attempted to slide down it on her side like she saw Glenn do, but as she slid, one of the large rocks beside her foot rolled right onto her ankle and she gasped, trying to twist her ankle every which way to release it.

Glenn turned around and whispered so he wouldn't grab the biters attention, "Nora, what is it?"

"I- I can't," she grunted.

Glenn grabbed onto the rock on her ankle and pulled, his eyes closing from straining to much. The rock didn't budge and he paused to breathe, and then tried again, but it became obvious to Nora that there was no use in it, and the biters were starting to become disinterested in the flashlight.

She had tears in her eyes and grabbed Glenn by the shoulders to make him look at her, "go, go find Maggie."

Glenn looked towards to exit of the tunnel for a beat, and then looked back at Nora, "No. No, I'm not leaving you."

Nora smiled at him in defeat, a tear going down her cheek, "Glenn, you can't save me. Even if you get me out, I won't be able to walk. They'll get both of us."

Glenn looked at her and then pulled the rock again, "No, there's a way. There's got to be a way."

Nora started crying harder, looking at the biters, "Glenn, they're coming!"

"No, I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving you!"

She snapped, and yelled in his face, "get out of here!"

He stopped and looked up at her, finally feeling doubt about whether or not he should stay. Everything in him was telling him to not leave Nora, but this might be his last chance to save his wife.

"Go!" she yelled.

Glenn paused and then turned, gun in hand, "No, I'm not leaving," and with that, he started shooting every nearby biter.

Nora started pushing the rock off of her while trying to pull her leg out, but it still didn't help. She looked fearfully at Glenn when she heard his gun clicking. He threw it against the cave wall, and grabbed a rock that could fit in his hand, "come on!" he yelled.

He grabbed the biter closest to him by the shirt and smashed it's head in, it's brains and blood spattering against the wall. "Come on!" All the biters were now surrounding Nora and Glenn, and she started hyperventilating, their impending death causing her to struggle for air. She knew that she would eventually die, most likely sooner than later, but she just didn't expect it to be over within minutes.

Glenn kept smashing their heads in, and let out a yell every time one dropped to the ground. When Nora closed her eyes to the terror around her, and a squeal made her jump.

"Get down!"

Glenn dropped down and threw his body in front of Nora's, covering her head with his arms. They heard a machine gun going off, and Nora peeked out from behind his arms to see all the biters on the ground, unmoving.

Once it went silent, Glenn stood up and covered his eyes, a bright light coming from the end of the tunnel.

Nora squinted, making out the dark shapes in the light, "who is that?"

Maggie stepped out of the light and had time to whisper Glenn's name before she threw her arms around him, crying and laughing at the overwhelming emotion.

"Maggie," Glenn whispered, keeping one hand on the back of her head, running his fingers through the ends of her hair, pure joy enveloping him, and bringing tears to his eyes.

She pulled away from him with a smile lighting up her face, and they kissed passionately, both on a high of finding each other at last.

Glenn pulled back and pressed a gentle kiss on her head.

"Hi," he chuckled, wrapping her in his arms again and basking in the moment.