Copyright: recognizable scenes are from The walking dead comics, volume 18, what comes after. I don't own TWD or any of the characters; only my OC's. There might be spoilers for season 7. Sorry for any grammar mistake, enjoy!

*25th of November 2015*

Michonne stared at him with reproachful eyes, Abraham stared at him with reproachful eyes and Daryl was on the verge of doing it too.

Rick sighed; he was tired…they had searched for his son and he was nowhere to be found. More, they had the Negan problem to deal with.

''Okay…say what you have to say.''

Daryl was first: ''Amelie.''

Abraham: ''Amelie too.''

Michonne: ''Same, here.''

He scratched his beard: '' You know I didn't really have a choice…And these two obviously have some history.''

His girlfriend eyed him seriously: '' Rick… You heard him…he…did things to her and the way she attacked him…the way she was so afraid of the Saviors…it means only one thing…''She trailed off.

Daryl grumbled in his rasping voice: ''Somethin's not neat… She had guts to fight like she did.''

Stepping toward him, the tall redhead growled: '' She had guts alright and now you gave her to him! Her, a human being for a few cans and meds! ''

''listen; I'm not proud of what I did… but I don't want to risk our group or this place.'' He said calmly.

Abraham threw his hands in the air: ''She is a part of our group; of this place! Don't you see? She had been with them, Hell, she was apparently sleeping with Negan…Having her on our side was our biggest advantage! And you sold her!''

Daryl shook his head: '' I ain't okay with what you did, Rick; we're supposed to be the good guys…we don't do shit like that.''

The black woman nodded: '' I don't feel well about it too…I mean, we were not friends with Amelie, but she went on runs with us, she went hunting to feed us… Never had problems with her.''

''She saved my life, Rick.'' The ginger man finished.

Their leader shouted: ''Enough! I know what I did was wrong, alright?! But now my son is missing and I'm afraid he's with that maniac! ''

Xxxxxx

'' You've got to be shitting me.'' Negan grumbled as he drove.

Carl crossed his arms: '' It's a good song.''

The man snorted: ''As if…it'll make me fucking deaf before the end of it! Who the fuck sings like that anyway?!''

The teenager huffed and looked outside, choosing not to answer him. They had found an old CD in the truck and it was now playing. The Savior eyes were on the road, but his thoughts were elsewhere: he had left a sleeping woman in his bed before leaving.

Amelie hadn't woken up this morning; even after all the noises he had made while clothing himself. He had to admit it had been early this morning; he wanted to give Grimes his son back as soon as possible. The man was probably going bat shit crazy looking for his kid.

Speaking of the devil…

They met in the middle of a road; apparently the other leader had figured out his son was with him. He stopped his vehicle and got down.

Negan had seriously thought Rick would be a bit more grateful; now, he was nose bleeding again and he was bitten by the fucker! All of that because of a wrong choice of words. And he told him so; damn, he had brought his fucking son back even after this one killed six of his men! The Saviors' leader then proceeded to explain him why he was such a kind person by doing so.

''…here I am, friendly as a fuckless fuck on a free fuck day.''

''What's got you being so nice all of sudden?''

The muscular, black woman glared at him.

''I've got a lot to make up for.''

''Like taking Amelie away against her will perhaps? Where is she, is she alright?'' A loud voice boomed.

Negan rolled his eyes; not that ginger fuck again.

Carl turned to this Abraham man: '' I saw her; she was chained in his bedroom.''

Oh, that little fucker. Rick's group shot him horrified looks.

''Carl: you're an asshole: you make me sound like some kind of fucking deranged pervert here! '' He complained.

He watched as the samurai lady and the bowman exchanged concerned glances. The tall man sighed: '' She was wrongly brought to my quarters by a fucking idiot when I told him to bring her to the infirmary….She is resting. ''

'' How do we know you're not lying?'' The redneck demanded.

''For fuck's sake… '' He frowned and pointed at Rick: '' Why do you fucking care? If I remember well, you traded her to me and rather quickly at that!''

Negan watched Grimes avert his eyes: oh…so the man was feeling some guilt about it. He came closer to his now vanquished rival and drawled:

'' I fucking know her and believe me; I can say when Amelie's truly tired…and she is now. Do you know why is that? ''

He pushed the tip of Lucille against Rick's chest: ''…Because, apparently, you gave her a whole fucking month of night watches. Not cool; so, not cool.''

The man leant closer to Grimes and whispered, only for him to hear: '' She's safe and sound… sleeping in my bed right now.''

Grimes scowled at him with hard blue eyes and he was proud he could easily anger him like that.

'' I want to see her!'' The tall redhead demanded.

He pointed Lucille at him: '' You don't make demands here; I fucking do…But if it can shut you up, I will bring her with me next time I'm getting my ass to your place.''

To make things clear, he explained to them that he didn't want to kill anyone, but he would if they didn't cooperate. That he was fucking reasonable, but Lucille was a bitch.

'' So, are we good here? Good. We'll make another supply run soon, we'll see you then.''

Xxxxxx

Negan slowly entered his bedroom; Amelie hadn't move an inch and was still sleeping.

Wow…and to say this one was usually an early bird…But it was only a bit past noon so it wasn't that much late. Turning back, he opened the door and was startled when a small form ran past him in a gush of air.

The little boy jumped on the bed, abruptly awaking the young woman sleeping on it: ''Amelie!''

The leader watched with curious eyes how she'd handle that.

''Theo…'' She mumbled sleepily into the pillow.

The kiddo shook her, pushing against her side: '' I'm tired of waiting for you to wake up! It's late; you've slept enough! Debout!''

The man grinned, amused; had it been anyone else but Theo, he was fairly certain the girl would have break a finger or two for this. Amelie moaned and turned on her back: the kid glued himself to her, hugging her neck.

Negan saw her rubbing her cheek against the boy's hair with affection and for a reason or another, it made him feel things. Doubt, envy, confusion… Well, maybe he was becoming an old man after all.

Her face was rather peaceful until she saw him; a scowl marred her expression.

''You're finally awake! Like the kiddo told you: get your ass up. I'm hungry.''

Xxxxxx

People were still staring at her today like she was some ghost; Amelie guessed it would pass after some time.

She played around with the food in her plate, not in the mood to eat at all. Theo was eating heartily all the while recounting her things that had happened in the Sanctuary since her departure. The girl shifted in her seat with a grimace feeling the soreness in her lower region; Negan hadn't gone easy on her last night…She fidgeted again, trying to find a more comfortable position.

As if he was reading her thoughts, the man at her side bent to whisper in her ear: '' I might I've been a bit rough with you last night… You can sleep with Theo tonight.''

She turned her head away and the man chuckled; Theo stopped talking and pouted:

'' Why are you telling each other secrets? I want to know.''

Negan laughed harder and Amelie changed the subject: '' Is my place in the warehouse still there?''

The leader frowned: ''Nah…a new recruit took it…And what makes you think I would allow you to fucking stay there? ''

'' I live with Negan now! I prefer his house: I even have my own bedroom. You could live there too.'' Theo explained.

The girl mentally groaned and Negan smirked: ''I wouldn't let her live anywhere else, Kiddo.''

Glaring, the girl looked at him: '' I'm not okay with that.''

'' I don't give a single fuck: you're staying in my house where your kid is. You will also be watched at all time by one of my saviors.''

The girl slouched over the table leaned her chin in her hand with a sigh and a pout on her face.

The massive man patted her back: '' Now, now…Tell me what happened during your time on the road. ''

It caught Theo's interest and he stared at her, curiously waiting for her answer.

The young woman shrugged: '' I've been here and there… The first year I went North and avoided everyone. Once in Canada, I found a small cottage and I stayed there.''

''Alone? All that time?'' Negan questioned. She nodded and the leader frowned: ''Why? You know it's not fucking safe to be alone!''

Amelie looked away: '' I didn't want to go with another group…''

She had been too scared at the time that she'd fall on something similar to the Sanctuary.

The man narrowed his eyes: ''I see…Go on.''

''...And then autumn came and I went South.'' She slid a hand over her face and let out a shaky breath: ''…I- I've seen things. ''

Her kid looked at her with wide eyes: ''Like what?''

Amelie shook her head: '' It-it was awful…I never thought…''

The Savior squeezed her nape gently, reassuring her.

'' There were those placards and messages along some train rails…it said there was a safe place…a sanctuary for all who could arrive there…It's called the Terminus. ''

Negan scowled: '' What was there?''

Her eyes were open, staring in front of her at nothing: ''…I thought that maybe I could spend the winter there… I followed the rails from a distance… I listened carefully …It was a train station… I-I stayed hidden behind the fence surrounding the place… I wanted to see if they were okay, you know? Then I saw someone arriving to the Terminus…It looked fine…they smiled to him…they talked…''

Theo and the man were attentively listening.

She squint her eyes as if confused: ''…Then they suddenly knocked that person out…I saw them bring him inside a train container…And they took someone else out; she screamed and pleaded, but they were deaf to her pleas. They dragged her toward a door leading inside. One of them got out at the same time; he had a bag…I've watched him… And I had to move to see where he was going… That's when I saw it; it was a fenced square…it-it was full of bones. It was far and I couldn't see that well. But then the man emptied his bag in there: a head fell from it with other…pieces. The place was full of human's remnants. ''

''That's fucked up.'' Negan said.

She looked at him : '' All the while I was there I could smell meat cooking… They were eating people Negan. People.'' She whispered, horrified at the memory.

Theo scrunched his nose and the man grimaced: '' Holy shit. What did you do?''

Amelie looked down: '' I ran. I ran so fast…I didn't stop until I couldn't breathe anymore. They were still people there: I heard them shout in the containers…And I ran.''

The leader pulled her head to his: '' You couldn't have done anything anyway; you did right... Crazy fuckers.''

''Where did you go after?'' The boy asked.

'' I searched for a place to stay… I've seen other places…but they weren't suiting me…and then I went to Alexandria. I rapidly became friend with the leader there.''

Negan cocked a brow, abashed: ''Rick?''

She chuckled: '' no; Rick wasn't the leader a year ago. A woman was; she was great…''She sighed sadly. ''…And then spring arrived and I went back to Canada; this time I met people. They were great and I spend a good summer. Then I traveled back here; that's all.''

''I really would have liked to be with you for all this…maybe not the train station part, but the rest…'' Theo mumbled on a sad tone.

The girl ruffled his hair with a smile: '' Maybe next time.''

'' As long as next time means to go hunting in the forest around and not to the fucking Canada.'' Negan grumbled.

Xxxxxx

Despite the pain in her side, she helped the men around to push a metallic stake against the fence. She wiped the sweat on her forehead; the girl had been working with them for the last three hours. They were solidifying the fence, placing poles and bricks against it. It was Negan's way to punish her. He would probably have sent her on a run or hunting, but he didn't trust her enough to let her outside.

All the while, Amelie was chaperoned by a guy named Gerry; she remembered him from before so he wasn't a new recruit.

The girl walked to the truck carrying the metal poles and began the pull on it.

'' Isn't that a bit heavy for yah?'' a man's voice drawled.

Amelie rolled her eyes, not even turning to look at the stranger. She pulled the stake out by herself and deposed it on the ground with the others closer to the fence.

''Hey! I'm talking to you! ''he raised his voice.

It started to draw others' attention; the girl sighed and faced him:

'' yeah?''

The man was around forty, he had a hard look about him. Stubbles covered his chin and she could see a tattoo on his collarbone through his opened coat.

'' Were you ignoring me? Are you new here? I've never seen you before.''

The young woman walked back to the truck, still not looking at him: '' Yes I was. No I'm not new.'' She grumbled, pissed because of the situation she was in.

What was her supposed guard doing? She glanced at him: he was smirking. She guessed he wanted a show.

The stranger was startled by her sharp answer: '' Why so rude, Darling? I only wanted to get acquainted: I'm Paul. Why are you here? There aren't women to do the hard work with us usually.''

Amelie brought another pole with her: '' I don't want to get acquainted with you and I'm here to work and so should you. Go back to work.''

As soon as she let go of the stake, he grabbed her shoulder to turn her around.

'' Who do you think you are? You don't get to speak to me like this! '' He growled.

Amelie remained calm as a placid lake: '' I'm no one; just let me work in peace.''

Paul went to shove her, but she simply side stepped to avoid his hand. He stumbled forward and she walked to the pickup again. Hearing him coming from behind, the girl bent under his arms and headed toward the fence.

'' You little bitch-'' He snarled going toward her.

'' Who's a fucking little bitch? ''a deep voice asked.

Negan appeared, casually walking their way: '' How's the fence? It better fucking holds against the Biters.''

''It will hold, Sir.'' A man said.

''Awe-fucking-some.'' He strode around, inspecting the fence. The leader turned to Paul: ''So, I thought I asked you a fucking question.''

The man pointed at the girl: ''Her, Sir! She's a rude bitch! ''

She saw a man gesturing at him to stop, shaking his hand from left to right at his throat level. The Saviors' leader's eyes hardened.

Striding to her, Negan passed an arm around her shoulders, leaning on her: '' Really? Why?''

'' The bitch was ignoring me and then ordered me around!'' He complained.

The tall man looked down at her: ''It it true?''

'' Yeah. He was talking my ears off so I told him to let me work in peace and to go back to his job.'' She explained.

Negan nuzzled her temple and Paul's expression changed to one of terror as he understood his mistake. He had called the wrong girl a bitch.

''Hum…you're all sweaty…you should go home and shower. You've worked enough today.''

She groaned at his attention, but headed toward his house, Gerry on her heels. Amelie shouted over her shoulder: ''Don't kill him!''

The black haired man looked at the trembling piece of shit in front of him; he walked to Paul until their chests were almost touching: '' You call my woman a bitch again and you will get to know Lucille intimately. Is that fucking clear?''

The man frenetically nodded, rooted on his spot.

''Good. Go back to work.''