All Nightmare Long

Chapter 472

Author's Note: On Watt Padd I started an AU of this story, Different Days, Same Dream. It's only one chapter so far. But with Rick leaving, I felt like I needed to do something. But Rick will still be in this story, not sure how yet, but he's not dying. I'll let other people take the lead but him and Jewel are going to be around, I'm to invested. In October it will be four years that I started this story, I can't just let it go. Please review.

Abraham, Jes, Joey and Summer's POV:

Jes lowered herself on the ground and moved toward Abraham's hiding spot behind the wheelbarrows. "I counted fifteen. I know that dick holding Eugene. Daryl and I had a run in with him. Summer's up in a tree, ready to take anyone out from above, Joey's in position ready to box them in with gun fire."

"We got to distract that ass hole holding Eugene," Abraham said.

"Let Eugene see you, he'll figure something out," Jes told him.

"If he doesn't?" Abraham asked.

"Self preservation is a good motivational tool," Jes said. "I'm going to make my way around try to get behind our people," she told him.

"Don't get caught," Abraham warned.

"You say that like this is my first rodeo," Jes said as she moved away.

Abraham glanced up and made eye contact with Summer who nodded at him. She then glanced at Joey who nodded.

Eugene looked backwards and saw Abraham and looked back at Jewel.

"What do you want?" Rosita asked.

"I'm sorry darling, but I didn't catch your name. I'm D or Dwight, you can call me either. So what's your name?" Dwight asked.

Jewel put her hand out and touched Rosita's arm. "Don't answer that," she said as she turned her attention to Dwight. "How about we skip all this," she said.

Dwight looked at her. "What would all this be?"

"The part where you pretend to give a damn about our names, or the pretense that we would give a flying fudge who the hell you are. You have one of my people on his knees, you've killed our friend, and you basically said that you were aiming at my brother, so just tell us what you want," Jewel told him as she glanced at Rosita, Eugene, Beth and Daryl.

"Did you just say flying fudge?" Dwight asked as he shook his head. "That's a new one. You killed a lot of my friends," he told her.

Jewel looked at him. "I can honestly say that I haven't killed anyone lately."

Dwight shook his head. "Well anyway, you're in charge?"

"Right now I am the person you are dealing with, just like you are the person I am dealing with," Jewel told him. "So what can I do to get Eugene off his knees and back over here? No one else has to get hurt."

Dwight looked at her. "Well we agree on that."

"So Dwight, what do you want?" Jewel asked.

"Well, Jewel, it's not what I want, it's what you and Daryl and your two people are going to do. You're going to let us in your little complex, it looks like it's just beautiful in there. And then you're going to let us take whatever and who ever we want. Or we blow Eugene's brains out, then yours, then your brothers, then these two. I hope it doesn't come to that, really. No one else has to die. We just try to start with one, you now maximum impact to get your point across? So what's it gonna be? Tell me," Dwight said.

"We'd rather die than take you back home," Beth told him.

Dwight looked at her than Jewel. "Do you feel the same way Jewel?"

Jewel didn't get a chance to answer before Eugene interjected. "You want to kill someone, you start with our companion hiding over behind the wheel barrows. He's a first class a hole and he deserves it so much more than the five of us."

Jewel made eye contact with Eugene knowing that he saw Abraham ad he was somehow making a distraction.

"Go check it out," Dwight ordered.

Eugene nervously glanced at Jewel before bending over and biting Dwight, keeping latched on, causing Dwight to scream. Daryl grabbed the man beside him, taking a knife off of him, cutting his throat. Jewel and Beth both fought the men watching them, Jewel grabbed her knife back from one of them, and stabbed both of them in the head. Rosita runs and gets a gun, shooting someone aiming at Abraham. Abraham nodded his thanks. Joey aimed taking out a few, and Summer aiming arrows at walkers. Jes came up from behind of one of the men escaping, shooting him in the head.

Dwight was able to finally get Eugene off of him, both falling to the ground. "Fall back! Fall back!" he yelled as he picked up a gun and shot in Eugene's direction.

Jes pointed her gun at Dwight as he ran.

Jewel and Rosita both ran toward Eugene as Daryl took aim at Dwight but the weapon ran out of bullets. Dwight turned to fire at him as he ran away. Daryl grabbed the bow going after him.

"Daryl stop!" Rosita said.

"Eugene look at me, we're going to get you back to Alexandria," Jewel told him."We're going to him back to Alexandria, can you handle getting the bullet out?" she asked Rosita as she held down the rag on Eugene's wound.

"Yes, I can do it," Rosita said.

Daryl and Abraham both came over. "How is he?" Abe asked.

"Sooner we get him back to Alexandria the better," Jewel answered.

"We got everyone but Dwight," Jes said. ""We'll come back for Denise," Jes told Daryl.

"Hey Eugene, you need to stay awake, do you hear me?" Jewel questioned as they walked with him. "Joey, Summer run ahead, have the gates open," she ordered.

Both nodded as they took off.

They continued to go to Alexandria, going through the gates. "Gus, get a group together, go back to the rail road tracks, we need to get Denise's body," Jewel said as she walked with him.

"I'll go back with them," Jes said.

Jewel nodded as she walked up to the infirmary, Summer already opened the door. "What can I do?"

"You got this Rosita?" Jewel asked as Daryl and Abraham put Eugene on the bed.

"Yeah," Rosita responded again.

"Summer stay with Rosita, help her with whatever she needs," Jewel said. "Daryl are you going to stay here?"

"Yeah,"Daryl nodded.

"Abraham, come with me, we need to tell Rick," Jewel instructed as she squeezed Daryl's arm. "We'll be back."

Abraham, Jewel, Carl and Rick's POV:

Jewel walked into the house with Abraham. "Carl where is your dad?"

Carl got up, carrying Judith. "He's upstairs with Hope," he said as he hugged her. "Are you OK?"

Abraham nodded. "I'll go get him," he said.

"Mom?" Carl asked.

Jewel took Judith and kissed her cheek. "We had a run in with the savior' was killed, Eugene was shot. He's in the infirmary."

"Are you alright?" Carl asked.

""I am now,"she said as she hugged Carl. "It could have been worse, but Jes, Joey, Summer and Abraham was there. And Eugene was brave and gave us the distraction we needed," Jewel told her.

Rick came down the stairs with Abraham. "Jewel?" Rick questioned as he kissed her.

Jewel turned as she adjusted Judy on her hip. "I'm OK," she told him as she kissed him. "Did Abraham tell you what went on?" she asked.

"I gave the highlights," Abraham answered.

"Go back to the infirmary, I'll head over in a bit," Rick told him.

"Copy," Abraham said as he left.

"Summer was there, with Jes and Joey. She wasn't with us," Jewel said. "We were able to take out them out, all except Dwight. But I'm sure that there's more of them and I'm sure they'll be back. We need to keep everyone armed, more guard shifts, two people per shift."

Rick put his hands on her face. "Hey you're alright, you're safe. Summer's safe, Daryl's safe."

"Denise isn't. Right before she died, she said I was out there because I have to make sure everyone is safe. And she's right, I do, and I know you do too. But she died, I was right there, standing next to her, and she still died. It came out of nowhere and there was nothing I could have done to to stop it. They knew that we are responsible for the outpost," Jewel said. "I don't know how, but they knew."

Rick kissed her. "Hey, we'll be alright," he told her.

Jewel kissed the top of Judith's head. "I hope so, I really do but I don't know. But what I do know is that the Hilltop has some explaining to do, Gregory has some explaining to do," she said as she kissed him. "I need to see Hope," Jewel told him.

Rick nodded. "You want me to go upstairs with you?"

"No, go talk with the others," Jewel said as she kissed him. "If I can convince Judith to take a nap, I'll lay down with her."

"Carl can take her," Rick said.

"No, I need my babies to cuddle with Yes, it makes me feel better," Jewel said as she tickled Judy.

TBC