Don't Fear The Reaper (R. Grimes & D. Dixon)

54

~Time skip~

Negan was walking down the street rick, Jody, and Daryl were following behind him while the saviors looted all the homes.

"You see this? This is the kind of thing that just tickles my balls. A little cooperation and everything is pleasant as punch. We really are reasonable people once you get to know us. Honest." Negan grinned, bending down to take a soda out of a small blue cooler on the sidewalk and drinking it dramatically before tossing it on the ground over his shoulder, almost hitting Daryl.

"Sir," a man said, approaching Negan holding out a picture; Negan took it, grinning, "ho! Ho! It is my lucky day!" He turned back to rick and Daryl holding up the photo of kit that hung on their bathroom mirror. "Any more of these bad boys?" Rick moved forward to take it; Daryl tried to not even talk, not that he really could with how swollen his mouth was from the beating he received yesterday.

"Nope." Negan pulled the picture back "see, this is mine now. Actually, it's my second one, ain't that right, Daryl?" Negan grinned; the said man looked to the ground as negan stuffed it inside his jacket "damn, I love this place." He sighed

"Negan," another man called, approaching with a video camera, "something you might want to see." He said, putting it in Negan's awaiting hand.

"Well, well, what do we have here? I got my fingers crossed for a little freaky deeky this time," he bounced, crossing his fingers.

Licking his lips, he started the video, ricks voice coming thru, "know me. I've killed people. I don't even know how many by now."

"Jee-hee-sus!" Negan stepped toward rick. "But I know why they're all dead." Ricks's voice came thru again.

"Is that you rick? Underneath all that, man Bush? Shee-it, I would not have messed with that guy." He grinned, hitting record-holding it towards ricks face, "but that's not you anymore, is it?" Rick held back angry, humiliated tears as negan turned the camera towards himself "nope. Man, I gotta shave this shit." He sighed, looking at himself before handing the camera back to the savior.

"Whatever happened with that pregnant lady? That seemed like a hell of a stressful night for her." He teased, "careful how you're looking at me, rick." He said sternly.

"Do you care to pay your respects?" Gabriel asked from behind negan. Negan jumped, spinning around "ho-ly crap!" He pointed, "you are creepy as shit sneaking up on me wearing the collar and a freaky ass smile."

Gabriel nodded "my apologies; I'm father Gabriel" he introduced himself

Negan huffed "she didn't make it?" Rick shook his head, eyeing Gabriel's hand rubbing dirt off his hand onto his pants.

"Sir, we have a problem at the gate; she arrived." A voice came thru the radio on Negan's belt

Negan grinned, looking at Daryl and ricks relieved faces "so what's the problem? Tell her we're waiting."

"Well, she almost took Dwight's head off. sir." He glared at the radio than at Jody, who gave him an I told you so look.

"We'll be right there."
"She left. To inside, I mean. Sir."

Negan clenched his jaw, "and you just let her stroll on by?"

"Simon said to after she brought up something about a porno mustache."

Negan snorted, seeing her walking towards them in the distance, hair braided, her white shirt splattered with blood, who's he wasn't sure, but from the look she was giving everyone, he could tell she wished it was theirs.

"Mom," Jody said, taking off running; Daryl and rick spun around. They briefly hugged quietly, talking, kits eyes raking over Daryl's battered form before her eyes narrowed on Negan.