"Did you see it? Did you see my girl?" Negan got out of the truck and his first steps led to Sally. She was still in the other truck than Negan drove in. Daryl's hand slipped out of hers once they stopped at the Sanctuary front yard. Sally didn't even jump down from the truck when Negan's hands swiped her off her feet and lifted her so she was almost sitting on his shoulder.

Saviors gathered around two of them and cheered and hollered to "long live the queen"...

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Few days ago, after Negan found out about Sally and Daryl's relations, he really found Sally in his room at the end of the day, just as he told her to. Her eyes were flashing between the sheets, waiting to meet his. Negan sighed and put Lucille on the table. Sally watched him take off his leather jacket and kick off his shoes. He then joined her on the bed. She sat up to be on his level.

He looked at her like he expected her to talk first, so she did.

"It was not my obligation to tell you, Negan," she whispered softly, reaching out her hand, stroking the scrub on his face. He lost himself for a moment and sank his face into the palm of her hand.

Yanking himself violently back into reality, he looked straight into her eyes once again, obviously expecting her to say more. Her hand flew down, the connection between them was violated.

"I don't know what you want me to say. I'm not going back there. I'm not..." she panicked and started to back up from the bed. Negan grabbed her wrist and made her stay. She looked down, not wanting to meet his gaze.

"They hurt me, okay? That's all you need to know. I'm not telling that story, not now, not ever. I'm here, not with them, that's what matters." Her words were final and he knew she wasn't just playing. She was dead serious.

Negan's grip on her forehand loosened and Sally removed her hand from his. His hand rested on her knee.

"Tell me what you want me to do to them and I'll do it," he finally found his voice. "You already let me kill two of them, the poor girl went right after... Is that what you want for them? Is that what you want me to do?"

Sally shook her head. "Let me help. I know what triggers Rick... We can really get on his nerves. We can make the Alexandria visit living hell for him."

"Just as he made your life living hell?" he reassured.

"Yeah," she nodded, "just like that."

Negan and Sally did not go to sleep after that heart to heart. They stayed up late and planned every single detail how to make the first Alexandria visit a success and show Rick that he indeed was not in charge anymore.

They planned everything overnight, and Negan let Sally brief Saviors in the morning. She told them what to do and how to behave and in the end answered all of their questions. After that Negan went over technical matters with them. They talked numbers, transport, back up...

It was Sally's idea to take Daryl with them and it took a little more effort than everything else to persuade Negan they needed him to tag along.

"He has to go with us, Negan. You can't let him out of your sight, though, they have to have a feeling Daryl is still struggling over here. But when it comes to me... Rick needs to see absolute trust you have in me. And he is not convinced easily. He knows me pretty well, he'll catch onto anything out of the ordinary."

Negan let Sally plot everything but it was his final touch to let Rick carry Lucille around. Sally was impressed how quickly Negan grasped what the hell was all about.

"Ready, sweetheart?" he asked her right before they all got into trucks and headed to Alexandria.

She nodded. "Just one more thing... Don't let them talk to me. Not unless I talk to them first."

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The Sanctuary stayed lively and cheerful even after dark. Everybody felt like celebrating. Sally was spending all her time with Saviors gathered in the main hall, going round and round in circles, sitting with these people and then with those.

Her wandering around the factory allowed her to get acquainted with a lot of them. She was no stranger to helping anybody just because. They were suspicious of her good-will at first but who would say no to helping hand that meant less work for them.

And when it came to the men who were in Alexandria with her that day... They just wanted her to toast with them and she heard that request over and over again but she wouldn't cave in.

She just laughed with bunch of men she got to know that day while she was in the house the window of which Negan shattered just moments later. And as she threw her head back she noticed Negan leaning on the rails over the hall.

He was kind of elusive since they got the party going but Sally understood there was a reputation he built and he was just living up to it. She smiled up at him and without words followed his gaze. She made it up the stairs and joined him on the platform above the merry Saviors.

"Bread and circuses, huh?" she stood next to him. "Did you want something?" She mimicked his posture.

"Simon and his group are visiting another community tomorrow. I spoke with him and I want you to go with. Do some quality background-check on them as you did with Rick."

"You're not going," she stated the obvious.

"Is that a problem? Are we attached at a hip?"

She felt he was ecstatic just as he was prior to every raid and even though he was not going this time, his head was long gone. She put her hand on his shoulder and made him stand up tall. She unwounded into him and softly traced her lips up his cheek stopping close to his ear.

"No problem. I'd love to get to know Simon better. Where and when am I meeting him?"

"He'll pick you up here at dawn," Negan said matter of factly.

"What's the plan? Same as Alexandria?" She drew away.

"With a little plot twist. Simon's group having a little fun with Hilltop tonight and you'll be there tomorrow morning to save the day. We're Saviors after all and it seems like they need a little bit of saving," he smirked.

"They're going now? Why am I joining them only in the morning?"

"I told them..."

"Why, I wanna go now," she was disappointed she'd miss all the fun.

"You seemed rather tired in Alexandria. Wanted you to rest for a bit."

"I was bored, there's a difference and you know I can hardly sleep at night. If I'm going, I'm having all of it, not just a stupid visit as a queen of England."

"Alright then," he shrugged, "go do some damage. Simon will pick you up right away."

"Too bad Lucy's not going," she frowned.

"Now where would be the fun in that if I'm not going," he concluded the conversation.

He got lost in the insides of the building, reaching Simon with their walkie-talkie carrier. She quickly run down the stairs just to say her goodbyes and goodnights and then she was back up, looking for Negan with his next instructions and she wanted to say proper goodbye as well but all she could see was his back as he was entering his bedroom with one of his wives.

Sally turned around unnoticed, leaving Negan to his unwinding. Simon found her waiting at the front gate slowly losing her mind...

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