Maggie knew something was wrong the moment Darryl, Carol, Michonne and Negan, returned to Alexandria. Dwight and Sherry were down in the prison cells and Aaron had been questioning them. There was a concern that there were more of Heath's people, out there someplace, waiting to invade Alexandria in someway. But Dwight and Sherry swore that they weren't that large enough of a group to pull off something like that.

Maggie wanted Darryl to see if he could get anything out of them. But when he pulled in with Carol on the back of his motorcycle, he stopped, got off, shaking Carol off of him and went inside his house.

Carol eased off of the back of the motorcycle and glanced back at Michonne and Negan. She then saw Maggie and smiled brightly, walking over to her.

"Hey. How is everything here?" Carol asked.

"What is going on?" Maggie asked. "Darryl looks pissed off."

"Yeah. He is. But he'll live." Carol said. Maggie watched as Michonne ignored Negan and hurried up the steps to Darryl's door. She opened it, walked in and closed the door behind her. Negan glared at Darryl's door, then looked at Maggie and smiled, before walking towards the jail cells. Maggie sighed.

"I do not want him messing up our questioning Dwight and Sherry! I have to go!" Maggie exclaimed before running after Negan. Carol stared after Negan and Maggie, before she herself turned and headed towards Darryl's home. She walked up the stairs, opened his door and closed it behind her. She then sat on the stairs and listened in on Darryl and Michonne's conversation…

"I'm not waiting for Rick to come back. I didn't come close to finding him out there, and when I found out what was going on here, I gave up. I thought I would come back here and do what I did before—survive without Rick. But I had never had to do that with Negan out of a cell and your telling me that you cared about me. That you wanted something more." Michonne said.

Darryl sat at his breakfast table and said nothing to that. Michonne continued on.

"When we were at the Sanctuary, I passed out. And while I was out, I remembered going to Negan. He wasn't lying about that. And I was drunk and on whatever Siddiq gave me. I went to him and I thought he was Rick." she admitted. Darryl slowly stood up.

"So he took advantage of you? Is that what you're telling me?"

"I'm telling you that I thought he was Rick at times and others, I knew exactly who he was and I could not make myself stop being with him in that cell."

"What about now? What was that at that cabin? Hell, Michonne, what happened to that hot tub?! Your clothes were on the floor wet…" Darryl trailed off, as if he were about to break down. Michonne said nothing, for she felt thoroughly ashamed of herself, standing before this man that she had hurt more badly than she had realized.

"What happened at the cabin…happened. Beta came along and we fought him off and went to where you eventually found us. And it happened again. And maybe on some level, I always knew about what happened in Negan's jail cell. It all sort of came to the surface when I was with him. I don't know what to say…"

"I love you." Darryl said quietly. "I never realized it until that night. That goddamned night that Negan ruined everything for all of us. Nothing was ever the same again. Maggie and Sasha's lives went to shit and then Sasha died. Carl would have never gotten bit if we weren't fighting off that animal."

Michonne said nothing but let Darryl continue. She knew he had to get this out.

"That night…I saw him looking at you. I saw him looking at you after he'd killed Abraham. I was so scared you were next that I just leaped at him…and it got Glenn killed. I loved you even when you loved Rick, which I was alright with because he was like a brother to me. But this…this I can't love you through." Darryl told her and walked past her and out of the kitchen. He noticed the front door was wide open and he looked out and around.

Carol was walking towards the front gate. Maggie was there too and it was opening…

Darryl ran to join them, sensing who was on the other side and determined to stop it.

He was right about who was on the other side.

Beta.

He was wrong about being able to stop it, as Maggie stepped forward and joined him at his side. She then began talking.

"We once took in an animal that used a bat, with barbed wire to kill anyone he felt like it! Negan has killed here! He killed at the Kingdom! He killed at Oceanside…the Hilltop…and now he walks among us. Now he fights beside us. You all know that this man, standing beside me is 'Beta'. He has killed. But this man was torn apart like we all have been, since our world went to hell. And…he was once my husband."

There were gasps among the crowd! Lydia looked from Maggie to Beta, unable to believe that her mother's 'companion', for years, had been married—ever! And to Maggie?

Rosita walked up with two shotguns, handing one to Darryl, who took the lead. They both pointed them at Beta.

"He's not coming in here, Maggie!" Darryl yelled. "So if you want to save your 'husband', send him on his way!"

Meanwhile, down in the cells, Aaron had gotten nowhere in questioning the now jailed, Dwight and Sherry, as to who else in Alexandria helped them pull off their scheme with the now deceased Heath. The three of them looked up as Negan slowly descended the basement stairs. Aaron pinched the bridge of his nose. God no, he thought.

Dwight just shook his head, unable to believe that him and Sherry were the ones behind bars, while Negan skipped around free in this stronghold! It was un-fucking-believable! Sherry just stared Negan down. She had been forced to give this man what she should have only had to give to Dwight and pretend to enjoy it to survive. He had held her late sister's illness over her head, in order to get her to do what he wanted. It actually broke her heart to see Darryl's people fight so hard against this monster, only to lose. And if Negan was slowly becoming one of them, then they were indeed losing to him.

"Hello, Aaron." Negan said and rolled up his shirt sleeves, "have they told us who the treacherous bastards are that kidnapped us? We all know that little Herschel was one of them. Did Maggie put him in one of the other cells?"

Aaron clenched his jaw before speaking.

"We don't know that that's true. And I'm sure Maggie will deal with her own son accordingly."

"What does 'accordingly' mean? Like no dinner or a spanking?" Negan asked sarcastically.

"It means that Maggie will handle it," Aaron said in a strained tone, "now if you don't mind, I was questioning the prisoners."

"After all of this time? You should have had answers by now. I'll tell you what, go and tell Maggie that I plan to question little Herschel myself after I'm done here."

"You're not going near him." Aaron replied coolly.

"How much do you want to bet that I get my way? After all, who would have ever thought I wouldn't still be where they are now?" Negan asked, grinning. Aaron turned and left in a hurry to get Maggie, glaring down the stairs at Negan as he hurried up them! Negan didn't even wait to hear the door close before he turned to Dwight and Sherry. He looked around, found a chair and sat in it.

"Now it's just the three of us. Like old times. Dwight, do you know that your wife here left the Sanctuary, after I gave her the most mind blowing orgasm she'd ever had? I think she was ashamed to tell you that you couldn't do the same…"

Sherry moved so she was closer to the bars, interrupting Negan's crap.

"I lied when I told you that. I can assure you."

"Oh. Okay. I know you want to spare Dwight's feelings. I get that. That's sweet. What's not sweet is what you tried to pull here. I can forgive everything you did so far…but throwing in with that deranged freak of nature…that's out of line." Negan said in a feigned sad sounding voice.

Lydia suddenly came barreling down the stairs!

"Negan! You're needed out there! Maggie is trying to bring Beta in here!" she cried. Negan jumped up out of the chair and he and Lydia hauled ass up the stairs, slamming the door behind them! Once they were gone, Sherry walked over to the window to see what she could see from that vantage point. Michonne was walking over and Negan and Lydia ran past her towards the gate, where the whole community was now gathered.

"They'd be crazy to let him in here." Sherry noted. She then looked at Dwight when he did not answer her right away.

"What?" she asked.

"I've been thinking, ever since we grabbed Negan and Michonne at that one camp site, about Heath's plan. How did he know which new people, would be pissed off enough to help him throw out all of Rick's original group?" Dwight asked.

"Well Herschel probably told him. Heath used to live here. He knew how to get in and find out what he needed."

"Yeah, I know he said it was at night or something when he came here, but something is off about this. I feel like I'm missing something I should have seen when we hooked up with Heath. I feel like it's the reason we're here now." Dwight told her. Sherry stared at him in confusion, before shouting caused her to turn back towards the window.

Negan was loud, as usual…

"You've been out here comparing that animal to me! I've been to at least three fucking campsites and seen what he did to people for no good, goddamned reason! He's nothing more than a crazed serial killer and no one will be safe here if you let him in!" Negan yelled at Maggie.

Darryl, who never took his rifle off of Beta, seconded that.

"It's true. Aaron, Eugene and I chained you to the bottom of a lake and here you are—alive and well. I saw what you did to Heath's people at the Sanctuary…I came at you with a chainsaw. You shouldn't still be standing. Maggie, get him out of here!"

"This man is much more than 'Beta'. He's Brian. Brian Heriot. And some of you will remember that he was a very talented singer before the world stopped. He was also a gentle soul. We've all done things that we're not proud of. But Brian is here because he wants to be part of something again. Part of the world. Part of this community." Maggie said.

"No!" Carol said, moving so she could be seen. "I don't remember much, but I can see that he's not good for this community. That and he reminds me of my first husband! Maggie, take him out of here!"

"If Brian leaves, then I leave." Maggie told them.

"Mom!" Herschel cried out. He hated Negan but he feared this man that his mother seemed to be so fond of! He hadn't known she had been married to anyone besides his father!

But it was Michonne that made the biggest impression and produced an actual result. She walked up to Beta and his eyes focused on hers.

"Leave here. You are not welcome." she said. Beta stared at her, almost entranced. He let go of Maggie's hand then turned and walked out! Michonne slowly followed after him, just as three walkers growled and ignored both Beta and her, and tried to go for the people behind the gate! Darryl and Maggie killed them, then stared at Beta and Michonne. Beta stopped and looked back at Michonne, who nodded to him. He then turned around and continued to walk away.

Michonne stared after him until everything went black and she fell to the ground! Judith and RJ yelled out and ran to her! Darryl did as well but Negan got to her first and picked her up!

"Kids, help me get your mother home! We're going to look after her now." he said and Judith and RJ walked with him as he carried Michonne through the crowd, that now parted as they went through. Darryl stared after them, then turned and watched Beta's retreating form as the gates slowly closed. What the fuck was that? What was going on?

He hurried after Negan, Michonne, Judith and RJ!

"What did Michonne do just now? You know what that was, don't you?" Darryl asked Negan. Negan stopped walking with Michonne in his arms and looked at Darryl.

"She bit part of Beta's face off, when we were trying to escape him. Notice that his face didn't look like it was missing anything, did it?"

Darryl nodded, his eyes leaving his and now looking at the inert Michonne.

"Walkers walk by her. They also bow when they can. Just like they do for Beta and as fucked up as that is, what Michonne can do is good for Alexandria. Now I have to get her inside." Negan told Darryl, before walking towards Michonne's house. RJ ran after them but Judith stayed by Darryl's side.

"What did he mean by that, Uncle Darryl?"

Darryl looked down at Judith.

"What it means is that we are both now going to have to watch out for your mama. And we need to watch Negan now too. More than ever." he told her. Judith nodded and hurried after Negan, Michonne and RJ, while Darryl stayed rooted in place. He had planned on leaving here, but that was not happening now. Michonne needed him more than ever now, whether she realized it or not.