Negan bit back his annoyance at Darryl, as he muscled his way into the house and insisted on being in the room as Virgil examined Michonne, who had just begun to come around. Virgil honestly thought she had put too much pressure on her sprained leg, but when he looked at it, he saw no evidence of the injury any longer.

Negan knew that Michonne did not know what was happening to herself anymore than he did. And he knew she hadn't meant to tell anyone about what had happened in that hot tub between, Beta, her and himself. But the goddamned cat was out of the bag now, and decisions had to be made.

Negan planned on making them.

He was downstairs with Judith and R.J., who he noticed was staring at him. Negan figured he'd heard the rumors and decided to address them with both children. He had that to do and something else: with Heath dead, he needed to ascertain how much Dwight and Sherry had known about their plot to make it seem as if there were traitors here in Alexandria. Negan needed to know if Dwight and Sherry knew that he and Heath had been in cahoots this whole time.

But first thing was first. He smiled at Judith and RJ before addressing them.

"Hey, kids! Listen, can we have a talk about something?" he asked. "Something that maybe you should sit down for?"

Judith didn't really want to sit down and listen to Negan. She liked him, even though many people here did not. But she also knew that he had been saying something that wasn't true around here. And she decided to say something.

"You've been telling lies around here." Judith opened. "And they aren't very nice."

Negan nodded.

"Okay. That's fair. I understand why you're upset, honey, but what I have been saying is not a lie." Negan said, tearing his eyes off of hers and now looking at RJ.

"RJ? I know you've heard that I'm your father. I know that Herschel is your friend and that he hates me. But all I'm asking is that you give me a chance. That you don't hate me." Negan asked the boy, that he knew in his heart was his son.

RJ looked unsure. He looked to Judith, who was not looking at him. She was staring at Negan.

"Mama told us that the Brave Man was our father. She wouldn't lie." was her response.

"The 'Brave Man'? Who is that?" Negan asked, confused.

Judith turned and walked over to a table. There were framed pictures on it. Judith picked up one that had herself as a baby, Michonne and Rick in it. She walked back over to Negan and pointed to Rick. Negan nodded, now understanding, but did not necessarily agree with Rick's 'nickname'.

"Oh. You mean Rick. You knew his actual name was Rick, right?" Negan asked in a gentle tone. Judith nodded. RJ shook his head and spoke again.

"Herschel said that the 'Brave Man' put you in jail. He said you hated him." RJ revealed.

Negan looked from RJ to Judith before sitting down on the couch.

"Kids, I want you to listen to me: I did not hate Rick. We just had a bit of a disagreement, that's all. And I'm not here to talk about him. Judith, I know you think I'm telling lies but I'm not. Your mother and I made RJ. It happened after Rick died and she was very upset and needed me. RJ, I need for you to understand how hard it was for me to watch you grow inside your mother, while in a jail cell. I would see her while looking out of the window and know that you were sleeping inside of her belly. It was hard for me to watch you grow and not be able to talk to you or even hug you. Do you get that?" Negan asked, feeling emotions he had not felt in a long while.

RJ nodded and felt bad for the 'Bad Man'. So bad that he decided he might need a hug, since he was crying. RJ walked over to Negan, climbed onto the couch next to him and hugged him.

Judith did no such thing. She just gave Negan a look of pity before leaving the room. She knew Darryl was with her mother and did not want to be interrupted. She would go upstairs and wait in her room until they were through talking. She headed up the stairs, just as Carol walked in. Carol smiled up at the little girl, unable to believe how much she resembled Lori, before moving into the living room and catching sight of the 'father/son' hug.

Negan slowly let go of RJ when he saw Carol.

"Do me a favor, RJ? Let me talk to Carol alone?"

RJ nodded and smiled up at Carol, before leaving the house. He was going out to find Herschel and tell him that Negan wasn't so terrible after all. Carol waited until the door closed before speaking.

"Why did you lie to me about Darryl? About the two of us being married?" she asked calmly.

Negan pulled himself out of his emotional fog and faced her.

"Where is Darryl now?" he asked.

"In this house, which you know…"

"Yes! Which is why I told you what I told you. And apparently, you haven't been able to do anything with the head start I have given you. Darryl is upstairs fawning over my woman. So what are YOU planning on doing about that?" Negan asked.

Carol looked him up and down.

"What I have been doing, is finding out the truth so that I don't continue to make a fool of myself. I was in Darryl's home when he told Michonne that he loved her. He said that to her, before Beta showed up. You're the one that needs to do something, not me. Oh and by the way…my memory came back when I saw Beta out there. Whatever this is you're planning with RJ, it won't work. RJ is Rick's son." Carol said coldly.

"RJ is no more Rick's, than Henry was yours. I don't mean to be cruel but if you get in my way…" Negan began before Carol slapped him!

"You ARE getting the hell out of Alexandria!" she seethed before turning to leave. She walked out of the room, towards the door, pulled it open and left, slamming it behind her! As she hurried down the stairs, she ran into Maggie!

"Carol? What's wrong? Is Michonne alright?" Maggie asked.

"I want you to go and find Beta. He's coming in to Alexandria. We are going to get him to get Negan out of here. It's the only way." Carol told her.

Meanwhile, Negan slyly parted a curtain and watched Carol and Maggie talk, before Maggie turned and walked away. They were planning something. Probably some shit that would not work in his favor. He let the curtain drop and began to head towards the stairs. He would listen in on whatever Michonne and Darryl were talking about.

"Tell me what happened just now? With Beta?" Darryl asked gruffly.

Michonne rubbed her face before speaking.

"Negan and I were at another place before the one you found us in. A place that said Camp Forest Green, but it was just a house with some chickens outside. At one point we ran into Beta and thought we killed him. But he came back to life, like he always does and tried to kill us. He had us trapped in a room. Darryl… he knew Tara."

Darryl squinted at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Just what I said. He knew her! I'm trying to remember what Glenn or Maggie said about how they met her. I know she admitted she was with the Governor's people when they attacked us at the prison. She was there when the Governor killed Herschel. But there was something else that I can't remember."

"So he just said he knew Tara? Why would he bring her up before trying to kill Negan and you?"

"He blamed me, Darryl! He blamed us for his wife and daughter being dead…he actually said they were 'killed in our prison massacre'. I knew then there was no reasoning with him and that he was going to kill Negan and I. So I bit his face off. Or a chunk of it. Like Rick did to those people you were with that one time." Michonne revealed.

If Darryl was shocked, he did not show it.

"Beta didn't look like he had part of his face taken out." he said.

"I know! But that isn't the worst part. After it happened, Negan and I went back to the place where we first ran into Beta again. Where you found us. At one point, we tried to chase some walkers off and they…they ignored me. They ignored me and one actually looked as if it was bowing. I think they do the same thing to Beta as well." Michonne now said quietly.

"And now? What happened with Beta out there?" Darryl asked.

"I don't know. I just knew that somehow I could get him to go away. I don't know what's happening." Michonne admitted.

"Let's go and find out. You can control him. We'll find out what's happening." Darryl said, reaching for her hand and clasping it. Michonne nodded and Darryl, who had been sitting on the end of her bed, got up and walked to her bedroom door. He opened it and found Negan outside! He shoved him backwards and closed the door behind him!

"You know, I didn't know what to believe after I saw you with Michonne. Now I understand. After she ate some of Beta, she became part of him, somehow. That means that she didn't know what she was doing when she had sex with you." Darryl told him. "So keep the hell away from her and the kids."

Negan grinned and flung Darryl off of him!

"Is that what you think? That we only had sex after she bit off Jolly Green Giant's face? Michonne was very careful of your feelings just now in her room, but we were together, in that hot tub when Beta came along! And you'd better start to understand that there isn't any coming between Michonne and I, because we have a son. And I just told RJ I was his father. Now if you want to make yourself useful, I'd go and find Carol. She got her memory back and is hurt as fuck over Michonne and you."

Darryl now slammed Negan agains a wall again, bringing Michonne and Judith out of their rooms!

"Uncle Darryl!" Judith yelled and Darryl let go of Negan and went to her. He took her hand and they went downstairs. Michonne folded her arms and stood in her doorway.

"Did I hear you right? You told my son that you were his father?"

"I told our son the truth, yes. And he doesn't hate me, even though people in this goddamned community want him to!" Negan huffed.

Michonne turned and walked back into her room without commenting. Negan slowly followed her inside and closed the door.

"That was a hell of a show you put on out there, Warrior Princess. This community always knew you were the leader here but you totally proved it just now, with what you did. And now it's time that they understand that you can control walkers too." Negan said. Michonne turned to face him.

"No. I don't want to scare people."

Negan moved closer to her.

"Scare people? No one is going to think that! They're going to think you're even more of a bad ass than you already are!"

"They're going to think I'm…that I'm part walker or something. I don't want anyone thinking that. Especially Judith and RJ. Darryl and I are going out to find Beta. I need for him to tell me why this is happening." Michonne said.

"I'm coming too." Negan said.

"You set Beta off. It will be better if it's just Darryl and I."

Negan was quiet for a moment before speaking.

"I'm not going to give you a problem about going out alone with Darryl. You know why?"

"Because it's none of your business?" Michonne asked sarcastically.

"Because there's something between us and you hate it. And you think that by going out in the wild with Darryl will clear your head. But now that you're connected to Beta, you're connected to me as well. And Darryl is never going to accept what you can do."

Michonne eyed him!

"What are you talking about? Darryl wouldn't blame me for what happened!"

"And I'm not saying he would. I'm saying that this will change how he feels about you. He won't be able to help it. And I think you need to see that for yourself before you come back here so we can plan our wedding." Negan said coolly, before smiling at her. He then looked around her bedroom until his eyes fell upon her 'Rick Action Figure'. He tore his eyes off of it before looking at Michonne again. He closed the distance between them and pulled her to him for a quick kiss that she did nothing to resist. To be honest, Michonne had given up trying to keep him from doing things like that. He did what he wanted to and she accepted that.

"Have a nice whatever with Darryl. And then come back here—to me." Negan said, before turning and casually walking out of her room.

Carol had closed the gate behind Maggie as she took the truck that Darryl, Sherry, Dwight and herself had escaped the Sanctuary with. She drove until she found a road sign that said 'Cunningham Road' and turned down a stretch of drive. There was a gate that needed to be opened at the end of it. Maggie stopped the truck, got out, pushed it open, then got back into the truck and drove it in.

Maggie pulled the truck to a stop outside of the main house, where she found Beta sitting on a porch. He was smoking. He snuffed out his cigarette and stood up as she got out of the truck, closing the driver's side door. Maggie noticed a distinct lack of walkers as she herself, made her way up the porch steps and faced him. She was bound and determined to bring Beta back to Alexandria now that she had Carol on her side.

"What happened back there? With Michonne?"

Beta shook his head slightly.

"I don't know. I could hear her talking to me. I can't hear Alpha any longer. I don't know why."

Maggie tilted her head.

"You were 'hearing Alpha' talk to you?"

Beta nodded.

"Brian, you need help. You need rest. You need to be around people." Maggie said. She knew that Darryl and the others thought she was trying to bring Beta in as some sort of revenge against Negan. That was partly true.

Ever since she realized Beta was Brian, the man she had married too young, the man Herschel had discovered was already married with a child and forced her to give up…Maggie had become drawn into her past. If she could not have Glenn back, then she wanted what she had before Glenn.

"I don't know what is happening with Michonne. I can hear her now. She's asking me for answers I don't have. She's also telling me to stay away. That she will come to me." Beta said softly. "She will come to me."

"No! I want you to come back to Alexandria with me now! We will go and get in the truck and go. You'll have to stay in a cell until you can be trusted but you need to come with me now!" Maggie cried, sensing she was losing him to whatever insanity being with the Whisperers had brought on.

"You want me because of Negan. That's the only reason." Beta said, his voice reflecting a traced of bitterness.

"Yes. But I want you to live with us. If Negan can, then you can. I want you to meet my son and I want you to meet my friends…"

"Michonne. Darryl. They are not my friends. They never will be."

Maggie touched both of his arms with each of her hands.

"You don't know them. Once you do, you'll see what I see. But I am not leaving you here. We need to find out what is connecting Michonne and you."

Beta still said nothing and Maggie impulsively moved to kiss him! Beta snarled against her lips before pushing her away!

"Run, Maggie! Run…Michonne is calling to me…"

Maggie didn't know what that meant but the look in his eyes told her to do as he commanded! Maggie ran down the porch steps and to the truck! She got in and tried to start it, but the engine would not turn over! Beta began making his way down the steps towards the truck and Maggie jumped out and ran into the nearby woods, just as a mist of fog enveloped the area…

Maggie could hear growling and snarling but could see no walkers! Never had she been so frightened and felt so trapped, as she looked around wildly for the source of the noises.

Then they stopped.

Then she heard the crunching of twigs on the ground.

Maggie whirled around just as Beta grabbed her and pinned her against a tree! Maggie looked up into his eyes and saw a kaleidoscope of feelings and emotions that matched her own. Their lips met in a starving kiss as they both pulled at one another's clothing…

The walkers snarled and moved around the reunited lovers, as Beta held Maggie's arms above her head, while his hips jackhammered against hers at a furious pace! His immense organ pumped within her savagely and she heaved and bucked against him helplessly. The walkers did nothing but glance at them as they moved around them in the fog.

The decision had been finalized for Beta to return with Maggie during their bestial rutting, that concluded on the forest floor, as Maggie Rhee bobbed up an down fiercely at a blurring rate, upon the almost monstrous flesh of the only man she had ever loved other than Glenn. Their passion erupted like a blazing furnace and Maggie rested on top of Beta's naked, muscular body, spent.

Beta clasped his arms around Maggie and tried to drown Michonne's voice out. Michonne's voice who was now telling him to come home—to Alexandria.