Brother's Keeper ¹ || The walking dead

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Reagan had arrived at Hilltop a couple of hours later, almost breaking the gates of Hilltop before he stopped himself from doing so.

Instead, he just honked the horn of his truck until the people of Hilltop opened the gates.

The gates were opened after a moment, and Reagan drove inside, not really caring about the people in the way, and he stopped his truck in front of Gregory, who smiled nervously at Reagan.

Reagan got out of his truck, slamming the door behind him, and he walked over to Gregory.

"Reagan, what brings you here?" Gregory questioned, and Reagan glared down at him,

"Cut the bullshit, Gregory. Where are they?" Reagan asked, and Gregory chuckled,

"I have no idea what you are talking about, but since you are here.."

"I don't give a shit, Gregory. If they're not out here in five minutes, then I'll start killing people, starting with you." Reagan threatened, taking a step closer to Gregory.

Gregory cleared his throat, "The boy is in there." Gregory gestured towards the Barrington house.

Gregory quickly moved out of Reagan's way as Reagan started to make his way towards the Barrington house.

Gregory quickly followed after Reagan, and Jesus came out of the Barrington house as Reagan approached it.

"Jesus, he knows." Gregory told Jesus, who sighed at Gregory, shaking his head at him.

Reagan ignored the both of them as he went inside of the house, leaving the door wide open behind him.

Jesus followed in after him, "Reagan, just wait a second.."

"Where is he?" Reagan interrupted, and Gregory cleared his throat,

"Upstairs, second door to the right." Jesus let out a deep breath of pure disappointment as Reagan made his way upstairs.

Jesus turned to face Gregory, "Gregory, stay here."

Jesus quickly rushed after Reagan, jogging up the stairs to catch up with him.

Jesus reached Reagan as he reached the room Riven was in, and Reagan pushed open the door, pausing the door when he only saw Adan tied up to a chair, clearly irritated by the looks of it.

Reagan turned to face Jesus with an annoyed look in his eyes, and Jesus smiled at him,

"If you just waited a minute, I would've told you they're not here anymore." Jesus told him,

An hour before Reagan arrived, Calvin had taken Riven and Bronwyn with him to the kingdom since Calvin knew Alexandria would be the next place Reagan would search.

He also wanted to show the kids the cool tiger the kingdom had.

"Where are they, Jesus?" Reagan questioned, and Jesus shrugged,

"I don't know."

Reagan sighed and walked over to Adan, taking the rag out of his mouth, and Adan threw a glare at Jesus, "they're probably on their way to Alexandria,"

Reagan only cut one of the ropes and let Adan take off the rest of the ropes on him. "Ri can't walk that far with support. He's practically baggage you need to be carrying around, so I'd say they're not far from Hilltop."

"That baggage knocked you out," Jesus spoke, narrowing his eyes at Adan, "with a single punch."

"You shouldn't underestimate, Riven," Reagan told Adan, "He's impulsive, reckless, and most importantly, dangerous."

"If he wanted to kill you, he would've." Reagan walked out of the room, and Adan scoffed under his breath, shaking his head before following after Reagan.

Reagan headed out of the Barrington house and towards his truck. Adan quickly followed,

Once they were in the truck, Adan felt something cold and familiar pressing against his throat, and he cleared his throat, gaining Reagan's attention.

Reagan turned to look at him and saw a knife against Adan's throat, and his eyes traveled towards the back, and he narrowed his eyes into a glare.

"Do not get blood in my seats." Reagan said, starting up his truck, "Where's Bronwyn?"

"She's ain't comin' with." Riven spoke from the back seat,

He had left Calvin and Bronwyn when they weren't paying attention to him and snuck back to Hilltop, sneaking into the back of Reagan's truck.

He wasn't about to leave Daryl and London at the sanctuary.

"You mind?" Adan questioned, gesturing towards the knife still against his throat,

"I don't know, I really don't like being called baggage, Adan. I. Am. Not. Baggage." Riven replied, his tone bitter and angry.

Reagan started to drive out of Hilltop, and he reached his hand out without taking his eyes off the road and snatched the knife from Riven,

"I said no blood in my truck. It took me forever to get rid of the blood stains you left last time." Reagan tossed the knife into the dashboard.

Riven leaned back against the seat, "I was just messin' around with him."

Reagan glanced at the mirror and saw Riven making himself comfortable in the back, his leg stretched out in front of him and his dog lying on his chest.

Reagan narrowed his eyes at the mutt. The bite mark she gave him would leave a small scar,

Sensing that someone was glaring at Oreo, Riven's eyes met Reagan's through the mirror, and Riven glared at him before turning his head away, leaning it against the seats and letting out a deep breath.

"..is she safe?" Reagan spoke after a moment, and Riven hummed,

"Safer than anyone in the world." He told him, knowing he was referring to Bronwyn.

Reagan didn't reply. He was glad Bronwyn was away from the sanctuary, safe somewhere else.

That only left him to worry about Riven, not that he was worried about him, but Riven was reckless and stupid at most times that he needed to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't get himself killed.

"..you know I think I might have a black eye thanks to you." Adan spoke, checking himself in the review mirror, wincing a little as he touched the side of his face near his eye that was already bruising.

"You definitely deserved that punch." Riven bitterly muttered under his breath, and Reagan nodded in agreement

"Definitely had it coming."

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1014 words

Slight boring chapter

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