Apocalypse

Thirty

"Mom" Bryce comes into the kitchen as I'm making a fruit salad, I notice her grim expression. She shouldn't be stressed, she is due to give birth to her baby any day now. Stress isn't good for her.

"Eat" I order handing her some fruit, she goes to protest but I am firm "your carrying for two, eat" she sighs eating "Now, why is it?" Stopping my cutting of fruit to look at her "something happen?"

"That Negan is here" she tells me "he has about twenty men fully armed" so it seems the bastard got my note. Some time back I sent a message to Negan telling him it's time he and I spoke, sent him the heads of ten of his people who were stupid enough to try to use force to get us to bow to him.

"Time to meet the fucker" leaving my home, we go down to the front gate where I see my mates. They have hard expressions "don't worry"

"We are worried" they place a hand on my belly that looks about five months even though it's been two months "for both of you"

"How do you want to handle them?" Charles asks

"I want men along the wall" I order "all around in case Negan tries to have any of his people breech our walls" I haven't had the time to get some of the Saviors, I have had time to meet King Ezekiel and he is something. We came to a truce where he is the king of the humans while I'm the queen over the supernaturals. What's cool is that he has a pet tiger, which makes me think that we should have a zoo put in where we can keep the animals such as the tigers or bears or wolves or whatever else here safe "Felix, Benjamin, Maggie and Kate will be by my side as we see these people. John and Demetri shall stay here, I'm sorry my loves but no"

"Keep her safe" both of my mates warn the four vampires.

Once people are posted, I nod my head and the gates open where we have our guns trained on these people. Walking outside I see a guy with facial hair and a bat covered in spikes "You must be Queen Phoenix" waving to me "I mean your wearing a crown and a fancy ass dress" everyone suggested that I should wear a dress and be all dressed up like royalty for this. I'm wearing this beautiful blue dress that Kate made with a beautiful tiara that Eleazar added.

"You" clicking my tongue as the four vampires with me are surrounding me ready to attack if necessary "must be Negan...I see you got my peace offering"

He laughs "Peace offering?" Looking around pointing his finger at me "she calls decapitating ten of our people and sending them to us with their faces all cut up and mutilated a peace offering. Pretty stupid of you to not come out here with weapons especially with how your knocked up" shaking his head "I'm curious, what made you think it was a good idea getting knocked up at a time like this?"

"I'll be clear here" I say picking my nails ignoring how arrogant this idiot sounds "we can either be enemies or allies-you rule under fear, I don't. The people beyond these walls are with me because they know I can offer then something you can't"

"Oh?" Negan dares to ask "and what kind of life do you offer them?"

"I offer them a better world" looking at him, he stares at me "mothers are able to raise their children without fear of a walker killing them, there's enough food and rations that we don't need to come out here to scavenge for them...in short, you might think your puny little group" waving to them all "can defeat us but you can't. You'll be like all the other people who ended up joining us. So I'll give you a choice, either be an ally or our enemy"

Negan just stares at me before laughing "Your good, this whole" waving to me "queen business may work on all of them but it doesn't work on me"

"Then your asking for war" snapping my fingers, I cause then all to fall unconscious. Let's get people away from Negan, show them that we can offer a better life. But if people don't agree with us, then we kill them. I'm not having another Governor situation.

Greer and Maggie are by my side as we put up a cloak around Elysium, that to those who don't know this place will seem like a bunch of forest and highway. That only those who have been here will know that there is a city here.

Snapping my fingers when it's done we watch as Negan and his people wake up, they look around confused as someone demands "Where did they go? Where is the city?"

"Let's go inside" I tell those who are out here, going into the walls my mates are instantly by my side.

"Are you both alright?" John demands

"You didn't get hurt did you?" Demetri demands. They rapidly ask me questions as we go back home since I'm hungry "Dammit woman, talk to us"

"We are fine" I notice a note in the kitchen, picking it up I read it.

Phoenix, my name is Alejandro. My mother is part of the high council-representative for witches. I contact you because the word we are in...we need help. We need sanctuary. Greer has told me of what you are doing and if you tell the High Council I'm sure we can come to a peace agreement. Please, help us.

I await your answer.

"Who's Alejandro?" John demands

"I don't know him" shaking my head "don't worry my loves, though I need to talk to Greer about something" they look at me concerned "in the morning, right now I want to spend the night with the men I love"