𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗘, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀

𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗕𝗬𝗘 never used to mean so much. A few years ago, saying goodbye to your family for a few days was nothing. But now, you could possibly be saying goodbye forever. It all depends on how lucky, and how careful you are with your life and everyone's around you.

Ivy took a quick trip to Alexandria just to say goodbye to everyone just incase something were to happen. She hated thinking like that, but it's reality. You have to be ready for whatever the day brings— and they day brings a lot of dead people.

Carl wiped a stray tear falling down his face. Ivy walked past the kissing Michonne and Rick, smiling at the couple. Ivy stepped in front of Carl and took his hands into hers.

"Are you crying?" Ivy asked. Carl and Ivy both laughed. "Don't cry, please." Carl denied the accusations, which made the Rhee girl laugh even more.

Carl sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his forehead onto hers. "I'm sorry. Its just..." Carl trailed off. "So many things could happen—" Carl was cut off by Ivy kissing his lips passionately.

The boys large hands trailed down her waist and onto her back. They slowly slid down onto the small of her back. Carl found himself not even thinking, and his hand rested on the girls ass. Ivy gasped, but when Carl began to move it, she grabbed his wrist and moved it back.

"Hey." Rick scolded quickly. Carl laughed slightly and patted it lightly before turning to his dad. "None of that, Carl. At least not in front of me." Ivy moved out of the way and stood next to Michonne as the grimes men looked to each other. Rick took off Carls hat and hugged him tightly.

Michonne shook her head. "That boy's getting bold." Michonne muttered. Ivy nodded knowingly. "It's unbelievable. He's growing up so fast. It's weird."

"My boyfriends a man, now." Ivy smiled to herself.

Rick heard the girl and looked at her. "I'd like to thank you for that." Rick told Ivy. "For helping Carl become the man he is today." Carl held a flannel that Ivy had never seen before in his hand. He must've had it nearby somewhere because he didn't have it a moment ago.

"Yeah. So, we wanna give you this." Carl held out the flannel. Ivy took it and unfolded it. She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw it was a woman's shirt. It was blue, but not the blue one Ivy has seen. It was worn out, so maybe they picked it up recently. "It was, uh..."

"It was my moms."

Ivy quickly looked up at the two men. She laughed awkwardly and shook her head vigorously. "I can't take this." Ivy declined, pushing it back towards Carl. "Carl, take it."

Carl took the flannel and turned the girl around. "Hold your arms out." Ivy shook her head no, and Carl forced her arms up. He slipped on the flannel, and Ivy felt a weird tingle inside. As she turned around, she felt something new. It wasn't bad... it was just new.

Ivy looked in to his eye and something changed. It felt like certainty. In this moment, Ivy saw her whole future in front of her. Carl was obviously her future, but it couldn't be clearer now.

The girl quickly took Carl into a hug. "I promise I'll come back." Ivy whispered. She looked up at the boy and he grabbed the side of her face. "I know, I know, its a huge promise, b— but I'm willing to make it."

Carl kissed Ivy's forehead and practically melted in her touch. "I promise, love. I promise I'll be here when you come back." Carl whispered back. Ivy kissed his lips one last time. "I love you."

"I love you, too." Ivy smiled. Tears brimmed her eyes. "You take care of Alexandria, okay? I know you wanna go, but they need you here. I need you here."

Carl smirked and pushed a strand of hair behind the girls ear. He leaned into her ear, making sure only Ivy heard. "I'll do anything you need, my love." Carl whispered. Ivy kissed the crook of his neck before Carl was pushed off of her.

"Stop it." Rick groaned as he grabbed Ivy's arm. "We're done here." Ivy rolled her eyes as Rick dragged her to the car. "I'm driving." Ivy got into the passenger seat and closed the door.

Ivy blew a kiss to Michonne and Carl. The two laughed at the girl as everyone started piling out of Alexandria. Ivy looked over to Rick and tears fell.

Life has extremely emotional moments, especially now. But if you think about it, this life wasn't much different than the one before.
The fighting— wars. The arguments between leaders— the government and politics. Leaving your loved ones never changed. Losing your loved ones never changed. This life was just a slightly less saturated version of the one before.

Rick looked over for a moment, but had to take a second look. Rick sighed and grabbed her hand.

"Listen. We're gonna be fine. The Hilltops gonna be fine. Alexandria's gonna be fine. The kingdoms gonna be fine." Rick stated. Ivy nodded as she wiped away tears. "Carls gonna be fine. You're gonna be fine. Okay?" Ivy nodded rapidly and smiled softly.

"Besides," Rick shrugged. "You got that flannel on. Carl and Lori are gonna be with you." Ivy grinned at the man and tightened her grip on his hand.

Ivy cleared her throat. "What was she like?" Ivy asked quietly.

"Well, let me start from the beginning..."

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗨𝗟 sight. It was a wonderful color. One of Ivy's favorite. It reminded her off nature, and the leaves and trees. Nature was also one Ivy's favorite places. She loved running through the trees. It brought back memories from her childhood— but, so did everything else.

The Kingdom, The Hilltop, and Alexandria all stood around preparing for the fight. All the cars were boarded up, and everyone was waiting anxiously beside each other.

Ivy stood next to Enid, the two girls fingers interlocked. A taller man stood beside them handing them chest holsters. "Here. Over your sternum." The man said.

"No, we're going back with Maggie after." Enid told him. The man pushed the holsters towards the girls.

"Dudes. Sternum." The man stated. "Duuuuuudes." The girls smiled and took the holsters.

The man was about to walk away, but Ivy stopped him. "Hey, duuuuuude?" The man turned around and furrowed his eyebrows. "You got a name, or should I just call you dude?"

"Jerry." The man laughed. The girls nodded and smiled at him. "But you can call me dude, bud, amigo, broski—"

Ivy shook her head. "Never that, Jerry. Never that." Ivy laughed. Enid let out a small chuckle too. "I'm Ivy, this is Enid." Jerry nodded.

"Dope." Jerry smirked as he began walked away. Ivy and Enid looked at each other and laughed.

"Definitely the oddest man I've ever met." Enid giggled. Ivy nodded in agreement. Enid straighter her face and turned to the girl. "You ready for this?"

Ivy smiled. "Yeah." The girl breathed out. "I just have a lot on my mind." Enid tilted her head in confusion. "Carl, he um... he grabbed my ass in front of his dad. Kinda rattled me a bit."

"Why?" Enid asked. "Why did it rattle you— also, don't use that word. Makes you sound old."

"Sorry. But, we've never done anything." Ivy muttered. Enids jaw dropped. Ivy had no clue why people get shocked when they find out that Ivy and Carl are two virgins in love. "What?"

Enid laughed. "I totally thought you guys were like sex crazed horndogs." Enid told the girl. "Are you telling me the truth? Because if you guys did it, I'm not gonna judge!" Enid put her hands up in surrender.

"We just haven't had time, I guess." Enid nodded knowingly. "I also want our first to mean something. I don't want to make it fast... I want to make it meaningful."

Enid smirked. "Good for you!" Enid praised. Maggie began to walk over to the girls. "Oh, hey Maggie! We're just talking about Ivy's sex life—"

Ivy pursed her lips as Maggie gasped. "Really, Enid? Really?" Ivy asked. Maggie covered her mouth and looked to Ivy.

"It happened and you didn't tell me? Do you need anything? Birth control? Condoms? What size I could totally have someone make a run—" Maggie's mom rant was cut off by Ivy. Enid let out a stifled laugh.

"Nothing has happened yet." Ivy corrected. Maggie nodded. "I know you're just making sure I'm being safe, but, please... let's not talk about my embarrassing sex life anymore." The three girls laughed before Enid put her hand on Ivy's arm.

"It's not embarrassing—" Enid tried to assure the girl, resulting in Ivy groaning loudly.

"Stop. This topic discussion is over."

𝗚𝗨𝗡. It was just your average three letter word. No word with three letters could ever mean that much. But, the word was powerful because it was the name of something that could make or break you. It could make you if you knew how to use it. If you knew how to aim, knew how to take the safety off— it sounds silly, but some people don't even know how to do that. Or it could break you. If you didn't know how to aim and you were just a harmless threat with a gun. That gets you killed.

Ivy held her rifle tightly in front of her has she positioned herself with the group. She stood a few feet away from Maggie and Rick, Enid by her side. The girls looked at Maggie, who had just raised her hand. Everyone cocked their guns and held them towards the entrance of the Sanctuary.

Maggie lowered her hand and Rick sent one shot out. The rest of the large group sent three shots all at the same time. Everyone lowered their guns, but kept them close by their side. They all awaited Negans appearance. The second he stepped out that door, war had officially begun. He had Eugene— but, Eugene was a traitor. And Ivy didn't want to admit it, but it broke her heart. The extremely smart man she had known for almost two years went to work for the man that killed his best friend. It was all so mind boggling to Ivy.

The sound of a doorknob creaking broke Ivy out of her thoughts. Negan stepped out with a big smirk on his face. "Well, shit." Negan sighed. Simon and Dwight followed behind him. "I'm sorry. I was in a meeting!" Two more Saviors appeared by Negans side.

Eugene walked out the door and Ivy looked to the ground. After all they've been through together. Terminus, the walls of Alexandria falling, the deaths of Beth, Noah, Tyreese, and the Line up. All of that didn't matter anymore. It just went away like everyone didn't risk their lives for Eugene a thousand times.

"I see you got your little mudflaps with ya." Negan says as he points to the group. "So I'm not exactly feelin' a reason for us to try throwin' lead at each other. I care about my people. I don't want to just march them into the line of fire because I wanna play my dick is bigger than yours!"

"It is."

Enid looked over at Ivy with a gaped mouth, in shock at the mans words. Ivy was used to it. All the things he said at the Line up... that didn't even compare to it. Negan was an odd man. Not even just in a psychotic way. In a odd sense of humor way.

"We both know it." Ivy's eyes widened. In any normal situation, she would've started laughing.
The things that Negan would say could make anyone with a blind eye believe he was with Rick. "But I'm also comfortable enough to accept the fact if it wasn't. I'm certainly not gonna let my people die over that shit... like you're about to."

Everyone looked around at each other with worried looks. Aaron looked over at Ivy who shot him a nonchalant look.

"So, Rick, what the hell can I do for you?" Negan asked.

Rick pointed to The Saviors. "Dwight." Rick called out. "Your name's Simon. You're Gavin. And you..."

"Regina." The girl answered. Kind of embarrassing that Rick Grimes doesn't know your name.

"Rick, I'd feel remiss if—" Eugene spoke, but was quickly cut off by Rick.

"No. I know who you are." Rick spat. "Listen, you five. The Saviors inside. All of you have a chance to survive here. To survive this. You all can live if you surrender. Can't guarantee it any time but now. Right now."

Negan began chuckling. "So they surrender... and you and your little piss patrol doesn't kill them. That sounds like a good deal!" Negan exclaimed. "What about me, Rick?"

"I told you. Twice." Rick stated. "You know what's going to happen."

Negan nodded. "I do." Negan agreed. "I do know what's gonna happen. You don't. You have no idea the shit that's about to go down."

"Let me ask you something, Rick—" Negan started. "Do you think you have the numbers for this fight?" Maggie looked over at Ivy who looked like she wasn't phased. But, Maggie knows it's a front. Ivy was scared and worried. She wanted to avenge Glenn and Abraham— but she wasn't so sure about killing Negan. She felt like it would start something else, and she voiced that to Maggie many times.

"You don't." Negan answered himself. "Simon?" Simon walked into the door and signaled someone to come out. A familiar man walked out.
Jesus, Maggie, Enid, and Ivy all looked at each other. They knew it was coming.

Jesus shrugged. "Of course that's where he went." Jesus whispered. Ivy muttered some profanities in spanish. Whenever Ivy started speaking spanish, that was the sign for the enemy to duct, hide, and scream like little girls.

"What do you have to say to Rick and the piss patrol, Gregory?" Negan pushed Gregory forward.

Gregory placed his hands on his hips and stood up tall. "The Hilltop stands with Negan and The Saviors." Gregory announced. Ivy's eyes softened and her mouth gaped. "Any resident of the Hilltop who takes up arms or who supports this ultimatum against the Sanctuary or any of the Saviors, for that matter— they will no longer be welcome in the colony."

"And?" Negan smirked.

"Their families will be thrown out and will be left to fend for themselves." Gregory added. Megan patted his shoulder and stepped away.

"And?" Negan dragged out.

"Go home now!" Gregory concluded. "Or you won't have a home to go back to." Gregory looked to Negan and smirked.

"Vete a la verga!"

Everyone turned their attention to Ivy who now stood in between Rick and Maggie. "You think that's your call, Gregory?" Ivy asked. "You haven't done shit for The Hilltop! Maggie, Jesus, Enid, and I have done everything to protect The Hilltop and get them the things they need! The protection they need!"

"I am the leader of Hilltop." Gregory scoffed. "I'm not gonna let some little girl—"

"Yeah, and this little girl could easily kill you right fucking now." Ivy spat.

Negan laughed and clapped his hands. "Well, that is quite an act you put on!" Negan exclaimed. "You're gonna send bullets straight into this place with your sister inside? With Lacey inside? Avalyn? I mean, c'mon... shes ten years old!"

"Everyone starts shooting, and something somehow happens to them, that's on you. On your conscience." Ivy stated. Negan furrowed her eyebrows. "But, you wouldn't have to live with the guilt for long because if one of them gets shot, gets bit, gets torn apart, catches a cold, gets even the tiniest scratch on them... I'll kill you, Negan."

Negans smile dropped. "Do you really want Aaliyah's blood on your hands? Laceys? Avalyns? She's just a ten year old girl." Ivy mocked with a smile.

Ivy looked around at the group. "Looks like your little speech didn't do much, Gregory." Ivy called up. "Seems like we're all staying put." Gregory sighed.

"The Hilltop stands with—"

"The Hilltop stands with Maggie!" Jesus yelled. Ivy had never heard Jesus raise his voice in any sort of way, so she smiled widely at his sudden confidence. Ivy looked over at Maggie and smirked.

The Saviors looked at Gregory who was looking around with an embarrassed look. Simon stepped forward and pushed Gregory back. "I feel... like I invested a lot in you, and I am very very disappointed." Simon pushed Gregory down the stairs, which made Ivy giggle a bit.

The groups attention shifted to an explosion in the distance. Ivy looked between Rick and Maggie, both the adults nodding at the girl. Everyone began looking around at each other. It was happening. This was the start of a new chapter.

"Sounds like shit is goin' down, Rick." Negan spoke.

"You lieutenants... you're gonna have to make up your minds." Rick stated, his cold gaze burning into Negan and the other Saviors.

"Maybe we can take a time-out here—" Gavin was quickly cut off by Rick.

"No. This has to happen now." Rick quickly answered. "This is the only way." Negan just stared at Rick. "You're gonna make me count? Okay. Okay. I'm counting." Jesus christ, he's such a dad.

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"Seven!"

You'd think a man who always honored his word would have the decency to get to zero— but, if you thought Rick Grimes would actually tell Negan the truth, then you're stupid.

Rick began shooting at Negan. Everyone was quick to raise their guns and began shooting as well. Ivy's perfect aim made sure she hit Regina in the leg. The woman limped into the building as fast as she could.

Everyone shot at the windows of The Sanctuary. Only two things crossed Ivy's mind.

Her future and her past.

Her future looked like heaven. Little mini Carl and Ivy's running around. A nice round stomach and a ring on her finger. Carl and hers children playing with Maggie's child. Ivy Grimes had a nice ring to it.

And, her past. The days she used to spend with Aaliyah. The days where the only things the two Castillo sisters were fighting over was who got to eat the last bit of ice cream. The baby Avalyn roaming around, growing so very quickly. Lacey making plans for her and Aaliyah's future. And, their parents. Paul and Rosalie.

Ivy was torn. She was put in the middle of a horrible situation. But at there's always light at the end of the tunnel— unless you get lost. So, all Ivy had to do was not get lost. She needed to remember where she was going and the path she was taking. The path to a family, and a bright and safe future.

A few moments passed of The Kingdom, Alexandria, and Hilltop shooting at The Sanctuary. All the windows of the building were shattered.

"Now!" Maggie screamed over the gunfire. Everyone began lowering their guns and running off. Enid, Maggie, and Ivy all ran together, not wanting to lose each other.

The three Rhee women reached their car. Maggie climbed into the drivers seat, and the two younger girls mirrored her. Ivy climbed into the front seat and Enid jumped into the back. Maggie was quick to start driving away. They were one of the first people to make it out of The Sanctuary. Everybody knew the pregnant woman had to get out first. Common sense.

And, once again. The Rhee women make it out alive.

𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗩𝗬𝗦 none official new home. She would always treat Alexandria as her own, but that wasn't where her heart resided anymore. Her heart was with Maggie, and that baby. With Enid, and Jesus. And the memories of Sasha, Abraham, and Glenn. Ivy hoped she could convince Carl to come with her to Hilltop. She knew it was a long shot, but she hoped he would do it.

Ivy and Enid sat at the guard post, watching over the ground surrounding Hilltop. The two girls would be lying if they said that they were only keeping watch and not gossiping.

"Enid... I don't know what to do." Ivy sighed. Enid nodded knowingly. "I'm so torn between everything in life." Ivy felt like she was at a constant battle with her mind. "The Saviors are trapped but... My sister is there. My sister is trapped. My sister in law is trapped. A little girl is trapped."

Enid grabbed Ivy's hand and interlocked their fingers. "And, god..." Ivy sighed. "I want Negan dead but that's the easiest way out for him. Death isn't punishment for him— it'd just be freeing him." Ivy met Enids eyes, tears brimming the girls eyes. "And Carl. He makes me worry so much. I just can't lose him. I cant lose you, or him, or Maggie."

"You won't. At least not anytime soon." Enid assured the girl. "That's a big promise but... I won't leave you—" Enid cut herself off when she saw Ivy's eyebrows furrow. Enid followed Ivy's gaze and lifted her binoculars. It was Gabriel's car. But Gabriel wasn't driving it.

A horn started honking and Ivy groaned. "Why the hell is he here?" Ivy asked. Enid and Ivy made their way down the ladder. The girls found Maggie and dragged her to the gate.

"Hey!" Gregory knocked on the gate. "Hello! Open the gates! I— I need help! I've been through hell! I know you're in there! I know you can hear me!" Gregory banged on the gate rapidly.

Maggie opened the gate slightly, but not enough for Gregory to fit through. Gregory's eyes widened in happiness, but his smile quickly dropped. "What, is the gate broken?" Gregory questioned. "I—I've told them to oil that—" Gregory stopped talking when he saw the three woman standing in front of him. "The gates not broken."

"What are you doing with Gabriel's car?" Maggie asked quickly. "Where is he?"

"I don't know who that is." Gregory tilted his head confusedly. "The— The car was just there." Ivy furrowed her eyebrows and her mouth gaped in shock. She always wondered how Gregory had the nerve— and she always wondered how he was so bad at lying. It wasn't hard to just lie.

"So what are you doing here?" Maggie asked, her face serious.

"I live here." Gregory answered. "This is my home. I built this place. Uh, you weren't here for that, but some of us didn't just show up." Ivy's eyes widened at the mans response.

"Shut your damn mouth!" Maggie yelled. Ivy crossed her arms and put on her intimidating face. "You're really gonna stand there and pretend you didn't try to sell us out, sell this place out to The Saviors?"

Gregory leaned closer to the gate. "I was working for the side of sanity. I was working for peace." Gregory defended himself.

"You threatened to kick people out." Maggie reminded him.

"I tried to save lives." Gregory corrected the woman. Ivy rolled her eyes and popped her hip slightly. "Now those people are cannon fodder."

"Those people are fighting for a better life!" Maggie argued.

Gregory sighed. "Look, the "throwing out the families" line was all Negan. He made me say those horrible things. I went to them in— in— in— you know, in the interest of— of furthering good-faith diplomacy." Gregory stammered. "I tried to save lives! Some people, without opinions colored by a preoccupation with vengeance, might call that heroic."

"You got pushed down stairs." Ivy injected. Gregory sighed. "How on gods green earth is that heroic? Your ass took a pretty hard tumble, so I don't know if you hit your big-ass head... but, you did everything for yourself. You don't give a crap about this place."

Gregory went to open his mouth, but Ivy quickly cut him off. Ivy took Maggie's spot in front. "You went there to betray us. You only came back because Simon humiliated you." Ivy spat. "You knew our plans. You were gonna tell Negan... That's what you told Kal. That's why Kal left your sorry ass."

"Kal? Pfft." Gregory scoffed. "Kal is delusional." Kal was at the guard post and quickly looked down at Gregory.

"What the hell?" Kal called down. Gregory looked up at the man and forced a smile.

"Kal!" Gregory dragged out. Kal flipped the man off. "Hey. C'mon, man. Y—You— You know you can be dramatic. That— That thing with the sorghum pancakes, huh?"

"You mean when you ate a little girl's pancakes?" Kal asked.

"I did not eat those pancakes!" Gregory yelled, his voice straining. Gregory sighed in frustration and looked back at the three girls. "Listen, for what it's worth, I did exactly zero harm to your cause. Negan already knew everything."

"Goodbye, Gregory." Ivy turned around and pushed the two Rhee women lower backs gently.

"Wait! No! Please!" Gregory pleaded. Maggie stopped in her tracks at Gregory's words. "I— All right, I went there because I was scared, all right? I knew you were going to fight, and— and I didn't want to be complicit. Because I didn't think you could win. But I see now what— what you saw all along. That— That— That the Saviors can't be reasoned with! That fighting them is the only way. I was wrong. I— I— I made a mistake and I'm sorry."

Ivy licked her lips and chucked. "Jesus, has hell frozen over cause I think I just heard Gregory admit he was wrong and apologize." Ivy mumbled.

"Please, Maggie!" Gregory cried out. "We're all just human beings with faults and flaws and— and fears!" Enid looked to Maggie. "But i—is this who you are? H—Have you no mercy? Have you no humanity? Have you no—"

"Shut the hell up, Gregory!" Ivy snapped. Gregory shut his mouth and Ivy turned to Maggie. Ivy rested her hand on her pistol. "I've got a gun on my hip right now. I won't mind taking him out." Maggie shook her head no.

Maggie turned to Kal. "Let him in." The woman instructed. Gregory's pleading eyes softened as the gate creaked open.

"With everything he did..." Enid trailed off. "Why?"

"He's not worth killin'." Maggie answered. Ivy wouldn't lie. She knew it made her sound crazy, but she loved killing. It some ways, she's just as bad as Negan. Maybe worse because she was so young, she had still had so much potential.

Ivy took her hand off her gun and shook her head. "Anybody's worth killing." Ivy muttered. Maggie patted the young girls shoulder and frowned.

"The answer to all our problems can't be killing." Maggie told Ivy. The Latina girl shrugged and toyed with Loris flannel.

"Its always worked before." Ivy whispered and ducked her head down. Gregory stormed up to the three girls.

"You won't regret this. I've changed." The Rhee girls began walking away, not in the mood to listen to the man's words. "I—I'm a believer now. You'll see."

Kal cleared his throat, and everyone turned their attention to him. "Uhhh... Maggie?"

❝𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗡!" Gregory protested as they all stood at the gates, watching as Jesus stood before them, Saviors behind him. "No way! With what they did? With what they do? They are monsters!"

"Gregory—" Jesus tried to reason.

"No!" Gregory quickly cut him off. "This is not a sanctuary for killers. We'll be putting the safety of everyone in jeopardy!"

"Get out of here." Maggie scolded the man.

"I know what they are." Gregory said. "I have stared into the face of th—" Gregory was quickly cut off by Maggie.

"Gregory!" Maggie scolded. Ivy had her back to the Saviors, so there was no way in hell that they could've known it was her— unless they were like Carl and remembered what her ass looks like.

Ivy crossed her arms. "I slept in the room next to some of these men. I saw them live for a day and I wanted to kill myself, so, I hate to say this but..."

"I'm right!" Gregory yelled, leaning forward. Ivy slapped him in the face, making everyone gasp. Gregory grabbed his cheek and stomped his foot on the ground, spinning around slightly. "Owie!"

Ivy pointed in his face. "You. Get the hell out of my face." Gregory scrambled off quickly. Ivy looked to her family, which they all wore shocked looks. "Maggie? You're guns empty, right?"

Maggie nodded. "Give me." Maggie handed her the gun and Ivy placed the empty gun in her holster. Jesus, Enid, and Maggie were extremely confused as they watched the girl storm up to a Savior. Ivy placed the fully loaded gun in her belt.

"What's your name?" Ivy asked, crossing her arms and popping her hip. The Savior just quietly stared at the girl. "Hello!"

The Savior apologized profusely. "Alden. The names Alden." The man answered. He was probably just a few years older than Ivy. Old enough to have facial hair, though.

"Well, Alden." Ivy pulled the gun out the holster, pushing it in front of Alden's face and clicked the hammer. Alden flinched slightly. "You know... maybe everyone but Alden is a killer, because usually..." Ivy pulled out the loaded gun and pushed it to her head. The hammer clicked, and she didn't flinch.

"a killer doesn't flinch." Ivy threw the loaded gun on the ground, still holding the empty gun in front of Alden's face.

"You're a killer?" Alden asked. Ivy nodded. The girl was quite intimidating. She was young, but she spoke with confidence. And, she had this look... a look of pure evil.

"Yeah. I am." Ivy answered.

Alden chuckled. "Then how does that make us any different?" Alden inquired. Ivy knew he was a Savior, automatically making him a bad guy, but he was smart. He wasn't being rude, and he was being respectful. He asked the right questions, so Ivy automatically took a liking to him. Alden reminded Ivy of herself.

Ivy pulled the trigger of the gun, obviously nothing coming out. Alden flinched a bit. Ivy dropped the gun by her side and slightly turned her body.

"I have morals."

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘
I think if Carl saw Ivy's "I have morals" moment he would've screamed. like genuinely a high pitched little girl scream—
but same😝
ALSO ALDEN AND IVY BEING BEST FRIENDS IS OBVI GONNA BE CANON!!!
i'm gonna make alden and carl have like a brotherly relationship. like they call each other brother like Daryl and Rick cuz i just love that
ALVY IS GONNA BE ONE OF MY FAV PLATONIC DUOS EVERRR