The Humvee rolls up to the front of the sanctuary and two boys get out. One comes to the back of the Humvee opening the door and Negan gets out smiling. He turns back watching Mason get out and looks back to him.

"Mason! This is it, I wanted to show you a few things. We have a lot of planning to do."

Negan walks over to Mason and places his hand on his shoulder. He grins and taps Mason on the side of his head.

"i'm gonna need that big brain of yours. I got someone i think your gonna get along with too. You both seem to use your brains."

Negan motions towards the entrance and Mason follows behind him slowly. He stops short eyeing the small bar set up and the women standing around. Mason turns his head sideways and makes eye contact with one. He stiffens feeling Negan's hand placed on his shoulder.

"every single time Mason you can never keep your eyes to yourself, can you?"

Mason turns to Negan and grins.

"it is the Apocalypse Negan."

Negan laughs hitting him on the arm.

"if this goes right if you can provide a solid plan. Take one of them for yourself your getting old Mason you need a nice little wife-"

He taps Mason on the arm and Mason glances up to Negan and Negan smiles to him as he grips his bat over his shoulder.

"boy you can't stop looking at her, can you?"

Negan leans over to Mason and whispers and stares down his line of sight smiling.

"ill tell you what Mace if you want after we plan I can arrange a little get together."

Mason turns to Negan and shakes his head.

"I'm not interested-"

Negan laughs out turning his head sideways.

"so then you got yourself someone Mace?"

Mason turns back looking down the hall and whispers.

"let's just get this done with I got my own community to run negan."

Mason walks by Negan and Negan laughs to himself but turns making eye contact with the girl who was staring at Mason. He smiles and turns back following Mason down the hall. They stop coming into a main room and Mason takes a seat on a couch staring around the room. Negan comes up to him smiling.

"you know I found something that I think you will like."

Negan holds out a rubik's cube and Mason takes it looks down at it and Negan leans over smiling

"consider it an early birthday gift Mason"

Mason leans back slowly turning the cube and speaks without looking up.

"so lets cut this shit Negan tell me what you need-"

Negan laughs sitting down on a couch and places his bat down on a table. Mason glances to it but keeps moving his hands solving the cube. Negan turns his head sideways and stares watching Mason.

"fine, I admit it Mason I need your help-"

Mason sighs loudly and keeps solving the cube commenting.

"I told you after the whole bullshit Negan you should have asked me sooner. From the start my boys should have been watching Alexandria."

Negan leans back staring down Mason and Mason keeps talking smiling to himself.

"you fucked up Negan-"

Mason places down the solved Rubik's cube and stares back up to Negan who smiles smugly at Mason as he laughs.

"look at you-"

Mason cuts him off looking down at his watch.

"42 seconds, that was horrible-"

Mason gets up off the couch and glances around the room and Negan continues staring at his bat.

"Mason-"

Negan stops leaning froward and grips his bat as he stares down at it then glances to the back of Mason's head. Mason turns back making eye contact with Negan and Negan releases his bat and sits back on the couch laughing. Mason stares at the bat and then glances to Negan who smiles to him and he smiles back.

"Negan-"

Mason leans back against a wall and Negan motions to the couch.

"why don't you have a seat Mason, relax think of this as a vacation-"

Negan smiles and Mason shakes his head.

"those people could attack us at any time. All it takes is a few planned attacks to thin down your numbers negan-"

Negan laughs shaking his head.

"but that won't happen will it Mason? I got you here with me. Your a strategist Mason you have gotten out of some fucked up scenarios. Like that time we first met Mason you had only a little pole between you and three walkers-"

Negan stops staring to his bat and laughs out.

"you remember that, don't you Mason?"

Negan gets up from the couch and grabs his bat walking towards Mason. He stops in front of him and pushes the bat against Mason's neck laughing.

"you know if i remember correctly I saved your ass then, didn't I?"

Mason grips onto Negans arm and Negan turns his head sideways staring down Mason as Mason whispers.

"yes-"

Negan pushes the bat harder whispering.

"I don't think i could hear you kid-"

Mason grips Negan's arm hard and whispers.

"yes, Negan-"

Negan stops his actions letting the bat off of Mason's neck and nods his head.

"so you tell me something now Mason, are you going to betray me?"

Mason remains quiet and Negan laughs hitting Mason's arm with the tip of his bat. Mason looks down eyeing Negan's bat. Negan leans forward.

"i said, are you going to betray me?"

mason stares up at negan and negan let's his bat down as mason shakes his head.

"depends on the situation-"

negan laughs eyeing mason and mason smiles as he crosses his arms. negan walks back to the couch placing his bat down on the table and motions to the couch across from him.

"i can tell mason you got a plan. so, what is your plan?"

negan turns his head eyeing the bat and watches as mason leans over grabbing it in his hands. mason grips it eyeing lucille up and down and points it out at negans head.

"i'm gonna help you take down Alexandria, find your mole, kill him then i think i'm going to retire maybe to the country with tea."

mason swings the bat once stopping it by negan's head and whispers.

"i have one condition though."

negan laughs turning his head eyeing the bat inches away and then turns back smiling to mason.

"mace since it is almost your birthday what kind of friend would i be if i didn't hear you out."

mason takes another fake swing stopping it next to negans head and he grins to himself.

"that girl was kind of cute. i want her."

Negan stares to the bat then up at mason.

"you know i just picked her up mason i offered her my hospitality-"

mason nods his head and takes the bat down placing the tip to the floor and nods his head.

"well now she'll have my hospitality. after all i already know what you need negan. You want me to infiltrate Alexandria, gain intel for you and then slither my way out like the snake i am."

mason stares around the room and watches negan stand up. negan eyes him over and mason nods his head towards him.

"you already got a few wife's you can spare me one-"

negan grips masons wrist and smiles to himself.

"you always play me for stupid mason."

negan rolls up masons sleeve and eyes the burnt numbers and mason shakes his head.

"i already know negan. the exiles are yours. you played a better long game then me i'm in a corner i have no choice anymore at least let me get laid?"

mason grins and negan taps the burned in number on masons wrist as he hears mason.

"you got me negan."

mason holds out the bat to negan and smiles.

"but you know you can't kill me. you need me to get the intel, you need me to take them down, and you need me to find that little rat that keeps crawling behind your back."

mason leans forward whispering

"you know what i'm capable of negan you know i can deliver and i will-"

mason steps back and stares over negan who nods his head agreeing.

"i'll let you see her, hell you can spend the night banging the shit out of your wife but when your done she stays here."

negan smiles to himself and leans over.

"think of her as collateral if you don't deliver well then she's pretty fucked isn't she?"

mason nods his head and takes a deep breath.

"i can't argue that-"

negan taps mason on the shoulder with his bat.

"you can't argue shit anymore mason. you, will be a good little boy and do as papa says. you will kiss me feet, hell you will suck dick if i so please. you, mace are on very thin ice and i think it's time you and you little band of shit heads got a lesson taught-"

negan points his bat at masons face.

"now i can't kill you and honestly i like you just a little too much to smash your head in but you are the one that always says actions have consequences. i sent a few of my boys over to your home and since you wanted to fuck my shit up its only fair we, fuck your shit up"