Surviving the Dead
A/N: Please feel free to leave positive or negative feedback, I forgot to mention that in the first chapter but ultimately enjoy the story. Now I'm skipping ahead going into season 6, I was gonna gonna do some more of season 4 but I wanted to get the ball going on this.
A month, maybe 2, I'm not sure how long it's been since the prison had been destroyed, since I got separated from my brother. I ran out of fuel on the truck I took that day and since then it's been car after car, I had seen signs for a place called Terminus on the train tracks, I followed them because odds were Daryl would be there too, but when I got close it was up in flames and over run by walkers so I left. I had no idea where to go now, I ended up walking through the woods and came upon a church that looked like it had been broken and protected. I walked in and saw blood on the floor making my way to the alter when I stepped on something, I looked down and saw a map, I picked it up and just about fell over when I saw what was written on it.
Sorry, I was an asshole
Come to Washington, the new world's gonna need Rick Grimes
I dropped the map and ran out of the church, where ever Rick was Daryl had to be with him right? I managed to find my way back to the road and found a few cars, siphoning whatever I could out of them into another one and left.
After a week of the same thing, I finally made it to Washington, now I didn't know where the hell to go but at least I was closer to my family then I was before. I ended up finding a gas station to crash in, I blocked the doors and barricaded myself behind the counter. After the night had past and I was rested I moved the stuff away from the doors only to have a couple walkers come in, I quickly killed them and made my way out, I ran down the road running into a small herd, I checked my gun.
"Shit." I mumbled, I only had 5 bullets against 12 walkers, I could try and take them but I couldn't risk it. One came up to me and I killed it backing away but I tripped over something and fell. A walker fell on top of me but my knife was knocked out of my hand when I fell, I was losing my grip on the walker when suddenly it was knocked off me and killed, I looked up and saw a man standing there with long brown hair, wool hat, leather jacket and a cloth covering his mouth. He reached his hand out and I hesitated but grabbed it, we looked at the walkers and decided to run, we reached a safe place in the woods and I leaned against a tree catching my breath.
"Thank you" I said to the man and he looked at me
"No problem, what's your name?" He asked
"Samantha Dixon. You?"
"Paul Rovia, but my friends used to call me Jesus."
"Hey Jesus" I called after him catching up, "Going on the run?"
"Yeah, we need some more supplies before they come."
"Need an extra hand?" I asked him, it's been 2 weeks since I met Paul and he brought me to a place called the Hilltop, an old plantation house that was surrounded by a tall and sturdy wood fence.
"No I got it, plus I thought you were gonna go hunting."
"I thought about it but I haven't seen anything in 2 days." I tell him and he smiled, if Daryl would never have taught me how to track and hunt I wouldn't have survived for as long as I did.
"Never say never Samantha." He says and I smile, he's the only one that calls me Samantha, everyone here calls me Sam, Daryl always calls me Sammie. Daryl...I still tried my hardest to find him whenever I could but having no idea where he could be was an issue
"Alright well be safe out there and remember keep an eye out for-"
"Anything chocolate I know." He finished for me and I lightly pushed him, since he brought me here we grew pretty close, the man who runs this place Gregory, little chicken shit if you ask me, wasn't to happy with Paul bringing me here saying it was one more mouth to feed. Paul defended me, I also kind of started to like Jesus, more then I should.
"You be safe too." He said and headed out the gate.
Daryl POV...
"Hey." I called to Denise, the doctor in Alexandria
"Yes?"
"This thing at the bottom right here. You're talking about the drink, right?" I asked her pointing to the list she gave me
"I am, but..."
"It's not medical." I brought up
"No, I drew a line between the important stuff and that. I just figured, if you saw it." She tells me
"All right."
"Anything remotely medical is a priority. And food, maybe even food before medicine, and gas or batteries or books for the kids or clothes is just- if you see it, if it just happens to, you know, be right there." She says
"You like it, right?" I asked her
"No, I don't drink pop." She tells me and I look at her confused
"What the hell's pop?"
"Oh, I'm originally from Ohio." She points out
"Why you want it?"
"Tara was talking about it in her sleep, I think. Either she likes it or she doesn't, but if she likes it, it'd be a really nice surprise. I'm not good with that kind of stuff, and she and Heath are going on that two-week run. I just thought it'd be a nice going-away present. Just, uh, don't go out of your way. And if it gives you any trouble..." She starts to say but I cut her off
"I won't."
"Okay, good, 'cause it's not important. I should've said so instead of just drawing a line." She mentioned
"Got it."
"Today's the day." Rick tells me as we drive down the road
"Uh-huh." I mumbled looking out the window, 2 months, it's been 2 months since I lost Sammie, I don't know if she was alive or dead. Everything in me hoped that she was alive and that maybe I might find her
"We're gonna find food, maybe some people. The law of averages has gotta catch up." Rick said to me bringing me out of my thoughts
"I don't know. We ain't seen nobody for weeks. Maybe we ain't gonna find nobody. Maybe that's a good thing."
"I know it's been hard for you, losing Sam, if she's anything like you I'm sure she's still out there." He reassured me and I nodded then I see him reach for a CD
"Don't. Don't. Please don't." I begged but he put it in
Give me the downbeat, maestro.
I want to lay it on the line
'Cause everything I do, I wanna do it in double time
When I take a ride..
"Draws 'em away from home!" He tells me over the music
Hear me? Action-packed
Well, if your music's gonna move me
Well, I just gotta feel the beat...
"Hey, hold up. It's best to be safe. You cover it?" I asked him as we stand in front of a shed that said Sorghum on the door, I lifted it up and Rick moved to check it
"Yeah. Yeah, we're good. One more time?" He asked indicating to the cube van and I reached for the lock
"It ain't locked." I point out and open it revealing a bed full of supplies
"Well, how about that? The law of averages. Let's get this thing going, grab our gear, come back for the car later. Take another way back. See what we can see."
"Think it'll start?" I asked him shutting the door
"Yeah, I do. Sorghum."
As we drove down another road we came across a gas station and stopped, we got out and I went to the doors checking them then saw a tipped over vending machine, "Yo, give me a hand with this. Ahem. Let's flip it over." I tell him and we start to lift but have no success
"I don't think we got it."
"I got an idea." I tell him and grab a chain hooking it to both the machine and the truck then whistle for Rick to pull forward, the machine lifts up and I stop him
"It's soda and candy. Why the trouble?" Rick asked walking back over as I reach in grabbing some stuff
"It wasn't any trouble." I tell him and suddenly someone bumps into him
"Hi."
"Back up! Now!" I warn the man holding my gun up at him and Rick does as well
"Keep 'em up!"
"Whoa, easy, guys. I was just running from the dead." He tells us
"How many?" I asked
"10, maybe more. I'm not risking it. Once it gets to double digits, I start running."
"Where?" I asked him
"About a half a mile back. They're headed this way. You probably have about 11 minutes."
"Okay, thanks for letting us know." Rick says lowering his gun
"Yeah. There's more of them than us, right? Gotta stick together. Right?" He asked looking at me and I hesitated but lowered my gun, "You have a camp?" He asked us
"No."
"Do you?" Rick asked him
"No. Sorry for running into you. I'm gonna go now. If this is the next world, I hope it's good to you guys." He said and started to walk away
"I'm Rick. This is Daryl." Rick tells him and the guy stops and looks at us giving a weird look, "What's your name?"
"Paul Rovia." He said lowering the cloth covering his face, "But my friends used to call me Jesus. Your pick."
"You said you didn't have a camp. You on your own?" Rick asked
"Yeah. But, still, best not to try anything."
"Best not to make threats you can't keep, either." I tell him
"Exactly." He starts to run away
"How many walkers-" Rick started to ask but I stopped him
"No, not this guy."
"How many walkers have you killed?" Rick asked anyways but the guy kept going
"Sorry, gotta run. You should, too. Think you've got about seven minutes." He said and continued running
"What the hell was that?" I asked Rick
"He was clean. His beard, it was trimmed. There's more going on there."
"He didn't have a gun, either." I point out
"We could track him, watch him for a while, get to know more. See if he's really alone. Maybe bring him back."
"Nah, guy calls himself Jesus." I tell him and we hear a popping sound from behind us so we move around the building with our guns raised only to find fireworks that went off
"Firecrackers." Rick said
"He swiped your keys, didn't he?" I asked and he feels his pockets
"Oh, shit!" We ran back around the building and saw the guy in the truck start to drive away
"Sorry!"
"Shit." Rick says as we watch it drive away
We run as fast as we can after the truck hoping to catch up, we stop for a moment and I reach into the vending machine that fell off the chain and grab out the soda I found for Denise.
"This was a special request from the doctor." I tell him taking a drink then handing it to Rick
"Hey, whatever she wants. She saved Carl's life. We didn't know her, and she turned out to be all right. If there's still people out here, and they're still people, we should bring 'em in."
"What, like this guy?" I asked him taking another drink
"No, fuck this guy."
"We still got a trail." I tell him
"Let's go." and we start running again
As we continue running I see tire marks and I point to them, I motion for Rick to crouch down and we look up the hill seeing the guy and the truck, he must have been changing the tire or something, we move through the woods to get around him without being seen. As he shuts the back Rick tackles him wrapping his arms around the guy.
"Hold still and maybe we won't hurt you."
"Sure thing." I hear grunting and saw the guy come out from behind the truck, I went to punch him but he ducked then pushed me against the truck and Rick knocks him to the ground and we point our guns at him.
"This is done." Rick said and we hear growling
"Do you even have any ammo?" The guy asked and we pointed our guns up both shooting the walker, "Okay. You gonna shoot me over a truck?"
"There's a lot of food on that truck. The keys, now." Rick warns him
"I think you know I'm not a bad guy."
"Yeah? What do you know about us? Give me the keys. This is the last time I'm asking." Rick said and cocked his gun.
"You're gonna leave me here like this?" The guy asked as Rick finished tying his hands and legs, "You're really gonna do that?"
"Eh, the knots aren't that tight. You should be able to get free... after we're long gone."
"Maybe we should talk now." The guy says and I hold a can of soda that exploded in my bag
"Nah. Here." I tell him tossing the can at him, "In case you get thirsty." We get in the truck and Rick starts it, I put my feet on the dash and stick my middle finger up out the window, "So long ya prick!" I yelled and Rick drives away
"Still worked out. Today still is the day." Rick tells me as we eat a candy bar and I turn the music up
"Hey, look at that." Rick points out the window
"Yeah, a barn." Suddenly there was a loud thump and I turn the radio down, "You hear that?" The thumping continues, "I think that son of a bitch is on the roof."
"Hold on." Rick says hits the brakes hard and the guy falls off the roof, gets up, looks at us then runs, Rick accelerates and I grab the handle opening the door
"Mother-"
"Daryl! Daryl!" Rick calls after me as I chase him on foot
"We came to a conclusion, asshole! I got him!" I tell Rick as I see the walkers that were tied to the trucks break free, the guy runs to the truck opening the door getting in but I grab him and we struggle, "Come here, you little shit!" Suddenly I hear a gun cock and I look at him
"Duck." He tells me and I did then he fired the gun killing a walker that was coming up behind me
"Thanks." I tell him and punched his face, "That's my gun!" I said grabbing it then grabbing him, "Come here!" I start to pull him out of the truck as it rolls backwards and we fall to the ground, the door hits him in the head knocking him out and the truck goes into the water, Damn it
"You all right?" Rick asked me coming over
"Yeah. Law of averages. That's bullshit, man. Let's go check them cars, get the hell out of here." I tell him and start to walk
"What about the guy?"
"What about him?" I asked
"Well, he helped you."
"Maybe." I tell him
"He ever pull a weapon on you?" He asked me
"Fine. Let's put him up a tree." I said and grabbed the guys arms dragging him
Rick was driving the car and I was in the back with the guy, just then Rick jerked the car and the guys head landed on my shoulder, I shrugged him off and gave Rick a glare
"He took a pretty hard hit. Denise needs to look him over." Rick tells me
"Yeah."
"You wouldn't have gone through with it. You wouldn't have left him." He points out
"I would've, right up in a tree. I would've."
"No. I know. Almost as soon as we got to Alexandria, you got it. You saw- you... and Michonne, Glenn, you all tried to tell me. So shut up." He says and jerks the car again causing the guys head to once again land on me, I shoved him off and glared at Rick again, "'Cause I'm finally listening."
"So, how'd you get out?" Rick asked the guy as he sat at the table after escaping the cell
"One guard can't cover two exits or third floor windows. Knots untie and locks get picked. Entropy comes from order, right?" He asked Rick
"Right."
"I checked out your arsenal. I haven't seen anything like that in a long time. You're well-equipped, but your provisions are low. Very low for the amount of people you have. 54?" He asked
"More than that." Maggie answered
"Well, I appreciate the cookie. My compliments to the chef."
"Yeah, she ain't here." I tell him
"Look, we got off to a bad start. But we're on the same side- the living side. You and Rick had every reason to leave me out there, but you didn't. I'm from a place that's a lot like this one. Part of my job is searching out other settlements to trade with. I took your truck because my community needs things, and both of you looked like trouble. I was wrong. You're good people. And this is a good place. I think our communities may be in a position to help each other." He informed us
"Do you have food?" Glenn asked him
"We've started to raise livestock. We scavenge, we grow. Everything from tomatoes to sorghum."
"Tell us why we should believe you." Rick says to him
"I'll show you. If we take a car, I can take you back home in a day, and you can all see for yourselves who we are and what we have to offer."
"Wait, you're looking for more settlements. You mean you're already trading with other groups?" Maggie asked him
"Your world's about to get a whole lot bigger."
"Here." Denise says to me handing me something, "Homemade oat cake. Complex carbohydrates, omega-3s."
"Nah, I'm good. We're gonna make a pit stop. I'll pick up something then." I tell her finishing up the RV
"Like rabies?"
"Is this 'cause I tried to get you that stuff?" I asked her
"Yeah. And you remind me of someone I used to know." She says and I grab it from her
"Well... I hope it tastes better than it looks. 'Cause it looks like shit." I tell her putting it in my pocket
"Shit's still better than roadkill. Okay, maybe- just eat it."
Let's chew up some asphalt!" I hear Abraham yell and we loaded into the RV and drove off.
"Yo, Rick. What's going on?" I asked him as he slowed the RV down
"We got a crash ahead. Looks like it just happened."
"It's one of ours." The guy said exiting the RV and going over to the car
"If this is a trick, it won't end well for you." Rick tells him pointing his gun at the guy
"My people are in trouble. They don't- we don't have a lot of fighters. I know how it looks, but I'll play it out. Can I borrow a gun?" He asked
"No." I tell him and look at the ground, "We got tracks right here."
Rick bangs on the door of the building we followed the tracks to, "They gotta be in there." The guy points out
"We moving in or what?" The guy asked
"How do we know this ain't firecrackers in a trash can?" I asked him walking around to the door
"You don't."
"We'll get your people. You're staying here with one of us. That's the deal." Rick tells him
"Will you stay?" Glenn asked Maggie
"Yeah. Y'all go. Just be careful."
"Yeah. We're gonna be careful." Rick says as he hancuffs the guy
"Just hurry."
"You hear me whistle, shoot him." Rick tells Maggie
"I will."
Me and Glenn made our way down a hall when a couple walkers pop out, I stab one and Glenn gets the other then we move into a room seeing a man
"Come on. We're with Jesus. Let's go." Glenn tells him
"I can't go with you. I'm looking for my friend. He's close, and he's hurt from the crash."
"Damn it." Rick says revving the motor, "A storm must've passed through. We're stuck."
"No worries. We're here." The guy tells us and gets out, "That's us. That's the Hilltop." He says and we see a tall wooded fence and walk towards it
"Stop right there." A man yells from the top and we raise our guns but Jesus steps in front of us wit his hands raised
"Whoa!"
"You gonna make us?" I asked the man holding a spear
"Jesus, what the hell is this?"
"Open the gates, Cal. Freddie's hurt." Jesus tells him and looks at us, "Look, sorry about these guys. They get antsy standing up there all day doing nothing."
"They give up the weapons. Then we'll open the gates."
"Why don't you come down here and get 'em?" I asked
"Gentlemen, look, we vouch for these people, all right? They saved us out there." The doctor tells them
"Lower the spears." Jesus ordered
"Look, I'm not taking any chances. Tell your guy Gregory to come out here." Rick says to Jesus
"No. Don't you see what just happened? I'm letting you keep your guns. Look, we ran out of ammo months ago. I like you people. I trust you. Trust us." He says and faces the gate, "Open the gates, Cal." He tells them and they open up and we walk in.
"There was a materials yard for a power company nearby. That's how we put up the walls. A lot of people came from a FEMA camp. Trailers came with them." Jesus informed us
"How did people find out about this place?" Michonne asked him
"That's called Barrington House. The family that owned it gave it to the state in the '30s. The state turned it into a living history museum. Every elementary school for 50 miles used to come here for field trips. The place was running a long time before the modern world built up around it. I think people came here because they figured it'd keep running after the modern world broke down. Those windows up there let us see for miles in every direction. It's perfect for security. Come on. I'll show you inside." Jesus says to us and we start to walk but something stopped all of us.
"Daryl?" I heard my name and turned around, when I did I just about fell over, standing there right in front of me was my sister.
"Sammie?" I asked and she ran to me throwing her arms around my neck and started crying as I returned the hug. I couldn't believe it, I pulled her away putting my hands on her face looking her up and down making sure she was real, "How the hell are you here?" I asked her and she smiled
"It's a long, complicated story" She says and moves to the others hugging everyone except Abraham who she hadn't met, "Wait...what are you guys doing here?" She asked then looked at Jesus then us again.
"I brought them here, they live in a community with houses, brought them here to talk trade with Gregory." Jesus tells her and she looked at him
"You really think he's gonna go for that?" She asked him and he shrugged, that's why he gave us a weird look when we met him.
"Only one way to find out." Jesus tells her and he motioned for us to follow him, Sammie looked at me again and I wiped a tear from her cheek and followed.
"Good gracious, Ignatius." Abraham said in wonder as we walk in
"Most of the rooms have been converted to living spaces. Even the ones that weren't bedrooms."
"People live here and the trailers?" Rick asked
"We plan to build. There's babies being born."
"Jesus. You're back. With guests." A man said walking into the entry way
"Everyone, this is Gregory. He keeps the trains running on time around here." Jesus introduced
"I'm the boss."
"Well, I'm Rick. We have a community-"
"Why don't y'all go get cleaned up, hmm?" Gregory tells him cutting him off
"We're fine."
"Jesus will show you where you can get washed up. Then come back down here when you're ready. It's hard to keep this place clean." Gregory tells him
"Yeah. Sure."
"Follow me." Jesus tells us and everyone follows, I look at Sammie, she gives a small smile and I follow the others
Samantha's POV...
I stood in the entry way waiting for the others to come back down, I was...beyond excited, here I am standing in the same house as my family whom I had lost, my brother, I needed someone to pinch me because I felt like I was dreaming.
"Hey" Jesus says snapping me out of my thoughts
"Where did you find them?" I asked him
"I ran into Rick and Daryl on the run, they had a truck, I tried to steal the truck, then got knocked out in a fight with Daryl, brought back to their community and well here we are." He tells me and I smile, "As soon as Rick introduced himself and Daryl I put it together, I wanted to bring them back here as soon as I could, not just for the trading but...because it's your family"
I wrapped my arms around him giving him a hug which he returned, I didn't want to let go, not just because of my growing feelings for him but because he brought my brother to me, "Thank you, so much."
"Of course." He said and I hear someone clear their throat, we pulled apart and saw Daryl standing there, "I'll let you two catch up." Jesus said and walked away as Daryl walked over to me and I hugged him again
"I still can't believe your here." I tell him and he hugged me as well
"Same here." He said and we sat down in a chair in the entrance, "What happened after the prison?"
"I saw you and Beth running, I went to go after you but I got blocked by walkers so I went towards the forest and took a truck. I didn't even know where to go until I saw signs for Terminus ut when I got there it was destroyed and full of walkers..."
"It was cannibals" he tells me and I look at him
"Cannibals?"
"Mmhmm they lured people there and...well you know. They got Bob who got bit at a food shelf with Rick and the others, we lost him." He tells me and I put my head down
"Oh my god," I lifted my head and looked at him seeing the look on his face, "Daryl who else?"
"Tyresse...and Beth." He said and I feel tears in my eyes
"Oh no, how's Sasha? Maggie?"
"Sasha's not doing good, she's focusing her grief into rage, Maggie is doing better though." He tells me and I wiped the tears away, "How did you end up here?"
"After I left where Terminus was I ended up in the woods, came across a church, when I went in a saw a map and read what was on it, saw Rick's name, I dropped it and ran out because a part of me new you would be with him. I managed to find car after car to get here, stayed in a gas station for the night then the next day I ran into a small herd. I tripped trying to get away then Jesus saved me from one that landed on me and well he brought me here. He saved my life."
"He never mentioned you being here when we met him." He says
"Well in his defense how was he suppose to know it was you guys I was talking to him about, there's a lot of Rick's and Daryl's in the world" I tell him and he scoffed then pushed me
"I'm glad I found you."
"I'm a Dixon remember? To stubborn to die, even when I was sick." I said and then the others joined us then shortly after Maggie comes out after talking with Gregory, and I wasn't shocked to hear it didn't go well.
"We want to generate trade. Gregory does. But ammo isn't something we urgently need." Jesus tells them
"Well, how's that?" Rick asked
"The walls hold. We just brought in more medicine. Gregory wants the best deal possible."
"Yeah, well, we want things, too." Daryl tells him as he paced
"We need food. We came all this way, we're gonna get it."
"I will talk to him and we will work this out. Circumstances change. We're doing well now, and you will next. I will make him understand that. Can you give me a few days?" Jesus asked them
"We can." Michonne replied
"Yeah." Rick said in agreement, Jesus looked at me and I shrugged then we heard yelling outside and Cal came in
"What's wrong?" Gregory asked him coming out of his study
"They're back."
I looked at Jesus and bit my lip then we headed outside, "Nathan, what happened to everybody else? Where's Tim and Marsha?" Gregory asked him as we walked towards him
"They're dead." Oh crap
"Negan?" Gregory asked
"Yeah"
"We had a deal." Gregory tells them
"He said it wasn't enough. Was the drop light?" The one guy asked
"No."
"They still have Craig." The girl told him
"They said they'd keep him alive, return him to us, if I deliver a message to you." Nathan tells Gregory walking up to him
"So, tell me."
"I'm sorry." Nathan said and stabbed Gregory, me, Maggie and Jesus rush over to him as Rick and Michonne pulled Nathan back, "Get off of me! I had to!" He yelled pushing Michonne then went for Rick who brought him to the ground and started punching him, the other guy tried to pull him off but Abraham pushed him away and Rick attacked him again while the other guy started chocking Abraham, then Daryl went over grabbing his arm and almost broke it to get him off, Nathan rolls Rick over and Glenn rushes over, I went to stand up to help but Jesus held me back.
"Stay back! Anybody who tries to stop me is killing my brother!" Nathan shouted at us
"Drop it." Michonne warned him with her hand on her sword then suddenly Rick stabs Nathan in the neck, I close my eyes and look down the when I opened them I saw Rick stand up and look around
"What?" He asked
"Nathan! You killed him." The guy shouted
"He tried to kill Gregory, then me." Rick told him and the girl went over and punched him in the face then Michonne knocked her down
"Don't."
"Drop it now!" The guard tells Rick pointing his spear at him and Jesus moves past me rushing over to them
"I don't think I will."
"Everyone, this is over! It's over. Nathan was our friend, but let's not pretend he was anything more than a coward who attacked us. He did this. And these people stopped him." Jesus tells them
"What can I do?" Rick asked him
"Put the gun away. You've done enough. You need to know that things aren't as simple as they might seem. Just give me some time." Jesus tells him and walks back over to us as the doctor came over to Gregory.
"Dr. Carson was able to patch Gregory up. He's in pain, but he'll live." Jesus tells us walking into the room we were in standing behind and I moved slightly over
"So, what happens now?" Michonne asked him
"Things like that don't usually happen here, but, uh, it's settled."
"We heard the name Negan. A while back, Daryl and Abraham had a run-in with his men." Rick tells him and I looked at Daryl, "Who is he?"
"Negan's the head of a group of people he calls the Saviors. As soon as the walls were built, the Saviors showed up. They met with Gregory on behalf of their boss. They made a lot of demands, even more threats. And he killed one of us- Rory. He was 16 years old. They beat him to death right in front of us. Said we needed to understand, right off the bat. Gregory's not exactly good at confrontation. He's not the leader I would've chosen, but he helped make this place what it is, and the people like him."
"He made the deal." Maggie points out
"Half of everything. Our supplies, our crops, our livestock, it goes to the Saviors." I told them
"And what do you get in return?" Glenn asked
"They don't attack this place. They don't kill us." I replied
"Why not just kill them?" Daryl asked
"Most of the people here don't even know how to fight, even if we had ammo." Jesus answered
"Well, how many people does Negan have?" Rick asked
"We don't know. We've seen groups as big as 20." I tell him
"Now, hold up. So, they show up, they kill a kid, and you give them half of everything? These dicks just got a good story. The bogeyman, he ain't shit." Daryl points out
"Well, how do you know?" Jesus asked
"A month ago, we took his guys out PDQ. Left them in pieces and puddles." Abraham said
"You know, we'll do it. If we go get your man back, kill Negan, take out his boys, will you hook us up? We want food, medicine, and one of them cows." Daryl adds and I shake my head, only him
"Confrontation's never been something we've had trouble with." Rick mentions and it was true, Jesus looked at me and I gave a slight nod
"I'll take it to Gregory." Jesus says and leaves, Rick, Michonne, and Glenn left after.
"What's going on with you two?" Daryl asked me walking over
"What do you mean?"
"You and Jesus, what's going on?" He asked and I sighed
"There's nothing going on..." I told him and he looked at me
"Just don't hide your heart." He tells me and I nod, he knew I have always been afraid of letting someone in.
We started loading up the RV that they came in, Rick walked past me and Jesus as we carried stuff over to it, "Even Negan didn't get this much stuff up front." Jesus tells him and I chuckled
"Trust me," I said as I set the box in the RV then grabbed the one from Jesus, "You don't want to piss Maggie off." I tell him and he smiled, I went to step down but slipped, he quickly caught me and I was an a couple inches away from his face and I moved my eyes from his lips to his eye but then quickly moved away, "Thanks" I tell him and walked away to grab more stuff.
I put the rest in then sat down next to Daryl, "Nervous about seeing everyone?" He asked me and I smiled
"Of course, but I'm also excited." I tell him and he puts his hand on my head then moves it to my shoulder, Maggie and Glenn joined us after and we drove away. As we sat there I glanced at Jesus then looked away when Michonne handed me something, I looked and it was and ultra sound picture, I looked at it then looked at Maggie and Glenn in shock, I handed it to Daryl then got up and hugged them.
"I call dibs on godmother." I whispered in Maggie's ear and she chuckled then I sat back down next to Daryl who handed the picture to Abraham. I meant what I said to Daryl, I was nervous about seeing everyone, Carol, Judith, Sasha, Carl, for all they knew I was dead, now I get the chance to reunite with them.