Lone Wolf

Chapter Forty-One

We left in the morning, leaving the kids, except Carl, and went to Hilltop. I had Magnus, give me my sword before we left. I saw the gates open and saw Maggie looking better. Rick hugged and spoke to her, while I hugged Glenn, until we saw Daryl.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

She nodded and pulled me into a hug. I listened to the heartbeat. It was strong. I turned to Daryl and saw him and Michonne hugging. I walked up and pulled him into a hug. I could feel his pain. I put my hand on his arm and took it. I felt him relax.

"Thank you." He whispered.

I nodded. He went to Rick and handed him his gun. After we hugged, we all went inside. It was time to prepare for a war.

"No. No way in hell. You people swore you could take the Saviors out and you failed. So, any arrangement we had is done, null and void. We aren't trade partners; we aren't friends, and we never met." Gregory said.

Alexander and Rick told me who everyone is here that they met.

"I owe you nothing. In fact, you owe me for taking in the refugees, at great personal risk." He told us.

"Oh, you were very brave staying in here while Maggie, Glenn, and Sasha saved this place. Your courage was inspiring." Jesus said.

"Hey, don't you work for me? Aren't we friends." Gregory told him.

"Gregory, we already started this." Rick said.

"You started this." He told him.

"Why not just kill him." I offered.

Rick and the others looked at me.

"We started this. And we're gonna win." Rick told him.

"These are killers." He spoke.

I swear this man is idiotic. I listened as this man spoke to Rick.

"His name is Rick, remember it, Jefferey, was it?" I spoke.

"Gregory." He told me.

"Got you, Greg." I told him.

I heard the others laugh as he glared at me. Instead of actually calling people by their names, he continued insulting us. This man wasn't going to be of no help to us. We went outside and I saw a community come together to fight.

I listened as the other talked about not having enough people.

"We have another issue. The wolves and kanimas. I saw them at the place. Negan has them under his control." Daryl said.

"I can get to them." I told them.

"How? You can't just go anywhere and fight, Stella. Your pregnant with twins and three months along." Rick told me.

"I saw them. They have no alpha. They may listen to Negan, but he's not one of us. He's not supernatural. If I can get them to join our side, we could have the advantage. Better scouts. With the wolves, they can scout the place and report back. Kanima's are all different. Some have tails or spikes. They can paralyze people, and some turn invisible. If I can convince them to join my pack, we'll have the manpower." I explained.

"Do you think speaking will work?" Glenn asked.

"It will. My name. My birth one, Hale. It has a meaning to all supernatural's. My name, my family, we are royalty to them. We are who they turned to during any crisis, involving hunters. And my uncle Scott, he's a true alpha. The only one. They will listen. I know they will." I told them.

"Alright. We'll figure out how to get them to join us." Rick said. "We need to get back soon. They'll come looking for Daryl." He continued.

"Not so soon." Jesus said showing us the walkie. "It's long range. I think it's time I introduced y'all to Ezekiel. King Ezekiel." Jesus told us.