Close Enough

by NashaWriter

In a world where it's easier to forget your past than honor it, Negan finds himself suddenly confronted with his own. In the form of a young woman, his past and his long forgotten memories come flooding back...he has to make a choice. Make it all go away or let her in-into the man he has become and the world he was building.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1 : How To Save A Life

5pm. A few miles outside the Sanctuary Gates. 2 men on patrol (to keep hordes of walkers from surprising the rest) walk along a path leading to a fork in the path. Their names are Dave and Russell, they are officers.

"Wanna turn back here? Our shift is almost done," Dave asked Russell as he lit two cigarettes and gave one to his partner.

"Thanks," Russell mused and took a happy puff, "lets check the area a bit, I think I heard noises coming from over there," he said, using his gun to point to the east.

"Yeah, lets check it out, Im not trying to 'meet' Lucille," Dave said making them both laugh.

They head eastward a couple of feet when they come to a small abandoned farm house. Both look to each other as they hear a struggle and cursing behind the house. They head inside towards the back into a kitchen and look out the window.

Just outside the window were two men trying to get to a young woman. Each of them grabbed one of her arms and pinned her to a wall, their free hands starting to grope her. The woman managed to jump up and kick them in the chests, making them stumble back and let her go. She quickly scrambled towards the gun they managed to knock out of her hand earlier. One of the men managed to give her a firm punch in the back of her head...knocking her out onto the ground. Both men now crowded round her, laughing to each other as one pulled her to lay on her back.

Very quickly two shots rang out and both men had bullets in their heads. Dave and Russell had snuck out the backdoor and shot them dead.

"Damn, girl held her own with no weapon till she got sucker punched," Russell noted.

"Should we bring her back with us?" Dave asked.

Russell shrugged, "Well...we did just lose Anna the other day and obviously we seen her kick some ass, she looks pretty good for surviving by herself it seems, I'm sure Negan could use another officer."

Dave smirked, "She's really cute, so maybe a new wife," he laughed as he moved to the bag he had on him to whip out a collapsible gurney which they laid her on softly. "Hey, that looks like it could be a bag of hers, grab that," Dave told Russell who did so, putting it on her stomach gently.

They made sure to grab her gun and the guns (plus anything useful) on the 2, now, dead men. Russell and Dave each took an end of the gurney and head back to Sanctuary. The gate opened for them and they headed right Doctor Carson and his infirmary.