Chapter Thirteen

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Jordyn's POV

None of us could've known what was bound to happen. Somehow Alpha had slipped into the fair, dressed herself up so none of us would recognize her at first glance.

Everything happened so fast I could barely comprehend what the fuck was going on. One minute I was talking to different people and the next I was tied up in what looked like a barn. Enid, Siddiq, and quite a few others were there too. "What the hell happened?" I asked. "I think its that Alpha bitch" Enid replied.

Panic and worry grew quickly. The only thing I could focus on was the baby growing inside me. Hardly anyone knew I was pregnant, Enid was one of few who did know. "I promise you, you and your baby are going to make it out of this alive if it is the last fucking thing I ever do" Enid promised.

The next thing I knew I had woken up tied to a tree beside Siddiq. "What the fuck" I groaned in pain. "Oh thank god you're okay" Siddiq sighed. "I feel like I got hit by a bus" I mumbled. "Alpha sure did I number on you" he said quietly. Within a few minutes we were found. Negan, Daryl, Carol, Michonne, Yumiko, and Lydia were the ones who found us.

"Oh babygirl, are you alright?" Negan asked, quickly undoing the ties. I couldn't answer him or anyone else, with what little strength I did have I managed to get up and lead the others to what Alpha had done. Those that she had kidnapped, she killed and left them turn taking their heads and placing them on stakes that marked her boarder.

Ozzy, Alek, DJ, Frankie, Tammy Rose, Adeline, Rodney, Tara, Enid, and Henry had all lost their lives at the hand of Alpha. "Why did she do this? And why leave the two of you alive?" Carol asked. "She said it was to send a message that she is not to be fucked with. Siddiq was the only one supposed to live. She only left me alive because I'm the leader of Alexandria. She wanted me to suffer and deal with the pain of what happened." I replied.

It wasn't the full truth, but I couldn't say why just yet. Alpha had left me alive for that reason yes, but also because I was pregnant. I seen a soft glimmer in her eye when I told her I was pregnant, she left me and Siddiq alive.

We took the heads of those who died back to the Kingdom to burry them, God only knows what she did with the rest of them.

I sat down with Alden and explained to him what happened with Enid. "Did she suffer?" He asked, tears welling in his eyes. "Unfortunately she did. But she fought until the very last second. If it wasn't for her I might have lost the baby." I said quietly. "I'm glad she was able to protect you" He smiled softly. "I tried to protect her too, that's where the bruises and shit comes from. Enid pushed me out of the way last second. She wanted me to tell you that she loved you very, very much and that you'll keep living just for her" I smiled.

Thank you, for giving me at least some closure" Alden said, wrapping me in a tight hug.

Zeke had pressed for me to get checked out by their doctor before we returned home the next morning, and I did. I didn't lose the baby and for that I am grateful.

By lunchtime the next day we had arrived at home. Negan lead me into our home, sat me down at the kitchen island, and started making me lunch. "I could've lost you yesterday. I dont know what I would've done without you" Negan said, his voice cracking. "Come here" I said softly, pulling him into a hug.

"You didn't lose me and you not ever, not today, not tomorrow, and especially not to that evil bitch. I'm just bruised, me and baby are perfectly healthy and fine" I smiled, Negan pulled away from me and just stared at me. "Did you just say baby?" he asked, excitement in his tone. I smiled and nodded.

"Im going to be a dad?! Fuck yes!!" he cheered. He wrapped his arms tightly around me again and all I could do was smile. I pulled away from him
and sighed, "I think that's the only reason she really left me live. I panicked and told her I was pregnant before she could do to me what she did to the others"

Tears welled in my eyes as i thought about what happened, who we lost, and how we lost them. "I feel like I failed them" I cried.

Negan held me tighter, "There was nothing you or anyone could have done that would've changed how things went. She hit us when we didn't expect it."

Negan and I had made trips to the Kingdom often, I felt like I owed it to them to try and help where and when I could. I couldn't save their boy and it weighed on my heart.

The colder it got, the less the Kingdom functioned. Henry held things together and without him here, it all just fell apart. The crops stopped growing, and the pipes just kept bursting.

"Zeke, we physically can't do anything more" I said softly. "I know, of course I know. I was just trying to hold on just a little longer." He said, tears welling in his eyes.

Over the course of the next few days we worked together to pack the Kingdom up. We made the children comfortable and warm in a wagon, saddled the horses, packed what we could in the wagons and the rest we carried.

The temperature kept dropping, which made it so much harder to make the trip from Kingdom to Alexandria. But we pushed along.

We hadn't seen Alpha, her people, or that goddamn hoard in weeks. We needed to cross into her land, and while we didn't know where the bitch had gone, we were still overly cautious.

"There's no way we make it to the rest station" Carol said. I sighed heavily, "I know a place closer"

The Sanctuary had been abandoned years ago, the remaining Saviors either died or left. "This place brings more bad memories than good" I mumbled to Negan. "I know babygirl, I'm sorry"

"I know it's not the best and I personally cannot stomach being here, but everyone get some rest, get warm. We will continue in the morning" I announced.

Negan and I sat beside a fire barrel. "I'm so thankful we aren't still in this place. Simon is in every corner" I sighed. "He has been dead and gone for almost a decade. Even though he isn't alive he is always going to be in this place, he laid hands on you, he caused you trauma. It will always be apart of you, but it made you stronger." Negan said, kissing my forehead. And he was right.

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