The Ruins Part 2 (Sequel to The Ruins)

Chapter 39

Negan and the Saviors stayed over at Gregory's house. Sitting at the long table, they stare down at the nervous man, fiddling with his collar. Negan held Ellie in his hands, caressing her her softly.

"Well, I... uh-" he coughs his throat before speaking. "I'd just like to start by saying thank you for helping is with the herd. This is something amazing. And helping on building the gates back up. Impressive."

No one cared about his smile. Vix rolled her eyes as she sat comfortable beside Negan.

"You already said that about the gates, so why don't you go on Gregory?" Bud said, waving a hand toward the boss.

Exhaling, he said, "Negan, let me lay this down straight for you. I know how it is, negotiating the slippery, steep terrain of managing resources and the population, and the big, scary you. But you might know, it's called the unknown."

Gregory's point is confusing, he doesn't know what he's saying. The Saviors are not complex on his explanation. Negan still looked at the bat before glancing at annoyed Vix, which he agreed with her on this prick.

"Listen, I mean it when I say it. Negan, I don't like killing people any more than you do."

"I like killing people," Negan smiled, nonchalant.

He becomes bewildered and more nervous, he stutters a bit. "I say it's about killing the right people. So, you kill the right people at the right time," he puts the bat in his lap and crosses his hands, "everything falls into place. Everybody's happy. Well, some people more than others. But you kill one, and you could be saving hundreds more, and that is what we are all about. We save people."

"That's- that's what you're called the Saviors." He chuckled like a joke but no one laughs, and Negan smirks down at him.

"You say Gregory, you don't like to kill people and I was saying that I do kill people under the right circumstances. But you shovel a bunch of shit and now kids are being killed. That says a lot of shit going on there."

"The Fairview is my house. I'm still the guy."

Negan leans forward, his face turned dark. "You know what I think Gregory. I think you're playing both sides. I think you are a thin-dicked politician threading the needle with your thin, thin dick."

"I-I didn't know when they came in. I... know I let a fox in my hen house, and I'll fix it. It's not my fault, I didn't-"

BANG!

Negan slams the bat down on the table.

"You're a liar, Gregory." He slams the bat again.

BANG!

He contiues slamming the bat over and over, his voice rising higher and into a growl. "Money on the table. You brought those Bounty Hunters because of the ration dollars. You work with the KillGames, no expectation!"

"Vix told me everything that's happen, and you're backsliding Gregory. It's why I brought the RK's here."

"Oh, I thought you punished that girl, Melanie was it? She killed your people before, so you don't know if she-"

BANG!

Gregory shuts his mouth and flinched. Negan chuckles. "Mal got in trouble, but once I bend her over and spank her a couple of times..." He chuckles to himself of the imagine. Don't you think about this shit again, and be aroused in front of a meeting. "She apologies and learns. It's how we do it."

Vix then said, "Gregory took those children because of money. I wonder if there are people in these towns a part of it."

"Why-" He stops himself, realizing he almost spoke the truth. Negan gave a sly wink at Vix, very impressed to see this badass girl make a stand over the thin dick prick.