It is nearing dawn as Maya can sense it. Maya is fuming with anger in her soul for learning Arvo and Alberto just killed her little sister and are on the brink of destroying the love of her life. This means war with Maya and her former groupmates. Maya feels the war hawk in her, ready for battle. After this bloodshed going to be spilled, Maya is going to join Clementine and help her community at Ericson. But Maya doesn't know her little sister escaped just in time before the camp burned down and Bonnie's death.

Clementine looks at Maya and feels her range of anger. Before they approach the beach Clementine stops her, "Maya…before we go out there, you got to control that anger. I know how much Aniya probably meant to you, but I need you to wipe your mind clear here and try to save Violet. You are no good to her if you are a loose cannon and end up dying too. Take a minute, breathe, and let the anger pass. Can you do that?"

Maya looks at Clementine and understands what she is saying. Maya took a breath and focused on her breathing and calming the inner fire in her soul that is burning. Maya looks into Clementine's eyes, "I'm good."

Clementine nods and places her hand on Maya's shoulder, "Okay." Clementine looks at AJ, Louis, and Aasim, "Be my watchful eyes guys."

Aasim nods and whistles for AJ and Louis to work out a back-defense plan Louis took a moment to give Clementine a close embrace and a comforting kiss before letting her part with Maya and he follows Aasim. Clementine eyes Maya, "Come on let's rescue my friend and your girlfriend."

Maya was surprised that Clementine is being accepting of Maya's love for Violet at this moment, and made her feel accepted by Clementine. Clementine looks at Maya and the two warrior females march onto the beach as Alberto and Arvo await by the rocks on the shore. Alberto holds Violet firmly in his grip with a knife at her throat threatening to strike Violet down if Maya and Clementine try anything.

Maya stares down Alberto. And takes a daring step forward, "Okay, Albert, I did as you command. Clementine is with me, you can stop threatening Violet. And let her go!"

Robert fights through the constraint that Alberto and Arvo planned in the wee hours before dawn as a surprise attack on the two of them. Adam is the lead man, going to ambush Maya and Clementine. He sent Lonny to find the group at Ericson as Miles and Ralph waited in the shadows of the ruins of the Delta boat.

"I see you were true to your word. Guess you truly love this blonde girl." Alberto pushes the knife closer to Violet's pearly white neck. Alberto eyes Maya's disgusted glare as she gives him a disgusted look at him as he is baiting her into the trap.

Maya's nose curls at the sight of seeing Alberto threatening the love of her life. Maya grits her teeth at Alberto for tormenting Maya's heart. "Let Violet go!"

Violet looks at her lover, "Maya don't!"

Alberto hits Violet in the head as he shouted, "Shut up you little bitch."

Maya's hand shook with fury running through her body at Alberto hurting her and giving him a disgusted look. Maya plants her foot in a forward motion. And takes a daring to take a step further reaching for an arrow to shoot this bastard in the head. She felt a pull on her arm as Clementine looks at Maya and steps forward first, "You got what you want I'm here. We hold our end of the deal now let Violet go and where is your little buddy Arvo or he is too much of a coward to face me again."

Robert looks at the situation and fights through his restraint to be the whistle-blower, "Maya, Clementine it is a trap! Run!"

Adam looks at Robert and clocks him in the head.

Maya heard Roberts call and sees the group of men who captured her and Violet run out of cover with Arvo leading the charge. And shoots at both girls. Clementine looks at her arch enemy and AJ shoots back from behind cover lines. Arvo turns around and arrows from Aasim's bow and Louis's bow flung out from in the woods at Arvo and the four adult men.

"Get those little shits. I got Clementine." Arvo shouted. Adam looks at his men and yells fire. And the military men fire gunshots into the woods.

Maya takes her bow and shoots the man who held her captive against Violet's capture. Maya never misses her mark with an arrow and slain the man who held her back. The man falls dead in a heap And Adam turns to Ralph and told him to shoot at Maya. Maya dodges for cover behind a rock as gunfire came her way. She looks as sees Alberto taking Violet. Vi! Maya moves out of cover and out of range but is knocked down by Arvo.

"First I will take care of you fucking bitch!" Arvo raises his gun at Maya. But he never had a chance as Clementine stabs Arvo in the side.

"You want to fight me, here I am you sniveling coward!" Clementine growls at him. "Go, Maya, get Vi! I will handle this piece of shit." Maya nods and gets up and runs in the direction where Alberto went.

Arvo looks at Clementine "Waited fucking five years for this."

Clementine looks at him and sees Arvo pulling out his gun, Clementine rushes him and used her combat skills to disarm the prick who shot her five years ago. Arvo yelps in pain as Clementine broke his arm when disarming him. Arvo glares at Clementine angrily as he headbutts her, and kicks at her knees. And takes off into the cover of the woods, grabbing another gun. Fucking coward! Clementine grumbles, and takes hold of her knife, and stalks Arvo into the woods.

"Why do you flee from me? Afraid I will kill you this time. You act all tough Arvo but you are a fucking coward. Come out and face me like a real man!" Clementine growls at him.

Arvo fell for her taunts and heaves himself at her. Clementine knocks Arvo to his knees and punches him in the stomach. Arvo yelps, and kicks Clementine to her feet. "I see you learned a few things the last time we met."

Clementine throws dirt at Arvo, as she pulls out her knife and stabs Arvo in the heart but he was ready for her, and holds her hands back and knees Clementine in the gut. "But still the same old stupid girl who allowed Kenny to beat me up."

"You deserve it you commie piece of shit! You made Luke die! And ambushed my group over your fucking meds that I didn't take!" Clementine growls.

"You killed my sister! You fucking bitch!" Arvo slams Clementine's body against the tree.

"She was already a walker! There was no saving your sister." Clementine yells back.

"Liar! I could have saved her but you took her from me! Now I will do what I should have done five years ago and aim at your fucking head!" Arvo pulls out his pistol and brought the barrel to Clementine's head.

…..

Maya is in hot pursuit of Alberto who dragged Violet with him. Robert was already there and fighting with Alberto, and Alberto takes a shot and shoots Robert in the gut, and pushes him away.

Maya's heart stops dead seeing Robert fall, next to rocks. Thunder clash ahead as a heavy thunderstorm broke out. Maya heard Violet's screams, Maya took up her bow and stalks Alberto using her sleuthing skills to blend in the tall waterway grass to blend into the environment. The gunshots stop on the up a little way from the beach as Alberto calls out, "You lost Maya! Now say goodbye to your girl—" Alberto takes his lighter burning his knife and takes the hot steel and inches it close to Violet's cheek. Maya comes out and stabs Alberto in the back with her father's hunting knife, as he lets go of Violet and flings her to the sandy ground.

"I told you I will fucking kill you when you threaten Violet's life or hurt her!" Maya moves her father's knife into Alberto's side, and blood poured out.

Violet looks at Maya in battle now with the man. Alberto was strong and punches Maya in the stomach., and slashes at Maya's left cheek causing a deep cut across her left cheekbone. "Maya!"

Maya stumbles back as Alberto smashes Maya's body up against the bolder on the beach. "You think you are one of them! Well, you will die as one of them. A traitorous bitch and piece of shit!." Alberto looks Maya in the eye and chokes her as he pins her up against the rock face. Alberto pulls out his own fishing hook knife and brought it to Maya's collarbone, where he was going to slice Maya's throat and make her bleed out like a bloodless pig.

Maya tries to kick at him, but he pins his legs to hers to keep her so she is limited to fighting back. Maya scratched his hand struggling to breathe, as things were getting faint and Maya is starting to get tunnel vision.

Violet finds Maya's father's knife and slices through Alberto's ear, "Leave her alone you evil son of a bitch!" Alberto's ear dripping with blood as he screams and lets go of Maya crashing her to the ground. Maya choked and coughed to get air back into her lungs as her vision was blurry.

Maya was in a little daze as she looks at Violet. Vi..

Alberto corners Violet up against a rock wall. "I should have known…lover defends lover. You two are like fucking Romeo and Juliet. Defending each other until death. Well…you know how that ends. Both lovers die, and I will see that will happen and help speed up the process of your tragic love story." He pins Violet and takes his gun and aims at her head.

Violet was frozen in fear as she drops Maya's knife and Alberto got the upper hand and was about to pull the trigger when a flash of brown came hurling at Alberto.

"NO!" Maya tackles Alberto as they crash into the flowing river.

The force of the tackle knocks Alberto's gun a few feet from Violet. Violet looks at where Maya and Alberto crashed into the river and fought in the shallow end. Maya! Violet took hold of the gun and ran to defend her lover.

Alberto punches Maya again and even stabs her lower abdomen several times with his blunt knife. "You fucking cunt! Always getting in the fucking way! Just like in camp with Bonnie."

Maya spits blood at him and takes hold of Alberto's knife and tries to plunge into his neck Alberto elbows her into her ribs as Maya screams and stabs his ribcage. Alberto yelps from the stab wound in his side but he still keeps on beating the one girl he had despised since day one. Alberto punches Maya's face, knees her in the abdomen by her stab wound, and does one last punch to her face before body slams Maya into the river. He held Maya underwater and slowly chokes her.

Maya scrambles and kicks the water to struggle free but Alberto had Maya in a death grip now. Maya scratches at Alberto's flesh as he tightens his grip, and drilling Maya farther and farther into the sediment dirt of the river underwater. Maya felt Alberto placing his knee on Maya's chest to keep her submerge underwater. Maya's struggles soon begin to fade as she loosens her clawing on Alberto's hands and soon is losing consciousness underwater as her world was turning black. I'm sorry Violet…I love you…don't forget about me and our love. And soon Maya's world becomes a black abyss.

Alberto was so focused on killing Maya that he never saw Violet on the shore holding the gun up at him. Violet with angry tears raises the barrel of the gun and aims it at his head. Violet never firing one in her life took two shots and shoots Alberto praying one shot landed the fatal blow. Alberto turns and the shock of two bullets entering his abdomen, one down by his intestines and the other by his lung causing blood and fluid to fill up his lung cavity and die drowning in his own blood. The shot Violet made, forces him to let go of Maya's throat, and stumbles back a little, dragging Maya's body with his. Into the current to be swept away. Violet drops the gun and rushes in the water and kicks the son of a bitch away from her girlfriend. Alberto slowly drifts into the current of the river as he dies from blood loss by Violet's shot.

Violet drags Maya's body to shore. "Maya! My Maya!"

Violet sees Maya is not breathing and remembers Ruby performing CPR on Tenn once before. Violet opens up Maya's mouth, places her hand over Maya's chest, and counted compressions, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in fast repetition to thirty. Violet bends over and places her mouth on Maya's and breathes air into Maya's lungs. Come on breathe, damn it! Violet repeated compressions to try and revive Maya back to life. Violet's tears flow out, as she did compressions on Maya for the 8th time. "Please don't do this to me. I can't lose another person I love. Please Maya…don't you dare go where I can't follow you. Stay with me, please...I need you! I love you! Come back to me, my love."

...

Maya wakes up and feels her soul somewhere else. Maya wakes up in a forest surrounded by a green meadow. Maya looks around and feels no pain. Maya casts her look and sees her father watching over her. "Daddy?"

Her father looks at his daughter, "Hello my daughter."

Maya looks around, "No…no..this can't be..I can't die."

"Maya relax. You are not dead yet, but close to it." Maya's father looks at her. "I don't have much time."

"Then why am I here with you." Maya looks at her father.

"Because your body is trying to cross over. I am here to tell you it is not your time to be with your mother and me or Koda. You still have time left on Earth. With Aniya, and your girlfriend Violet. They still need you Aniya still needs her sister.." Maya's father places his hand on her shoulder, as he lifts up his daughter's chin, "I warned you of a death a few weeks back. Yes, I sent the deer for you. It wasn't your death, or Violet's or Aniya's I was warning you about. It was all the adults in your group. Of this battle of yours.."

Maya looks at her father, and cries a little, "I didn't want to replace you. You were my hero. Still are."

"You gave a grieving man a chance a second chance. That makes me honorable to have a daughter like you, and someone who loves a girl with all her heart and found true love in a hopeless world." Maya's dad smiles at his daughter. "I'm proud to have you as a daughter a natural-born warrior of the Lakota tribe."

Maya looks at her father with happiness at the title she always wanted. Then her look casts away and sighs, "Even if I am a lesbian and fell in love with a white girl?" Maya admitted to her father's spirit.

"Even if you are gay and grow old with Violet, you are still my daughter. I love you, and will never stop. Don't worry about your mom, she will come around, eventually, and the rest of our people." Maya's dad spoke.

Maya looks at her father and moves to embrace him but Maya's father holds out a hand to stop her, and sadly shakes his head "Can't….cross the great divide." Maya nods and takes a step back.

Maya feels a jolt pulsing through her body as her vision begins to warp her father's image, "Daddy?"

"Don't be afraid Maya…it is your way back to the world where you belong. I will keep watch over you. My daughter." The last thing Maya heard before she fades back into her reality.

...

Violet's hands were getting tired as she pumps Maya's chest again and, again crying. "Damn it Maya…you can't die on me…I wanted a life with you…I wanted to grow old with you…I even would like to fucking marry you. Please don't fucking die on me and leave me feeling abandoned again, I still need you, goddamn it!"

Maya coughs up the water she swallowed during her fight with Alberto. She took deep breaths to get air back into her lungs as Violet looked at her lover and held her face wet face with her hands. "Maya?"

Maya's eyes open slowly to look at Violet and she smiles, "You…you want to marry me Spring Meadow Beauty?"

Violet happily cries and a little bit of her anger shows through as shouts at her, "I only said that because I thought you died on me…" Violet's tears flow out of her eyes as she leans closer to her, "You idiot…risking your life for me. Going off to be a fucking martyr!"

Maya knows she is kind of angry and happy all at once to have Maya take the fall for her love over Violet. Maya kind of smiles at Violet's emotions. Then very tenderly, Maya looks at Violet and moves her bloody hand up to Violet's face and tenderly places her hand on Violet's cheek, and looks into Violet's eyes, "I love you."

Violet stops her ranting and time stands still when Maya touches her cheek softly. Violet embraces Maya's touch and moves her left white hand to Maya's left hand on her cheek and looks into her eyes, "I love you back." Violet holds Maya's hand on her cheek and melted in her lover's embrace for the first time since the night they almost gave up each other's virginity.

Maya smiles and held her palm against Violet's cool cheek gazing into those spring-green eyes she loves so much. Maya's moment lasted a few more seconds when she realizes Robert got shot. "Oh no, Robert!" Maya tries to get up but falls back down. Violet helps Maya up, and together they head back to where Robert was last seen.

…..

Clementine wasn't going to fall victim again to Arvo for having him shoot her. So Clementine headbutts Arvo in the face causing his nose to bleed and knees him in the groan. Arvo in severe pain in both his manhood and his nose, eye Clementine and yells at her.

Arvo rams into Clementine and knocks her to her feet and jumps on her driving her knife into her chest when an arrow shot at him, causing him to drop the knife. Clementine uses her legs to shove Arvo off of her, as she crawls out and swiftly moves to pin him to the ground. Arvo spits at Clementine as she held Arvo down with her prosthetic foot. Clementine takes out her gun, and this time with no hesitation as she fires a round into Arvo's gut and another one in his groan. Rain poured down around her arch enemy, "There we're even now. You shot me and let me bleed out and die. I am going to do the same with you. It's over, you fucking coward. Go to hell, and take your son of a bitch Hispanic friend with you!"

Arvo grasp for air as he held up a middle finger to Clementine. Clementine takes Arvo's knife and drew it back and holds her hand in the air, and thought about jamming it in his heart. Looking into that soulless eye she knows he wants her to. But that was too merciful for this piece of shit. Arvo deserves to get the ultimate punishment. Clementine looks at Arvo's knife and tosses it far into the woods, as she glares at him with cold amber eyes. Slowly she lets go of the pressure on Arvo's chest of removing her prosthetic foot and planting it on the bloody ground below. Louis came up to his girlfriend, "Clem are you okay.."

Clementine looks at him and breathes, "Yeah I'm fine. Let's go." Clementine turns away from her own personal boogyman and begins to walk away from Arvo panting and gargling blood.

"What about him," Louis asks looking at Arvo still gargling blood as he tries to breathe and talk.

Clementine looks at him then at Arvo panting and bleeding out, "Let him bleed out. One less thing to worry about him threatening our home and friends again."

"He will turn you know." Louis looks at Clementine.

"I know. But it is what he deserves after what he did to me. Karma is a fucking bitch. Let him live the rest of his fucking miserable life as a walker. He gets no mercy death from me. Let's go before this gunfight brings those things to us." Clementine said in a cold tone. She watches as Arvo's eyes widen in fear and begs Clementine to end his suffering.

Clementine walks away and picks up her knife when Louis doesn't follow Clementine looks at him, "Louis? Let's go."

Louis sighs and turns to leave Arvo to die alone. Louis had never seen Clementine this cold before, and it scared him a little. Clementine puts her knife back in its place as she walks with Louis into the forest where Aasim has a new little girl as she and AJ were talking.

Clementine looks at Aasim, "Who is this?"

Aasim looks to her, "Maya's sister came and helped us with those kills. She left Alicia as she went to go find Robert and her sister and Violet. I told her I will keep watch. We should hurry I am hearing walkers coming."

Clementine looks and sees walkers coming in from the other side of the beach. "Shit…AJ, I need you to help Aasim clear some walkers." AJ nods and holds out his knife. Clementine looks at Aasim, "Which way did she go."

Aasim pointed to his left back by the sunken boat. Clementine looks at Louis and nudges him to follow her.

….

Robert is found in a bed of weeds bleeding out as rain poured down around him. He coughs up blood as he sees what he thought was Maya was Aniya, "Aniya… I thought.."

"Shhh…Rob don't talk." Aniya places her hand on Roberts's wound. "I escape through Maya's fencing next to our tent before things got ugly. Alicia is safe she is with the Muslim kid now. Where's Maya?"

"Ran after Alberto to get Violet…" Robert spoke. "I crawled what I could out of harm's way. Walkers will be here soon."

"We can fix you…Robert." Aniya spoke.

Robert shakes his head and looks at Maya's sister, "No…don't…save yourself. You and your sister….and Alicia are in better hands with that school and with those kids." Robert looks at her. "I am not going to make I know that..."

"Yes, you are...Rob!" Aniya shouted.

"Aniya…" Robert looks at her with pleading eyes. "Let me go."

Robert takes his bloody hands and pushes Aniya's hands off his wound as he places his fingers there. Aniya looks at Robert and he nods saying it is okay.

Rain soaked through both of their bodies. Maya soon finds Robert and her heart drops when seeing her sister alive. "Aniya?"

Aniya turns to see Violet helping Maya walk as the two sisters embrace each other. Maya hugs her sister and pulled her close. Aniya wanted to keep this moment going but Robert needs her more than Aniya did, "We can hug later, Rob needs you."

Maya looks down at Robert and rushes to his side. "Violet rip me off that big leaf."

"Maya..don't." Robert coughs as more blood comes out of his mouth.

Violet came back and handed Maya the leaf. Maya places it on her friend's gut. "Try to breathe, Rob. We will help you."

"Maya, don't waste your medicine on me who doesn't have time left to be saved." Robert looks at her. Violet looks at Maya and Violet bites her lip as Maya refuses to let Robert die.

"You are not dying on me, damn it. Louis still needs you! I still need you." Maya shouted. Maya takes off her father's jacket and her green flannel shirt to try and stop the bleeding from Robert's fatal wound shot. Robert's blood soaked into the dark green and black plaid fabric.

"Maya…we both know I won't have time left to fulfill what I want for my son." Robert looks at her.

"Fight Robert..please. For me…." Maya sobs. Maya's tears ran out, as she spoke the words she didn't want to say because it would hurt too much to say them. "You were my father too…Please don't do this to me…"

Violet looks at her girlfriend and knew what Robert was trying to say. Violet sighs and kneels down to Maya and puts her hand on her shoulder, and softly spoke to her, "Maya…let him go." Maya looks into Violet's eyes and Violet slowly reaches down and pry's Maya's hands off Robert's. Once Maya's hands are removed from Robert's body, Violet slowly takes her hand and holds Maya's hands tightly.

Robert looked at Violet and softly spoke to her, "Thank you for saying those words to me about my son. I never forgot what you said about your best friend. Nice to know I wasn't a total failure of being a father to my little boy and taught him something right."

Violet looked at him and gave a sad smile, "I meant every word."

Robert's wounds are too great for Maya to heal. He shakes with agony as blood pools out of his mouth. Louis and Clementine come to stand behind her as Louis feels numb about the situation. Rain pours down around them, and Maya looks at both Clementine and Louis while Violet holds her.

Maya turns to Louis eyeing him with her sad brown eyes, "Louis…Robert would like to say a few things…"

Louis looks at her and then at the dying man, "How long has my father been in your group?"

Maya looks at Clementine and then back to Louis, "Since I joined his group. Please, Louis. It is the only way your father will find peace in what he has done. Give him his dying wish..."

Louis looks at his father lying in the soaked wet grass and with a heavy heart walks over to him. Clementine looked at Maya, and with a compassionate stare, she thanked Maya, "I am not going to ask you how you know he was Louis's father, but thank you for…" Clementine couldn't speak.

"No need. I will talk later and explain, go be with Louis. He will need you." Maya nods for her to go with Louis as Maya walks with Violet and her sister away to have Clementine and Louis have a moment.

Clementine gave an appreciation nod to her new friend and slowly makes her way to Louis's side. She knelt down next to her boyfriend and places her hand on his back for support.

Louis looks at his father, and tears slide down his freckled cheeks. Robert reaches up with his blood-soaked hand to touch his son's face for the last time. Louis reaches out and holds's his father hand. Robert gently spoke to him, "Louis…I need you to know how sorry I was for sending you away. I never….I never should have. I made a stupid and fucked up decision, and I just want you to know I am sorry. If I could rewind the last ten years, I wish I could, and take back what I have said to you. Forgive me."

Louis squeezes his eyes shut as more tears fall out of his eyes. Then he looks up at his father. Louis softly spoke in a tone Clementine never heard him speak before, "I'm sorry to Dad. For causing so much pain in your life. I was a vindictive fuck head to ruin the best thing in your life."

Robert smiled sadly and gave a sigh of a chuckle, "I guess you are more like me than your mother. I was a horrible father to you, and wish I could have a do-over." He glances at Clementine for a moment and then back at his son, "Maybe you will do better than I have done when raising you. Don't ever let her go, even when things get rough."

Louis had a questioning look in his eyes, and then he looked at Clementine as his father was talking about her. Then with a shaky voice, he spoke the words, "I forgive you, Dad. I wish we had more time to say sorry for wronging each other."

Robert then shakes a little as he was fading. Robert let out of cough or two as he spoke to his son, "I wish that too my son, but I think this is the only time we have together." He then turns his gaze on Clementine and then pulls her close so only she can hear what he has to say, "I know my son loves you. I've seen that look in his eyes as he looks at you…saw it when I took care of his appendix. He has the same look I had when I met his mother.". He then looked deep into Clementine's golden eyes, "I need you to promise me something. Promise me, you will keep him safe, and fight for each other. Never let go of the love you two share, even when you fight. He needs you in his life. I know true love when I see it, and happy that my son found happiness. Promise me, Clem…Clementine…you will take care of him."

Clementine looks to Robert and nods, and softly whispers, "I will. I promise."

Robert turns to look at his son, pulls out his old pistol, and gives it to Clementine. "So I don't become one of those things."

Clementine sighs as she knows what has to be done. She gets up and turns to Louis, "Louis….I need you to go."

"Clem, he is my dad. I will do it." Louis tries to be brave, and Clementine shakes her head.

"No. I don't want this burden on you. You already were struggling with killing Dorian, and killing someone you love is far worse, and it will add more to your trauma. It will break you, Louis….I." Clementine reaches up and strokes Louis's face, "I don't want to see you end up like me with a bitter, broken heart. Your heart is not ready for what has to be done….Please, Lou, let me do this for you and spare you the deep pain and trauma that is going to come out of this."

Louis locked eyes with her, "He is my father, Clementine, I….I can…I can do it…" Louis tried to be confident, but his voice cracked.

Robert looks at the two lovers and speaks out, "Let her do it, son. I, too, don't want you to do this task. It is too much. No child should have to kill their parent."

Louis looks to his father and then to Clementine and tries to protest, but he loses all control and breaks down as he sobs. Clementine took Louis in her arms and held him for a moment. She left soft kisses on his cheek and, with a soft look, told him to go toward Maya and the others.

Violet watches her best friend struggle with this and leaves Maya's side to help Clementine usher Louis away. She understands what Clementine was trying to protect Louis from. Violet took Louis's hand and steered him towards Maya, Aniya. Louis took one last look at his father his dad gave a silent nod before Louis parted ways.

Clementine looks at Robert, and with tears in her eyes, she says goodbye to him. Clementine's hands shook as she steadied the gun aiming it at Robert's head. A flashback moment happens when she has to shoot Lee. Clementine took several deep breaths as she watched Robert closes his eyes, and Clementine pulled the trigger ending his life. A loud bang echoed in the rainy morning and Robert was dead. Clementine drops the gun and slowly takes Maya's green shirt from Robert's wound and, with a heavy heart walks back to where Maya, her sister Violet, and Louis are standing, crying and mourning a death of a good man.

Maya watches from a distance and holds her little sister of the death of their friend. Violet held Louis close to her body, comforting him in his as best she could in his time of mourning. It broke her heart to hear his mournful sobs. Knowing he just lost his one and only parent. Clementine comes back with Maya's green shirt and tribal jacket in her hands as tears stream down her face. Clementine looks over at Violet, who is holding her boyfriend. Violet nodded and told Clementine to trade places with her so she could comfort Louis in his time of mourning. Clementine gives a nod in return and gives Violet her girlfriend's jacket and shirt for trying to save Robert. Clementine then embraces Louis in a hug as they mourn the death of his father a little bit longer.

Violet leaves the two of them alone and gives Maya back her tribal jacket and her green plaid shirt, and nudges Maya and her sister to come back to AJ and Aasim. Maya limped as Violet held her side for support. Maya looks at her sister, "How did you escape?" Maya wipes the tears from her eyes.

Violet looks at Maya's sister as she holds Maya close. Aniya looked at Violet and Maya and spoke, "Through the board, you used to seek out to meet Violet. I sense danger going to unfold, so I took Alicia and ran as you did with me back in Wellington…I saw they burned down our home…and then I remember you telling me about Ericson. So I backed track to try and find the school you were telling me about when I heard gunfire on the beach. When I ran into a-sime."

Violet smiles, "Aasim."

"Right. Yeah…anyway, helped defend against those men shooting at them, and then Aasim told me where to find Robert." Aniya looks at her. "I thought I lost you."

"I went back to seek out Clementine's help when they took Violet away." Maya looks at Violet. "I am still so sorry. I didn't want you—"

Violet stops in their walk and moves to kiss Maya's cheek. She pulls back and looks into her eyes, "I know you didn't. You fought for me, which is more than Minerva ever did. You prove to be my hero, Maya. I love you." Violet nuzzles Maya's chin and nudges her to keep walking. Aniya watches the first time Violet and Maya share a cute romantic moment.

"Bonnie's dead, I am guessing," Aniya spoke.

Violet looks at the two ingenious sisters, "Yes. Arvo killed her before coming here." Violet looks at Maya, "They never put her down."

Maya nods and heaves a sigh, knowing all the adults in her group are dead. She never really had a close kinship with Bonnie as she did with Robert. It still saddens Maya about Bonnie's death, but she never really had a connection with her as a mother figure. It was a strained relationship, and she just viewed Bonnie as a respectable leader.

The three of them made it to a small clearing and away from the beach where walkers are filling in. Aasim pushed AJ and Alicia into the forest and away from danger. He turns and finds Violet helping Maya walk to him. "Oh, Violet you made it."

Violet smiles and lets go of Maya momentarily and hugs her friend, "Yes. Thanks to Maya." Violet pulls back and looks at him. "I'm fine. Just bruised and scared with other trauma of Arvo killing that woman like that."

Maya looks at Violet and was about to ask when she heard a squeak from one of the youngsters. Aasim smiles, and Alicia runs to embrace Maya, "Maya!"

Maya winces as the little black girl embraces her, "Hey there squirt. Ow easy, easy…"

"You hurt?" Alicia asks.

"Yes, but not to hurt to give you a hug." Maya smiles back at the little girl.

Aasim looks back at Maya and Aniya, "You two alright."

"Well, I am fine, but Maya looks like shit," Aniya spoke.

Aasim looks at the two Native American girls, "Well I can have Ruby take a look at you when we get back."

Violet looks to Aasim, "Where is Everyone else?"

"Back at the school. Clem didn't want to take any chances of Arvo and his pals taking over the school, so Clem and Maya worked out a plan before coming to rescue you." Aasim said. "I heard a gunshot when taking the kids back away from the beach as walkers were filling in. Who fired the shot?"

"Clementine," Violet spoke.

Maya looks back over her shoulder, "I tried to save Robert the man I brought to your school to help save Louis when Alberto shot him as a hostage. His wounds were too much, so Clem had to put him down so he…"

"So, he wouldn't turn." Aasim finishes and Maya nodded silently.

"We are giving Clementine and Louis a moment… Robert is Louis's father." Maya spoke. "I've kept Robert's kinship with Louis a secret until they can finally make amends. It was his final wish, he gave to me when he told me about Louis several months ago. And I believed him. He was the only adult in my group who I trusted and didn't seek out revenge. All he wanted was to make peace with his son."

Aasim was shocked and looked into the distant trees where they see Louis and Clementine's faint figures. Aasim look at his grieving friend then he spoke out in a low tone, "Shit."

Maya looks at Aasim, "I know we are outsiders to you all, my sister Aniya, Alicia, and I. I know we have nothing to offer you guys, but our group is gone. And I can't protect Alicia without strong walls to protect her and a community or a group to look after her and my sister."

Aasim gazed at Maya, and Aniya the little girl holding Aniya's hand, and then finally at Violet. "Well…I can't speak for you if you can stay, it is up to Clem."

Clementine and Louis walk back together when laying Louis's father to rest. Clementine caught the end of Aasim's conversation, "What is up to me?"

Violet, Maya, Aniya, and Alicia all turned to look at Clementine. Maya then takes a step forward, being humbled as possible as she takes to Clementine, "I know you had issues trusting me and my group before and you were right to withhold that trust. But now all the adults in my group are dead. My camp is gone. And my sister, Alicia, and I are homeless and have no place to go. I know we have nothing to offer to you for our permanent stay—"

Clementine raises her hand to have Maya stop explaining her reason, "Maya, you don't have to explain yourself. You saved me from Alberto and Arvo's attacks and saved Louis's life. I know you are not the enemy and you never were. You were trying to protect me and my group. And we need more people like you to help defend it, Ericson from future threats." Clementine looks at Maya and then at Violet as she sees Violet softening to what Clementine is saying about her new girlfriend, "With that, there is room in my group for all three of you. We can use your help and service to survive the remaining months of winter and beyond. There are some things I can learn from you as you teach me your way of life."

Maya looks at Clementine with a questioning and dismayed look in her eyes.

Clementine smiles and reads her look and answers Maya back, "Welcome to the group of misfit kids, Maya. You well earned it from your epic fight."

Maya smiles and embraces Clementine in a hug, "Thank you."

Clementine hugs her back and whispers to her, "You're welcome. Umm…you should probably go to Violet." Maya pulls back to look at her. Clementine nodded gently, "I know how much you two love each other." Clementine returns Maya's wink she gave to her a few days back.

Clementine watches as Maya turns and comes close to Violet. Maya gazes into her eyes and leans down to give her an affectionate kiss to solidify their romance and love for each other. Clementine felt Louis beside her, and she nuzzles him back with his support and love.

"Alright enough with the mushy love stuff and can we get back home." AJ groans. Clementine looks at her goofball and shakes her head, and leads the way back to Ericson. With the big fight over, Clementine leads the walk back to Ericson with three new members she never expected to gain to fill the loss of Mitch, Brody, and Marlon. Clementine holds Louis close to her and silently watches as AJ takes an interest in a girl his age Alicia as he is telling basic rules on survival. Aniya and Aasim, clear the way for walkers in their pathway. And lastly Violet helps Maya get to the school safely. As they reach familiar lands without much fear now from walkers, Maya looks at her new home, this time there to stay with Violet and the rest of the Ericson kids. Clementine and Louis will add another cross to the graveyard and make a special grave marker for Robert.