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ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ

[ a man of honor ]

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When they made it back to the highway, Vanessa nearly passed out when she saw her brother and everyone else arriving at the same time.

"Oh my god" she mumbled, running over to Rick as she pulled him into a hug.

"Thank god" he whispered, squeezing her tight as he pressed a kiss to the side of her head. "You okay?"

Vanessa nodded as she pulled away and hugged Carl grateful that they were all safe.

"Where's the rest of us?" Daryl asked.

"We're the only ones who made it so far," Rick told him.

"Shane?" Lori asked as Rick shook his head. Vanessa didn't know how to feel knowing that he wasn't there but it wasn't great.

"Andrea?" Glenna asked.

"She saved me, then I lost her," Carol said.

"We saw her go down" T-Dog added.

"Patricia?" Hershel asked.

Beth shook her head and cried. "They got her too, took her right in front of me. I was- I was holding' on to her, Daddy. She just- what about Jimmy? Did you see Jimmy?"

"He was in the RV," Rick told her. "It got overrun."

"Are you sure you saw Andrea go down?" Vanessa asked.

"There were walkers everywhere," Lori said.

"But you didn't see her? She could still be out there" Vanessa said.

"No" Rick shook his head.

"We don't even know if she's there," Lori told him.

"She isn't there. She isn't. She's somewhere else. Or she's dead. There's no way to find her" Rick said.

"So we're not even gonna look for her?" Glenn asked.

"We gotta keep moving. There have been walkers crawling all over here."

"I say head east," T-Dog said.

"Stay off the main roads," Daryl said, picking up his crossbow as a walker came by. "The bigger the road, the more walkers, more assholes like this one. I got him."

So they decided to leave, hoping that Andrea was somewhere safe. Vanessa rode with Daryl on his motorcycle. Hearing someone honk, they all came to a stop as everyone got out of their cars.

"You out?" Daryl asked.

"Running on fumes," Rick told him.

"We can't stay here," Maggie said, looking around at the empty highway.

"We can't all fit in one car" Glenn noted.

"We'll have to make a run for some gas in the morning," Rick told them.