A week had passed by before Sky thought that Negan was healed enough for them to travel. She was now around twenty weeks pregnant and they wanted to get to their destination and settle in before she started to get too heavily pregnant.
The car was already packed and ready to go, and Sky insisted on checking on Negan's shoulder one last time, making him move it around in all directions to check his mobility.
"Sky Darlin'… stop worrying. I'm fine. The pain is almost gone and I'm strong enough to swing a bat or wield a rifle. We are good to go" he told her.
"I know babe… I just want to be sure. Things could get dangerous out on the road if we come across a herd" she told him. "Or people" she added sadly.
"Are you worried about coming across fuckers like those animals you were with when I found you? Is that what all this caution is about?" he asked, hitting the nail right on the head.
"Yes" she mumbled, thinking back to how horrible the whole ordeal had been. Over time the pain had lessened, and Negan had helped so much with that, but it would always stick with her.
"You know I won't let anything happen to you Sky. No other man will ever lay a fucking hand on you I promise you that. I will keep you safe until my dying breath" he reassured her as he pulled her into a tight hug and kissed the top of her head.
"We will take the back roads, less chance of running into a herd that way, and less likely to come across people too". The sun hadn't been up long before they hit the road.
They thought it best to leave early in case they had to take any detours on the way. The last thing they wanted was to be stuck out in the open after dark.
Starting out on the main road they only came across a few walkers here and there. Sky drove as Negan directed, telling her to turn off down a back road, which was perfect timing because it looked like there was a small herd of walkers on the bridge up ahead.
As they headed down the dusty road they came to a small bridge where a car sat in the middle of the road blocking their path. They couldn't tell from a distance whether it had been crashed or abandoned, either way it was a slight problem. "What do we do?" Sky asked.
"Drive up closer Darlin' and we'll get out and have a look. Might have to try and push it out of the way".
Sky did as he told her and pulled up just behind the vehicle, and they both got out, her with her knife at the ready and Negan with his shiny new bat.
Each of them also had a pistol tucked into their pants for back up. As they neared the vehicle they heard the distinctive growl of a walker. Negan looked in to the driver's side to see it still strapped in by the seat belt.
From the looks of him, he'd been there a couple of weeks at least.
"Poor bastard must have been bit and died while he was on the road, then turned" Negan told her as he pulled a knife from his belt and stabbed it through the walkers skull, before dragging it out and dumping it over the side of the bridge.
They checked over the car and found a few useful supplies which they packed into their own vehicle.
"I think if we can push this fucking car over to the side we will have enough room to pass" he told her as he shifted it into neutral and turned the steering wheel and began to push from the driver's side while she pushed from the back.
Between the two of them, him still a little injured and her pregnant, they just managed to get it out of the way. "Good work Darlin'" he smiled as he gave her a kiss on the forehead before they climbed back into the car and continued on their way.
