The Walking Dead: A Broken Empire

Chapter 5: A Broken Empire (Pull The Trigger)

CHAPTER 4 RECAP
After arriving at Mathis, Connor and Alex find the old leader, George, has finally showed up. Warning them of the Grizzlies and their constant onslaught of Mathis' people, George decides to take action. Quickly, the two face betrayal from many of their "comrades". Meanwhile, Dave sets Javi up with the supplies needed to take down Mathis once and for all.

Blood taints the cold and frosty grass that shot through the ground. Gunshots seem to cease, and quickly an automatic rifle is reloaded. The rifle is held in the hands of Dave, and as he aims his barrel at the top of George's wrinkly forehead, gasps begin to seep from within the old man's body.

"You.. Always were.. My ideal model of a leader.. It's too bad that we... Had to... End on such terms." George wheezed.

"Shut up, you outdated bastard. You think I give a shit about your ideals and whatnot? No, the answer is no," Dave yelled, " In fact, I really enjoyed this. I'm so glad that I am the one sending you to your death, along with all these morons that follow you."

"You..Once were..Part of those morons..You changed though..I'm glad of your progress.. This proves to me how great of leader you can be..Sometimes to establish something great..You have to take it by the throat." George replied.

"Yeah, I took you by the throat, and I'm gonna rip it all out. Now, quit talking like youre some prophet, before I get to bored and shoot you too soon." Dave yelled.

"You don't think... I had to make sacrifices? I did.. I had to go through a similar situation to yours right now... But, besides that.. It's going to be even better watching you crash and burn without my... Help... You still have room.. for improvement.. and you're not completely ready yet.. You will fail.. I promise you that." George slowly commented.

Dave shook his head in disgust and re-situated his focus on George's head.

"Have fun being dead, shithead."

A quick shot was released from the barrel and into George's skull, killing him instantly. Dave relaxed, and then quickly bursted out in joyful laughs.

"I'm the victor now, George! You're people are going to eat shit and die here, only way to cleanse this shit hole is to erase it from existence." Dave yelled.

As Dave celebrated his victory with random shots in the air, he was interupted by a gunshot behind him. He turned around quickly and noticed the scene unfolding behind him. Javier shot Connor. He quickly ran over to Javi.

Despite the fact that it did not help at all, Connor held his neck in pain, stumbling on trying to make a sentence to Javi. He dropped to the ground as he continued to hold his neck while the rest of his body held him up. Drops of blood dripped down quickly on to the ground beneath them. Javier walked over to Connor and put the gun to his head. In Connor's last efforts, he held up his middle finger straight at Javi's face and mouthed to him, Fuck you, before being quickly shot in the face.

"Holy shit. You are one heartless bastard, Javi. That guy probably had a family, nice wife and kids, and you went and shot him dead- Ahhh I'm just kidding! Fuck that guy," Dave shouted, "Now let's go shoot some more assholes."

Walkers pushed their way through the gates and devoured on the dead. Gas rised from the ground and anyone without a mask choked. People were dying left and right, from bullets to walkers. Screams and slander were thrown into the air. Mathis was a battlefield. Alex was still on Mathis' side, despite being betrayed by George. He was behind cover next to a group of defenseless people behind him.

"Don't worry about this, shit like this happens. We can take care of it." Alex comforted the group nearby.
Quickly, he aimed a revolver at the Grizzlies. This revolver wasn't his own, however. It was George's. He cocked the hammer back and expelled a single bullet in hopes of hitting a target. He then noticed that he could hold the trigger and fan the hammer to shoot multiple rounds in quick succession, to which he achieved.