Rick carefully placed Daryl on their bed, the omega looked around the room it was both familiar and yet it felt separate from him. Rick lifted his chin up, their lips meeting again. Daryl returned the kiss, but felt as if some of him was missing. "I'm so glad you're okay." Rick muttered. "You look so tired..."

"Been having nightmares about the baby.." he replied, placing a hand on his belly. "That it comes too early and dies or dies inside of me... It's been bad for the past week or so... This pup is part yours now too, with your venom and all..."

Rick lowered his eyes to his stomach, the pup would be his wouldn't it? He hated that Negan had even knocked him up but that wasn't something they could change now. "You should rest though honey, I know it may be hard but you should. Lay down. We are taking over the sanctuary, we are going to force Negan to lose his power."

"You wont hurt him will you?"

"Not enough to kill him." Rick retorted before leaving the room. Daryl looked around, his crutches hadn't been brought in and he couldn't really get around otherwise. He growled a bit, he didn't know if he wanted Negan to be hurt, he knew he deserved it, but there was nothing he could do to stop it now.

Negan growled, grabbing the bars. They couldn't take his mate away from him, they couldn't just trap him like some sort of animal. He growled and pulled on the bars. "You'll fucking pay for this!" Negan screamed. "I am going to get back to my mate!"

Rick slipped into the prison cells. "Negan."

"You mother fucker."

"He's both of ours now." Rick said with a smile. "Your pup shares my DNA now with the venom bite and all."

Negan began to physically shake, his eyes growing red. "I'm going to kill you... Yo-you.."

"If you kill me, you hurt daryl. You hurt your pup."

Negan was shaking in anger, tears welling up in his eyes. Rick didn't think it was possible for him to have feelings. "I-I just want to see him. Please.."

"You kidnapped him, raped him, impregnated him. You really think I am going to let you anywhere near him?"

Negan hissed, his eyes flashing red again as he began to pull on the bars. "You mother fucker, let me see my fucking mate!"

Daryl was trying to get himself out of the room and to the cells, it wasn't that he wanted to be a part of this situation, he was happy he was Rick's again, but he was also Negans.

Daryl could put some weight on his broken leg, not a lot, but enough to get himself down the hall and to the stairs, he sat on the top step and scooted his way down them. He propped himself up, and made his way towards the door hobbling as he made his way forward. He grabbed the door handle and pulled it open, a sigh of relief escaped his lips before he saw Rick making his way back towards the house.

Well shit.

Here he was at the front door.

Rick looked up in surprise. "How'd you get all the way down here? Why are you down here?"

Daryl let out a soft mumble, the venom bond strong. Rick wasn't commanding but the new bond made Daryl spill anyway. "You left me there, and I don't like being left. I've been cooped up in Sanctuary and just because you don't like Negan doesn't mean I don't still need him too. I wanted to see him. Make sure he knew I was okay, I don't have full control over this, it isn't my fault... I want to please you both, I want you both to want me and to keep me safe and care, and I know you do... I know you do believe me but the bond doesn't give me full choice. You are hurting my mate, like it or not, the father to our pup... I-..." Daryl felt the tears rolling down his face, Rick stared at him dumbfounded. Daryl was broken, and Negan had a strong hold. Bond or no bond. Negan took hold of him, and there is nothing that Daryl or Rick could do about it. "I'm sorry, it's... It's not easy for me either bu-."

Rick pulled him into his arms, holding him there. "I'm just happy to have you back, we will figure this out together... I- I'm not excited about this but I also know you can't do much about it.. We will figure this out together. You and I."

"I don't blame you if you hate me." Daryl whispered.

Rick shook his head. "I could never hate you."

Daryl leaned his forehead against Rick's chest, tears trickled down his face. Daryl held onto him tightly, tears kept falling. Rick knew he would have to accept this change, but he hated that Daryl was in the middle of it all.

Negan spent most of the day attempting to break the bars of his jail cell. "Fuck this.. Fuck them... God damn it."

Daryl was the only thing he currently cared about reaching, he could see people walking past his cell. He was angry, his eyes were darker and he was seething. He wrapped his hands around the bars and kept pulling on them.

"Damn it!" Negan shouted as he slammed his fists against them. "Fuck!"

He knew his people would either fight, or disband. Now that he was here there was no one to protect them. He assumed they wanted him here to do a raid anyway. They had good equipment, food and weapons. He knew that it was a matter of time before he began to see his people here as Alexandrians, or in graves, or as the face of walkers. Dwight woke, his head pounding. He looked up to see Negan attempting to pull the bars of his cell open.

Dwight stood. "Negan.."

"Those fuckers.. They took Daryl.. They got us trapped here. I am going to kill them."

"Negan... We are at their mercy, you're lucky they didn't kill you. I doubt Rick hasn't bonded with Daryl, if it wasn't for his pregnancy...."

"I know." Negan remarked, his expression hard. "I know but this fucking.. I am getting out of here. They are going to kill my pack, they've already taken Daryl..."

Dwight simply nodded, they could hear people outside of the prison cell.

Daryl was finally allowed to leave Rick's house, his pregnancy kept Rick on high alert, he was feeling more himself now with his omega at his side. They walked into the town center where Rick and his people talked about the plan.

Daryl lowered his eyes, some of those people were his friends, but he also knew that Negan's pack was dangerous. They would either join their three groups or they would be killed. He was glad that the Kingdom and Hilltop decided to join them.

He held Judith when she began to clap. "Daddy."

Rick came and picked her up, before he continued to walk and explain.

Daryl noticed Rick was in the middle of talking to someone and wasn't paying attention to him, he pushed himself up, and began to walk towards the cell. His crutches were frustrating but he would get to where he needed to be.

He slowly made his way down the stairs and began to work on the door. Turning the handle he finally got it open, as he stepped into the cells Negan looked up at him with burning eyes.

"Daryl!"

"Shh Negan." Daryl snapped back, Dwight snickered. Daryl made his way closer to him and let out a soft sigh. "I can't just get you out of here, but I wanted to at least see you."

Negan reached for him, carefully placing his hand on his rounded belly. "They are all going to die."

"No." Daryl snapped back. "You're going to accept your place here as an Alexandrian, as a mate of both myself and Rick or after this baby is born someone is going to kill you."

Negan narrowed his eyes, surprised by the fact that he would talk back. Dwight grinned at the omega.

"I-."

"You need to do this, or someone is going to kill you. I don't need you to survive anymore, someone will find reason to kill you. So I would suggest changing a bit. I know who you are, that you can be good Negan, but you have to prove that. You have to make a choice to stay here with us, be one of us. Or, you need to accept the fact someone is going to kill you one of these days."

Negan closed his eyes and turned, he leaned against the bars for a moment. "I'll try, but I'm pissed and if they kill my men I-."

"They are going to offer thema place in one of our groups, if they chose not to join after that, then they may die, but you no longer rule over all of the groups. Negan you need to decide now."

Negan turned to look at him. "For us, and our children, not for anyone else."

Daryl nodded, he could accept that for now. "I need to go, before anyone notic-."

"Daryl Dixon Grimes."

"Smith." Negan added with a snark, as Rick stood at the entry away.

Daryl turned to him. "Rick..."

"I told you not unless I was with you."

"You were never going to come down here with me, don't lie to me like I am a child."

Negan smiled, seeing that Daryl argued with Rick more than with himself. Rick sighed, "Come on daryl, let's go back with everyone else."

Daryl turned and began to work his way up the stairs. "I love you Daryl." Negan shouted as Rick slammed the door closed.

"He raped you, kidnapped you, and killed our people. He doesn't love you." Rick muttered walking him back to their home.

"I have no choice in this, my choice was taken away. I feel love for him because his venom is coursing through my veins, like yours is. I know you don't like the idea, but I love you both by force. I loved you before any of this, that will never leave or be replaced, but now I am forced to desire you both. I am forced to obey you, I have no choice and that is the last thing I ever wanted. So let me at least make the choices I can make."

Rick lowered his eyes, but he knew his mate was right, he no longer had all the choices he wanted and Rick had to help him through it, no matter how pissed he was about it.