The Rocking Dead II

Chapter 2: Joan's Past and A New Home

Axl's POV: "Ok, look," Joan said, "yes, I was a Savior. Key word, was."

"How'd you end up there in the first place?" I asked. She sighed, an eyebrow raised.

"I was in a relationship with Negan before this." She explained, "He was a good guy. Not too long into this whole thing, I'd say about five months or so after the outbreak, we split because all the love was gone. I remained at the sanctuary though cause I had no where else to go. Kind of took on the position of second in command. We finally started to rekindle the old romance when he asked me to marry him. At first I thought it was an incredible gesture and wanted to say yes, then I found out that this whole time he's had multiple other wives. Because of that I said no. But he kept persisting. I had no choice but to leave. He doesn't really love me anymore. Bastard just wanted another trophy."

"Damn. Sorry about that." I said.

"But that just further proves the mantra of 'Negan's a shithead and needs to be offed'." Bret said.

"I wouldn't say he deserves death." Joan said.

"C'mon Joan, no lady deserves to be treated that way." Gene said, wrapping his arm around her.

"Simmons get your arm off of me before I kick you in your family jewels." She said. Gene quickly took his arm off and stepped away.

"The dude killed almost everyone at our old sanctuary and took the rest hostage! How is that a good guy?" Bret said.

"There must've been a reason behind it. He doesn't randomly kill without a reason. If you guys didn't do what he asked of you, there's your answer." She said. Bret shook his head and rolled his eyes.

"Can we get going and look for somewhere to stay? I'm getting itchy and I don't know if it's withdrawal or the bugs out here." Nikki said, scratching his arms.

"Withdrawal? Have you been finding drugs Sixx?" I asked.

"You'd be surprised how common they still are." He said.

"Seriously how the fuck has he survived?" Joan asked.

"He's got a point though. Let's go before the walkers find us." Jon said. We all stuck together and started walking, grabbing whatever supplies we could find along the way.

"Axl." Gene called, pointing to a sign. It read "ALEXANDRIA SAFE ZONE AHEAD".

"Do we trust them?" Jon asked.

"Worth a shot." Bret said.

"Agree." I chimed in. We followed the signs until we reached a gated community.

"This looks like the one we were at." Jon said.

"Yeah, except it's still standing." I replied. The gates opened, and a man with a beard and a black lady with dread locks walked up.

"Has this become the rockstar camp or something?" The man quietly said to the woman. "Name's Rick Grimes, this is Michonne." He pointed to the lady, "I'm familiar with you two, but not with the others." He pointed at me and Joan.

"Well, I guess you know that I'm Axl and that's Joan." I started introducing everyone, "That's Jon, Bret, Gene, and Nikki. We were just hoping to take shelter here. We've been wandering for a while and need a place to stay."

"Hello there Michonne. I must say you are a beautiful woman. You seeing anyone?" Gene asked, smirking as he looked at Michonne.

"Simmons I will not hesitate to shoot you cut that shit out." Joan said.

"I am seeing someone by the way." Michonne snarkily said to Gene.

"How do we know we can trust you?" Rick asked, "I mean, Joan just threatened to shoot one of your own,"

"He's been on my nerves all day." She answered.

"Let them in, they're ok." A voice called. Rick moved slightly when he turned to face the man, and I could see the source of the familiar voice. Tom Keifer walked up to the gates. "They're friends of ours. They're good." I simply stood there, stunned. Tom survived after that day. Wait, friends of ours?

"Ok. Welcome to Alexandria." Rick said as he escorted us inside.

"I'll show them around." Tom said. Rick and Michonne walked off...