We were standing inside. We were all in Gregory's office. Daryl and i were leaning against a book shelf.

He had his arm around my shoulders and held me against him.

I had my head on his chest.

Gregory was standing behind his desk "No. No way in hell! That was not the deal. You people swore you could take the saviors out, and you failed. So any arrangement we had is now done..null an void. We aren't trade partners, we aren't friends, and we never met. hm? we don't know each other. "

He sat down on his chair "i owe you nothing. In fact, you owe me for taking in the refugees, at great personal risk. "

Jesus rolled his eyes "Oh, you were very brave staying here while Maggie and Sasha saved this place. Your courage was inspiring. "

Gregory "Hey, don't you work for me? Aren't we friends? "

Dad "Gregory, we already started this. "

Gregory shot back"You started this"

Dad nodded "We did. And we're gonna win. "

Gregory "These a killers"

Dad "Is this how you want to live?. Under their thumb, killing your people?"

Gregory "S-Sometimes we don't get to choose what our life looks like. Sometimes you have to count the blessings you have."

Me"How many people can we spare? How many people here can fight?"

Gregory ""We"?. I don't even know how many people we have, Kylie. And does it even matter?. I mean..w-w-what are we you gonna do? Start a platon of sorghum farmers? 'cause that's what we got. They grow things. They're not gonna want to fight. "

Me "You're wrong. When people don't want to live like that forever then they stand up and do something. -"

Gregory "L-Let me stop you, okay?"

I rolled my eyes.

Gregory "And by the way, who would train all this Cannon fodder?"

Sasha "I will"

Rosita "Give me a week"

Gregory "Rhetorical, okay?. I don't wanna know. I never want to hear another word about any of it, ever"

Dad snapped "Would be better off without the saviors, yes or no?"

Gregory nodded "yeah. Sure. Okay"

Michonne "So, what will you do to fix the problem?"

Gregory shook his head "i didn't say we had a problem. You did. And what happens outside of my purview is outside of my purview. "

Daryl asked pissed off "What the hell, man? you're either with us or you ain't. You're sitting over there talking out of both sides of your mouth. "

Gregory stood up "i--i think i've made my position very clear. And i want to thank all of you for not being here today and not having this meeting with me or being seen on your way out. In other words, go out the back"

Dad walked out of the door and we followed him.

Rosita "Walking ballsack"

Sasha "Wanna knock that idiot's teeth out"

We all stopped in the main room.

Daryl "Yeah, well, we don't need him anyway"

Dad nodded"Yeah, that's right. 'Cause we have Maggie and Sasha and Jesus here"

Maggie added "And Enid"

Enid walked inside "Hey, um--"

Me "What's wrong?"

Enid shook her head "nothing. Just..come outside"

They all walked outside but i stayed still.

I leaned against the table.

Daryl walked back in and over to me "hey"

I looked at him.

Daryl raised an eyebrow "Something wrong?"

I bit my lip.

Daryl "Princess?"

I cracked a smile "You can't imagine how much i missed hearing you calling me that"

Daryl put a hand on the desk behind me, trapping me between him and the desk "What's wrong?"

Me "The fight we had before Negan happened. I am so sorry, Daryl"

Daryl shook his head "Don't be sorry. I'm sorry for leaving you back then. I should've made sure you were safe"

I looked down.

Daryl "okay, what's wrong?"

I took a deep breath, looking at him "He's gonna come for me"

Daryl raised an eyebrow "What?"

Me "Negan. I'm his wife. He's gonna come for me when he finds out i'm gone"

Daryl put a hand on my cheek and made me look at him "Like hell you are his wife. You are my woman, mine, and no one else's. He wanna come get you? imma rip his head off"

I looked into his eyes and pulled him in for a kiss.

He kissed me back.

Suddenly we heard Dad yell "Ken! Daryl! Come on!"

I broke the kiss and looked at Dad over Daryl's shoulder.

Dad "We have help"

I smiled.

Daryl put his arm around my shoulders and we walked out.

We all made out way to the gate.

Sasha "We'll get more. "

Michonne "it sill won't be enough

Rosita sighed"no, it won't"

Daryl "Well, we find the right stuff, then maybe we don't need the numbers. Blow 'em up, burn 'em to the ground"

Tara "you and Ken said there weren't just soldiers with the saviors, that there were workers there. People didn't have a choice"

Daryl "We gotta win"

Me "Then we need more hands"

Dad "another group. Negan has outposts. The geography, the distance works against us. We gotta get back. If they come looking for Ken and Daryl we need to be there. "

Jesus stopped us "You don't have to get back. "

We stopped and turned to him.

Jesus "not yet. "

Then he took out a walkie.

Jesus "it's one of theirs, long range. We can listen in, keep track of them. "

Michonne "so, if we're not going back, what are we doing, then?"

Jesus "I think it's time e introduce you to Ezekiel. King Ezekiel"

Dad raised an eyebrow "King?"