VILLAINESS [TWD]

➴101

"Fucking let go of me you piece of shit!" Anna cries, slamming her hands against Negan's chest.

"You want to go back into the minefield of bottle rockets?" he sneers.

"Ellie needs help!"

"Ellie blew up and-"

With a swift slap to his face, Anna shuts Negan up. 

"You want to be useful? You want your past to be squeaky clean? You want fucking redemption?" Anna shouts, shoving Negan against the wall. "Then either leave now and let everyone move on or be fucking helpful and find Ellie!"

Negan sighs. Anna had officially snapped. She wasn't crying. She was stone cold. She was rabid. And so, so angry.

"I understand-"

"You don't understand shit!" Anna screams in his face. "It's enough! Maggie won't get off your back until you do something actually good so go find her daughter and she might not skin you alive this week!"

"Anna?" Elijah calls.

He stumbles down the hallway, bleeding from the leg. Anna hurries to his side and helps him stand.

"I've got one following. We gotta move-"

The door behind him opens and Anna pulls her gun out, followed by Negan taking out a knife.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Anna shouts, jumping in front of Elijah and Negan.

"Anna," Josh breathes, lowering his gun. "What.. What the hell? Where have you-"

Anna tugs Josh into a big hug. "Don't be a douchebag. Please let me explain."

Josh rests his hand on Anna's back and looks over her shoulder. He didn't recognize Elijah, but.. 

"Josh-" Anna begins.

Josh tugs Anna to the side and raises his gun again to Negan's head. "What the hell are you doing with this dickhead?"

Elijah slumps against the wall and holds his weapon up shakily.

"Maggie is here," Anna says, tugging on her brother's arm. "It's not Rick and Michonne. This place was Maggie's. She built it for Ellie and Hershel."

"Daryl.." Josh whispers. "Daryl's here, too. He said he was alone, but.."

"Hilltop needs help-"

"There is no Hilltop," Elijah reveals.

"What?" anna asks.

Elijah looks at Negan who sighs again. Things were just not going his way. People were only getting the bad sides of the past few years.

"That Whisperer group.. Negan was with 'em. He helped 'em burn it to the ground," Elijah explains.

"And you expect us to believe Maggie asked for your help-"

"Yes!" Negan hisses. "Yes, I do, because that's what fucking happened!"

A door opens. Josh hurriedly pulls Anna through the halls and she tugs Elijah along. Negan follows because what the hell else was he supposed to do?

The Reaper passes by without noticing them.

"Look, I'll explain everything, but Elijah is hurt and needs help," Anna whispers. "You know this place well enough. Better than I do, at least."

"I know the place, too," Elijah whispers. "Remember? I kind of lived here."

Anna frowns and nods in acknowledgment. She looks up at Josh who was staring at Negan.