The Walking Dead: A Broken Empire

(Lower The Gun) Chapter 2: World Far Gone

Chapter 1 RECAP
A herd of walking dead have found their way towards Javier and his family. Quickly ambushed, Javi's finds himself inside a vehicle with threats.

Javier held his gun upright. He didn't want to shoot Lonnie and Connor had his pistol fixed on Javi the whole time. He dropped his gun down. "Alright, fine. I'm calm. We all got off on the wrong foot."
"God damn right you did! You almost fuckin' shot Lonnie. You better watch your shit." Connor yelled.
"Now give me my gun back." Lonnie said.
"I'll just hold on to it." Javier replied.
"Like hell you will," Connor added, turning around to face Javi, " You gonna make this easy on us or hard on you?"
"Holy shit!" Lonnie screamed, looking back at the road.
Connor turned to the road and noticed the ice was making his car drift. He tried correcting, to no avail. "Oh shit!" He screamed as he saw the vehicle spiral out of control, heading straight for the ditch. Almost instantly, the car threw everybody around like ragdolls on the way down. Javier was dazed and confused, but could slightly notice Connor on the outside of the vehicle, shooting periodically at Walkers that were closing in.
"God damn biters." Connor shouted. Walkers started to close in on Connor. "Lonnie, get the fuck outta there man!" He shouted. "Motherfuckers, stay away from him," he screamed while shooting at the dead, "Lonnie, I'm sorry man. I'll head toward Mathis. Just get there, I'll be waiting." He ran off, with walkers chasing him. Quickly, Javier closed his eyes and passed out.
Javier woke up, stuck inside the car that was flipped on its right side. He looked up as a walker was trying to bite at the glass, then quickly looked to his right. There was an undead Lonnie snapping at him, his reach restricted by the crushed door pinning his knee between the seat and door. His neck looked broke. Javier grabbed the pistol from the ground and aimed it at Lonnie's forehead. The gun went off, killing the walker. Javier then protected his face and shot at the walker on the outside of the vehicle, killing it instantly. Quickly, Javier escaped the vehicle. He used the glass to cut his binds. He noticed the abundance of walkers around, taking interest in him. He saw a city in front of him, to which he started running towards.
Walking the empty streets, Javi tried to find any source of human activity. He realized, in this broken up city, that there were signs that read WARNING MATHIS. Javier followed each of these signs for around 15 minutes, until he reached a giant wall made up of tin walls and wood structures. There was a man standing atop this wall. He pointed his assault rifle at Javi, to which Javi responded by putting his hands up.
"Look," Javi started, "I really don't want any trouble. I'm just looking for some help. I'm looking for my family, we got ambushed and one of them got shot. She's my niece, she's only ten years old."
"Am I supposed to give a shit? We all lost people, that don't give you a free pass." The man responded.
"W-what?" Javier said with a shaking voice.
"Get away. Not enough room for more people. Check back some other time," He demanded.
"I need help to find my family, that's all. Please help me," Javier begged.
"Can't help ya, sorry kid. I got enough people coming through here to take care of." He said.
"Wait," Javier yelled, "How many people do you have in there?"
"Probably a good hundred." He replied.
"Did you get people coming through in the past 24 hours? A little girl and her mother?" Javier questioned.
"Honestly could not tell ya," The man replied, "If they did, I don't remember. I get so many people coming through here, I don't have time to remember them. They could be in here though, not quite sure. Tell ya what, we are missing some important people. If you can bring some back, I might be able to sneak ya into here."
Javier questioned the man "Who are you missing?"
"Well," The man started, " I need you to find a guy named Dave, he's the most important one. Then, try finding Cole, Connor and Lonnie."
Javier looked down, Lonnie is dead, he thought. After talking for a little while longer, Javier turned and walked North to go look for the missing crew.
Hours went by, the time seemed to fly by quick and the weather seemed to get colder. Javier took shelter near a trailer park for warmth. Upon entering, Javi came face to face with a shotgun barrel. The man behind the shotgun had spiked, dark hair. He was clothed in leather and had chocolate brown eyes.
"Who the hell are you? What are you doing here? He asked.
"The name is Javier. I'm looking for some people. Dave, Cole and Connor."
The man quickly put his shotgun down.
"Well, you found one of them. I'm Dave. What do you need me for?" He asked.
"Some people in a community not too far from here sent me to go look for you guys." Javier replied.
"Ah, you're talking about Mathis. Yeah, there is a reason why I left the place. I don't know why you even want to join that shit hole." Dave announced.
"My family might be there." Javier told him.
"Well how'd you lose them in the first place?" Dave asked.
"Some guys attacked us, I got knocked out and woke up next to some blonde guy and a black dude. Think his name was Lonnie. Anyways, we crashed and I walked until I found the community." Javier replied.
"Well shit, that's Mathis for you. I use to be a leader there until I realized how broken everyone in there is. They just shoot people over fuckin' fruit snacks. They're reckless," He commented, " Tell them I'm not coming back. Here, a picture of me. If you show them this, they will believe you."
Javier took the photo and put it in his back pocket.
"Still, I'm not sure if I can find Cole. I'm still surprised I found you." Javier announced.
"Cole went somewhere with a few guys. Last I heard he was with Alex, Kyle, Max and Chooey," Dave replied, "They're on a hunt to gather some supplies. They usually do that by kicking the shit outta innocent people they find nearby. Shit, they're probably the ones who attacked you. I wouldn't mind having someone pop a few bullets into those dumbasses."
"Yeah," Javi added, "Pretty sure I got one of those guys."
"Well," Dave said,"Best place to find them is in a field nearby, it's got a small shack on it with a road crossing through. A gas station sits close to that, just over a small hill. They always catch people over there, it's basically a trap. They just drive around that area and get people."
Javier looked surprised. Well, I fell for the trap, didn't I? He thought. Javier nodded to David as he turned and walked out the door.
"Watch yourself, kid." David suggested, as Javi walked off toward a gas station on the horizon.