CHAPTER THREE
THE WALKING DEAD: A NEW FRONTIER EPISODE FIVE
Javi heads out onto the building roof to find David stood on the ledge asking for Javi to come over. David essentially tells Javi how he doesn’t have a good heart and that he wants to change, and how he always admired how much of a good guy Javi was. After some convincing, David steps down from the ledge with Javi just as Kate appears.
They tell you that Ava was outside and was rescued by Gabe when he spotted her (this could be Tripp depending on your choices in episode four). Javi speaks to her and tries to make amends and while not convincing, she just tells him to be glad that it wasn’t her choosing between him and David.
With the herd taking over Richmond, you can choose to bail out of the city or try and fix things. We opted to try and fix things up, and Kate tells you of construction vehicles that she spotted near a water tower on the way into town that could be used to cover the breach in the wall and clear out Richmond. Agreed on the plan, everyone sets out jumping across buildings up onto the overpass.
On the journey, David asks Javi about why Kate hugged him. You can tell him what you want, but he won’t believe the truth even if you tell him it. Gabe then pulls Javi to one side and tells him that when he was younger, David used to tell him “not to be like his uncle.” Now that he’s seen how they both are, he apologizes for everything and says that the both must take care of David now.
At this point, they reach a pile-up of cars. The group has to get across the ledge and one by one they make it across. With Javi and Ava to go, however, Javi loses balance and Ava grabs his hand, saving him from the lethal fall. With Javi safely across, Ava lectures him on how he needs to be more careful, just as a Muerto clambers out of the car behind her and drags her off the ledge to her death. After some mourning and consoling of David, the group moves on only to be met by another gap and a crashed helicopter.
The group needs to use the rotor blade to swing across, starting with the lightest first. Javi is the last to cross and the blade snaps midway over. After climbing up what remains of it, Javi and the group move towards the water tower and finally spot the vehicles they seek.
Unfortunately, the place is crawling with zombies, but Clem comes up with the idea of covering themselves in the zombie’s guts, turning on a noisy generator to distract the crowd and then grabbing the vehicles. Conveniently, Clem then reminds Javi that he used her as part of a trade with Conrad (at least we did in our playthrough), and that wasn’t very polite. So Javi heads down and gets the job done.
Now that they’ve got to the vehicles, though, David has different plans. He tells everyone to get into a smaller vehicle as he’s taking them out of this place to safety. We refused and told him that we’d fix it, but he refuses to be a part of it. Gabe decides to go with his father, and Kate accepts his decision, but gets furious with David when he makes a comment about “not letting the same thing happen to him as Kate and Javi let happen to Mariana.” She slaps him before turning around and kissing Javi, which, of course, leads to a seriously pissed off David.
We opted to have Javi confess he and Kate were in love to David, defending the relationship. Unfortunately, a furious David hits you with a wrench and tries strangling you with it, again injuring Gabe in the process as he was trying to help. Throughout this, you have the option to fight back or just say “I love you.” We refused to fight back because we’re lovers, not fighters! Eventually, Clem puts a stop to it by shooting David in the arm, alerting nearby Muertos to your position. David slams the garage door shut before driving off with Gabe.
You now have to make a decision between going after Gabe and David on a motorbike or heading into Richmond to save it with Kate. We opted to go with Kate. Clementine will help do whichever one Javi doesn’t, so don’t worry too much about abandoning someone entirely.
