Brother's Keeper ¹ || The walking dead

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Reagan sat next to the cot riven was currently sleeping in. Riley sat on the other side, both glaring at each other with their arms crossed over their chest.

London had arrived a couple of hours ago, putting some antibiotics in Riven with an IV since Riven refused to take any pills.

London had told them that Riven needed to let his body rest and heal. He is strictly ordered to be in bed rest until his body gets enough rest.

It would be a difficult task to keep Riven in bed until his body was well rested and his back was slightly healed.

The door to the infirmary opened, but neither of the men turned their heads towards the door as they continued to glare at each other.

"..she has been fed and changed." Mercury was placed in Reagan's lap, and Reagan instantly uncrossed his arms and grabbed ahold of Mercury.

Enid crossed her arms over her chest, "So, Gregory wants Riven and Mercury gone. I overheard him saying something about snitching to Negan if neither of them are gone by evening."

"Negan would be the least of his problems if he thinks about kicking Riven and Mercury out of Hilltop." Riley spoke, shaking his head.

He didn't like Gregory. The man was a coward and hid behind Negan. It was no wonder why the people of Hilltop started listening more to the Greene siblings than Gregory.

The people of Hilltop didn't want to hide behind Negan. They didn't want to keep giving half their stuff to Negan. They wanted to fight Negan and take him down once and for all.

"Riven and Mercury aren't staying in Hilltop," Reagan spoke, "when Riven wakes up, I'll take them back to the sanctuary."

"I thought Riven wasn't in any condition to be moving around or sitting up. How is he supposed to sit in your car for that long?" Enid rhetorically questioned, shaking her head at him.

"Listen, I don't care what sort of alpha male -" she gestured between Reagan and Riley, "bullshit you two having going on,"

"But I will not let it affect Riven and Mercury. Riven is staying here until he has the okay to walk again, and Mercury is also staying here because, trust me, if you try to take her away, I will shoot you." Enid said, her threat was directed at Reagan.

"Fine," Reagan forced out. As much as he hated being in Hilltop, the teenager did have a good point. "But if they're staying, so am I."

He wasn't about to leave Riven and Mercury at Hilltop by themselves, especially with Gregory around.

The old man was a coward, and a coward does rash decisions out of fear. Riven and Mercury could be in danger if Gregory decided to do something, but Reagan could take him out.

He should've taken him out a long time ago. The first time, Negan assigned him to make sure everything in Hilltop runs smoothly.

He should've taken him out and let Jesus take over Hilltop. It would've solved a lot of problems that Gregory had caused.

He'll deal with Gregory later.

"..she's wearing the dress." Reagan, Enid, and Riley turned to look at Riven, who was awake now, "has she eaten yet?"

Enid nodded, a small smile on her face, "Yeah, how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine." Riven tried to sit up, but Riley pushed him back down, shaking his head at him.

"None of that. You are not supposed to be sitting up or standing right now. You are in strict orders to be in bed rest." Riley told him, and Riven frowned,

"But I'm fine." Riley gave him a pointed look, and Riven sighed,

"What am I supposed to do?" He questioned, not really liking the idea of being in bed rest, but he promised Reagan he'll be a little less reckless now because of Mercury.

"Be sleeping beauty." Reagan responded, with a hint of teasing in his tone, and Riven furrowed his eyebrows in confusion,

"Sleeping beauty? Was she also in strict orders not to stand up or even sit up?" Riven questioned, his tone having a bit of sarcasm to it.

"Yeah, for about a hundred years." Enid replied with a small nod.

"Hundred years." Riven muttered under his breath, shaking his head, "Wait, was she a princess? Why do you always have to compare me to some princess?"

"Because you are one." Reagan's response earned a small giggle from Enid and a quiet barley noticeable chuckle from Riley.

Riven rolled his eyes a little, narrowing his eyes at him, "I'm gonna punch you."

Reagan hummed, "How would you do that if you can't reach me?"

"I will glady volunteer to punch you in his place." Riley said, and Riven gestured towards Riley,

"He'll do it for me."

London walked into the trailer with an irritated expression, and Gregory followed after him.

The door slamming behind Gregory made Mercury jump, and Reagan pulled her closer for comfort, glaring at Gregory, wishing he had his gun at the moment so he could shoot him.

Riley stood up and faced Gregory, "Gregory, whatever you are planning on saying, don't,"

Gregory frowned, "they're staying here, and you can't do anything about it unless you want Negan to know about your little schemes."

Gregory nervously glanced at Reagan, who continued to glare at him. Gregory looked back at Riley, leaning forward a little, "Why don't we keep that to ourselves, hmm?"

Riley stared down at him, and Gregory cleared his throat, "Fine, the baby and the boy can stay for a week,"

"But not him." Gregory gestured to Reagan,

"I'm staying."

"He's staying."

Riley and Reagan shared a look before looking at Gregory with similar glares.

Enid cleared her throat, forcing a smile on her face, "Gregory, Reagan is possibly the only person that can keep Negan from coming into Hilltop. Do you really want to send him away?"

Gregory sighed, "Alright, fine! Have it your way!" Gregory walked out of the trailer,

"That man is impossible to deal with," London spoke, shaking his head, "How's the pain level? And fine is not a number."

Riven sighed, "From a scale of one to ten.. I'd say..50, but I am fine."

"Your body needs to rest, Riven, and you will let it rest." London responded in a tone for no room for arguments.

"He's right," Riley said, nodding his head in agreement with London, "and you will also eat, no buts about."

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