The battle for survival is nowhere near its closing stages for Rick and the crew. Rumor mills are foreseeing another horde of enemies just around the corner in "The Walking Dead," and they are not the creatures one would expect. This time, survivors (yes, not another pack of the undead but ones that are actually breathing) will be causing the trouble. 

The Whisperers are known from Robert Kirkman's comic book series "Walking Dead." They are said to make an entrance and they would do so with drapes of walker skin and guts all over themselves. These people live their lives as if they were undead, adapting even to their meal preferences. The ravenous throng consists of vicious survivors in disguise and they could be going straight for Rick and the others this season. 

Speculations are rife that the show may have stipulated their cue long before the show moved to its second season. Zimbio said that the series was subtly hinting their existence. The site recalls that on one occasion, Rick and Glenn integrated themselves with the flesh-eaters by doing the same exact gambit. Another clue comes in the form of Michonne's "jawless, armless walker" companion when she first popped in. 

The biggest tip-off that suggests that the show is down the road of the murderous horde was Morgan's strange answer to Rick after waking up from a black out, which happened back in season 4.

He said, "People wearing dead people's faces."

Now, Morgan is around the corner. He turned up on the first episode of the current season and he also appeared to be in Father Gabriel's church in the midseason finale. 

If The Whisperers would not come forward anytime soon, Negan most likely will. That's at least what fans initially surmised. The crude leader of another cluster called The Survivors, along with his barbed wire-bounded baseball bat named Lucille, could be the emerging antagonist. His predilection for bringing danger is unmistakable and he loves to utter words that are usually bleeped. 

"Negan says a word that you can't say on television. I understand that. I think that there are ways around that," comic book author Kirkman shared with Business Insider. "Luckily, we're not going to have to work that out for some time. I'm not going to say when Negan will possibly show up on the show, but it's not any time soon."

By Feb. 8, Rick and the gang are rumored to be heading to Alexandria Safe Zone but without Beth next to them.