#negan basically adopts my oc

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Masterlist

Dedicated to my dirty whores <3 @jas2010 @carlsdarling @taylormarieee @loveforcarl @hiro--aoki

A cute masterlist showing ALL my dirty smut, fluff, and angst &lt;3

I'm UselessBitch4205 on Wattpad <3

rules for requesting

I write for:

-Carl Grimes

-Dick Grayson

-Jason Todd

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Suggestive—Eyes apparently don't lie

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Fluff—Reader writes a love letter/appreciation letter

Fluff-Cabin—Carl Grimes asks to marry you

Fluff—CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Fluff—NEW YEAR SPECIAL (2024)

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Angst—Carl, Rick, and Glenn notice that the reader hasn't been eating/sleeping. They force an intervention.

Angst—Reader cries about Carl's death

Angst—Reader dies. Carl cries. (Lineup)

Angst—Reader hurts herself. Carl comforts her.

Angst —Carl comforts an insecure reader. SH WARNING

Angst leading to fluff—Carl goes on a scavenging trip but gets lost. The reader goes to look for him.

Angst—After Negan kills readers father figure, Glenn Rhee, she and Carl start to fight a lot. One day, after an intense fight, Negan suddenly arrives to Alexandria. He manipulates the reader to Carl.

Angst/fluff—Dad figure Glenn. Carl hangs out with Enid a lot, making the reader jealous. !argument

Angst/fluff—Shy/sensitive reader. Carl and reader fight because she sneaks out and Rick scolds Carl, making him apologize.

Angst/fluff—Dad figure Glenn. Reader runs away because she hates Enid and her father figure adopted her. Carl finds her.

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WORDS BURN HARD: CARL GRIMES X FEM!OC

Chapter One: The Woods

Chapter Two: Undetected

Chapter Three: Solitude

Chapter Four: a secret

Chapter Five: I watch as you're leaving

Chapter Six: Meddlsome

Chapter Seven: The Journal

Chapter Eight: A caged boy

Chapter Nine: Lavenders

Chapter Ten: Little Blue light

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

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Small Series

You were my light part 1 —The daughter of the now dead Negan Smith is walking in the woods. She thought she was alone. But she wasn't.

You were my light part 2

You were my light part 3

You were my light part 4

You were my light part 5

You were my light ALTERNATIVE ENDING—The daughter of Negan Smith wakes up from what she thought was real but was a dream. She wants to find him. Y/N Smith wants to find Carl Grimes.

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Dick Grayson

NSFW Alphabet—for the ladies who noticed the lack of dick grayson content.

King of my heart—You and him cannot be together. You two are from different worlds. !Fem!Knight!reader x !Prince!Dick Grayson.

SFW Alphabet—for the ladies who know dick grayson is just another softie <3

Breeding Kink—Dick sees how good you are with Roy's daughter and wants to put a baby in you.

Dick Grayson: first anniversary headcanons—this is cute. dick grayson is a gentleman. !gender neutral reader

College!Dick Grayson headcanon—he would do it to your fav song. he's snarky, he's THE shit. and he's mine <3

In the shower—Sex in the shower. What's better than that?

Safeword—Dick and Jason headcanons to you using the safeword.

Wayne Gala with a twist—Dick sees men staring at you but he wants them to know that YOU are HIS. (Basically hot sex in bruce's office)

Missed me?—an injured nightwing comes home... he's in a teasing mood.

Belt loops—Dick is a little handsy sometimes. PDA? That's his thing.

Insecurities —Fem!reader

Mission gone wrong—A simple mission. How'd you two end up married?

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Jason Todd

NSFW Alphabet—you know what this is, love.

Training Room—sweaty jason todd is a NEED.

More size k!!nk headcanons

The Rooftop—You convince Jason to not jump.

size k!!!nk—jason "size kink" todd headcanons. ugh, he's scrumptious.

Notebook—You're a journalist, he's Jason Todd. Do I need to say more? fem!reader

Trinity—Jason and Carl Grimes don't fuck. They fuck you. (Threesome)

Random Headcanons—a bunch of silly little headcanons

Safeword—Dick and Jason headcanons to you using the safeword.

Amusement Park—fluff. You and Jason and a few friends are at an amusement park. Jason spots a haunted house. Things turn interesting.

Wayne Gala Headcanons—Jason taking you to the Wayne Gala.

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Draco Malfoy

Smut —Sex with the Slytherin prince.

Smut—Your secret boyfriend is Draco Malfoy.

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Glenn and Maggie

Fluff—It's some cute fluff. (Glenn and Maggie are badasses in this too)

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WORDS BURN HARD - BY UselessBitch4205 on Wattpad <3

[reyofluke-ocs]

OCs DESERVE BETTER -> Jackson & Daniel "Danny" Prescott (The Walking Dead) Danny FC: Walker Scobell Jackson FC: Daniel Sharman

"My little brother is the ONLY good thing in my life." * "He basically raised me."

Jackson and Danny grew up with parents who could have cared less about their two children, especially after their father up and left when Danny was barely two years old. Jackson primarily raised his younger brother, sometimes being driven to do extreme things to get money - things that eventually catch up and land him in juvie, where he is assigned King County Sheriff Department Officer Peyton Myers as his parole officer. Having had bad experiences with law enforcement, he is expecting her to be like everyone else - only for her to surprise him by caring. Enough that he opens up about why he seems to be in and out of juvie - it's all for the sake of his younger brother. When an ex-boyfriend of their mother's shows up and gets violent, Jackson grabs Danny and runs to Peyton's, knowing with his record he'll be the first suspect if things take a turn of the worst and not trusting the justice system, he goes to the one person he thinks he can trust.

Instead of Peyton, however, the brothers end up at her neighbor Nico Sanchez's house, who is visibly confused and concerned but still invites them in and calls Peyton, who immediately calls dispatch to the Prescott trailer. And Jackson's worst fears are confirmed: the boyfriend got too violent and police immediately think Jackson did it. But with Peyton and - to his surprise - another King County Deputy on his side, the investigation turns to the ex-boyfriend. Knowing that even though he's 18 and the only blood family Danny has left that the court will never give him custody, he begins to put a plan into place where Peyton or even Nico could adopt Danny while he gets his life together.

Knowing he did what he could and that Danny was under temperary guardianship of Peyton, Jackson takes a job in Atlanta that will also pay for room and board... just in time for the dead to rise up. Frantic, he tries to get back to Danny, but finds both the Myers and Sanchez home are empty. Jackson just survives, hoping to one day reunite the Danny... until he gets found and later recruited by a group calling themselves 'the Saviors' and their leader, Negan.

As for Danny, since Peyton wasn't home, he ran to Nico's house, where the man grabbed him and ran, the two protecting and looking out for each other until they found sanctuary in a small community called 'Woodbury' that seems to be a utopia to the hellhole the world has become. Still, he knows Nico doesn't trust the place, though he also knows the man only stays for Danny... and that the man is ready to once again grab Danny and run.

tagging: @endless-oc-creations@stanshollaand, @foxesandmagic , @hiddenqveendom , @arrthurpendragon ,@cas-verse, @eddiemunscns , @far-shores, @oneirataxia-girl, if anyone wants to be added/removed or I accidentally forgot, please let me know!

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 7

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

Caterina packed the canned goods into her bag, her bag probably weighed 15 pounds by now. She swung it over her shoulder and stood up from crouching.

“Shit—“ Her elbow hit the shelves and a glass bottle shattered loudly in front of her. Brown liquid started to spread around her feet.

“Shit...” She sighed, she almost felt compelled to pick up the glass shards when in the puddle’s reflection she saw herself and a tall dark figure behind her. Before she could even process what that meant, she turned around and stabbed the figure in the chest. The dead one groaned and still tried to reach for her as if nothing had happened, Caterina tore her knife out of its chest and pushed the dead one onto the ground. She tackled it and stabbed it on the top of its forehead. Her face only a couple centimeters away from the dead one’s, as she stared at it, blood teared out of it’s eyes. She gasped and seemed to freeze on top of the dead one. Negan and Davy ran into the convenience store.

“You alright kid?!” Negan rushed to her side, Caterina slowly turned to him in silence, her eyes wide then her eyes left his to the dead one’s under her. She seemed to snap out of the trance she was in and quickly pulled her knife out of the dead one’s head. She dusted herself off from nonexistent dust.

“Yeah! Yeah, I’m fine.” She placed her knife into her knife holder again.

“What are we doing now?” Caterina asked him quickly, hoping to stop him from asking any questions. Negan stared at her, even just knowing her for a couple of days, he could tell something was up with her. But ignoring his suspicions, he answered.

“Davy boy here, has a cool ass car and we’re gonna take that cool ass car to our site. Davy boy is officially apart of our group.” He smiled before turning to Davy.

“Any words from our new recruit?” He asked, Davy rubbed the back of his head, he was still reeling from the talk that him and Negan had and Negan’s seemingly personality shifts.

“Uhh, nope not really dudes— dudette!” He quickly corrected himself. Negan turned to Caterina.

“All filled up?” He felt her bag’s weight on her back.

“Yep. We should be good for a couple of days.” Negan walked out of the convenience store, Caterina behind him and Davy towing behind her. They all packed into the Cadillac, Davy didn’t complain when Negan took the driver’s seat though he did feel emasculated by the act. Caterina took the comfortable backseat and peered out the window as they drove away.

As he drove, the silence in the car was getting unbearable for Negan, with one hand on the wheel, he played around with the radio system.

“—IS A MESSAGE FROM THE CDC–“ Negan fumbled around more to change the channel.

“PLEASE STAY INDO—“ Negan changed it again,

“DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GO OUTSIDE.” Negan sighed, turned the radio volume down and turned his head to Davy.

“Don’t you just hate when they play the same goddamn songs during rush hour?” He joked which earned a laugh from Caterina and an awkward chuckle from Davy. The messages from the CDC have been playing on almost all the majority radio stations since day 1 of the apocalypse and will probably keep playing until all radio towers stop working. Despite Negan’s attempts, it got quiet again, Caterina didn’t mind as she was too busy looking at the window as they came onto the highway. The days were so quiet and peaceful, no more traffic, no more school, no more work, no more anything really. She blinked and rubbed her eyes, she almost felt like drifting to sleep.

“Kid.” Caterina snapped her eyes open to Negan’s soft voice. He was crouched next to the opened car door and was at her level, hoping not to startle her too badly. She tiredly got out of the car and rubbed her eyes, Negan had parked the car just outside of the woods. Davy and him were all packed and set to leave the car there. Caterina didn’t have to do much to get ready too, she wasn’t carrying much except for her backpack. They all started into the dark woods. She couldn’t help but yawn, she wanted a few more hours of sleep in that car.

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O.C Character Survey

1. Your first OC ever? My WWE one Roxy,I wrote her when I was 13. I also made Naru aka Molly from Sailor Moon a Sailor Senshi named Sailor Sun. She had a yellow sailor fuku with a blue bow. 

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs? I’m not sure. I will say that my easiest one’s to write are Renee from The Flash and Suzanna from TWD.

3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else? Kinda. my Ex let me use his OC’s in stories. He has Alien Races called The Cartanians and Tarians and a Vampire Nightmare lord named Shirowen. Who is based off of the lead singer of Dimmu Borgir.

 4. A character you rarely talk about? Carrie aka The Carrion Crow just because I haven’t been interested in finishing My Gotham fic,or I have been but just never wrote anything down...

5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be? My Vampiress Levathia for My Original story. Just because then I can make all My other OC’s known by extension. 

 6. Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related? All the Tarians and Cartanians look like each other lol (it is a race that has all white hair and red eyes and a race that has all different shades of green hair and purple eyes)

Image Photoshopped by me of Tessa,Soven and Aahren 👇👇👇👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Otherwise I think that the actresses I used for My Characters Esme (From Descendants) and Helena (From AHS) look alike. 

7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories? They’re part of all kinds! I guess I could list My Non Original stories lol (only going to put one Actress for each,although My Characters are played by multiple Actress’s.)

Mughead (Riverdale)-Michelle Riley

  Wells of Hearts (The Flash)-Renee West

The Carrion Crow (Gotham)-Carrie

Mischief on Wings (Marvel/Loki)-Amara 

The Alpha (Teen Wolf)-Marianna Mccall

Kings and Queen of Destruction (TWD)-Suzanna Greene

Half God Half Devil (AHS Apocalypse)-Helena

The Dream Lovers (Freddy Krueger)-Rika

Strange Days (Stranger Things)-Mandy Moorington

Gods and Pirates (The Descendants)-Meghana

The Snakes and The Raven (Harry Potter)-Rihannon Hickleberry-Black

Ash Vs Evil Dead-Ashlee

8. Do you RP as any of your OCs? If you do, introduce one of your RP OCs here! No.

 9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else? Maybe.

10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design? Looks wise I assume, I’m going to go with a non Fanfic Character and say Shirowen,He still looks like a vampire with long black hair and fangs,but he also is decayed looking,like he might have the plague and is pretty terrifying really. But being the lord of Nightmares that suits him just fine. He also has a very Black Metal look to him. 

 11. Is there any OC of yours you could describe as a “sunshine”? lol no

 12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot 

13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs? I have tons lol 

 14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory. All of My Characters have a bit of a sad past.Mandy,Renee and Suzanna’s parents died,Marianna’s parents left her ect. But I think the saddest is probably Helena,read My AHS story to see what I mean!

 15. Do you like to talk about your OCs with other people? Yes

16. Which one of your OCs would be the best at biology (school subject)? I don’t know

 17. Any OC OTPs? I mean I pair up My OC’s with my favorite character of the show usually. So I’ll just list those.  (Crackship gifs make by me)

MichellexJughead Jones

I love Renee with ALL The Wells’s but I feel like Eobard Thawne was her OTL. 

MariannaxPeter Hale

had a hard time picking between Suzanna’s Current Bou Negan,her ex The Governor or Merle. But in the end I think Merle was her ride or die,he was her first in basically all aspects and if he hadn’t died they would still be together. 

HelenaxMichael Langdon

RikaxFreddy/Robert Englund (Their basically the same person in My Fic)

Steve Harrington was Mandy’s first crush but I really think despite there ups and downs that Billy was her OTL,even though her and Steve became endgame after Billy died.

MeghanaxHadesxHarry Hook (because I can’t make up my mind!)

EsmexChad Charming

18. Any OC crackships? Already did lol

 19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why) 

20. Do any of your OCs sing? what kind of songs do they like? Only ones that sing are In My Descendants Fics. So Esme and Meghana.

 21. Your most artistic OC. I would say Michelle since she’s loosely based on me,also Renee since she went to collage for Fashion and Graphic Design. 

22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how? 

 23. Introduce OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like? I don’t really change my characters rough drafts lol if I have idr how. 

24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why? I should say Helena or Carrie so...yeah them.

25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?)  Michelle,we were both Goth in HS,had a big group of friends,dated someone “misunderstood”,wrote poetry and fanfiction and like dancing. 

26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will? Against my will?! lol no

 27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song? Not certain characters but Relationships or stories definitely.  TWD Kings and Queen of Destruction title is based off of Queen of Destruction by Lana Del Rey,Esme and Chad Charming’s song I wrote was inspired by Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince. But yeah I have entire playlists revolving around My Fics and Characters. 

 28. Your most dangerous OC? Helena obviously. She is married to The Anti Christ,and is pretty much the queen of hell. 

 29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going? Michelle,though Jughead and Betty would show up,wondering why they weren’t invited.

30. Which one of your OCs would most likely have a secret stuffed animal collection? Marianna or Mandy.

 31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really) I have a headache and don’t feel like going into that much detail. 

32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why? Helena for obvious reasons.  Also My Original Story character Seezee,she’s pretty much created from a horror story since she has a split personality and killed her father. Although Ashlee would make a perfect protag. Considering she’s a part of The Evil Dead universe. 

 33. Your shyest OC? Mandy at first,until she moves to California. Amara when she’s younger. 

34. Do you have any twin characters? No

35. Any sibling characters? Yes. Marianna is Scott Mccall's Adoptive Sister and I also made Aladdin and Jasmine Daughters,as well as a son Ali. 

 36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)? No...?

 37. Introduce an OC who is not quite human  Well Helena’s a reincarnated Witch who later becomes half demon,Amara’s a Valkyrie,Marianna is a Hybrid WereWitch,Levathia is a Vampire,Renee has Lightning powers,plus there’s all the Aliens,Gargoyles and Half Were’s running around. 

 38. Which one of your OCs would be the best dancer? Michelle

 39. Introduce any character you want 

 40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share! 

41. Has anyone drawn fanart of your OCs? If yes, maybe show a picture or two here (remember sources & permissions!) 

42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods? I mean Meghana obviously,seeing as she is one.

 43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? I suppose I have an affinity for Brunettes and Redheads lol 

44. Something you like about your OCs in general 

45. A character you no longer use? All My Original story Characters,i should use them more,I just never get inspired too. 

46. Has anyone ever told you that you treat your OCs badly? Nope

47. Has anyone ever (friendly) claimed any of your OCs as their child? lol No

 48. OC who is a perfect cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure. Um again probably an OC I haven’t used in forever,Windy. She is half Demon/Cartanian (Alien) but is actually really sweet (unlike her Mother) and wants to become a part of The CTA (Cartanian Tarian Alliance) when she grows up. 

49. Which one of your OCs would most likely enjoy memes 

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 6

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

“Maybe if you do what I do, we wouldn’t have to worry about the undead trying to get us. It’d be easier.” Caterina stated as they walked the highways again. Negan scoffed.

“And wear undead guts 24-fucking-7? No-Mcfucking-thanks. I had to wash my ass 20 times before it felt clean, which is 19 more times than I’d like to.” Negan felt his stomach twisting remembering the undead smell that stuck on him for days.

“And besides, wouldn’t I be doing the world an ol’ fuck-you by hiding this gorgeous face? I mean the dick isn’t the only asset a man can have.” He smirked to himself and stroked his chin at his own compliments.

“I think you’d be doing the world a favor if you did hide it...” Caterina murmured under her breath. Negan stopped and turned to her with a stern stare. He bent down to meet her eyes.

“What was that, kid?” He challenged, she turned to him and they kept their gazes on each other for awhile before she started walking away.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought, smartass.” He smirked and started walking with her again.

“Jackass.” She huffed, Negan grinned and placed his arm around her shoulders, which she immediately pulled away from.

“Look at us, getting all fucking mushy. Next thing you know we’ll be talking about which girlish boy band members make us gush like goddamn fucking geysers!” He joked, she rolled her eyes. Caterina still didn’t understand why he had to be so vulgar about... well about everything. She’s known him for awhile now and still didn’t know what to think of him. They made their way off the nearest exit, the entire highway and area were almost completely clear of life except for a few dead ones that were either stuck in or under a car. If you considered the dead ones “life”. Further ahead was a gas station and auto repair shop, according to the ads in a phonebook they found. They approached the buildings when Negan stopped in his tracks and turned to Caterina.

“Caterina, in all seriousness—“ Negan started but was interrupted.

“HEY!” Caterina jumped at the unfamiliar voice then froze. Negan smiled as he saw a figure coming out of the auto repair shop. A tall slender man with curly blonde hair wearing a t-shirt and swim shorts waved wildly as he approached them. Caterina backed up before getting out her gun and aiming it at him, the man stopped in his tracks and held his hands up with wide eyes.

“WAIT DON’T KILL ME!” He yelled.

“Woooah, kid, that’s not how we do things anymore.” Negan blocked her aim with his arm, her gaze met his eyes, in silent agreement she put the gun away. He turned to the now a little less frightened man.

“Sorry for my friend here, she can be intense sometimes but she doesn’t mean harm.” He held Lucille over his shoulder with a smile on his face.

“What’s your name?” He asked, the man smiled in return.

“David but my friends call- called me Wavy Davy, man.” His Californian accent was prominent, Negan lowered Lucille and came close to him before swinging his arm around Davy’s shoulder.

“Wavy Davy... man I am LOVING that shit!” Negan bursted out in chuckles as the two of them walked ahead into auto repair shop, leaving Caterina behind. She peeked into the windows of the gas station convenience store. The store appeared to be empty. She walked in, knelt to a self and opened her bag, she slid the last cans of food into her bag. She didn’t bother to look at what was inside the cans as it didn’t matter, as long as they were edible.

“What a beauty!” Negan exclaimed and knelt down to get a closer look at the car.

“A 1966 Cadillac El Dorado, at least, that’s what my dad said it was, I’ve always been more of surfer dude than a car dude.” Davy shrugged, Negan knelt to take a closer look.

“She’s beautiful! Almost beautiful enough to make a grown man cry, almost...” He smirked as he admired the paint job and accessories of the car.

“So what’s your name?” Davy asked as he continued to watch Negan admire his car.

“Negan, and I don’t think you’ll need to worry about wearing it out.” He laughed.

“What’s your daughter’s name?” Davy asked and Negan turned to him with a confused look on his face.

“David you think I’m Caterina’s old man? Do I look Asian-American? Because last I checked I’m as white as fucking square dancing on the goddamn Fourth of July.” Negan joked, Davy just scratched the back of his head.

“Oh shit sorry, I just assumed because you were together and... dude don’t you know what race she is? I mean how long have you been traveling together?” Davy asked, Negan scratched his chin at Davy’s criticism.

“I think we’ve been sticking together for the past week or two, hard to fucking tell with no fucking calendar obviously. And besides she doesn’t like talking especially not about herself. She doesn’t whine about a world than no longer fucking exists. She’s strong unlike some people.” He made the pointed comment at Davy then got up from kneeling and got real close to his face. He smacked the car with his hand and didn’t break eye-contact with him until Davy broke and looked to the floor.

“Are you strong Davy? How many of those undead fucks have you killed?” Negan challenged,

“I-uh... haven’t killed one. It’s wrong and they’re not dead, they’re sick people.” Davy explained, Negan scoffed, a headache was coming on. But Davy was 19 at most, Negan sighed, Davy is still a kid. He reminded himself.

“Listen Davy. Adaptation is strength. People can’t adapt, die. I’ve seen my fair share of people dying because of that and I don’t want you to make the same mistake.” Negan explained calmly but the conversation was cut off when a loud crash came from the other side of the wall from the convenience store.

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 5

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

The sun started to set by the time they made to Caterina’s camp. Their surroundings were even darker as the dense treetops blocked the sunlight from hitting them. They traveled a distance from the highway where they first met. Caterina lead Negan in a zig zag pattern through the trees.

“You set up traps?” Negan asked, Caterina looked back at him before nodding. Negan hoped she’d be in the mood for some small talk but she was like a clam and he didn’t feel like conversationally exerting himself to pry her open. She stopped in a small clearing and chained her parents to a tree.

“Why’d we stop? You gotta take a leak?” Negan asked, Caterina turned to him.

“No...” She said with a little redness to her cheeks from such an embarrassing question.

“This is my camp.” She continued and Negan looked around, all her camp appeared to be a very small area covered in leaves, twigs and small tree branches.

“It’s not a five star resort like I pictured but get a tent and it’ll do.” Negan grinned and sat down to rest his tired feet. In his eyes this place at least was better than the back seat of a car. Caterina went on and removed some branches that scattered the ground to reveal two sheets of plywood. She lifted the sheets and placed them to the side and revealed a pit. The pit was a little over 3 feet deep and wide enough to fit the twin mattress that was inside the pit. The mattress was propped to the side and the floor of the pit was home to a hoard of food that Caterina had stashed, along with other things she kept. She jumped down into the hole and gathered a few things before climbing out again to a curious Negan.

“You want some Oreos?” She held out a package of Oreos to him, his eyes lit up and he jumped to be next to her.

“Fuck yeah I want some motherfucking Oreos!” His hand dove into the package and he shoved some of the cookies into his mouth. He moaned as the sweetness hit his tongue.

“Oh hot damn... haven’t had any of these fuckers in long ass time!” He said with his mouth half full and getting cookie crumbs on his face. He then turned to Caterina.

“Must’ve been a bitch-n-half to get these.” He commented but she shook her head and ate a cookie.

“Not really, it’s pretty easy to get around when you’re covered in guts.” She mindlessly placed another cookie in her mouth. The gears in Negan’s head started turning and a grin spread on his face.

“Doll, I do believe that this is the start of a very-fucking-beautiful friendship.”

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 4

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

“Just follow my lead.” Caterina asked, she took her spear from her back and cut the rope that held the dead one’s body to the fan. The body fell to the ground with a dull smack. She put her spear back onto her back and pulled her knife from her boot. Negan was too busy holding the door closed to really see what she was doing. She cut open it’s stomach and reached in and grabbed it’s guts and bile. Negan finally looked back to see her beginning to smear her face and rain poncho with the bile and blood.

“What the FUCK are you doing?!” Negan yelled in disgust, he would’ve said more but the dead ones throwing themselves at the door regained his attention. The wooden door that separated them and death was beginning to creak and he knew it wasn’t going to hold for long.

“Negan come here, please.” Caterina asked with a handful of blood in her hands.

“Kid! Stop fucking around and fucking help hold the motherfuckin’ door!” Negan barked out but Caterina had other plans.

“Negan. Come here and just do what I say. If you do that we’ll probably live.” She stated, she realized that alone wasn’t going to convince him. She took out her pistol and pointed it at him. Negan glanced back at her and he mentally cursed himself for thinking it was a good idea to follow a 12 year old that walks her undead parents around on a leash like dogs...

Now that he thought about it that way...

“Christ...” He skipped the self reflection that he felt coming on to join next to her and the dead one. He felt a headache was coming on but what choice did he have?

“You wanna know how I’m invisible right?” Negan could barely hear her voice with the constant pounding on the door and Caterina’s voice being so quiet already. She put her gun away and grabbed two fist fulls of the dead one’s guts and smeared it onto Negan. He grimaced as the smell hit him, his white shirt was getting stained with dark red blotches with Caterina smearing it all over him. What did he do in his previous lives that made him deserve this? He wondered as blood and bile was smeared onto his face. Caterina was sensible enough to make sure to avoid his eyes, nose and mouth. He felt himself gag but he kept down what little regurgitated food he had in his stomach.

“So how’s this work exactly or are you just fucking making this shit up as you go along?” He asked.

“The dead ones, their vision isn’t good. I think they go by their hearing and smell the most. If we look and smell like them, they won’t bother us. I do this a lot if I need to get sneak pass them. As long as you keep your head down, quiet and calmly, we’ll make it out. Just don’t freak out.” Caterina explained, she wasn’t an expert on the dead ones’ and their biology but she had a few months of observations to go by. Even though Negan hated this and wasn’t sure if it was even going to work, he decided to trust her. After all, when you’re a kid in this world, you need to be smart and Caterina was a smart kid.

“How in the living hell did you even figure this Texas-Chainsaw-Massacre-shit? Sounds like you’ve had to teach people this shit before.” Negan commented, his question earned him a hard stare from her.

“Doesn’t matter.” She muttered, the wooden door creaked before an undead hand went through it. Caterina grabbed her bag and ran to the employee bathroom, Negan followed close behind. She almost closed the door but left it a crack open to peek through. The door to the lounge was breaking and finally popped from it’s hinges. Caterina grabbed a rock from her pant’s pockets for what was going to come next.

“Arrghh!” The dead ones groaned loudly as they stepped through the doorway and began to wonder around the room, searching for any movement or noise. Caterina looked at Negan and she mouthed to him.

S-L-O-W

Q-U-I-E-T

C-A-L-M

Negan then mouthed back,

F-U-C-K-I-T-Y

F-U-C-K

She rolled her eyes at him then reeled back her hand holding her rock and threw it through the crack of the bathroom door, making it hit the kitchen cabinets. The dead ones all turned to it and began to drag themselves to inspect the noise. That’s when Caterina stood up and began to walk out of the bathroom with Negan close behind. The closest dead one turned it’s head to look at them but focused again on the other dead ones and what they were doing. Negan with his bat in hand made sure that he was closest to the dead while Caterina was closest to the walls as they tiptoed out of the room. He didn’t need to see another kid die in front of him. They sneaked out of the store before closing the doors behind them. The dead ones noticed and tried to push the door open from the inside. Negan glanced at the door, a sticker attached to it saying ‘PUSH OPEN’.

“Well those brainless fuckers aren’t getting out.” He chuckled and placed his bat onto his shoulder. Caterina left his side to unlock her parents. She wrapped the chain around her hand started to lead them away from the store. Negan lightly jogged to catch up to her.

“Where next, kiddo?” Negan chuckled, he was still riding the high of escaping with his life.

“Maybe a place with a shower to wash all this shit off?” He inquired, he was still very curious of her set up, where she called ‘home’. His ‘home’ wasn’t the best, it being the inside of the car that he had to abandon.

“I thought you wanted to go to that store we passed?” She asked, suspicion began to rise in her.

“After all that shit back there? Yeah no fucking way, we can save that shit for tomorrow.” Negan said with his seemingly permanent closed eye smile. Caterina frowned, tomorrow? She barely wanted to spend the next hour with him. Nonetheless, they continued toward her camp’s direction

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 3

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

“A badass and a nut case, fucking amazing.”

“....” She stayed silent until they got to the town.

They passed by a sign welcoming them to the town of Luray. It was a small town, in the town‘s center was a long street with a couple small shops and restaurants to each side. The town was silent with no dead ones in sight but Caterina knew that was not something to trust. Negan and her walked up to the front of a hardware store, the windows were boarded up and Caterina tried to peek in through the cracks in the boards but it was too dark to see anything. Negan handed his bat to her.

“Watch her for me.” He said before pulling at the boards that kept the store doors shut.

Why was he calling the bat a ‘her’? She almost asked but she blew it off, she seen men on TV talk about boats, cars and other inanimate objects like they were girls. She never understood that. While cursing up a storm, Negan ripped off the first board, then the second and then the last one. He grabbed the bat out of her hands before swinging the door open. The store was still and quiet with no signs that anyone has been in there for months.

“After you, kid.” Negan did a fake bow while mentioning to the door.

“You’re not coming in.” Caterina stated while chaining up her parents to the store’s bike rack.

“And what the fuck is suppose to mean?” Negan glared, a kid, telling him what to do? No-fucking-thanks.

“Tell me what you want and if the store has it, I’ll get it for you but you stay out here. You’re too loud, you’ll attract the dead ones.” She explained, Negan scoffed.

“Since you don’t fucking know me, I’ll let that shit slide. I’ll explain it to you again, I don’t plan on fucking dying and I’m sure as a fucking-fuck don’t need a kid that isn’t even tall enough to come up to my dick to tell me how not to die.” Negan scowled before stomping into the store. Caterina followed him in while keeping a distance between them. She didn’t trust him, she didn’t think he was going to hurt her but she didn’t trust him to not do something stupid that could get them both killed. Caterina went along the shelves picking out what she needed, some metal wire, duct tape, locking pliers and rope.

“Need that shit for wherever you’re staying?” Negan asked, he wondered if the girl was alone or if she was in a group, though he couldn’t imagine a group letting a 12-13 year old leaving for supplies by herself. She stared at him for a minute before nodding and going back to looking for more supplies. They made their way around the aisles then came to a door with plate saying “Employees’ Lounge”.

“You think there’s anything good in there or you think we’ll just be standing there with our fucking dicks in our hands?” Negan asked with a grin on his face, he was in a mood to take bets. Caterina simply shrugged, all she wanted to do was get in and get out. She got everything she needed already. Negan scoffed. Fine, if she didn’t want to talk, he won’t talk then, Negan thought before opening the door, his mouth opened and he began to speak again.

“Damn... fucking shit...” A body hung from an exposed ceiling pipe in the middle of the room. Negan blocked Caterina’s view of it and started to shove her out of the doorway. He didn’t want a kid seeing something like that. But Caterina slipped under his arm and walked in, she looked up and down at the body with a blank face. The body started to move and growl at her, it wasn’t human, it was a dead one. It had probably been a dead one for some time then. She took her spear off her back before stabbing it through the eye socket. The dead one’s growls and movements stopped.

“Alright, we should check the cabinets for anything useful.” Caterina suggested and carried on, seeming completely unfazed. Negan felt something swell in his chest, he grinned and slapped his hand onto her shoulders.

“Jesus kid! You’re fucking made for this shit!” Negan announced proudly.

“I fucking expected you to babble like goddamn a baby seeing that fucked up shit! Goddamn kid, you are *fucking* cool.” Negan complimented before following her lead in checking for other supplies they could need. They checked the cabinets and the small employee kitchen. All was found was a bag of whole coffee beans and molded sushi in the fridge.

“Alright we’ll check that fucking grocery store that we passed.” Negan stated and opened the door to leave when a dead one’s face tried to press its way through the opening.

“Shit!” Negan cursed and managed to kick the dead one away from the door. Caterina peeked through the crack before it closed, there were at least 6 dead ones in the store. It would’ve been easy if she were in the woods or in any open space but the store was small and only had one exit. The loud banging from the dead ones on the door convinced Caterina to play it safe and messy. Negan held the door closed and yelled at Caterina to help him. She shook her head.

“Just follow my lead.”

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 1

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

Again, again and again.

Left foot down, right foot down.

Breathe in, breathe out.

The young girl felt her heartbeat slowing down, down to a steady and calm beating. She wiped her brow of cold sweat. The forest was as still and quiet as her. In this new world, quiet was the status quo, not even birds would sing their songs anymore. Luckily, she never spoke much to begin with. A twig snapped and she spun her head, a dead one moaned a couple yards away. It’s steps were sluggish and uncoordinated. With it’s back to her, the girl stalked it quietly, avoiding every twig that could snap and leaves that could crunch and give away her presence. She then lifted up her make-shift spear and sliced its neck, it didn’t even have a chance to move again before it’s head fell to the ground. With the strap attached to her spear, she slung it back onto her back. The girl knelt next to it’s body and rummaged through it’s pockets. A pocket knife and a lighter that ran out of juice a long time ago. She sighed. She would need to go back to the nearest town and get more supplies. As much as she hated going into town, she also hated not having toilet paper and duck tape. Months ago it would be a silly joke to call going into town a dangerous journey but now, that is exactly what it is. She walked back to her camp. She made it to an especially dense part of the forest. If you didn’t know what you were looking for, you wouldn’t even know there was a camp there, all it looked like a opening in the dense trees. Under the fallen tree debris that covered the area was the girl’s resting area and a fire pit. Half a mile north was a fresh water stream where crayfish and small trout could be found. She carefully avoided every trap and every alarm that she set up near her camp before finally making it across her camp where two dead ones were waiting.

“Looks like we’re going into town, mom, dad.” The dead ones had no jaws or arms, rendering them harmlessly chained up to the tree. She lifted a piece of tree debris and grabbed her backpack that was hidden there. She unlocked the chains and wrapped it around her hand like a lead and left.

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 2

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

The girl followed the empty highway, the nearest town was only 5 miles away, she would get there in an hour on foot. Her parents followed behind her, moaning and making terrible groans. She didn’t mind it, she was already used to their noises, smells and their undead bodies. Maybe she was becoming nose blind already with all the bits of dead ones’ guts and blood that she never clean off her face and her rain poncho. Ahead there was a couple of abandoned cars that littered the highway, the supplies in each one stolen months ago. When she finally passed the first car, a loud thump made her freeze. A dead one? She hadn’t seen one around here in forever...

“Damn!” She let go of her parent’s chain and ducked behind the nearest car. Not a dead one... Which in her mind was even scarier. She peaked around the bumper of the car to see a burly man in a white t-shirt holding a gas can in his left hand and a baseball bat in his right, going from one car to another checking for gas. She stalked closer, ahead of her parents and only two yards away from the man. The girl took out her .9 mm pistol from her belt. Her parents’ moans made the man spin around and that’s when she decided it was her chance. Before he could turn around and escape, the girl jumped out from the cars and pointed the gun at him. He dropped his bat and the gas can and put his hands up, his eyes going from the girl to the dead ones.

“Jesus fu—!” He shouted before recollected himself.

“Kid, listen to me, we need to get out of here.” He didn’t want the parents to get the girl, she was just a kid after all. His voice was stern like a parent talking down to their child, which was fitting for the situation. The girl continued stand her ground with the pistol aimed at him. The parents groaned and continued walking towards them and was only a yard away from the girl.

“Kid. Put. The. Gun. Down. We need to go or you’ll get us both eaten!” The man’s voiced boomed as he tried to reason with her, the girl flinched then glared at him. The man attempted to move closer to grab her and get her out of the way of the parents but she cocked her gun as a warning for getting any closer. He stared then winced expecting the parents to eat the crazy girl in front of him but the parents walked past the girl as if she wasn’t even there. His eyes widen in surprise, he’s never seen that before. As her parents brushed past her to try to eat the man, the girl grabbed the chains connected to them and pulled them back.

“How the hell are you doing that kid?” He asked in disbelief, almost forgetting that the girl had a pistol pointed at him, almost.

“One more step and I’ll blow your brains out.” She finally spoke. Her voice was quiet and breathy, she hadn’t spoken to another *living* person in months. He leaned back and lowered his arms slightly. He smirked,

“Look, kid, whatever you’re doing to make them do that is some of the most badass thing I’ve ever fucking seen in my goddamn life and I can CLEARLY see how someone with basketball-sized lady nuts such as yourself survived for so long. So why don’t we work together, after all the living gotta stick together right?” The girl was suspicious of him and him being overly vulgar and confident wasn’t helping.

“Alright, what exactly will it fucking take for you to put down the gun?” He asked, the girl paused for a second, she didn’t exactly know what she was going to do when she pointed the gun at him. She just assumed that he would try to attack her. The man lowered his arms fully.

“If you want the gas can that I have, you’ll be fucking sad to know that it’s empty, none of the cars that I checked have any gas in them and my car is out too. So that’s a no-go. If you want my bat, well, you’ll have to pry it from my cold dead hands and I’ll have you know that I’m not the type to die until I’m long good and fucking ready to. So that’s another cock-sucking no-go.” He slowly lowered down and grabbed his bat off the ground and the empty gas can. The girl lowered her gun finally. No point in wasting a bullet on a man who was clearly going to die soon. She put the gun away and started walking towards him with her parents in tow. He stepped aside, going in between two cars to avoid said parents. The girl walked silently ahead as if she hadn’t almost killed the man not even a minute ago.

“Hey wait up!” The man lightly jogged to catch up with her while still keeping a good distance from the parents.

“I’m Negan by the way.” He waited for her to say something but she ignored him.

“I see you’re heading somewhere. I also happen to be going somewhere. You catch what I’m fucking saying?” He asked, she continue to ignore him.

“Look, look, I know you might think you got all this apocalypse-shit figured out but you don’t, no one fucking does, but there’s a universal rule: there’s fucking safety in numbers. So let’s stick together like a nut sack, for now, at least.” He tried to reason with her, her eyes went from the road ahead to him, she huffed before she continue to ignore him. Negan took it as a sign, it wasn’t a ‘yes’ but it sure as hell wasn’t a ‘no’ either. As they walked toward the destination, Negan kept talking. It had been awhile since he spoke to anyone so he wasn’t going to waste the opportunity.

“So you gonna tell me how you’re invisible to the undead fucks you have or does this magician never tell her secrets?” He teased, she only glanced at him.

“Damn kid. Alright, alright, I get it, you’re not gonna tell me your life story or your fucking dreams to be a ballerina princess but will you at least tell me your goddamn name? Shit, I can keep calling you ‘kid’ but I at least wanna know the name of the badass who’s invisible to the undead and who has a cool-looking spear on her back like some type of motherfuckin’ Amazonian.” Negan continue to bug her for answers.

“There’s no point in telling you my name if you’ll die within a few days.” She quickly interjected, he scoffed.

“Like I said, kid, I’m not the fucking type to die. I’m not weak and you sure as fuck ain’t weak either. So we might be together for the long run.” He said, he was getting annoyed with her attitude, she looked at bit too young to be hitting the ‘rebellious teen’ stage, she was maybe 13, tops. The girl sighed, she knew he wouldn’t stop asking.

“My name is Caterina... and *they* are my parents.” She finally explained before referring to her parents that she had chained.

“Your fucking parents?” Negan asked in disbelief and looked back at the parents that were a few paces behind them. Their cut off jaws opened and closed, well as close to closed as they can, at him.

“A badass and a nut case, fucking amazing.”

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 9

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

“And what are two chuckle-fucks smiling about?” Negan asked as he crawled through the car door to get back into the camp. Caterina turned to him with a first-time-he’s-ever-seen smile on her face.

“I’m gonna go with Davy to DC.” She explained and Negan’s face turned from sweet to soured confusion in an instant.

“Fucking what?” He asked, he glared at Davy who shrunk back in his seat.

“He said his family is at a safe zone made by the military.” She explained in more detail, Negan couldn’t believe his ears right now, Caterina who seemed to trust no one is suddenly going to go off on some goddamn adventure with a guy she just met 5 hours ago.

“David, whatever the fuckity fuck you just said to Caterina, say that goddamn shit to me.” He ordered. Davy straighten up before explaining everything over again, Negan listened intently before shaking his head when Davy finished.

“Yeah no, Caterina, that is a fucking awful idea. DC from here is almost 15 fucking hours by car *before* regular shit went to fucking world ending shit.” Negan argued. She seemed to contemplate before looking back at Davy. She seemed like she wanted to say something before Negan interrupted.

“I mean shit- does this asshole even have any proof that his family is there? Or if *anything* is there in DC?” Negan asked her, ignoring Davy for now, Caterina felt a flush come to her face, she didn’t even ask for any type of proof from Davy. She realized how naive she was being.

“I have proof!” Davy suddenly jumped to his feet and grabbed his bag.

“I didn’t want to use this because I was afraid it’ll run out of battery soon but...” Davy explained as he rummaged though his bag. He pulled out the newest iPhone, an iPhone 4, Caterina marveled at it for a second, she always wanted one but she wasn’t old enough for a phone, according to her family.

“See.” Davy turned the phone to them, Caterina and Negan huddled close to see what played on the screen.

“Davy- I’m sorry I can’t call right now, I think most of the cell towers are down but I’ll send you this until... well until you get it I guess. I-I don’t know if you’ll ever get this but...” The blond-haired woman on the screen whispered before continuing.

“Me and your sister are going to a safe zone- it’s called Alexandria, just outside of DC, I know it’ll be tough but please try to meet us there... the military is also here right now-“ A faint yelling could be heard background. The woman looked around outside of the camera’s view. The background started to shake behind her and the sounds of engines roared.

“I think we’re moving again...” a younger girl whispered next to her. The woman looked back to the camera.

“Davy, we’ll be waiting for you.” She said for the video ended.

“That was my mom, she sent that a little over a month ago. I’ve been driving from Colorado to DC, ever since.” He finally told them. Negan and Caterina were quiet.

“Your mom is smoking hot.” Negan finally spoke, Davy glared at him before Caterina got his attention again.

“I’m going with you.” She said to him, Negan rubbed his neck and sighed.

“Looks like we’re a merry band of jolly fucks on our way for a fucking adventure to god-fucking-knows-where.” Negan sighed and Caterina peered at him through a glance and he caught on.

“Someone’s gotta watch your crazy ass.” He pointed at her. She wanted to disagree with him but she thought it would be better if he was there too.

“So what do we need? Obviously food and water...” she asked Davy.

“Obviously. But we’ll also need a tent or another car. I was fine bumming in my car since everything ended but I don’t think 3 people can sleep in that.” Davy sighed. Caterina pondered what they could use and how it’ll work on the road.

“I know where we can get a tent and other supplies.” She answered.

“Where?” He asked,

“You’re not gonna like it...” She sighed.

[giogiohcs]

Smartass.

Jackass.

Chapter 8

Summary: A 12 year old must survive in a brand new world, a world where the dead walk and eat the living. She thought she was all alone and she preferred it that way but unfortunately a certain jackass with baseball bat has taken a liking to her.

The group marched through the familiar forest, their steps crunching the leaves under them. Negan hummed quietly in a tune before turning his head to Davy.

“So Wavy Davy what were you doing in that fucking repair shop?” He asked curiously and he swung Lucille over his shoulder. As Caterina and Negan seemed relaxed, Davy’s eyes were still scanning the forest anxiously. For better or for worse, ever since the beginning of the apocalypse, he kept to the roads and never ventured into nature.

“I was just resting there for awhile. I’m actually heading to DC.” Davy explained, Caterina for the first time spoke up.

“Why? There’s probably tons of the dead ones there... More people there are, the more undead there are.” She whispered plainly, at this point of the apocalypse, if you didn’t know that basic rule, you were already dead.

“My family is there, they’re safe and they’re waiting for me.” Davy huffed, Negan and Caterina exchanged looks with each other. Negan then lifted the final branch in their way. It revealed a row of cars and trucks all parked in a circle, making a barrier around a large camp site. Negan set Lucille to lean on one of the cars and smacked his hands for their attentions.

“Wavy Davy, my friend: Welcome to the closest thing to paradise in Armageddon.” He announced then turned to Caterina with a bow.

“If you will do us the fucking honor.” He asked with a his usual grin. Caterina resisted rolling her eyes and took out a set of keys from her pocket. She then jiggled one of the keys into the car in front of them, probably the oldest out of all the cars, a busted up 1950 Chevrolet Coupe. And with a dramatic twirl, she flung open the car door with a mocked enthusiasm and bowed back to Negan.

“Ladies first.” She said as she left the door open for him. Negan bellowed out a laugh and roughly patted her back with a gloved hand. She resisted wincing.

“Hahaha.. ‘ladies first’...” He shook his head as he crawling into the car then exiting on the other side, Davy followed suit then Caterina. Inside the camp was a large camping tent, a fire pit, camping chairs, and a tall lean tent that stood in the corner. Davy marveled at their set up, it’s better than any other place he’s seen so far.

“Aaaargh-“ Davy jumped in surprise and fell to the ground, there two dead ones were coming at him, he scrambled to get behind Negan and Caterina.

“Jesus- Davy-! It’s alright, no need to go to pee pee town. These fuckers are chained up and they can’t even bite a chunk out of you.” Negan explained and pointed to the dead ones’ lack of jaws, teeth and hands. Davy jumped to his feet again but had a healthy distance from the undead.

“What the hell? Why do you guys have them here, man?” He asked, his voice going up a few octaves which made Negan want to laugh but he kept to his usual grin.

“Their mine.” Caterina suddenly explained, Davy looked between her and the undead.

“Why w-“

“They’re my parents.” She interjected him with a blank face before turning around and resting her backpack on the ground as if he had asked nothing. Like it was normal. Davy felt a wave of guilt wash over him. He kept his eye on the undead as he joined her and Negan with unpacking.

“It’s getting dark soon, we should build a fire so we don’t freeze our balls off while there’s still a little light left.” Negan suggested, Caterina opened one of the cars and took wood from the pile they had stashed in there. She carried the pile she had in her arm to him and graciously took the wood from her. Negan began to build the fire while Davy sat on the opposite side of the dead ones, eating a Snickers bar, probably a stale Snickers bar. He cautiously eyed the dead ones. His eyes turned to Negan who seemed to looking for something.

“Damn it, are you fucking kidding me?” Negan exasperated, he was pulling at his pockets, Caterina’s backpack, and some of the cars.

“What are you looking for?” She asked curiously.

“I must’ve dropped the fucking lighter in Davy’s car.” Negan sighed, Davy took out his car keys before tossing them to him. Negan caught them and quickly left the camp to the darken woods to find his lucky lighter.

Which left Caterina and Davy alone, along with her ‘parents’ who quietly moaned and did little to rattle their chains. A couple moments of silence went between Caterina and Davy before he spoke up.

“So- uh- what happened to them? If you want to talk about it of course...” His weirdly formal speech didn’t sound nice with his heavy Californian accent. He gestured to the dead ones. Caterina stared at him for a minute, complementing whether or not to say anything.

“Those... They’re not actually my parents, if that’s what you’re wondering..” Her voice got quiet, as night started to fall, the woods got even quieter too.

“I just call them that because they protect me and stuff..” She explained before Davy had a chance to ask. But then he had another question.

“Then what happened to your real parents?” He asked, Caterina then gave him a look, he couldn’t quite describe it. But he could tell she wasn’t in a talkative mood anymore.

“What happened to yours?” She rebuttaled quickly, why did she have to answer all of his questions?

“They’re in DC... waiting for me. That’s why I’m going there.” Davy repeated but she shook her head at him.

“They’re dead like almost everyone else is.” She grumbled and put her knees to her chest. He almost wanted to glare at her but she was just a kid...

“In DC... my parents are in a safe zone, the zone is called Alexandria. The military made it a couple years ago to be some type of self sustaining community or something and now my parents are there, surviving.” He emphasized his last word. A couple of moments passed between them.

“...Are you serious? There’s communities still?” She asked, Davy nodded his head.

“But how do you know that it hasn’t been overrun already? What if hordes of people went to that place and the dead ones came with? How do you know?” She interrogated, Davy’s eyebrows scrunched in frustration.

“Then why don’t you come with a find out with me?” He challenged, she looked taken back by it. Caterina began to think about it, the pros, the cons of leaving. Everything is good right here but for how long? If there really was a safe-zone, there would be military there, guns and food there.

“Alright, I guess it’ll be better going somewhere than just staying here...” She whispered, a hint of a smile gracing her lips.