Trust

Chapter Two: "Hell is Real"

                                        [ Negan]

I jolted awake once I heard a cry from Ron's cell.
"Hey kid, you okay?"

No answer.

"Ron?"

I heard Another cry from the cell and then screams
"No, please leave them alone, please!!" He sobbed in a broken voice that made my heart break.
"Damn, why am I always a softy for the kids."
"Ron, can you hear me?" I whispered
I heard the kid start to breathe normally again. "Come on kid, tell me what's wrong," I tried again this time I gained his attention.
"I.." he said while sucking in a deep breath and letting it out sadly. "I miss my Mom."
I nodded at that, hell I could understand that, I missed my wife more then anything.
"What happened?" I started gently. "You want to talk about it?"

"No, not really."

I nod at that fair enough, smart kid.

"Well kid, let me tell you about me before all this shit went down, did you know the hardest thing I've ever faced was losing my wife; Lucille."
"She was sick before all this shit went down. I...I wasn't a good husband to her, so when she went....I regret not saying goodbye and enjoying the time I had with her, she was a special woman."

"My mom was too, she was always protecting me when our Dad would hurt us."
I looked at him with concern but I hid it quickly once the kid continued. "My mom did everything she could for me and Sammy and-and just thinking about when she was devoured by those things, it killed me inside, I froze up and just wanted to save my mom but I couldn't, I was scared."
    "You're just a kid Ron, there was nothing you could've done." I said gently.
    "But, I didn't even try, and rick didn't do anything." He says with emotion.
   I soon put two and two together, "Wait a minute, so Rick was the one you were aiming for ya?"
     "Yes."

   I balled my hands into fists.
   "So that kid you shot was Carl?" I asked harshly.
      "It was an accident..."

   I stood up and I wrapped my hands around the cell bars. "Carl lost his eye because of you!" I bellowed!
      I banged on the walls "oh I'm gonna fucking kill you with my own hands!" I spat harshly.
     "Maggie!!" Ron yelled as he pulled on the bars
"Maggie!!! Help!!! Help!"
          Ron was getting hysterical now and he backed away into the shadows so I couldn't see him.
        I soon heard voices from above
  "Rick Is gone!" Michonne says in a broken voice.
   I grinned as I heard the other voices
     "Carl is gone too, he's dead." Michonne sobbed.
   I soon remembered rick telling me that on the radio before shit went down.

   "Ron, you still awake?"

     No answer.

   The worry consumed me and now I worried about Ron. "Kid, say something, anything."

                                        [ Ron ]

I hid in the shadows, hugging my knees close to my chest. Memories of my dad breaking down the door to get to me and sam filled my mind and I panicked.
    I froze once he spoke softer again.
  "Ron, you still awake?"

I didn't answer him, I couldn't answer him.
"Ron, get out from under there and be a fucking man." I flinched as I hugged my knees tighter.
   "come on kid, Say something, anything."
I couldn't say anything, I was too scared.
"Come on kid, I'm not gonna hurt you."
I froze at the spot still fighting with myself to think of something to say but I couldn't I was scared.
Those things they say about this man, I believe it all. "Kid, say something, anything."
"Leave me alone." I said nervously.
"Come on kid, I'm not actually going to kill you, hell I'm stuck in this fucking cell so there's no way I could turn your brains to shit now since Lucille is gone and not in these walls So, I'm screwed."
"How did you know Carl?" I asked.
The man chuckled before he spoke again
"Oh, that little spit fire grimes, he killed tons of my men but I liked that kid." Negan says sadly.
"That kid had a lot of balls in him I'll tell ya and he goes out by a walker like a boss he was."
Boss? More like Girlfriend stealer.
"So, after Rick won he nearly killed me but this guy Siddiq, he healed me up and Maggie took me to Hilltop." Negan says as he sat down on his mattress.
"I still want to kick the shit out of Rick for what he's done, I told him he left everything for me!"
Right, he left it for you. Whatever helps you sleep at night Negan.
"Ron?" Came his voice again.

"Yeah?" I say nervously.

"Sorry if I scared ya, I just didn't like knowing that Carl was shot by you kid, but I'm sorry."
I brushed it off like it was nothing then I thought back to my mom and Dad when they were arguing.
"Negan?"

"Mhm?"

"Do you think we'd ever get out of this place and start fresh...like you could find Lucille and I could be free?" I asked.

"We can make that happen kid." Negan says and I could just picture him grinning in his cell.

"Oh I can get us both out of here alive, and we'll find Lucille and get out of Hilltop and I'll rule again.."
Rule what? There's nothing left.

[ Negan]

The thought of escape settled my stomach.
I could hear Ron's soft snores as I lay awake, staring at my opened window, grinning.
"Sleep well kiddo, we're busting out of this cell and I'll get us out of Hilltop safely." I whispered.
"Negan, don't hurt the kid." Maggie says
I looked over and grinned at the widow
"Ah, The Widow.. come to see me tonight, sorry I'm not looking my best...but I'd love to talk to you sweet heart it just makes life easier seeing your face, the same face I saw when I killed your husband."
"Negan, I'm serious, Ron's a kid and he needs parents now, he lost his own family and he wants to be protected and loved so he's not alone."
"I'm no father figure Maggie, besides I'm teaching that kid how to defend himself he's no longer going to be a bitch, he's gonna fight." I said.
"Ron isn't some kid who you can toss around, I know what you are thinking Negan, you better not use him like that, not like that to anyone ever again."
Maggie spat out before stalking away from our cell
"Keys are here, just leave before sundown."
I grinned as I snatched the keys and unlocked my cell door. "Remember Negan, don't use him"
I rolled my eyes and I walked over and unlocked the kids cell and I stepped inside and shook the kid awake. "What?" He said sleepily.
"Come on, I'm busting you outta here."
He stared up at me and smiled as he got up
"We better hurry before everyone wakes up."
Ron nodded and he followed me towards the gates
I grinned as we grabbed a car and drove out of the gates of Hilltop, freedom here I come.
I smiled to myself as i thought to myself
"I am Negan."

[ Ron ]
I hated being woken up early, I fell asleep in the car as Negan drove away from Hilltop.
I could finally be free and out of a cell for the first time in three years.
I am free.

The feeling of Negan leaving me startled me awake and he was still driving us away from Hilltop.
   "Go back to sleep kiddo." Negan murmurs as he took a sharp turn. "You won't leave me?"
   "Nah, just go back to sleep kid, I'll wake you when we get there." He says gently while smiling.
   "How can I trust you?" I asked nervously.
   "You don't, trust gets you killed." He says with a smirk and I laid my head back down and fell back asleep for the rest of the ride.