Dwight slowly went down on one knee and looked down.

Dad still had his gun aimed at Dwight's head "look at me"

Dwight slowly looked up.

Dad "Why?"

Dwight "'Cause i want it stopped.I want Negan dead"

Dad "so why don't you kill him?"

Dwight shook his head "Can't just be me. They're all Negan"

Tara "That girl you murdered. ..she had a name. Her name was Denise, and she was a doctor.And she helped people. "

Dwight shook his head "i wasn't aiming for her"

Suddenly Daryl lost it. He came at Dwight, grabbed him by the throat and held him up against the wall.

He took a knife out and aimed it at Dwight's head.

No one did anything.

Tara "do it. Do it"

Dwight "you wanna end it this way...you go ahead. I'm sorry. I am. I know you want to. "

Dad "He could just be here to see if you were here"

Michonne shook her head "we can't trust him"

Dwight "he owned me. but not anymore. What i did, i was doing it for someone else. She just got away. So i am here. So are you and your girl because of her. "

Tara "do it!"

Dwight "there's another choice"

Tara "Daryl, ...Daryl, you knew her"

Dwight "Negan trusts me.We can work together, we can stop him. You knew me then, and you know me now.You know i'm not lying.I'm not."

Tara "do it! do it, Daryl !"

Daryl lowered the knife but his grip on Dwight's throat stayed.

Rosita "they have Sasha, if she's even alive"

Jesus asked confused "why didn't you say something? He could be our only chance to get her back"

Rosita shook her head "because i don't trust him but i trust Ken and Daryl"

Dwight "Negan's coming soon. tomorrow. Three trucks probably. 20 saviors and him. I can slow them down, bring some trees down in the road, buy a little time for you guys to get ready. If you can take them out, that's where we start. You kill them, i'll radio back to the Sanctuary. "

Dad raised an eyebrow "the Sanctuary?"

Dwight "where Negan lives. That's what they call it. I can radio back to them and say everything's okay. You drive the trucks back, and i can lead you right inside, and, with the right plan, we can wipe out the rest. Check to see if your friend's still alive. Then, we get the workers on our side, build our numbers up, and go from the outpost to outpost and end this. "

Dad nodded "keep talking. "

Outside.

Dad walked to Daryl and me who were watching Dwight driving away.

Dad "We just started it--the whole thing"

Daryl "if he's lyin', i'm gonna kill him real slow. When this is done, i don't give a damn if he's sorry. I will kill that son of a bitch"

The gates closed.

Dad "If he's lying, this is already over. "

Then he walked away.

I looked at Daryl.

Daryl looked at me "What?"

I shook my head and hugged him.

Next day. Morning.

Aaron, Rosita, Aaron and i were building some bombs. Rosita had brought us enough dynamite. Daryl and i connected them all together. We were standing outside the wall in a truck.

---

I was standing with Rosita and Daryl in front of the gate behind a car. People were preparing for the worse.

Everybody was on position.

Dad's new alliance had showed up.

Jadis "who are you fighting for?"

Dad shook his head "not for this place. For the people, for each other"

Suddenly i heard the Turkey call. And then another.

Dad, Gabriel, Carl and a few others were standing on the platform and looked over the wall.

Dad looked down to us "Rosita, get in position. I'll signal you. And the wall's gonna hold?"

Rosita nodded "It'll hold"

Dad nodded .

Suddenly we heard vehicles coming closer.

My jaw dropped when i saw Eugene on a speaker calling out to us.

he was standing on a truck that was coming closer.

Me "oh you have got to be kidding me"

Eugene "All points are covered. Every contingency is already met. I came armed with two barrels of the truth. a test is upon you and i'm giving out the cheat sheet!"

It were a few trucks. The first car stopped and Eugene looked at us from the platform he was standing on.

Eugene "Hello. I come salved with the hope that it is my dropped knowledge that you heed. Opinions are zero to none. Compliance and fealty are your only escape. Bottom - lining-it--you may thrive, or you may die. I sincerely wish for the former for everyone's sake. the jig is up and in full effect. will you comply, Rick?"

I looked up to dad.

Dad "where's Negan?"

Eugene "I'm Negan"

I looked at Rosita.

Her hand stated to shake, the hand in which she held the button to the bombs.

Dad sighed and nodded to Rosita.

Rosita looked away and pressed the button.

We all ducked and waited for the explosion.

Nothing happened.

We all looked around confused.

Rosita looked at Dad.

I asked confused "what the hell?"

Suddenly the "alliance" pointed their guns at us.

I growled.

someone opened the gate.

I saw Negan and Dwight getting out of a car.

They opened the truck with the dynamite.

Negan looked up to dad "you ever hear the one about the stupid little prick named Rick who thought he knew shit but didn't know shit and got everyone that he gave a shit about killed?"

He pointed at dad "its about you"

Then he dropped his hand "you're all gonna wanna put your guns down now"

Dad shook his head "no one drops anything"

Then he looked at Jadis who was aiming a gun at his head "we had a deal"

Woman "Tamiel came for the boat things. Followed ones who took. Made a better deal"

Negan "you push me, and you push me and you push me, Rick. You just tried to blow us up, right?. I mean, i get me, my people. But Eugene? He's one of yours. And after what he did-He stepped up. you people..are animals. Universe gives you a sign, and you just just shove your finger right up its ass. "

He laughed "Dwight, Simon, chop-chop"

They got onto the Plattform and took a cover off something .

I sucked in a breath when i saw what was underneath that cover. A coffin.

They stood it up.

Negan climbed up and stood next to the coffin with Lucille in his hand "so, you don't like Eugene anymore. you guys gotta like Sasha. i do to"

He knocked with the bat against the coffin "got her right here package for your convenience, alive and well. now, i brought her so i wouldn't have to kill all of you, and not killing all of you could get complicated. See, i know there's a lot of firepower left in there, Rick. So, i'm making this simple. I want all the guns you've managed to scrape up. yep, i know about those, too. I want every last grain of lemonade you got left. I want a people of your own choosing for Lucille. Daryl, ohh, i gotta get me my Daryl back. Not forget my beautiful wife Kendall"

He winked at me.

I muttered "i think i'm gonna throw up"

Daryl moved closer to me.

Negan "and the pool table and all the pool cupes and chalks. And i want it now or Sasha dies, and then all of you. Probably. C'om, Rick. Just because i brought her in a casket doesn't mean she has to leave in it. "

He sighed "you know what? you suck ass, Rick.you really do. I don't wanna have to kill her but that's exactly what you're gonna make me do. "

Dad "Let me see her"

Negan chuckled "oh. All right. Just give me a seconds. You can't hear shit inside this thing"

He knocked Lucille against the coffin "Sash. you're not gonna believe this crap. "

Then he opened it and Sasha came storming out.

Negan yelled out shocked "holy goddamn!"

My eyes widened when i realized what had happened to Sasha.

She turned into a walker.

She attacked Negan and he fell off the platform and she fell on top of him. Suddenly a gunshot fell.

It was Carl.

Then we all started to shoot the people that aimed the guns at us.

Suddenly Rosita got hit.

I looked at Tara "Tara! bring her away!"

Tara "okay!"

She grabbed Rosita and brought her away.

Daryl and i moved towards the middle of Alexandria.

I looked around and lost him.

Suddenly Dwight grabbed me hard and moved me toward the grass.

I tried to break free "you son of a bitch! i'm gonna kill you"

I saw Carl kneeling on the ground and froze "Carl"

Dwight pressed me down to the ground next to Carl.

I went down on my knees.

We were surrounded by those assholes.

Suddenly Dad walked to us with Jadis. He had been shot in the hip.

Jadis made dad kneel.

My voice broke "Dad"

Then Negan showed up.

He grabbed Lucille from Dwight.

Negan "hello, again"

Jadis looked at Negan "12"

Negan "10"

Jadis "12"

Negan "people are resources"

Jadis nodded "10"

Negan chuckled "Rick, this is just gonna make you sad. Broken.Your'e gonna wish you were dead"

He sighed "i like having fun. i do. But maybe you think that he guy did that what he did to your friends wasn't me, like that was some sort of a put-on. like i'm not the guy with the bat-i'm just the guy that makes your kid spaghetti. "

Dad just looked at him.

Negan "oh shit. Maybe this is on 'em. Maybe this is all on me. I gotta make it right. I guess i gotta start over. I gotta tell you, Rick., if i had a kid. I'd want him to be just like you . "

He looked at Carl"which makes this so much harder"

Carl looked at him and shook his head "you're not gonna win"

Negan "Carl. it is over. why don't you point your one ball up the street there and take it all on? "

The saviors were arresting people.

Suddenly we heard a scream.

It came from Michonne's watch tower.

My jaw dropped.

Dad tried not to show it but he was hurt.

Negan kneeled down in front of dad "wow, you just lost somebody important to you right now--like, just now. Jesus. That is timing. Well, Rick..you chose this. I truly don't know what more i could've done to warn you . and this isn't a warning. this is punishment. I'm gonna kill Carl now"

My jaw dropped.

Negan "i'm gonna make it one nice, hard swing. try to do it in one because i like him. I just want you to put that in your brain and roll it around for a minute. I'm gonna kill Carl, and then Lucille here, she's gonna take your hands. "

I shook my head "no!"

Dad "you can do right in front of me"

My eyes widened "dad!"

Dad "you can take my hands. i told you already-i'm gonna kill you. all of you. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow..but nothing is gonna change that-nothing.you're all already dead. "

Negan didn't look amused.

Oh boy.

suddenly he started to laugh "damn. wow, Rick. okay. "

He stood up and walked behind us "I had planned to kill your first born but she's my wife so she gets a pass. "

Then he took Carl's hat off "you said i could do it"

He aimed at Carl's head but suddenly we heard a roar. .

I looked behind me and saw Soiva attacking one of the saviors.

I smiled.

People started to scream and shout.

Ezekiel and the others showed up.

He screamed"end the saviors and their accomplices! Alexandria will not fall, not on this day!"

I saw a gun lying on the ground.

I stood up and grabbed it.

Suddenly a gun was aimed at me.

I looked at the guy.

Then he got shot in the head.

It was Maggie. The Hilltop people had shown up.

I grabbed Carl and we started to shoot saviors.

---

Suddenly everywhere was smoke.

It got quiet.

We all walked to dad.

Me "dad?"

dad "they're falling back. "

Maggie called out "cover the gate"

Ezekiel "now, we finish this!"

We followed him. The trucks started to drive away.

Negan showed us the middle finger.

We followed them to the gate.

We were gonna run out but people shot at us which made us stay behind the walls.

They closed the gate from outside and left.

Aaron and a few guys went to open it "go!"

But it didn't open.

I climbed on the plattform and saw that they were all gone.

They had barricaded the gate so we couldn't open it.

I sighed.

Then i climbed down the truck and looked around.

Suddenly i felt an arm around my shoulders and was pressed into someone chest.

I breathed out relieved and hugged him back.

Daryl kissed my hair "i told you to not leave my side"

I chuckled and hugged him closer.

----

We were building up again. We had managed to open the gate and now we were all in peace.

Dad wasn't leaving Michonne's side. She was in bed, in the medical next to Rosita.

Both had been hit pretty hard.

We all were.

We made it out alive.

We all belonged together now.

A family.

A Home.