Brad Garrison (Dead Rising)

Brad Garrison (b. ? - d. September 21, 2006) was a former agent for the Department of Homeland Security, alongside his partner, Jessica McCarney. He, along with Jessie, were sent into the town of Willamette, Colorado, now overrun with zombies, to investigate the cause of it and extract a professor named Russell Barnaby, teaming up with photojournalist Frank West. The operation went horribly wrong as a result. In the Dead Rising story, he served as the deuteragonist of the first half of the story.
== Biography ==
=== Willamette Outbreak of 2006 ===
Brad Garrison, alongside Jessica McCarney, both agents for the Department of Homeland Security, were sent into a rural town known as Willamette, Colorado to investigate who or what caused the zombie outbreak running rampant across town and either apprehend or execute the potential terrorist, and extract Professor Russell Barnaby. When in town, they discovered that the entire town was overrun, and with the help of some locals, barricaded most of the most, starting at the Entrance Plaza.
By this time, photojournalist Frank West had recently arrived via helicopter and began to discover what was happening. While Frank investigated, a woman who lost her poodle, discovered her dog outside with the zombies and paying no mind to the dangers and the efforts of everyone attempting to stop her, she removed the barricade to retrieve her dog, only to be swarmed and eaten by zombies, as well as those in the surrounding plaza. Brad yelled for everyone to run quickly to the stairs and to the Security Room. Brad, Jessie, Frank, and a janitor named Otis Washington were the only initial survivors to have made it to the room alive. Otis then welded the door completely shut to stop the zombies from getting in. Knowing that his job isn’t done, Brad quickly found a vent that led to the rooftop, where there were two ways of getting back into the mall. Frank attempted to talk to him, but Brad ignored him as he crawled into the vent.
=== Backup for Brad ===
Some time later, Frank eventually went into the vent after him, but during that time, Brad called Jessie to notify her that he was being attacked in the Food Court and needed help. Due to Frank being startled by her and accidentally injuring her, he took her gun and went in her stead. Frank reached the Food Court, where he was nearly shot by a man named Carlito Keyes, whom Frank actually met earlier on the rooftop of the mall. He reached cover and discovered Brad laying down fire while also being pinned. The two joined together as they devised a plan to rush Carlito and open fire on him. The two did not injure or kill him, but scared him away into the rafters as a retreat. After the fight, Brad thanked Frank, but declared that they will not work together any further, but Frank, who did not take no for an answer in his pursuit for his scoop, showed him a photo of an old man he took of from the Entrance Plaza, a photo that Jessie’s intrigue was noted by Frank earlier. Brad was also curious, but Frank stated that if he helps him, he will do so in return. Brad finally relented, but also insulted Frank for his own line of work as a “hot shot paparazzi” who interfered with others’ business. Brad finally told Frank that he and Jessie are DHS agents, which made Frank question if Carlito was a terrorist. With no definitive answers, the two decided to travel to the Entrance Plaza to find and escort Dr. Barnaby. When they got there, they found Barnaby held up in a shuttered book store, who refused to go with them unless they secured a safe way out of town. With no other options, the two went back to the Security Room, where they plan out how to get Barnaby out safe, but in the meantime, they would need supplies to keep them alive inside the Security Room for the next three days. Brad ventured back outside to find food, drinks, and supplies and returned, but as Frank reached for a drink, Brad explained to Frank that everything that he is told should not be printed, while also lamenting on their current situation. He then allowed Jessie to rest for a few hours.
=== Rescue the Professor and Medicine Run ===
Several more hours later, everything was quiet inside the Security Room until they noticed Carlito dragging Barnaby out of the book store, prompting Brad to go after them with the fact that if they let Carlito get away, their questions will not be answered, with Frank close behind. The two arrive finally, but are put under sniper fire by Carlito, positioned on the balcony of the second floor. As the two were nearly attacked by a zombie, Carlito shot the zombie, splattering blood onto them. Realizing that they needed to rescue Barnaby, who was dangling over a horde of zombies, the two rushed Carlito once more, but in response, after Carlito failed to snipe them, he quickly took out his handgun and opened fire at Brad. The two hit each other, with Brad hitting Carlito’s shoulder, and the other hitting Brad’s leg. Frank chased him off by nearly firing at him, but missing. Considering that Brad’s leg was wounded, Frank had to carry Barnaby’s body back to the security room. Some time later, Brad, unconscious, was at risk of running a fever, prompting Frank to retrieve medicine from Seon’s Food store’s pharmacy, although he had to kill a crazed owner and save a woman. Brad’s condition later stabilized, but remained unconscious for a good long while.
=== Meeting Isabella ===
Hours later, Brad had made a full recovery. By this time, Frank had saved Carlito’s sister, Isabella Keyes, from danger, but she was passed out due to her gunshot wound she received from Carlito’s paranoia. After treating her, Isabella was kept under care until she reawakened, where she was interrogated by Brad, who proceeded to rant about Santa Cabeza, her hometown. As she mentioned Barnaby’s name, they heard noises coming from the storage room, and suddenly, Jessie came falling out, with Barnaby savagely attempting to bite her, with Isabella having noted that he had started turning. Before Brad could intervene, Frank kicked Barnaby away. Brad then listened to Barnaby’s confession to Frank about the Santa Cabeza incident and watched as he finally convulsed on the ground and succumbed to the parasite. As Isabella mourned her hometown, Brad took notice of Barnaby turning and ordered Frank to move as he put the zombified professor down. When Isabella requested for her to check Jessie for any bites, she convinced them to allow her to do so as if they die there, the truth would die with them. Brad then watched as Isabella treated Jessie.
=== Bomb Collecting and Death ===
After some time, Carlito, on the loudspeaker, spoke out to Isabella, stating that “this was the last resort” and he was going to “end it all”. Isabella then confessed that if Carlito were to be cornered, he would blow up the mall, sending parasitic zombie larvae into the atmosphere, essentially leading to an apocalypse. Isabella then notified them that if they can remove the bombs while the gas in the Maintenance tunnels had low concentration within the allotted amount of time, they could stop the explosion. Brad quickly took off.
Later, Frank made his way down to the tunnels, but struggled against a pursuing Carlito. Although he managed to crash his van, he was pinned by gunfire. Brad arrived just in time, but was forced to dive into cover. As Carlito ran, Brad ordered Frank to get the bombs outside as he pursued Carlito into the tunnels.
Meanwhile, after Frank collected all of the bombs and ran outside to dispose of them, Brad and Carlito were in a tough small shootout in a storage room inside of the tunnels. As Brad shot a zombie, he prepared to check his clip and open fire. In one bold move, Brad ran to where Carlito was and shootdived, hitting Carlito in the stomach. However, before he could have apprehended him, he was suddenly stabbed in the leg and kicked into the very dark tunnel, where he was locked into. As he turned on his flashlight, he saw hundreds of zombies surround him, muttering “shit” to himself in utter defeat.
After successfully disposing of the bombs, Frank went back into the tunnel to find Brad, who was mortally wounded and on the brink of death. As Frank approached him, he saw that he was disemboweled by the zombies. Brad then brokenheartedly noted that he did not even feel paid anymore due to him being near death. After Brad requested for Frank not to tell Jessie about his death, he slid over his bloody handgun to Frank and scooted away for Frank to grab it. Soon after, Brad reanimated, prompting Frank to put him down.
=== Legacy ===
As Brad requested, Frank did not disclose any information about Brad’s whereabouts or his demise, but it was very likely that as time went on, due to his absence, Jessie already figured he was dead.
Due to Brad wounding Carlito, the terrorist did not stand a chance against the butcher, who proceeded to take him to the butcher shop and torture him to death, but Jessie, who was infected by Barnaby somehow, also died sometime after Special Forces arrived for clean up at midnight.
By September of 2021 or January of 2022, only 15 years after Brad’s death, a new park in the new and improved Willamette was named after him in his honor.
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== Killed Victims ==
* Carlito Keyes (Indirectly Caused)
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