Dead or alive, I love you

9.15 the calm before

Daryl walks into the kingdom as Genny is washing her hands on a bucket of water. Genny looks at Michonne with Judith who both get out of the card. Genny smiles with her hand on her belly as Michonne walks over with Judith who hugs her.

"Hey, monkey," she smiles.

"Hey, aunt Genny," Judith smiles.

Genny kisses her head as Daryl walks over. She throws her arms around him with a smile. "Come, let's go see Caisy. There's someone you need to meet," she says grabbing his hand.

He frowns going with her as she takes him to the room where Caisy is with Josh and Junior. "Look who's here," she smiles walking in.

Junior jumps off the bed causing Caisy to grunt in pain. "Dad!" He yells running into Daryl's arms.

"Hey, bud," Daryl smiles hugging him.

"Hey, D," Caisy smiles.

"You had the baby without me? You couldn't wait a few hours," he says walking to her.

"All you missed was a lot of cussing and screaming. I almost broke Josh's hand," she smiles.

He looks at the baby with a smile. "A girl?" He asks.

She nods. "Allison, after Josh's sister," she says as Josh walks in.

"Congrats, man. She's gorgeous," Daryl smiles.

"Thanks," Josh smiles.

Before Genny knows it, Daryl leaves again and she is left with Junior, Caisy and Josh with their baby. "Be safe," she says.

"I will," he smiles kissing her softly.

"I'll come with the second group. I just want to be here for Caisy," she says nodding.

He nods. "You're still letting the guilt eat you alive," he says.

"I know, I just don't want to fail my daughter anymore," she sighs.

"You won't. You should stay for a while," he smiles.

"You know I can't," she sighs.

He nods and kisses her. "I love you," he smiles softly.

"I love you too," she says softly.

He leaves and she hugs Judith who looks at her mom that also leaves.

All day long Genny spends with her son and Judith. She eventually goes to see Caisy who is sleeping with her baby under her arm. Genny goes to look for Josh thinking he might be overwhelmed but she can't find him.

She walks to Ezekiel and puts her hand on his upper arm. "Hey, you seen Josh? He was with Caisy but I can't find him," she says a little worried.

"He'll be around here somewhere," he says nodding as they go looking together.

"I was there. I was taken with the other..." Siddiq says standing in the stage while Genny holds a crying Caisy.

"And I saw...I was supposed to die with them. I was ready to. Then, alpha whispered in my ear, 'tell them.' Something hit me, and everything went black. And when I woke up, I was alone. What happened was evil. It was evil. And I think she left me alive to tell you that story. To scare you and drive us all apart again. But I want to tell you a different story," siddiq says as Daryl puts his arm around Junior.

"See, before the end...Ozzy, Alek and DJ found us...they gave us an opening...and everyone fought back...they fought like hell. And what they did was more than brave...'cause they defended each other. And they sacrificed for each other. And some of them...they didn't even know each other, but they still fought like they did, like they were family. Till the very end. And, uh...In the end, they...their time was cut short, but ours keeps going. So we have to keep going. For them and...for all of us. We need to honor them, we need to honor them, and we need to remember these friends, our family, died as heroes. That's the story that I want to tell you. That's the story that I want us all to remember."

Caisy smiles through her tears. "That sounds like Josh," she says softly.

"It really does," Genny says through her own tears.

Josh was one person on the spikes, he died while Genny was looking for him. To talk with him about his sister, while he died thinking off his family. His last thought was his daughter, her tanned skin and black hair in the wind while she runs through a field of grass with a big smile. Her laugh as she reached Caisy and him on a blanket as they were picnicking in a field under a tree. She fell on the blanket next her mom and her dad who looked at each other with smiles as Caisy hugged her.

The happy memories of his time on this earth flashed before his eyes while he smiled and felt happy before closing his eyes and putting the memories away in his mind. Josh died with his memories on his eyes, it made him happy.