VILLAINESS [TWD]

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At first glance, Negan wasn't anything special.

Nothing we hadn't seen before, especially. Just a guy with a big ego that wanted us dead.

His voice is cocky. Deep and raspy. Charming in a way. It made me sick.

I hardly heard him talk, though. He said a lot, but I didn't care. He was already a piece of shit. I could tell he liked the sound of his own voice. I wasn't going to give him the honor of having my attention.

Then, he stops in front of mom and I.

"Jesus.. You look shitty," Negan tells mom. 

My eyes were focused on the RV. He wouldn't even get the privilege of looking me in the eye.

"I should just put you out of your misery right now-"

"No!" Glenn screams as my eyes widen in alarm.

Before I could react, Glenn is rushing at Negan.

The Dwight guy stops him and punches him a few times.

"Stop it!" mom wails.

"Mom!" I gasp, catching her before she fell forward.

"Nope. Nope, get him back in line," Negan brushes it off.

Dwight drags Glenn back to his spot and I find a single tear slipping down my cheek. I huddle closer to mom and she leans on me a great deal. I feel Abraham's arm around me as he rubs mom's back.

"All right, listen.. Don't any of you do that again. I will shut that shit down, no exceptions."

I look down the line to Glenn. He was crying. Still begging Negan to not kill mom.

"And if you.." Negan points his bat at Glenn, then to mom. "Or you pull some shit.. Well.. Let's just say little girl here will be the one suffering the consequences."

I almost forget my self implemented rule and look up at Negan. He wasn't looking at me, so I don't see his eyes. When I realize what I'm doing, I look back to the RV.

He goes on again about picking somebody. Somebody to kill.

I hear the distant mumblings of 'eenie meenie miney moe'. The rhyme always reminded me of Sunday School- we would play that to decide who got to read the verse of the day.

"And you.. are.." Negan continues. "It."

He was standing close to me. I look up enough to see him pointing the bat at Abraham who was right beside me.

"You can breathe.. You can blink.. You can cry.. Hell.." Negan chuckles. "You're all gonna be doing that."

Negan swings the bat down onto Abraham's head. It was so close that I felt the wind from the swing. Abraham's jacket brushed against my arm as he fell to the ground.

Negan laughs as he kills Abraham. 

I look at the RV, but it was still too much. I look to the ground, but I could see Abraham's blood and brain spill just rocks away from my leg.

When there's no retrn for Abraham, Negan starts talking again. 

My hands convulse wildly as I cover my ears. 

Abraham's head was brutalized.  He was right beside me. My eyes clench shut.

Mom's hand rests on my back. She was gasping for air. 

Negan moves down the line and talks to Rosita.

Slowly, I remove my hands from my ears.

"So take.. a damn look.." he urges Rosita, holding the bloodied bat near her face.