[N1] Chapter 7: The Final Fall Part 2 (Lie)

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As trust diminishes through the group, Dave is left at his sanity's end. With the death of more people, Javier tries to step in and save the group. The problem is, they're too far gone and Dave has some very different plans. The tables turn as betrayal runs rampant.

"Well? Why's he acting like that?" Dave interogated.
"I don't know, said he was sick or some shit." Javier replied.
"Sick, huh? Funny, he wasn't sick before, did you hurt him?!" Dave asked.
"Don't be ridiculous." Javier defended.
Dave pushed Javier back.
"No, don't be a smartass, I know you did something to him! He was fine a few minutes ago." Dave yelled.
"You're fucking nuts." Javier stated.
"Hey, calm down." Mary pleaded.
"Well I would if he wasnt being such a-" Javier replied.
"Stop," Phil interupted, "We're going upstairs to find some more supplies. You guys, cool it."
"Alright." Javier said as he watched the group walk away.
The rest of the group went upstairs except for Dave and Javi.
"You might not realize it," Dave started, "But I am protecting all of us here."
"Protecting us?! You aren't doing that Dave. You're not a hero. You keep killing everyone, even your own group." Javier replied.
"No! I-"
"Lenord," Javier interupted, "Ripper, Jake, Everyone in Mathis. When will it end?!"
"Fuck you, Javi!" Dave yelled.
"None of them would've died if it wasn't for you. Because of you, all these people have died." Javier replied.
Dave walked over and pushed Javi back into a wall, eventually grabbing the axe and using its handle to choke Javi out on the wall near the fireplace.
"You don't know what the fuck I have to do!! I've saved so many lives, you little shit! You're not a saint! You killed Connor! I'm not going to let you overthrow me!" Dave screamed.
"What.. the hell.. are you talking about.." Javier choked up.
"I'm going to make sure you don't ever mess up again! I'm going to make sure this group stays alive and I'm going to make sure that you do not interfere anymore, Javi." Dave said.
Quickly, Terrence pulled Dave off of Javi, but Dave quickly got back to the wall and attacked Javi. Eventually, a shot was heard, and Dave screamed in agony as he held his wounded shoulder. Javier looked over and saw Jonas holding a gun.
"Stay the hell away from him!" Jonas yelled.
Dave looked backed in a blank stare, rage was filling his face slowly as the rest of the group ran down the stairs.
"What's going on?" Phil yelled.
"We heard gunshots!" Mary screamed.
"It seems that Jonas here doesn't know when to shoot at the right things." Dave said.
"Dave attacked me!" Javier yelled.
"I'd do it again." Dave replied.
"Look, there's a breach in this house. Southwest corner, more than enough room for walkers to crawl in and they will when you guys keep making so much noise." Phil said.
"Then we need to go out and find some supplies to patch it up." Dave said, wincing in pain at his bullet wound.
"There's a woodpile down the road. I think there's some planks there as well." Phil replied.
"Well alright. We'll come with you and grab as many planks as we can." Dave replied.
The group all walked outside of the building and down the dirt road, while following the two couple.

"No." Javier's voice echoed through the concrete garage.
"Please!" A man begged.
Javier turned around to Kate, Gabe and Mariana, but not before kicking the beared man's face. The man wore a black beard, along with light brown hair and sunglasses.
"Javier," Gabe started, "Don't be like the bad people Javi! You can't do that to him."
"This fu- This person," Javier calmly replied, "Is a bad person. He killed my son. You remember Sam? You two were like best friends. This man got him killed and turned into a muerto."
"O-Ooh. Yeah, he shouldn't have done that to Sam." Gabe agreed.
"Javier, you're not going to do this. Not in front of Gabe and Mari." Kate stated.
"Yeah, you should probably listen to her." The man said.
Javier turned around, filled with rage and kicked the man's face again.
"You're already fucking dead after what you did to my little boy, you peice of shit!" Javier yelled.
"But I-"
"Shut the hell up, Quinn! Nothing is going to save your worthless ass from what you did to Sam!" Javier screamed.
Mariana started to weep in fear as she watched the scene unfolding before her.
Kate walked over and pulled Javi back.
"You can't do this! Think of Gabe and Mari!" Kate whispered.
"Think about my son, Sam. He didn't deserve ANY of that shit." Javier argued.
"Look, Javi, I get it. But that doesn't make this any less wrong. We can't become the monsters we fear." Kate replied.
"There's no chance I'm letting this asshole live after what happened. He can fucking rot." Javier said.
"Gabe and Mari are going to witness this! What are you gonna do, Javi? Beat him to death? What kind of an example is that to the kids?" Kate asked.
"Bring them outside then. This isn't going to take long." Javier replied.
Kate was very shaken up, but managed to get Gabe and Mari back outside of the garage, but not before leaving Javier with one last piece of advice,
"This isn't who we are, Javi. This is a horrible example for the kids, but I understand why you feel this way."
As Javi watched the door shut to the garage, Quinn started spitting blood from his mouth.
"C'mon man. Let's be civil about this." Quinn pleaded in his gruff voice.
"You lost any chance of me being civil when you killed my son." Javier replied.
"I didn't kill your son, Greg did that." Quinn defended.
"Yeah, he said the same about you when I killed him. The rest of your group said it was all you and Greg. He had to pay for what he did and so do you." Javier stated.
"Heh. Ain't nothing bringing your fuckin' son back-phew- you can't bring him back. Killing me won't solve your problems." Quinn replied.
"I'll live with it." Javier said, right before punching Quinn in the face. While Quinn was knocked down on the cold, concrete floor, Javier got on top of him and unleashed several hard fists into his face. Javier stood up and pulled a gun out of his holster.
The bloodied and bruised Quinn lifted his head up to stare at Javi.
"1911, eh? Fuckin' figures a shithead like you would use one." Quinn chuckled.
Quinn continued his manic laugh, despite his fear of death closing in on him, as Javi filled with rage and lifted the gun towards Quinn's head.
"This is for my son, you worthless fuck!" Javier yelled, firing a bullet and killing Quinn instantly.
The garage door opened as Javier walked out. Kate was clearly frustrated with Javi's decisions.
"Did you kill that guy, Javi?" Gabe asked.
Javier crouched down and took a knee and looked at Gabe.
"I did, buddy. I had to." Javier replied.
"Why did you have to? He wasn't going to hurt us." Gabe said.
"You don't know that. After what he did to Sam, I didn't want him coming after us and doing the same to you guys." Javier replied.
Javier stood up and turned to Kate.
"Kate, I-"
"Don't even say a damn word," Kate interupted, "Your actions said enough."
"Seriously, Kate! How can you be protecting that guy's life?! After the shit he's done to us!" Javier replied.
"I'm not protecting his life, but you can't just kill people. I'm sorry about your son, but that isn't right. Just because something bad happens to you doesn't mean you have to retaliate. You put us in danger. How much will it take for you to realize when to make the right choices?" Kate asked.

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