Vol. 13 | Let's Play a Game!

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"Rick! Open up! I've got your kid!" Negan exclaimed from outside Alexandria's gate.

"He's not here." Spencer said from the watch post.
"He's not? Well where the fuck is he?" Negan asked, disappointed with ricks absence.
"He's out. Getting supplies for you, actually." Heath said, opening the gate.
"He is? This is why Rick is my favorite! Well, favorite from Alexandria. I think Ezekiel might be my over all favorite. I'm not sure yet." Negan rambled, entering the community as his saviors followed.

Ron and Heath looked at each other, ron remembering an interaction they had some years prior.

-

"It's dangerous out there." Heath had said, joining Ron on the watch tower.
"Yeah." Ron said, his mind elsewhere.
"You know, you really shouldn't go out there. Even if Carl and Enid are with you. I know they know how to fight, but you don't. Having protectors doesn't help all the time. You have to be able to protect yourself." Heath said, genuinely worried about the boy.

"How do you know we go out? And how do you know I can't protect myself?" Ron argued, a stray walker coming towards the gate.
"Because I saw you climbing over the gate. If I caught you, someone else will too. Someone who will tell Pete. I know you don't want that. And I know you can't protect yourself because I know your parents. They're more afraid of you learning how to use a gun than they are of the consequences if you don't." Heath stated, having heard Jessie's hesitation for her kids to be around weapons.
"Fuck." Ron whispered. He was right.
Maybe he should ask Carl to teach him some.

-

"Ron? Can you get that?" Negan said, bringing Ron back to the present.
"What? Oh, yeah." Ron said, seeing a few walkers heading towards Alexandria.
He got out his knife and walked over to the group.
The walkers stopped heading for the food in Alexandria, seemingly content just being near Ron.

Heath, Spencer, Negan, and Carl watched as he killed each of the walkers.

"Great! Now, to Ricks house!" Negan exclaimed, excited the saviors were protecting.
What would Alexandria do without them?

-

Carl, Ron, and Negan sat in the Grimes' living room, waiting for Rick.
Negan sighed, getting bored.
"So, Carl. How long have you lived here?" Negan asked, trying to make conversation.
"A few years." Carl said, his hair covering his missing eye.
"Hm. That's about how long Ron's been with us. A few years. Right Ron?" Negan said, looking over at him now.
"Yeah. Almost three." Ron said softly, still in disbelief it had been that long.
"That sounds right. Carl, why don't you show us around? I wanna see your room and shit!" Negan said happily, content with his new entertainment.

"Uh.. sure. It's a mess though. Let me clean first." Carl said quickly, running off.
"That was odd. Does he really care if his room is messy that much? Come on. Let's go look around." Negan said, finding Carl to be quite peculiar.
"Wait! Maybe.. maybe he had something embarrassing out?" Ron said, assuming Carl was hiding any trace of their relationship at the moment.
"You think so? Like a porn magazine? That's even better. Let's go." Negan said with a big smile, excited about the idea of embarrassing Carl.

The two made it to the top of the stairs, noticing all the doors were shut.
"Well fuck. What room do you think is his?" Negan said, looking around.
"I don't know. That one?" Ron said, pointing to a room he had never actually been in himself.
What was in there?
"You're guess is as good as mine." Negan said, opening the door.
He gasped, Ron following quickly to see what the excitement was.

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