I walked over to T-Dogs side to check on him, he was trying the c.b. again. "How's the signal?" We asked. "Like Dixon's brain. . weak." I tried to keep from laughing but a snort of laughter escaped my mouth. Andrea glared at me, probably for acting so childish. "Keep trying," Rick sighed.

Andrea sighed as well, "Why? There's nothing they can do. Not a damn thing. . ."

"We've got some people out of the city," Morales said," There's no refugee center. . . That's a pipe dream."

"That means she was right," Rick sighed, "We're on our own. . . Up to us to find our way out."

"Good luck with that. . ." Merle said, sarcastically. "These streets ain't safe in this part of town from what I hear." He looked at Andrea with a smirk, "Ain't that right, sugar tits?"

My mouth dropped a little when I heard him say that and I rolled my eyes.

He then looked at me, "Hey, honeybun, let's say you get me outta these cuffs, we go off somewhere. . bump some uglies. . We're gonna die anyways."

I pretended to get excited, "Oh really?! Rick, where are those keys!" I looked at Merle and winked. I nudged at Rick, "You got a set of keys you don't need?" He thought for a moment, nodded and handed them to me. I walked over to Merle and dangled them in front of his face and bit my bottom lip, you could tell he was getting excited. "You want out?" He nodded. I turned around and threw the keys off the roof.

"YOU STUPID BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!" He roared.

I grabbed at my sides and laughed so hard tears came into my eyes, "Fuck off, ya prick! You're so pathetic!" I had to take a breather but I kept laughing, "Those weren't really the keys! I can't believe you fell for that!" I slapped my knee and kept laughing. The others seemed to enjoy the torture I inflicted on Merle and laughed as well.

"These streets aren't safe," Rick said as soon as everything got quiet.

"Now that is an understatement," Morales said.

"What about under the streets? The sewers?" Rick questioned.

"Oh man. . ! Hey, Glenn. Check the alley, can you see any manhole covers?"

Glenn ran to the other side of the roof, looked for a moment and ran back while shaking his head," No. . . must be out in the streets where all the geeks are."

"Maybe not," Jacqui informed. "An old building this like, built in the twenties, big structures often had drainage tunnels into the sewers in case of flooding. Down in the sub-basements."

"How do you know that. . .?" I asked as I signaled Kira back over to me.

"It's my job! Was. . . I worked in the city's owning office."

Rick started walking towards the door, "Let's go." He paused at the door, "T-Dog, keep an eye on Dixon, okay?" T-Dog nodded as we headed down the stairs.

When we got to the bottom of the steps I could hear the Walker's growls. I felt Kira squeeze my hand, even though she had killed them she was still uneasy about them. Rick began looking around, "Where's the sub-basement?" Glenn got in front of Rick and began to lead us into another room, "Follow me." When Kira and I got into the room we saw everybody shining their flashlights into the sub-basement. "This is it?" Morales said, "You sure?" Glenn nodded, "I really scoped this place out the other times I was here. This is the only thing in the building that goes down. . . But I've never gone down it. Who'd want to, right?" Everybody looked at Glenn, he got a scared looked on his face, "Oh. . . great. . ."

I felt guilty, "We'll be right behind you."

Glenn shook his head, "No you won't Not you."

I gave him a confused look, "Why can't we?"

He sighed, "Look. . . until now I've always came here by myself. In and out, grab a few things no problem. The first time I bring a group everything goes to hell. . . No offence." Glenn pointed down the ladder with his flashlight. "If you want me to go down into the sub-basement, that's fine. But only if we do it my way. . It's tight down there. If I run into something I have to get out quick, I don't want you all jammed up behind me and getting me killed. . . I'll take one person." Rick stepped forward towards Glenn but he shook his head, "Not you either, you've got Merles gun and I've seen you shoot. I'd feel better if you were out in that store watching those doors and guarding our ass." Glenn pointed to Andrea and me, "You guys have the other guns, you should go with him." He then pointed to Morales, "You be my wingman. Jacqui stays here. If something happens, yell down to us get us back up here in a hurry."

Jacqui nodded, "Okay."

"Okay, everybody knows their jobs," Rick said as he patted Glenn's back. "Let's go you three." Kira let go of my hand, giggled and started running into the store. "Kira, wait for us!" I quietly yelled as I ran after her. When I ran into the store I couldn't see her, I began to panic, "Kira!" My heart was racing then I heard a 'boo!' and felt something hit me, it was Kira. I grabbed my chest, "Kira. . I-. . You can't do that!" I scolded. Kira looked down at her feet, "I. . . I know, Jade. B-but I just wanted to have some fun with you. . I haven't had fun in a long time and. . . and. ." She began to cry. "Oh, Monkey." I hugged her, "Oh, Monkey. I'm sorry I snapped at you. . .It's just that you can't play around like that with the walkers around. . It's not like what it used to be. I promise when we get somewhere good and safe I'll play with you as long as you want." She nodded and started to look at things around the door, I could tell she felt bad for what she did. "Stay away from the door and close to us." She nodded again without saying a word.

I walked over to Rick while still keeping an eye on Kira. "What's goin' on?" I asked, leaning on the counter. Rick laughed and sighed a little, "Teaching Andrea how to turn off the safety of a gun." I smiled and raised my eyebrows, "Oh really now?" Andrea gave me a little glare and looked at a necklace. Rick began to walk around the store. "See something you like?" I asked, eyeing the necklace. Andrea couldn't stop smiling, "Not me, but I know someone who would." She looked up at me, "My sister. She's just a kid in some ways. Unicorns, dragons, she's into all the stuff, but mermaids? They rule. . . She loves mermaids."

"Why don't you take it?"

"There's a cop in the room," Andrea said, half-joking-half-serious. She let out a sigh, "Would it be considered looting. . .?"

I laughed a little and gave her a smile. "Andrea, I'm pretty sure you've done worse things than looting. Trust me, it'll be fine."

Andrea smiled at me, took the necklace off of the display and put it in her pocket.

I almost jumped five feet in the air when the walkers broke through the first set of glass windows. Kira ran to me and grabbed my hand, she was shaking. They started banging on the second set of glass. The others ran into the room, "What'd you find down there?" Rick asked. Glenn shook his head, "Not a way out." "We need to find a way out," I blurted out. Rick headed for the stairs, "Let's get to the roof." We nodded and followed him up the steps. When we made it to the roof Glenn pulled out a pair of binoculars and handed them to Rick, he began to look around, "That construction site, those trucks, they always keep keys on hand." Morales grabbed the binoculars and looked through, "You'll never get passed those walkers." He commented.

Rick looked at Glenn with hope in his eyes, "You got us outta that tank. . ."

Glenn nodded, "Yeah, but they were feeding. . . They were distracted."

"Can we distract them again?" Rick asked, leaning on the ledge.

"Right," Merle chimed in, "listen to him, he's onto something. A diversion. . . like on Hogan's Hero." He smirked.

"God, give it a rest!" Jacqui yelled.

I stood next to Rick and crossed my arms, "They're drawn by sounds, right?"

"Right, like dogs," Glenn answered. "They hear sound, they come."

"What else?"

"Besides that they can hear you," Morales said. "They see you, smell you, and if they catch you they eat you."

I tensed up, "They can tell us by smell?"

"Can't you?" Glenn asked.

"They smell dead, we don't," Andrea informed. 'It's pretty distinct. . ."

Rick sighed, "I have an idea." Rick walked to the door but then stopped to look at me, "It's going to be pretty gory. . Kira and you should stay up here and help T-Dog keep an eye on Merle and be our eye in the sky while we see how my plan works, okay?" I looked at Kira and quickly back to him, "I- Should I go with you if you need any help? Rick shook his head, "Just watch Kira and keep an eye on Merle." I nodded and watched him leave with the others. I pointed next to T-Dog, "Go sit next to him, okay?" She nodded and set next to him as he tried the c.b. again. I leaned over the ledge and looked down at all the walkers, "I wonder what they've thought of to get us out of this one. . ." I mumbled.

I heard a loud noise of a door opening, I rushed to the other side of the roof to see what was going on. I looked over the ledge to see that Rick and some of the others grabbing a walker and getting back inside. I stayed and waited to see what would happen next, a few minutes later I saw Glenn and Rick walking down the alley with blood all over them, I cringed. As I was watching I overheard Merle trying to talk to Kira, "Hey, little girlie. Do you mind handing me that saw?" I turned my head to see Kira was hesitating around him. I quickly went over there and made sure they weren't close to each other, "Don't go near that man! He's a bad man, Kira." She nodded and sat down back next to T-Dog.

A few minutes later I heard the door slam open and I saw the rest of the group running over to the ledge. "Hey! What's happening, man!?" Merle yelled, but nobody answered. "T-Dog, try the c.b." Morales said. "Hey, common! Talk to me, y'all!" Merle yelled again but was still ignored. T-Dog started to try the c.b. "Basecamp, this is T-Dog. Can anybody hear me? Can anybody out there hear me?" Morales was looking through the binoculars, "There!" he said while pointing out into the street. I tried to see what he was pointing at but I saw nothing. We all heard thunder rumbling around us and the clouds darken. "That asshole's out on the street with the handcuff key?!" Merle screamed. "Wait they're out in the streets?!" I asked, demandingly. Morales put his hand on my shoulder, "Calm down. The plan is going pretty well so far. They're covered in walker's guts so the walkers can't identify them as anything but a walker."

I grabbed the binoculars for Morales and started to look for them in the hoard. When I found them I watched intently with a worried look on my face. We heard a sound coming from T-Dogs c.b. "Hello? . . .Hello? Receptions bad on this end. Repeat, repeat." We all looked at T-Dog, but I kept glancing through the binoculars to keep an eye on them. "Is this Shane?" T-Dog asked, no response. "We're trapped on top of the apartment store building, we're surrounded by them." Still no response. "Hello? . . .Hello?" The thunder was starting to become more frequent, I felt a drop of water on my nose, "Oh no. . ." I whispered as I peered through the binoculars, watching them. "What are they going to do!?" I asked in a loud whisper as the rain began pouring.

"It's just a cloud burst," Morales explained. "We get these all the time, it'll pass quickly." I still watched them through the binoculars, "I hope you're right. . ." I felt Kira grab my hand, "Is Rick going to be all right?" I took my eyes away from the binoculars and handed them to Morales, "Yeah. . ." I lied, I had no Idea but I didn't want to make her worry," They'll be fine. ." I could feel my clothes start sticking to my body and I saw Kira starting to shiver. I took her hand and led her to the door and inside, "Stay inside, you'll be dry in here, okay?" She nodded. "Okay." I gave her a kiss on the forehead and went back over to the others. I moved the wet hair out of my face, "What's going on?" Morales sighed and looked at me, "They're being chased by them. . ." My eyes widened, "What?!"