Chapter 44 - Truth Hurts

                                    

                                          
As soon as the doors open to the outside, the snarling of walkers chained up to the fence rattle Jack's bones causing her to shiver up and down her spine. Some of them have fallen apart, guts spill out all along the fence. Negan has been trying to keep them together but they rot away, and eventually fall apart, to literal piles of mush. He has no idea how to keep them together, but he explains to Jack that he hopes his newest friend can help solve the issue at hand. 
"You see this baby, these dead fuckers keep falling apart and it is pretty fucking gross, but..i am hoping that i can figure this shit out"
"Ew this is really fucking nasty Negan, they just fall apart and they smell bad, uh i still don't know why you even keep them here, if someone wants to get in here they will just kill them, you know that right?" Jack says as she pinches her nose shut, to avoid the rancid smell in the air. 
Negan paces along the fence, while contemplating what to say back to Jack. He knows that she has a point to it. "I know that, but they honestly just scare the shit out of people and that is what matters the most"
Negan walks over to Jack standing beside her. "We'll send Simon over to take a peak, so we can sort of good cop this thing first" Jack and Negan both look over as the double doors open and out walks Laura with the new guy, and he is holding a jar of pickles. 
"There he is man of the hour" he says excitingly, leaning back. "Come on over here big fella" 
A nervous Eugene starts to walk over to face Negan and his red headed girlfriend. He seems to be intimidated by the couple, mostly from that night he met them. As he walks over Jack whispers in Negan's ear. "Are you sure about him?" 
"Relax, baby we got this, look at him he will break down and submit to me no problem just watch and learn Jack, your man has got this down pat" he chuckles as Eugene now stands face to face with the leaders of the saviors. 
"Don't be rude asshole say hello, you remember my girl Jack, but you probably already do know her cause we both make quite the impression by now" 
"Hello" Eugenes stutters as the other saviors gather around him. 
"You got a name asshole?" 
"Eugene, Eugene Porter" 
Negan moves close to Jack and the other saviors. "Now us, who are you?" He asks and Jack and the rest reply. 
"I'm Negan" 
Negan approaches the man again. "Well Eugene, i know you remember Lucille. Now' you see this right here? You might have to get real close. That, my friend is the bullet you made. Now under normal circumstances, i'd be showing you that real close over and over again" Negan clicks his tongue multiple times to mock him bashing in a head. 
The man is scared shitless, as Negan messes with him some more and Jack pays close attention to the man's behavior. "But, Eugene all i really wanna know is if you are a smarty pants? You know things? Answer the question. 
"I..i am indeed a smarty pants. I taught myself to cast bullets. I...found..a machine shop with the necessary equipment...I..read a lot and um even though my memory is not considered, i don't skin and i don't scrimp" he stops, and Negan laughs seriously.
"Oh, you really are just some asshole" he mocks the man coldly, but Jack can tell that Negan is very intrigued by his words and knowledge. Jack is actually a little curious herself at how smart the man seems to be. Eugene looks around at the saviors, who at the moment are laughing at him, including Jack who tries to hide her expressions.
"No..i'm not. I have PHD's in biochemistry, as well as immunology and micro biology, and I've completed my doctorate which makes me a doctor. Prior to the collapse i was part of a 10 person team at the human genome project" he is interrupted by loud snarling from across the yard. A walker falls apart again, as they all watch.