Gone|TWD³

𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍-smoke

𝐊𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐘𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐇 as she and the others walked down the tracks. "Did Tom Sawyer have a happy ending? We never got to finish it." Mika said looking up at Carol.

"Well, Tom and Huck, they stop Injun Joe and his partner. And wind up getting all his gold." Carol explained to her.

"Did they wind up getting rich?" The younger girl asked.

"Mm-hmm." Carol hummed. "And the Widow Douglas adopts Huck."

"Like you adopted us?" Mika asked with a big smile.

Carol smiled thinking for a second. "Yeah, just like the Widow Douglas."

"And I'm Huck Finn."

"I think you're more like Tom Sawyer." Lizzie told her younger sister.

Mika looked back at her. "Yeah, you're right. You're way more like Huck Finn. You're not even grossed out by dead rabbits."

Kate raised an eyebrow but stayed quiet. She only stared at Lizzie trying to figure her out, almost.

"Forgot you used to read to them." Tyreese said

Carol nodded. "I did."

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"𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓?" Carol asked Tyreese and Kate.

"Yeah." Tyreese responded as Kaitlyn nodded.

"There's a fire somewhere." Kate said and she started to look above the trees to see if she could spot the smoke.

"Must be a big one. It isn't anywhere around here." Carol said and Kaitlyn stopped looking for smoke.

"It's probably nothing important." She shrugged.

"We should stop here. We need to look for water." Carol said and the three of them come to a stop.

"I can do it." Tyreese said.

"No, you need rest. Rest your arm. Mika and Kate will help me." Carol told him.

Kaitlyn nodded and handed Judith over to Tyreese before following Carol and Mika.

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"𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐈𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄." Mika told Carol

"I had you come because I wanted to talk to you." Carol responded.

"Why?"

"because you're little and you're sweet and those are two things that can get you killed. You can't change how big you are..."

"I wish I could." Mika sadly said.

"You don't have to be big to survive." Kaitlyn said, glancing down at the blonde.

"You just need to toughen up." Carol added nodding.

"I don't have to be tough." Mika told her as she shook her head. "I can run. I'm good at that."

"No." Carol said grabbing Mika's arm. "My daughter ran and it wasn't enough. That's why I taught the kids at the prison to do more than that."

Kaitlyn frowned, she never knew Carol had a kid. It wasn't exactly something that came up in conventions. But now that she thinks about it she does remember Carl and Willow talking about another kid their age. Sophie, was her name?