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Adeline didn't leave maggies side. They were going to Hilltop, get her help. But the saviours were out there, her mother was out there. Adeline prayed she wasn't captured or hurt.

She held onto maggies hand, squeezing it as she used her free hand to put a cold towel on Maggies forhead.

But the RV came to a holt, making Adeline look over ricks shoulder and to the front. Rick got up and walked towards the front, Abraham stopping the RV. "What?" Rick asked as Adeline stayed by Maggie.

"Enemy close." Abraham told them as Adeline squeezed her eyes shut. They'd be okay, they'd be okay. She mumbled that multiple times in her head. They'd be okay. "We doing this?" Abraham asked Rick.

"No." He simply said as he walked towards the rv door, walking out. But Adeline stayed inside with Maggie, not wanting to leave her un attended incase anything happened.

Adeline blanked out any words as she focused on Maggie. After a while, they had all returned back into the rv. "What did they say?" Adeline asked Carl as he walked back in.

"Just talking shit." Carl simply said as Abraham started to drive the RV. "Trying to make a deal."

"These assholes won't stop until we're dead." Adeline mumbled as Carl shook his head.

"They won't get the chance to." He tilted his head as Adeline bit her tongue. She had always been a worrier. She was an anxious person. And with her mother out there, it was only making her stress even more.

They had found another route to hilltop. Abraham continued to drive, Sasha by his side. They had been driving for a while, no Saviours.

Abraham turned around the corner, coming to a quick holt. "Bitch nuts." Abraham sighed. Saviours.

Adeline laid her head on maggies seat, the RV going backwards as shots fired in the air. One. Twice. Then three times until Abraham turned around.

They were so screwed. Adeline knew it. There was no way they could beat these people. They knew where they were going, what they were doing. They knew their every move.

They had to go a different route, yet again. "How are we on gas?" Rick asked Abraham as Adeline turned her head to listen.

"Half a tank." Abraham told him, looking down at the tank. "I like some more cans before we left."

"Those weren't the same men who blocked the road the first time." Sasha noticed as she turned to Rick.

"Same outfit, different soldiers." Abraham slowly nodded his head, keeping his eyes on the road. "They got numbers."

"Yeah, we keep driving, we get here there." Rick nodded his head as he referred to Maggie, who was asleep.

"We will." Sasha confidently said.

"If we have to shove each and everyone one of them up their own asses." Abraham added, turning to Rick before coming to a holt.

Adeline slowly stood up, looking through the window to see walkers chained up to a tree, that was blocking the path.

Adeline slowly walked out of the RV, staying beside Aaron as she looked at them, a frown on her face. "Come on, let's do this." Rick told them as he went to attack them.

"Dad." Carls voice stopped him as he nodded to one of the walkers.

"That's michonne's." Aaron nodded to the walker that had Michonne's jacket and one of her hair in its head.

Adeline's heart dropped. They had them. They had her mother. She narrowed her eyes at the walkers.

"That's Daryl's." Sasha nodded at the other walker, with dark, long hair, and two arrows in its chest. Daryl's arrows.

"And that's Jaycee's." Abraham's voice made Adeline step forward, looking at the walker that had one of her mother's flannels on.

Rick went towards the walker that had Michonne's jacket, pulling the piece of hair out.

He went to kill the walker until bullets fired their way. But, they weren't aiming for them, they were aiming at the ground around them.

"Get back to the RV! Go!" Rick yelled at them all as Aaron pushed her back into the RV. The rest cleared the path before getting into the RV and driving forwards.

Adeline stared at her hands, many thoughts running through her head. They had her mother. She could hear injured, dead.

"Hey." A voice pulled her from her thoughts, making her turn to see Aaron. "She'll be okay." She knew he was referring to her mother.

"We know what these people are capable of, Aaron. They're fucked in the head. Did you not see them walkers? They dressed them up like our family." She said in a hushed whisperer. "They're sick." She sighed, lowering her head into her hands. "I told her not to go."

Aaron bit his tongue as he laid his hand on the girls shoulder. "Your mother is tough. She'll be okay. These saviours have nothing on her." She knew Aaron was trying to make her feel better. Jaycee was a tough son of a bitch. And Adeline always inspired to be like her mother. She wasn't phased about the world changing, the dead become living. She just cared about her family she made.

"Rick." Abraham said as Adeline looked up; moving to the front to see a group of them, more than before. They all's stood on cars.

"Go back." Rick told him as Abraham frowned.

"Where?" Abraham asked him as Rick laid a hand on his shoulder.

Adeline wanted her mother back. So, if that meant they had to go through these saviours, she would. Adeline didn't want to be the weak, fragile girl that hadn't killed any walkers and was protected.

She wanted to help her people. She wanted to help her family. Her mother.

They had stopped the rv in the middle of no where, trying to figure out a plan. How'd they get Maggie to hilltop and away from the saviours.

"So what's the plan?" Abraham sighed as he asked Rick, looking down at the map.

"She needs a doctor." Rick pointed into the room Maggie was in.

"There are two more routes both from here." Sasha pointed to the map, looking at the routes.

"They're probably waiting for us now." Rick slowly nodded their heads.

"They're one step ahead of us. They know our every move. They're probably watching right now." Adeline started as they turned to her. "We need to be one step ahead of them. We go on foot." She suggested. "And the sun sets soon. We use this RV as bait, they'd think we're in it."

Eugene nodded his head, agreeing with her. Everyone looked around at her words, making Rick nod her head. Adeline was proud she came up with this plan and they agreed with her.

She was helping.

Eugene had offered to stay with the RV as bait. Risk his life as they went on foot to Hilltop.

It was dark now, and everyone stayed by Maggies side, killing the walkers that were trying to come their way.

Adeline held her knife, a tight grip on it as she looked around, wearily. She had never killed a walker, but, she'd have to.

Whistling broke her from her thoughts as everyone stopped in their tracks. They looked around to see the men hiding in the forest. They were all around them.

"Go! Go!" Rick yelled at them as they all ran forward, trying to take cover in the trees as the whistles continued.

They came across a clearing, a bright light flashing in their faces, making them stop. The whistles merged together as Adeline covered the light with her arm.

They were surrounded. They had no way of getting out. Adeline saw their RV, eugene on the ground with bruises on his face.

Adeline breathed in and out, heavily. There was no way of getting out, they were screwed.

"Good." A man's voice made Adeline turn around, seeing a man walk out of the shadows and into the light, a boy, no older than her, keeping back in the shadows, head low. "You made it. Welcome to where you're going." He smirked at them. "We'll take your weapons." He pulled out his gun and aimed it at Carl. "Now."

"We..we can talk about—" Rick started but the man cut him off.

"We're done talking." The man shook his head, glare on his face. "Time to listen." Was this negan?

Adeline's knife was grabbed out of her hand, making her glare at the man that made sure she had nothing else. The man's hands on her making her cringe. She stayed by Aaron's side, feeling safe with him.

"Thats yours, right?" The man held carls gun in his hand. "Yeah, it's yours." He smirked as Carl glared at him. The man flicked carls hat before looking at them. "Let's get her down and get you all on your knees." He told them. "Lots to cover."

They went to grab Maggie. "Hold up." Abraham told them as Adeline looked down at her, a sad look on her face. "We got it." He glared at the men.

"Sure, sure." The man nodded to the men, making them back away. They all carefully helped Maggie down, the woman to weak to move. They brought eugene towards them, putting him in his knees.

Adeline looked at Rick for any hope, but he got down on his knees, making them all follow his lead. Adeline crouched down between Aaron and Rick.

"Dwight!" The man yelled as a blonde man came out.

"Yeah." He called over.

"Chop-chop." He nodded his head at the blonde one, who held Daryl's crossbow in his hands. He made his way towards a car, opening it.

"Come on. You got people to meet." He told the people in the car. Adeline looked over, seeing the blonde man drag Jaycee out, but she stayed by Daryl, glaring at the man.

Dwight roughly threw Jaycee to the floor beside Glenn, Adeline shook her head she looked over to her mother.

And Jaycee saw her too. Jaycee shook her head, leaning on her hands. "Maggie?" Glenn breathed out as he looked at his pregnant wife. But Dwight pushed him down, making Jaycee hold onto Glenn, keeping him upright, her glare never leaving the Dwight.

"On your knees." Dwight yelled at him as Jaycee turned to her daughter, who had her head lowered. Why was Adeline here? Why were they all out here? Why was Maggie? She looked deeply ill.

"Alright. We got a full boat." The man grinned as he walked over to their RV. "Let's meet the man." He knocked on the RV door before walking away, throwing carls gun on the ground.

Jaycee dug her palms into her legs, looking at the RV door that opened, a man walking out, bat over his shoulder—smirk covering his face. "Pissing our pants yet?" He grinned down at them. He walked forward as Jaycee lowered her head. "Boy, do I have a feeling we're getting close." He looked at them all, smirk still on his face, which made Jaycee sick. "Yep. It's gonna be pee-pee pants city here real soon." He pointed his hand. "Which one of you pricks is the leader?"

"It's this one." The man from before pointed at Rick. Making the man, who Jaycee assumed was negan, turn to Rick. "He's the guy." Jaycee bit down on her tongue as he stepped in front of Rick, close to Adeline, who was staring at the ground.

"Hi. You're Rick, right?" Negan smiled down at Rick in a sinister way. "I'm negan" he pointed to himself. "And I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my people to kill your people for killing my people, you killed more of my people." He pointed at Rick, shaking his head. "Not cool. Not cool. You have no idea how not cool that shit is. But I think you're gonna be up to speed shortly. Yeah." Negan nodded his head. "You are so gonna regret crossing me in a few minutes." He grinned. "Yes, you are." He sighed. "You see, Rick, whatever you do, no matter what, you don't mess with the new world order. And the new world order is this, and it's really very simple. So, even if you're stupid, which you very may well be, you can understand it." Negan tilted his head.

Jaycee looked up from the ground, her eyes on Adeline, whose eyes were on Rick, her body shaking. "You ready?" Negan asked him. "Here goes. Pay attention." He moved his bat, pointing it at ricks face. "Give me your shit...or I will kill you. Today was career day. We invested a lot." He started to walk. "So you would know who I am and what I can do." He pointed his bat at Rick. "You work for me now. You have shit, you give it to me. That's your job. Now, I know that is a mighty big, nasty pill to swallow, but swallow it...you lost certainly will."

He moved back to Rick, smirk still on his face. "You ruled the roost. You...built something. You thought you were safe. I get it. But the word is out. You are not safe." Negan shook his head. "Not even close. In fact, you are pegged, more pegged if you don't do what I want. And what I want is half of your shit. And if that's too much, you can make, find, or steal more, and it'll even out sooner or later. This is your way of life now. The more you fight back, the harder it'll be. So, is someone knocks on your door..." he let out a chuckle.

"You let us in. We own that door. You try to stop us and we will knock it down." He pointed his bat in ricks face one again. "You understand?" He asked Rick, but he didn't reply, making began lower himself, hand on his ear. "What, no answer?" He whispered as he ran his hand over his mouth. "You don't really think that you were gonna get through this without being punished now, did you? I don't want to kill your people. Just want to make that clear from the get-go. I want you to work for me. You can't do that if you're dead,now, can you? I'm not growing a garden."

Negan smiled as he looked around. "But you killed my people, a whole damn lot of them. More than I'm comfortable with." He placed his hand on his chest. "And for that—for that you're gonna pay. So, now...I'm gonna beat the holy hell out of one of you." He grinned as Jaycee lowered her head, squeezing her eyes shut.

He swung his bat around as he held it in both hands. "This—this is Lucille, and she is awesome. All this, all this is just so we can pick out which one of you gets the honour." Jaycee lifted her head up, leaning up on her knees.

He moved to stand in front of Abraham, who lifted his head up confidently, not backing down. "Huh." Negan raised his brows, running his hand over his face. "Ugh, I gotta shave this shit." He moved away from him and towards where Adeline was, who was shaking like a leaf. Jaycee clenched her jaw, "aren't you a shaky thing." He chuckled as he pointed his bat at her, Jaycee shook her head, leaning up as Dwight pushed her back down, Daryl's crossbow pointed at her head.

This made negan turn to Jaycee, brows raised. He looked between Adeline and Jaycee, nodding his head. "This your kid?" He pointed at Adeline, but Jaycee just glared at him. "Hmm." He hummed as he moved over to her. "Wicked scar. I'd hate to see the other guy." He grinned as he pointed his wired bat at her. "You're the woman that shot one of my men." He pointed to Dwight, making Jaycee look over her shoulder.

"I missed my target." Jaycee breathed, glaring up at Dwight, then back up at negan. Jaycee wouldn't cower, show weakness to these people. "Luckily for him, he was limping." She tilted her head as negan let out a chuckle.

"Damn." Negan looked down at her, then at Dwight. "Aint that the shit. You have balls, I'll give you that, sweetheart." He looked back down at her before moving towards Carl. "You got one of our guns." He pointed to the gun on the floor. Negan crouched in front of Carl, picking up the gun. "You got a lot of our guns."

Carl just glared at the man with his one eye. "Shit, kid, lighten up." Negan grinned. "At least cry a little." He let out a chuckle as he stood back up, putting the gun in his waist belt.

He cleared his throat as he looked at them all once again, stopping in front of Maggie. "Jesus." He looked down at her, shaking his head. "You look shitty." Jaycee could tell Glenn wanted to move, help in any way. "I should just put you out of your misery right now." He raised his bat—

"No!" Glenn yelled as he moved forward, making Dwight grab a hold of him. "No!" He cried out as negan turned to him, Dwight putting him back on the floor, Daryl's crossbow pointed at him.

Jaycee moved to dig her hands into the dirt, her body shaking from the cold. Weight started throwing kicks to Glenn as Jaycee, shook her head, lowering it. "Stop it!" Maggie cried out.

"Nope." Negan scratched his face as Dwight pulled Glenn back. "Nope, get him back in line."

"No." Glenn tried to fight out of his grip, "no." He relayed as Jaycee held a hand on his back, looking back up at negan. "Don't. Dont." He cried, eyes on his wife.

But negan chuckled, leaning his head back. "All right, listen." He let out a sigh. "Don't any of you do that again. I will shut that shit down, no exceptions." He shook his head. "First one's free. It's an emotional moment, I get it." He pointed at Glenn with a grin, making Jaycee's glare harden. "Sucks, don't it." He turned to Rick, tilting his head. "The moment you realise you don't know shit."

He grinned as he looked over at Carl. Then back to Rick, raising his bat as he pointed at the two. "This is your kid, right?" He asked Rick. He let out a chuckle as he moved towards Carl. "There are a lotta people's kids here, clearly you need to learn something about parenting." He chuckled as he looked between Rick and Jaycee. Negan then turned his head to the group of his men on the left, nodding his head and turning back to Carl. "I mean, I can't say much."

"Just stop this!" Rick yelled out as negan turned to him, bat raised.

"Hey!" He yelled back at him, shaking his head. "Do not make me kill the little future serial killer." Negan pointed to Carl. "Don't make it easy on me. I gotta pick somebody." He shrugged his shoulders. "Everybody's at the table waiting for me to order."

He then started to whistle, walking up and down, looking down at them. "I simply cannot decide." He grinned, turning around and letting out a chuckle. "I got an idea." He raised his hands. He chuckled once again, walking towards Rick, lowering the bat in his face. "Eenie..." he moved from Rick as Jaycee let out a deep breath, keeping her head high.

Maggie. "Meenie..."

Abraham. "Miney..."

Michonne. "Mo..."

Daryl. "Catch.."

Jaycee. "A tiger..."

Glenn. "By..."

Rosita. "His..."

Adeline. "Toe..."

Aaron. "If.."

Sadha. "he hollers..."

Carl. "Let him go."

Negan grinned as he went back down them all once again. "My mother.." Eugene. "Told me.." he moved down. "To pick...the very best one..." he continued as Jaycee's hands began to shake as she realised what was happening.

One of them will die. "And you..are..

"it..." he grinned as he pointed the bat. "Anybody moves, anybody says anything, cut the boys other eye out and feed it to his father and then we'll star." Jaycee dug her fingers into the dirt, shaking her head. "You can breathe, you can blink, you can cry." Negan smirked. "Hell, you're all gonna be doing that." He held onto his bat, lifting it up.

Jaycee bit back a muffled cry, her body going numb as the bat connected with a head.

— madeleines notes

I, uhm, uh, lol 😨

No it's the fact I've written a couple of chapters and like they're all funny... LMAO. Like they genuinely are. Me, thens and ells just laugh at the parts I send them bc it's just comedic. I'm literally on the chapter where Carl goes to kill negan and he feeds him spaghetti 😍😍

But wow season 7. Fastest season I've ever done and I wrote season 1 of the 100 quick but this was quicker... I'm a dedicated person so be grateful.

Also, new cover area made by the talented @/tiishas so check them out because they deserve it <33

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