1. I Found

-sleepless night-

LOST

"Sophia!" Theo called out, chasing her down into the forest. 

"Sophia!" She called out again, but there was no response. 

Suddenly, someone ran into her back. 

"Shh." She crouched in front of Sophia before looking behind her to see a large group of walkers approaching them.

"Keep quiet, okay?" She nodded, taking Sophia's hand. 

They were on the way back to the highway. 

So they ran. 

Further away from the highway. 

Further from everyone else. 

"Where is she!" Daryl began looking around, scared out of his mind. 

"Sophia, she got spooked and ran; Theo chased after her; she'll be back", Glenn explained to Daryl. 

"No. I'm not sitting her and waiting for her not to come back or to come back, Rick!" Daryl yelled as Rick looked over towards him, stressed. 

"Are you coming with me, or am I going alone?" Daryl asked as Rick nodded. 

"Find them", Carol cried as Andrea held her tightly. 

His heart sank; Carol wasn't going to be able to take it anymore; her daughter was the last thing she had left, and she was only 12.

"What are we meant to do?" Glenn asked as he watched Daryl and Rick head in the same direction. 

"We need to keep collecting fuel. As soon as they have Sophia, we have to go," Lori explained as she walked back to everyone else.

"Okay," Glenn began collecting a group of looks from the rest. "We need to keep going, collect anything and everything you can, water in that van you found, we need to take at least two of them, food will be spare, but anything edible, you get, clothes, think about when it begins to get colder, it doesn't mean you need four different outfits, but you need two that you can adapt, keep in pairs and keep close, Dale you fix that RV yet?" Glenn asked. 

"Shane is working on it, I'm keeping watch" Dale smiled

"Good, keep doing that, Andrea. I want you to stay with Carol, and everyone else gets to work." Lori ordered

"Why are we now taking orders from you?" Shane asked, leaning against the RV.

"Well, you wanna say anything different?" Lori asked, genuinely looking for an answer.

This caused Glenn to smile.

He responded with an annoyed sigh before Glenn looked at T-Dog, who was visibly in pain.

"Are you going to be alright?" Glenn asked T-Dog, concerned

"Just give me a few, and I'll be out collecting fuel again," he smiled, trying to push through the pain.

Daryl's heart was going a million miles an hour. 

It was getting dark, and the tracks they found came to a dead end as they became trampled by walker tracks.

"Daryl. Theo is smart, but she left her gun behind; all she has is her knife." Rick panicked as he looked around for any sign of his daughter. 

"You're right; she is smart. But we need to be, too. It's getting dark, and we should go back and start again before we get lost, and then there's another search party for us," Daryl suggested; although he didn't want to stop searching, he had to be innovative. 

"You're right." Rick sighed as he looked around for one final time. 

"Let's go" Daryl nodded, returning to the highway. 

Rick and Daryl returned.

"You didn't find her?" Carol wept as everyone went to comfort her.

"The track went cold, but we will be straight back to it in the morning, Carol, I promise" Rick looked full of guilt. 

"You left her; she's my baby", Carol cried, breaking into Andreas' arms. 

"She is with Theo; they're going to be okay", Daryl began.

Rick's eyes became watery.

He was scared and worried about his daughter. 

"You alright'" Glenn asked Daryl, walking away from everyone else.

"Yeah, she'll be okay. She is the strongest one here" Daryl nodded, trying to convince himself. 

"You want to sit watch with me?" Glenn asked, talking about keeping watch.

He nodded, going quiet.

"Dale, get some sleep," Daryl told Dale. He instantly nodded, and everyone went to get some sleep except Daryl and Glenn. 

A couple of hours passed, most of their night being silent.

"Somethin' on your mind?" Glenn asked, breaking the silence between them.

"No, just wondering about them out there in the dark, " he admitted, searching the woods before him. 

"I think we are all going to look for her tomorrow; we need more eyes," Glenn explained to him.

"I hope she is okay" Daryl bit his nail as he watched the woods closely

He wanted to protect her with everything he had.

He was so mad that he left her alone in that car. 

That stupid Korean boy was right.

He liked her a lot; he cared about her a lot.

But was still scared to get close.

He had to try and fight what he was feeling.

But every time he tried, all he could think of was that kiss at the CDC and how much he wanted to do it repeatedly. 

He was falling fast...

"Daryl..." Glenn began as he noticed how worried Daryl was about Theo. 

"Don't" Daryl shook his head, eyes not leaving the trees before him. 

-Meanwhile-

"Theo, I'm scared", Sophia whispered as they sat closely under the fallen tree, hiding from the walkers and trying to keep warm. 

Theo held her close in her lap, wrapping her arms around her to try and keep her warm. 

"We are going to be okay. In the morning, we will head back the way we came, and eventually, someone will find us," Theo reassured her. 

"How are you not scared?" Sophia asked, shaking as Theo held her closely. 

"Who said I wasn't?" Theo smiled, trying to make her smile, but it didn't work. "Of course, I am scared, but you must be brave for others."

"I want my mummy" She cried quietly. 

"I know, it's going to be okay" Theo nodded as she kept a close eye on the woods; walkers were passing, but luckily, none were coming their way.

Theo stayed awake the entire night, fighting off the sleep that kept creeping up on her to keep watch. 

The sun finally came up, and Sophia woke from her sleep. 

"We stay together; your hand does not leave mine unless completely necessary. If we get separated for any reason, you come here, and I will come and get you," Theo told her as she nodded. 

"Come on" Theo took Sophia's hand in hers. 

Sophia nodded, keeping close to Theo, walking behind her, her hand in hers, never leaving her side.