Love In Hell (D.D.)

1.72 The Kingdom

Dad and Jesus were getting out of the car. Jesus had driven us to a place called "the kingdom". Daryl and i were still in the car with Michonne and the others. 

I had my head on Daryl's shoulder.

Daryl whispered in my ear "Ken?"

Me "mhmm"

I was kinda tired. And i was mad at myself for being tired.

Daryl "Who helped you out?"

Me "Sherry"

He nodded "When Jesus got me out i didn't want to leave without you. He said that you were already gone"

I nodded.

Daryl "what took you so long?"

Me "I drove another way. Couldn't take the highway. There were walkers in front of me and suddenly i lost control of the car. Had no choice but to jump out. Seconds later the car crashed against a tree. More walkers came but i was faster than them and ran the whole way back to Hilltop"

Daryl nodded "as long as you're okay"

I nodded.

Me "D?"

He looked at me.

Me "Why did you jump out of that line and punched him?. "

Daryl but a hand on my thigh "I was protecting what's mine."

Me "You could've gotten yourself killed"

Daryl "by protecting you? would do it again"

I shook my head "Don't say that"

Daryl took a deep breath and opened the car door. 

He got out and looked to the front "Hey, the hell we waitin' on?"

Suddenly Jesus pointed at one direction "Waiting for them"

I got out of the car.

Two man on two horses.

A man "Who dares to trespass on the sovereign land of the--oh shit. Jesus, that you?"

Jesus smiled.

They stopped in front of us.

Guy "who are all these people, Paul?"

Jesus rolled his eyes "Hi, Richard. Nice to see you"

Richard "It's good to see you too. Your friends, who are they?"

Jesus pointed at Dad "This is Rick Grimes. He's the leader of a like-minded community. These are some of his people. "

He pointed at us.

Jesus "We would like to request an audience with King Ezekiel. "

The guy got off his horse and walked to Jesus. he had a gun in his hand. He looked through the car at Michonne. Michonne, Carl, Rosita, Sasha and Tara got out of the car. 

Richard " Get out of the car. "

He looked at Jesus  "You say they're a... like-minded community. Like-minded how? "

Jesus "We live, we trade, we fight the dead. Sometimes others."

Richard nodded at us " Line up."

I raised an eyebrow at him "Who do you think you are commanding me like that, you motherf-?"

Daryl cut me off " Okay. This is a waste of time. Come on. Let's go. "

He turned around to go back into the car but i blocked him. He rolled his eyes at me.

Richard "Maybe you're right. The King is a busy man. And it's a dangerous world. We don't usually allow a pack of strangers to waltz through our door. "

Michonne "We want to make the world less dangerous, and we are all here to show the King how serious we are about that. "

Richard "The car stays outside. You gotta hand over your guns. "

Dad "We only have two. "

He looked at Carl and nodded. They took their guns out and handed them to Richard.

Richard nodded"Okay. Follow me. "

We started to follow them.

We walked into the kingdom.

Michonne "they have the numbers"

Rosita "But can they fight?"

Jesus nodded"oh, they can fight"

Daryl "Maybe"

I took a deep breath "i don't like it here."

Daryl looked at me.

Me "Reminds me of Woodbury"

Suddenly we heard Tara "Morgan?"

Morgan walked to us and smiled "Hey"

Then he hugged her.

Then Sasha.

Richard "how do you know each other?"

Dad "We go back to the start"

Richard "Well, the king is ready to see you"

We walked inside.

There was a guy sitting on a Throne. With a fucking Tiger by his side.

The King on the throne greeted "Jesus! It pleases me to see you,old friend."

Another guy "it pleases him, indeed!"

king "Jerry.Tell me, what news do you bring king Ezekiel? Are these new allies you've brought me?"

Jesus "indeed, they are, your majesty. This is...oh right. I forgot to mention that-"

i nodded "yeah, the tiger"

Jesus "this is Rick Grimes, the leader of Alexandria, and these are some of his people"

We walked closer. The room looked like a theater room. Everywhere were seats.

Ezekiel "I welcome you all to the kingdom, good travelers. Now what bring you to our fair land? Why do you seek an audience with the king?"

Dad "Ezekiel- King..Ezekiel. Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the kingdom. All three of our communities have something in common. We all serve the saviors. Alexandria already fought them once, and we won. We thought we took out the threat, but we didn't know the what we know now. We only beat one outpost. We've been told you have a deal with them, that you know them. Then you know they rule through violence and fear. "

Jesus "Your majesty, i only told them of the-"

Ezekiel "our deal with the saviors is not known among my people, for good cause. We made you a party to that secret when you told us of the Hiltop's own travails, but we did not expect you to share-"

Jesus yelled "we can help each other!"