Brian

Brian was one of the passengers on the Grand Rapids Runner bus and the boyfriend of Kelly. Like the rest of the bus passengers, they become trapped in the Town.

## Biography

### Season Two

Brian and Kelly travel on the Grand Rapids Runner Bus, which is forced to detour around the Fallen Tree. As they do, Elgin, another passenger, wakes up and begins panicking. Another passenger tries to restrain him, and he vomits, disgusting Brian and Kelly. The driver then stops the bus in the middle of Town outside the Diner. While they wait under the awning to shelter from the rain, the Diner being locked, Tillie, an older passenger, dances in the rain, amusing Brian and Kelly. Ellis and Tom approach the bus passengers and tell them that more people will be down to help them and unlock the Diner. Bakta replies that they aren’t making a pit stop, and she simply needs a mop. Kenny apologizes for their inconvenience and offers to get some tea for all of them and allows them into the Diner, and the couple follow the rest of the passengers inside.

After the house collapses, many of the passengers come outside to investigate the scene. Bakta decides that they need to leave, despite Donna’s explanations about why they cannot. Donna warns her that people will get killed if they are outside when then sun goes down. Brian asks what she is talking about, and Donna reiterates what she said, adding that she will give them a more detailed explanation when they are safe. Brian begins arguing and the scene devolves into chaos. Donna shoots out the tires of the bus with a shotgun, causing Brian, Kelly and several others to run away, while the bulk of the rest of the passengers are herded back into the Diner.

Brian and Kelly take shelter in the Bar, locking the door behind them. The two talk about how strange this place is, but Kelly happily discovers the alcohol in the bar. Later, Brian and Kelly hear the screeches of the Creatures, which Kelly fearfully tries to brush off as a coyote. Brian, having grown up on a farm, insists that they are not human. Kelly says that maybe it’s a prank and begins to panic, but Brian tries to calm her, and says they’re in an adventure and it will be a funny story they tell at parties. They then hear knocks on the door and voices that say they passengers on the bus and don’t want to die. Kelly urges Brian not to open the door, but he says they have to help them, and lets them inside.

The Creatures drag Brian and Kelly outside and force her to watch as they kill him. They then take her to the edge of the forest and pin her head to a tree with a metal rod from an animal trap. The next morning, she is discovered by Kenny and Ellis, miraculously still alive. She tells them what happened. With no chance of being able to remove the rod safely, and the injury starting to cause extreme pain, Boyd mercy-kills her by pulling the rod out. Afterwards, Boyd muses to Donna about how the first man he saw die was his brother-in-arms in Iraq, Corporal Brian Kelly.

## Appearances

### Season Two

* Strangers in a Strange Land
* The Kindness of Strangers
* Tether (flashback)

## References

1. ↑ Strangers in a Strange Land
2. ↑ The Kindness of Strangers
3. ↑ Tether