Jade opens the door and Lewis turns back turning his head sideways nodding.
"a dress?"
Jade nods her head looking down.
"i may never get to wear one again"
Lewis shrugs his shoulders.
"I don't judge actaully its pretty normal you should see the parties we have on saturday nights!"
Jade eyes lewis and he grins.
"surprised? People can have parties during the apocalypse its one of the benefits of this community jade, of being loyal to Negan.."
She looks down at her dress then back to lewis.
"who is Negan?"
Lewis stops in the hall turning to jade and shakes his head.
"its more the idea of negan, then who is negan. The idea of normalcy, of society, a strong society, its like an embodiment, a goal..."
Lewis shakes his head staring at jade.
"don't worry about it though you don't need to know this stuff just yet. I shouldn't even tell you, your not one of us yet..."
Jade looks to Lewis and shakes her head.
"honestly, it sounds like a crazy cult..."
Lewis and jade walk up to two large doors and Lewis stares at them then turns to jade.
"give it a chance jade, life can be good for you and your sister. It is better then going back out there. Mason, he will protect you.."
Lewis knocks on the doors and they slide open and him and jade walk in. Lewis stops at attention and turns back to the two men by the doors nodding to them.
"you can go to dinner, ill take over from here..."
They salute and Lewis salutes back. The two men leave and Lewis closes over the sliding doors and motions to a table with five chairs.
"you have been invited to dinner by Mason usually only high ranking members get to sit at this table. Show him respect and he will return it jade"
Lewis pulls out a chair and Jade sits in it. Lewis stands by her side and the doors open again and Konnor enters with Jade's sister. Jade goes to stand but Lewis shakes his head.
"don't, follow the rules and wait..."
Jade looks to Lewis and shakes her head.
"fuck the rules this is my sister.."
She stands walking to her sister and hugs her and her sister steps back. Jade shakes her head and Alyssa nods to her.
"we should follow the rules.."
Jade shakes her head.
"what are you talking about?"
Konnor clears his throat.
"take a seat Jyde, you should too Alyssa, Mason will be here soon."
Jade shakes her head again going to hug her sister, but her sister steps back.
"please Jade just sit down do what they say"
Konnor turns back to Alyssa and then to Jade, but Lewis interrupts.
"she isn't going anywhere jade she will eat with us we just need to get seated before Mason comes in. Please..."
Jade turns back and sits in her chair and Lewis stands next to her. Alyssa gets into a chair across from her and Konnor stands next to her. The doors opens again and Mason walks in, he turns back to the two people escorting him and nods.
"that is all, you boys can go eat dinner"
The boys salute turn and walk out shutting the doors behind them. Mason comes to the table standing at the end and motions to the two empty chairs.
"i tell you guys this everynight you can sit before i come here..."
Konnor and Lewis sit at the same time making eye contact with each other as they do and Mason finally sits after them. He sits back in his chair grinning to himself as Konnor speaks.
"I had someting to ask Mason. I know this dinner is about these girls today, but it cant wait..."
Mason nods his head and Konnor cuts in.
"i want to take a scout party to Alexandria to gain some intel. I think it can help negan-"
Lewis cuts in.
"i think we should leave that to some of the scouts out there they are far better with stealth you tend to be loud and reckless Konnor..."
Konnor curses under his breath.
"fuck you i am the best person for this job negan needs Intel i can deliver it..."
Lewis shakes his head disagreeing.
"what negan needs is not to draw attention we need to calculate an attack and strike at the best time"
Konnor nods agreeing.
"and we need Intel to attack which i can get us.."
Mason clears his throat quieting down his two friends.
'if negan needs something he will ask for it Alexandria overstepped, they were stupid and its clear that someone on the inside helped them, negan was betrayed..."
Konnor nods his head.
"are we really surprised he is a sociopaths asshole, i heard they had a fucking tiger, like the tiger ate people-"
Lewis shakes his head.
"who has a fucking tiger-"
Konnor nods his head agreeing, but turns to Lewis.
"dude i am telling you i heard it one of the guys said the tiger ate people, it ate people man-"
Mason clears his throat quieting them down and both boys stop talking and mason speaks.
"we won't do anything until negan asks us that is the agreement. we are his eyes and we will continue to be his eyes. until he tells us where to look we continue to be dumb and blind like we pretend to be.."
Konnor nods his head agreeing and points at Mason.
"but we should be honest Mason we should throw about the possibility that siding with Alexandria may be best."
Mason folds his hands and shakes his head.
"we won't discuss this now, today we are here to welcome our new guests. Jade and Alyssa I am sorry for this long conversation I want you two to feel at home here and welcome here. How have you liked it here so far-"
Alyssa cuts in.
"i like it here, its safe here. I can sleep, eat, you guys have so much-"
Mason nods his head agreeing.
"that we do, and we have so much more. Electricity, food, we even have a game night if i do say so i play a pretty good game of pool..."
Alyssa smiles and Mason nods to her. So, would you want to stay here then Alyssa? she nods her head and Mason nods back.
"did Konnor explain what your place would be here?"
Alyssa nods her head and whispers.
"he did, i am willing to help the community anyway i can. He said you can help me grow strong, help me learn-"
Mason nods his head and turns to Jade.
"and you jade?"
Jade shakes her head staring down her sister.
"honestly? I feel like there is a lot of rules and a lot of bullshit-"
Konnor laughs loudly speaking.
"my god i like her. Sweetheart, you are exactly right thats what society is a big pile of bullshit. no matter where you go, theres always a pile and our pile is the biggest pile of bullshit there is-"
Lewis cuts him off.
"can you please shut up Konnor'
Konnor shrugs his shoulders.
"the girl deserves to know the truth here. look none of us believe this savior bullshit or this hail negan, but it keeps food on the table and a safe place over our heads"
Mason stares down Konnor who quiets down and he turns to jade.
"negan saved my life. I know some people don't understand the guy or the idea of negan, but it does keep food on the table, it does keep us safe and it will continue to keep us safe"
Konnor cuts him off.
"what happens when it stops Mason?"
Mason shifts his attention to jade and then looks to Alyssa.
"you have seen what negan provides, the safety, the elctricity, the soceity, the normalcy of what was before the choas. if negan dies the idea lives on and a new negan will rise its how its always been-'
Konnor cuts off pointing at Mason.
"and there it is! I can't beleive i didn't see this shit earlier..."
Lewis slaps Konnor on the shoulder and Konnor shrugs the hit off quieting down and Mason clears his throat.
"girls i can assure you if you join our community the safety will never end, you will never go hungry, you won't have to endure the world out there. In our society you are always safe because I am negan..."
