I quickly snatched the binoculars out of Morales's hands and look through them, "Common, common! Run faster. . !" I saw them climb over the fence and I let out a sigh of relief, but it wasn't over yet. Rick started shooting the ones that were trying to climb over the fence while Glenn searched for the keys. "Hurry up," I said to myself in a worried tone. I saw Glenn throw Rick some keys and they headed towards one of the trucks while the walks got over the fence and headed towards them. They started to back up and drive away, as soon as they did the horde of walkers broke through the fence. "They're leaving us. . ." Andrea said. They all started yelling, "No! No! Come back!"

I noticed the rain had stopped, I took a deep breath began to speak, "You guys, listen. Rick wouldn't just leave us here, he has a plan and he will be back." I motioned Kira to come over here and I began to rub her arms and legs in an effort to keep her warm. A few minutes later we heard Glenn on T-Dog's c.b. "Be ready to meet us up in front of the store." Everybody started grabbing their things and rush out the door. As everybody began rushing down the stairs Merle started to yell, "Hey! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HERE! MORALES! ANDREA! T-DOG! JACQUI! JADE!" When he said my name I stopped and looked at him, I felt so bad, you can't just leave somebody like that. "Common, Jade!" Kira yelled as she kept pulling me towards the door. Kira and I hurried ourselves down the stairs but I still couldn't help but feel bad for him. I could hear his voice echo down the stairs, "YOU GUYS CAN'T LEAVE ME HERE! IT'S INHUMANE!"

As we got to the main floor everybody rushed into a room and put their hands on the chain so they could pull open the garage door when needed. We heard a loud beeping of a car alarm. "Shh," Morales whispered. "W-what is that?" Andrea asked. A few moments of just listening to our surroundings we heard a loud bang on the metal door. Everyone began pulling on the chain, making the garage door rise up. Everyone started throwing their things into the back of the truck and jumped into it. I helped Kira up there and then hoisted myself up there next to her. We could hear the walkers coming in through the store. Rick started to speed away, we could see the walkers coming after us. T-Dog shut the door to the back of the truck, we all sat in silence and I held Kira close to me.

It was all silence until T-Dog started to speak, "I dropped the damn key. . ." Nobody said a single word. I looked around the truck, "Where's Glenn. . ?" Rick cleared his throat, "He's fine." Back to silence again. "Best not to dwell on it," Morales said. "Merle's being left behind. . . Nobody's going to be sad he didn't come back," He paused. "Except maybe Daryl."

"Daryl?" Rick asked, not taking his eyes off the road.

"His brother," Morales sighed.

We heard the same car alarm again and Glenn passed by us while fist bumping the air. "Well, at least somebody's having a good day," I said as I peeked over their seats. After about ten minutes of driving later we ended up at a camp. Morales patted Rick's shoulder and looked back at Kira and me, "Come meet everybody." Andrea lifted open the truck's back door and leaped out, everybody followed her, you could hear everybody reuniting. "I hope we find Rick's family soon," I sighed. I jumped out of the back of the truck and helped Kira out.

I held her hand and she clenched onto it, hard. "Are you okay, Monkey?" She looked up at me, "Will we be safe here?" I knelt down to her level and looked at her in the eye, "I. . I'm not sure, Monkey. But I'll do my best to keep you safe." She smiled at me and I gave her a kiss on the cheek. I stood back up and headed towards the group. I watched as Rick was running towards a child and a woman, they were running towards him as well. I heard the kid yelling, "Dad! Dad!" I smiled, Rick had finally found his family.

"J-Jade. . . Is that you? I heard a random voice calling my name. I turned around to see none other than Trevor. That douchebag is still alive?! I headed towards him with a clenched fist, he didn't realize until I punched him so hard that he fell backwards onto the ground. "How dare you leave Kira alone all by herself! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" I started kicking at his stomach over and over again as I yelled at him. Someone pulled me back away from him, "I'll fucking kill you! You piece of shit!" Trevor got up and held his stomach. "You stupid bitch," he mumbled as he went back into his tent.

The person holding me back let me down reluctantly and I turned around to face them. "So you were with Rick, huh?" The man asked. I nodded slowly, "Yeah. . ." I realized that my cheeks were burning with fury. I tried to calm down, I didn't want to take it out on anybody that didn't deserve it.

"What's your name?" The man crossed his arms and looked down at me.

"Jade, Jade Waldgrave, you?"

"Shane Walsh," We shook hands. "I'll show you to a tent where you two can stay at." He kneeled down to Kira's level, "What's your name, Munchkin?"

Kira made her eyes into slits, puffed out her cheeks and crossed her arms. "I am not a munchkin, you know. . . I've killed tons a walkers. . ."

Shane's face showed that he was impressed and shocked at the same time, he raised both of his eyebrows, "Oh really now?"

Kira nodded.

Shane got up and headed towards the tents, "So, what's your name then, firecracker?"

Kira started to giggle, "It's Kira."

"Well, I'm going to call you Firecracker, alright?"

Kira nodded and kept giggling, "Okay!"

Shane stopped in front of a tent and motioned his hands towards it. "Here is your new home," He paused. "For now."

I smiled at him, "Thanks."

He smiled right back at me, "You're welcome." He starting walking away but then turned around, "Supper will be in a few hours, I'll get you when it's ready."

I nodded in response. I began to take off my shoes as I went into the tent. When I got into the tent Kira was already in a sleeping bag. "Tired, Monkey?" I asked as I snuggled up close to her. She nodded and rubbed her eyes. "I'll keep a watch on you, Monkey. Just get some sleep. I know it was an eventful day today. . ." I closed my eyes and she snuggled next to me. "I really hope it isn't like this every day. . ." I thought to myself. "But I bet it will be. ." I slowly drifted asleep next to Kira.

I felt a slight shaking, "Hey, get up." I mumbled some curse words and opened my eyes, it was dark out. "Shit. . . How long was I out. . . ?" Shane helped me up, "Maybe two or there hours. . ? Anyways, food's ready." I bent over and started to wake Kira up, "Common, Kira. Food's ready and I know you're hungry. . !" She sat up quickly, "Food?!" She exclaimed in a hushed whisper. Shane and I laughed, "Yeah, let's go." I grabbed Kira's hand and Shane led the way to the fire where everybody was already at. Kira and I sat next to Rick and his family. When we got settled down Shane handed us our food. "Thanks," Kira and I both said.

It was silent while everyone was eating then an older man with a fisherman's hat began to speak, "So, we know who Rick is. . . Now who are you two?" I cleared my throat and started to talk, "I'm Jade, and this is my little sister, Kira." "Well, I'm Dale," he began pointing around the fire, "This is Amy, Lori, and Carl. You've met the rest at this fire." He smiled at me and pointed over to the other fire, "Now over there is Carol, Ed, and Sophia. . . I'd try my best to stay away from Ed if I were you." I gave him a confused look, "Okay. . ?" He smiled at me, "But I bet you can handle yourself, huh? After that scene, you made earlier today." I awkwardly laughed," Hahaha. . . yeah. ."

It went back to silence, until Dale broke it again. "How was it like waking up from your coma and ending up here?" He asked, directing the questions towards Rick and I. I'm guessing Rick had told him how we met and how we were both in a coma. "Disoriented," Rick said, "I guess that comes closest." He paused, "Disoriented. . ." "Confusion," I added in. "Fear. . all of those things." Rick looked at me, "Yeah. . . But disoriented comes closest, don't you think?" I nodded in response. "Words can be meager things, sometimes they fall short," Dale explained. Rick kept talking, "I felt like I was ripped out of my life. . Put somewhere else. For a while I thought I was trapped in some coma dream, something I might not wake up from. . ever."

Carl looked up at Rick, "Mom said you died. ." Rick looked down at Carl and began to stroke his cheek, "She had every reason to believe that. . . Don't you ever doubt it." I noticed Lori looking at Shane with a weird expression on her face and then back to Rick at Carl, "When things started to get really bad they told me at the hospital that they were going to evacuate you and the other patients to Atlanta. . and it never happened." "Well I'm not surprised. . after Atlanta fell," Rick said, "And from the looks of that hospital, it got over run. . and looks don't deceive." Shane looked at Rick and started talking, "I barely got them out. . ." Rick looked back at Shane, "I can't tell you how grateful I am to you, Shane. . . I can't even begin how to express it. ." Dale laughed a little, "There goes those words again. . falling short."

Kira looked up at me and poked me in my check, "I'm tired. ." Kira and I got up, "It was nice to meet you guys. . Kira's tired so we're should probably get going to bed now. I'll see everyone in the morning." Everybody said their goodnights to us and we headed to our tent. On our way to our tent we could hear Shane snapping at someone for something. I zipped open the tent, Kira and I slipped in and I zipped it back up. We kicked our shoes off and snuggled close to each other. "What do you think of this group?" I asked as I twirled a piece of her hair around my finger. She shrugged, "I dunno. . . I don't like Trevor being here." I put my forehead to hers, "I know. . Let's try our best to stay away from him. If he gets close to you, yell for somebody. And try to stay away from that Ed guy too." She nodded and talked as she yawned, "Okay. . . Goodnight, Jade." I pulled her closer to me, "Night, Monkey."

I opened my eyes to see that I was face to face with Kira, she was still sleeping. I kissed her on the forehead, put on my shoes, grabbed my knife, slide it into my pants and left the tent. When I got done zipping up the tent and headed towards where everybody would be I saw Shane putting someone in a headlock, I haven't seen them before. "What a wonderful way to start the morning," I said to Glenn, sarcastically as I rubbed my temples. He laughed a little, "Haha. . yeah."

"What's goin' on anyways?" I tilted my head.

Glenn sighed, "Daryl found out what happened to Merle."

"Ah, I see." I saw things calming down between Daryl, Shane and Rick. "I should probably get going, I gotta go and wake up Kira. I'll see ya later."

Glenn put his hands in his pockets, "Yea, see ya."

As I went on my way to the tent I noticed how quiet it was, it seemed like no walkers were around for miles. It seemed like a normal camping ground if you didn't know what was going on on in the rest of the world. When I got into the tent I began to shake Kira gently, "Monkey, time to wake up." She turned over with her eyes already open, it looks like she's been up for a little, "Is everything okay out there?" I nodded, "Yeah, I think things have cooled down. You should get dressed in some new clothes, okay?" "Okay," she said as she started to undress. I left the tent to give her some privacy, I walked up to Rick who looked like he was going somewhere. "Where are you going all dolled up like that?" I joked. He smiled at me, "Me and some of the others are going to get Merle."

I sighed, "But you just got reunited with your family, Rick. It hasn't even been 24 hours yet. ."

"I know, but we're going to be back, I promise. I have to do this, okay?"

I nodded in response, "Be careful."

"You too." He paused for a moment and put his hand on my shoulder, "And Jade, no matter what happens in this messed up world promise me you'll always be your wise-cracking-self, okay?"

I smiled at him and tipped my imaginary hat, "Anythin' fer you, Officer Friendly."

We hugged and said our goodbyes. I sighed and watched as Rick, T-Dog, Daryl and Glenn left in the truck.