Rosita could still feel her heart thudding in her chest as she parked her car up just a few hundred feet from the large looming gates of Alexandria.

Hurriedly switching off her engine, she took in a deep breath of air, before suddenly giving a short, sharp cry and bashing her fist against the steering wheel.

What the hell had she done?

Her stupidity was going to come around and bite her on the ass, and she could do nothing to stop it.

A sob escaped her lips as she leaned forwards against the steering wheel, wanting to kick herself for doing something so utterly idiotic.

Blake could be dead, and that made Rosita no better than Negan now.

She had been so set of revenge of any kind, that she had forgotten how close she and Blake once had been. They had been friends. They had had dinner together. Laughed and joked with one another...

And now she could be gone….dead. All because Rosita had a vendetta on her mind that she could just not leave alone.

She hung her head painfully, tears slipping from her eyes , just as there came a sudden knocking on the glass at her side causing her to almost jump out of her skin in fright.

She looked quickly around now, to see Sasha stood there staring down at her, looking bewildered.

Shit.

Rosita knew she couldn't wipe the tears away fast enough, as Sasha's brown eyes travelled over her upset features.

"R-Rosita, what is it? W-What's' happened?" she asked, giving the door handle a tug open.

But Rosita didn't move, merely staring up at Sasha with tears of frustration lingering on her cheeks.

"I've done something…." gulped Rosita, shaking her head. "...something so stupid."

And at her look, Sasha hovered for a moment before finally holding out her hand for Rosita to take.

"Come on," she said looking this way and that. "Let's get you out of here and you can tell me everything."

Negan wrapped his fingers against the smooth handle of Lucille as his black eyes stared up at the road stretching out ahead of him.

He hadn't uttered a single word to anyone, giving his last few orders back before leaving the Sanctuary, little over an hour ago. Yet his nerves were no more calmed than they were back then..

Negan had never felt so angry.

His chest was tight, his jaw was clenched, and he could see nothing ahead of him but an oncoming darkness. A darkness he hadn't seen since he had lost Lucille.

The rest of the Saviours, piled into the truck beside him, obviously sensed this tension too, avoiding his eye as best they could.

It of course, hadn't taken his men long to radio back from doing a thorough search of the area surrounding the Sanctuary lots, letting Negan know that they had found nothing but a pair of tire tracks that led back onto the main road.

The main road that led directly to three places that Negan knew pretty well indeed….

A burning fury and malice seemed to be raging within him now, the likes of which he had never felt before.

He wanted revenge...payback for what had been done, finding it hard to concentrate on little else as the seconds and minutes ticked by.

In the back of his mind, he kept repeating the words to himself over and over…'She's fine'...'She's ok'. But not even that could stop this ever-bubbling rage from spilling over into the forefront of his thoughts.

He grinded at his teeth viciously as a large set of looming gates slowly came into view.

Simon and Gavin had been sent out on his orders to the other two camps. HIS camps…

...with only one objective now.

To make them pay.

But was this payback? Or was it dissuasion for nothing like this ever happening again.

Negan wasn't sure anymore. But he had made his choice, and now he was willing to do whatever it took to make his point clear-

That no one was to mess with his family….

…..not ever again.

Blake winced groggily as two hours later, well into the warm sunny afternoon, she awoke from a disoriented slumber, gazing quickly about, finally remembering just where she was.

Finding herself in the dark and cool medical room, alone, with no sign of Carson now.

It was obvious he had gone to let her get some rest, after giving her a few safe pain meds to knock her out for a short time.

Now, Blake sat up a little, shaking herself from her stupor, before peering down at her side gazing at her dressing which was now spotted with blood.

It probably wouldn't be long now until her bandages would need changing, but Blake could think about that in a while.

For now, she had other things on her mind. Other more pressing matters.

It worried Blake now to find herself alone without Negan.

She had presumed he would be here, like he was supposed to be. Feeling like she wanted his presence here..his hand in hers...now more than ever.

Butthe lack of that, of course, meant that he wasn't back yet.

And that in turn, meant that he had failed to find the culprit…

And that was not good.

Blake had seen the look in his dark eyes.

She had seen him turn into that wolf, she had witnessed so many times, coming to life.

And she knew now, that not finding the person responsible for this straight away, meant that he would only push his anger, and his fury, further afield.

And the blonde woman had a feeling she knew where he would start first.

And so, with a groan, clutching her hand to her side, she heaved herself off the gurney, her feet dropping to the floor a little unsteadily.

Blake gazed down at herself. God she looked a state, with her white t-shirt, torn and tatty and covered in drying blood.

She quickly moved over to the far side of the room, where, with great difficulty, she peeled off her t-shirt, giving cry of pain as she did so.

God, how the fuck one tiny bullet could cause this much pain, she wasn't sure.

But as Blake caught her breath, she gazed around, looking for something to replace her t-shirt with, her eyes landing on a folded blue pair of hospital scrubs she guessed that the Saviours had collected for Carson but he had never got around to wearing.

Blake picked up the blue shirt, holding it aloft.

It looked far too big for her, but she pulled it on with a little difficulty nonetheless, covering up her bandaged side with a hiss of pain.

She padded hurriedly to the door and exited out into the dark hallway beyond where above her head a single yellow light flickered eerily.

The Sanctuary could be a strange place at times. And as much as it truly felt warm, and welcoming, and very much home these days, right now, still feeling a little woozy and disorientated from the blood loss and meds Blake felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end as she crept down the silent corridor.

But, with her heart pounding furiously she headed through the double doors, and out into the small hallway, where the huge staircase that led up to the upper levels stood, empty and void of anyone.

Blake gazed around, clutching her head as her vision swam a little.

She just wanted Negan right now, and Mia too, feeling more than a little unsteady on her feet as she clutched onto the wall beside her for support.

She let out a puff of air, closing her eyes just as a sudden twinge shot through her abdomen right up to her chest, causing her to double over slightly, her hand movig to her side as she gave a whimper of pain.

But the feeling, luckily, disappeared as quickly as it came.

"Blake?"

She caramel blonde snapped her eyes open hurriedly, gazing quickly around over her shoulder, to see Frankie pacing towards her.

The redhead stopped at her side, placing a hand gently to her arm, coming around to stare into Blake's eyes.

"What are you doing up?" she asked in a gentle tone full of concern. "You should be resting…"

But Blake shook her head, waving Frankie's unease away.

"I know," she said gazing up into the familiar redhead' bright green eyes. "I just need….I need Negan."

Frankie paused for a long moment, parting her lips as if to speak, but before she could do so, the pair were disturbed by a sudden familiar cry.

"It Bwakey! It Bwakey!" came the excitable voice of Mia, as Blake peered over Frankie's shoulder just as Arat and Mia came into view, walking hand-in-hand down the hallway towards them.

Blake smiled warmly as Mia detached herself from a bemused-looking Arat running straight for Blake and making grabby hands at her, obviously expecting to be picked up by her guardian.

But Frankie caught her quickly around the middle before she could barrel into Blake's legs.

"Oops, now there we go, Sweetie," said Frankie in a sweet voice, lifting Mia up onto her hip, as Mia wriggled, pouting hard, wanting to get to Blake. "Blakey's not feeling so good, so we have to be extra careful, ok?"

Blake saw Mia's big round eyes look quickly to the place where her bleeding wound had been just a few short hours ago, but seeing nothing, she looked back up to the blonde woman giving a small nod, and placing her pudgy fingers to her mouth, leaning her head onto Frankie's slender shoulder.

"Okway," she murmured out, as Blake reached over, stroking the top of her head gently, but the blonde woman bristled slightly, quickly looking to Arat as she came to stop at their side.

"Where's Negan?" she asked almost instantly.

"B, you shouldn't be-" tried Arat.

But Blake didn't have the time or the patience for this right now.

"Please, I need to know where he's gone…" Blake pleaded.

But Arat, with her lips pursed together, gave Blake a sad look, before finally answering

"He's gone to Alexandria….Simon and Gavin have gone to the Hilltop and the Kingdom too….." she said, a visible gulp sliding its way down her throat, as she lowered her eyes to the ground. "He was pretty mad..."

But Blake's heart began to thud away.

Fuck.

He was going to do something stupid and she knew it.

"What's he going to do, Arat?," Blake asked sounding worried. "Please...tell me."

And at her words, the curly-haired woman's eyes met with Blake's, offering her a sorry look.

"He's going to do what he always does, B," said Arat, shaking her head. "An eye for an eye…"

Thanks so much to HarmonyQuinn, CLTex, Nicole, BlueBloodsSVUOrder, Sarabeth, masquerade04, MJ, LJH, Lee, Nicolina88, JasminJW, Guest, Crazythinking and Guest for reviewing the last post.

Sorry it was only a short chapter, I'm off home to visit my mum for Easter. Hope all you have a good break/weekend, whether you celebrate the holiday or not.

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