*Just a heads up, this chapter and further chapters will contain rougher language.*
Sadie looked up from the map after nearly four hours of sailing. She had reached land and exited the ship.
"That was longer than I expected. I really hope I didn't take a wrong turn. I really don't want to get back handed again." The girl grabbed her bag, weapon, and book. She looked over to notice that Claude had fallen asleep. She lightly smiled. "Frollo."
He rose his head from the seat and cleared his throat. "Would you look at that. Have we made it already?" Sadie blushed. "Well yes but..I may have accidentally taken a wrong turn." Her voice quieted. "What?" He groaned. "You specifically said that you were going to direct us to America and now we are completely lost! I should have known you couldn't be trusted! I hope you're happy."
"Oh shut up will you! You are more than pleased to be alone with me and you know it." Sadie scowled. "This is the absolute last time that you defy me!" The girl covered her mouth to hide a soft laugh. "Come on. Maybe we can find some answers."
"Help me." He rolled his eyes and followed her up a hill of grass next to a cracked road. "The air feels polluted. We must have reached our destination after all." Claude blinked. "I'd really like to see how long you can survive with that mentality."
Sadie suddenly yelped and backed up to him as an RV pulled over on the other side of the road. The judge impatiently sighed and held her shoulders. "Oh I will be just fine." He hummed.
She slowly panted as two men with scraggly beards and clothes stepped out with a rifle and crossbow pointing at them. "Uh. Hello."
"Which one of you is the leader?" The man with the crossbow asked gruffly. Sadie let Frollo's hands go and stepped forward. "I am."
"You?" The man beside him pointed with a raised eyebrow. "Yes sir."
He cleared his throat and held out a hand. "Rick Grimes." "Sadie Green." Sadie shook his. "You got a sister?" "No sir." She turned to the man beside Rick. "I'm an only child." "Huh." He looked at Frollo suspiciously. "You travelin' with daddy?"
"I am not her father. I am the minister of Paris and I am simply offering a service to her." Sadie shot him a death glare.
"You bit?" "No sir." Sadie gulped as her arms and legs were checked by Rick, which infuriated Claude. "She's clean. You came all the way from Paris?" "Yes sir. Island hopping. By motorboat."
After a minute of hesitation, the other man tilted his head. "Got a place to stay?" "No sir." "Daryl." He roughly slapped her on the back and opened the RV door. 'Christ! Why does everyone keep slapping me?' "Search her bag."
"Daryl. She's fine." Rick said calmly and led her inside. "Are you bit?" "No." Claude entered the vehicle and sat across from the girl.
'Yet another case of pure dumb luck.' "Excuse me. Rick? Where are we going? And where are we?" "Alexandria. The state of Virginia." "Ah." She nodded.
"Alexandria is our territory. You gotta prove yourself worthy. What's in your bag?" Sadie carefully took it off and handed it to Daryl. "She's friendly Daryl. That's not needed." He rolled his eyes and tossed it back to her.
Two hours later, Sadie and Claude were led onto the complex. "This place is so lively." She smiled and took off her hoodie, tying it around her waist. Frollo gulped and quickly looked away from her. "You guys want a tour?" "No thank you Daryl." "Alright." The judge sighed in relief as he noticed a chapel in the distance. He left toward it with a gulp. 'I am a righteous man.' He quietly repeated to himself.
She followed Rick to a plain white house and he knocked on the door. "Is this place yours?" "For now. Yes." She shrugged.
It soon opened. A boy holding a baby girl in his arms sighed. "Dad." "Carl." He hugged him and took the baby. "Where's Olivia?" "Oh. She's in the kitchen making some lemonade. Who's she?"
Sadie fluttered her eyes. "Sandra Green." "Maggie has another sister?" He looked to his dad, puzzled. "No Carl. Found her while looking for more supplies."
The girl was led inside and she took off her bag. "Where are you from?" "Paris."
Once she heard the girl's voice, Olivia poured a glass of lemonade with ice and walked into the living room. She set the glass on a coaster on the coffee table in front of her. "Oh. Thank you. I'm Sadie." "Olivia." She smiled. "Did you come here by yourself?" Sadie shook her head. "No ma'am. I came from Paris with someone else. He's at the church." "From France?" She gasped.
"Yes. By motorboat. Took about three days. Aw. And who is she?" Sadie smiled at the baby. "Her name is Judith." Rick blinked and lightly kissed his daughter's forehead. "My daughter." "That's sweet." Sadie was curious why Carl was wearing an eyepatch over his right eye but didn't question. "Can I hold her?" She sipped the glass.
Hesitant at first, Sadie set it down and left to the kitchen to wash her hands, just to be safe. Rick sighed and handed her to Sadie. The girl stood up and held her with one arm, moving side to side. "She's so sweet." "That she is." Rick smiled. "Just like my wife."
Just the tone in his voice caused Sadie to sit back on the sofa. "My sincere condolences Rick." "Thank you Sadie." He lightly smiled at her. Judith cooed and looked around the room. "She's wondering where her dad is." Carl blinked. Sadie shrugged and sat her on the sofa next to him.
There was a loud bang at the door and Sadie went to answer it. "God. That was a rude awakening." 'That was fast. Claude must have..'
"Carl!" Rick quietly shouted for him to get the door instead.
Sadie opened it then froze, realizing that it wasn't who she expected. A tall man wearing a black leather jacket holding a baseball bat covered with barbed wire looked down at her with a straight face.
"Oh. My." He breathed and humbly smiled. "I should have reloaded my weapon."
Sadie slowly backed up into Olivia's arms, starting to tremble. 'He's more scary than Claude is.'
"Aren't you going to say hello darlin'?"
Rick stood up and paced over, leaving Carl in charge of Judith. "You said that invitations to.."
"Rick!" He strolled into the house with the bat resting on his left shoulder. He shook his head with a straight face. "It is so damn satisfying to see those big brown eyes. Olivia."
The woman narrowed them.
"Oh. Rick. You never told me that you allow little birdies to just fly right the hell in through your window." He laughed at Rick's distressed reaction. "Don't be ridiculous. Thank you!" "Now!"
Sadie jumped.
He cleared his throat. "Since you just got here,.." He pointed the bat in front of her face.
Her eyes widened.
"..to make this crystal clear, I am a stand up guy. Allow me to show you around." He grinned. "T..that's a very nice offer, b..but no thank you." He narrowed his eyes and knelt down to her level. "I do not take no for a f*ckin' answer darlin'." Sadie shut her eyes. "I am large and in charge at this compound here and if you can't play by the f*ckin' rules, you pay the f*ckin' price." She gulped.
"All I wanted to do was to get to know ya damn it. And by golly that was such a demanding request." Sadie scowled as she met his eyes. "Rick! Look. At. This badass!" Sadie sighed. 'Don't be such a whiney asshole.' "I heavily advise that you reverse those f*ckin' thoughts." He rose back up to his feet. "Don't anyone pee their pants. I'm giving the girl a grand ol' tour around this..swell neighborhood."
"Do not do anything to her." Rick warned.
He chuckled and led Sadie outside with an arm around the back of her neck.
"God that breeze is nice. You got a name darlin'? I'm Negan." Sadie stayed silent. "Do not make me have to ask again!" He growled.
"That's for me to know and you to never find out!" Sadie groaned as she was pushed to the ground chest first. Multiple guns were pointed to her head, spine, and legs. "You. Do not f*ckin' pass go." Sadie groaned. "And you do not f*ckin' collect two hundred dollars. My playmates." He opened his arms and pointed to each man as he introduced them. "Fat Joey, Simon, and Dwight. You followin' that shit darlin'? Or do I have to f*ckin' spell it out for you again?"
Sadie nearly choked from her heart beating so fast. "I.." Her eyes shut.
Frollo exited the church after a biblical lesson with Father Gabriel and found Sadie pinned to the ground. "Sadie!" He shouted and tried to break free from two of Negan's other men.
"Sadie! Damn. So that is the f*ckin' princess's name! I gotta make this one easy on me then." He smiled and felt her forehead. She snarled. "No exceptions!" Sadie managed to let out a shout as the head of his bat hit the right side of her waist.
"Damn." Negan whispered.
"You.." The girl whispered back as her vision started to blur.
He rolled his eyes and gestured to Simon with the bat. "Take..Take this..smokin' hot mess.." Negan slyly smiled at her. 'Asshole!' Sadie mentally shouted. "..back to Sanctuary. Get her cleaned up. Show 'er around."
She whined as her waist stung terribly once she was forced up. Negan grabbed her face with a grin. "I do not appreciate the rebellious shit that you live by. Now..oh ho now..you belong to me darlin'."
'Why?'
"Don't get all pissy."
"I have every right to be." Simon dragged her to the truck and shoved her into the back of it. "I'm freakin' terrified! Where am I going now?"
Negan huffed. "What a fine f*ckin' community we live in."
"Where are you taking her? Tell me or I swear I'll.."
He slowly turned on his heel to Frollo. "And what would you possibly do about it? I don't even know your god damn name. The little smart ass you have for a daughter is having her boo boo bandaged. And by listening to those flying words, she is not getting a lolipop." He blinked. "What is your name?"
"She is not my daughter. I am Claude Frollo. Minister of Paris."
Flabbergasted, Negan scratched his left cheek. "Then who the hell is she? Do not disappoint me by saying that you two are engaged."
"We are not." Frollo blinked.
"Now that is some mighty fine news!"
Sadie groaned as the truck drove speed bump over speed bump, causing the vehicle to shake left and right. "I'm not scared of him. Why would I be? He's just part of that fraction of mankind who like to 'dominate and rule the roof.'" She imitated Negan in her most deep voice.
The truck suddenly stopped and the door opened. Sadie curled into a ball.
"Get out."
She scooted out and landed on her feet. 'Ah god. Don't tell me that I am Negan's girl too. It's bad enough that Frollo is blander than black coffee.' "Name's Sadie right?" She nodded as they entered the building. "Yes sir." "Short for what?" "Sandra sir." "Nice name. I'm Simon." She gulped as he knocked on a half closed door before entering.
A man in a white lab coat turned his head. "Simon. Hello." The girl groaned as she was helped onto the table. "Hey. Girl got hit. Needs a stitch or two." Sadie widened her eyes. 'No! I freakin' hate needles!' "Very well. Okay. She'll be out in a few." Simon winked at her with a blank face and shut the door behind him.
She gulped.
"Why don't you lay down and we'll see what the damage is."
Sadie sighed and bravely lay back. "What's your name?" The doctor lifted the blood stained section of her top. "Sadie." She said quietly. "Nice to meet you Sadie. I'm Dr. Carson. You're going to be just fine." He picked up a small needle and thread.
"Wait."
"Yes?"
Sadie refused to ask the stupid question on whether it would hurt or not. "What kind of technology do you have here?" "Well. Not a lot. Are you terminally ill?" Sadie shamefully nodded. "I've had a heart condition since I was five. But please don't tell Negan." "I see. Well I might have just the thing for that." He threaded the needle.
"Really?" She half smiled. "Yes. But you will have to tell him eventually. He hates it when people keep secrets from him." "But I'm not part of here. I arrived in a place called Alexandria and was dragged here to be.." "Never the less, I will if you choose not too. I do not mind that at all."
"My mouth is what got me into this whole mess in the first place." She admitted and looked down at her sneakers. "Will you? Please?"
"Yes."
Sadie sighed. "Thank you. Thank you so much." He nodded. "Now your wound looks fine. You might only need one. It will hurt for a few seconds but it's for the best."
Sadie sighed and shut her eyes as the needle pierced her skin again and again. Her eyes tightened and she sighed. "Alright. It's not very big but it is black and blue." Dr. Carson looked up at her and handed her a mirror. Sadie hissed at the reflection of it. "Well, I'm not the runway type anyway." She hummed with a light smile. He took out a walki talki to tell Simon to notify Negan.
"What the shit?!" Negan shouted into the talkie. *"Dr. Carson requested your presence sir."* Simon responded calmly. Negan huffed. "Well Claude, it was pretty damn swell talkin' to ya." He waltzed back to another one of the trucks with Dwight and Joey.
Frollo gritted his teeth. "If you do anything to her.."
Sadie's chest stiffened as the medical office door quietly opened. "Did I hit you the wrong way darlin'?" He set a hand on her half visible stomach. She slowly opened her eyes and fell pale. "Good morning sunshine." He smirked. "What's wrong with her?" He looked to him.
"She explained to me that she had a heart condition since the age of five." "Bullshit." The girl gulped as Negan looked back at her in denial. "With that mouth, there is no way!"
She shut her eyes once a monitor was turned on.
"You got f*ckin' knocked up too right?"
She rose her middle finger under the blanket to him and sighed.
"Yes. I can see that you're not exactly in the best state. What was the cause?"
The girl turned her head to the side, under pressure from the strength of the probe. "Radiation." Sadie panted.
"What in the hell were you doing with radiation? Are you a god damn chemist?" "No.." She opened her eyes. "..sir. I was sick."
Negan slowly stood back up with a nod. "Sick. You." He sighed and left out the open door. "Finish 'er up doc. I'll be in the truck." He said numbly.
"Are you in pain at all?" Sadie fluttered her eyes as the probe was lifted. "I'm not." "Alright. Here." He sat her up and handed her a medicine bottle of tablets. "This'll help you relax and ease stress, along with blood pressure. Take one every morning." Dr. Carson also gave her a bottled water as well. "Thank you so much." Sadie was assisted off of the table. "You're welcome. Take it slow." He smiled back as she left.
Thankfully she remembered the way out and looked around the parking lot for the truck with him in the front seat. She sighed once she did and silently entered the passenger seat. The bat lay on the floor between Negan's legs and he started the truck.
Sadie unzipped her bag and placed the medicine inside, along with the bottle of water. 'I don't know what time it is. Okay. I'll start tomorrow.'
Once the truck stopped at the gates of Alexandria, Sadie gathered her things and unbuckled her seatbelt. She then held her breath as Negan set a hand on her chest. "Machine's f*ckin' broken. You are not sick darlin'." "Yes. I am." She exhaled. He turned his head to the window. "Negan?" Her eyes welled up.
Negan huffed and left to open the door for her. "I don't want to see a single tear from that pretty face." He wiped them away with his right thumb. Sadie shakily sighed and cleared the rest herself. "That's it." He picked her up under her arms and stood her on the ground. Sadie tilted her head in confusion. "Don't ever make me do that shit again. You hear me?" Sadie quickly nodded. "Alright. Get yourself some rest darlin'." He softly kissed her forehead.
Rick walked down the street with a scowl. "What did you do with her?" Negan took his bat from the front seat and held it over his left shoulder. "Jee..suh! Calm your man tits Ricky! Little darlin' is doin' fine. Got 'er all shipped up and packaged for your convenience. Our convenience." He smirked and patted her on the head with his gloved hand. Sadie shortly growled.
"Half of your shit is what I want. And by god that is exactly what I'm going to get." He stared at Rick. He obediently handed over Sadie's gun to him.
"Man." He sharply whistled as he looked it over. "A real god damn pleasure doing business with you!" "That's mine!" Negan covered her mouth, still in so called awe over her choice of weaponry. He rose his eyebrows then let go of her before leaving back to Sanctuary, proudly swinging his bat back and forth in his other hand.
'What the hell? First he's down right ruthless then purely sympathetic.' Sadie blinked and stared at Rick. "I come here for not even one day and now I'm defenseless?!" Frollo stood outside the house with a still face as well. She sighed and left towards him with the same expression. The judge lightly hugged her and shut his eyes. His grasp felt as if she was being strangled. 'You already told Negan. Now no one else.'
"Sadie?" Claude asked concerned. "Are you okay?" She nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine. It just wasn't exactly the warmest welcome." She half lied.
Rick jogged over to them and opened the door. "We can make room." Sadie shrugged and followed him back inside. "Carl and Judith are asleep upstairs." "I don't mind sleeping on the couch." She lightly smiled then sharply winced as Frollo grabbed her right wrist. "Are you sure? The couch folds out into a bed." "That would work best. If you don't mind."
Sadie gulped and helped Rick move the coffee table.
After the bed was assembled, Frollo thanked him with a grateful smile. Rick locked the door and left upstairs to be with his kids. Sadie narrowed her eyes at Frollo as his smile dropped. "I am feeling negotiable tonight heathen. Please. Pick any side." "Uh." Her mouth nervously opened. "I am not stupid enough to forget our little declaration." He smirked.
"Spare me one night." "Why so suddenly my dear?" "I don't want you accidentally bumping into me." He tilted his head. "Fair enough. But tomorrow.." Frollo held her right cheek. "..I want you to come with me to church." "What?" "Yes. To restore your faith."
"Nothing is going to change my mindset. But good luck trying." He groaned and left her on the other sofa. She sighed and carefully lay on the sofa, resting her head on one of the pillows and covering herself with a heavy blue blanket. 'I have every right to keep secrets from him. He has his pathetic lust to control anyway.' Sadie shut her eyes, picturing Negan stroking her hair and laying on his right side next to her. 'Get yourself some rest darlin'.' Sadie hummed.