Claude stood behind her and narrowed his eyes as well. "Gypsy." He blandly greeted and folded his arms.
"Traitor!" Esmeralda stated through clenched teeth.
Negan lightly smiled and walked over.
"Well hello something!" He grinned and brushed her right cheek with his finger. "Come here often?"
'Oh god.' Sadie rolled her eyes and watched with a smirk. Frollo stood behind her, unfolding his arms and placing them on her shoulders.
Clopin bravely stood in front of her while Quasimodo loaded a pistol that was given to him by Rick. Esmeralda scoffed and turned her head with disgust.
"Oh!" Negan leaned back and firmly grasped Lucille. "I'm sorry. You're already taken! My condolences."
Sadie pressed her lips to hide her laughter.
"On the ground!" He ordered. Clopin was the first to kneel down. Esmeralda and Quasimodo slowly did so after.
Claude simply watched her with a straight face.
"You three have names?" He pointed Lucille at Esmeralda, then at Clopin, and finally at Quasimodo. She shivered but couldn't help but send Sadie a glare. "E..Esmeralda." The gypsy quietly answered.
"Damn." Negan cocked his head. "That's quite an exotic name." He knelt down and looked her straight in the eyes. "I like." "I don't care what you like." She blinked. "Hm." He stood up, secretly determining a punishment for her.
"Clopin." The gypsy king and answered with a gulp and looked up, resisting to hold his friend's hand.
Negan ignored him and backed up in exaggerated horror once laying eyes on the hunchback. "Christ! What happened to you?"
Quasi gulped. "You certainly can't cover that up!" Negan focused on his hunch. "I want to touch it." The boy nervously shut his eyes. "Oh come on can I touch it?"
Esmeralda scowled at him. "Leave him alone!"
Sadie glanced up at Frollo in irritation. "It is none of our concern." He mouthed to her. She lightly smiled then looked at Clopin.
"Aw. Is somebody mad?" Negan sneered. "I'm not going to lie. You scare the shit out of me!" She softly groaned as he poked her breasts with Lucille, making Sadie slightly sick to her stomach.
"Well!" He cleared his throat. "Let's play a little game shall we?" Clopin shivered at his tone. "Turn that frown upside kid. You will simply love this!" Negan readied Lucille just as Rick, Olivia, Carl, and a group of Alexandrians watched from a distance.
Terrified, Olivia stood behind Carl.
"Come one! Come all!" Clopin heavily panted once he darkly stated that. "It's called.." He hovered his bat over their heads, causing all of their eyes to fill with tears. From the corner of his eye, Negan noticed that the pool table was left just the way he had it.
"..Eight times a charm." He walked away with a chuckle and aligned each ball on it.
Claude and Sadie looked down at the misfitted trio and coincidentally folded their arms at the same time. Clopin shook his head and wiped his eyes, imagining to himself he was seeing double. "S..S.."
"Clopin." Sadie blinked.
Once getting ahold of themselves, they all stood up with a scowl. "Were you trying to get us killed?" Quasimodo clenched his teeth. "And leave us to fend for ourselves?" Clopin added. "I thought we could trust you Sadie!"
"Woah woah woah, Trust? There is no such thing as 'trust' in times like this. Besides, all of you wouldn't stop having temper tantrums every single time he and I had our disagreements." She backed up against Claude's unzipped jacket as his hands slowly moved down to her chest.
"Your complex nature is something to reconsider gypsy." He glanced specifically at Esmeralda.
She huffed. "If anyone knows the meaning of complex, it's you! You.." The gypsy pointed with her finger at him. " .. have been nothing but complex since the day you held me hostage in the Cathedral! Don't you dare tell me that I need to reconstruct my vocabulary." Esmeralda looked to the side of her. "Absent minded fool." She whispered.
"What did you just say to him?" Sadie overheard her words and backed up even more, causing Frollo's jacket to slip open and for her to rest her head on his body hidden by his white shirt.
"Aw how sweet." Clopin mocked while scratching the back of his neck. "Quasi." The hunchback obediently lifted his gun.
"Only one so ill minded as yourself would resort to such a cowardly action." Claude smirked. "As cowardly as running away from your problems." "I have never implied that you were a problem Quasimodo!" "If you don't want me to lie, then perhaps you shouldn't."
Sadie tightened her eyes as a gunshot was fired then quickly looked behind her.
"Oh my dear boy, You still have much to learn." Claude brushed off his jacket, completely unharmed. He set his hands back on Sadie's chest.
Negan trudged over after talking to Rick and hearing the fired bullet. "What the f*ck is going on here huh?" He looked at the deformed boy, awaiting an answer.
He rolled his eyes as nothing came up. "Well?"
Esmeralda gulped. "Betrayal."
He rose an eyebrow, pointing to his crew. "These two?" "Yes." "Humph." Negan remarked. "Did that make you upset? Not very happy?" She scoffed. "How about I make you happy?" He moved his face close to hers and grinned.
Clopin pulled her close to him in anger. "Leave her alone."
Quasimodo agreed and folded his arms.
"Right!" Negan announced and kindly took the pistol from Quasimodo's hand when he wasn't looking. "Hey!" He turned around and swung a punch but Clopin and Esmeralda held him back.
Negan reluctantly spun on his heel and walked back to them. "That!.." He pointed at the hunchback with Lucille. "..is a no no."
He sent a charming wink at the gypsy woman and left back to the truck with Sadie and Claude. Esmeralda growled then felt a hand on her shoulder.
"I wouldn't start a fight. Let him be." Michonne sighed and led her back towards the rest of the group. Clopin and Quasimodo hesitantly followed. "Thank you. Unfortunately this has happened before. Um.." "Michonne. And you are.." "Esmeralda." They both smiled as Michonne picked up Judith.
"I love your name. It's fancy. Oh. And because your eyes are green." Esmeralda hummed and went inside with her. "Yes. My mother thought it was a nice name so ironically that's what happened."
"Aw. Leaving so soon?" Sadie asked and buckled up in the back seat.
Both Negan and Claude sighed.
'Maybe I shouldn't have said that.' She looked out the window. 'Perhaps unleashing my inner psychopath can be of assistance. I'm going to need a large dose of caffeine then.'
"You didn't tell me you f*ckin' knew these people!" He yanked her out of the car and dragged her onto the ground. "Listen here buddy." She got to her feet and brushed off her jacket. "Why else would I have traveled half way around the world? You think I liked those people? Do you?"
He tilted his head. "Didn't you?" "Hell no. And I got myself a little witness." She sweetly smiled and brushed Frollo's shoulder.
"Alright. No more caffeine for you missy." "Sob." Sadie pouted and skipped after him.
Claude pulled her close. "Did you plan this stunt? To make me look bad? How did they find us? I want the truth!" "Of course I didn't silly! Why would I? They are so not up my alley. But with you, it's a strike." Sadie gasped as he flicked her forehead. "Ow."
He lightly groaned. "Follow me." "Are we going on an adventure?" She hurried after him as he pulled her arm. Claude looked over at Negan as he straightened his red scarf.
He motioned him to bring Sadie upstairs to calm her down.
"Yay! Stairs!" Sadie was led up the case and brought into the den. "Cool!"
Frollo closed the door. "What on earth has gotten into you?" "I dunno." She shrugged and took a can of soda from the mini fridge. "Uh uh." He quickly grabbed it from her. "No more." "Why?" She frowned.
He sat down on the couch and slipped off his boots. "That gypsy has cursed you with witchcraft. Come here." "Mm mm." Sadie shook her head but sat down with him anyway.
'Good lord.' "Enough talking. Understand?" "Okee dokee." She giggled and shifted her body to get comfortable. "Silence." He whispered. "Not another word. Do not argue with me."
She nodded and shut her eyes. "Good girl." He lay her head on his shoulder.
"So what are we going to do about.." "Nothing." He sighed. "What do you mean nothing? What if Esmeralda and Clopin start something and you get hurt? I like you too much. I can't see that happen."
Claude held her hand in his. "It would be unwise to start an unnecessary argument. Everything will be fine. I promise. Now what did you say before that?" "Before what?" Claude rolled his eyes. "The sentence before the last one."
"Nothing." Sadie huffed as he glared down at her. "Okay. I like you. There. I said it." Her head fell back onto one of the pillows. He smirked. "My hearing is not what it used to be. Can you repeat that?" "You heard me fair and square!"
"Well what if I did not think the same?" He asked, half serious and half joking. Sadie scratched her head. "So you hate me? I'll leave the room then." She sat up. "It's fine. Really. It's cool. No hard feelings."
"Sadie. Listen. I do not hate you per-say. I hate the fact that I can not love you the way I desire. If it comes to risking my life, then by God I will." He stood up and placed a hand on her stomach.
"Claude?" She replied in a whisper. "Engraved and chiseled on a stone for all of eternity." He kissed her on the lips. Sadie kissed him back and wiped her eyes. "Did you really mean that?"
"I am a man of my words. Of course I did. I can't find any other purpose in life to exist for." "No! Don't say that!" Sadie hiccuped. "I can't let you die Claude! What can I do for you then? Anything!"
'I am a righteous man.' He sighed and reassured himself. Frollo grabbed her hand and stood her against the pole in the corner of the room.
She panted as he grabbed the rope from her bag. "Undress from your waist up Sandra. From your jacket to your shirt."
Sadie slowly did so until only her tank top was on. The dead silence in the room caused Sadie to hold her breath. "I don't understand."
He silently walked behind her. Frollo's mouth was only a centimeter from her right ear. "Anything means anything my dear." "Ugh." Her eyes tightened as the rope bound her wrists.
"You find it pleasurable do you not?"
Sadie stayed quiet.
"Indeed." He answered for her. "Stay still." "You're scaring me Claude." She winced.
"Stop it!" He hissed then reached for her tank top. "Anything." He whispered repeatedly as she started to squirm. "Let me go!" She turned away as he knelt in front of her.
"So tense already aren't we? You seemed fine the other day. We have to take turns remember?" He kissed her waist. Sadie rolled her eyes and watch the still hands on the clock. 'How long has Negan been gone? Fifteen minutes? It seems like an hour.'
She suddenly wrinkled her nose as if she smelled smoke. "Is something burning in here?" "Not yet." Sadie turned her head and gasped as Claude lit a match.
"If I can not have you Sandra,.." He took a strand of her hair, holding the match under it. "..nobody can." "Stop!" Sadie cried and shut her eyes.
She hiccuped as footsteps were heard coming up the staircase. Claude rolled his eyes and blew out the match. "Sooner or later, Your luck will run out." He undid the rope and threw her jacket to her, but she failed to catch it.
Sadie shook her head then put it on as the floor creaked. She ran into a corner and sat down with tears in her eyes. Frollo scowled at her but stopped once the doorknob turned.
"Something came up..again." Negan rolled his eyes and spotted her from the corner of his eye. "The f*ck just happened?" He rose a fist at the former judge. "She had just snapped out of a hallucination. Consisting of whom we crossed paths with moments ago."
Sadie managed to turn her head to him and rose her middle finger at Frollo.
"Why you little.." Claude paced over once she dropped it as Negan turned his as well. "Certainly you must be referring to yourself. Get the hell out."
He huffed and left the room, muttering a negative comparison about her and Quasimodo.
Negan sighed and rushed over to her, picking her up. "What's the sad face darlin'? Hm?"
Sadie tightly hugged him, trying not to let her tears leak onto his shirt. "Don't leave." He sighed and rocked her back and forth. "I'm not going anywhere baby."
She shut her eyes as she was carried to the bedroom. "Some shit's going on. And don't you think for one minute that I will let that slide." He lay her down and took off his shirt, causing her cheeks to blush a light pink. "I.."
"Like what you see darlin'?" He chucked and folded his shirt before tossing it onto his dresser. "Y..Do you work out?" She asked innocently. "The Sanctuary doesn't have a gym silly."
He lay next to her and unzipped his pants. Sadie slipped out of her jacket and covered herself with the blankets. "Oh." She tossed her shirt onto the ground.
He tucked her in and rubbed the back of her head. "You and I are going to have some fun tomorrow." "Cool." "Spending the whole day together." Sadie smiled and snuggled closer to him. "Yay."
He roughly kissed her on the lips. "Night precious." She hummed as he set a hand on her right thigh. "Night."