Why - Episode 6, Season 1

The group arrived in the subsurbs, which seemed clear at the time, with no walkers around.

Shane: "A bit strange, no walkers around."

Glenn: "Maybe the outbreak didn't hit suburbs that hard like it did in cities."

Max: "Keep your eyes open, this doesn't feel right."

Max drove to his house, which was in ruins.

Max: "No.."

Max stopped the car, and hopped out in a hurry. Shane and Glenn didn't expect Max to react that way, and stayed in the car.

Glenn: "Max, wait!"

Max did not listen, and ran inside his house. The house was set on fire not far ago, because of the ashes you could see it was set on fire a few hours ago. Max ran into his old bedroom, and was in shock when he saw 2 bodies, all burnt up. He collapsed on his knees and started to hysterically cry.

?: "M-Max?"

Max turned around, seeing his old buddy, Frank Burns all wounded up.

Max: "Frank.."

Frank collapsed down, with a gunshot in his hip. Max rushed to hold him, while Frank tried to talk.

Frank: "I.. I tried to stop them.."

Max: "I know you did.. Don't force yourself to talk.." Said Max, with tears in his eyes.

Max: "Who did this, Frank?"

Frank: "This.. This group that took over this zone.."

Max filled up with anger.

Frank: "WATCH OUT!"

Max tried to turn around, but the stock of a gun hit him hard in the face, sending him unconcious.

One hour later.

Max woke up chained to a pipe, along with Shane, Glenn and Frank.

Shane: "Max! You're finally awake. These motherfuckers chained us!"

Glenn: "What are we gonna do?!"

Max: "Calm down, I will figure something out. Frank, are these the people who killed Jessie and Carl?"

Frank: "Yes.."

Max filled once again with anger.

Max: "I will kill them all.. all of them."

As they were talking, one of the group's member walked in.

?: "QUIET!"

Shane: "And what are you gonna do, motherfucker."

The member walked to Shane, and right hooked him. Shane started to bleed.

Max: "Listen here motherfucker, touch him again and you're dead!"

?: "Oh yeah?"

The man grabbed his knife, and placed it at Max's throat.

?: "You little shit, talk one more time and you're done."

Max looked at the man with a cold stare, and could easily see the angriness in his eyes.

Glenn: "Let's all calm down, okay?"

Frank: "Don't do it, Max."

?: "Good boy."

The man patted Max on the head, and then left the room.

Frank: "Listen, we need to be careful. Max, remember the time we were captured by those Talibans in Afghanistan. We need a sharp thing to break this chain."

Max: "Yeah, yeah."

Shane: "Wait, you guys have been together in Afghanistan?"

Max: "That's not important now."

Glenn: "That's awesome!"

Frank: "Focus, goddamnit!"

Glenn: "Sorry.."

Shane searched in his back pocket, and found a sharp knife which he kept for emergencies.

Shane: "I have a knife!"

Max: "Good, now start to cut your chain, then pass it to Glenn, then Glenn to Frank, and then Frank to me."

Shane nodded, and started to cut. After some time, the chain broke. Shane passed the sharp knife to Glenn.

Shane: "Here! I'm covering us." Shane rushed to the door, and stayed against the wall, waiting for one of the men to walk in.

Glenn also finished cutting the chain, and passed it to Frank. Glenn rushed to the door as well and stayed against the wall on the other side. Noise came out of the other room. One of the men walked in, giving Shane the possibility to grab and strangle him.

Shane: "Die, you piece of shit!"

Glenn grabbed the man's glock, and aimed at the door. Frank finally free'd himself and helped Max to break the chain.

Max: "Like the old times, am I right, Frank?"

Frank smirked, and broke Max's chain. Max got up, and walked to the door.

Max: "Give me the glock, Glenn. I'm ending these motherfuckers."

Frank: "Hold on-"

Max did not listen, and kicked the door open. There were 3 men sitting at a table playing poker. They were shocked and had no reaction when Max aimed at them. Max emptied his entire mag on the 3 men, finishing them off.

Shane, Glenn and Frank ran to the corpses, and looted them for guns. All three of them found glocks.

Glenn: "What now?"

Frank: "Keep your eyes open. Shane, watch our backs."

Shane: "Got it."

Max was silent, anger took over Max's body, and was ready to kill every last one of them. One of the men walked in, and Max did not hesitate to shoot him exactly between his eyes. Max, Shane, Glenn and Frank all rushed outside, and took cover. Around 15 men were outside, in a camp outside of Atlanta.

Max: "I WILL KILL YOU ALL, MOTHERFUCKERS! YOU WILL BURN IN HELL!"

Max got up, and aimed at a man in a tower with a sniper, sending 2 bullets into his chest. Glenn and Shane grabbed 2 molotovs off the ground and threw them at a barrack, which caught on fire. Multiple men died.

?: "TAKE THEM OUT! DON'T LET THEM NEAR ME!"

The man who yelled looked more like the leader, as the other men protected him at all costs.

Max: "I got you, piece of shit."

Max aimed toward him, but when he fired a shot toward him, a man jumped in front of him, catching the bullet. The leader used him as a body shield, until he arrived at a barrack, and hurried inside.

Max: "Don't throw molotovs at that barrack. I need him alive."

Frank: "Max, we need to do this quick!"

Max: "NO! My son and wife died because of him."

Shane: "Max is right. He deserves the worst other than a quick death."

Glenn: "I agree with Frank, we need to get the hell out of here!"

Max did not listen once again, and ran to the barrack.

Frank: "MAX WAIT!"

As the fight kept going, Max ran to the door and busted it open. The leader smashed his head with a plank, knocking out Max on the floor. Max quickly got up, and got himself in a fist fight position.

Leader: "Boy, you're fucking with the wrong people."

Max: "I don't give a fuck, my family is dead because of YOU!"

Leader: "Oh, really? That was your wife, eh? Just so you know, I raped her before I set her on fire."

Max: "WHY DID YOU KILL MY SON TOO, MOTHERFUCKER!"

Leader: "What? I took your son as a capture."

Max: "LIAR! I SAW HIS LIFELESS BODY ON THE BED WITH MY WIFE!"

Leader: "That wasn't him, that was one of the other kid we found, and tried to attack us. He had the same fate as your whore wife." The leader chuckled.

Max: "WHERE IS MY SON!"

Leader: "In the room behind me. Get past me to see him again."

Max filled once again with anger, and ran toward the leader. He right hooked him, then uppercut his throat. The leader fell now on the floor.

Max: "THIS IS FOR MY WIFE, YOU PIECE OF TRASH! YOU WORTHLESS HUMAN BEING WITH NO SOUL!"

Max started to bash the leader's head with his bare hands. Blood spilled on his face, but that did not stop him from mutilating the leader's face.

Max: "WHY! WHY!" Max yelled at the top of his lungs. He grabbed his knife and stabbed the man 20 times in his abdomen and stomach.

Max: "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, YOU MONSTER!"

Glenn, Shane and Frank ran inside the barrack, and barely got him off the mutilated corpse of the leader.

Max: "LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M NOT DONE YET!"

Frank: "Calm down, brother! You did enough!"

Shane: "Max, it's done! He's dead!"

Glenn looked up.

?: "Dad..?"

Max looked up as Glenn, and ran toward his son, Carl, and hugged him as much as he could.

Max: "Carl.. I'm so sorry.."

Carl: "Dad.. Mom is dead.."

Max: "I know, I know.. But I'm here. Daddy's here."

Shane, Glenn and Frank looked at Max, happy that he at least has Carl.

-End of Season 1-