The Walking Dead: A Broken Empire

Chapter 5: A Broken Empire (Spare Him)

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"Shut up, you outdated bastard.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 turned and noticed the scene unfolding behind him, Javi holding a gun to Connor. Dave quickly ran over and aided Javi, aiming his rifle straight at Connor.

"No, Dave. He's coming with us." Javier quickly mentioned.

"The hell? This guy? You know he could've killed us, right? And you just were pointing a gun at him, so what's going on?" Dave interrogated.

"He's joining us. He wants nothing to do with Mathis anymore, he would be glad to help us." Javier explained.

"Please man, I can't stand this fucking place. I've always looked for a perfect exit from this place and you guys just gave me the best opportunity to do so. Lonnie is dead, so I see no other reason for trying to keep this place together." Connor added.

Dave chuckled in amusement, "Funny. Once everything starts going to shit, you want to leave. Oh, and don't worry. Nothing can keep this place together anymore."

Connor noticed Dave's gesture to George's corpse behind them.

"You killed him. Good, it's about time." Connor said.

"Jeez, I'd thought you would be heartbroken about it." Dave replied.

"Nope," Connor said, "Fucker almost shot me and Alex. I'm glad you put him out."