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The sun was beginning to set, and it was peace and quiet in the Sanctuary. Most were keeping to their duties, whilst others were already in bed.  There were two people in particular sitting on a pair of chairs that brought attention to them, mostly by the groaning.

Negan was breathing heavily in discomfort as Carson was wrapping his chest with medical tape.

 ‘’ Negan…..The rib wasn’t snapped off completely. You are gonna have some chest pains for a few days..but you should be alright in no time. ‘’

‘’ Thank you, Carson. Glad somebody other than…her, knew medical stuff around here. Who taught you? ‘’

‘’ My brother. I don’t really know where he is now…but these things sure come in handy every once in a while. ‘’

They were interrupted by Sherry and Dwight’s sudden arrival. She seemed worried and called out to Negan, who looked away as soon as he heard the question.

‘’ Negan….Where is Billy? You said you would bring him back. ‘’

‘’ We’ll know soon enough, Sherry. Please….Leave me be for a bit….I need to thi…. ‘’

*BANG*

‘’ Who’s shooting?! ‘’

‘’ It’s Billy…he finally decided. Jesus..I didn’t think he would actually d… ‘’

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

‘’ What the hell….Dwight, you are coming with me. That was more than one shot…something’s off. ‘’

Dwight and Negan aimed his crossbow up as soon as they got out, but  he pointed it down as soon as they saw the man coming towards them. It was Billy. His shirt was bloodied, but he had not bitemarks or wounds of his own. His face was like that of a statue, devoid of any expression, yet his eyes were giving off an grim bottomless glare.

‘’ Deadies….they came….to the grave site….I…I couldn’t do it. I fled. I’m not gonna fucking end my days at the edge of a gun. Negan…I….I fucked up. I didn’t mean to… ‘’

He handed the Blackhawk back to Negan. He opened the chamber and noticed there was only 2 shots left, he holstered it and sighed.

‘’ Just….Just get back in. We’ll ta….Hmm? ‘’

Negan suddenly looked out towards the horizon and took up his gun again. The others looked on in confusion.

‘’ Guys….get back inside. All of you. ‘’

‘’ Why? ‘’

‘’ Something’s coming. Can’t you hear it? Sounds like a bunch of trucks. I’m not taking any chances, get back inside. Billy, you keep check on the inside….I’m gonna talk to these guys….or take down as many as I can before getting back in. ‘’

They all ran in just as the caravan came down the horizon. It only took the caravan a minute to get down to the Sanctuary wall.

Negan had expected 2-3 trucks at the most, but what he saw coming up was not that number, it was doubledigits.  He saw 4 Military trucks, 2 Humvee’s with turrets and about 5 pickups with boltedon armor plating covering them. The leading Humvee as well as a large armytruck drove up to Negan through the open path, parking 4 meters away from him.. The passenger door opened on the Humvee, and the man that came out wore a  dark blue coat with a creamcolored furtrimmed collar. Under it, he wore a loose black dress-shirt and skinny black jeans tucked into steeltoed army boots..  His hair was blonde and cut short on the sides, but black and spiky at the top in an odd faux-hawk like cut.. His eyes were completely shielded behind a pair of orange tinted glasses as a long and thin scar crossed over the right eye, and his face was set in a smile, although Negan could not tell if it was false or genuine.

‘’ Who the fuck are you? ‘’

Negan aimed his Blackhawk towards the man’s head, showing no fear in the face of the turret or the manpower infront of him.

The blonde man then walked up to Negan, bowing before speaking. He seemed unusually calm, despite the gun aimed at his head.

‘’ Hello, friend. My name is Gerard La Croix. I came here to speak with Lucille. Is she there? ‘’

Negan cocked the gun and his finger was gently touching the trigger. Gerard however still did not seem threatened.

‘’ I don’t know who you are talking about. Leave. ‘’

‘’ Slim, fit girl? Brown hair…Mohawk….dresses like a British punker….wields a baseball bat? Curses like 5 sailors? You have not seen her? ‘’

‘’ No. ‘’

‘’ Hmm…that’s too bad. Drove all these miles for nothing….but it’s odd…My men told me Negan and Lucille were close friends. But they must have been mistaken then. Unless you are a bad fucking liar, friend. Even without these glasses, I can tell that you are speaking bullshit. My men have even seen you two getting…mighty close and personal. Right up there on that roof. Sadly…you took one of them out. But…I’am a very forgiving person…if I’am given something in return. Let me talk to Luc… ‘’

Negan lowered his gun and grabbed ahold of Gerard’s collar pulling him forward.

‘’Let’s rewind…You mean you have spied on us? ‘’

‘’ No…or…well, even though it sounds rude…yes. Just making sure you guys are good people. You don’t come into somebody’s frontlawn without knowing atleast the person’s name. ‘’

‘’ Why the fuck would I trust somebody who spied on us? I should shoot you right now. ‘’

Negan suddenly looked up and saw about 9 men pointing assault rifles towards him, and the turret on the Hummer was now being controlled by one man.

‘’ Well, you might blow my head off….but what you see on that truck there…alongside the rifles…is a PKM. It will tear a man apart in less then seconds.  So…let’s be civil….and….invite us in. Unless you want to die. ‘’

‘’ They wont shoot me. They’d hit you as well. ‘’

‘’ True, unless you shoot me first. Because my orders are that If I go down….they are free to empty their magazines into whatever…or whoever is standing in their way….but let’s not let it come to that, hmm? ‘’

‘’ Fine….tell your men to point those fucking rifles someplace else. ‘’

‘’ You heard the nice man, stand down, people. Anyhow….now… I’am not here to cause discord between anyone. I’am here to ask you to join me. ‘’

‘’ You’ll have to explain in detail later. I’ll let you in….But your friends are staying out here. I’m not risking my people’s wellbeing by letting those fuckers with their machineguns come in. ‘’

‘’ Fine. But I will need some guarantee of safety other than your word…so…*fwii-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii* ‘’

A slim women came out on the driver’s side at the sound of his whistle. Her skin was pale and she had long black hair that was incredibly wavy, and her face was adorned with a number of piercings, even more than Lucille. She also had a number of cuts and scars going across it, as well as a eyepatch with three straps over her left eye. Her expression was taciturn and calm. Her outfit consisted of a tightfitting midriff biker jacket with only a skinfitting white v-necked tanktop under it, and tight lightblue jeans with black sneakers.

‘’ I’ll have my Jennie with me. That way, I’ll be sure that I will not be harmed. ‘’

Negan opened the door and let them both in. As soon as Gerard walked in, everybody in the Sanctuary stared at him.  Negan walked up in front of them and waved a signal to everybody to stand down.

‘’ So…Can when can we talk about the offer? ‘’

‘’ Wait until we get to her. She’ll have to decide….or atleast help me make the decision. ‘’

Negan began to walk up the iron stairs, and Gerard and Jennie followed after. Gerard was acting very friendly towards him, but Negan kept brushing him off, not even looking back to speak at him.

‘’ Oh, so Lucille isn’t the leader? ‘’

They continued talking as they walked down the hall to her room.

‘’ It’s…fuck, it’s nothing I’m gonna talk about. But…yes, As of now, the sanctuary answers to my call…since….She is sick right now… you can talk to her….but only for a minute or so. And I will be in there. Not gonna let anybody be in that room alone with her….Wait…there’s the room. I’ll go in firs… ‘’

Gerard was already at the door before he could finish his sentence, and Negan was about to tell him to stop, but too late. He had already walked into the room. He looked to his left and saw the shocked Lucille sitting up in her bed looking towards him.

‘’ Ah, You must be Lucille. Pleased to mee…   ‘’

Lucille took her Mateba Autorevolver from the bedtable next to her and aimed it at Gerard who lifted his hands into the air, but it was clear he was still not threatened by it. She then saw Negan and a women she had never seen before enter after him.

 ‘’ Negan…who the fuck is this? ‘’

‘’ I’am Gerard La Croix.  I’am the leader of the Seekers. ‘’

‘’ The who? Who the fuck *cough* are you guys?‘’

Lucille then aimed her gun towards Jennie, who was holding her hand over her own holster. Gerard noticed it and waved with his hand, and Jennie nodded,  withdrew her hand and backed away.

‘’ Seekers. We seek to recreate society. And the only way to do that is to create a force stronger than that of any undead horde. We seek to recruit you into our group. ‘’

‘’ You talk big….naively big for this type of world. Why should *cough-cough* we trust you? ‘’

‘’ Because unlike some people, I have a plan. I’ll be short and to the point. We are gonna bring every community in the DC area to us….create a gigantic community, which will then spread and spread….until the undead horde is but a memory.. ‘’

‘’ You cant be fucking serious. ‘’

‘’ But I’am. We have already cleared out a large chunk of the area surrounding Hilton Hotel….and we have created an community that is closer to a small town than a safezone. ‘’

‘’ Hilton hotel. That is where me and my friends have set up…our little community. That is why we have not…met before. I’am not from this region. But my group’s network….well, it reaches well into the next state. Outposting is key. If you come with me….I will even tell you about the other community’s I know of. I want to show you. ’’

‘’ What if….*cough* we….don’t want to recreate it? What if we are fine with how things are? ‘’

‘’ Then we will be on our merry way, and we will never meet or speak with eachother again. But I don’t think you are so…..slow-minded, Lucille. You are curious. Curious about what we can give, just like…we are curious about you and your people. ‘’

‘’ We will wait ONE day. Let your…group pack up…and come with us to see what we can give. If you do not come with us…..The offer is….well, off. ‘’

‘’ We are not leaving the sanctuary empty. 6 people. We’ll send out 6 with you. ‘’

‘’ Negan…Dwight….Michelle…Maxwell….Edward….and Billy. We’ll send them. I will stay here…keep track over Sanctuary. When they come back…I’ll know my decision. ‘’

‘’ Well….that’s a shame, since I thought you out of all people would want to see this the most….But…It’ll have to do. Jennie, let’s head out. Lucille, we’ll be waiting in our trucks until the morning. ‘’

When the sun had gone down and night had fallen over all, Billy was sitting on his bed, looking at the medallions in the palm of his hand. He clutched his fist and tried to keep it still, but his fist began to shake as he tried to compose himself.

‘’ Billy….Did you hear? ‘’

Billy sighed and put the medallions down in his pocket as he looked over to Dwight.

‘’ About what? ‘’

‘’ The new guys….Lucille is sending us two out together with Negan and a couple others. Pack up. We need to get ready. ‘’

‘’ What if I don’t care about her orders? She has no fucking right to tell me to do anything anymore…and…YOU….oh, Dwight. You…You should leave me alone. Because if it hadn’t been for you…I could’ve gotten to Lucille….disarmed her…and saved Marguerite.  But you had to play both sides. That’s what you do best, isn’t it? I fucking trusted you to got MY back. Lucille did it….but it’s because of you there was nothing I could do about it. You are just as fucking guilty as she is. Do not fucking give me a order again or I’ll take one of those damn bolts and push one through your fucking skull with my own hands. ‘’

‘’ I…I didn’t mean… ‘’

‘’ I know. Fuck. Just..Just go. Please. I’ll come with you guys….But….Please. Leave me be. We can talk tomorrow. ‘’

Billy walked off as Dwight stood silently by, not sure what how tomorrow would be.

Meanwhile, Negan was knocking on Lucille’s door. She told him it was unlocked and he went in. She was reading a book, the cover so faded the picture could not be told, the pages looked yellowed.

‘’ What book is that? ‘’

‘’ Nothing special. A book my dad used to read to me….I found it in my old backpack….cant believe I still got it.  These Happy Golden Years, it’s called. Just realized how much I’ve missed reading….it’s calming. Feels….fucking weird. ‘’

She suddenly shut the book and laid it down on her bedtable.

‘’ Negan….I need to talk to you. ‘’

‘’ You….You need to be careful over there. That blonde fuck….I couldn’t read him. Maybe he is telling the truth and this could mean something great….but…If not, I want you to be careful. ‘’

‘’ Like I need to be told that. ‘’

‘’ I….I’m sorry. I’m usually not…like this. I’m used to be top dog…but now I can barely think straight without it feeling like knives are cutting into my head. ‘’

‘’ Sure. Lucille…I’m gonna get back to the others. You go get some sleep too, okay? ‘’

‘’ No. You are staying here. ‘’

‘’ Before you talk….I…I just want one more night..ONE more night with you. I…I…*cough*I’m not gonna let you go with any regrets on my mind. Because fuck that shit. ‘’

‘’ Enough. Just…it’s ov… ‘’

‘’ No…I did not mean…like that night….I’m too tired *cough-cough* for that. I..I just need to know that you are by my side…for one more night. That is all I fucking ask for. Nothing. Just that you are by my side is enough….helps me think that not everybody her fucking hates me. Because that’s how I feel EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY. Alone. The….the one time it felt differently….it was that night. I had somebody near me. It felt….really nice. Besides…This bed is better than the stuff the others sleep on. Have a good night’s sleep yourself for once. I know it sounds weird coming from me right now….but…You look like shit….to be honest. ‘’

‘’ Fine. ‘’

They both laid down on her bed, and as Negan laid down, he turned away from her, but he looked back at her once she wrapped her arms around his chest.  Her forehead was pressed against his back, and he could feel how warm she was. He looked away again, but a faint smile was cracking through the frown he had been keeping all day. He did not try to break awayfrom her embrace.

‘’ Lucille….This…this doesn’t mean anything…I still don’t know where I stand in all this… ‘’

‘’No….It doesn’t mean anything. I’m not ready to even consider it….but…I’m glad that we can be here…and not think about any-fucking-body else…it’s….it’s something I need to learn to do nowadays. I’m glad to know that you do not hate me, Negan. It…It makes me feel like….I dunno, glad. ‘’

‘’ Yeah…sure. Let’s just go to sleep….I need to pack up quickly tomorrow. ‘’

‘’ Yeah….Rest. Good night….Neggie. ‘’

As morning came down and the sun rise high in the sky, the 6 people that had been chosen were coming outside to see Gerard waiting side by side to the armytruck. The tarp was unbuckled and he signaled for them to enter.

‘’ I see 6 of you packed up and ready. Now….Is this final? Because You can always go back if you want to. ‘’

‘’ We have decided. Let’s get on with this. ‘’

They all went up in the truck and Gerard told them one last thing before the tarp was rebuckled and Gerard whistled loudly, and as soon as he did that, the roaring engine’s of the caravan began to awaken.

‘’ Let’s get this show on the road! ‘’

Lucille looked out from her bedroom window as the trucks began to drive away towards the horizon. Her stare was still solemn and unfocused, but there was a faint smile going across her face.

End of chapter 9 – part 2.

This was a long one….and a bunch of stuff is gonna play out in the future. 

Gerard (who'se design will be shown eventually in an drawing by an friend) is gonna be a fun character to write. He is smart, tactical and very calm. As well as very suave.

Chapter 10 will be a long and good one. I have to make it so. It’s the 10th chapter after all.

Also….I have an announcement to make. 

A friend of mine is actually gonna draw for my fanfic…and I didnt even ask him. He asked me if he could do it. Here is a preview of his TWD-style. 

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Part 2 of chapter 8 will be out soon.

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