Things would change in an instant in Mount Falls. During the picnic. And the safety and serenity the town felt, during the change of their world and society, would be gone after today.

Negan and Michonne would not be the same either.

Michonne found Judith and RJ at the town square picnic, running around with a group of children, who's parents Michonne believed, ran a parent/teacher organization in the community. Michonne kept reminding herself to get more involved with that, since Judith and RJ were now attending the school. But there was this part of her that could never quite relax, no matter where she was. Negan had managed to become Governor of this town, but that didn't mean everyone liked it, or them. So she didn't feel as if she could really relax, let her guard down and become a part of any organizations, groups or committees.

But she knew she would have to. For Judith and RJ's sakes. And the baby…

Michonne spread a blanket out, along with the picnic basket Alicia had helped her pack, then settled down onto it. A band was playing some old songs and God forbid, she saw Nick Clark up on stage playing a guitar. The song was an old Hall & Oates one called 'Family Man'. Nick Clark. One of the people in Mount Falls that could not be trusted.

Rosita was wearing some shorts that went half way up her ass, and a skimpy tank top. Her hair was in a ponytail and she was bopping around to the music, as were a few other people that looked drunk. Michonne slid a hand through her braids tiredly, just as Judith and RJ dropped down onto the blanket!

"Hi Momma!" Judith and RJ chirped. Michonne could see that they were probably hungry after all the running around they had been doing. The idea of the two of them being able to run around carefree made her heart sing. Mount Falls gave her hope that the world could return to what it was before.

The problem was that outside world of Mount Falls sucked.

"Momma, when did Rosita get here?" Judith asked and Michonne recognized suspicion in her daughter's tone.

"I don't know, honey. Maybe a week ago." Michonne said, placing food on plates. RJ eyed Judith before speaking.

"What's a tramp?" he asked softly.

Michonne handed Judith a plate before clearing her throat.

"It's a person that travels from place to place, looking for work." Michonne said, opting to use that definition. "Why do you want to know?"

"Some of the kids said that their mother called Rosita that. That she was 'trampy looking'. What does that mean? So she looks like she's looking for work?" RJ asked. Judith looked to Michonne for clarification as well, just as Negan joined them—minus his bat.

"Well, well! Everything looks good…the music is interesting… I didn't realize Nick played guitar." Negan said in a tight voice to Michonne.

"Neither did I." was all Michonne said to that, just as Deke and Alicia made their way over to join them. Alicia helped Michonne get more plates of food ready, just as Father John also settled down next to them.

"Father John, Momma was just telling me what a tramp was. Why is Rosita one? She isn't looking for work is she?" RJ asked.

"And if she is, can someone here hire her?" Judith asked.

Negan lifted a brow and looked at Michonne. Deke grinned and ate a chicken leg while Alicia cleared her throat. She herself didn't trust Rosita and she thought her brother was jumping into this relationship way too fast. Then again, relationships in this world were fleeting and brief. Maybe she shouldn't judge Nick too harshly.

Negan dusted off his hands and looked at the kids. He answered instead.

"Well, kids, this isn't Alexandria. You can't just come here and not work. Rosita has not found anything to do with her day and that's why she's a 'tramp'." he told them. Deke refrained from grinning as he ate some potato salad. Nice definition there!

"Momma doesn't work." Judith noted.

"Your mother doesn't have to. And the two of you are work enough as it is." Negan told them. His mind wandered in that instant to Hanna McKay and his eyes fell on his brother, 'Father John'. Father John gave him an answering look. One that Michonne caught. Something else had happened. She could feel it. And suddenly, Michonne needed a moment to herself. Whatever was going on, was yet another lie. And none of them had been good at ever covering up anything. She hadn't even been good at hiding her affair with Ezekiel and the list went on from there…

"Why are WE work?" Judith sniffed with attitude.

"Oh I'll give you an example," Negan began as he leaned back on the blanket, clearing enjoying his sparring session with Judith, "how about when you kids…"

Michonne suddenly stood up.

"I forgot something at the house. I'll be back." Michonne said and hurried off, a fact that was lost on no one. Rosita noticed it from the stage and then looked at Nick, who nodded casually at her. Negan started to get up to follow after her, but Alicia jumped up instead.

"I'm sure it's pregnancy related. I'll make sure she's alright." Alicia assured Negan and Father John. Deke wolfed down some baked beans and scarcely noticed any of the subtle goings ons. RJ had some baked beans as well.

Alicia followed after Michonne, who was some distance away and glanced over at Nick, who nodded to her as well. Alicia was still some distance behind Michonne, so that she did not sense she was being followed, then stopped at an ambulance. She knocked on the back door of it and someone inside knocked back, The ambulance then started up and slowly began driving down a lone street so that Michonne would not notice.

Michonne touched her stomach as she looked both ways and crossed the street over to the home she now lived in. She walked across the grass and on to the walk and was about to open the door when…

It was partially ajar. Michonne backed back. She did not have her katana and she felt vulnerable. She turned to head back towards the town square and saw Alicia!

"Michonne? Are you alright? Negan asked me to check on you."

"Someone is in the house! Let's get back to the picnic and…"

But those were the last words Michonne would say inside of Mount Falls. Amnesia Rick stepped out of house and held a chloroformed rag over her nose until Michonne went limp. Two other people, named Alpha and Beta, hurried out of the house. Alpha was eating a cookie and Alicia tried not to stare at her bald, bizarre appearance. Rick looked at Beta.

"Get her into the truck." Rick told him, as Beta carried an unconscious Michonne off, before nodding to Alpha, who followed after them. Alicia folded her arms.

"I'm still not sure I'm doing the right thing here! You are leaving us with Negan! You do understand that he's just going to keep Judith and RJ hostage until Michonne is returned?" Alicia warned him.

"I'll deal with Negan. He's going to have to understand that I don't have amnesia anymore and that I remember everything I'm supposed to. And neither Michonne, nor my children, are staying here with him," Rick Grimes said firmly. The REAL Rick Grimes.

Alicia said nothing but she was not as confident as Rick. They were taking Michonne out of this town and Negan would want to know what she knew about it. Alicia planned to tell him the truth. Sort of. That someone attacked Michonne and kidnapped her and that she couldn't stop it. What she had to hide from him, is that she knew it was going to happen. But she nodded to Rick and left the yard, determined to look as innocent as possible. Meanwhile, Rick went back into the house so he could have a moment to himself. Those were so rare these days.

Rick slammed the door and looked around the house. The one that had been dubbed 'The Governor's Mansion'. The one his double from that other universe had lived in. He had once run this town. Until he ran into Negan. But that was what always happened when someone ran into the former leader of the Saviors. Negan took his time and took over. He took over Alexandria and he managed to maneuver his way into Michonne's life and his kids.

He had only had half of his memories when he escaped that alternate universe. And then…

And then, he had been forced to kill Tyrese at that prison. And even though Tyrese had not been the Tyrese he had remembered, he had spoke of Michonne. The Michonne here. The Michonne he had not remembered loving. And he had spoke of her in a threatening, rapey like way that had just suddenly incensed him. And before Rick knew it, he was killing Tyrese, while a sea of memories washed over him and returned to his mind.

Then there was the sound of a helicopter and gunshots and Rick knew he had to get away from the prison until he could clear his head. And come up with a plan to get his family, friends and town back.

But he had waited too long.

Rick had run from Red River prison and into another group—The Whisperers. And yet, he found the people in the other universe, many of them bizarro versions of people he had once known and cared about, ten times worse than his dealings with these new people. It was not long until he bested Alpha and Beta, making him the leader of their group. Half of the group stopped wearing the skins but some continued to do so. Rick knew what it was like to be brainwashed and he knew that sort of conditioning would not end overnight. Those people gave him no trouble and followed his orders, so he let them be.

Alpha, on the other hand, was determined to be by his side in every way. Rick made her no promises and was upfront with his goals—which were to reunite with his family. If Alpha did not understand that, Rick could see no signs of it.

Rick had grown weary of the Whisperers outdoor, lay of the land crap and decided to take everyone back to Alexandria. He could confront Negan with his people and throw them the hell out of there. And then…then he would make Michonne understand WHY he didn't remember her or why he betrayed her with Debra Morgan or why…

Rick clenched his jaw. No. There had been betrayals on both sides. Rick could have lived with Michonne being with Darryl before Negan. Or anyone else for that matter. And that brought the 'basement killing' to mind. Maggie and Alpha became fast friends and there were many that believed that Michonne and Negan had killed Dexter, the version of himself from the other universe and Darryl.

Rick refused to believe that. He refused to believe that Michonne would kill anyone, especially, Darryl, in cold blood. But he did believe Negan would have done it. Rick believed Negan killed all three men and then forced Michonne to lie. There was just one slight hitch…

Dexter Morgan. Rick had not told Maggie this because she was not in a place to hear this. In her mind, Negan had killed two of her husbands and Michonne had helped. She felt beyond betrayed and Rick knew that he could not take Michonne back to Alexandria at this time. That is why he was taking her back to the prison—for now. But back to Dexter…Rick had dealt with his other universe persona. And he had met the man Maggie had married. Rick could not shake the feeling that somehow, someway, Dexter and Negan might have both killed Darryl and the other version of himself. And then Negan turned on Dexter.

The point being, Darryl was dead. And after what happened to Glen and Abraham, Rick was not about to allow Negan a moment of happiness or control in this world or life. Never again.

Judith and RJ ran off to play and Father John moved towards the stage where Rosita was. Deke told Negan he would check on Alicia and Michonne, and Negan would later kick himself for not going to check on them himself.

It was as Negan was sitting on the now empty blanket, suddenly not hungry and feeling uneasy, that the sound of an ambulance blaring, overrode the sound of the music the band had been playing. Negan jumped up as did many other people, as the the ambulance suddenly barreled into the town square! And the driver looked like a walker! The screams and mayhem that ensued were deafening as Negan scrambled to find Judith and RJ, while wondering how in the hell a walker, driving one of their ambulances, had gotten into Mount Falls?

Judith had pulled RJ under the stage and the ambulance had crashed into the gazebo! Two people that had been in it, had caught the brunt of the run down and looked seriously hurt! Negan began screaming for Judith and RJ and they scrambled out from under the stage and ran to him! Father John felt slightly uneasy witnessing this. He never doubted that Negan cared for his new family, but he had witnessed wild eyed panic in his brother's eyes and he suspected that Nick Clark and maybe Rosita, had something to do with this. Two people that he would have sworn would not hurt a fly!

Deke and Alicia came running up! Deke then swore, as he saw the 'driver', dressed in dead walker skin, jump out and try and run off! He chased the guy down, leaping onto his back and they both tumbled to the ground. Negan caught up with him and they both punched the guy senseless, before pulling off his 'skin'.

"Rosita said that Maggie had let in weirdos at Alexandria, that wore this shit!" Negan hissed.

"Then they followed her here?" Deke asked, breathing heavily and confused.

"How did this fuck get in here and where is Michonne?" Negan demanded, getting up.

"Alicia checked on her. It's a good thing she's not here." Deke assured him. But Negan wanted to see for himself she was okay. He eyed Hannah McKay helping to carry some of the injured into the back of the ambulance. He would deal with her later, Negan thought, as he looked around. People that had not attended the picnic, were coming out of their houses or respective businesses. The melee noise had carried.

And yet Michonne was not one of those people.

Negan hurried over to Alicia, who was calming Judith and RJ. He pulled her away from them and turned her so she was facing him!

"How is Chonnie? You followed her back to the house, right?" Negan almost asked in a barking tone.

"Yes," Alicia lied, "but she insisted I go back to the picnic. She said she felt like nauseous and didn't want to ruin the picnic for everyone."

Negan said nothing and slowly let Alicia go. Chonnie had told him that she hadn't felt like hurling for at least a month now. And yet now that was all coming back? He nodded to Alicia and she eased away, grateful that Negan seemed to have bought her explanation. She found Nick and Rosita by a tree.

"We don't have long here," Alicia warned her brother, "we have to help out the wounded. You said there wouldn't be any."

"I wasn't the one that said it." Nick said. "Rick Grimes did."

Rosita eyed Negan, who was suddenly staring at the trio.

"I'm sorry about that," she said, "but it was necessary. We diffuse Negan's power by taking Michonne and the kids from him. They belong with Rick. The sooner we are all gone from this place, the sooner the two of you can step up and run Mount Falls. I have to get going. Rick has probably gotten Michonne out of here by now."

"He was just leaving." Alicia confirmed. Rosita nodded and began to walk off, but didn't get far. Negan blocked her way.

"Well, well, Miss Rosita! Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"I'm pregnant. I shouldn't be out in this…"

"No, but you were on stage before, dancing your ass off to that half assed sounding band. You look fine to me. So fine that you're going to help with the wounded. That's what a good citizen of this town would do." Negan said, grabbing her arm.

"Let go of me!" Rosita snapped. Nick walked over to intervene and Negan grinned at him!

"Where'd you learn to play guitar? Sesame Street? None of this shit would have happened before you snuck her in here, so we're going to detain your 'pregnant' girlfriend."

Nick kept his cool. In order to pull this off, they all had to act as if this disaster was just as much a shock to them, than everyone else. Besides, this had been a delaying tactic anyway. The goal was for Negan to not notice Michonne's absence and to give Rick time to get away with her.

Nick nodded and walked off and Negan found that suspicious as hell!

"You know, Rosita, if someone had grabbed up Chonnie like I'm doing you, I couldn't just walk away like Nick did there. Why do you think he did that?"

"Probably because he's going to go and help people and make sure they're alright. Like a REAL leader would." Rosita said coolly.

"Meaning?" Negan asked, grinning.

"You can take that to mean whatever you want!" Rosita snapped, trying to break his hold. But Negan pulled her even closer to him.

"You know where we're going? Over to the doctor's office. If you're really pregnant, then your baby could be in distress. So come on!"

"Fuck you! You can't force me to take a pregnancy exam!"

"Honey, if you're not pregnant now, I can make sure you WILL be before I throw you the hell out of here! This shit reeks of you and Nick over there! So let's go!" Negan hissed, dragging her off. Judith and RJ noticed and RJ looked at his sister.

"So is Uncle Negan mad at Rosita because she's a tramp?" he asked.

"I think so. Let's go and find Momma." Judith told him.

RED RIVER CREEK PRISON-

Michonne's eyes slowly opened and her vision slowly came into focus. She was not in Mount Falls anymore. And yet the setting was vaguely familiar.

Good God! She was at Red River Creek Prison! And she was in a cell! But she was naked and her arms were bound above her head. What the hell? How had this happened?

She vaguely remembered feeling uneasy and unwell. She vaguely remembered the unlocked door, telling Alicia about it and then…

Nothing.

Alicia! Was she here too? Michonne's thoughts wandered to Rosita and what she had said about Maggie and the weirdos. Was Maggie responsible for this? Or maybe it had been Rosita and Nick?

Michonne instantly sensed something else was going on here. And she began to get the feeling that she had been the only one abducted from Mount Falls. But she would not know that for sure until she got out of here. Why was she naked and tied up like this though?

She then realized that maybe…just maybe, this was the doing of someone from the portal. From the other universe. Michonne began to feel sick, literally! She would rather face Maggie and a hoard of walkers before dealing with any of them!

A noise interrupted her misery. Michonne stared out of the cell. There was a cafeteria of sorts outside of the cells and a woman, with hair that looked as if it had been shorn bald and was now starting to grow back, walked up to her cell. Her eyes slid over her with contempt.

"Who are you? Why am I here?" Michonne asked, trying to keep the fear out of her voice.

The woman smiled.

"You're here because our leader wants you here. I'm here to witness your wedding ceremony." she said in a soft, cajoling voice.

Michonne squinted at her!

"What are you talking about? Wedding ceremony?" she asked, squirming against the binds. This woman didn't look like anyone she had seen in the alternate universe! But that didn't mean she wasn't from there! Who the hell was this that was going to marry her while she was naked and bound against some jail cell wall?

Maggie then appeared and Michonne's heart sank.

"Maggie? Maggie we left Alexandria and we left you alone…"

"Oh I'm alone alright. Without Dexter or Glenn. But you see, you were lost Michonne. Lost without Rick and now he's here. He's back and things are going to go back to what they once were. You're going to help us defeat Negan. Like you should have long ago." Maggie said calmly. But Michonne was not really listening to her, so much as she was looking at her. Maggie looked…well…really good! Her hair had grown out and she was wearing a dead walker skin dress that oddly, looked good on her. Michonne could not get over the incredulity of ANYONE wearing such a thing and looking good in it.

The other woman, the near bald one, turned and walked off, just as a very large man, wearing a dead walker skin mask and Amnesia Rick, with his eye patch, walked into the room. The large guy had normal clothes on, minus the mask and Rick…Rick was wearing a Sheriff's uniform.

Suddenly, Michonne relaxed. Amnesia Rick was trying to make some kind of power play here. She would let him think he could take Judith and that would get her out of this.

The door to the cell opened and Michonne started to say something, but Amnesia Rick put a finger to her lips, shushing her. He then whispered in her ear.

"I remember EVERYTHING, Michonne. From the explosion on the bridge…to now. And we're going to set things right again." he said softly, before he looked behind him. Father Gabriel walked in carrying a book and Michonne gaped at him, before looking at Rick.

"Rick…I…we need to talk about what's happened…"

Rick placed a finger on her lips again, before he began to shed his police uniform! Michonne's heart began to race and she couldn't fathom if it was from excitement or panic! What was he doing?

"We're going to be married while making love," Rick said in a low, burning tone, "and then I'm going back to Mount Falls to get our children and kill Negan. We're going to put this all behind us now."

"Rick…" Michonne began but his lips covered hers possessively as Father Gabriel began with the words 'Dearly Beloved'. Meanwhile, Alpha was in another part of the prison. She could not stand to watch the ceremony but decided that everything would be okay. She had a plan. A plan to make Rick see that she was who he should be with. And in time, there would be another ceremony. One between herself and Rick.

Beta had helped her with this, though he had disapproved. But they had found a fresh kill. A black woman with dreads just like Michonne's. Beta had scalped the threads and helped her fashion them into a wig. Now, Alpha turned to a mirror and arranged them on her head, blocking out the ceremony from her head and ears. She could hear the words. She could hear when Rick entered Michonne and he could hear their mutual passion, thought Alpha would swear that she could also hear in Michonne, some sort of resistance that faded with each one of Rick's thrusts. She knew what that was like. To resist ceding power to Rick Grimes.

Alpha took one last look at herself in the mirror, before heading off towards the ceremony. She would wear these dreads until Rick realized that he belonged with her and not Michonne.