Two Sides To The Same Coin.
Terminus. That was the aim, the desired destination again. The chances of there being other survivors there, from the prison group was unknown... Carol had only managed to see the end of the fall, and Tyreese leave with the girls, even that had just been a complete blur.
What happened at The Grove was still weighing heavy on her shoulders, she'd sworn to the father of those girls that she'd care for them as if they were her own, and hell, did she try. The all too clear memories of what had happened to her own daughter, Sophia, had lead her to try and help the two girls, teach them to defend themselves. This world isn't a world for little, and sweet kids. But when things turned bad, and it was clear that Lizzie wasn't right, she needed help that no one could offer, not now, Carol did what she had to. Even if it hurt. She fixed what needed fixing.
A small gurgle from the baby on her back, caused Carol to remember the light of the situation. Though she was hurting, grieving for two more daughters, two more innocent losses, she'd saved Judith. The baby of her late best friend, and the man who had led them all to safety on many occasions, who sent her away, but for her own good, she understood that. The woman had bared no grudges towards the man, when he'd sent her away, it was for her own protection, after the way that Tyreese had acted towards Rick when he'd found Karen and David's bodies, had been an indication of the high chance that Carol could have gotten hurt. If he'd had thought that Carol hand lost it... turned evil or was too far gone, he wouldn't have given her a chance. The parallel was right there, and Carol saw it. Rick made the decision on Carol, and sent her away, Carol made the decision on Lizzie, and put her down. She wasn't too far gone, not like Lizzie. Carol could come back from what she'd done.
As she hitched the baby carrier up on her back, the sound of footsteps in the distance, from behind broke the solemn silence that seemed to be following her. The woman had become separated from Tyreese, not out of choice, just more complications, and now she was on her own, more vulnerable, her and the baby now in more danger. Her own footsteps slowed, trying to distinguish whether the footsteps behind her were human, or walker. And if they were human, were they a friend, or a stranger.