Amanda Hayes

Amanda Hayes is a main character who first appears in Season 8: Fear The Stalkers of The Walking Dead. Amanda is a seasoned, independent, and intelligent survivor. She acts as her community's eyes and ears and is always aware of her surroundings, keeping one step ahead of everything. 
==Pre-Apocalypse==
===Location Unknown===
Nothing is known about Amanda's life before or as the outbreak began, except she has an older brother named Colton.
==Post-Apocalypse==
===Season 8: Fear The Stalkers===
===="Chapter 104"====
The car continues to ram through the herd before the group stops and exits to check if the others are still behind them. Mahiru reports that she saw them turn down the other road. Kenny rushes back in and Mahiru tries to restart the car, failing due to the overwhelming amount of gore caught in the engine. The group stops for a moment when a lit flare is seen from afar. Ethan starts to panic, concerned it might be one of his own. He frantically requests his freedom, but after the group continues to press him for answers, he becomes violent, kicking the door open and knocking Paige over. As he runs away, Kenny assures them they do not have to chase after him. Luke suggests that the rest of the group may have also seen the flare and thought it was them, and believes it will be an easier way to find them. Kenny, Luke, Paige, and Mahiru wander into the woods, finding themselves trapped with walkers surrounding them. Luke eventually becomes separated, causing panic amongst the remaining three members, who are forced to hold off the approaching walkers themselves. While Luke tries to find a way back to the others, he finds Ethan cornered by a walker and unable to defend himself due to his bounds. Initially deciding to leave him, Luke changes his mind, assisting him and cutting him loose. Meanwhile, the rest of the group notice the flare and Javier questions if it was Kenny or one of the others. Omid says he didn't remember seeing any flare guns in the car and they have Ethan's. Sandy suggests they go toward it regardless, not wanting to take the chance of ignoring their friends' possible signal for help. They continue to drive and find a storage lot and see a few walkers shambling around. Clementine alerts the group that she sees someone limping behind one of the buildings. Javier drives up to the building and everyone hops out to take out some of the walkers. Once Javier rounds the corner, a woman hits him on the head with a plank. Sandy quickly runs around the building to hold her a gunpoint, demanding she drop her weapons. The woman apologizes and says she thought Javier was a walker and doesn't want trouble. She explains that she sprained her ankle while trying to escape from the herd. Omid asks her if she was the one who shot off the flare, and she confirms it was her. She says she was trying to signal for her friend, Ethan. Luke and Ethan eventually reunite with Kenny, Paige, and Mahiru, downing the remaining walkers. Ethan, fully aware of the group's opinion of him, drops his gun and offers to be rebound, with Luke telling him that there is no need. The five then run towards where the flare is believed to have come from. As they reach the location, they find Omid standing guard outside the RV, who alerts the others upon their return. Sandy and Clementine come out of the RV, with AJ in Clementine's arms. Kenny excitedly takes AJ from Clementine, saying he was worried about everyone when they strayed off from their car. Sandy tells them they ran into a woman with an injured leg, but Javier is tending to her leg. Ethan immediately goes inside the RV and happily hugs the woman. She jokingly tells him to get off of her before she kicks him with her good leg. Paige questions if she was the one who shot the flare they had seen, and Sandy informs her that she was. The woman formally introduces herself to the rest of the group as Amanda Hayes and she had joined Ethan in search of possible newcomers to their community. Omid enters the RV and tells everyone that the area is secured and no walkers are left in the area, suggesting they should all try to get some rest and head out in the morning. Kenny tells Ethan and Amanda they should take one of the storage units to stay in, while the rest of them sleep in the RV. Luke disagrees with the idea and tries to convince Kenny that they're both trustworthy, noting that everything Ethan has told them so far has been true. Mahiru voices her support in trusting them, along with Javier. Sandy asks Clementine what she thinks, and Clementine says she thinks she trusts them. Sandy decides to agree they can stay with them in the RV, but also thinks they should keep their distance. With Ethan and Amanda in compliance, everyone turns in for the night.
===="Chapter 105"====
The next morning, the group continues on their journey to the community. Javier gives Ethan pills and a bottle of water for Amanda. Both make conversation with each other, with Ethan asking Javier if he had seen him somewhere before, noticing he looked familiar. Javier tells him he played professional baseball. Ethan instantly recognizes him and compliments his gameplay, asking why he stopped playing. Javier tells him he got into trouble for betting on himself and was fired from the team because of it. Ethan apologizes for bringing it up, but Javier tells him not to apologize and that he deserved it. Soon afterward, the RV breaks down, much to Kenny's frustration. Luke assists with fixing the problem by replacing the dead battery with a spare battery contained within the RV. Astonished, Kenny questions how he knew about it, to which Luke just shoots back a knowing smile. Clementine observes from afar, with Sandy sitting by her side. She asks her how she's been doing. Clementine confides in her that she feels broken over what she did, but knows she had to do it. Sandy tells her that eventually, that feeling won't be as strong as it is now. Sandy believes that Sarah knew she cared about her. Clementine thanks her and says she's going to go sit in the RV for a bit. Kenny walks over to Sandy, asking how Clementine seemed to her. She tells him that she's a little better but still needs time to process everything. Kenny compares her feelings with her own. Sandy reminds him she lost someone she cared about again, and asks why she wouldn't be. Kenny understands what she's going through, reminding her of Sarita. He tells her that her rampage by the bridge with the walkers earlier is something similar he did when escorting Rebecca to the observation deck. Sandy sits in silence. Kenny wants to know if she has something against him or Ethan or anyone else, but, she says she doesn't. Sandy talks about losing her family, how she fell in love, and how she feels alone and scared all over again. She states that Kenny and the rest are the only family she has left, and she'll follow them straight to hell. Kenny appreciates the sentiment and says he considers her family too along with the rest of the group, saying that Sarita was right about them all being family. Paige overhears the conversation and smiles. Mahiru asks her what the smile is for, adding that she hasn't seen her smile in a while now. Paige tells her that she just feels hopeful for once. Mahiru questions her if she trusts Ethan and Amanda, and Paige pauses for a moment then says she does. Mahiru tells her that Ethan told her that they will need to give up their weapons once they get inside the gate for security purposes and they will be led in for an interview with the leader of the community. Paige is uneasy about the idea of giving up their weapons. Mahiru agrees but says if this community is as good as it might seem, they'll have to follow the guidelines. Mahiru walks back to the RV as Ethan comes out and walks over to a walker laying on the ground. Paige approaches him and asks what he's doing. Ethan tells her that sometimes he likes to check walkers for identification, saying he would at least like to know who they were. The walker starts moving a bit and Ethan stabs it in the head with his knife. He pulls out a wallet from the jacket and identifies him as Jon Sandusky. He looks at the photos and remorsefully tells Paige he had a wife. Paige notices a few walkers in the distance and wonders if they should take care of them before they get too close. Ethan looks at one of the walkers and exclaims that the female walker resembles the man's wife. Ethan believes he should at least put her down out of respect and starts to walk over. Paige tells him not to and that she'll do it. Paige walks over to both of the walkers and kills both of them. She grabs the purse off of the female walker's shoulder and tosses it to Ethan, who confirms that it was his wife, Tamara Sandusky. Ethan realizes it's silly to care, but it makes him feel a bit more at ease sometimes. The RV suddenly starts up, and Omid calls for everyone to get back inside the RV. Once everyone makes it back inside, Paige snatches a blender sitting on the RV's sink and places her gun inside it without anyone noticing. The group reaches the city of Richmond, seeing a large portion of it sanctioned off from the rest. Ethan tells everyone they blocked part of the city off that was invested with the dead and have decided to call the community "New Richmond." Sandy asks how many people are inside there. Amanda limps over and says that around eighty people are currently living there. Amanda further explains that a lot of them have been there since the start of it all and not many have left the walls of New Richmond. Luke asks if they've had issues with raiders and Ethan says they've never encountered any thus far. Paige suspiciously asks how they managed to avoid them. Amanda believes it's just been luck, but isn't convinced they'll never experience them. Ethan smiles and says he hopes that they'll all be helpful if that ever came to be. Once they reach the gates of New Richmond, a woman, named Edith, greets Ethan and Amanda as they exit the RV. Ethan tells her they brought back some new people, ones that have been out there for a while and even have a baby. Edith tells them to wait a moment and she walks off. Everyone slowly exits the RV and walks up to the massive gate. Javier is relieved to hear the sound of children playing from behind the gates, assuring everyone that the area is safe. Turning to Clementine, Kenny asks her if she is ready, to which she replies that she is. Sandy notices Paige disappear around the RV into a slightly damaged building, and makes her way back to Sandy's prying eye. Paige shrugs and smiles, walking next to her near the gate. As Kenny holds A.J. close, the group awaits the opening of their new safe haven.
===Season 9: Life Among Them===
===="Chapter 106"====
The group walks through New Richmond's front gate and are taken by surprise by how well maintained the safe-zone is. They're met by a guard, Colton, who orders them to hand over their weapons. They instantly refuse and Luke attempts to reason with them by saying they're not even sure if they are going to stay, but Ethan intervenes and insists they can keep their guns until after they speak with the community's leader, Cordelia Fisher. Amanda orders Colton, calling him "brother", to relax and bring Cordelia over so they can introduce them to her. In a well-furnished living room, Cordelia Fisher enters and introduces herself to Kenny and begins to videotape him as she questions him about his group. She explains that New Richmond was previously a sustainable community complete with its own solar grid, cisterns and eco-based sewage filtration. Kenny asks Cordelia what she wants. "I want you to help us survive," she says with a smile. Outside, the rest of the group surrender their guns to Leland, an architect and husband to Cordelia, and Mirabelle, who manages the armory. Mirabelle says they can sign out their guns whenever they go outside the walls. Sandy questions the decision to keep their weapons locked away in an armory, further questioning what would be done if the community was attacked. Mirabelle coldly tells her that she doesn't have to like their rules and can leave if she wants to. Sandy glares at her and places her weapons on the table. Leland apologizes and says they have people on the walls to keep an eye out for trouble, so they have no need for people to carry around weapons. Paige approves of the decision with an almost insincere optimism in her tone. Mahiru notices this and reluctantly agrees with Paige. Ethan brings Kenny, Clementine, and AJ to the group's assigned homes — two picturesque colonial houses next door to each other. Inside, Kenny and Clementine find immaculate rooms with running water. After taking a shower, two of the residents, Randy and Mason, stop by with a bin of food and toiletries from the town pantry. Randy introduces himself as New Richmond's doctor with Mason acting as an assistant. Mason asks to see AJ, after overhearing they had brought two children with their group, for a checkup. Kenny agrees, but Clementine says she doesn't need a checkup. Randy looks over AJ and declares he's a healthy baby, while mentioning to Clementine that he has a son her age and suggests they meet. In her interview with Javier, Cordelia asks if he wants to be in New Richmond. He evades the question, but says that Clementine and AJ deserve a nice home. Cordelia respects his answer of wanting the children to be in a safe environment. Javier assures her that everyone he came with are good people. Paige and Mahiru explore the second house. Paige is suspicious that Cordelia would just give away such luxurious accommodations. Mahiru agrees and has doubts about them being separated from their weapons. The two meet with Sandy, Kenny, Omid, and Luke on the front lawn. Sandy immediately is worried about splitting the group between two houses. Omid agrees and suggest they all stay in one house for the night. Luke, however, says he has a good feeling about the people in New Richmond, but ultimately agrees they should all stick together and leaves to inform the others of the decision. Later on in the night, as the group prepares their beds on the living room floor and discuss some of the jobs they were assigned, Cordelia stops by to see them. "Staying together," she observes, "Smart." she says with a smile. Kenny notes that she hasn't assigned him a job yet. Cordelia says she has a job in mind for him, but is still trying to figure out Sandy, Omid, and Paige. Cordelia leaves and the group prepares for bed.
===="Chapter 107"====
The next day, Cordelia interviews Paige, who says that the group is ready to join the community. Cordelia asks how she met everyone, and Paige lies and says she was all by herself for a long time and was rescued by them, and that she's never been much of a fighter and was just happy to be around and asks if there are any jobs that allow her to work within the walls. Meanwhile, the group leaves their house to explore the vibrant neighborhood. Kenny urges Sandy to join them, but she decides to hang back and keep an eye on things. Clementine walks next to Kenny with AJ in her arms, as they walk around. As they're out walking, Kenny loses track of Clementine and AJ. In a panic, he finds a woman named Laurie, who takes him to a nearby house where Clementine and AJ are sitting on the porch with two elderly people who are fawning over AJ. Laurie identifies them as Walt and Jean, whose family comprised five children and twelve grandchildren before the apocalypse, and remarks that AJ will have to put up with a lot of attention since few in New Richmond have seen a baby for a long time. Laurie also suggests that they introduce Clementine to her son, Bobby, who is around Clementine's age. Kenny thanks her for her assistance and asks how she likes living in New Richmond. Laurie tells him that she not been there for super long, but arrived with her husband, Randy, Bobby, and her oldest son Mitch. She instantly waves over a two boys, and introduces Kenny to Mitch and Bobby. Kenny calls Clementine over to meet them. In his bedroom, Bobby introduces Clementine to his friend Julia and suggests they play video games. Clementine can only stare back in disbelief. Bobby apologizes and urges Clementine to take her time adjusting to this new reality. He says it took Julia – another recent addition from outside the walls -- three weeks to open up. Clementine looks curiously at Julia. That night, Kenny tells Luke that his guard is still up. Luke argues there's nothing to be concerned about. "Then why are we both awake?" he asks. Luke tells him that they just need a bit more time to get settled in. Still restless, Kenny takes a nighttime stroll and sees Randy quietly smoking outside his apartment complex. Randy calls out to Kenny, noting that his wife told him they had become acquainted earlier. The next morning, Paige leaves with an apron on and catches the eyes of both Omid and Javier, who ask what she's doing. Paige tells them she was assigned to work in the kitchens — which will allow her to get close to the community members. Sandy walks out and makes fun of her apron, calling her "Mother Hubbard". Paige rolls her eyes, and walks off. Paige makes her way to the gates and walks out to examine the perimeter of the walls. Lars and Ellie, two guards on the wall, watch Paige for a bit before turning their attention away from her. With that opportunity, Paige slips away to look for the gun she stashed away, but discovers that it's missing. During her interview, Mahiru tells Cordelia that they were out there for a long time, and were "almost out there for too long." Mahiru continues by saying she wants to make this place work for herself and her group. Sandy, Luke, and Javier meet with Colton and Kyle, Cordelia's son, to begin their job helping with supply runs. As they carry out a dry run, Kyle explains that they must follow his orders at all times if they want to avoid getting killed by walkers, like his previous team. Kyle and Colton lead the group to a site where they had chained up a walker that killed their former crew. They find that the walker has escaped, but are able to track it down. The walker attacks Luke, prompting Javier to stab it through the head. Kyle yells at Javier for killing his trophy. As they storm back inside the walls, Javier accuses Kyle of incompetence. Kyle takes a swing at Javier and they fight, drawing a crowd of people including the rest of the group, Ethan, Amanda, Leland, Laurie, and Mirabelle. Ethan tries to talk down the two fighting men, while Amanda calls for someone to get Cordelia. Cordelia intervenes and announces that the group are to be treated as equals. She then asks Kenny to be the town's constable and he accepts. At the house, Kenny walks downstairs in his constable uniform and tells Sandy, Luke, Paige, and Omid that it's safe enough to sleep in two houses now. Sandy raises her concern that New Richmond will make them weak if they follow their routines, referencing Kyle's supply running team. "We won't get weak," Kenny assures her. Paige chimes in and says that even if they can't keep up with them, then they'll have to show them how to survive.
===="Chapter 108"====
During the night, Kenny is woken up by the sound of AJ crying. He gets up to go calm him down, and rocks him back to sleep. Kenny looks out the window, still in awe over New Richmond. He puts AJ back in his crib and tells him that he's going to have a good life from here on out. In the second house next door, the girls are asleep, when Sandy is awoken by a nightmare. She goes downstairs to get a drink of water to find Paige sitting at the table. Sandy lets her presence known to Paige, so she is not to startle her, and Paige tells her that she couldn't really sleep, so she decided to stay up and just watch out the window. Paige questions her on why she's up, and Sandy tells her that she had just had a bad dream and came down to get some water. Paige questions her if it was about Ryder, and Sandy confirms it was. She goes on by saying she should have known better not to get attached to someone romantically in the world they live in now and believes herself to be an idiot for letting it happen. Paige disagrees with her statement and says life wouldn't be worth much if you couldn't find something to enjoy out of it, and that Ryder really cared a lot for her, so she shouldn't feel ashamed or blame herself for returning his feelings and choosing to be happy for once. Sandy stands there in silence and says she'll think about what she said, but still feels anguish over what happened. In the morning, the group head over to the administration building where Cordelia is waiting for them to gather their schedules for the day. Cordelia welcomes them and tells them she has a slight confession to make. The video recording she had made of them weren't just for the records of New Richmond, but also a way to make sure stories match up with everyone and to examine their body language, in order to make sure the people that are assessed are not dangerous to the community and she declares that all of them passed with flying colors. Leland also says the two colonial houses were built especially to house newcomers while they were processed so they could find permanent housing for them. Luke asks what that means for them, and Cordelia tells them that she's set up a few apartments for everyone in the nearby apartment complex, but they would have to decide amongst themselves who takes which unit. The ones available are a one three bedroom, one two bedroom, and four one bedroom apartments. Omid asks if they had room in the first place for them to be cleared out, and Leland says he and his two sons cleared out some of them, since they were being used for storage, but the development plans he has been working on will increase their storage limits, which will clear out some of the buildings. Cordelia also tells Omid and Mahiru that she has finally found jobs for them as well, asking for Mahiru to assist her with political duties in New Richmond. She goes on to say that her vision is to re-establish a government for the community, just like they had before the apocalypse. Mahiru is confused why she picked her for the job, and Cordelia references her interview, adding that her demeanor and overall confidence would make her a good prime public figure for New Richmond. She also tells Omid that she wants him to go and see Ethan and Amanda for more information about his new job. Cordelia smiles at Clementine and tells her that her job is a very important one; be a kid again. Clementine looks at her in confusion, asking her what she means, and Cordelia further explains that many children have been forced to grow up so fast with the apocalypse, and she wants New Richmond to become a place where children can be children once more. After everyone gets their assignments, most of the group leave the building, aside from Mahiru. Later, Omid eventually makes his way over to one of the gardens where Ethan is helping a woman with planting some vegetables. Ethan greets Omid, and introduces him to the woman, Melanie, who is New Richmond's therapist. Melanie sheepishly corrects him, saying that she didn't complete her tenure and is merely a grief counselor. Ethan tells her that she's as good as the real thing despite that. Omid asks Ethan about the job that Cordelia had assigned him. Ethan finishes planting and walks over to Omid, and asks him to follow him. Ethan takes Omid over to a diner where most of the cooks work to find Amanda, who is sitting at a table with her leg still in a splint. Amanda greets them and asks if they're here to eat breakfast, but Ethan informs her that Omid was asking about what his job was going to be. Amanda takes a sip of her water and gives a knowing look. Amanda tells Omid that with her leg needing some time to heal, she's going to be out of commission for a while with recruitment missions she takes with Ethan and talked with Cordelia that Omid could be her replacement. She says that Omid is like a mix between herself and Ethan, being aware of dangerous threats while being disarmingly charismatic. Omid appreciates the offer, but says that he's not sure if he could handle the job, since he's not exactly the same person he used to be, given the amount of trauma he's dealt with. Ethan tells him that he's lost a lot of friends and family and can sympathize, but believes Omid is the right person for the job. Amanda says that she isn't aware of what happened in Omid's past, but knows that he's the right choice. Amanda tells him that he doesn't have to take the job if he isn't sure and there are plenty of things he can do around New Richmond, but she asks him to at least consider it. Omid looks between Ethan and Amanda and says he'll give it a shot. Outside the walls, Sandy, Kenny, Paige, and Javier walk into the woods towards a small abandoned shed, and Paige tells them that she had stashed one of their guns inside one of the buildings outside the gate, but when she went back to look for it, she found that it was missing. Javier questions her why she hid it there in the first place, and she explains that she wanted there to be a backup plan in case New Richmond turned out to be another Howe's Hardware. Kenny agrees that it's a smart idea and begins to think that they should start scheming to steal back the weapons that were taken from them when they arrived. Javier confides that he isn't comfortable being separated from his weapons, but he doesn't want to start something and get the group into trouble. Sandy suggests a compromise between both ideas; creating an opening to allow them to easily access their weapons without anyone noticing, also adding they could take a few of them back without alerting anyone working in the armory of the noticeable absence of weapons. The three of them agree that her idea sounds a lot better. A walker slowly creeps up on them, and Paige shoots it repeatedly with a silenced pistol. She explains to the three that she had to empty the magazine in order to back up their claim that they were "going shooting". Javier jokingly comments that the façade she's putting on is hilariously unsettling. Sandy walks over to the walker and curiously examines it. Kenny asks her what she's doing and she calls them over to look at the walker's forehead. Upon further inspection, a letter "W" is seen carved into the walker's forehead.
==Killed Victims==
This list shows the victims Amanda has killed:
*Numerous counts of walkers
==Appearances==
==Relationships==
==Trivia==
*Amanda has an interest in photography.
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