Shane Haywood

"*Badrick didn't kill Sarah. It was her sickness that killed her.*"
—Shane to Benjamin Taylor.[src]

Shane Haywood is a recurring character and an antagonist in the second half of Season 1 and all of Season 2 in Route to Paradise. He worked at Taylor & Co as a senior executive, and post-apocalypse, was the right-hand man to Benjamin Taylor, using the Willamette Museum as their base. Shane is hot-headed and not the most intelligent leader, but he's someone who can acknowledge when a battle is lost and when to retreat. He's shown to be loyal to an extent, and clearly respects the men he works with, but is willing to make the hard decisions when necessary.

Shane assisted Benjamin at the beginning of the outbreak by using all of their available resources to search for his missing daughter, Sarah. It is eventually discovered that Damerae Badrick and his gang, The Rastas, are holding the girl hostage so that Benjamin and his group work for them. Shane reluctantly does this for Benjamin's sake.

After Benjamin starts a war with The Rastas following the death of his daughter, Shane, believing that Taylor has grown reckless and unstable, plots against him and takes over what is left of their group. He sends Benjamin away. After being attacked by Badrick's forces again, Shane launches an all out assault on Willamette Mall, which The Rastas are currently attacking themselves, planning to wipe them out quickly and effectively. The attack does not go as planned however, and the majority of his army is wiped out, and Shane is killed during the fight.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Before the outbreak, Shane Haywood worked as the senior executive of Taylor & Co. He worked closely with and assisted his boss, Benjamin Taylor, whenever possible.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

Shane takes refuge inside the Willamette Museum with Benjamin Taylor and his group.

### **Season 1**

#### **"Eagle Eye"**

At the Willamette Museum, Haywood is called into Benjamin's office. He is asked about the remaining locations left to search in the town. Shane lists off several establishments, but most notable, the Willamette Mall. Benjamin orders Shane to lead a patrol to all outstanding areas of the town, barring the mall. Robin Clarke suggests he escort Shane, to which he allows. The two exit the office to gather a group and head out.

Some time later, Shane returns with his men. He and Robin enter Benjamin's office to discover that they have been robbed. Taylor explains that they have a squad following the thieves to locate where they live, where once they do, Shane will lead an attack to wipe them out. Before anything else can happen, the squad leader barges into the office out of breath and says one sentence, "Willamette Parkview Mall." Shane exits the office immediately to start rallying men for the assault.

#### **"Adaptation"**

After firing off an RPG at Willamette Mall as a warning shot, Shane and crew drive back to the museum. Robin heads in to tell Benjamin about a horde of zombies that were outside the front entrance. When Shane is called into the office, he is told by Benjamin to take forty extra men to deal with the thieves. If it gets dangerous, he is to withdraw. Shane, Robin, and forty men load onto the trucks and roll out to finish it.

Five trucks come to a halt in front of the mall, where they are immediately shot at from the roof. Shane orders Robin to storm the back entrance with twenty men while he handles the front. Robin and his men traverse their way around the back while Shane's group suppresses fire onto the roof. Shane notices the horde at the front entrance are about to break through. He holds off his men from pushing up until the horde breaks through, and when they eventually do, Shane and his men charge up through the parking lot towards the front entrance.

Shane and his men push their way into the front entrance and head for paradise plaza. Inside the plaza, they notice a trail of dead zombies leading into the casino plaza. They follow the trail until they have eyes on the survivors inside the casino plaza. On Shane's count, Shane and his men charge into the plaza and open fire on the survivors. A brutal fight takes place. Shane's men are slowly picked off. A group of seven of his men are burned to death from a molotov. The survivors slowly begin to flee the plaza - all but Steven Philips. Steven makes a last stand, mowing down a cluster of Shane's men before Shane posts up and shoots Philips in his shoulder, and then in his head, killing him. Seeing that he has little to no men left, he retreats out of the casino into paradise plaza. In there, a bullet whizzes by Shane's head, striking the soldier next to him. Shane falls to the side, but quickly leaps back up and looks around room for the shooter. Seeing nothing, Shane carefully leaves paradise plaza into the entrance plaza. From there he exits the mall back out into the parking lot.

Outside, Shane regroups with Robin and his remaining eight men. They all get back into the trucks and drive off in a haste towards the museum.

Arriving back at the museum, Shane and Robin quickly head inside Benjamin's office to give him the bad news of the attack. Benjamin appears to take the news quite well, especially after being told by Shane that his daughter, Sarah, was not there. Benjamin goes on to tell them that he will do whatever it takes to find his daughter. He concludes by dismissing Shane and Robin.

### **Season 2**

#### **"A Common Enemy"**

At a warehouse inside Willamette, Shane, Benjamin, Robin, and a few of their men are meeting with Wilbur Wright and others. While Taylor and Wright discuss The Rastas, a common enemy, Shane has his eye on the other strangers in the room. He realizes that the strangers and in fact the survivors from the mall. When Benjamin catches notice of Shane's looks at the mall survivors, he asks if anything is wrong. Shane approaches and whispers to him that they are the people they attacked. Benjamin brings this up to them, but the situation is quickly resolved when Benjamin tells them about his daughter. The two sides ultimately decide to come together to take on The Rastas. Shane leaves with Benjamin and the rest of his group.

#### **"The Calm Before"**

Shane is walking the hallways of the museum when he catches a glimpse of men getting out of trucks outside. As the men enter the museum to meet with Benjamin, Shane picks up a map and brings it over to them. Benjamin points out city hall on the map, the location where The Rastas are stationed. After the two sides comes to an agreement to raid the city hall, Shane is assigned to gathering up forty men, ten of them with RPG's. When everyone is ready and in the vehicles, the convoy drives off.

Once at the city hall, Shane stands by as Benjamin confronts Damerae Badrick. As the army is getting ready to attack, Badrick brings out Taylor's daughter, which prompted Benjamin to tell his army to stand down. Knowing that he has the upper hand, Badrick commands that Benjamin and his army kill the rebels that raided his farm; the mall survivors. Shane, Benjamin, and the rest of their army return back to the museum.

#### **"On the Clock"**

Furious, Shane, Benjamin and many of their soldiers go back to the warehouse to meet with Wilbur Wright once more. Benjamin explains his plan to Wilbur; blow up a small portion of the mall to have it seem like the attack was successful so he can get his daughter back. Wilbur harshly tells Benjamin that Badrick only had leverage over him, not anyone else. He isn't so sure the mall survivors are going to be willing to follow through with his plan. With only six hours remaining, Benjamin and Shane travel to the mall to negotiate with the inhabitants.

Before exiting the trucks at the mall, Shane and Benjamin cover themselves up with hoods as not to be recognized and shot by one of Badrick's scouts around the mall. Entering the mall, Shane and Benjamin meet up with some of the survivors to negotiate. They go back and forth for a while before Benjamin gives up, as the survivors are not willing to let them go through with the plan. Shane frowns and follows Benjamin out.

Back out next to the truck, Shane asks Benjamin what the next move is. Taylor says that they're going to have to do it their own way. Shane and Benjamin, escorted by one of Wright's men, Jon Matthews drive to a nearly alley a few blocks away. There, Robin is waiting with a convoy of men ready with RPG's. They discuss their plan of action, which is to blow up the front entrance. Then, the convoy speeds off towards the mall.

At the mall, Robin and ten other men fire RPG's at the entrance of the mall. When their vehicles are shot at by the survivors inside, they hop into the trucks and speed away.

Benjamin and Shane step out of the trucks outside city hall. Ben asks for his daughter back - but Badrick isn't a fool. He knows the entrance was only blown up, and Benjamin didn't raid it. Badrick decides on giving Taylor one last chance. He tosses a radio down and tells him to await the call. Benjamin turns to Shane and tells him to have men scouting the city hall 24/7. Then, the convoy leaves.

#### **"Partners in Crime"**

Inside of the museum, Mr. Taylor calls on Shane and Robin to prepare all of their available men and load them into the trucks. Shane grabs his coat and rifle and hops into one of the trucks with the other men before the convoy drives off towards the train station as a last chance for Benjamin to get his daughter from Badrick.

At the train station, Benjamin, Shane, Robin, along with their army are waiting right as a train rolls up and comes to a sudden stop. On the train, the mall survivors. Benjamin orders everyone on the train to get off. When the survivors take too long, Robin and the army open up on the train, aiming to take out whoever they can. Shane, alongside Benjamin, stand off to the side and watch the carnage unfold. As the mall survivors all scatter into different directions, Taylor's army takes the train.

#### **"Promise"**

Continuing at the train station, Benjamin tells both Shane and Robin that they are getting his daughter back one way or another. Michael Hall, an ally of Badrick, offers to escort Benjamin and his army. The convoy then drives off towards the city hall.

A while later, the convoy arrive. Everyone gets out and Benjamin confronts Badrick for the final time. After Badrick refuses to return Sarah as the mall survivors were not all killed, Benjamin and his army draw their weapons. Damerae Badrick quickly resolves the situation by holding a knife to Sarah's throat and demanding they leave. Benjamin has no choice but to tell his army to back down. Shane sighs in frustration, clearly getting fed up with Taylor. Once back in the vehicles, they head back for the museum.

Later on, Clyde Rollins, a hostage of Badrick, unexpectedly comes limping onto the museum's front lawn with Sarah in his arms. With Rastas close behind them, Shane, Robin, and a few of their men open fire, saving Clyde and Sarah from being killed. Clyde takes a machete slice to the back and falls to the floor, dropping Sarah. Shane rushes outside and helps Clyde up, bring him inside to a doctor. Not five minutes later, Shane hears Benjamin yelling from across the building. He sprints over to the location of the sound and comes to a dead stop, looking down at Benjamin cradling his daughter's corpse; the cancer had killed her.

#### **"Warzone"**

Although not officially seen during the battle, it can be assumed Shane fought alongside Taylor and their army during the fight against Badrick and The Rastas.

#### **"Fractured Beyond Repair"**

Following the war against The Rastas, Shane quietly stands with his boss as he mourns her one last time, promising to avenge his daughter. He then lights her corpse on fire.

Later, Shane is with Benjamin and Robin inside an old junkyard that was once a Rasta outpost. The only thing they find there is a lone Rasta, who Benjamin chases down and strangles to death. Shane tries to tell Benjamin that Badrick could be anywhere in the town, but Taylor shrugs him off by saying that they will look everywhere then. As Benjamin speeds off to search some more, Robin pulls Haywood aside. The loyal bodyguard he was, Robin had finally lost his faith in Benjamin. He believed he was going crazy and needed to be left behind. He tells Shane to withdraw their soldiers before any more get killed. Shane is left speechless.

#### **"Family Business"**

Back home at the museum, Robin informs Shane that all of the men have accepted to have Shane as their leader. All they have to do now is dismiss their old friend, Mr. Taylor. Although hesitant, Shane realizes he has to go through with this, Benjamin has gone reckless and unstable. He straightens himself up before walking down the hall with Robin and their men and entering Benjamin's office. There, he confronts Benjamin and his personal assistant, Mike Simpson. They are met with rebuffs from both of them, but after seeing that all his men are on Shane's side, Benjamin surrenders and he leaves, with only his personal assistant opting to go with him.

Some hours later, a surprise attack by Badrick and The Rastas, obliterating the front of the museum, sends Shane into a rage. Without a second thought, Shane settles on 'killing every last one of them'.

#### **"Home"**

Just outside of the mall's front entrance, Shane, Robin, and thirty of their remaining soldiers and preparing to charge inside and take out the attacking Rastas from behind. Shane tells his men they are only to shoot the mall survivors if they shoot first. Then, they rush inside.

The three-way battle begins. Quickly, the mall survivors, seeing Shane's army as a threat, opens fire on them as well. "Kill everyone," Shane then states to his men. As the battle goes on, many people fall from both The Rastas and Shane's army. Robin takes a hit to the arm from Monica Reynolds, which upsets Shane. In retaliation, Shane and several of his men all spray their weapons at Monica while she's out of cover. Monica is shredded to bits and killed immediately. Seeing this, the mall survivors retreat, but not before William Reynes lands a shot on Shane's side. Shane holds onto his wound in pain as the last of the mall survivors withdraw from the entrance plaza. Suddenly, Badrick fires a grenade launcher over at Shane's army, decimating a large part of their remaining forces. The last few soldiers open fire at Badrick and The Rastas, whom all split into different directions. With Robin having disappeared into the smoke, Shane and his last soldiers carry themselves through the rubble and into paradise plaza.

Charging inside, they get the jump on The Rastas and take out a few of them. Shane jumps into cover and grunts in pain, still bleeding from his gunshot wound. Even with this, he manages to kill countless more Rastas. The last mall survivor in the plaza, Quincy Atherton, yells at Shane, the man who just killed his woman. Shane says he'll kill him too. In a last stand, Quincy takes over multiple more of Shane's men, and hits Shane in his lower back. Quincy is finally taken out by Shane's soldiers. With more Rastas in the plaza, Shane does what he can to fight them, but his men do the most. Now, with two gunshot wounds, Shane limps with his men into the casino plaza.

It seems empty at first, but Shane is ambushed by the mall survivors, one of whom throw a molotov. Before they can even get a shot off, the mall survivors were gone. Shane, now on his last legs, limps his way into the north plaza with his men. All that was inside was a horde of zombies, who were now drawn to Shane and crew. He tells his men to hold down as they retreat back into the casino plaza.

Sometime later, Shane walks alone in the casino plaza. His skin cold and clammy, face pale, vision blurry, Shane can hardly stand. His men had all fled or been killed. Just when he thought he would die alone, he spots someone... Benjamin. He limps over to Taylor, coughing up blood as he did. He falls to his knees and begs Benjamin to end his suffering. It seems Benjamin is going to do it, until he throws his pistol into a horde of zombies. "I will not be the one to kill you," he says. Benjamin turns and walks away, leaving Shane to an excruciating, but quick death as the zombies pile on top of him and tear him to pieces.

### **Season 4**

#### **"The Beginning"**

In a flashback, at the Taylor & Co building in Denver, Shane greets Benjamin as he gets out of a limo and enters the lobby. He informs Taylor that the shareholders are not happy with him putting twice their resources into cancer research. Benjamin says he'll deal with them later before getting into an elevator and heading up.

Later on, Shane steps out of an elevator and notices Benjamin hurrying out the front doors. He follows him and asks what he's doing. Benjamin tells Shane to tell Cornelius Dance they are accepting his offer. Shane asks if he's sure, as the shareholders are on edge. "Fuck the shareholders," Benjamin spits, exiting the building.

## **Death**

Killed By
* Zombies

Following the battle of Willamette Mall, Shane stumbles through the casino plaza with two gunshot wounds, where he eventually falls to his knees in front of Benjamin Taylor. He begs to be put out of his misery, but Taylor instead leaves Shane to be devoured by zombies.

## **Killed Victims**

* Steven Philips
* Monica Reynolds *(alongside his army)*
* Quincy Atherton *(caused)*
* Numerous counts of Rastas'
* Numerous counts of zombies