FATHERS RIFLE • C.Grimes

ೀ⋆｡˚ CHAPTER 48 ೀ⋆｡˚

as jesus walked the group down to the gate of hilltop, he stopped in his tracks. "i think it's time i introduce you to ezekiel. king ezekiel."

"king?.." faye furrowed her brows in confusion.

jesus drove the group to the 'kingdom' (as he called it.) once the car had slowed down and parked up amongst the gravel, rick and jesus got out and began to talk.

"hey, come on! what are we waiting for?" daryl called out, peeking out the sunroof.

"waiting for them." jesus pointed over to a two men approaching wearing steel armour and riding horses.

"who dares to trespass on the sovereign land of the.. oh shit. jesus, is that you?" the man's accent changed as he noticed jesus.

"i'm sorry, i can't take this seriously." faye remarked, still watching the men on horses come closer.

"get out of the car." one of the men ordered, glaring at rosita, tara, carl and faye in the backseat.

"yes, your highness." faye murmured under her breath as she got out the car.

"everybody line up." the man told them.

"okay. this is a waste of time. come on, let's go." daryl muttered.

"maybe you're right." the man shrugged. "the king is a busy man."

eventually, they agreed to take the group to the king. faye kept a watchful eye on the man (now known as richard) as he whispered something to jesus.

the kingdom was one of the biggest communities faye had seen yet. if you didn't know any better you wouldn't think there was an apocalypse outside the walls. they had good crops, over a hundred people, strong brick buildings. it looked like a regular town, well.. regular before the outbreak.

"they've got the numbers." michonne stated as she looked around.

"yeah but can they fight?" faye muttered, crossing her arms.

"oh, they can fight." jesus nodded.

everyone continued to look around and listen to the chatter of people, the laughter of kids and footsteps of the people in training. all of the sudden tara spoke up. "morgan?" she furrowed her brows.

"hey." he pulled tara into a quick embrace. everyone looked at morgan in confusion they weren't expecting to see him here.

"how do you guys know eachother?" richard asked.

"we go back to the start." rick nodded.

"well, the king is ready to see you." richard announced, leading them into a town hall.

"what the shit." faye whispered as she noticed a tiger sitting comfortably next to the king.

"jesus! pleased to see you again. tell me, what news have you brought food kind ezekiel. are these new allies you've brought me?" the king spoke in posh, royal tone.

"indeed, they are, your majesty. this is.. oh right i forgot to mention.." jesus quickly noticed the confused looks on the groups faces as they stared at the tiger.

"yeah, a tiger." rick nodded.

"this is rick grimes, the leader of alexandria and these are some of his people." jesus introduced rick and the others.