Thank you to everyone who is still reading and reviewing this story you guys are awesome!
I'm sorry for the delay again, I was waiting for last nights episode to air before writing this chapter. So on that not SPOILERS! for the mid season finale! I must admit, I was a little sad that Negan shaved his beard, I knew it was coming, but I liked it! Don't get me wrong he is still sexy as hell, but for me the beard really adds to his hotness! Also, did anyone else cry at the Rick and Daryl reunion!? That was too awesome! So glad Daryl is back, he has always been my favourite character... and that tight new shirt!? So sexy :D
I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Now that Negan is heading back to the sanctuary we will have more Negan and Sky moments soon!
Sky was feeling anxious while Negan was away, most of the day had already gone by and they still weren't back yet. Whenever he went on a run or a supply collection she couldn't help but worry that something might happen to him. Sure he was a strong man and he had a good loyal group of men and woman, but she knew what the world could be like out there, it was brutal. She absentmindedly rubbed her little baby bump as she thought about him, and at that moment she swore she felt a little flutter within her belly.
"Are you moving around for your mumma?" she whispered softly to her little babies. "Just wait until you get bigger and stronger and you can kick for your daddy" she smiled.
She thought about contacting Negan on the radio he had given her, but she decided to wait. He was probably busy, she didn't want to interrupt him, and no doubt he would be back soon anyway.
Negan stood in Rick Grimes kitchen, clean shaven, wearing an apron while he made spaghetti. He looked very domesticated. If one didn't know any better, you'd swear there was no apocalypse. He couldn't wait to see the look of shock on the man's face when he came home to that. Maybe he would hold little Judith in his arms, just to twist the knife a little further. It was so much fun messing with people's heads. Although with Rick, he knew he had to be careful, he knew that he was the kind of man you could only push so far before he would snap and lose his shit. So Negan knew he had to be careful, and he had to be smart about the way he played his little game with the man.
He sat down at the table smiling away smugly at Carl as he laid out the settings. "We're gonna need another setting" Negan grinned, intending the place to be for the boy's father. He continued to smile away as Olivia poured him a glass of lemonade and he sipped at it happily while he waited for Rick to return.
Letting out a deep sigh he said "I'm not waiting for your Dad anymore". The man was late, and he was hungry. He wasn't about to let the food go cold waiting for him to show up. "I dunno where the hell he is… but Lucille… is hungry" he said as he lifted his beloved bat from the floor and placed it on the set next to him and proceeded to tuck a napkin into his shirt. "Carl, pass the rolls" he said as he looked at the boy, who seemed to wait a little too long to comply to his request. "Please…" he added politely, knowing the boy knew better than to not listen to him.
Later on in the day, the young man who he had previously met at the gate, the one who had been rather rude to him, came to him with a peace offering of sorts. A bottle of scotch, which the two of them drank together as they discussed things. After dragging a pool table out of the neighbours shed they began to play a game together and the man who he now knew as Spencer began to tell him of the things that had happened at Alexandria since Rick's arrival. It soon became very clear to Negan that this man was not a fan of Rick and the way he did things. In fact he was gunning for Rick's position, only problem was he didn't have the balls to take the man out himself. So here he was trying to trick him into doing his dirty work for him. How stupid did this boy think he was?
"I'm thinking Spencer" he began as he addressed the man all the while sauntering around the pool table. "I'm thinking how Rick threatened to kill me, how he clearly hates my guts, but he is out there right now gathering shit for me, to make sure I don't hurt any of the fine people that live here" he told him. "He is swallowing his hate and getting shit done" Negan smiled, somewhat impressed by Rick. "That takes guts" he said as he lined up his next shot and sunk his ball along with the white. "And then there's you…" he said as he pointed to Spencer. "The guy who waited for Rick to be gone so he could sneak over and talk to me to get me to do his dirty work so he could take Rick's place" Negan said calling the man out on his piss poor plan. "So I gotta ask… If you wanna take over why not just kill Rick yourself and just take over" he stated simply.
""What… no, no I didn't… I don't" Spencer stuttered, trying to cover his ass.
"You know what I'm thinking… because I have a guess. It's because you got no guts" Negan said as he pulled his knife from his belt and drove it into the man's stomach with force, before he ripped it to the side and slashed him open. He watched on as Spencer fell to the ground, his innards dangling from his hands as he groaned in pain. "How embarrassing" Negan spoke. "There they are, they were inside you the whole time. You did have guts!" Negan yelled in a triumphant kind of way. "I've never been so wrong in my whole life!" he admitted to the crowd of people gathered around who had just witnessed his wrath and he smiled at the look of shock written all over their faces.
"Someone… get up here and clean this mess up" he said as he grabbed Lucille. "Oh…" he said as he pointed Lucille into the crowd. "Anyone wanna finish the game? C'mon… anybody? Anybody!? C'mon I was winning!" he grinned as he raised Lucille up over his shoulder.
Before he knew what was happening the young Latino looking woman pulled out a gun and aiming it right at him, fired off a shot. He barely had time to react. "Shit!" Negan exclaimed as he looked at Lucille who by some miracle had taken the bullet for him. "What the Shit!" he yelled as he advanced on the woman who had fired the shot. "SHIT!" he screamed. "You just… you tried to kill me!?" he yelled, a little in shock about the whole thing but mostly just fucking mad. Had he not taught these people enough of a lesson to not fuck with him?
"You shot Lucille!" he yelled as he loomed over the woman who was pinned to the ground by one of his saviours, Lucille raised high, ready to strike.
"She got in the way" the woman ground out.
He took a moment to calm himself before he picked up the spent shell casing from the ground. "What is this?" he panted. "What is this? This little bad boy made from scratch? Look at those crimps, this was homemade" he stated. "You may be stupid Darlin', but you showed some real ingenuity here" he told her.
"Arat, pull that knife up" he instructed to the woman holding her down with a knife to her throat. "Right on that girls face" he told her. "Lucille's beautiful smooth surface is never gonna look the same" he said as he leaned in closer to her. "So why should yours!?" he yelled in anger. "Unless… unless you tell me who made this" he said holding up the bullet.
"It was me" the woman replied. "I made it".
"See, now I just think your lying" he stated. "And you lying to me… NOW!" he yelled. "Such a shame, Arat's gonna have to cut up that pretty face" he told her seriously. "One more try".
"It was me" the woman said defiantly as she lifted her head, Arat's blade slicing into the delicate skin of her face, drawing blood instantly.
"Oh! You are such a badass!" Negan exclaimed. "Fine, have it your way. "Arat… kill somebody" he instructed. Doing as she was told Arat put away her knife and pulled out her gun, turning and firing it at Olivia who was standing next to the Carl while the woman beneath her screamed in protest, not wanting others to die for her own actions. Everyone around looked on in shock and Negan relished in the moment. Maybe now these people would finally understand not to fuck with him.
Finally Rick made an appearance, and he was angry as hell. "We had an agreement!" he yelled.
"Rick!" Negan countered somewhat hoarsely. "Look everybody its Rick!" he yelled excitedly. "You people are making me lose my voice doing all this yelling" he smiled. "Rick… how about a thank you?" he asked and Rick looked at him as if he was out of his mind. "I mean look, I know we started this relationship with me beating the holy shit outta your friends, and because of that we are never gonna sit around and braid each other's hair or share our deepest darkest secrets" he joked. "But how about a little credit? I just bent over backwards to show you how reasonable I am. You're kid, he hid in one of my trucks and machine gunned a bunch of my men down… and I brought him home safe and sound" Negan informed him while Rick looked angrily in disbelief at his son. "And I fed him spaghetti!" Negan added in.
"Another one of your people" he began as he pointed Lucille at Spencer's body. "Well he wanted me to kill you, and put him in charge. I took him out! For you" he told the man. "Another one here" he said as he gestured to the Latino woman who he still didn't know her name, "She shot Lucille, trying to kill me just now, so I gave you one less mouth to feed" he continued. "And by looking at her, that mouth did some major damage" he added, not able to help himself but throw in a joke about her weight while he was at it. "Now personally, I wouldn't have picked her to be the one to go, but Arat… well she didn't trust her" he told Rick.
Rick got up in his face, somewhat angrily. "Your shit's waiting at the gate… just go" he said simply, wanting nothing more than to get the man the hell out of Alexandria.
"Sure thing Rick" Negan smiled. "Right after I find the guy or gal that made this bullet" he told him, holding up the spent ammo that almost killed him. Boy was he not telling Sky about this… she would freak out! "Arat…" he spoke to the woman who was very good at doing his dirty work without questions being asked, and she immediately pointed a gun at someone and a young girl quickly confessed to having made the bullet and Arat then trained her gun in her direction.
"No… it wasn't" came another voice and Negan turned to see the man with the mullet, his face in his hands as he sobbed. "It was me" he admitted when Negan neared him. "It was only me".
"You?" Negan questioned and the man began to list all the things he used to create the bullet and he knew he had the right person. "Shut up" Negan told him. "I believe you" he whispered as he placed a hand on the man's shoulder.
Stepping away from the man he raised Lucille in front of himself. "Lucille, give me strength" he said, as though he was praying to her like one would to god. Letting out a deep sigh "I'm gonna be relieving you of your bullet maker Rick" Negan stated. "That and whatever you left for me at the front gate" he added. "And however much you scavenged… it's not good enough. Because you are still in serious, serious debt after today".
"Let's move out!" he said and the rest of the saviours began to leave with the mullet haired man while the woman who caused all the trouble cried out in protest. "Rick, I'm not gonna lie, your kitchen is a god damned mess" he laughed. "I'll see you next time" he said cockily as he sauntered away, Lucille held tightly in his hand as he swung her over his shoulder.
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