Jade stands staring herself over in a mirror and hears a voice.

"don't you want to know jade?"

she turns back eyeing Konnor and he grins standing in her doorway as he plays with his knife. she rolls her eyes and he laughs stepping inside.

"i said don't you want to know jade?"

she bites her lip asking.

"know what?"

he grins stepping closer to her.

"what your sister's place is in our great society?"

She shakes her head and Konnor grins.

"come on now you must be curious she isn't going to be doing any hard hitting or learning any great skills..."

Jade turns and Konnor smiles.

"just ask..."

Jade eyes Konnor and he whispers.

"repopulation..."

Jade turns to Konnor and he laughs.

'isnt that a treat we all have to work our ass off and your sister well all she has to do is spread her legs wide open..."

Jade shakes her head and Konnor comes up towards her.

"she will be plenty busy the male to female ratio here is a bit crazy. the boys are gonna have some fun with her. i can imagine what they will do to someone fresh like her-"

he steps back gripping his throat as jade jams her open hand into it. he grips it coughing and then laughs.

"damn Jade we are on the same side here. See i think its fucked up too. my sister she is in the same bullshit as your sister. So, i was thinking on proposing something to you think of it as a sort of alliance."

Jade remains quiet and Konnor comes up to her.

"your gonna have to pass the trials, you'll need friends and i am a good friend to have. I want my sister out of it and I know you do to. its sick what they do to them rape, barely keep them alive trade them around like toys. but if i help you pass the trials and if mason is killed then new management can move in-"

he quiet down hearing a voice from the doorway.

"everything okay here?"

Konnor looks back at presley and grins wide.

"oh we are just fine ley, me and my new friend were just talking here-"

Presley steps in and walks up beside Konnor and grins.

"i am sure that is all you were doing Konnor didn't Lewis make it clear you should be patrolling?"

Konnor raises his hands up and nods to presley.

"why yes i think he did but Jade if you get some time you should come see me out in the training rooms we should talk more..."

Konnor nods to presley and bumps by her as she watches him leave.

"you should stay away from him. Hes not the type of friend you want around here."

Jade looks herself over and asks.

"is my sister a sex slave?"

Presley remains quiet and jade walks up to her.

"was he telling the truth?"

Presley shakes her head.

"its not like that they are not slaves they are volunteers. They want to repopulate to help build an army. We need more people-"

Jade shakes her head.

"do you believe that? They are raped and what else?"

Presley shakes her head disagreeing.

"no one is raped, rape is strictly against the rules here. No one is harmed-"

Jade shakes her head disagreeing.

"bullshit you think those girls want to repopulate. they are forced because that is they only way they are useful to you guys right?"

Presley looks down then back up to jade.

"our society works, those girls know what they agree to, we don't hide anything. if you asked what she does anyone would tell you-"

Jade turns her head sideways and looks back to the mirror eyeing herself.

"but you guys didn't tell me, Konnor told me. his sister is one too, right?"

Presley nods her head.

"yes, but its different his sister agreed, she asked to be one, she wants to serve her community, to be useful."

Presley comes up to jade's side and nods to her.

"you will serve in another way. Mason asked me to come here, he wants to see you to discuss your next steps to get you ready."

Jade looks down eyeing the nice dress and asks.

"ready for what?"

Presley takes out her knife holding it out to jade.

"the trials.."

Jyde takes the knife eyeing it and asks.

"what are the trials?"

Presley steps aside and motions to the door.

"mason will explain it to you."

Presley leads Jade down the hall to the two doors and knocks three times. She turns to Jade and nods her head.

"when they open go inside. mason will look out for you from here. If you pass the trials ill see you again tomorrow, if not i wish you luck out there its not easy, but your strong."

Jade turns eyeing Presley walk away and hears the doors slide open. she steps in eyeing the two boys behind her as they close the doors standing in front of them. She eyes the table overlooking an large glass window and steps up to the window. she eyes the large field and eyes the bright green grass and hears a voice.

'they cut it once a week, it never dies, it represents our community. it is strong and will live on like the grass.."

Mason steps up next to her eyeing the view.

"it took a week to clear the field and clear this estate. me, konnor and lewis that was all there was back then jsut us."

Mason takes a deep breath and turns to Jade.

"tell me do you want this, this safety, this community?"

Jade looks over mason and asks.

"do i even have a choice?"

Mason laughs looking back out the large window.

"well your sister likes it here. its simple for her, easy for her. she has a place in our scoeity and she will be safe here. i wish for you to be safe here to. i think you can be useful, dont you?"

Jade overlooks the field and turns to Mason.

"what if i want to leave to just take my sister?"

Mason cut her off.

"its too late to leave we all ate together, we talked together. I can't just trust you to leave. Konnor has a big mouth he said things at dinner, things he shouldn't have. Honestly if he didn't I would have let you leave but you have to understand a lot is at stake here. A lot of people depend on me."

Jade keeps looking at the bright green grass and without turning asks.

"what are the trials?"

Mason nods his head.

"you know my father, this estate was his pride. he had this house built after my mother died. he remarried two years later, the girl was half his age. my old man was a real piece of work. he built this place up like a bunker. when the disease begun to hit he would drag people here, lock them in the basement and wait till they died. He would study them. He had journals, tons of them written about these monsters. do you know how many people he locked down their?"

Jade remains quiet and Mason looks to her shaking his head.

"over 100 people-"

Mason takes a deep breath and jade asks.

"you said you, Konnor and Lewis cleared this place-"

Mason nods agreeing.

"yes i did, and we did clear it every last one of them all my father's men, we killed them all. we only left the women and children and a few of his men who promised loyalty who knew my father had lost it..."

Mason slowly takes off his jacket and removes the dog tags around his neck. Jade eyes the dog tags and Mason whispers as he holds them out.

"these were the ones i killed, 20 men, 20 good men, they worked for my father before the apocalypse and they died for him during it."

Jade takes them sorting through the dog tags and Mason continues speaking.

"we cleansed our community, we gave them freedom. I strangled my own father in his sleep to free these people. Jade, I want you to be a part of this community, i want you to pass the trial and join me. I am offering you a position as my second general I need someone to replace Konnor-"

Jade looks out the window and Mason shakes his head.

"i am aware of what Konnor may have said abut me, about your sister and his sister. I didn't want his sister to do that. she was originally one of our best scouts. She was out scouting and was doing some surveillance work for me. she was taken hostage by these group of men. they raped her over and over, they just kept doing it. She was with them for two months before we found her. I tracked her myself, i found her and i killed them all. she wasn't the same after it we stayed out on scouting for a week she kept the guy alive, she slowly tortured him to death. he deserved it an eye for an eye, right?"

Mason shakes his head and turns to Jade.

"you have to understand being out their it changes you. she wasn't the same after it what happened to her and then what she did to them, what we all did to them it stays with you Jade. She asked me to put her in that role when we came back she said she couldn't do it anymore and i did what she asked.."

Jade shakes her head.

"Konnor didnt mention that"

Mason nods his head turnign to Jade.

"I made Konnor stay here. me and lewis went out to find her. He would've acted too rash. Ever since than he has spited me, I know he wants me dead because he thinks he can do better. Jade he is reckless, he can't lead, negan won't accept him, the community don't want him."

Jade remains quiet and Mason takes a deep breath.

"its the hardest choice i ever had to make i talked it over with Lewis we feel he needs to be sentenced. there are only two outcomes here I don't want him dead, hes like a brother to me but he's dangerous to this community. We are sending him into exile by they time you return Konnor won't be here anymore."

Mason paces in front of the window and frowns.

"if you pass your trail i would like you take his place. Your strong and a female leadership is what this community needs right now."

Jade looks down eyeing her nice dress and Mason turns to her.

"you may want to change you begin the trials tonight..."

Jyde looks up into Mason's eyes and asks.

"what are they?"

Mason looks out into the field.

"as you go through them you will find out. it will test you but we will always be watching. i wish you luck and hope to see you again tomorrow..."