"Johnny!" a scream came from deep inside the blonde's throat as she fought against the strong arm keeping her from running to save the one she loved. "Johnny!" her throat burned and her heart shattered. The large teeth within the decaying mouth ripped his jugular from his strong neck.

"We have to go back," she told the dark haired man, much resembling the pieces of a man behind them.

"We can't turn back," he said in a harsh tone.

Ellie wondered how he could be so cold? The man back there wasn't just anybody. He was family.

"Why the hell not?" she dropped her weight and he dropped his arm from around her, allowing them to come to a halt.

"I'd really rather not argue about saving your life."

"My life is nothing without him."

"Johnny wouldn't have wanted this," the dark haired man looked at her with angry green eyes.

"I don't want to," she tensed her jaw and glared at him. But she knew in the end that she was putting him at risk now too, and that wasn't fair. Parker wouldn't leave her, as much as she wanted him to.

"Ellie, we've gotta go," a hand gripped her arm and sobs racked her entire body as they ran. She was blindly following to keep him out of risk, at this point. She didn't care about herself, but Parker still had a chance to have a life in this hellhole, she couldn't take that from him.

She didn't know how far they went, maybe it was a mile, maybe it was ten. All she knew was that a force was commanding her legs to move and her world was numb. She didn't feel her feet touching the soft ground. She didn't hear the snap of branches or the rustle of her feet in the leaves. She only felt her heart shatter in a million pieces. "You okay?" Parker's face was inches from hers, meeting her with the same green eyes they'd left in the woods.

"Am I okay?" her voice shook as she spoke. "Am I okay?" she repeated. "The love of my life, your brother, was just…just…and we left him there." She clenched her jaw tightly, once again, trying not to fall into another fit of violent sobs. "So excuse the fuck out of me if I'm not okay."

Ellie jerked her arm from Parker's grasp and stormed back onto the road, no destination in mind. She went with him out of the thickest of the threat.

"Ellie, listen to me," Parker called, hurrying after her.

"What's the point of any of this?" She questioned. "Without him, I don't want to exist. Breathing without him by my side feels like…like…I'm betraying him."

"Did you even know my brother at all?" Parker sighed looking at the blonde woman before him. Her bright blue eyes rimmed red, her face blotchy, and jaw still tense.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"He would've done anything to keep you alive. He made me promise I'd keep you safe over anything else. If he could choose between saving you or himself, he would've picked you. You know that, Ellie, so stop."

"Stop being upset for losing my fiancé?"

"Stop pretending you'd rather be dead. And stop giving up the shot to live that he gave you."

"Stop telling me what to do," she scoffed, walking forward. The frigged cold cutting its way through her leather jacket. She crossed her arms over her chest, in interest of staying warm. She wished she had her personal heater with her again, not the electric type, the Johnny type. He was perfect for keeping warm. He always made her feel warm, happy, and safe. She loved him so much.

Johnny and Ellie had met during their senior year of college, she an education major, and he an Engineering major. They bonded over their love for Buckeyes and pizza, and their hatred for Michigan and onions. They went to football games and movies. After college, Johnny found a job in Virginia and asked Ellie to move with him, she did without question. Before the outbreak, they were happy. Hell, after the outbreak, they had each other, so they were still as happy as they possibly could be. The pair seemed to be made for each other. Like any couple, they had their differences, but they kept each other safe.

Parker allowed her to be a few paces ahead, she needed a moment to herself, and truly, so did he. He watched her with hawk eyes, insuring her safety from a distance. He imagined she was lost in her thoughts, probably going through memories of Johnny. His older brother was always the strong one, always what he aspired to be, Parker always wanted to be just like Johnny and he would do anything for him. He would've even gladly swapped places with him back there if he could.

Parker found himself lost in his thoughts and quickly found that he wasn't prepared for the vehicle that sped up beside them. As he hurried to Ellie's side and she started to jerk away from him. Her blue eyes landed on the looming vehicle beside them and she immediately stopped.

"Stay by me," Parker murmured. A man with a long mustache and a dark-haired woman hopped out of the truck with sinister looks on their faces.

"What have we got here?"

"We don't want any trouble," Parker said.

"Who says we're here for trouble?" the mustached man questioned. He pulled out a walkie talkie and said something neither Parker nor Ellie could hear. A reply came over the walkie a moment later. "Arat, boss'll be here soon. Keep an eye on 'em." The man ducked back into the truck for a moment.

Another vehicle pulled up and a outstepped a large man with a barbwired baseball bat.

"Ho-ly fucking shit, would just look at what we have here?" his voice was deep and intimidating, but familiar to Ellie's ears. She tried to place it in her memory as her pale eyes traveled from his thick black biker boots, up his long jean clad legs, to his black leather jacket, and finally to his salt and pepper bearded face. She knew this man. "I cannot believe that I'm looking at Ellie fucking Richards."

AN: Hey guys, I haven't written a fanfic in a while and wanted to get back into it. I have had such a fun time watching Negan's character and I feel like there's a whole lot more to him so I thought that I could try to write about him a bit. This story is going to eventually be a Negan/OC character. But it's going to be kind of a slow burn. I'm considering doing some flashbacks throughout so that you can learn about Negan's past, which will probably be loosely based upon the comics. What do you think about that?

Leave me some reviews! Thank you in advance J