Negan walked on down the line again and this time, stopped in front of Carl. My heart clenched in my chest and I almost leaped out of my seat if it hadn't been for Michonne's hand on my arm, holding me back. My eyes met hers and she nodded slightly to me.

"Kid, lighten up. At least cry a little," he snickered as Carl glared up at him beneath his Sheriff's hat.

He walked further down the line then before stopping once more but this time, in front of Maggie.

"You look terrible. I should just put you out of your misery right now," Negan shrugged as he began to lift Lucille high in the air.

"NO! NO!" Glenn shouted out, his voice ringing through the air.

Negan's men jumped on him, pulling him back into line immediately as Maggie cried out for him. At once, my heart broke for them.

"All right, listen. Don't any of you do that again. I will shut that down, no exceptions. First one's free. It's an emotional moment, I get it. Terrible, isn't it? The moment you realize you don't know anything," Negan addressed us all before stopping in front of Carl and Rick once more, "This is your kid, right? This is definitely your kid-"

"Just stop this!" Rick bit out then and my heart raced inside my chest for Carl.

"Hey! Do not make me kill the little future serial killer! Don't make it easy on me. I gotta pick somebody. Everybody's at the table waiting for me to order. I simply cannot decide," he continued, grinning like a maniac.

Everything seemed to be going in slow motion as I sat on the hard-packed earth. And I could do nothing. For the first time in my life, I could do absolutely nothing to stop this. Nothing to change how things were going to turn out...and I hated it. I hated every single second of it.

"I got an idea," Negan said all of a sudden and I glanced up as he began to make his way down the line, pointing Lucille at each one of us in turn, "Eenie meenie miney mo catch a tiger by his toe. If he hollers let him go. My mother told me to pick the very best one and you are it!"

I sucked in a breath, eyes going wide as Lucille landed on me. Glancing up, my chocolate-brown eyes met Negan's. But his were cold and dark, lifeless as he stared down at me, unfeeling.

"Anybody moves, anybody says anything, cut the boy's other eye out and feed it to his father and then we'll start. You can breathe, you can blink, you can cry. Well, you're all gonna be doing that..."

Suddenly, the bat came down over me...landing right across my swollen stomach. I let out a shriek as pain radiated through my body. Cries and shouts rang out around me but all I could feel was pain - unmitigated pain. It shot through my body over and over as the blows kept coming. Tears welled up in my eyes but I squeezed them shut, my ears ringing as the agony overtook me. I cradled my stomach in an attempt to protect it and as I did, I felt warm sticky blood seep through my fingers. Another blow came down then and my world went dark.