A stream of sweat ran down the side of Adalyn's face as her heart rate sped up tenfold. They were all forced onto their knees in front of Simon, her being between Rick and Sasha. She didn't know what was about to happen, not for sure. But she was utterly terrified.

Simon clapped his hands and said all too happily, "Now let's meet the man!" He knocked on the door of the RV behind him and it took several tantalizing moments, althoughit felt like so much longer, before the door finally opened to reveal a large shadowy figure with a bat slung over his shoulder.

He stood at the front of the RV just observing them for a moment before he spoke, "Pissin' our pants yet?" The man walked forward with a smile dancing on his features, "Boy, do I have a feelin' we're getting close." He continued walking toward them starting at Eugene and making his way over go Glenn on the other end of his line, "Yep. It's gonna be pee-pee pants city here real soon." He pointed his bat at several people as he asked, "Which one of you pricks is the leader?"

One of the Savior's point at Rick, "It's this one. He's the guy."

Negan sighed as he looked down at Rick, "Hi. You're Rick, right? I'm Negan, and I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my people to kill your people for killing my people, you killed more of my people. Not cool." He shook his head and said more disapproving, "Not cool." Rick was staring up at Negan with complete terror in his eyes, "You have no idea how not cool that shit is."

Adalyn couldn't believe what she was hearing. This man was insane! He'd hurt them just as much as they'd hurt him. In her life she had met countless horrible people. Countless villains who try to rule over everyone, be the boss. Force everybody around them to submit to whatever hell that they had going on in their sick mind. This was way beyond stupid in her eyes. She couldn't stop the soft snort that escaped her. As soon as it happened she instantly regretted it and hoped that no one had heard.

But that wasn't the case as Negan stopped speaking and turned directly to her, making everyone else do the same. He tilted his head and smiled wide, "Now, what the shit could you of found so funny, darlen'?" Her eyes instantly dropped to the ground and she didn't answer, hoping the tyrant would just continue on with his speech, but that just wasn't her luck. He placed the baseball bat under her chin and made her look up at him, the sharp edges of the barbed wire digging into her skin and drawing blood, "Nu-uh." He tsked, "Look at me when I'm talking to you. Now, what the rat's fuck did I say that you thought was so funny?"

"Nothing, sir, I'm sorry." She still wasn't meeting his eye.

He grunted and shook his head, "Now you see, sweetheart, that answer ain't gonna slide with me. Now, what. The. Ever. Fucking. Loving. Shit. Did I say that entertained you?" She swallowed hard and fought back tears, which didn't go unnoticed by Negan as his face took on mock sympathy and he removed his bat, "Ah, don't cry, I haven't even gotten to the good part yet." He cleared his throat and tapped his chin as he thought for a moment, "Now what was I saying? Aw, yes! Back to you Rick, but not another noise, girl." He warned her with a stern look. She dropped her head and gave a slight nod, which was satisfactory enough for him,

"Now, you are all so going to regret crossing me in a few minutes." He smiled, "Oh, yes you are. You see, Rick, whatever you do, no matter what, you don't mess with the new world order. And the new world order is this, and it's really very simple." He said matter-of-factly as he pointed his bat down at Rick, "So, even if you're stupid, which you very may well be, you can understand it. You ready? Here goes, now pay attention. Give me your shit..." He clicked his tongue, "Or I'll kill you. You see, Today was career day. We invested a lot of shit so you would know who I am and what I can do." He started walking down the line again, pointing his bat at everyone he passed, "You work for me now, understand? You have shit, you give it to me. That's your job. Now, I know that is a mighty big, nasty pill to swallow, but swallow it you most certainly will. You ruled the roost. You built something. You thought you were safe. I get it. But the word's out. You are not safe. Not even close. In fact, you are pegged, more pegged if you don't do what I want. And what I want is half your shit. And if that's too much, you can make, find, or steal more, and it'll even out sooner or later. This is your way of life now. The more you fight back, the harder it will be for you. So, if someone knocks on your door..." He chuckled menacingly, "...You let us in. We own that door. You try to stop us and we will knock it down. You understand?" Rick didn't say anything and just stayed silent, "What, no answer? You don't really think that you were gonna get through this without being punished, now, did you? I don't want to kill you people. Just want to make that clear from the get-go.

I want you to work for me." He said happily, "But, you can't do that if you're dead, now, can you? I'm not growing a garden." He shook his head, "But you killed my people, a whole damn lot of them. More than I'm comfortable with." He put his hand on his chest, "And for that, for that you're gonna pay. So, now... I'm gonna beat the holy hell outta one of you."

Adalyn's breath caught in her throat. That couldn't happen, she couldn't let that happen. She couldn't see somebody else she loved get killed right before her eyes. She didn't know what to do, but she would have to figure it out soon, before something happened. She couldn't lose hope, she couldn't. There had to be a way out of it for them. Or at least for the rest.

Negan spun his bat around in his hand, making Rick lower his head, Negan just continued to walk down the line, "This-- this is Lucille, and she is truly awesome. All this," He gestured around him, "All this is just so we can pick out which one of you gets the honor." He inhaled sharply when he made it to Abraham, making the red head look up at the man standing over him, Negan ran his hand over his stubble, "Huh. Ugh, I gotta shave this shit." He walked over to Carl, "You got one of our guns." He kneeled down in front of him, "Whoa. Yeah. You got a lot of our guns." Carl just stood his ground and glared at Negan through everything he said, "Shit, kid, lighten up. At least cry a little." He stood up and looked straight at Adalyn, "Like she did, cause, damn, you should be shitting your pants right now, ain't that, right..." He bit his lip and walked over to Adalyn, "I didn't catch your name earlier, darlen'. What is it?" She just stared at him, silent, "Come on, don't be shy! We're all friends here aren't we? Simon?"

"Absolutely, we don't wanna have ta hurt you." Simon answered swiftly.

"See," He said kneeling in front of her and grabbing her chin to make her face him. He licked his lips and sighed deeply, "We could be real good friends." He got close enoughto her face that she could feel his hot breath on her face. She heard Daryl yell something out, but she didn't catch what he said, "That is, if you want to..." He tilted his head expecting an answer now.

"Adalyn." She said barely above a whisper.

"What was that?" He asked taking his hand off of her and cupping his ear, "I didn't quite catch that."

She took a ragged breath and answered in a louder, but very shaky voice, "Adalyn. My name is Adalyn."

"See now that wasn't so hard, was it?" He asked with a laugh, "Now if everyone could just do what was asked of them my life would be a whole lot fucking easier. Yours would, too, I'm sure. Y'all should be more like little Adalyn here!" He said as he spread his arms wide, "Be scared shitless and listen to who's boss! Damn, would that make life easier."

He continued walking down the line until he stopped at Maggie and chuckled, "Jesus fucking Christ, you look shitty. I should just put you out of your misery right now." Negan raised his bat, causing Glenn to try and charge at him with a cry. Only to be tackled and beaten by Dwight before he held Daryl's crossbow to his head. Negan shook his head and sighed, "Nope. Nope, get him back in line." Glenn fought and grunted as Dwight dragged him back to his spot yelling at him to stop. Negan chuckled as he spun around, "All right, listen. Don't any of you do that again." He shook his head disapprovingly, "I will shut that shit down, no exceptions. First one's free. It's an emotional moment, I get it." He pointed at Glenn with a wide smile before turning his expression into one of sympathy, "Sucks, don't it? The moment you realize you don't know shit. But you see," He said slinging Lucille over his shoulder, "Didn't I just say that things would go smoother if you cooperated, didn't I just say that, Addie?"

She mustered up enough courage to glare at the man, "You did," She said softly, "But we're not really known for doing things the easy way."

He nodded his head contemplating, "And you see, that very well could put you all into an early grave." He bit his lip and stared at her, "And I sure would hate to see that have to happen." Without another moment he turned back and pointed to Carl, "This your kid, right?" He asked Rick laughing, "This is definitely your kid."

Rick couldn't take it anymore and screamed, "Just stop this!"

Negan snapped back, "Hey! Do not make me kill the little future serial killer. Don't make it easy on me. I gotta pick somebody, and everybody's at the table waiting for me to order." He said gesturing to all of them with his bat before he started whistling his tune as he walked down the line yet again before the whistle broke with a chuckle, "I simply cannot decide," He turned around and rubbed his forehead with another chuckle, he faced them again with a smile, "I got an idea." He pointed at Rick with Lucille, "Eenie..." Maggie, "Meenie..." Abraham, "Miney..." Michone, "Mo..." Daryl, "Catch a tiger..." Sasha, "By his toe..." Aaron, "If he hollers." He pointed at Adalyn with a wink, "Let him go... My mother told me to pick the very best one and you are-"

Through all of this Adalyn was trying to come up with something to do, something she was able to do. Nothing she came up with were good ideas or she knew that they wouldn't work. So she decided to go with the only idea she thought might could work, even if it meant her death, "Me!" She quickly interrupted him right before he finished with a yell, he turned to her with a cocked eyebrow, "Kill me. Please." She said with much eargency.

"No. No!" Rick yelled out trying to stop what she was trying to do.

"Shut up, Ricky." Negan said with warning before he walked over to Adalyn, "I wasn't looking for any volunteers."

"But-" She tried to say but he cut her off.

"No, no, no, no heroes today." He said about to step away before she tried another desperate and more terrifying tactic.

"Then take me with you! I... I can do anything." She breathed fast, "Fuck! You can torture me for all I care, just, please. Do it to me."

"Adalyn, stop!" Carl cried out. She gave him a look that she hoped translated to "just let me do what I have to".

"Keep them quiet." Negan told Simon, whom nodded. He gestured with his finger, "Get up." She slowly did, he was right in front of her so she tried to take a step back. But he wouldn't let her as he grabbed onto her arm and held her in place, "What could you possibly do that I don't already have someone who can do?"

"I-I can clean and patch a wound, I can shoot a gun and a bow and arrow," Sorta, "I can drive a-and cook." Shit! She couldn't think of anything useful.

He shook his head, "That ain't gonna cut it, my people can do all of those things. So, what makes you special?"

She whimpered when he tightened his grip on her arm. She looked up at him with large eyes, "I can do whatever you want."

He bit his lip, contemplating before a huge smile formed on his face, "Alright. Get in the RV." She quickly nodded her head as he let go of her arm, relief flooding through her.

Out of nowhere Daryl had had enough of seeing her try to sacrifice herself to this sadistic man and lunged at Negan, knocking him to the ground before he was quickly pulled off by Dwight and Simon. Negan got up and dusted himself off, "And you see! That's just the goddamned shit I told you not to do!" He said in anger, "Now," He said, nose twitching with pure rage, "Now I'm gonna kill one of you." He said walking over to Abraham and hitting him in the head with all of his strength. There was a deafening crack as everyone screamed and cried out for their friend, He laughed, "Look at that. Taking it like a champ!" He hit him again, "Damn!" Then several more times before he stood up straight and ran a hand through his hair, "Let this be a lesson to you. When you cross me, people die, when you attack me, people get butchered." He grabbed a sobbing Adalyn by her hair and dragged her alongside him as he yelled, "Let's move out!"