It Could Be A Whole Lot Worse Sweetheart

Chapter 13: Validation

I woke up the next morning next to Negan. Both of still undressed from the night before. I slowly sat up being careful not to wake Negan up. I slipped black lace underwear and bra on and then put on a pair of jeans a tank top with a flannel my boots and I put my belt on. I notice Negan awake when I turned back around. "How long have you been up" I asked standing there. "Long enough to watch you get dressed" he said smiling. I playfully rolled my eyes and walked over to him. "Well I am going to check in on everything from Hilltop we got yesterday" I said. He sat up still underneath the blanket. He grabbed my belt and pulled me to him. He kissed me for a few seconds before pulling away again. "Go" he said. I grabbed my gun off the table and left. 

I walked down to the storage place and noticed everything was where it was meant to be. I turned around and saw Amber standing there. "I thought you were one of his wives. Not one of his main running people" she said. "Things changed" I said. "So what you just gave up being the favorite so you can see your people more often." she said annoyed. "I don't owe you anything. And as matter of fact I think its better that you get back to work" I said. She looked pissed but agreed. She had no other option but to agree. Even if she wanted to it would never work. 

I finished marking everything when I saw Dwight walking towards me. "Be honest do you know where Daryl went" he said. "No I don't" I said. "Come on you can trust me. I won't tell Negan anything" he said. "Even if I did know anything why the hell would I tell you. You are the one who has been trying to get me in a cell since the day I got here" I said trying to walk away. "So your saying Daryl just left. You have no idea where he is and he didn't tell you where he was going." he said. "All I know is that he got out. I didn't know he was out until Negan told me about it. I might be able to track a little bit and help find him but Daryl has more advanced skills he never got ot teach me. Because of obvious reasons" I said looking around. He walked off and I made my way back up to my room. I walked in and Negan wasn't there anymore. I sat on the bed and laid back. I needed to start 'tracking' Daryl. Make Negan think I am at least. Then I got a better idea. I can think of ways my dad might attack. I grabbed some paper and sat at the desk and wrote down at least 20 different ways he would attack. I did this until I fell asleep. '

I felt someone shake me awake and saw Negan. "What time is it" I said waking myself up. About one in the morning" he said standing there. "What ya working on" he asked. "I wrote all the different ways that my dad could attack. Close to about 20 or more ways. Probably more but these ones are most likely" I said. He nodded and grabbed my hand. He pulled me up. "Go to bed" he said. "I'm not tired" I said. "Oh really" he said grabbing my waist. I wrapped my arms around him. "Ok maybe a little" I said. "Yeah figured. Get some sleep. Got a long day tomorrow" he said. "Why's that" I asked. "Your dad is trying to attack. It will be at Alexandria. Found another group called the scavengers and made a deal with them but we gave them a better deal." he said. "Alright. But if I could somehow talk Carl into it could he come back here with us" I asked. "I mean that kid is badass so if you can somehow pull that off I will not complain" he said. I nodded and sat down on the bed. "See you tomorrow darling" he said kissing the top  of my head. I just smiled as he left. He shut the door and I got changed and quickly fell asleep. 

I woke up and got dressed. I was both nervous and excited to go back to Alexandria. I got everything ready and stood there for a second. Until I heard a knock. I opened the door and saw Negan. "Ready" he said. "Mhm" I said following him. When we got to the trucks I noticed Sasha. I didn't even know she was here. "How long has she been here" I asked confused. "Only like two days" Negan said. They put her in a coffin and then in the back of one of the trucks. "Ok people it is no secret that Rick and his people are probably planning on attacking today. And we all know from the scavengers that they are at least preparing for some type of an attack. We be ready. We will not fire the first shot. We let them do it. And the scavengers are going to be able to stop them from even attempting to fire the first shot. However if one of them somehow is able to shoot. We will be shooting back. We will be fighting" Negan said. Everyone nodded. "Lets roll out" he said. We all get our separate trucks and each held about 10 people. I was driving one of the trucks and Laura was in with me. "Think your dad will try to fire" she asked. "Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if he was already had stuff lined up to attack us" I said. "Well we have an advantage" she said. "How's that" I asked confused. "They might have Rick but we have you. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree". She said. I nodded and continued to drive. We all stayed in the trucks as Eugene got out of the truck he was in to go talk to everyone. I couldn't here what was being said but I saw Carl, my dad, Daryl, and Rosita. After a minute or two. I watched my dead duck down like something was supposed to explode. Everyone got out of their trucks and some even opened another truck that was supposed to explode when Rosita hit the button. They started to load the explosives into our trucks. I grabbed my pistol and my automatic and walked up to the front with Negan and Dwight. "Now I get blowing up me and all my people. But Eugene and Katie. They are your own. Hell one is your own blood" Negan said. I watched as the scavengers all aimed their guns at people. Their leader aiming at my dad. If it would have been maybe a few months ago I probably wouldn't have been as calm as I am right now. I used to get really nervous when someone aimed a gun at my dad. Or anyone for that matter. "Anyway this just goes to show that you can not plan anything without me finding out. And now that I have Katie here" he said wrapping an arm around me. "I can know anything about you I want. Her planning skills are pretty good. Stuff you wouldn't think of" he said. I saw the glare my dad gave me and I saw Carl just staring right at me. "Anyway I was coming to put you back in line. Kill a few of you. However someone told me that I only had to kill one of you guys. Sasha"" he said. "Is she alive" my dad asked. "Yep she had a very comfortable ride over. Also before I leave I am going to be taking all the guns you found and whatever the hell else I want. I also gotta get my Daryl back" he said looking over at Daryl. "Let me see her" my dad said. "Gladly" he said. "Dwight, Katie go for it" he said. Me and Dwight walked over to the truck bed that the coffin was on. We rolled it over so if anyone was looking they could see. "Thank you" Negan said. Me and Dwight got off the truck bed and back on the ground. "Now hold on I have to catch her up a little. Can't hear shit in this thing" Negan said. "Sasha you will not believe this crap" he said. He opened that box and a walker version of Sasha came out to attack Negan. I was shocked. How the hell did she die. I heard gunshots and watched Carl open fire at some of the Scavengers. Then everyone was firing. I took some cover and got my gun ready. I took a breath and knew I was about to willingly fight my own people. I stepped out and started to fire. I was paying attention though. I wasn't going to shoot Daryl or Carl. I began to walk through the community with everyone else when I noticed Negan walking towards me. "You good" I asked walking the rest of the way to him. "Yeah. Come with me" he said. I followed him and I saw Carl on his knees. The flashbacks from that night started. "I thought we were going to try to talk to him. Let him come back" I said confused. "Yeah well your dad isn't understanding. I won't actually hit him. Just scare your dad a little. But if I decided to hit him or something you can walk away at any moment" he said. I stood there with my gun as I watched my dad be brought up by some of the scavengers. We locked eyes and I just glared at him. He was put on his knees next to Carl. "Rick we had a deal. I told you and I will be holding up to what I said. Now I did a lot for you. Took out the dumbass who wanted you dead and your own daughter took out the person who was eating most of your food probably" he said. "And you turn around and try to blow me up. my people" he said. My dad was silent. "I'm gonna kill Carl now" he said. My heart dropped. "You can do it. You can take my hand. I already told you I'm gonna kill you. Maybe not today. And maybe not tomorrow. But nothing is gonna change that nothing" he said. I watched as an evil smirk came to Negans face. "Wow... Okay" Negan said standing up. He took Carl's hat off and stood behind him. "You said I could do it" he said. Right before he was about to hit a tiger jumped on one of the men. I grabbed my gun and watched a bunch of people I have never seen before flood in. "Alexandria will not fall not on this day" the leader said. I took cover behind a car. I watched someone going towards my dad. Then he was shot. And I saw Maggie and everyone from Hilltop coming in to also defend Alexandria. I was retreating to the gates with Negan. We got out and drove off after fighting. I was now in the truck with Negan. "Shit" he said driving with the rest of the saviors. 

We got back and me, Dwight, Negan, and Eugene were all walking through the building. "How the hell did she die" Negan said looking at Eugene. "Only logical answer is that she suffocated. Ran out of air" Eugene said. Negan walked outside and so did me and Dwight. We looked over the balcony at the hundred or more people that were able to fight. "We are going to war" Negan announced.