Love And War

This is the twenty-third episode of Die Another Day.

## Story

"What's your deal?" Ryan asks.

"I came here from a place called Rockwell City. I don't want to talk about it. It's all bad memories for me," Aiden answers, "Let's get to shelter, before more skin-eaters arrive."

"OK then," Bradley replies. Aiden then walks Bradley over to an apartment complex.

"This is my group. There's Baize, an old friend of mine, along with Cassie, Gabe, and Seth," Aiden states.

"It's nice to meet others who want to take Phantom down," Seth states.

"You think?" Evan asks, "They basically tried to murder me."

"Yeah. I heard that Geoffrey Brown is dead," Baize states.

"Yeah, news travels surprisingly fast in this world," Ryan replies, "I was the one who killed him."

"Killing a high-ranking Phantom member like that would provoke a retaliatory strike," Aiden states.

"Yeah, I know," Jacob replies, "They're after all of us."

"Lucky for us, we have a united team," Abigail states, "If they strike us, we should strike harder."

"Yeah. Those Phantom freaks deserve to die," Julia replies. Meanwhile, Benedict and Jack, along with several other Phantom members, ride up to the apartment complex in an armored van.

"Wouldn't they be surprised?" Jack asks.

"I know right, they left me to die in the woods and killed my friend. I just want revenge," Benedict answers. The armored van then arrives.

"Surprise, bitches!" Jack shouts. Phantom's members then open fire on the group members.

"Take cover!" Evan shouts. Everyone then ducks from the hail of gunfire pouring down on them. They then stop as Benedict walks over to Ryan Holt.

"I will take great pleasure in killing you," Ryan states. Ryan then holds a butcher's knife up to Ryan's neck.

"I want you to be conscious enough to feel every single cut. Your death will be of great pleasure to me. You will suffer as you did to Geoffrey," Benedict states. As Benedict prepares to cut off Ryan's head, Bradley attacks Benedict with a chair leg, whacking him upside the head with it.

"Thank you Bradley," Ryan states.

'You're welcome Ryan. I'm always willing to help out a friend," Bradley replies. Jack then shoots Bradley in the head.

"Oh my god!" Ryan shouts.

"NO!" Angela shouts. Angela then shoots Jack in the head, killing him. Benedict then gets up.

"Is that all you got?" Benedict shouts.

"No one messes with my friends," Jacob states.

"It's pathetic how you think you can take me on," Benedict replies.

"Bring it on," Jacob states. Jacob and Benedict then start fighting each other. But, the fight was largely one sided as Benedict overpowered Jacob and pinned him to the ground.

"You may kill me here, but our fighting spirit will never die," Jacob states.

"How cute," Benedict replies. Benedict then plunges a machete straight into Jacob's heart.

"Oh my god! Jacob!" Evan shouts.

"I must be going. I guess I did enough damage," Benedict states. Benedict and the rest of the Phantom troops took off. Back at HQ, Alexandria walks into Joseph's office.

"You requested to see me?" Alexandria asks.

"Yes I did Alex," Joseph answers, "We are set to control basically all of Atlanta. But our efforts are being thwarted by some nobodies living in a bunch of condos!"

"What should we do?" Alexandria asks.

"Benedict is already in the area. But, he is going to need backup. I am going to send my best men out to get rid of them. If the situation is dire enough, you will be sent there," Joseph answers.

"As you wish sir," Alexandria replies. Alex then leaves. Evan is shown walking through the woods alone, until he sees Jacob, now a walker. Evan then pulls out a pistol.

"Sorry brother," Evan states. Evan then shoots Jacob in the head.

## Cast

* Ryan Holt
* Evan
* Jacob Reynolds
* Abigail Miller
* Julia Miller
* Kelly
* Bradley
* Angela
* Aiden
* Baize
* Cassie Weathers
* Gabriel White
* Seth
* Benedict
* Alexandria Celi
* Jack Watson
* Joseph Black

## Deaths

* Bradley
* Jack Watson
* Jacob Reynolds *(Alive and Zombified)*

## Trivia

* First appearance of Baize.
* First appearance of Cassie Weathers.
* First appearance of Gabriel White.
* First appearance of Seth.
* First appearance of Joseph Black.
* First appearance of Alexandria Celi.
* First (and last) appearance of Jack Watson.
* Last appearance of Bradley.
* Last appearance of Jacob Reynolds.
* Aiden calls the walkers "skin-eaters" in this episode. This is a reference to The Walking Dead: Cut-Throat, where this term is exclusively used to refer to the undead.