All Nightmare Long

Chapter 509

Author's Note: I'm still on furlough. So more chapters for you. I really want to get them to Alexandria, and have Negan and Jewel go toe to toe again. I also realized that Simon doesn't visit The Hilltop until after they go to Alexandria. Plus Sylvie is giving me ideas. So let's check up on Daryl. Please review.

Negan and Sampson POV:

Negan leaned against the wall, and crossed his arm. "You talk with Sylvie?"

"I did, she told me the same thing she told you, that she wanted to help keep the calm with the kids mother," Sampson answered.

"You believe her?" Negan questioned.

Sampson looked at him. Lying to Negan was never a very good idea, but he believed in what Sylvie was trying to do. "I do. She doesn't want to see anyone else get hurt, you know that. Plus you've got the kids mother's brother as a hostage, and she has a temper. I told her that Jewel volunteered to take the beating, she's worried that she'll do it again to get her brother out of here."

"You think that's all there is to it?" Negan queered.

"What else would there be?" Sampson asked.

"She's never asked to go on one of our raids before, just seems odd," Negan said.

Sampson knew that Negan was toying with him, it was one of his games. "Look she knows that she gives you a lot of crap and she pushes you in ways you wouldn't let anyone else do because of her relationship with you. She also knows that I am in danger if she does anything to go against you. And, I believe that she does honestly care about me. You trust Dwight after all this right? I still believe that he had something to do with convincing her to help him."

Negan nodded as he smiled. "You know what they say, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. I mean I've taken his wife, banging her anytime I get a chance. He's proving himself, I wouldn't be trusting him with the new guy otherwise."

"How's it going, breaking Daryl?" Sampson questioned.

"Taking time, but I don't have any doubt that Dwight is gonna get the job done," Negan told him. "You keep me posted on Sylvie? If she does anything suspicious," he stated.

"Of course," Sampson said.

Negan clasped his shoulder's. "Good man. Who knows, you may be able to tame Sylvie yet."

Sampson laughed. "I wouldn't go that far," Sampson told him.

"Yeah, yeah you're right," Negan agreed, laughing.

Dwight Sylvie and Daryl's POV:

Dwight opened the door to the cell and put him back in. "Make it easy on yourself."

"I aint ever gonna kneel,"Daryl told him as he looked at him.

"Yeah, I said that too," Dwight told him.

"Yeah, I know," Daryl reminded him.

"See that's the thing man, you don't, but you're gonna," Dwight said as he closed the door, starting the song Easy Street again.

Sylvie stood around the corner, holding out a beer for Dwight. "Are you feeling guilty at all?"

Dwight took it and looked at her before opening it. "Why should I?"

Sylvie shrugged. "Oh, maybe because you are trying to break a man who did try to help us."

"Would you please stop talking like that, out here in the open?" Dwight asked. "If you don't give a shit about yourself, think about Sam. You know what he would do if he even thought you were entertaining the idea of double crossing him."

"I'm not, you're right there isn't anything we can do, except join him because he has leverage over us. You had to kneel, you had to become part of his inner circle, I get it. I know that I was wrong in making you give me your keys. We both made our decisions coming back here, we both knew what would happen. Sampson just got put in the middle of it, and it was wrong of me," Sylvie said as she tried to be convincing.

"Is that why you want to go to Alexandria?" Dwight asked suspiciously.

"Things have changed, I have to change with it," Sylvie said as she stood on the railing with him.

Negan laughed as he came up the stairs. "He is going ape shit," he said.

"Yep," Dwight said.

"I'll leave the two of you to it," Sylvie said.

"You don't want to hang around and listen to us chat about our new friend?" Negan asked.

"No, this is between the two of you. I need to go check on some things," Sylvie said as she left.

"She's coming around, don't you think?" Negan asked.

"Yeah, she is. She's seeing the light," Dwight said. "Just like Daryl will."

Negan gave a small smile. "You are hustling, it's working. It's working slow but hey some people are harder to break than others," he told her.

"Yeah he's close," Dwight agreed.

"Yeah, he is. Since you're doing such an awesome job, you want to have a blast from the past with you know who?" Negan asked. He laughed at Dwight's blank face, hitting him on the arm. "I'm kidding man, lighten up. Pick whoever you want as long as she says yes," he said. He looked at him. "Oh crap, are you OK down there? Your penis? I mean that guy he clumped on it. Or is it," he asked making a limp motion with his finger, "down for the count?"

Dwight gave a laugh. "I'm fine but I'm gonna pass, I'm cool."

Negan tilted his head. "Huh? Are you cool though Dwight? I mean I just said it was happy hour at the pussy bar and Dwight eats for free and you're telling me no. Is that cool?"

Dwight looked at him. "I haven't finished the job, I haven't earned it yet. Right?" Dwight asked.

"What the hell are you talking about? You earn what you take," Negan said.

Dwight started to say something before a female's voice came on the walkie. "We have an orange situation," the voice said.

Dwight struggled taking the walking talkie out of his holder. "Give me that," Negan said as he took the walking talking. "Arat what you got? A grab and go?"

"Yeah, he could've only gone three ways. The moth, the angel or the hard way," Arat answered.

"Good," Negan answered.

Dwight took the walkie talkie out of Negan's hand. "It's D, I'll meet you at the gate," he said.

Negan looked at him. "I mean I want my shit back, but this is grunt work. Why don't you have Fat Joey go do it?God knows he needs the exercise. You, you don't have to do it Dwight."

Dwight looked at him. "I'd like to do it," Dwight answered.

Negan laughed. "Good boy," he said.

"I could take Sylvie with me," Dwight offered.

"Sylvie?" Negan asked.

"She wants to go to Alexandria, she's never been on anything like that. This could start at something small, so she isn't going in blind," Dwight suggested.

Negan laughed. "Not a bad idea, not at all. You do all the rough stuff you understand?" he asked.

"I got it," he answered.

Negan took the walkie talkie. "Sylvie, meet Dwight at the gate, you're going to go on a retrieval with D," h instructed.

Sylvie arched an eyebrow before answering. "Say again," she said.

Negan sighed. "You heard me, just a quick grab. Understood?"

"Understood," Sylvie answered.

TBC. I will be picking up riht with this episode.