𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍, rick grimes (ON HOLD)

EIGHTY-FOUR

      "GOOD," A VOICE SPOKE UP. "YOU MADE IT. WELCOME TO WHERE you're going. We'll take your weapons," he pulled a gun on Josie, Parker, and Carl. "Now."

      "We can talk about-" Rick began.

      "We're done talking," the man interrupted him. "Time to listen."

      Men walked up to Josie, eyeing her with evil intent as they took her bow, quiver of arrows, and gun from her. The brunette glared at them, pulling Parker and Carl closer to her.

      The man took Carl's gun from his belt, looking at it. "That's yours, right?" Carl said nothing and glared at him so the man nodded, letting out a chuckle. "Yeah, it's yours."

      He flicked Carl's hat as he straightened back up, his eyes landing on Maggie, who was still lying on the stretcher. "Okay, let's get her down and get you all on your knees. Lots to go over."

      "Hold up," Abraham snapped as the Saviors stepped forward to deal with Maggie. "We got it."

      The man nodded and held up his hand to call off his men. "Sure, sure."

      Rick and Abraham lowered the stretcher to the ground and they both carefully helped Maggie off and onto her knees. Abraham knelt beside her as Josie knelt on the other side of her.

      "Gonna need you on your knees," the man said to Rick.

      Rick looked around for a moment, his eyes landing on Parker and Carl, then on Josie. He slowly realized that he was the one responsible for leading his people into this trap, he knew there was no way out of this.

      Rick caught his wife's eyes and knelt down next to her. Everyone else in the group got the message, kneeling down next to their loved ones.

      "Dwight!" the man called. "Alex!"

      "Yeah!" a blonde man with a scarred face replied, coming forward out of the crowd with another man by his side.

      Josie's breath hitched in her throat when her eyes landed on the man, feeling her face drain of color. "Oh, my God..."

      Parker gasped. "Dad...?"

      Alex looked towards where Parker and Josie were kneeling, his mouth parting in surprise when his eyes landed on his daughter and ex-wife.

      "So you know each other?" the man asked, crossing his arms as a smirk crossed his lips.

      "Yeah, she's my ex-wife," Alex replied.

      Josie felt eyes on her and she glanced over, seeing Rick already looking at her. Rick sighed and reached for her hand, squeezing it to reassure her.

      "All right," the man sighed. "Chop-chop!"

      Alex reluctantly looked away from Josie, walking over to the back of the van with Dwight. They opened the doors and Josie saw Rosita, Michonne, Daryl, and Glenn get dragged out and forced to their knees.

      Glenn looked over his group, his eyes landing on his wife. "Maggie?"

      "All right," the same man announced, standing before them with a proud smile. "We got a full boat. Let's meet the man!" he tapped on the door of the RV.

      Josie wasn't too sure what to expect, but she lifted her eyes from the ground and landed on the RV when the door opened. Even in the shadows, the brunette could see the leather jacket, the red scarf around his neck, and the baseball bat hanging over his shoulder; wrapped in barbed wire.