Michonne and Rick started outside the gates, walking around the perimeter. They didn't see any Walkers. Half way around Rick commented on the absence.

"It could be that group is taking care of them," Michonne suggested. They continued walking, making notes on improvements that needed to be made. After the tour they found Sasha and asked her if she could please take watch in the tower.

"We'll be making a schedule, mostly our people, but we'll need to include the Alexandrians at some point."

Sasha stood there with her mouth open. "You don't want to go?"

"No, I don't," Rick emphasized.

"Why?"

"Because this is our home now, Sasha. If you want to go that's fine."

She looked undecided. Rick pressed his case. "Yes, they have more than we do. An already established community. Now that Deanna's finally seen the light and given the security of this place to us, we can stay. Make our own community."

Maggie and Glenn were in the house they shared with Sasha. "Do you want to go, Maggie? This stuff from Deanna came out of nowhere."

Maggie looked torn. "I like her. Now that she knows what it's really like we could turn this place around."

Glenn sat next to her on the sofa. "We could. Do you want to invest the time? Or go to a place that already has their act together?"

"I think we should stay, Glenn."

Glenn kissed her. "Then we stay. I'll give the satphone back."

"I think you should keep it. Just in case. If Deanna wants to do a trade agreement with them down the road, that'll be a lot easier than putting somethin' on the roofs lettin' them know we're ready."

"How did they get control of satellites? Who would even think of doing that?"

"Cia."

"She's seriously smart."

"They all are," Maggie contradicted him.

Seal and the group came over the walls and shook their heads. "We should mark these guys down as 'soon to be dead'."

"We know where to come for more solar panels," Cia responded.

"This is a nice place," SS 2 commented. "We could always see about setting this up as a vacation spot."

"That's not a bad idea," SS 1 replied. "We'd need to get some fields cleared, sand dumped, pools put in."

Sad laughed. "That's doable. I love the Island but I get tired of looking at you bastards."

He got booed and hissed as they walked back to Eric's house. They knocked and Aaron answered the door. "You don't have to knock. We don't lock the door."

Seal shrugged. "Not our house and we won't be here after tomorrow."

"Thanks, though," Cia grinned.

"Dinner, we didn't discuss dinner."

"We have some things in the RV. I'll cook," Mi volunteered. He ignored the looks he got, walking around with several weapons, and raided the RV. He saw the child abuser and another woman walking toward him.

"When are you leavin'?" the child abuser asked.

"Tomorrow," he answered and kept walking.

"Are you responsible for the no walkers around?" the woman asked.

Mi stopped and turned. "'Walkers'? What an unusual term. The answer is yes."

"Around the entire community?"

"Yes. Slow day at the office for us." Mi was amused. They'd all taken turns following them and they didn't know it.

"There's only six of you," the woman commented. "That's a lot of ground to cover."

"If there's nothing else?" he raised his eyebrow. When they didn't say anything he left.

"She wants to see you," Aaron told Cia. "I told her I'd let her know when you got back."

"Why?" Cia was confused. She'd done nothing but degrade this entire community. She was only interested in Glenn and only because he was a cute little guy.

"Whatever. Sure. We'll talk to her."

Aaron left to get Jessie and Mi walked in the door. "Chicken Parmesan?"

"You don't have to do this," Eric protested.

"You're letting us stay in your house," SS 2 shrugged her shoulders. "You, Aaron and Glenn are probably the only people we can stand here."

"Yeah," Cia snorted. "How could Monroe go through this so clueless?" she sat on the floor, put her hands behind her back, planted her palms and stretched her legs out.

"They found this place and never left," Eric said. "No one's really been out there besides Aaron and me."

"The guy that almost killed Glenn?" Zi asked as she sat on SS 1's lap in the other chair.

Seal laid his head down in Cia's lap when he got on the floor. She ran her fingers through his hair.

Eric snorted. "He and Aiden did runs for the community. Along with whatever suckers they could find. I don't think they really saw a lot of Walkers. The biggest thing they did, I think, was that last place. Where Noah was killed and Tara injured."

Sad had SS 2 in his lap on the other end of the sofa. "Some leader she is. Peter still does his two days of protection duty."

"He's the head of the committee for our community," Mi told him when he came out into the living room.

Cia laughed. "Did you hear Monroe's husband when he asked about required run time? Peter can be a badass when he wants."

"It's why we all respect him. All the committee members," Zi commented. "They set the rules and follow them."

Aaron walked in with Jessie in tow. She stopped dead when she saw all of them relaxed around Aaron's living room. "I know you don't respect me, but I'd like to discuss coming to your Island."

"Really?" SS 1 drawled. "Are you sure?"

"You'd have to do the requirements. We won't tolerate that bullshit like what happened between your husband and your lover," Mi stated.

"He's not my lover," Jessie retorted. "I…he's not my lover. Can I fill out that form?"

Mi gave her a tablet and she looked at it. "I…I don't know to use this," she whispered.

Seal got up and put her in the kitchen then turned on the tablet. "We don't use paper. Everything is disseminated electronically or by word of mouth. You'll need to learn. We have children's classes for this that you'd need to take. All of your sons' school assignments, grades and announcements will be available this way, if you're accepted. Fill this out, when you're done press this button," he showed her the 'Save' button on the screen. "We'll let you know no later than tomorrow morning. It's late. It'll take some time. We'll wait around if you're accepted so you can get your shit together."

Morgan walked into the house Pete was staying in and saw him passed out on the sofa. Morgan could smell the alcohol from the door. He walked over and tapped Pete on the shoulder.

"You have a patient, Pete," he spoke loudly.

Pete mumbled something. "You have a patient, Pete," he repeated louder.

Pete sat up. "Who the hell are you?"

"I'm your sponsor," Morgan replied placidly. "You have a patient. And I'm sure that you'd like to see your children."

Pete laid back down. "I'm not taking care of that little bitch. Because of Rick. This is all his fault."

"How does Rick being here make it his fault that you hit your wife? Or it's his fault that you got caught?"

"What happens in my house is my business. And he was sniffing around my wife," Pete snarled.

"Get up, Pete. You're going to take care of Tara. Then you're going to make arrangements to see your children. None of that is Rick's fault. The children are your fault. Tara is Nicholas' fault. So, if you're assigning blame, you need to kick your ass and Nicholas' ass." Morgan waited. "I bet that you won't go after Nicholas because he's a man and won't stand for your bullshit. He'd probably kick your ass. From now on, no alcohol for you."

Jessie sat at the kitchen table and filled out the form. Mi was in and out, so she asked him for help when she needed it. At one point she sat there and listened to them talk. They sounded so normal. The Island sounded almost how it used to be, before this. She wanted to take her sons and leave Alexandria. Give them a chance. And if Pete didn't like it, that was too bad.

After she completed the application she pressed save and walked into the living room. "I'm finished," she handed the tablet to Eric as he was closest.

"Fine. Like Seal said, it's late. It doesn't take the committee long to make a decision," Mi told her. He was sitting behind Cia and she was leaning against his chest, Seal's head still in lap. No wonder they didn't quibble about Triad relationships.

"We'll let you know as soon as we do," Cia continued. "Is it going to be a problem with your husband, you taking the children?"

"No. Pete…it doesn't matter. I'm taking them. He stopped once. This…" she waved her hand around. "It's been hard on him."

SS 2 snorted. "And it hasn't been hard on everyone else. Good to know."

Jessie got defensive. "It was hard. It was hard on all of us."

"That's right. It was hard on all of us," SS 1 pointed out. "You don't see us hitting kids, women or men we're involved with."

"We'll let you know," Sad stopped the argument. This woman. Good thing she ended up here with the other naïve people. She never would have made it outside. She probably wouldn't complete her first run team assignment.

Jessie left, hoping and praying that she'd be accepted. Her sons needed this. She needed this. She didn't know what she was going to do if she had to stay here.

Jessie didn't sleep well that night. She tossed and turned not knowing what she was going to do if they didn't get in. It wasn't like getting in the country club. That application…

When she got out of bed she started breakfast. Ron still wasn't talking to her and Sam just sat in his chair, mute. Maybe the commandoes could take the kids. Give them a better life. Away from their disappointing parents. Pete didn't seem to be embarrassed at all, just mad that he'd gotten caught. If they didn't get in, she'd move into Deanna's house. Learn what there was to learn and try to get in again. She could put something on the roof.

The next morning Cia was ready to get the fuck out of this ridiculous community. Zi and SS 2 practically beat her to death from all the bitching that she did.

"We were here, too, you know," SS 2 sniped. "We want to leave as badly as you do."

"Yes, we do. Hopefully this other community will be a better fit for us."

"I just want to get home," Seal grabbed Cia around her waist. "We deserve the time off that Peter's giving us."

"After three straight years of doing nothing but busting our ass, we deserve it. Especially you, Angel," SS 1 tipped his head in her direction. "You and Reaper."

"I know we don't tell you enough, but we're so happy we found you," she said with a big smile. "Without all of you, Peter, and the rest, we'd still be scrambling."

Mi kissed her on the head. "We should thank you, love, for finding us. I think I'd be dead."

"We all would," Zi grabbed SS 1's hand. "I never thought I'd be so happy to see former Company agents. Ever."

Sad reached for SS 2. She grabbed his hand and squeezed.

"Come on," Seal opened the door. "Let's go tell the fat, blonde doormat the news."

Jessie dropped her spoon when there was a knock on the door. Ron looked at her funny, Sam just looked scared. "Stay here, okay? I'll be right back."

When she opened the door she knew. "I didn't get in, did I?"

"No, you didn't," Cia came straight to the point.

"Can I try again? When I have more skills?"

"Sure," Seal assured her. "Let us know when you think you're ready. Put something on the roof of your house. We'll see it and come back."

They turned and walked down the steps and to the road. Jessie went back into the kitchen and sat down, tears running down her cheeks. She took a deep breath. "Boys, we're moving in with Deanna."

Eric and Aaron stopped them when they are by the RV. "We were going to make breakfast. Had to go to the pantry," Eric explained as he tried to balance on his crutches.

"She didn't get in. We've got to check out that other community," Mi opened the door to the RV. "Thanks for the beds."

"We had a nice time," Zi sounded surprised.

Eric laughed. "You should come back. Check us out in a few years."

"Yeah, you may be surprised," Aaron added.

Deanna, Reg, Maggie and Glenn walked up to the RV and waited for Aaron and Eric to finish. Deanna stepped forward at Aaron's last statement.

"You will be surprised, Cia. I'd like to talk a trade deal," she informed them.

"Let us know what you think you have, Congresswoman," Cia started to say before Deanna cut her off.

"It's just Deanna Monroe," she snapped.

The group looked amongst each other. "We'll see," Cia replied.

"I'm keeping the satphone. For when we're ready," Glenn held it up.

"Fine. Call us. We'll come to you," Seal got inside the RV and everyone followed. Spencer opened the gate and waved as they left. He wasn't surprised when no one waved back.

Rick, Michonne, Carol and Sasha watched as the RV drove out of their community. "I'm kind of sad they're gone," Carol told them.

Rick whipped his head around. "Why?"

"Rick, you have to admit without them we wouldn't have gotten what we wanted," Carol pointed out.

"She's right," Michonne agreed.

Deanna came over to them. "All right. Let's give them something to trade for. We have a lot of catching up."