Something to believe in

A single gun shot broke the silence which had covered the small town of Petersburg. Everything living and dead heard the shot. As the walkers began to turn and drag themselves toward the sound, more shots rang out from the roof of a building at the end of the main road. Walkers dropped one by one, but more kept appearing. It had seemed as if there was an endless amount of them, but that didn't stop the individual behind the gun. It was David, and he was alone. He hadn't said anything to Javi and Gabe before leaving to a nearby town. He left a note saying he'd return, but everyone was skeptical of this. David knew he would go back, but he also knew he needed this. Being alone helped him cope with his feelings and helped him process what had happened recently. As the last bullet was fired from the rifles clip, he loaded another, which he grabbed from a bag that seemed to have an endless amount of them. He hadn't talked in front of anyone in months, but that didn't mean he was silent. When he went out on his little trips, he would swear under his breath if he missed a shot or saw a walker that reminded him of someone he use to know. When he saw Kate lying dead in the street… something changed in him, something he couldn't talk about. He had never told Javi thank you for saving him and Gabe. David hid the fact that he would spend every night crying, wishing it had been him instead of Kate and that he had trusted his brother more. He knew Javi would, and had, forgiven him for everything he had done to him, but he had to learn to forgive himself first. Gabe was growing up to be like his uncle, and David knew that this was for the best. It isn't easy to sit back and watch someone else raise your child, especially after what you had done to both of them. David wasn't on a self-guided mission to get himself killed or attempt to distance himself from the group. His goal was to kill as many of the undead fucks as he could before he died, to protect his family and those who couldn't fight. He was a hot tempered but tender-hearted person who used anger before love and never wanted anyone to see his weak side. Except for Javi. There is something special about a brotherly bond, something that outweighs any other relationship in a family unit. Your mother is your first love, if you're a boy, and you want to find a woman like her. Your father is who you set out to be, he's your role model. But your brother is your first friend, your partner in crime who will rat you out to save his ass one day and then the next he puts himself on the line for you, taking all the blame if it is necessary. Brotherly love is different from anything else. No one else can beat the shit of you and play board games with you in the same day like a brother can and that's something that David can't forget. Every now and then he catches himself thinking of all the times him and Javi would pull pranks on each other and how often he would make Javi take the blame for things that he had clearly not done. Even after everything, even after Javi became a world renown baseball player, he still looked up to his older brother and David knew this. Time flew by and before David knew it he had run out of ammo and the street was littered with well over a hundred walker bodies. David packed up his empty clips and his gun and began to climb down fire escape ladder from the roof when he heard the sound of a car engine. He quickly dropped down to the street and found cover. When he heard the engine turn off he peaked around the corner of the building he had pushed himself against and tried to see who it was. At first he didn't see anyone, but then he saw a group of men walk around the corner of a building about two blocks down. These men were fully armored, looked almost as if they were a part of the military, but one thing in particular was different. The symbol stitched into their uniforms was a picture of a crucified walker and written across the image was "THE SAVIORS". (This is not a Negan and/or Comic crossover, this is a separate group and plot and will not contain any characters or characteristics similar to that of the Saviors in the TV show or comics.) David had never seen this group before, but based on their outfits, he knew they were organized. He was not about to jump out and introduce himself, because he knew that would result in a swift death, even if they were "good guys" someone might be a little to trigger happy in the group. The group seemed to be patrolling the area, pretty much doing mundane work, that was until they found a walker. Instead of killing it quickly, the group of men surrounded the walker and demobilized it, detained it like a cop would a criminal and then half of the group split off to construct something. When David saw that the group that had split off return with a make shift cross and witnessed the walker being hoisted up onto it and crucified on the spot, he knew he had to warn Javi and the others. It wasn't just the event that warned David about this group, but what followed it. With the blood of the walker, the men wrote on a piece of plywood that was placed underneath the walker "SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN. THE SAVIORS WILL FREE YOU". David hauled ass back to Richmond knowing that he would have to break his silence to save those he loved and to save the only place he could call home anymore. The sun was setting and David soon found himself in the darkness of the night, making him feel as if the chapter of silence in his life was over and now a new one was beginning.