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𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍, Odette thought as the truck pulled up to the enormous gray cement building. A chain link fence surrounded the building, impaled walkers hung from the fence, low groans escaping their rotted mouths. How could she have been so stupid? How could she allow this to happen to Rigby and herself? Odette had thought her naivety had died when the world did but yet here she was stuck with a bat welding psycho.

"Home sweet home." Negan said with a grin as he looked over at Odette. "You're gonna love this place kid." He added while turning his attention onto Rigby.

"It looks kinda like a prison." Rigby said as her dark brown eyes took in the building in front of them.

Odette placed a hand on Rigby's shoulder, hoping her daughter got the hint to be quiet. Rigby wasn't one to hold back on her thoughts and that wasn't always a good thing in this new world.

Negan let out a throaty laugh, "you're funny kid." He said while running a hand over his beard. "I think you scare your mama bear with your lack of filter, but you're funny." He added as his cold eyes looked directly into Odette's scared ones.

His hazel eyes were unwelcoming and Odette hated when he stared at her. There was absolutely no warmth in them and it terrified her, looking into Negan's eyes was almost as bad as looking into a walkers glossed over ones.

A knock on the truck window forced Negan to break eye contact with Odette, a frustrated noise left his mouth as he pushed the door open with force hitting whoever it was that knocked on the window.

Odette watched from inside the truck as Negan talked to a man with a large mustache, dark hair that was balding on the top and a mean look on his face. She had remember him being one of the men back at the house that she and Rigby were at and he looked just as mean as Negan.

"Mom?" Rigby questioned in a whisper as she held on tightly to Odette's hand. Rigby was young but she wasn't dumb. She knew something wasn't right with Negan. She knew they were in danger.

"Yeah sweetie." Odette said her eyes still focused on the two men outside the truck though. Their conversation was growing heated by the second and  it was making Odette even more nervous than she already was.

"Do you think Uncle Ozzy and Gia will find us?" Her voice was so low it took Odette a moment to understand her words, but when she did it broke her heart.

Odette had planned on looking for her brother and niece before Negan found her, but in reality she didn't even know if they had made it out alive from that night when the walkers overran their small group. It had been chaos and so much screaming all she cared about was grabbing Rigby and getting out of there. Odette hoped Ozzy and Gia were somewhere out there, but she knew a long time ago not to get her hopes up.

"I hope so baby." Odette said squeezing Rigby's hand with reassurance.

"Alright, mama bear and baby cub let's go." Negan's voice interrupted the mother daughter duo as he yanked opened the truck door. "I've got important business to do but Dwight will show you around and get you settled." He said as Odette and Rigby slowly exited the truck.

Odette pulled Rigby closer to her body as they stood outside of the truck with Negan standing close to them with his blood stained bat over his shoulder. The thoughts of grabbing that bat and smashing his head in ran through her mind but she knew it was pointless, his men would kill her before she could even get a chance to swing the bat at him.

"He only looks scary." Negan assured Rigby as he saw the little girl's dark eyes stare at Dwight's scarred face with wonder. "I'll see you later mama bear." He grinned before walking off, whistling as he went.

"Come on, follow me." Dwight spoke as he began walking.

Odette grabbed Rigby's hand and reluctantly followed behind the scarred man. There was no point in fighting him or being stubborn it would be foolish to do so.

She was stuck here until she found a way out for Rigby and herself or at least for Rigby, because if it ever came down to saving Rigby or herself she would save Rigby a million times before herself.

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𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍.

After Dwight had showed her and Rigby to their new living situation he left with no words and never came back. Negan hadn't made an appearance yet either not that she was complaining about that. It allowed Odette time to relax for a little while without his eyes on her.

The room Dwight had put them in was decent sized with two beds and a small table with a few books thrown around the room. Odette would of thought it was nice and comfortable if she didn't feel like a prisoner being held against her will by a madman.

Odette sat at the small table staring at the door while Rigby had picked up one of the book and sat on a  bed reading. At least her daughter could have the smallest sense normalcy right now.

A sharp knock on the door made Odette stand up quickly her eyes watched as the door opened and Negan stepped in sans the menacing bat in his hands.

"How are mama bear and cub settling in?" He questioned, a grin forming on his face as he saw Rigby sitting on the bed reading.

"Alright." Odette said in a low tone, answering for both herself and Rigby as the young girl continued to read the book on her lap unbothered by Negan's presence.

"Good." He nodded as his eyes surveyed the room. "You two get a good nights sleep. We'll discuss work for you tomorrow."

"Work?" Odette questioned as her forehead furrowed with confusion.

"You think this place runs itself mama bear." Negan chuckled. "There's plenty of work to be done." He stated with a firm tone before exiting the room without another word from his lips.

Odette stared at the closed door, wondering what Negan had meant. What work had he expected from them? The longer she was kept here she was beginning to hate herself for getting herself and Rigby into this horrible situation.

Her only hope was that Ozzy and Gia didn't find themselves here,

Or worse.

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Poor Odette. The shit I'm gonna put her through. Thank you for the votes and comment!