A/N/ Another chapter I hope you all enjoy it! New big things are about to happen aswell as a new character being introduce soon. Thanks so much to OceanSiren20 your review means everything to me, I'm so glad you like it so much! :) Happy reading people :D

Chapter 25

Lexi gripped her tumbler of water so hard her knuckes had turned white. She was trying to ignore the bait that Negan kept dangling out for her to latch on to. He had brought Rick, Carl and baby Judith to Sanctuary to parade the fact he knew about the pregnancy but also that he knew about her and Rick. Beside her Rick was shifting uncomfortably in his seat clearly not liking the spotlight on his sex life. Her temper was raising to new heights, damn hormones. Lexi tightened her grip on the glass and slammed it down onto Negan's desk.

"Something wrong Lex?" Negan asked mildly but the mockery in his voice was clear. His attention had been fully applied to making Rick squirm in his chair, and like Lexi he also had anger but he was a man who enjoyed charming people while he punished them. "Nothing then?"

Unable to think of a cutting retort that wouldn't result in time in a cell Lexi snorted and took a long, slow slip from her drink of water. "Please, continue your never ending berating." She spoke coldly from behind the tumbler.

"He's trying to get a reaction from you Alex, don't let him get what he wants." Carl said strongly from the otherside of Lexi, his hand reaching out to her leg and giving it a supportive squeeze.

Behind his desk Negan gave a deep laugh and pounded his hands rhythmically on the desk in excitement. "You see that Rick?" He asked, without waiting for a reply. "Your kid has bigger fucking balls than you! That must be unbelievabley immasculating. In fact kid, I'm a little surprised it wasn't you that fucked Lex."

Lexi had to dig her fingernails into her palms to distract herself from wanting to slap the smug smirk clean off of Negan's face. "Can we please stop talking about me like I'm not here. Rick and I slept together, yes. One time." Her voice had dropped slightly from mentioning what happened between her and Rick out loud. "Please Negan, can this torture be over? The baby is yours, you know that."

"But Lexi we don't do we? You fucked a guy you said was like a daddy figure. Pretty fucked up there, am I right kid?" Negan's intimidating form stood up and domineered over the three others. "Rick you see you touched my fucking property and I can not tolerate that shit. So now I'm wondering how should I best punish you?"

The door to Negan's office swung open and the blonde who lived in Lexi's old compartment walked in; she was now wearing a small, tight fitting black dress which anyone at Sanctuary knew meant that she was now Negan's wife. They all dressed the same in black dresses, done up like they had somewhere to be. The smile she wore was exclusively for Lexi, it said he wants me not you now, look how special I am. "I brought what you asked for." Her voice was sickenly sweet, like she was putting it on to sound more attractive.

Taking the item from Sara's hand, Negan returned to his seat and pulled her down into his lap. "Beautiful photo this." Again he was mocking them, his handsome features curved into a sadistic smirk. "I'm wondering who the fuck this guy is."

Immediately Lexi recognised the photo was one of hers from the box of memories she kept from her past life. Rick's hand reached out and span the photo around so it was facing the right way for the three of them.

"That's Shane." Carl answered, his confused eyes flicking between the photograph and Negan.

Negan traced patterns up and down Sara's thighs, each time venturing a little further under the hem of her dress. It was all a show to make them all uncomfortable and Lexi's humourless expression made it clear it was having the desired effect. "My question is simple, what in the fuck happened to this guy? I mean it's only a picture but I am good at reading people and this guy would be a fucking asset to me."

Rick and Carl exchanged unsure glances, not understanding why this was so interesting to him. But Lexi knew that Negan already knew about Shane, he was just toying with Rick making him regurgitate the memories of how he had killed his bestfriend.

"He lost his mind...he was unstable." Rick began in a steady voice. "People felt unsafe with him around. He threatened me-"

"So you killed him Rick. I get that." Negan cut in, evidently enjoying the hurt he was causing. "But what I want to know is why you haven't mentioned yet that he was fucking your wife, and that a sweet little girl was born because of it." He paused for a beat. "You see I think Rick, this man had a temper one you couldn't control and you felt threaten by it. You were leader and you didn't want that taken from you, the same way you hadn't wanted him taking your wife from you." His sneer grew wider watching Rick's face contort with anger. "Hit the nail on the head haven't I?"

Although she knew she shouldn't, Lexi took Rick's hand in her smaller one hoping the tiny act would stop him from doing whatever stupid act his brain was thinking. The darkness that washed over Negan's features didn't escape her notice, when someone did something Negan didn't like it was like he mutated into a cruel black mass that destroyed anything in its path.

"Until I decide on a fitting punishment, I mean I'd take the fucking iron to your sons face but hell he's already got one fucked up face!" Negan smiled an ominous toothy grin. "I'll be taking double though, until I figure it out. I suggest you work extra fucking hard."

"You've killed more of our people, I simply don't have the man power for that. Be reasonable. People will starve." Rick spluttered in rage, his face turning a deep shade of red.

"You fucked my fucking property Rick." Negan all but growled. "You're lucky your children are still alive at this fucking point. We are all going to take the little fucking journey back to your shitty little settlement and you are going to tell them exactly why the order has doubled."

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The drive to Alexandria had been a silent one. Rick sat with his children at the table, his protective arms cocooning Judith. Now more than ever he was not going to let anyone near her, Carl needed protecting too but atleast he could weild a weapon what was a toddler supposed to do? His blue eyes watched Lexi who was sat in the passenger seat. Who's side was she on? It didn't feel like his, maybe she had slept with him on Negan's command to mess up Alexandria as much as possible. He shook the thought from his head, she would never do that she hated him just as much as he did. In fact maybe she hated him even more than he and Carl did. This couldn't continue for much longer, Negan was becoming more and more risky and Rick had reached the end of the line. He had threatened his children. Moments away from destroying his relationship with Michonne, he hated himself for doing this to her, Rick came to the conclusion that he now had a better understanding of how Negan ticked. This alone meant that they were closer to taking him down for good. There must be numerous settlements, just like Alexandria, who had had enough if they found them and joined forces the numbers would start to even out. Rick's gaze landed back on Lexi, her long hair was trailing down the back of the seat haphazardly and she was wrapped up in Negan's leather jacket, the worst part of gaining all this knowledge was realising there was only one way to truely hurt Negan. Lexi. She was chink in Negan's armour, if she died he would break. It sickened Rick to think this way but it was the harsh truth of the situation, if they were serious about taking Negan down Lexi would have to die and in the choice of his children versus Lexi his children won every time.

"Show time" Negan spoke over his shoulder, the RV pulled to a halt in the middle of Alexandria. "Get up, you're not getting out of this." He growled at Lexi yanking her violently to her feet before shoving her from the truck.

The people of Alexandria had began to slowly crowd around Negan's truck. Their leader and his children had been gone for half a day and the general consensus was that Negan was finally having off with Rick. Michonne pushed throught the crowd, fighting to catch a glimpse of the man she loved, praying he hadn't been harmed and was coming home safe.

"Well this is what you call a fucking welcoming committee!" Negan hollored, Lucille tapping rhythmically on the ground. "As you all know I took Rick and his offspring to my lovely home this morning. Man, I fucking spoiled him rotten let him have some of my prized whiskey and he repayed that generosity by betraying the trust I thought he and I had." With a firm grip on Rick's shoulder, Negan pushed him infront so that he was now the centre of attention. "Rick here has some shitty fucking news to tell you guys." He couldn't help but laugh cruelly as Rick gave him a pleading look, silently begging him not to make him say the words. "Come on big man, show them all what a fearless fucking leader you are."

Rick shifted uncomfortably on his feet and looked anywhere but at Michonne. This was it. "Negan has decided that the supply haul will double-"

"Woah there Rick," Negan cut in. "Don't give me the credit, tell them fucking why!" His deep voice boomed loudly echoing through the cold winter air. "Fucking tell them!"

"I...I...I slept with Alex." The words came out quieter than he'd anticipated but from the shocked looks on everyones faces he knew they had heard him. The reaction he had been dreading the most cut him deep; Michonne's face was racked with hurt and disgust, it felt even worse than Rick had imagined. "I'm sorry." It was aimed at Michonne, and truely he was. This was never what he'd wanted.

The loud tapping of Lucille brought Rick's attention back to Negan. "You're only telling half a fucking story here Rick, and I'm sure these people are as sick of your bullshit as I am right now." Negan now addressed the crowd, but he kept Lucille trained on Rick daring him to more even a millimetre. "He fucked Lex and now she is pregnant and she doesn't know if Rick here is daddy."

"Negan please stop." Lexi whispered beside him.

Negan ignored her. He grinned gleefully absorbing the disapproving and hateful looks Rick was receiving. It was like fucking crack to him. "Get in the truck." Still full of malicious delight he instructed Lexi. "Don't fucking test me today." He added darkly, low enough that only she heard. Carl was staring daggers at him, the anger and hatred ommiting from him undeniable. "Kid," Negan began, stepping closer to the young boy. "You have to realise that I'm not the fucking bad guy here, the real one you call dad." He stooped slightly lowing his height closer to Carl's level. "The sooner you fucking realise you don't need these people the better off you and that cute little girl will be. We can catch up next time I see you. Which Rick," He volume increased. "Is still in three days time and I still want fucking double, or fuck me will you not like the consequences."

Rick's anger bubbled up inside of him, Nega had started a fire he could not put out within Rick. He had had enough, he was done. No longer would they run at his beck and call. This was war.