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Jaycee put down the walkie in her hand, hiding it so nobody could find it. Everyone was okay. Alexandria, Hilltop, The kingdom. Adeline was fine.

A knock at her door made her jump, making sure the walkie was hidden before going to the door. But, Jaycee let out a sigh, seeing it was Dwight. "Eugene knows." Dwight said as Jaycee's eyes widened, pulling him into her room and closing the door behind her.

"Is that why he gave you a 'I know what you did' look?" Jaycee crossed her arms over her chest, raising her brow. "How does he know it was you?"

"He was in my room, messing around and saw the figurines I painted—which were red. And there was, uhm, a red stain on the bag." Dwight awkwardly said as Jaycee's eyes widened.

"You gotta be kidding me." Jaycee muttered to herself, squeezing her eyes shut. "You didn't think to wash your damn hands when getting those guns?" She said in a hushed whisper as Dwight let out a sigh.

"I know." Dwight ran a hand through his hair as Jaycee sat down on one of the chairs, her head in her hands. "Simon thinks it's Eugene. We could pin it on—"

"We're not pinning it on Eugene. He may be a fucking idiot but he's still my friend." Jaycee gave Dwight a pointed look. "I'm sure they won't think it's you. They think you're still Negan's bitch. And they definitely won't think it's Bellamy. Me? Probably? But I saved Negan's ass back there." Jaycee shrugged her shoulders. "Me and Gabriel could have left him, fed him to the walkers, but I didn't."

"Eugene will be a problem." Dwight told her as Jaycee shook her head, kissing her teeth.

"Nah, don't worry. I'll handle Eugene." Jaycee told him, shaking her head once again. "Or, I'll personally throw him to the walkers myself. Don't be getting yourself killed, now, you're the only person I can tolerate here." She let out a sigh as she stood up. "Now, I need to go see if Gabriel's okay, but If Eugene says anything, send him my way." Jaycee said as she opened the door for him.

The pair left the room, Jaycee making her way to the medical room. She softly knocked on the door as Dr. Carson opened it, giving her a soft smile. "Is he...okay?" Jaycee asked, holding onto the bracelet Madelyn gave her.

Dr. Carson gave her a frown, which meant no. He opened the door for her as she walked in, looking down at Gabriel, a sad look on her face. "He's getting worse. We have no meds for him." Dr. Carson explained as Jaycee sat down before Gabriel, who was lying on the bed, asleep.

Jaycee bit down on her tongue, looking down at Gabriel. "Do you think...do you think it could be because of the Walker guts?" Jaycee looked up to Dr.Carson, who shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah, there is a possibility." Dr. Carson nodded his head as Jaycee sighed, looking back at Gabriel.

"I can try get out, past the walkers and find something for him." Jaycee suggested as Caron shook his head.

"Negan won't allow that." Carson told her as she let out a scoff.

"Well, I don't give a rats out if he won't allow that, I'm not letting Gabriel die." Jaycee shook her head, bitting down on her lip. "I'll sneak out if I have to. Just to make sure he's okay." Jaycee stood up as she squeezed Gabriel's limp hand. "If he gets better or worse, will you come find me?" Jaycee asked him as Caron nodded his head, giving her a sympathetic look.

Eugene was up to no good, and he wasn't. Jaycee and Dwight quickly made their way up to the roof, seeing Eugene with a kite, a small song recorder tied to it.

Jaycee raised her gun, Dwight doing the same. "Don't turn around." Dwight said as Eugene froze, his back to them. "Get up, back away from that thing." Eugene slowly stood up, keeping his back to them. "Back away from it!" Eugene raised his hands up.

"I'm attempting to save people, Dwight." Eugene breathed out as his hands shook. "Killin' me is killin' a great many innocents. When this bird slips its surly bounds, it's him pied piper away their cold corpses and free this place." Jaycee's jaw clenched as her grip tightened on the gun.

"And negan will kill Rick and Daryl and Rosita and all your old friends." Dwight told him, moving closer to him.

"They're former travelling companions, nothing more." Eugene said as Jaycee scoffed, narrowing her eyes.

"You have the nerve to say that when we've all saved your worthless ass." Jaycee hissed, keeping her grip tight on the gun, moving closer to Eugene, her gun close to his head.

"We're working with them to keep them and the people here alive." Dwight continued. "We can get rid of negan. Just negan. And we're almost there."

"Negan ain't the dyin' type, Dwight." Eugene said as Jaycee pushed her gun against Eugenes head.

"You're sure as shit are." Jaycess blood was boiling. Eugene had willingly betrayed her people, her family. "And every word that comes out of your smart ass mouth is making this easier for me."

"I am." Eugenes voice broke as he squeezed his eyes shut. "That's exactly why I've not yet stepped back, as it were. By my reckoning, I have two selects on facing my fate. One, I abort launch on this glider, fork free this place from the stranglehold of the cold teeth slash tongues, and Negan will likely execute me as what he considers to be a personal favourite. Or I could go for what's behind door number two, take my chances being shot in the back by an old friend and by a sometime-ally, despite any injury I may have caused in the past by delivering a chomp down on your chode." Eugene directed his words at Dwight.

Jaycee's hand shook as she kept her gun pointed at Eugene's head as he slowly crouched down. She wouldn't shoot, Eugene. She couldn't. So, when the kite went off, she shot it down.

Then other shots fired as a van crashed into the walls. Dwight quickly pulled Jaycee back into the sanctuary, running down the steps as the shots continued to go off.

Jaycee's heart dropped as she looked over the railings to see multiple walkers pile into the work section. "Fuck." Jaycee breathed out. "We need to help the workers." Jaycee told Dwight as he nodded his head. Jaycee shot at the walkers as she ran down the steps. "Come on!" She told the workers, pushing them up the stairs as Dwight did the same, helping the Workers to safety.

Jaycee reloaded her gun as she shot at the walkers, moving up the stairs as she stood beside many of the Saviours. The walkers started to pile up the stairs, everyone taking their shots at them. "Move! Move!" Regina told them all as they all moved backwards.

— madeleines notes

Short chapter but AYEWELL!!

Jaycee and Dwight = absolute besties idec fight me. I made such a sad edit between them... should I post it? 🎀

Dwight and Jay will have more scenes bc idec they're the brotp of the SEASON. The power duo.

It's the fact I didn't even plan to make them friends, it just happened 😭😭 and I loved it. Enemies to besties? The best thing ever!?!?

But I've just wrote ricks last scene.. I'm sorry Jaycee💔💔

BUT UGH YEAH. I HAVE MH ACTUAL GCSE's IN FOUR WEEKS AND LESS! My first one is just photography one, but I'm getting max grades for that so I'm fire 🎀

8th April 2024
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