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the bat lands on abraham

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the bat lands on abraham. negan warns the group, "anybody moves, anybody says anything, cut the boy's other eye out and feed it to his father, and then we'll start. you can breathe, you can blink, you can cry," he says, raising the bat. "hell, you're all going to be doing that." negan strikes down on his head. even some of the saviors watch in shock.

"ho! ho! look at that. taking it like a champ!" negan says as abraham lifts himself back up.

"suck... my... nuts!" abraham mutters and negan hits him again. he hasn't changed. i turn away and shake my head.

negan keeps beating him until it's just a pile of blood and skin. after he finishes he starts to laugh. "did you hear that?" he asks and laughs more. "he said, 'suck my nuts.' phew." he continues to swing more.

he stops again and laughs. "oh, my goodness!" negan laughs and looks at me then his bat. "look at this."

he swings his bat around and blood splatters on rick's face. "you guys, look at my dirty girl!" negan says, showing off his bat. he goes to rosita and sticks the bat in her face. "sweetheart... lay your eyes on this. oh damn. were you-- were you together? that sucks. but if you were, you should know there was a reason for all this. red-- and hell, he was, is, and will ever be red. he just took one or six or seven for the team! so take... a damn look. take a damn look!"

daryl charges at negan and punches him in the jaw. a man grabs him and they fight him to the ground. "daryl!" rick shouts.

"no!" negan shouts and points his bat. i shake my head more because i know he's going to hit someone else now. he warned us. "oh, no. that? oh, my! that... is a no-no."

he gets down on his knee next to daryl who's being held to the floor. "the whole thing, not one bit of that shit flies here." negan says.

dwight comes up and points daryl's cross bow at him. "do you want me to do it?" dwight asks. "right here."

negan looks at me. "what do you think, kid?" he asks. "why is your head up anyway?"

negan pulls daryl's hair and daryl grunts. "no," negan says and let's go of his hair. "no you don't kill them... not until you try a little."

dwight pulls daryl back in line. negan stands back up. "and anyway... that's not how it works. now, i already told you people-- first one's free, then--- what i'd say? i said i would shut that shit down! no exceptions. now, i don't know what kind of lying assholes you've been dealing with... but i'm a man of my word. first impressions are important. i need you to know me. so... back to it." he says, turning around and hitting glenn on the head.

i gasp and cover my mouth. "no," i whisper. glenn gets up and i look at him. his eye's popping out and he's covered in blood. everyone starts to cry and he looks around.

"buddy, you still there?" negan asks glenn. "i just don't know. it seems like you're trying to speak but you just took a hell of a hit. i just popped your skull so hard, your eyeball just popped out, and it is gross as shit!"

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