The C.D.C. is gone and along with it, a piece of the hope that they all clung to. Now, all they have left is each other. The group must stick together even as new challenges threaten to tear them apart. But sometimes surviving isn't worth it when th...
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"Hey, baby?" MJ's voice is soft, she's carrying her daughter through the woods because Ellie's lost a lot of blood and her leg is hurting her. "When exactly did your uncle give you that gun?"
"Before you both went away." Ellie says, fighting to stay awake.
"Two years ago?"
"Mhm."
"Hey, Daryl, remind me to kill my brother if we ever find him." MJ stumbles, and he reaches out and grabs her waist to keep her standing.
"You gotta make it to the house first." He says, and her grip on Ellie tightens.
Her left arm is wrapped around her daughter's back and the twelve-year-old's arms are around her neck. Carrying her isn't easy, especially since her right shoulder still hurts, but she'll be damned if she makes her daughter take another pain-filled step.
"Sophia?" MJ looks behind her.
"I got her." Daryl says as he places his hand on the back of Sophia's shoulder and makes her start walking in front of him.
"Mama, who taught you to shoot?"
"Daddy." Ellie says, her voice barely a whisper.
MJ bounces her and pats her back. "You gotta stay awake, my love. Just till we talk to Hershel, and he checks on you." She says.
"I can't."
"I know it's hard, baby, but you have to. Just a little longer." She says. "We're almost there."
They break the tree line, and MJ tries to walk faster, but she's weak and tired. MJ's leading the way with Ellie, then it's Sophia, and Daryl's right behind her. They're all exhausted.
"Rick!" Andrea calls from the top of the RV.
"What is it?" He asks as he walks over. "We got walkers?"
"No. I think—" The blonde's looking through the binoculars. "I think it's MJ and Daryl. They have the kids!" She yells, and he immediately takes off running with Glenn, T, and Shane right behind him.
Rick makes it to them just as MJ's about to collapse. He gets ahold of her, and Shane's on her other side in an instant.
