The Promiseland

Badrick tours the stadium. Fraser thinks back to his past.

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## **Synopsis**

Starting off in a flashback, Fraser Stiller is behind the wheel of an ambulance, whilst Lee Hak, another paramedic, is treating an injured woman, Cassandra Baccarin, in the back. Fraser drives recklessly as he speeds towards the hospital, while Lee does the best he can to treat the injured woman. When they arrive at the hospital, Fraser helps Lee bring the injured woman inside, keeping pressure on her wound as they go. As they move through the corridors, Lee sends Fraser to go file a report for them. Fraser walks through the hospital, unknowingly smudging blood onto his face because of his bloody hands. Eventually, he bumps into Marcus Downes. Fraser apologizes, and Marcus notices Fraser's appearance, deducing that he's had a rough day. He tells Fraser that he's a detective, and his partner was shot--which is why he's here. After wishing his partner well, Fraser and Marcus go their separate ways. Fraser continues through the hospital until he arrives at reception. There, he sees someone being rushed inside with a bite wound. Nearby, Zac Barnes is talking with one of the nurses trying to schedule a date. When he catches Fraser staring at him, he tells him to screw off, and Fraser does.

A bit later, Fraser finds Lee in one of the hospital wards. Fraser starts going on about how he's been hearing cases about people coming back to life and eating others, which scares him. Lee hears him, but he switches the conversation to how commanding he was to Fraser earlier--and how he's sorry for it. Fraser understands, and says that he's been suffering from a lot of stress. Lee, the senior paramedic of the two of them, explains that he'll need to get used to it. Suddenly, they hear screams nearby. Lee stands up and tells Fraser to stay with the patients, before he runs off to investigate the screaming. As Fraser checks up on the patients, an alarm starts sounding. While Fraser goes over to check on a groaning patient, the patient suddenly rises out of its bed and pulls Fraser to the floor. Fraser manages to hold the zombie off of him as he yells for help. When nobody comes to his aid, he pushes the zombie off of him and moves over to Cassandra, the patient he rushed into the hospital earlier. He promises that he's going to get her out of here safely.

Fraser pushes her in her bed through the halls, searching for Lee. Eventually, he sees Lee hunched over a patient on the floor. As Fraser approaches his friend, Lee turns around, bits of flesh dropping from his mouth. Lee, now a zombie, gets up and stumbles towards Fraser. In denial, Fraser starts pushing Cassandra away and over to the elevators. He frantically slams on the elevator buttons, unaware that Lee is seconds away from sinking his teeth into his shoulder. Before Lee can do that, he gets shot in the head by Marcus. Speechless, Fraser looks down at Lee's corpse, but quickly snaps out of it, telling Marcus that he needed to get Cassandra out of the building. Marcus informs Fraser that his partner was dead, and that he would stay with him and escort them to his ambulance outside. The two of them, with Fraser pushing along Cassandra, run through the halls until they stumble across Zac struggling with the undead nurse he was chatting with earlier. Marcus puts the nurse down, explaining to both Zac and Fraser what was going on. Zac, uncaring about the nurse anyway, opts to join them in getting to safety. The four of them then continue on through the hallways.

Back in the present, Damerae Badrick is in the infirmary being treated by Vivian Finkling. Vivian remains quiet while Badrick goes on about how he'll wear his face like a badge of honour. Badrick eventually goes into a terrible coughing fit, but it doesn't stop Vivian from continuing her work. Angered at the nurse not answering him, Badrick grabs her and demands to know what his fate will be. With Badrick tightening his grip, Vivian confesses that there's nothing that can be done to save him; he's a goner no matter what. Badrick lets her go, having finally gotten the answer he wanted.

Fraser wakes up gasping in his cell, concerning Marcus. From the comments of Kate Bloodstone, Fraser learns he was the only one who slept through the entire night. Zac starts complaining about how creepy and odd Nathaniel Shepard is--when suddenly his voice comes over the intercom, greeting everyone across the stadium with a "good morning".

In the other cell area, William Reynes and his group wake up to the same greeting over the intercom. They all groan and complain from the lack of sleep as Shepard promises that his ship will be arriving soon. He also explains how anyone who disobeys the guards will be sent to the dark room as punishment. Jon Matthews chuckles at "the dark room". Meanwhile, Layton Zimmers and Jared Kellings get along together while talking about internet trends. Nathaniel then mentions that there will be a special guest touring the stadium today, and he asks for everyone to remain on good behaviour. After Jared gets shut down by Rebecca Dawson once more, he changes topic and starts talking about Benjamin Taylor and the crew he was with after the mall. Aldus Paxton hopes that they will find the stadium and break them out, but Jon doubts it'll happen, and is going to stick with his plan of getting a layout of the stadium and then make their move. Daniel Rockwell comes walking over to the cell, twirling a set of keys and announcing to them that it was yard-time. William, Rebecca, Austin Kingston, and Albert Hanson are chosen this time, and each of them get in a single file line. Jared tries to join the line, but Daniel kicks him out. The four of them are then escorted out of the cell with armed guards watching them.

Daniel leads the four of them out into the pitch, before leaving them with Nick Parker and Isaac Moses to supervise them. As the prisoners get to work, Nathaniel's voice over the intercom reminds everyone to stay on good behaviour.

While working, Rebecca advises William to try and find a way to bring their group together so that they can escape together. She expresses how important it is for him to communicate more with the group if he wants them to respect and follow him.

Daniel heads into the cafeteria, finding Lolida Windfield and Grant Carver making their breakfast. Nathaniel soon enters the cafeteria, strolling up to the trio with a smile. After Nathaniel starts going over how luxurious it'll be once they arrive on Banoi, he picks up on Lolida and Grant subtly mocking him. Daniel assures Nathaniel they don't mean anything, and Nathaniel quickly moves on, asking all three of them to come with him to escort Badrick around the stadium. With nothing else going on that day, they agree to it, and Nathaniel tells them to meet him in the infirmary later. After he walks off, Daniel warns Grant and Lolida beforehand about how psychotic and strange Badrick is. They then head for the infirmary.

In the infirmary, Nathaniel is confronting Badrick for his treatment of Vivian earlier. He assures Badrick that with proper care, they can keep him alive until he reaches the island paradise--but Badrick is fully aware that it's all a masquerade. Daniel then comes walking inside, letting Nathaniel know that they were ready for Badrick's tour.

William and the other three are taken back to their cell by Nick and some armed guards. Once they step inside and Nick strolls off, Rebecca nudges William and quietly tells him that now was the time to bring his group together. Hesitantly, William gets the attention of everyone. He says that they all need to come together and quit all the bickering if they want to escape. After he finishes, Jon starts to go over his plan, but is cut off when they hear voices coming from down the hall. Nathanial and his escort, alongside Badrick, turn the corner. When Badrick lays eyes on the prisoners inside the cell, his demeanor instantly changes, and he demands that Nathaniel have them killed. When a nervous Nathaniel refuses, Badrick's rage get's the better of him, and he tries taking away Daniel's gun. But with the combined strength of Lolida and Grant, as well as his horrible condition, Badrick is overpowered and restrained. Before being dragged off, Badrick stares at William and his group, telling them that they wouldn't escape his wrath again.

Badrick is taken back to the infirmary, and outside in the hall, Daniel is trying to persuade Nathaniel to simply kill Badrick, as he can't be trusted. Nathaniel is insistent that his plan to sway the loyalties of Badrick's Rastas over to him will work, and he shrugs off Daniel's concerns.

Nathaniel goes into the infirmary, confronting Badrick for his outburst. He lets Badrick know that their deal is still on, but that there cannot be any more outbursts like this. Badrick puts on a smile and apologizes. After Nathaniel accepts his apology and walks out, Badrick's smile turns into a devilish grin.

In their cell, Kate asks Marcus if he thinks they'll ever see the rest of their friends again, and Marcus assures her that they will. He tells her, as well as Zac and Fraser that they need to start coming up with an escape plan. Fraser is worried that he won't be of any use, but an annoyed Zac tells him that he'll be fine. They all then go quiet, trying to get some sleep.

Back in the past, Fraser, pushing Cassandra in her bed, and with Marcus and Zac tailing him, makes it out into the parking lot of the hospital. They rush over to Fraser's ambulance and pile inside. Marcus jumps into the driver's seat, while Fraser places Cassandra and the bed into the back. As they're preparing to drive off, Aldus Paxton runs over to them, joining them in the ambulance without even asking first. As Marcus begins driving off, Cassandra's wound from before starts bleeding again. A panicked Fraser fumbles around, working slowly, while Zac yells at him to do his job. While driving, Marcus, seeing countless amounts of innocent civilians being killed, feels the need to stop and help, but Zac pressures him to keep driving. With all the chaos, and Zac screaming at him, Fraser can't do his job right, and Cassandra bleeds out on the bed, with her final words telling Fraser that "It's okay." He desperately performs CPR as Marcus finds a quiet spot off the side of the road. He keeps trying, but he fails to resuscitate her.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Jon Matthews
* William Reynes
* Kate Bloodstone
* Marcus Downes
* Austin Kingston
* Aldus Paxton
* Albert Hanson
* Damerae Badrick

#### **Also Starring**

* Daniel Rockwell
* Jared Kellings
* Rebecca Dawson
* Angela Jaegar
* Fraser Stiller
* Zachariah "Zac" Barnes
* Nathaniel Shepard

#### **Guest Starring**

* Isaac Moses
* Layton Zimmers
* Lolida Windfield
* Alex Weiss
* Vivian Finkling
* Nick Parker

#### **Co-Starring**

* Grant Carver
* Lee Hak *(Flashback)*
* Cassandra Baccarin *(Flashback)*

## **Deaths**

* Lee Hak *(Flashback)*
* Cassandra Baccarin *(Flashback)*
* Multiple unnamed civilians