At the Kingdom.

It was the fairy day. Yay.

We got out of the carriage.

Michonne walked over to Judith and hugged her.

Henry walked to Carol and hugged her.

Lydia just stood there.

Carol hugged Daryl.

Ezekiel walked to Michonne "Michonne"

She smiled "I was in the neighborhood, so... "

Carol looked at me" Judith? "

I nodded.

Carol looked at Judith "Do you remember us? "

Judith nodded „I've been drawing pictures of you since I was little. You're Carol, and you're the King. "

Ezekiel chuckled.

Judith "Your hair got really long."

Carol smiled, nodding „It did. "

Tara walked to us, snapping a little because Lydia was here " The plan was to bring Henry. Just Henry. "

We all looked at each other.

Michonne „Gather up all the leaders. We have a lot to talk about. "

In the throne hall.

Michonne "I know I haven't always seen eye-to-eye with everyone in this room. But I never stopped caring about any of you. I was just trying to protect my family and do right by my people. Alexandria's future is here. Together, with you. And we lost sight of that for a while. But... I'm here now. We're here now."

Gabriel "I've taken an informal vote with the other council members at the fair, and we all agree. Alexandria is willing to grant asylum to Lydia. She's one of us now. We hope the rest of you can join us in doing the same. "

Lydia nodded "Thank you. I'll do whatever I can to earn my keep - and pay you back. "

Tara " If her mother retaliates, it's gonna be against Hilltop, not Alexandria. I have to do right by my people. I thought we were on the same page. "

Michonne " We were. And, look, when she came to my gates, I asked her to run away. And when she didn't, I was angry. "

Tara "Then you know why I'm not okay with this. I do. I also know why Rick didn't trust me when I showed up at the gates of the prison. And how people didn't trust you after seeing you on the other side of the Governor's firing line. "

Rachel "I was gonna kill you on sight when you washed up on our shore. "

Tara nodded "Okay, okay. Fair. "

Michonne "Lydia didn't choose where she came from, but she chose where she wanted to be. Just like everybody in this room. "

Tara "I left some of my best fighters at Hilltop, but if Daryl's right about these skin job numbers, it's not enough people. "

Daryl "We should take a group to Hilltop to protect 'em, just in case. "

Carol nodded "It's a good idea. I'll take some from the Kingdom. "

Rachel nodded "Oceanside can spare some fighters. "

Gabriel "Alexandria can, too. "

Rachel "So we head out in the morning?"

Carol shook her head " No, they can take advantage if we wait. We should go today."

Gabriel nodded " Agreed. But sending more people is only a short-term solution."

Michonne " In order to face this threat, the four communities have to present a united front. Which is why I'm proposing a mutual protection pact. An attack against one community is an attack against all of us. "

Gabriel "Together, we can make these people think twice before moving against the Hilltop. "

Carol looked at Ezekiel.

Ezekiel nodded "The leadership of the Kingdom is very amenable to this idea."

Rachel nodded "Oceanside's down."

Tara smiled " Okay. So, how do we seal it? Spit and shake, blood oath?"

Everyone chuckled.

Tara ""What?"

Ezekiel " I have just the thing. "

Then he walked to a cabinet and took out a big letter and put it on the table.

A contract .

Michonne asked surprised "What? How did you... "

Tara "Well, he's magic. Obviously. I may have taken a few things with me when I left. I did what I thought was right. I'm sorry for the way it went down."

Michonne nodded " Me too. And thank you. You were right."

Tara " You were, too. "

Ezekiel „I knew this day would come. Never doubted it for a moment. "

Then he signed the paper "John Hancock, eat your heart out."

He handed the pen to Carol who signed the paper.

Rachel signed the paper and then Tara.

Michonne offered the pen to Gabriel "It should be the head of the council. "

Gabriel took the pen, nodding and signed the paper.

At the gate.

I hugged Judith "Behave, baby, okay? "

Judith nodded.

I gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Daryl trusted Connie to take care of Dig.

I smiled at him.

Daryl turned to me and then nodded to his bike.

I nodded.

--

We came across DJ in the woods. He was with two guys. One of them was Ozzy.

Ozzy " We were clearing the roads. Spotted tracks leading here."

Magna picked up a piece of something "It's from Hilltop."

Ozzy shook his head " Dead didn't do this... People did."

Michonne " The skins? You know about them? "

Ozzy "We got the download. Strange times, strange ways to cope. Anyway. Yeah. That'd be my guess. If anyone else was out here, my patrols would've seen 'em. Something else... They put up a fight. "

Daryl whistled and walked down a path "Hey. Drug 'em out this way."

Ozzy nodded " Let's go. "

Daryl shook his head "We can't all just go rushing in there. "

Dianne "They could still be alive."

DJ „But if those skin freaks followed them from Hilltop, the whole community is in danger right now. "

Michonne "So we split up. "

Me "Michonne and I can go with Daryl. We'll track 'em. The rest of you, go on to Hilltop. "

Ozzy " We'll keep up our patrols around the Kingdom. Just in case. 'Course, this means you owe us a couple of movies when this is done. "

Carol nodded, amused "I'm sure I can work that out. "

Night.

Michonne, Daryl, Yumiko and i were running through the woods.

Me "I don't know if there's a happy ending here."

Daryl "The trail... goes off in three different ways. Don't make sense. "

Suddenly we heard twigs snapping.

Daryl hissed "omen on. Come on. Head back. Let's go. "

Suddenly we got surrounded my walkers. Skins.

Yumiko "They're from Hilltop. "

Then she shot them with the arrows.

Michonne „Watch their hands. They could be skins. "

We started to kill them.

Daryl "Back to the road. Come on. This way. "

We were surrounded again.

Me "fuck"

Suddenly we heard whispering.

We all moved to stand back on back.

Damn it.

Beta showed up "Drop them. I won't ask twice. "

We dropped our weapons.

Beta " You just had to give me the girl. No one else had to die. Now that deal... is done. "

Alpha walked to us.

Daryl shook his head "You ain't getting her back. "

Alpha " You think this is about my daughter? I ran into some trouble on the road. "

She wiped the blood covered knife over her jeans " It was unavoidable. Do you like my new camp? My people like to keep moving, keep roaming. "

Me "We've granted Lydia asylum. Any attempt to take her by force will result in retaliation. "

Alpha " What's your name? "

Me "Kendall"

Alpha asked Daryl " Does she speak for you? "

Daryl "We speak for each other. "

Alpha " My daughter isn't a concern anymore. She was weak. She never lived up to expectations. "

Daryl asked confused "Was? What the hell is that supposed to mean? "

Alpha aimed a shotgun at Daryl "To be clear... Your group is in no position to threaten me. That is a habit that needs to be broken. Come with me. Just you. "

Daryl looked at me.

I nodded at him.

He nodded back before leaving with Alpha.

On a field. Morning.

I ran over to Daryl and hugged him.

He hugged me back.

Thank god he was okay. We may not be on good terms but that doesn't mean I want him to die. Well, I admit I wanted to see him at some point but not like this.

He grabbed his crossbow and Michonne hugged him.

--

We were on our way back home when we heard someone yell.

Michonne "Siddiq"

we rushed over to him.

He was tied to a tree.

Michonne untied him and he coughed out "What happened? "

Siddiq tried to stand and Michonne supported him "I... I... I... "

We walked up the hill which had ten pikes in the ground.

Each spike had a severed head stabbed through the top.

Which each step we took closer we could identify the heads.

My stomach dropped when I started to recognize the heads.

Ozzy, Alek, D.J., Frankie, Tammy, Rodney, Addy, Enid, Tara, and Henry.

I shook my head in tears "no, no"

Siddiq was the first to break down crying.

Daryl walked over to me.

I looked at him in tears.

Daryl put his hands on my face " No! No! Just look at me. Just look at me."

Then he hugged me.

Back at Kingdom. At the fair.

Siddiq was on stage, telling everyone about what had happened "I was there. I was taken with the others. And I saw... I was supposed to die with them. I was ready to. Then, Alpha whispered in my ear, "Tell them." Something hit me, and everything went black. And when I woke up, I was alone. What happened was evil. It was evil. And I think she left me alive to tell you that story. To scare you and to drive us all apart again. But I want to tell you a different story. See, before the end... Ozzy, Alek, and DJ found us.. ...and they gave us an opening. And everyone fought back... They fought like hell. And what they did... Was more than brave... 'Cause they defended each other. And they sacrificed for each other... And some of them... they didn't even know each other, but they still fought like they did. Like they were family. 'Til the very end. And, uh... And in the end, they... Their time was cut short, but ours keeps going. So we have to keep going. For them and... for all of us. We need to honor them. We need to honor them, and we need to remember these friends, our family, died as heroes. That's the story that I want to tell you. That's the story that I want us all to remember."