The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Lewis stands eyeing the gates of the kingdom and stares it down as the gates open. He eyes the man walk out and stop with a few soldiers behind him in gear. He turns his head sideways eyeing them and walks up to the man in the middle and asks.

"are you the one called king Ezekiel?"

The man looks over Lewis and asks.

"and who are you?"

Lewis reaches into his pocket and the men around him hold up their refiles as he smiles.

"i have no weapons I come as a messenger"

He pulls out an envelope and holds it out to king Ezekiel as he nods to it.

"will you take the message?"

 Ezekiel  eyes the envelope and reaches out taking it as he runs his fingers over it and hears Lewis

"don't open it wait for the right person. He will come to you with Negan. He will promise you sanctuary in exchange for an alliance. Give him this letter as your reply and in exchange i promise Negan will never touch this kingdom again"

king Ezekiel eyes over lewis

"your attire, your military?"

Lewis looks up to Ezekiel and stares him down as he comments

"i'm a patriot i serve what is left of this countries government. Stability is important if we continue to pull away from society we will all die. Give him that letter and if Negan tries to make a move on this community i promise you he will die along with his saviors"

Lewis steps back keeping eye contact with Ezekiel as he bows his head.

"i leave now and give you my word the kingdom will not fall, today"

Lewis smiles to himself and turns his back as Ezekiel asks

"how can you make such promises many men and women have died because of Negan"

Lewis stops and stares around him as he hears his radio click and shuts his eyes hearing the sounds around him. He hears the whistles in the distance and opens his eyes commenting.

"Negan alone is not responsible for those deaths blood flows back to where it belongs Ezekiel.  people are resources a smart man knows when to hold his resources and a fool gives them up freely. Do as I ask and the kingdom will be rewarded. I am a man of my word"

Lewis nods to Ezekiel and walks towards his car getting into the front seat and closing over his door. He sits in the car staring down Ezekiel and his men as he leans over eyeing a few CDs on the passenger seat. He sits there flipping through the CDs and finds one pushing it into the player and hears the music as he closes his eyes and smiles to himself. Lewis opens his eyes and stares down Ezekiel as he slowly reaches for his radio and clicks it twice as he backs the car out of sight stopping it further down the road. He eyes the two large trucks and nods to two men.

"keep watch over them if he does what I ask stay hidden and observe if he doesn't report back to the meeting position. I told him the kingdom would be safe today but that doesn't mean it will be tomorrow or the next day. Mason will come again and eventually they will join Negan"

Lewis turns getting back in his car and drives slowly down the road. He turns up the radio rolling his hands on the steering wheel but jams on the breaks seeing the large crowd of men standing in front of him. He eyes the figure in all black with walker skin covering his face standing in front of his car and clicks his gear in reverse ready to go backwards but stops looking back at the large crowd of men. He takes a deep breath in eyeing the large crowd and the man standing in front of his car removes his mask revealing himself to be styles. Styles slowly walks up to the window knocking on it and Lewis rolls it down staring him over as Styles grins wide.

"so we meet again. its a nice day, isn't it. the sun is out, the flowers are blooming. The view of the green grass from the balcony around this time of year is something, refreshing"

Styles leans forward whispering 

"do you want to see?"

Styles reaches for the door handle and Lewis stares forward as styles whispers

"I want you to see it Lewis so when you see Mason next you can show him what happens when he doesn't listen to reason"

Lewis unlocks the door and gets out as Styles motions forward into the crowd.

"please, follow me. I want you to see it"

Lewis slowly follows styles and stops at the back of the truck as Styles opens the back. He shoves Lewis in and shuts the truck door hard. Lewis stops himself eyeing the tied down walker inches away from himself and pushes his back to the seat closest to him. He stops eyeing a figure in the dark and pushes forward eyeing the familiar face and comments

"Konnor?"

Konnor stares forward not speaking and Lewis presses forward towards Konnor trying to get his attention 

"konnor?"

Konnor glances up shaking but remains silent as Lewis asks

"what happened at the estate?"

Konnor stares down at his bare feet and up to Lewis as he hums to himself. Lewis stares him over and notices he is drenched in blood and asks

"what did you do?"

Konnor doesn't reply and keeps humming a song to himself as Lewis stares him down asking

"Konnor?"

Konnor moves forward into the light and Lewis eyes his face drenched in blood as Konnor begins whistling to himself ignoring Lewi's presence as Lewis asks again

"what happened?"

Konnor glances up to him and Lewis eyes the blood covering his face as Konnor stays silent. The truck comes to a sharp stop and the back opens as the light shines into the truck. Lewis eyes styles standing in front of him who motions out to him. Lewis steps down and eyes the dead grass and walks forward eyeing the estate. Styles shoves him forward whispering.

"remember this sight next time you see Mason"

Lewis glances up eyeing the bodies of the kids hanging from the balcony and turns back to Styles who nods to him

"this is what happens when you betray Alpha"

Konnor steps out of the truck walking up besides Lewis who glares to him as Konnor nods his head commenting 

"we lost"