"Sky no" Negan whispered under his breath. "What the fuck are you doing?"
A small, young looking woman with short hair appeared and was immediately grabbed by Michonne who relived her of her weapons and brought her closer to Rick and Daryl. She looked down at Negan, who despite his injuries and the guns pressed to his head looked defiant as ever.
But when his eyes met hers, all she saw was sadness. He didn't want her to be a part of all this. He didn't want to see her get hurt, and he certainly didn't want her to see him die. She had been through enough.
"Who the hell are you?" Daryl growled, training his gun on her, while Rick kept his pointed at Negan.
"S-Sky" she stuttered in response.
Rick looked her over carefully. The woman was small, and didn't seem like she would be much of a threat, but he learnt long ago never to underestimate people in this world.
"Are you part of his army?" Rick asked as he saw the weapons that Michonne had removed from her.
"No, not part of his army…"
"Then why are you here? Why do you care if we kill him? He's a psychopath, a murderer!" Rick yelled as he thrust his gun in Negan's direction.
Sky looked at her man once more and he warned her not to say anymore with a shake of his head and a pleading look in his eye.
"I'm his wife" she replied simply.
"His wife?" Rick asked in shock as he looked back and forth between the two.
"God damn it Sky" Negan muttered under his breath. He was trying to keep her safe, but she made it damned hard sometimes.
"I heard he had multiple wives… what makes you so special?" Rick questioned.
"He used to. Before I came along".
"You think you can save him? Is that it?" Daryl said somewhat sarcastically.
"Maybe. But more importantly, he saved me" Sky told them.
"Explain" Rick said plainly.
"I was with a bad group when he found me" she began.
"Worse than the saviours?" Daryl questioned.
"Much worse" Sky told him. "These men, they kept me prisoner for months. They tortured me, beat me and raped me… every single day. I wished that they would just kill me" she spoke as she avoided their eye contact. Looking only at Negan. "And then he found me, he killed those animals, and took me away from it all" she finished.
"Why? So you could be his wife?" Rick asked.
"No. Not at all. That part was unexpected. On both our parts" she insisted.
"So what? You fell in love with this nut job? And married him willingly?" Daryl spat in disgust.
"Yes. He gave me a reason to live" Sky stated proudly.
"You must be as mental as he is. Why don't we just kill you both?" Daryl growled as he aimed his gun at her.
"Don't!" Negan yelled in protest, before Rick gave him a stern warning in the form of a pistol whip to his face.
"Don't speak" Rick demanded.
"I'm pregnant" Sky told them. "With twins… please" she begged.
"Pregnant?" Rick asked, becoming more and more shocked about everything. "And Negan is the father?"
"Yes, he is"
"She's lying" Daryl insisted.
"It's the truth. I can show you if you like. We have an ultrasound machine here".
