The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Three trucks pull up to the Kingdom gates and Negan gets out of one eyeing the Kingdom and nods to Mason who hands him a megaphone.

"now Ezekiel I know you are in there and I don't want my boys to have to come in there and get you. so lets play nice and get your ass out here"

The gates open and Ezekiel and his men walk out stopping in front of Negan and Mason. Ezekiel looks over Mason recognizing him and questioning.

"are your fields still green?"

Negan looks between them and asks Mason

"your two know each other?"

Mason looks over Ezekiel and Ezekiel smiles as he comments

"it was a long time ago before all of this"

  Ezekiel  motions around him and turns to Negan

"there won't be any talks today, the kingdom is free as is everyone. Go home Negan"

Mason itnerupts

"none of us are free anymore not while she's alive"

  Ezekiel  eyes over Mason and asks

"she?"

Mason nods his head eyeing over Ezekiel

"she will come here and she will kill you and your people. First she will kill the men, than the women and than finally the children. Ezekiel I don't want your people to die especially not the children"

Ezekiel  looks to Negan and turns to Mason

"trust is earned Mason what you are asking, we cannot do"

  Ezekiel  takes out an envelope and holds it out to Mason

"I was asked by a young man to give this to you. We were promised protection, freedom and so we have gotten it"

A few men in military attire come out of the woods and stands in front of Ezekiel. Mason eyes them over as one of the men nod to him.

"the patriots own this territory now. you will leave or you will die"

All the men lift their rifles and Negan turns his head sideways questioning 

"who in the hell are you?"

The leader motions to Mason

"Mr. Reid I suggest you leave we don't want to kill you but if we have to, we will"

Mason looks down at the envelope and up to the men as they stare him down. He stops Negan and comments

"we don't want this war, not now"

Negan stares down at Mason's hand questioning 

"excuse me? Who the fuck is in charge here?"

Mason motions back to all his men and comments

"they are still my scouts if I pull back they will too Negan. I am not getting my men slaughtered. We will get the kingdom, just not today"

Mason stares down the patriots and comments

"i met no offense to the patriots me and my men will go in peace"

The patriots lower their weapons and their leader motions to Mason

"we suggest you leave now"

Mason motions to Ezekiel as he comments.

"this is a small group Ezekiel, they can't protect you against Alpha. I recommend you think carefully"

Mason turns and motions to Negan who stares down the leader asking

"do you know Lewis?"

The man smiles and motions to Negan

"yeah, he says fuck you"

Mason turns smiling to himself and Negan backs off getting back into the truck. Negan takes off and comments

"Mason i thought you said you had control of your boys?"

Mason eyes the envelope and looks up to Negan

"i do, today isn't the day we take the kingdom, but we will. Those men are a small group they won't be there in a few days and Ezekiel will need protection again and then we will show up"

***

The patriots watch the trucks pull away and the man clicks his radio speaking into it

"its done"

The leader turns to Ezekiel smiling at him as he nods 

"your people will be safe as long as we remain"

The patriots walk off back into the woods and Ezekiel eyes the trucks pulling out of sight watching them turn down a road and disappear. he turns eye carol as he asks

"what do you think of these men? These Patriots?"

Carol eyes the woods and turns back to  Ezekiel nodding her head

"something doesn't seem right here"

Ezekiel  nods his head looking around him at the woods and whispers to Carol

"it feels like we are caged in a zoo and they are our keepers"

Carol drips her refile tighter staring around the woods and the patriots look out at her eyeing her and  Ezekiel as he clicks his radio speaking into it

"Lewis?"

***

Styles eyes the radio and stares up at the back of Lewis and Konnor's heads as he clicks the radio speaking into it

"hear me patriots today the world will be reborn"

Lewis turns back eyeing Styles who turns his head sideways staring down Lewis as he continues speaking 

"I am offering the patriots a chance at peace if you withdraw all your men guarding the kingdom we promise not to kill you"

Lewis glances back to Styles and styles walks up to him motioning to the radio

"you can save your men or you can leave them to die"

He hands Lewis the radio and Lewis looks down at it and back to Konnor who shrugs his shoulders. Lewis takes a deep breath in and clicks the radiospeaking

"pull the men back to the meeting spot the kingdom is a loss cause the mission is all that matters"

The patriots look down at their radio and the leader nods his head as he clicks the radio commenting

"affirmative major we will pull back to the meeting spot"

The man motions to his group as he nods to them

"the mission is all that matters the kingdom isn't ours to save"

The patriots walk through the woods but stop coming into contact with a group of whisperers who slowly step aside letting them pass as the patriots look them over and the whispers walk by them getting into position for an assault. The patriots continue walking but one stops questioning 

"we jut going to let those people die?"

The leader nods his head as he comments

"that's exactly what we do. stability is important, the whisperes will have their day and we won't interfere, not yet."