Following Troy Otto's near demise at the Gonzalez Dam, Serena rescued him and gave Troy a second chance. They eventually got married and had a daughter named Tracy together after Troy's deceased mother.

While Serena was pregnant, she was bitten by a walker on her left arm. Troy and Serena sent out a distress call which Alicia Clark responded to. Despite her previous differences with Troy, Alicia helped them and saved Serena by cutting off her arm. Alicia stayed around long enough to know Tracy as a baby and gave Serena her St. Christopher's medallion. When Alicia eventually left, Serena was inspired to follow in her footsteps, answering distress calls and helping other people in need.

At some point, Serena was shot by another survivor whilst responding to a distress call. The grief-stricken Troy would later blame Madison and Alicia for this as Serena was following in their footsteps when she died. Troy subsequently allowed Serena to reanimate as a walker and join the massive walker herd that he was gathering, intending to allow Serena to kill Madison in revenge.

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