Abraham, along with some of the construction team, helped get the gate back up and welded firmly on to its foundation, so that it would indeed take another speeding vehicle to knock it down again.

Killing the relatively few walkers that managed to get in was an easy job-for Rick's people. The long time Alexandrians weren't as good at it, with two of them losing their lives, while the others just hid in their houses and let the others take care of getting them out of the community.

After the bodies were disposed of or buried, Rick called a meeting in the church. And it was not good. For Sasha, that is...

"Leave her the fuck alone!" Abraham snarled from a pew. Sasha was standing up front with Rick and Father Gabriel and Abraham didn't like some people's tones...

"All I'm saying," Rosita said tiredly, "is that Sasha's behavior was suspicious! No one else thought that?"

Michonne spoke.

"Maggie and I thought it was off, but when we talked to her, she had a plan. The two of you were going to kill Negan, Heath and Dwight while they were searching for Rick and Abraham."

"Michonne, that plan wouldn't have been necessary if Sasha had just started crying or looking sad..." Rosita began but Sasha had had enough of being talked about as if she wasn't there!

"Alright, I get that everyone thinks I've been acting a bit 'off'. I'm going to tell you why." she said. Everyone stared at her curiously and Sasha took a deep breath. They were being watched from below, so she didn't know what kind of trouble she'd be in if she told what she saw. She just knew that Negan and Deanna were locked up, so there was nothing they could do to stop her.

"Last night, I broke into Deanna's house through a basement window. Carol was with me and she stayed outside. I found something. Something that you all won't believe."

"What?" Rick asked.

"There was a point where I was in the basement and Negan suddenly came down the stairs. I hid behind a bar that was down there. I heard him sit on one of the barstools and then I heard nothing." Sasha said.

"What the hell does that mean?" Darryl asked.

"I didn't know. At least not at that point. I came from behind the bar and Negan suddenly was not there." Sasha said.

"So he went back upstairs?" Glenn asked.

"No! That I would've heard. So I sat on the barstool he was on and kind of tried to piece together what could have happened. For all I knew he knew I was down there and was hiding in the darkness someplace."

"But he wasn't?" Michonne asked.

"No. He wasn't. The barstool 'lowered', while I was on it and I ended up someplace else. Someplace beneath Alexandria."

Abraham now raised a bushy eyebrow. What the fuck was she talking about? He was now concerned that somehow, Sasha had been hit over the head or something! Maybe she should get looked at by Denise?

"What do you mean someplace below?" Father Gabriel asked.

"I mean I ended up in some sort of...I don't know how to quite describe it. It was like a working, government facility. One that is run by Deanna, Negan...a Dr. Jenner and..."

"Dr. Jenner?" Rick interrupted. "Edwin Jenner?"

"Yes. He said he knew you from Atlanta." Sasha said. Rick backed away from Sasha a bit. Carl, who had been quiet, didn't like how his father was looking, or how HE himself was feeling! Sasha was not with them when they were in Atlanta! How would she know Dr. Jenner?

Others could see that Rick was affected by the little Sasha had said, and looked to her to continue talking.

"This whole government thing was in place from the beginning. Deanna claimed it was supposed to be for 'dignitaries' and other higher ups, that could keep society going, in case of some kind of disaster. But there are no dignitaries down there. Just people that we once knew." Sasha said, now looking at Maggie.

"What? Who have you seen?" Maggie asked, tearing up. Rosita interrupted and stood up!

"Are you listening to this bullshit?! She's making this up just to cover for the fact that she slept with Negan! That's what's going on here!"

"It was rape!" Darryl snapped. "You should know what you're talking about before you run your mouth, Rosita!"

"What the fuck?!" Abraham jumped up. He stared at Sasha.

"Is that true? Did Negan put his hands on you?"

But Michonne now interrupted.

"Sasha, who else is down there? And I'm sorry to interrupt, but I saw someone go into Deanna's house. I chased him in there and he looked a lot like..."

"The Governor." Sasha said shaking her head. "He's there too."

"Goddamnit!" Michonne swore. Now Rosita was beginning to feel uneasy. Rick and Michonne clearly believed this story! What if it was true?

"Sasha," Maggie asked again, "who else is down there?"

"Beth. And your father, though he was recovering...and someone else." Sasha said and looked at Rick.

"Who?!" he demanded to know.

"That guy that was your partner. I think his name is..."

"Shane is down there!" Carl yelled.

"Look," Sasha said, trying to calm people down, "this thing that turns the dead into hungry killers, was called Weapon X. It was a military thing that went wrong. Right now, this underground government can only bring people back to life, that did not die by being bitten by a walker. They don't know yet how to keep just anyone who dies, from turning into one. But they're working on it."

"I want to see this place, Sasha! I want to see it now!" Rick snapped. If what Sasha was saying was true, then that meant Pete Anderson and Reg were alive as well.

"Rick, they're watching us. And what's going on is not just here. The Governor runs things down south. Shane is probably going to be running some region. Deanna and Negan claim that the point of this is to see who can fit back into society when it's up and running-and who can't." Sasha said.

"Can we get back to this rape shit?!" Abraham snapped. "Not that rape is 'shit', but what the fuck was Darryl talking about just now, Sasha?"

"I was given a choice once I saw everything. I could stay down below and Deanna and Negan would fake my death, or I could come up here and play dumb. That meant that Carol had to know why I was taking so long in the house. Negan told Carol that the two of us had sex. Carol assumed it was rape, I guess."

"But NOTHING happened, right?" Abraham asked.

"No," she said smiling at him, "nothing happened."

"I think we should see what Negan and Deanna have to say." Rosita said in a challenging tone. Sasha shrugged.

"I don't expect them to back me up. I don't even know if the barstool will work once WE try it."

"Which would be convenient." Rosita said coolly.

Rick spoke.

"I know it sounds fantastic, but I believe Sasha."

"So do I." Michonne said. "Considering I chased the Governor into Deanna's house. And he would've needed to go there to get back to that underground. I say we question Deanna and Negan anyway."

Rick nodded and he, Michonne, Carl and Darryl, left the church. Maggie and Glenn approached Sasha.

"How does she look? Beth?" Maggie asked in choked voice. Glenn had his arms around her.

"Good. She works down there, I guess. When I first arrived down there, I passed out when I saw the Governor. When I woke up, Beth was at my bedside. She couldn't say much but she has been taking care of Herschel. I don't quite get how he's alive...considering how he died, but he is. Unfortunately, he seems to be under the supervision of the Governor."

"And Deanna thinks that the Governor is sane enough to be in charge of something?" Maggie asked, horrified.

"Much less Shane." Glenn said quietly. "Deanna doesn't know what they were both like?"

"Apparently they've been through some sort of 'training'. I mean Negan was put in charge here so her judgment isn't that good." Sasha said, as Abraham appeared by her side, and rubbed her back.

Meanwhile, Rosita just shook her head. This whole thing reeked of bullshit! There was no way any of this was true! And yet she could not help but think about Carol. What happened to her, exactly? Rosita slipped out of the church to walk over to the infirmary. Maybe Carol was awake and could shed some light on what the hell was really going on around here!


Deanna was on pain killers and was asleep in a cell adjoining Negan's. Negan didn't even bother to stand up, when Rick, Michonne, Darryl and Carl burst in!

"Wake your sister!" Rick ordered him.

"Rick? Glad to see you back! Do you have my shit? Did you bring something to the table? No? Oh yeah, that's right. You were too busy trying to fake your death."

"Sasha told us about the underground." Michonne said solemnly. "Now you're going to explain what is really going on around here."

"Sasha explained about the underground?" Negan asked as if he were clueless. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't play with us!" Darryl snapped. "Sasha told us you've been fucking with us from the start! Wake your sister up or I'll do it for you!"

"My sister was shot in the ass! Go in that cell and I can make sure you die before the end of the day." Negan said coldly.

"How is that?" Rick asked. "The people you brought here are either dead or gone. You have some other people that could kill Darryl?"

"Like down below." Carl said coldly.

Negan grinned!

"Your son is quite the comedian there, Rick. Have you noticed that?"

Michonne moved so that she was pressed against the bars.

"I chased a man into your sister's house that looked a lot like someone I thought was dead. So see, I believe Sasha. And somehow, this man, reminds me a lot of you. And that's not a compliment."

"I didn't think it was." Negan replied.

"Then you can understand," Rick took over, "why we're anxious to clear this up. I don't expect YOU to tell us the truth. But I think Deanna is better than that. Even though she's related to you."

"I wouldn't bet on it." Negan said. That answer was all the proof Rick needed that Sasha was telling the truth. He nodded to Michonne, Darryl and Carl and the four of them left the cell room, closing and locking the door behind them.

"Well?" Rick asked.

"He's not trying to deny it. He's just daring us to find a way to this place." Darryl said.

"Sasha said it was a barstool in the basement. We could go over and try it?" Carl suggested.

"If we're being watched, then they have a way of making sure that barstool doesn't work." Michonne said.

"Maybe. Maybe not. I want to talk to Carol. It sounds like she may have seen the Governor and was drugged to keep her quiet." Rick said.

Meanwhile, the Governor stood with his arms folded and watched Rick,Michonne, Darryl and Carl.

Carl had grown. His daughter would have been about his age if she had lived.

He looked at Michonne and tried to block out thoughts of stabbing her in the eye.

Darryl looked like the nobody his brother had been and...

Rick. Good ole Rick! Why he didn't die from that beating he gave him...

The door opened and Dr. Jenner stepped into the security room and closed the door behind him.

"I'm in charge for now. Deanna is going to have to make a decision here." Dr. Jenner noted, watching the screens.

"WE have to make a decision, doctor. We lock up the entry point way at the barstool so no one can come down. Not even Deanna or Negan."

Dr. Jenner nodded.

"It's been done. But once Carol wakes up and remembers seeing you, there's no telling what they will do to get Deanna and Negan to get us to let them down here." Dr. Jenner said.

"What do you want to do?" the Governor asked.

"Leave the situation the way it is. Let Deanna and Negan handle it. They messed up by letting Sasha Williams leave here. And Negan was no better with his silly antics above."

"Okay. " the Governor agreed. "But I don't think Sasha should be blamed entirely. Negan is out of control up there. She was just trying to survive."

"I know he's out of control. And I think now, with him under 'arrest' by Rick's group, is the time to clean up some of his messes."

"Meaning what?" the Governor asked.

"I want to send Shane in there to turn the cameras back on at the 'Sanctuary'. Carefully though. Very carefully." Dr. Jenner said.

"How?"

"Well for one thing, we're going to give Shane a cover. A wife. I was thinking Sasha."

"Sasha? Pretending to be Shane Walsh's wife?"

"We would give them different names, in case they ran into anyone from their pasts."

"If they run into anyone in their 'pasts', then they'll know what their real names are anyway!" the Governor snapped.

Dr. Jenner eyed him.

"Look, I would've sent Beth with him, but she sounds like she's coming down with a cold. I think Sasha would be a better fit."

The Governor refrained from rolling his eyes! It was obvious Jenner had a thing for Beth Greene and didn't want her getting cozy with Walsh.

"You know, people get colds and I'm sure that wouldn't blow their cover." the Governor said.

"You're good at sneaking up above without getting caught-sort of. I want you to get Sasha down here and see if she will agree to this." Dr. Jenner said, as if he had not heard a word the Governor had said.

"And if she doesn't?" the Governor asked.

"We'll find someone else from one of the other sectors then." Dr. Jenner said and walked out of the room. The Governor clenched his jaw and went back to watching the consoles. He could see Abraham Ford and Sasha getting cozy in her house. Maybe now was as good a time as any to pay her another visit.

The Governor looked from Sasha's screen, to the one where Rick, Michonne, Darryl, Carl and a few other people he didn't know, were in the infirmary looking in on Carol. Tara was there as well.

Yes, the Governor thought as his eyes flicked back to Sasha's screen. She and Abraham were in the shower together. Now was as good a time as any to pay her a visit.