"Now you may be wondering why your lookouts didn't sound the alarm." Negan's voice booms through a microphone from outside. You look over and see Carl already beginning to get dressed, strapping his belt around his waist and heading for his shoes. You're surprised to see how well he's moving around already, but perhaps the adrenaline is able to mask some of the pain.
The two of you make your way to the gates and meet up with Michonne and, surprisingly, Morgan.
"You have 3, count em, 3 minutes to open this gate or we start bombing the shit out of you!"
"They got out..." Michonne whispers to herself, teary eyed and clearly petrified. You and Carl lock eyes for a second to try and collect yourselves, before heading to talk to the other townspeople.
"We need to make it look like we escaped out back. Get to the woods, halfway to the quarry, and cut the lights. Get enough of a lead on them, hit them, and get away on foot. You know where we'll be. Just need to get the guns and get everyone else here, and we'll meet you there." Carl says while he rushes around and packs a duffle bag.
"2 minutes people. Come on really dig deep with the apologies. Bonus points for creativity, like a poem or a song. I love that shit!" Negan says through his microphone again, earning enraged looks from everyone.
"Go. There's people in the infirmary that are gonna need help." Carl says to a part of the group, and they head over to the infirmary. Tara marches over as Negan whistles his signature whistle in the background.
"Look we have guns. Let's just fight them now."
"No, Carl's right. We can't fight them right now." you retort back, earning a harsh grimace from her.
"Carl, we can't let them have this place." Michonne pleads to Carl. He looks around at everyone's faces, but instead of getting flustered, he takes charge.
"Yes, we can. All we need to do is survive tonight. This is my plan, and we're all gonna do it, so let's go."
"Open up Rick! You got less than a minute left, it's about time we get to apologizing." Negan screams through the gate. You stand at the bottom of the guard post and watch as Carl pokes his head up above.
"He's not home." he yells down to Negan.
"Oh hoho! Look at you answering the door like a big boy! Daddy's not home huh? Well I guess he's in for a big smokey surprise when he gets back."
"There's families in there. Kids. My little sister."
"Well, that just breaks my heart. There's kids at the Sanctuary too, you must've seen them. None of this shit is fair kid, but that's why they need a leader who will do whatever it takes to get shit done!" After hearing this, you decide to climb up and talk to Negan as well. "OHHH well look who joined us! Mr. and Mrs. future serial killers. How was the reunion? Actually, spare me the details. I bet it was STEAMY though huh?" he chuckles.
"We don't have to do this. We can stop this right now." you yell down to him, your voice beginning to waver.
"Oh so now you wanna talk? Because it seems like the only way out of this for Rick, is by killing me. So because of that, we're gonna need a new understanding. Apologies, punishments-"
"Kill me!" you yell abruptly. Carl's face drops when you say that.
"(y/n)?" he whispers to you, but you just ignore him. Negan takes a long pause, taking a few steps closer.
"What did you just say?" he asks, a tinge of amusement in his voice.
"If you have to kill someone, kill me. If there has to be a punishment kill me."
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FanfictionYou knew Carl from before all this happened. Your moms were best friends and would sip wine on your back porch while the two of you played pretend in the backyard. The day the world went to shit, you were dismissed from school early and Lori had to...
