Stronger than before...

The Hunt For Clementine

Ricks group POV.

"After I had crawled out of the dumpster I was looking around for water" Glenn began "Then out of nowhere this girl just yelled heads up from the roof of the building next to me. It... it was Clementine"

Everyone's heads shot up in disbelief. No one had heard that name since the prison.

That was a name that made Daryl bolt up out of his seat, a name that made Sasha start to sweat from anxiety of who she used to be.

"How can you be sure?" Carol asked

"Well I thought I was hallucinating at first" Glenn continued "but I didn't get a good look at her, a black van went swerving down the street, she panicked and left. I went into the building to talk to her, she yelled to me from the second floor, she said where to find water and then said that she had to go and to stay safe. When I went upstairs to find her I found this instead"

Glenn pulled the 'D' hat from his satchel. Daryl practically sprinted across the room to look at it.

"Wait who the hell is Clementine?" Rosita asked

"This is hers" Daryl said ignoring her question "Where'd you say you saw her?"

"In town by that old antique shop" Glenn said

"I'll go check to see if she's still there" Daryl said impatiently

"Daryl wait" said Rick "There's no telling if she's still there, Glenn said she bolted when a black van went by"

"Which means she could be in trouble" Daryl said defensively

"He's right" said Maggie "I'm going to"

"I wanna go to" Glenn said

"No no" Said Rick getting worried "We need numbers here, the wall is still down. The herd is dead but the wall is down. I can't work on it until I know Carl will be okay"

"Okay, I'll go" Daryl said not willing to let it go "just me"

"Daryl-" Rick began

"She's a kid" Daryl stated "She's in trouble. I'm going"

"Who the hell is Clementine?" Rosita asked again angrily

"She's family" Daryl replied as he left the room

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Daryl had searched high and dry for the next three weeks, still no sign of Clementine.

"Man she's probably just hiding from who ever is after her" Glenn said as Daryl arrived back at Alexandria at eight o'clock in the evening.

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•One month later•

"After they smashed his head in they left us with a black van and took his kids" Jesus said as he told the story of how Negan came to the Hilltop

Rick and his group were scouting Alexandria, seeing if they could make a trade of ammunition for food.

"Wait Black vans?" Daryl said connecting the dots

"Oh my god" Glenn replied "Like the one Clementine ran from"

"Wait wait you guys know Clem?" Jesus asked surprised

"You know Clem?" Maggie asked Jesus "Do you know what Negan and the saviors wanted with her?"

"Yes" Jesus said wincing at the memories "Poor Clem, Negan... he put that girl through hell"