All Nightmare Long

Chapter 557

Author's Note: I'm hoping that this chapter gets Negan out of Alexandria, and Rick into a fighting mode. I still have to do some checking in with Carol, and Daryl reuniting with Summer before the gang turns up at Hilltop. Poor Gregory (Not). There's going to be a lot more Jewel in this chapter. I miss my girl and Jicks! This picks up right where we left off. There's a lot of jumping around at first, I've got to get Rick, Aaron and Jewel inside with Negan. Please review.

Alexandria:

Negan looked back from Quinn to Spencer. "I can see the two of you disagree about Rick's leadership abilities, but since you are the one that are approaching me with the problem, what exactly are you proposing be done about that?"

Spencer walked up to him and gave one look to Quinn before looking back to Negan. "I am my mother's son. I can be the leader she was. Quinn and I can lead Alexandria better than Rick and Jewel. That's what this place needs, that's what you need."

Quinn crossed her arms and glared at Spencer taking a breath.

Negan smirked. "So I should put you in charge? That's what you're saying?"

"We'd be much better off," Spencer agreed.

Rick, Jewel and Aaron's POV:

Rick and Jewel rushed over to Aaron after the Savior's decided he had enough.

Rick helped Aaron sit up. "Hearts still beating right?" Aaron asked.

Jewel glanced back at the Savior's then at Aaron. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah, I can walk. And don't do whatever it is your thinking," Aaron warned.

"I'm not, because one of you would get killed. Come on let's get inside," Jewel said as she helped Rick stand him up. Rick started to walk fast to get inside. "Rick, Aaron can't go that fast."

"I'm fine," Aaron reassured them.

Alexandria POV:

Negan took a sip of his drink. "You know, I'm thinking Spencer, I'm thinking how Rick threatened to kill me, how he clearly hates my guts. I'm thinking about how Jewel holds back on what she really wants to say to me, unless her kids are involved, and let me tell you that I find that sexy as hell. But they are out there, right now, gathering shit for me to make sure I don't hurt any of the fine people that live here. They are swallowing they're hate and getting shit done," he said as he shot the pool ball. "That takes guts. And then there's you. The guy that waited for Rick and Jewel to be gone so he could sneak over and talk to me, to get me to do his dirty work so he could take Rick's place. I bet your sister even told you that was a bad idea, didn't she? Oh I know she did. She's been giving you the disapproving glare since you've been talking. So I got to ask, if you want to take over, why not just kill Rick and Jewel yourself and just take over?"

"What, no, I didn't, I don't," Spencer started to say.

"You know what I'm thinking? Cause I have a guess," Negan said as he whispered to Spencer. "It's because you've got no guts," he said as he stuck the knife in Spencer.

Quinn screamed as Joey grabbed her to keep her from running to him, Gus running toward her from the crowd as other people of the community react.

Spencer grabbed at the gaping wound as he fell to his knees.

"Spence!" Quinn screamed as Gus and Joey held onto her.

"How embarrassing, they're they are, they were inside you the whole time! I've never been so wrong in my whole life," Negan said with a smile on his face as he went and grabbed Lucille. "Someone should get up here and clean this mess up. You all shouldn't leave it to Quinn, I mean she is truly the last member of her family standing!" he said with a pause. "Oh does anyone want to finish the game?" he asked as he pointed Lucille at them. "Come on, anybody? Come on, I was winning!" he stated.

Rosita quickly reached behind her pulling out a gun and firing a shot.

Rick, Jewel and Aaron's POV:

Rick, Aaron and Jewel all lifted their head at the sound of a gunshot. Rick looked at Jewel. "Go, we'll be right there," he said as she let go of Aaron making sure that Rick still had a good hold of him.

"You should leave me here, I'll make my way," Aaron told them.

"That's not going to happen," Jewel said as she took off running. She could hear Negan yelling.

"Shit! What the shit!" Negan yelled charging toward Rosita, Arat tackling her to the ground. "Shit! You..you just tried to kill me! You shot Lucille!"

"She got in the way!" Rosita yelled.

"What the hell is going on?" Jewel yelled as she took in the scene before her.

"Well look who it is! Where's your uglier half?" Negan asked as he went and bent over and grabbed the bullet.

"He's right behind me, we would have been here sooner, but your men decided to beat the living shit out of Aaron. Eric go help Rick with Aaron," Jewel said as she took a breath. "Negan, I asked you a question, what happened here? Why is one of my people laying on the ground dead and another one being held on the ground? What was that gun shot?" she asked.

"Rosita here tried to kill me, shoot me, but she hit Lucille!" Negan yelled at her as he held up the bullet. "What is this?" he asked going to Rosita. "What is this?" he asked again. "This little bad boy is made from scratch, look at those grips. This was homemade. You may be stupid darling, but you showed some real ingenuity here. Alright, move that knife up," he told Arat.

"Negan, we had a deal," Jewel started.

"Part of that deal wasn't one of your people trying to kill me, was it Jewel?" Negan asked. "No, it wasn't. Now, move that knife right up on that girl's face. Lucille's beautiful smooth service is never going to look the same, so why should yours?" he screamed at Rosita. "Unless you tell me who made this."

"It was me," Rosita answered. "I made it."

"You see, now I think you're just lying. And you lying to me. No! Such a shame, Arat's going to have to cut up that pretty face," Negan told her. "One more try."

"It was me," Rosita hissed at him as she raised up.

Negan started to laugh as Rosita started to bleed. "You are such a badass! Fine have it your way. Arat, kill somebody."

"No! It was me!" Rosita screamed as Arat put away the knife and took out her gun, pointing it directly at Olivia and Carl, killing Olivia immediately. Other savior's holding guns at others who tried to move.

Jewel glanced at Rick as him and Aaron approached, Eric taking Aaron from Rick.

"We had an agreement," Rick hissed.

"I already tried to remind him of that," Jewel told him as Rick came by her.

"Rick!" Negan greeted. "Look everyone it's Rick! The power couple are here. Your people are making me lose my voice doing all this yelling," he told them. "Rick, how about a thank you?"

Jewel glared at him. "What do we have to thank you for?"

Negan laughed. "I know, I need to explain what I'm doing here don't I? Look I know we started this relationship with me beating the wholly shit out of your friends, and because of that we're never going to sit around and braid each other's hair. Though, I would love to run my hands through your hair Jewel, aint gonna lie."

Jewel rolled her eyes. "Back on track Negan," she insisted.

Negan laughed. "Alright, man you have to loosen up, Jewel, no wonder Carl doesn't have a sense of humor. Back to what I was saying, we aren't going to sit around and share our deepest darkest secrets, but how about a little credit? I just bent over backwards to show you how reasonable I am," he told them.

"Can you get to the point?" Jewel hissed at him.

Negan pointed at Carl. "Your kid, he hid in one of my trucks, and machined gunned a bunch of my men down and I brought him home, safe and sound, and I fed him spaghetti," he told them.

Rick and Jewel both turned and looked at Carl, giving him an unbelievable look.

"Another one of your people, well he wanted me to kill you, or both of you, hadn't got that far in the discussion yet, and put him in charge. I took him out for both of you. And another one, here, shot Lucille, trying to kill me just now so I gave you one less mouth to feed. And by looking at her, that mouth did some major damage. Now personally, I wouldn't have picked her to be the one to go but, Arat, I don't know, didn't trust her," he told them.

"Your shit is waiting at the gate, just go," Rick told him.

"Sure thing Rick, right after I find out the guy or gal who made this bullet," Negan told them. "Arat," he instructed as she pointed the gun at Eric and Aaron.

Jewel went in between them. "You want someone to shoot, shoot me," she hissed at Arat.

"It was me!" Tara exclaimed.

"No, it wasn't, it was me," Eugene said in tears and covering his face. "It was me. It was only me."

"You?" Negan asked.

"It required one spent casing, one four holed torret reloader, powder, one funnel for the powder," Eugene babbled.

"Shut up, I believe you," Negan said as he walked away. "Lucille give me strength," he said to the bat. "Power couple, I'm going to be relieving you of your bullet maker, and whatever you left for me at the front gate. And however much you scavenged, it's not good enough because you're still in serious, serious whole after today. "Let's move out!"

"No, no! Please just take me," Rosita begged.

"Rick I aint gonna lie, your kitchen is a Goddam mess. I'll see you next time. And Jewel I can't wait until next time to see that face of yours," Negan said with a laugh as he walked away.

Jewel looked at the porch. "Joey, Gus take Quinn back to her house, she doesn't need to see this," she said, nodding toward Spencer. "Carl, go inside and disinfect your eye and bandage it. We are going to have a talk. Tara help Rosita to the infirmary, Mar," she instructed.

"I'll stitch her up," Mar answered. "You too Aaron."

Both Rick and Jewel turned to the sound of Spencer coming back as a walker, Rick turned and killed him as Gus covered Quinn's eyes.

"Gabrielle," Jewel started.

"I'll get people together, we'll bury them," Gabrielle answered.

Jewel nodded as she followed Rick inside.