"On your knees, now." A man says giving Warren a shove.

The group looks at Warren wondering if they should follow the command. Warren sinks to her knees, defeated.

The group was simply traveling from state to state, trying to get Murphy to California safe and sound. The group stopped at a small town to get some rest. It was like any other pit stop, one person stays on watch while the other sleep. Then the person on watch would wake up the next person to go on watch, etc. But while Warren was on watch, there was nothing she could do about what was about to happen.

The car was surrounded by an army of men, all heavily armed with guns. Then, the lights flashed on. The lights from the trucks headlights were so bright it blinded her and woke the others from their sleep.

"Warren what are those lights?" Addy asked yawning.

Warren pulls her gun out of her holster and checks her bullets, "I'm not sure. But we all need to be ready for anything. We are surrounded." Then she clicks the locks on the doors.

Addy looks around at the people surrounding them. She then scrambles to find her Z Whacker in the car.

"Papa," 5k says yawning and pulling on 10k's arm, "What's going on."

Instead of answering him, he slides his sniper rifle off his shoulder and clicks the safety off. Then, he grabs a pistol out of his waist band. He loads it then hands it to 5k.

"Don't use it unless you have to." He whispers.

5k nods but still isn't sure of what's going on.

Vasquez turns his head to look out the driver side window from his place in the passenger seat, "Someone's coming. Be ready for anything."

The man walks over to Warrens door and yanks on the handle. When the door doesn't open he slams his fist on the window, "Open up lady! We have a few questions to ask to ya."

"You're not going to open the door, right?" Red asks.

"Hell no she's not!" Doc whispers back, readying his crowbar.

"Fine, have it your way!" The mans muffled voice yells from the outside. He then takes a hammer out of his belt and slams it against the window.

Cassandra hisses from her place in the trunk and steps in front of Murphy and Lucy.

The man then reaches in the car and unlocks the doors. He throws open the drivers side and drags Warren out. She throws her arms around and struggles to escape his grip. Then, more men from the group open the other doors of the truck.

"Get your hands off me!" Addy screams when a man pulls on her shoulders.

A man reaches in and grabs 5k. "Papa!" He screams and clings to 10k's waist.

10k punches the man in the face, "Let him go!" He screams, "He's just a kid!"

But that doesn't change the mans mind, it just fills him with more determination as he continues to pull 5k out of the car.

Soon, the entire group has been pulled out of the car. Including Lucy, who was still inside the cooler being held by Murphy.

That brings us back to where we are now, the group standing surrounded by an army of men.

Warren drops to her knees. The group stands there, astonished at the sight. Warren was Giving up? She knew there was no escaping this threat. They were surrounded by an army of heavily armed men. There was nothing she could do.

Other men start to push the rest of the group down to their knees. The shaking breaths escaping the group could be seen due to the cold, fall, air.

"Surrender your weapons now, no point in keeping them. There's no way a group of scrawny ass travelers like you could defeat an army this big."

Again, the group turns their heads to Warren. This time she doesn't stand down. She leaves her pistol firm in her hand and her machete in its holster.

"Drop your weapons! Don't make me get the man to come out here and tell you guys that. He would not be happy." The man yells and hits Warren in the back of the head with the butt of his gun.

She lays her two weapons down in front of her and the rest of the group follows.

The man behind Warren nods to the guy next to him, "We're ready. Go get the man and tell him that we're ready for him to come out."

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A few moments later, a tall man in a leather jacket steps out of the crowd and stands in front of the group. He swings his barbed wire bat around likes it's a toy. His eyes lay upon Addy's Z Whacker.

"Nice weapon, looks a lot like mine. Too bad it's owned by me now. I might just claim you as well, you'd make a nice edition to my trophy room." He smirks.

This makes Addy's grimace grow and she resists against the man holding her more.

"Now," he starts as he scans his eyes over the group. "Which one of you is the leader?"

A man points to Warren, "It's her."

The man walks over and squats down to Warrens eye level, "You sure? There is no way a woman could lead a group."

"I sure as hell can lead a group of people. Even if I'm a woman. I could probably lead a group better than any man you know." Warren smirks.

"Lady, you crack me up. What's your name?"

"Roberta Warren, Missouri National Guard." Warren says.

The man chuckles, "Ooo you were part of the military. Fascinating. I'm Negan and I'm the leader of the Saviors. As you can tell," he motions to the army of men surrounding them, "I'm a pretty damn good leader."

He brings his barbwire bat up to Warrens face, "I would like for you to meet Lucille. She. is. awesome. She will crush each and every one your skulls if I wanted her too."

Negan stands up and backs away from Warren to stand in front of the whole group, "Now, I am aware that you guys are traveling with The Murphy and that you guys know about Zona. I would like you guys to hand Murphy over and tell us a little bit about Zona."

He looks at everyone in the group and waits for a response. No one says a word. They know it would be dumb to turn over such valuable information to this man.

He sighs, "I'm going to ask you guys one last time, hand over Murphy and tell us about Zona!"

"No," Vasquez states. "You're not getting any information out of us."

Negan smirks and let's out a laugh, "Fine have it your way." He looks over to one of the men, "Did any of them give you a hard time?"

"This one," the man says and hits 10k in back with his gun. "He punched me when I took the boy out."

Negan steps towards 10k and 10k's glare stiffens. He brings Lucile up to his face, "Lucille is pretty thirsty tonight, I'm not gonna lie. You punched one of my best men. And everything you do pays a price. I guess I'm going to have to make you Lucile's first victim. If anybody says anything, they're next."

Negan brings Lucille over his head. Red's whimpers are now sobs and 5k bawls. 10k looks at Red and shoots her the 'don't you dare say anything look'.

"Stop it!" Doc calls out. "Let the boy live! He has a family!"

Negan lowers his bat and walks towards Doc. "I get it, this an emotional time. But he punched one of my men."

"He has a family. Let them see another day! They're young!" Doc pleads.

Negan looks down to the other end of the line where his eyes fall upon 5k. "What you're trying to tell me is that nature boy down on the end there is this guys kid? Do I have to talk about safe sex?"

He walks down the line and squats down in front of 5k. The tears flow in steady streams down his fragile face.

Negan shakes his head, "Pull it together kid. Crying is not going to get you anywhere nowadays."

He walks down the line and looks at each group member. He stops in front of Cassandra and she growls.

"Damn, what the hell is wrong with you? You look dead! I should just take you out of your misery..."

Negan brings Lucille up to Cassandra's face and let's some of the barb wire pricks go into her skin. A cut stretches from one end of her bite mark to the other and blood pours down her cheek.

Since she is a blend, she doesn't feel much pain. She doesn't flinch or wince, she just growls.

Negan steps away and looks at the group. "I know what I'm going to do," he says swinging Lucille around and stepping up to Warren, "Eniee," he moves to Vasquez, "meanie," Lucille is now in front of Red, "miney," he moves in front of 5k, "moe". He proceeds to say the child's song and place Lucille in front of everyone's face in the line up. He reaches the last phrase of the tune, "you are it." And places the bat in front of Vasquez. Vasquez straightens his back. A sob escapes Warren's mouth, Murphy sits holding the cooler close, wide eyed, 5k covers his eyes with his frayed coat sleeve.

"If anyone moves or says anything they're next. You can blink, you can breathe, you can cry. Hell, we're all going to be doing that." Negan then slams the bat down on to Vasquez's head. He takes the blow and continues to stand up straight. Negan takes another hard swing and this time he's on the ground. Red has a waterfall of tears rolling down her face, Cassandra even looks sad. Negan hits again, and again, till eventually, you can't even recognize the mangled body as Vasquez.

Negan holds Lucille up against his face, "Ah, good girl."

Cassandra stands up and charges at Negan. Everyone in the group straightens and watches the scene unfold. She reaches up claws at Negans face. A large cut goes from one corner of his face to the bottom of his eye. Instantly, three men run up and pull her off Negan and begin beating her to the ground.

"Holy shit, you're a feisty one aren't you! I would reward you for something like that if you worked for me, but you don't. And like I said before, everything you do pays a price! Back to it then!"

The bat slams down on Doc's head. A gasp escapes 10k's mouth, then he freezes. He watches in horror as the bat continues to bounce off Doc's head. The entire group is now in tears, even 10k. 10k never cries.... He watches as his father figure gets knocked to the ground and is beaten multiple times.

Negan finishes beating him and brings bloody Lucille up to his face, "Great job girl." He walks over to Warren, "Now tell me, where's Murphy. If you don't, you're the one to die next."

Warren stands her ground and doesn't look up at him.

"Tell me who it is!" He says bringing the bat up over his head. He's about to swing-

"It's me! I'm Murphy." Murphy says and stands up.

Negan puts Lucille down to his side, "Well it's about time. You're lucky Warren, The Murphy just saved your ass!" Murphy lifts his finger up to his nose and points to Warren. Warren chokes up and looks at the ground.

Negan walks over to Murphy and pats him on the back, "I really appreciate you telling me that. NOW SOMEONE PUT HIM IN THE DAMN TRUCK!" Two men come over and pull him into a truck. He struggles and looks back at the group before getting the doors shut in his face.

"Let's pack up and get out of here people!" Negan says. Then his eyes lay on Addy, "Hmm, I'm going to take you too." He walks over and grabs her arm, pulling her up to him. She struggles but his grip is strong. The truck doors open again and she's thrown into the truck with Murphy. Negan hops into the drivers seat and before driving off says, "Thanks for The Murphy and the hot chick!"