Chapter 84: Monsters

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"Weapons down

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"Weapons down... now." Morales ordered. Rick put his guns on the ground, but Xander didn't put his daggers on the ground. "Put the daggers on the ground. Now, Xander. Or I'm going to shoot him."

Morales remembers the Grimes family reunion. How can he not? He remembers the way Rick's boys screamed and ran for their father. He remembers the way Xander's arms went around his father.

He remembers the way Rick cradled Carl and Xander. He remembers the way he held Lori. And he also remembers when Xander attacked Shane.

That was when Morales first saw the darkness in the boy.

"So, y'all are Rick and Xander from Alexandria. This whole time, it was you two."

"You called your men in for nothing. The fight's out there. It's just us in here," Rick says.

"Did you hear what I just said? I know who y'all are. I saw it in the mirror through the open door. And it wasn't any kind of blast from the past. As soon as I saw you... I knew you'd both made the same trip as me. From there to here. Shit, well... well, I guess we aren't the same people we used to be, huh? Cause you're both monsters... I called them because because you're both prizes." Xander gritted his teeth in anger as he heard that, he was not a prize. "Rhea-" Xander glared at him as he said his girlfriend's name. "She's even bigger prize than both of you. We've been told. We don't kill you-" Morales looked towards Rick "The Widow, the King, the Dixon girl, or the Grimes older son... not if we don't have to. So why are you two here? I know you... just like before. You're always the guy willing to rush in, Rick. And you, Xander, are the boy always willing to die for his people. But why? What is it you're looking for?"

Neither of the Grimes's said anything.

"Nothing to say, huh? It doesn't matter. Not anymore. Not for you or anyone else you brought in here. Because what's left of my people... they're comin'. And we'll get you both to Negan. Or we won't. Either way, we're gonna settle your shit, Peaches." Morales hisses.

"What happened to Miranda? To Lewis and Eliza?" Xander asked him "Are they here?"

The man lowers his gun a little "We never made it to Birmingham. They didn't," Morales told them.

"I'm sorry," Rick tells him.

"Really, Rick?" Morales eyes narrow.

"We lost people, too." Xander told him "Andrea. Sophia. T-Dog. My mom, Dale, Shane."

"You killed him?" Morales asked him with narrowed eyes.

Xander smirked at him and shook his head "No it wasn't me. Although I wish it was me."

Morales stood silent for a second, as he started thinking. "Rhea." He said. Xander didn't said anything and that confirmed Morales's conclusion. "She killed him didn't she? Ohh I always knew that girl was dangerous and trouble... I always knew she was a monster-"

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