Daryl stood there leaning against the fence.

I whispered "Daryl"

His eyes were watering as he looked at me.

Negan "How's the job doing, Daryl? Hot enough for you? I mean it has to, now that your hot girl is here"

Then he looked at us "Move"

I grabbed Carl's hand and we walked closer to Negan.

Negan "Dwighty-boy, why don't you grab Daryl, take him to the kitchen, do a little grub prep. New plan, boys. Let's burn the dead, unload the truck later. Damn, i am not gonna have time to screw any of my wives today. "

He looked at Daryl and smirked "Or i have some fun with my new one"

Then he put his arm around my waist.

I looked at Daryl.

Daryl tried to move to me but Dwight held him back and they moved past us inside.

Negan to Carl and i "come on"

Me "What are you gonna do to us?"

Negan "number one, do not shatter my image of you. You two are badass. You're not scared of shit. Don't be scared of me. It's a disappointment. Number two..You really want me to ruin the suprise?"

Then we walked inside. It was a big warehouse.

Negan dropped his arm of my shoulder and whispered "Check this out"

We were on a platform. He walked to the railing.

Suddenly everybody kneeled for him.

Carl and i walked to the railing.

Negan "the saviors have gone out into the world and fought the dead and come back with some really good stuff. Some of that stuff can be yours if you work hard and play by the rules. Today, everybody get's fresh vegetables at dinner. No points needed."

They began to clap.

Negan turned to us and whispered "you see that? respect. cool, hm? They still on their knees?"

I nodded.

Negan yelled "As you were!"

And they went on with their jobs.

I looked at Carl.

He took my hand and we followed Negan.

We walked into a room. There were woman everywhere. His wives, i guess.

Negan "Ladies. Don't mind this beauty and the kid. "

Negan whispered to Carl "i know. Every woman where you're from dresses like they do the books at an auto shop. You're gonna want to look at their titties. It's cool. I won't mind. They won't mind. Knock yourself out."

I rolled my eyes.

Negan then looked at one of his wives "Can i talk to you for a minute, dear wife?"

She was pretty.

Negan "Make yourselves comfortable, kid. Beauty, wait here"

I looked around.

He walked with her to the side of his room.

Negan looked at me and then back to his wife.

I saw her sigh and walking over to me.

She "Come with me, please"

I raised an eyebrow "Why?"

Negan called out "So you can chose your dress, princess "

My jaw dropped and i growled "i told you i already have a man"

Negan raised an eyebrow and then smirked "Do i look like i give a damn about you having a man? hm? Besides, you aren't married so you are still free"

I shook my head "no way"

Negan walked over to me and put a hand on my cheek "Then choose. Who will meet Lucille first? Daryl or your lil brother? The choice is yours"

Suddenly I heard a chuckle.

I growled. It was Dwight.

I could hear Carl whisper "Daryl"

I pushed Negan's hand away and turned my head to them.

Daryl was holding a plate with foot.

He growled at Negan "Why did you get them here?"

Negan "it's none of your business. Dear wife, get Kendall in my room and bring her the dresses. Let her choose which one she likes more"

I could feel her grabbing my wrist. Negan looked at Daryl and then to me. He kissed my cheek and i looked down.

I bet if looks could kill then Negan would be ten feet under.

I heard his wife whisper "don't make this harder for yourself, Kendall, please "

Then I took a deep breath and walked out of the room.

Wife "this way"

She lead me through a corridor and opened a door.

It was a big room. It looked pretty modern and cool. I sat down on the large King-size bed.

She walked to his walk in closet and came out with 3 dresses. She laid them on the bed and sat down next to me.

Me "what's your name?"

She "Sherry"

I nodded and looked down.

Sherry "Why did you come here?"

I looked at her.

Sherry "for Daryl? you came for him?"

I nodded.

Sherry "You love him?"

I smiled and nodded "so much it hurts"

Sherry "You know, Daryl has mentioned you. "

I asked confused "what? why?"

Sherry "He felt guilty"

I chuckled dry "he felt guilty? I should be the one feeling guilty. Negan brought him here because he tried to protect me"

Sherry "He mentioned a fight between you two before Negan killed your friends. "

I nodded "It was one stupid fight. If i had known that this would happen then..."

It went silent.

Sherry sighed and looked at the dresses "you have to choose "

I shook my head "i don't want to "

Sherry "You have too"

I shook my head.

Sherry sighed again "then let me pick one for you"

Me "do whatever you please"

She stood up and looked at the dresses.

I asked confused "Why did Daryl talk to you?. I mean, he wouldn't have told you anything if he didn't trust you"

Sherry "you just answered your question yourself"

Then she held a dress up "This one. Try it on"

I took it and looked at it. It's pretty.

Me "Could you look if Negan walks in?. Don't want him to see me changing"

She nodded "sure"

She walked to the door.

I took a deep breath and changed clothes.

Me "you can come in"

She came in and smiled when she saw me "pretty but we have to go. Negan is making a decision"

I raised an eyebrow "what?"

Then I followed her outside.

We walked back to the warehouse where everybody was working. Everybody was kneeling and a guy was chained on a chair.

Sherry and i walked to them. Negan smirked when he saw me. I rolled my eyes and my eyes caught my brother who was standing next to him. they were on the post and holding Lucille. His bandage was gone.

Negan "You know the deal. What's about to happen is gonna be hard to watch. I don't wanna do it. I wish i could just ignore the rules and let it slide, but i can't. Why?"

He and my brother walked down the stairs.

Everybody "the rules keep us alive"

Negan nodded "That..Is...Right"

I saw Daryl kneeling with a mop in his hand.

Negan "We survive. We provide security to others. We bring civilization back to his world. We are the saviors. "

I rolled my eyes.

Negan "but we can do that without rules. Rules are what make it all work. I know it's not easy. But there is always work. There is always a cost. Here, if you try to skirt it, if you try to cut that corner...*chuckles* then it is the iron for you. "

I could see Dwight and Daryl glancing a each other. I raised an eyebrow.

Negan "on your feet"

Everybody stood up.

Daryl was standing not so far away from me. We were standing in the first row.

Negan the walked to the big hot furnace "D"

Dwight moved to the side.

Negan put some gloves on.

Dwight handed him a big hot iron. That thing was glowing from the fire.

Negan took it and turned to the guy was chained on the chair. The guy was sweating and shaking.

Negan "Mark..i'm sorry. But it is what it is."

Sherry put her hands on a blondie's shoulder. The blonde was holding back her crying. Carl walked to me and took my hand. I grabbed his hand with both of mine.

Negan then pressed the iron on Mark's cheek. Mark began to scream in pain. I hid my head in Carl's shoulder. I could feel Carl moving his head to the side where Daryl stood. I could feel his eyes on me.

suddenly Mark blacked out and it went silent. I looked at him. Negan took the iron off his cheek and skin was hanging on the iron.

Negan chuckled "Ah, that wasn't so bad, now, was it?"

He gave the iron back to Dwight,

Negan cursed "Jesus. He pissed himself. Daryl, clean that up"

Daryl moved.

Negan "Doc, i'm all done. Do your thing."

A guy walked to us and took a look at Mark.

Negan "Well, the pussy passed out. But it's settled we're square. Everything is cool. Let Mark's face be a daily reminder to him and to everyone else that the rules matter. I hope that we all learned something today, because i don't every...Want to have to do that again. "

He walked to us and whispered in Carl's ear "Some crazy shit, huh? You probably think i'm a lunatic. Come on. Let's go figure out what to do with you"