The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

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Rick walks with his group eyeing the journal in his hand and Daryl questions.

"so who are you gonna give it to?"

Rick motions down.

"its owner and we will let him know about that group that took Lewis"

Rick gets to the cabin and the guard nods to him and he enters eyeing Mason sitting alone staring down Rick as rick walks up to him holding out the journal. Mason turns his head sideways asking unsure.

"just one?"

Rick nods his head as he states.

"Aston said the other wasn't there?"

Mason gets p grabbing the journal as he nods his head.

"a new mystery to solve then and lewis, where is he?"

Rick looks down at the floor and Mason stares him down as rick states.

"a group called the renegades took him."

Mason sighs out as he stares down rick a bit angry but shakes his heads keeping his cool.

"well he's not dead so that is better news that i expected. Also i would like to apologize for my step brother he's still a kid and he had no right to put you through the trials like that but you know how teens are, rebellious and never do what their told."

Rick stares down Mason and he holds up his hand.

"i hope you will accept my apology, it will never happen again rick, you have my word"

Mason grips Rick's hand and stays firm but stops hearing a voice.

"well isn't this just so fucking cute..."

Mason releases rick's hand and eyes Negan watching rick and his men draw their guns as Negan holds up his hands in defense.

"now calm your tits rick I'm just here because my old friend mace asked me to come"

Negan winks to Carol and comments.

"but don't you worry, we can finish our little war after the whisperers..."

Negan steps forward taunting rick.

"and boy do you all owe me some good payment..."

Rick goes to step forward and Mason steps between them.

"i know their is a lot of bad blood between your two and I get it..."

Negan stares down Mason and comments.

"your a savior first Mace and your really lowering your bar recruiting rick fucking grimes and his merry little band of fuckups..."

Mason ignores Negan's comment and turns to rick.

"you may hate Negan but the whisperers are a common threat, a worse threat to your people than the saviors and right now those populating the saviors are all men and women from the estate, my people."

Mason stares down Negan and Negan turns his head sideways as he grips Lucille and comments.

"my look at you from alcoholic to growing some balls..."

Negan points to Mason as he comments to rick.

"your putting your trust in the general of the saviors because that is what the estate is full of saviors looking to grant those salivation into their new world..."

Mason remains quiet and Negan smiles wide as he questions staring down Rick.

"have you been saved today?"

The room remains silent until someone walks up to Mason and whispers in his ear as Mason nods to the man who walks away. He stares down rick and his group as he comments firmly.

"the hilltop has been attacked and so has the kingdom..."

Negan stares down Mason and turns his head looking the kid over as he laughs and asks.

"is this you mace?"

Mason shakes his head disagreeing.

"that would be incredibly stupid this must be the whisperers they saw an opportunity"

Rick nods to Mason and stares down Negan as he comments.

"we have to go..."

Mason nods to Rick and motions to them.

"i can send support they can be there before you and help with anything you need"

Rick and his group leave the house and Negan comes up to Mason's side commenting.

"what exactly are you doing, mace?"

Mason stares down negan and negan turns his head staring back at him as Mason nods his head

"surviving negan those people they will kill us all if we don't come together. we have to come together."

Negan shakes his head disagreeing.

"we don't need rick , we can do this ourselves."

Mason stares back eyeing his men and then stares down negan disagreeing with him.

"we all will die if we don't work together Alpha she has plans and none of them ends well for us"

Negan paces in front of mason as Negan grips his bat thinking to himself.

"you know i trusted you for a while Mason, i let you pull the strings and direct the saviors but I am starting to think this isn't about saving anyone."

Negan stops and looks down at Lucile gripping his bat in his hands as he debates what to do next and Negan finishes his comment.

"this was never about saving people this was about saving yourself mace. you don't care about anyone, do you?" 

Mason's men come to his side holding up their rifles. As mason looks to them then back as Negan as he nods his head.

"nothing personal it was a fun run while it lasted Negan. you have to understand their is ore then just the whispers out their."

Negan grips his bat in his hand firmly as he stares down Mason and Mason nods his head to his men.

"don't kill him."

Mason goes to walk away and Negan asks firmly.

"who are you working for?"

 Mason stops staring at the exit and nods his head as he speaks firm.

"something bigger than any of us and something I plan to keep in tact. my boss, she doesn't like when bad shit happens and the whisperers are bad shit."

Mason motions to his men as they back out following behind him and mason motion to the door locking Negan inside. His men look mason over as he nods his head and a car pulls up with two men getting out. One nods to him and opens the back door as Mason goes to get inisde he motions to the house.

"leave him alive we aren't the type to fight a fight we don't have to. I want to head in now i have to report back"

Mason closes over the door and the military car takes off as he eyes the old house out the window and rolls it up forgetting it.