"Can't wait." Melanie was shaking visabily. She ran her hands over her hair. She walked over to him, and grabbed her gun off him. She started laughing. "They going to get it." She started singing softly.
"Someone's high as a kite on my kisses." Negan laughed.
Melanie smiled and giggled. "Yes I am." She walked around, and was faking it.
"Compose yourself." Negan ordered, getting annoyed.
Melanie nodded and sat down, cross legged and watched him. Abe noticed the look on her face and relaxed slightly. She played with her gun.
Negan started picking someone, and landed on Abe.
Grace was starting to freak out inside. Maggie kept her down and quiet.
Melanie raised the gun, as he raised his bat. She heard him say everyone is going to be doing that. She shot Lucille.
Negan gasped and looked around, then turned to see Melanie holding a gun. "What in fucks sakes are you doing?" He growled. "You shot Lu!"
"You were going to bash my daddy's head in." Melanie said keeping her aim on him.
Negan stomped over to her and swung Lu at Melanie. She ducked and smacked him with the gun. He hit her in the stomach with the end of the bat. She got sent back against the camper. She was coughing hard.
"I'm guessing your lesson earlier didn't help you." He shouted grabbed Melanie. "Now you get the honor of killing one of theses people. " He held her close as she held onto Lucille.
Negan tightened his grip, and walked her to Abe. "End him." He ordered letting go. "Think of everything he put you through, how he left your mom - then she married that idiot of a mayor. Who abused you and your mom.." He laughed. "That drunk that would sneak into your room at night….how he would do things to you.." He hissed. "How I took care of him for you - because you were to scared to do so."
Abe looked horrified and ashamed all that happened and he didn't help her.
"You owe me. I own you now." Negan said into her ear, but said it loudly. "You were just a scared kid - are you going to be that way now?" He grinned. "Because your daddy came into the picture again. Tell everyone how that last meeting went.." He chuckled slightly.
Melanie bit her lip, the bat felt perfect in her hands. She could have sworn she heard it talking to her. "Negan.. I can't." She said closing her eyes.
"DO. IT. NOW." Negan ordered grabbing her face and making her look down at him.
Melanie was breathing hard at this point. She let a tear fall, as she tightened the grip on the bat. "I'm sorry." She said softly, she raised the bat, and in one swift motion she turned and swing and hit Negan across the side of his torso. Sending him back by the camper. She swung and hit a savior she knew she couldn't trust behind Rick.
"Melanie!" Negan roared and raised his gun. He shot her. Melanie turned around as he did, and got shot in the stomach.
Abe turned and jumped the savior behind him and started beating him. Rick got up and shot a few of them. They didn't hear Melanie get shot in the fighting. She slowly got up, and coughed, grabbing the bat and raised it hitting Negan across the face, sending him back again unconscious. She held onto the tree stump.
Joe ran over. "STOP!" He hollered, watching them all fighting.
Melanie looked up and screamed out, "STOP!" She held onto her stomach forcing herself to stand up.
Abe realized what happened, He took off running to her. "Mel. Melanie." He was holding her close.
Melanie looked at them, holding onto Abe and Joe. She frowned and growled. She looked at the Saviors. "You can continue following him - or follow me. Make a decision now."
Joe held her up. "I choose Melanie." He looked at the others. "Any objection?" They looked at each other and then shook their heads. Ricks group let go of them, and grabbed weapons.
" Don. Get Negan tied up and in the other truck.." Melanie said closing her eyes.
Joe nodded and looked at Don "Get Ford and Sarah also."
Melanie groaned as they took her inside the camper. "Hilltop isn't far." She groaned lifting up her shirt to look at it. "Exit wound?"
Rick looked over with Abe, as Joe helped everyone get inside. "No" He sighed and grabbed a towel and pressed it on her wound.
"Negan has been following you all for the past month." Melanie sighed, sitting up more, as she grabbed the radio and turned it on. She spoke into it. "Hilltop. This is little red."
Harlan laughed coming over the radio. "Melanie. By god. It's been forever. We thought you died."
Melanie smiled. "Miss you too Harlan." She looked at Joe. "Drive." She saw the men loaded up and following them. "I got Ricks team here, along with mine. We are on our way home." She groaned, "Multiple people shot."
"Well we got a team standing by. Did you get shot too?"
"Har. Maggie's bleeding a lot, everyone else is okay though." Melanie said, ignoring her question, and spoke into the radio. She listened to him and and rattled off stat information she took from Maggie. "Yeah. I did."
Abe sat down with Grace, holding her close, next to Melanie. He didn't realize he got shot in the arm.
Melanie noticed, and pulled his sleeve up. "Went threw." She cleaned it and started suturing it up, while bleeding herself. Rick kept pressure on it, Maggie laid in the same bed with Maggie. When she was done with her dad, she talked Glenn through how to start an IV.
"So… You….survived?" Abe watched. "How" He laid his head back.
"I'll explain a lot later." Melanie smiled slightly and kissed his hand. She wiped the blood off her face and hands.
"Mommy?" A small voice said, peeking out the bathroom door. A blond haired girl slowly moved from the room with a little boy.
"Come on Sarah." Melanie smiled. "Come on Ford."
Sarah paused looking at everyone. She held the little boy close, she was 7 and Ford was about 3. She walked over to Melanie and they hugged her tightly. "Where Daddy-Negan?"
"Sleeping. He hit his head." Melanie sighed softly. "Can't see him right now." She held them close and hugged them tightly. She laid her head back and smiled.
"Missed you mommy. Daddy-Negan kept you locked away." Sarah said playing with her hair.
"We'll talk soon about that baby." Melanie smiled slightly. "Don't worry bout it now. Daddy's sick."
"Okay." Sarah said.
Melanie smiled. She pulled out a small plush rabbit, handing it to Sarah. "I found Bunnie." She pulled out a old blue pot holder. "Here's blockie pal." She handed it to Ford.
They smiled and relaxed more, and closed their eyes against Melanie and soon asleep.
Abe just watched holding Grace close. "They both…"
"During the first winder, I gave birth to Ford a month before Sarah's ma died from a walker bite."
"Is he…" Abe said looking more at him.
"Yes." Melanie sighed softly. "Mine and Negan's."
"Before you both start arguing or anything." Rick said interrupting. "Melanie. Introduce yourself."
Melanie looked at the hatch on the roof and loaded her gun pointing it up. She smiled slightly, seeing some hair she reconize. Paul smiled lowering himself in, and shut the hatch. "Damn Melanie. Didn't think i'd ever catch up." He said hugging her.
Melanie let out a soft groan, and he looked and laughed. "Stop getting your ass shot."
Paul smiled. "Hey rick." He said hugging her. "Long time."
"Yeah it has." Rick sat up more. "Explain how you two know each other.."
"Well… I saved this bad-ass.." He smiled looking at Melanie. "She was beaten badly and took her to hilltop about over a year ago. Harlan, and I got to know her more. She wanted to take down Negan because of how he was…" He sat down drinking a pop. "She decided to go back in, and continue being his wife while working with him.. Took hell of a long enough time.."
Melanie rolled her eyes. "Well. I had to go off the deep end a few times and get disciplined." She paused and sighed. "Anyway." She smiled. "We did it." She took Pauls pop and took a drink passing it back.
Grace grabbed onto Abe's hand and kept quiet. She felt another contraction and looked at Abe.
"Baby?" He asked watching her. She nodded, looking down feeling her water break and soak her pants.
Melanie drifted back awake after the pain passed. She looked at Abe, "What's wrong?"