~Ashley's Pov~

Negan was here. Early...With all of his men... Daryl was here too. My first time seeing him after he was taken. He looked horrible. Beaten up and Negan said we couldn't talk to him or look at him... He was wearing some sort of suit with an Orange A painted on it.

I backed away a little looking at the man on Negan's left side. His eyes met mine. He looked at me. "Holy shit you're alive" he said it was him. Oh my god it was him.

My heart rate picked up. People from my group and his group looked at us. He backed me up to the wall and pinned me. "Hard to believe someone like you is still alive." He said. The same green eyes looking back at me. I thought he was dead. I showed no fear even though i was horrified. "In fact how are you even alive?" He asked me. He looked at me expecting to say something back. I stayed quiet. "What? after all these years, Nothing to say to me?" He asked mad.

"What do you expect me to say?" I asked still showing no fear. But he knew i was scared. I was pinned. I couldn't move. Negan and Rick looked at us. Rick couldn't do anything even through he wanted to. Negan was just an asshole. Waiting to see what we could do. He inched closer to me but i didn't flinch. "You're lucky you're even alive you know that?" He asked. I looked him in the eyes. He grabbed my wrists. I just looked at him. "You don't scare me anymore." I said looking at him. He looked me in the eyes.

Anger in them. "That's enough Michael" I heard a voice. He had his hands on wrists and started squeezing them. I winced and looked down pushing him away but at the same time i fell to the floor. He was taller than me and i was sitting on the floor. He looked at me surprised as he ended up on the floor too. He got right back up and was about to come to me but Negan pulled him by shirt.

"I SAID THATS ENOUGH!" Negan yelled to him. Negan pushed him towards his crowd. "Move it Michael! Now!" Negan said. Rick had Lucille. Negan's bat. Negan looked over and walked to me. He held out his hand. I looked at him but stood up by my self I walked over to Rosita and Spencer, I heard Negan chuckle a little. "You know i really like that kid" He said walking back to Rick.

I learned over the years it's best not to show fear to your enemies. I fixed my shirt and pulled the sleeves of my flannel over my wrists. "Alright! Let's get this show on the road. See what cookies you got in the covers" Negan said walking further into Alexandria. There were faint hand marks forming around my wrists... I looked at the ground and blinked a few times. I pulled them back down. I felt eyes on me, I looked up to see Daryl looking at me. We made eye contact for a quick second.

But i looked away. I don't like seeing Daryl like this. Scared. In pain. Hurt in general.... I wanted to run over to him but i don't want anything happening to anyone. Enough has happened over the past few days... Maggie was taken to the Hilltop. She's over there and they're helping her.

"We've set aside half of the supplies" Rick said. "No Rick." Negan said. I looked up to look at Rick and Negan. "You don't decide what we take. I do." He said. "You heard the man. Move out!" A woman said. His group moved out and started walking around. "They're just gonna search the houses a little.... So! You gonna show me around or what?" Negan asked.

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Seems like they are literally taking anything they want. Furniture. Medicine. Some food. The worst thing... They're taking our guns. All of them. "Today's a better day. Yes it is. I think this little arrangement we made is going to work out fine." Negan said. Daryl came up with a bunch of guns. "Hold up" Negan said stopping Daryl. Negan took a handgun. Daryl looked at me for a second and kept on walking.

I hated this. He looked so.... Broken. "Let's see if you've been taking care of my guns" Negan said. He took the safety off and pointed the gun at Daryl. Daryl walked pass not caring. He just doesn't care anymore. He pointed the gun over to me and i just looked him in the eyes. He smirked and moved the gun pointing it at the windows. He pulled the trigger.

He laughed. "Feels good. Sounds good. I do believe Lucille is getting a little Jealous." he said. I hated this man so much. There's a rage inside of me that i've never felt before.

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We were holding a small meeting. Two guns were missing and if we don't find them. Negan was killing Olivia. "Lets say that we find the guns. How are we getting out of this?" A man asked "There is no getting out of this. Let me put this as clearly as i can. I'm not in charge anymore. Negan is. Now who has the guns?" He asked. No one spoke up... "Not everyone's here" Eugene said. Everyone looked around. I didn't I stayed looking down at my hands.

I wanted to roll my sleeves up but Carl and Aaron were sitting next to me. And knowing how they both are they're gonna start shooting questions at me. I didn't want to speak. Too much also happened today. I saw Daryl in a horrible way. I found out someone was alive when i thought they were dead. Negan and his group are taking our things away... It's like were starting over.

We got all of this by fighting. Everything we are getting taken away. We got from fighting. Killing.

"I want these guns found. If we don't get them they're gonna kill Olivia." Rick said. Everyone stood up and started walking out. I stayed sitting Down. Aaron stood up but Carl stayed sitting down. I don't know why but he did, He probably knew something was bothering me... I had to process what the hell was going on today.

"Hey, You okay?" Rick asked walking over to Carl and I. "Yeah" I said nodding looking at him. "Who is he?" He asked me. I shook my head. "No one" I said. He was about to say something but Negan called out for Rick. "Go..." I said looking at him once again. He took off to Negan again. "Who's who? What happened." Carl asked. Enid came over to us. "I'll tell you later okay?" I said walking out.

That was a bad move but i didn't really want to talk about it. All that matters right now was that we needed to find those guns.

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After a while of searching for the guns. We found them. Michonne was here and Rick went to talk to her. "Kid" I looked over to see Negan looking at me. "Come here" he said. I just looked at him, "Come here." He said again. I went over to him. "Now. Since one of my men went after you. I'll let you talk to your brother" He said. My heart skipped a beat. I looked at him. "He is your brother right?" He asked. I nodded a little. "alright. You just gotta answer one question." He said.

I kept on looking at him. Was he serious? "How in the hell do you know one of my men. I haven't brought him out in a while so how do you know him." He asked. I looked down a bit. "He's- He was my father" I said softly looking back up at him. "Was?" he asked. "I don't want to be a part of his life. Ever." I said looking him straight in the eyes letting him know i was serious. "Hm" he said biting his tongue a little. He nodded. "go. Before i change my mind" he said.

"Thank you." I said quietly. I ran to Daryl and hugged him His men went to stand next to Negan. He held me back. "Daryl" I said hugging him. He hugged me tight. He started crying only making me cry. I closed my eyes and hugged him.

I looked at him. Looked him in the eyes. He was broken. I wiped his tears away and furrowed my eyebrows sadly. "What did they do to you?" I asked quietly. He shook his head and pulled me back into a hug. "I'll find a way to come back. I wanna come back." He said quietly as he held me. "I love you" I said as a tear fell. "I love you too." Daryl said. It made me feel so much better to hear him say those words back to me.

It felt good to hear his voice again. "Alright! Family fun time over. Lets move out!" Negan said. Daryl placed a quick kiss on my cheek and we let go. They took Daryl away once again....

They drove out and Rick walked over to me. I wiped my tears away. He placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed it slightly. I looked at him and nodded a bit. I Rick went over to Spencer. I walked away a little and waited for Rick...

After they finished talking we started walking again. "We should have made a deal with them." Spencer said. We kept on walking. This was our deal with them. "Oh yeah. We're so Lucky! You led us all to the promise land isn't that right Rick?" Spencer asked. "Here we are. I guess Glenn. And Abraham were lucky too?" He asked. I raised an eyebrow and turned around to look at him. Rick and I both stopped. Did he really just bring Glenn and Abraham into this?

"You say anything like that again to me. I'll break your Jaw. Knock your teeth out. Do you understand?" Rick asked. "Say yes." Rick said. "yes." Spencer said. I got home. I ran to the living room. My house was way in the back so they didn't really have time to take things... I went to the rooms. Yeah they took the mattresses.. and somethings.

~Later that same night~

It was dark out. I sat up from the couch and went to the kitchen. I grabbed a knife and went to the living room. I honestly knew something like this was going to happen... I lifted a small rug from the floor to reveal an air vent. I unscrewed the bolts with the knife and pulled out my gun. The gun i had since the beginning. Since the start of this apocalypse.

I checked in another gun and they took that one away from me. I checked the chamber for bullets. Full ammo. I tucked it away and walked out of the house. I made my way to Ricks house. I knocked on the door and after a while Carl opened up. "Hey" he said. "Hey, Can i talk to your dad?" I asked. He nodded and stepped aside. I walked in and he closed the door.

"So are you gonna tell me what happened? What was my dad talking about" He asked. I sat down on the couch. Grabbing his hat and putting it on my lap.

Rick walked in along with Michonne. "Hey" He said. I stood up and pulled out my gun from the back on my pants. (Like rick puts the guns on his back above his shirt to hide them) I looked at the gun and handed it to him hesitantly. "How do you have this?" He asked taking it. He also checked the bullets.

"Daryl and I hid a few guns around the house... In air vents... We covered the up" I said. "You have more?" he asked. "Just one more. it's Daryls..." I said. "How come they didn't say they were missing?" Michonne asked. "We never turned them in. We didn't check them in when we got here. We were thinking the same thing." I said.

"This is yours then?" He asked. I nodded. "It's the one i had since the beginning" I said. He nodded. "You keep it. I want you safe" He said I shook my head. "You're our leader. You need a weapon" I said. He shook his head. "I'm not... Negan is..." He said. "No he's not. He can give me orders but that doesn't mean he's my leader. You are. You always will be." I said. He sighed and smiled the slightest bit. He put it away.

"Okay now let's get to why you're really here. Who was he" he asked. "Who's who" Michonne asked. "When Negan and his group came in a guy attacked her" Rick said. "Are you okay?!?" Carl asked now knowing what I've been keeping all day. I looked down to my arms and pulled up my sleeves. There were faint hand marks on my wrists.

Carl grabbed my hands gently. "Besides the marks yeah i'm fine" I said. "and... He's my dad... Was my dad." I said. "I thought you said he was dead? Daryl told me about that in Hershel's farm" Rick said. I nodded. "I thought he was dead-... I don't know... I thought he was dead. In the beginning when it all happened i walked in my house to get supplies... I saw someone on the floor.. I thought it was my dad..." I said.

"Your dad?" Carl said. I nodded. "Yeah..." I said looking down at my wrists. It brought back really bad memories.... Carl pulled down my sleeves. "He's the one that scares me the most... Not Negan. Or the walkers... He's done horrible things to me, To Daryl.... To Merle..." I said.

I finally looked up at Them. "I just hope i don't have to face him again.." I said softly. Carl held my hand. He knew my past. My group and people we've lost along the way know my story.
Why don't you go home.. Get some rest" Rick said. I nodded. "Can she stay... She's alone" Carl said. Rick nodded. "Yeah" He said.

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Hey guys! Long chapter i know, It turned out to be over 2000 words omg i think this might be one of my longest chapters haha. Anyways thanks for reading :) love you guys!!