"...What the hell happened?" Moaned Dana who was on the floor, as she looked around dizzily. Feeling a weight on her chest, she looked down to see a fainted Amaya, using her as a pillow."Amaya? Amaya wake up." She told the girl as she shook her shoulder.

Amaya's eyes fluttered open and with her usual upbeat tone she said "Hey big sis! Why are we on the floor?"

Shooting herself up from the ground(after moving the eight year old out of the way of course), Dana quickly turned to the living room and saw her brother with James on the couch. Even more unexpected is that they were watching football, while wasting her beer that they don't even need. Maya moved up to her side, and then cowered behind her as soon as she saw the hooded man.

" Manning pulls it off again Alex, our boy is taken the giants to the top!" James exclaimed excitingly to his companion.

Alex took a large gulp of the beer in his hand, before replying." You must give the receiver some credit too Sgt. Heller, didn't look like he was going to make i-"

*cough* *cough*

Both men turned around slowly as they saw a pissed off Dana looking at them with one arm on her hip, and the other pressing Amaya's head to her leg, cutting off her hearing. Now those who know Dana Mercer, know she has quite a potty mouth. Those same people also knew that she is a tough, angry woman. So when she started shouting profanities at the two men, It wasn't much of a surprise for either.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE JAMES? HOW THE FUCKING HELL ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE? AND YOU DRUNK ALL OF MY FUCKING BEER! I ALMOST GOT SHOT FOR IT, IN ORDER TO SPEND ONE NIGHT WHERE I CAN DRINK AWAY ALL MY BULLSHIT PROBLEMS, BUT WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO NOW? ALEX, I WANT YOU TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HER-." The woman was cut off, when Alex shot up from his seat and went across the room in a blur, and hugged her tightly to his body.

"I'm so, so sorry Dana" Alex said, with a a tear only visible to her dripping down his face. "I wasn't my self, it was that bitch Greene. I would have never done this to you, or to the world. Please believe me, you must believe me" Dana froze in shock for a few moments, processing what he had just said to her.

The man that was a murderer of thousands, the one responsible for causing chaos and making life for all in New York Zero a living hell, the world's most dangerous man that never showed a single amount of emotion ever since the second outbreak. And was now hugging her and crying, saying he was sorry for all he done. The same man was her older brother, who despite everything, she still loved deeply.

She hugged him back.

"It's ok Alex, I forgive you," She told the man, who she clenched onto tightly." You're back to normal? You're my big brother again?" Alex, only nodded to her, as he began to release his hold on her.

Dana watched in curiosity, as Alex brought the flowers from earlier to her "I-I got these roses from a shop in the Green Zone, she said they where well grown and thought they would be good fo-."

"I can't accept these Alex," Dana informed her brother, who's head lowered a bit. She lifted his chin up with her hand and continued" because I'm allergic to roses dummy, remember?"

Alex had the decency to look a little embarrassed, and replied. " Oh...that's right, sorry." Alex then chose to do something unexpected. He turned around and took the flowers to Amaya, who was now by her father's side, holding his hand. Alex got down on one knee to Amaya's eye level, and with a kind smile, he held them out to Amaya.

The young girl stood like a statue, unsure of what to do, until her father gently lead her forward with his hand " Go ahead Maya, it's ok. Mr. Mercer is one of us now." That was all Amaya needed, as she grabbed the large bouquet with both her hands.

"Thank you." She said politely, as she returned to her father's side sniffing the roses. James picked the eight year old girl up, and placed her on his shoulders.

"It's getting late guys, I'm going to take Amaya upstairs and get her ready for bed." James informed to his friends, as he began to walk up the stairs.

"But dad, I already took a nap today." Amaya moaned to her father.

"Amaya we've talked about this, nine o clock is bed time. " She pouted in defeat in response. " Tell you what, if you beat me in rock paper scissors upstairs, I'll let you stay up with your vita." He added to the girl, who began beaming with delight.

She always won.

The Mercers watched as the Hellers walked upstairs with small smiles on their faces." Would've never expected the man to be such a good dad when I first met him." Said Alex who took the same seat he was in and motioned for Dana to sit next to him on the dark red love seat.

" I always figured he would be. He did tear new york apart to find her." Dana replied to her brother, while turning the TV off.

The siblings quietly sat in the living room, not a sound but the muffled voices of James and Amaya upstairs.

When you are with a person you know well, a person in which you have a strong connection to, no words need to be spoken at all. The other knows what your thinking without the need to even say it. That's is what the Mercer duo have, that is why Dana could believe Alex so easily.

Dana slowly rested her head on her brother's shoulder, as she closed her eyes." Good night Lexi, I love you."

Alex ran his hand though her hair, and replied softly. " I love you too Dana."

(Upstairs, 2 hours later)

James Heller sat on the end of his daughters bed, and stroked his daughters face lovingly as she slept. A tear fell down his face, as he remembered his late wife. She looked just like Collette when she was eight years old. James Heller and Collete Washington new each other since they where five. While James grew up in New york, Colette was a girl from Orlando. Her parents had been close friends of his own, who wanted to move some where else after problems in the area they had been.

She was the girl he fell in love with, even before he actually liked girls.

For years she had been his best friend through out grade school, always by his side. She was his first and only girlfriend (he didn't need anyone else), She was the person who comforted him after his parents tragic death, she was the first one to greet him with open arms as he returned from his missions, and she was the mother of his beautiful child. Colette had been there for every major event that happened in his life. It was funny, he always thought from the very first moment she spoke to him, that they would be together until the day they died.

That was the thought of a mere boy.

She was gone now. Ripped away from their family by the damn virus. When he thought Alex was evil, and he killed him on the roof in the Red Zone, James had got some closure. Alex gave him the chance to put her death on something. He believed that he stopped the thing that took his love's life away. That was gone now. Alex wasn't bad, it wasn't his fault, it was Green's, and she wasn't around anymore for James to destroy. All the emotions he was able to lock up before, came pouring out of his very heart. James had tried so many times to cry over Collete, begging the lord to allow him to wash away his pain, and free his mind. It now seems that his prayers have been answered.

He was cut from his thought, as a soft knock sounded off the wooden door frame. Looking up while absorbing the tears back into his body, James saw that it was Alex, who held an unreadable expression under his hood. He watched as Alex mouthed the words. ''Meet me on the roof''' before walking away quietly.

James looked back down at Amaya, and gave her a peck on the forehead. Walking out of the room, James turned around and looked at his daughter one last time, before closing the door quietly.

(On The Roof, 2 minutes later)

As James climbed onto the grainy roof, he saw Alex sitting on the far edge, looking up at the moon. It was shining greatly in the quiet night.

"It's strange Sgt. Heller," He started, while looking at the glowing rock. " with all of our power, we are still nothing to all that is out there."

Sitting down next to his new brother, James replied quietly. " There are forces out there that we could never hope to understand in all our remaining years. Never really took time to acknowledge how small we really are. "Alex nodded silently, while still keeping his eyes pointed upward.

"Never saw you as an emotional person until this evening Mercer" Sated James as he looked at the sky.

" I'm not...I just care for Dana. She is the only person in this world that I have left, she connects me to my old life, and she has always looked out for me" Replied Alex.

" I understand" Said James, as he thought back on all he did to get Maya back" I understand completely.

Both men sat in silence for another few minutes before Alex spoke up again " Why were you such quick to trust me? Your military dossier said you had a deep hate for me that bordered on psychotic. With all that you did for revenge, it's just...unexpected"

James laughed to himself as he replied " Ya I did hate you, I hated you more than anything else in this world. But then I saw some of your memories, everything that happened during the first outbreak. I under stood how you felt, and why you felt that way. Dana told me a lot about you, and I could only listen to her, it was the only way I could provide comfort. It took a while, but i understood why you did it. I've seen the wars, I've been in the wars, I've seen the worst that humanity has offered, and understand why you wanted to change all of that. Hell, If it wasn't for Maya being abducted, The overbearing hive mind control, and the large amount of people who would have turned into walkers instead of evolved, I might have even let you release the white light. ...fuck man, that thought has always been the one that scared me the most."

"What's wrong James?" Alex asked the man, who turned to him surprised.

James quickly tried to cover up his emotions by quickly attempting to reply."Nothing."

"James."

"It really is-."

"Bullshit."

Realizing the man was going to keep pushing on, James reluctantly told him." It's about my wife, I just miss her you know. I have no closure, I didn't even get to say good bye. It was my fault Alex, I could have had her leave the city with Amaya early on, but I was so stupid. I trusted Blackwatch, I thought with them there nothing could go wrong. They told her to stay at home, and despite how she felt I asked her to stay there. Now look at what happened...it's all my fault." James poured everything out to his friend, who gave him a comforting hand on his shoulder.

With each word James's voice shot out the disappointment, the anger, the sadness, and the pain that he had bottled up inside for months, under the guise of a impenetrable man." I can't even bring myself to go to her grave." Alex sat there for a moment, looking at his friend, who returned look down at the ground below, his face frozen in grief.

Alex looked at James in regret. Ever since he returned to him self, he couldn't help but feel angry at himself for allowing this to happen. He know James would forgive him, despite his roughness sometimes he was good man, but Alex couldn't forgive himself yet. This was strengthened as he watched his friend greave over the death of his wife, a death that he caused along with thousands of others. Putting his disappointment to himself away, Alex began to think of what he could do to help James through this. Alex's eyes widened a little as he had an idea.

'Sgt Heller is not goign to approve of this' Thought Alex as he sneaked his arm towards Heller's own.

Grabbing James by the arm and jumping far off towards a building in the distance, Alex informed the man "Come on, I'm taking you to see your wife James. Trust me, this is for your own good." James tried to break from the man's grasp, but quickly found himself wrapped in a contracting group of tendrils. Heller roared in defiance, as he was curried like a sack of potatoes to the last place he wanted to be in the world, his wife's grave.

"Alex, I'm going to fucking kill you when I get out of here" stated James angrily as when rushed into his face.

' There goes that alliance' thought Alex as he continued on through the night sky with a struggling James.

Unknown to the two, a pair of large muscular men with red tubes running through their body's started tailing them as soon as they left the Heller's home. " We are in pursuit of both targets sir, We need as many Phase 3 soldiers as we can get get to provide back up. Tonight, we Commence operation: Blackout"

How did you enjoy that chapter guys? I'm looking for a person who would be willing to become a beta reader for this story. Any help would be appreciated. Anyway, review and pm me with any questions. :)