they had decided that Atlanta was not safe to stay buy any more and that is when they ran into stiles and his brother casper, rick and the group had escape from the cdc, he heard all about it from Daryl. and that is when stiles meet them.
They hit the highway and leave Atlanta behind them. They drive for a couple of hours, trading stories, cleaning the guns, anything to keep themselves busy. They drive until they hit a car pile; hundreds of cars left on the road, doors thrown open, from where the people had abandoned them trying to get away from the Walkers. Unable to get through and with the RV broken down again, they scatter and look for anything of value.
Carol finds some nice clothes that she thinks might be her size, her minute smile disappearing when she sees the look Lori gives her. An empty first aid kit that she pulls out of the glove box in hand, Lori places it on the roof of the car, turning around with her hands on her hips.
"Ed would never let me wear clothes this nice." The Omega tries to explain her actions to the Beta woman as she folds the three-dollar Wal-Mart t-shirt and puts it back where she found it; like she was scared to be punished for looking at something her Alpha hadn't said she could. Typical of a Traditionally born Omega to act. Looking at the pups though, "We'll need clothes."
Lori places a pitying hand on her shoulder before moving onto another car.
"Sophia don't wander off to far, always in eyesight, ok?" Carol reminds her daughter.
"You too, Carl. Stay where Carol... or I can see you." Lori adds like it was an afterthought.
A Walker herd had followed the group, causing them to lose Sophia in the woods. Rick goes after her, and two Walkers, while the rest of the Packs stays on the highway, praying for a miracle, all of them trying to drown out the sounds of Carol's sobbing.
"You sure this is the spot?" Daryl asks as he stands up, water from the creek weighing his feet down as moves towards Rick.
"I left her right here. Walkers followed me that way, up the creek." Rick shakes, as he points in one direction.
"Without a paddle; seems we've landed there too."
"By the time I got back here, she was gone. Figured she had headed back to the group. I told her go that way." Rick points to the sloped bed creek where Glenn was standing guard. "I told her to keep the sun on her left shoulder."
"Hey short round, why don't you step off to one side? You're mucking up the trail." Daryl huffs, adjusting his grip on the crossbow and observing the ground for tracks.
Stiles moves quickly with a few apologies, "Sorry Daryl, didn't mean to be in the way."
"You're good, stiles."
"Assuming she knows her left from her right." Shane scuffs, his relaxed stance indicating that he found this to be a waste of time.
"Shane, she understood me fine." Rick growls loudly at the other Alpha. Stiles steps forward, ready to defend his Alpha when Shane straightens up, teeth bared at the Prime in open challenge.
"The kid's tired and scared man. How much do you think of what you said stuck, really?" Shane scowls when Daryl turns to the two Alphas, his hand on the crossbow.
"I got clear prints right here. Looks like she understood just fine, she headed back to the highway. Looks like she knew her right from her left just fine too." The four men follow the trail until it split away.
the small group follow the prints until they vanishes.
Stiles and Shane head back to the highway, while Rick and Daryl continue to track Sophia. Shane keeps the group busy with chores; raiding cars and moving the ones near the RV so they can turn around later. Daryl leads Rick further into the woods, following a trail only the alpha can see. When they come across a Walker that had fed recently, they gut it, looking for any sign it had been near the Omega pup. Once it starts getting dark, the two men make their way back to the highway. Carol starts sobbing as soon as she sees them without her daughter, blaming Rick for leaving her alone. The Alpha walks away whimpering in the back of his throat, guilt and shame clouding his smell. His Pack and Daryl want to comfort him, and at the same time want to strangle Lori.
As soon as Rick walks away from the group, Lori leaves Andrea to comfort the distressed Omega and follow the grieving Alpha. "Rick! We need to talk about Carl and Shane. As well as your little "Pack". You know, the one your WIFE.... and son aren't a part of."
"No. You had the divorce papers already filled out, and that Mark on your shoulder means Shane has claimed you as his Mate. We are done, we raise Carl together but that's it. And our pup is part of my Pack. What do you want to talk about?" Rick glares at the Beta.
"Rick...."
"Glenn, can you go get Shane, Carl and the Pack. We're going to settle something right now."
"No need." Shane comes over with the others, Daryl, Carl and T - Dog stand by Glenn, "What's going on?"
"Lori said we needed to talk about you and our pup. Let's talk." Carl walks over to his dad, standing in front of him, facing Lori and Shane.
"Rick this isn't funny anymore. You're my husband and Carl is our son, not a puppy. And our son isn't listening to me anymore." Lori crosses her arms over her chest, ignoring the growls of surprise from everyone, including Shane. Calling out the pup in front of a group of Alphas and Omegas was shameful, like a piss on their culture. And Carl was old enough to understand just how much his mother, in that one sentence, didn't care about their family.
Rick rumbles loudly and holds out his hand. "There's no ring on my finger anymore! You had the papers ready not long after I slipped into a coma and Shane's Mark is on your shoulder, not mine. But now that you're not getting your way, you want to ignore all that? Fuck you!"
Carl runs towards Stiles, hiding his face in the Omega's stomach. When the man feels his shirt getting damp with tears, he starts purring softly. Glenn and T-Dog pull the two down on the tailgate of a nearby truck, standing in front of them on instinct. Stiles pulls casper and carl into his lap and wraps the red jacket around him. Carl pulls it tighter around himself with rumbled thanks.