His father found him at work, coming through the door with the all the confidence in the world demanding to meet his son. Before Silas knew it, he was saying goodbye to the life he knew and the mother he thought he knew to head to Fort Worth with the father who said he had always wanted him. He was able to share his twenty third birthday with his father and half-brother, which stands as one of his best memories to this day. They spent two more years learning about each other before the outbreak hit and shattered his family once more.

The boys got separated from their father as everyone around them rushed about in a panic over what was happening. It was okay, though. They had a rally point! The boys waited for a week at the rally point, which was a hunting blind in a chunk of land that belonged to a friend of their father. One week turned into one month as they scoured the area looking for their dad, dead or alive. Supplies became scarce and the undead were beginning to swarm out of the city in search for food, so the brothers finally decided to move on.

The first year was the hardest. They ran out of ammo quickly and took to using their rifles at bats until finally attaching a knife to the end like a bayonet. Finding food was easier than shelter. When they found a house that seemed rather untouched in the middle of nowhere, the two figured they had lucked out. Unfortunately, the home was occupied. After a scuffle and some mistrust, the brothers convinced the person living alone in the house to go with them since supplies were running out. The group continued to travel, fighting and surviving for nearly a year before Silas caught a glimpse of the Texas Star in the distance.

Before Silas knew it, he was surrounded by people that were just trying to survive like them and needed a safe place to call home. With some elbow grease and a lot of patience, the group transformed the ferris wheel and surrounding area into a new kind of home that was just theirs with their rules. When they found the radio tower supplies, it lit a new spark of life in Silas. He swore to use their 360 view for miles and personal talents to reach anyone left alive and help them to stay that way.