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"Well hello! It is nice to meet all of you, I am Negan." A man says with a barbed wired bat, a black leather jacket, and a sick smile on his face. As he takes a few steps closer to us, as I feel an even worse pain erupt in my stomach. I try to hunch over to hold my stomach, but I'm pulled back by a man. "What do we have here? A new face? Three new faces?" I'm in too much pain to look as I hear the man crouch down before my hair is pulled back to look at the man again. I just keep a straight face through the pain as my knees start to hurt in the dirt. He puts his finger on my chin, making me look at him more.


"Don't fucking touch her!" Daryl yells out, his voice still very hoarse. I look to him and see he's on his feet and punching the half-burned face man.


"Woah! Calm down there, I wasn't doing anything." He then sends me a wink before Daryl is put back on his knees. I cover the pain I'm very much feeling again as I let out a shaky breath.


"Never falter. Never show fear. If you do, your enemy has already won." I hear the words I used to tell the oncoming soldiers going into every battle we faced together.


"Now, I know you killed my men. A shit ton of them!" I look at the group and see where everyone is. Rosita, Daryl, Michonne, Merle, Abraham, Judith, me, Rick, Sasha, Aaron, Carl, then Eugene. I take a deep breath as I look at the man again. "For that, you will have to pay. But first, I want to meet the three new people." He walks to Belle and crouches to her level. "What's your name sweetheart?" She looks at me and I nod as the pain in my stomach starts again. Negan noticed my nodding and looks back at her.


"Leave her alone! She's just a kid!" Daryl's screams come out as sobs, only to get ignored.


"Isabelle Dixon. My friends call me Belle, but you can call me Isabelle." I clench my teeth and squeeze my eyes shut as I think only bad things that could come from that. Instead, he just laughs and comes over to Judith and drops to her level.


"Who are you?" He asks with a smile, where she just smiles back at him. Since no one is holding her down, she walks to me and holds me with a smile while still looking at him. He then looks at me. "What's her name?"


"Judith." I finally get out through the pain. Negan looks at the person hold me and nods, making him let go. I instantly put my arm around her, pulling her close to me, and put my other on my stomach, sheltering my unborn child. He looks to my stomach and his eyes widen.


"You've been busy, huh?" He laughs as he looks from Belle, to Judith, to my stomach. I just keep a cold face. "What's your name?"


"Madison." He touches my stomach and I try my best to hold back the tears from the pain in my stomach.


"And this ones?"


"Get away from them!" I hear Daryl again, I look to see him punching the shit out of the man as Merle does the same with his capture.


"You've got quite the army on your side, don't you?" I just keep the same face as he moves his hand up a bit, feeling the baby kick. "Oh wow. It's been so long since I've felt one of those." He smiles as he feels my baby kicking every few seconds. He then looks to my boys fighting their captured still. "Dwight, Neal; come on." This causes them to get two other people to help drop the men to their knees. I look back at him before he stands up again.


"We don't like you, you know." Belle threatens.


"Belle, stop." I warn, causing her to look at Daryl who's shaking his head too.


"Ohh, it makes so much sense now." Negan smiles. "She's his," he points at Belle, "she's his," he points to Judy, "and that one is his." I don't budge as Judith try's to get closer to me. Negan takes this as his chance to back away and start walking around the group. "Anyway, I need to punish you all for killing so many of my people. Who wants to know how?" When no one answers, he looks to his men.


"Well I do." Dwight says. Negan just smiles.


"Lucille here," he says as he spins his bat, "is hungry and hasn't had a good meal in quite some time. Anyone want to volunteer?" As no one answers, I feel a quick rush of water between my legs. Oh no. I let out a low yell before I get Judith off of me. I kiss her on her forehead and whisper in her ear.


"Go to Daryl, tell him the water broke." She nods before running to him and pulling him in for a hug. I watch her whisper in his ear before he looks at me with wide eyes. My heart starts racing as my first real contraction starts. I put my hands on the broken dirt and squeeze fist fulls of the dirt to keep my face straight.


"No takers? Fine." He then points his bat at everyone. "Einy, miny, miny, moe." I look as he stops as Abraham who has the same straight look at me. He just looks Negan in his eyes before looking at me.


"The enemy wins either way." I just shake my head as I watch my friends head get bashed in until he no longer has a face. I use this time to grab my stomach and let out a scream of pain. Not only for the loss of my right hand man in war, but also for the pain in my stomach. As everyone else's cry's die down, I can't seem to stop mine. I grab the dirt again, but it doesn't help. The enemy wins either way. I feel myself being pulled up and I feel all eyes go to my soaked pants. The man keeps me up as Negan looks at me with worried eyes.


"Umm, I think we need to get her to doctor Hector." He seems to be taken back from what's going on as he stammers his words. I thought Hector was at Hilltop? I just take a deep breath as I feel my arms being dropped. I fall to the group, but Negan catches me before I completely hit the ground. "Start the car, we're rolling out baby!" He yells as his people start his car. I look to Daryl who is trying to fight off Dwight and the other man as Judith holds onto him for dear life.


"Mai!" I just shake my head as I grab my stomach from another contraction. Negan sits me in the RV that he brought with him and kneels down to me.


"I'm sorry for what happened out there, it was just business. To show you how nice of a guy I am, I'll let you bring one person with you."


"Daryl." Is all I can get out as another contraction hits. Negan nods before heading out and then coming back with Daryl.


"What about your girls?" I look to Daryl, unable to say anything. He looks at me and I just look back at him. If they stay, they may never seen this baby again. But if they come, they may never see anyone else ever again. I just nod and Belle come in and quickly grabs my hand before Merle comes in holding Judith. "Woah, I only said the girls." I let out a loud scream to get this show moving, causing Negan to just close the door with Merle inside.

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