Promise

The survivors of the heist scramble back to the mall as the group plan their next course of action. Edward throws together a dangerous plan. Erin tries to make amends with her father.

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## **Synopsis**

On the roof of Willamette Mall, many of the survivors have gathered around to plan their next move. While most of the survivors from the train heist have made it safely back and are on the roof, some are absent. Randall Forster sits by himself, holding Clayton Freeman's police badge. Kate Bloodstone, hearing how things went down on the train, wants to go to war against The Rastas. Others agree with her, but Jim Butterman and Austin Kingston don't. In the end, though, the two are outvoted with many, especially Randall, wanting justice for Clayton.

At the warehouse, Jon Matthews and Curtis Van Horn are explaining to Wilbur Wright what happened on the train. Wilbur tells them that they're no longer in an alliance with Benjamin Taylor. Just then, Jackson Foxx enters the warehouse, surprising everybody. It's revealed that Jackson was part of their crew, but was left behind during a robbery shortly before the outbreak after being presumed dead. Wilbur and the criminals welcome Jackson in, happy to see him still alive. They tell Jackson about the madness they've been through with the mall, Benjamin, and The Rastas, and claim that they're no longer getting involved with it. Afterwards, Jackson meets with Da'Jonte Woodard privately to offer him something: a position inside The Rastas. Da'Jonte is bemused with what he's hearing. Jackson explains to him that he'd be better off working with him and The Rastas than with Wilbur's crew. With little time to decide, Da'Jonte chooses to go with Jackson, betraying Wilbur. The two of them secretly get into a car outside and head for the town hall.

They arrive at the town hall and head inside, where Damerae Badrick greets them. Jackson informs Badrick about the state of Wilbur's crew and where they're hiding. As Badrick begins walking off with Da'Jonte to show him around, Edward Remar shows up out front, quickly heading inside wanting to hear about what happened on the train. Badrick lets him know that hijackers attempted to rob it, but that Benjamin and his army stopped them. He is expecting Benjamin to pay him a visit soon, and is expecting him to have killed all the hijackers - not just stopped them. As everybody walks off, Edward goes to visit Sarah Taylor in her room. He finds the girl's condition to have gotten worse, and he realizes that she's quickly running out of time. Edward promises her that he'd find a way to get her back to her father, no matter what it took. Outside of the room, Jackson listens in briefly before walking off.

At the mall, Dean lays on the roof in an unwell state. Owen yells at a drunk Austin as he walks along the edge of the roof, remarking that alcohol is nothing but a poison. "A good poison," Austin replies, looking to Dean to back him up. Dean asks to be left alone as he goes back to resting. He flips over onto his side and tries to catch some sleep, but is unable to, thoughts of his ex-wife filling his mind.

Back at the town hall, Edward makes a stop in the basement to speak with Clyde Rollins, who's still locked up, and hasn't been getting food or water from his captors. Edward tells Clyde about his interaction with Erin Monroe and the others at his factory, and how they were pushing him to free Sarah as well. Clyde agrees with them that he should, but doesn't see the point in Edward coming to tell him if he's locked up. He begins telling Edward about a spider, whom he named "Ronny", that he had to kill for encroaching on his side of the cell. Edward snaps his fingers to get Clyde back on topic. Clyde sits up and tells Edward once more that he should try to rescue Sarah, even though he's aware of the risk and knows that he himself wouldn't do it. Edward gets up to leave, remarking that Clyde is still a coward before he exits, leaving Clyde feeling dejected.

At the train station, Benjamin and his forces are unloading supplies off the train. Benjamin has a quick chat with Michael Hall, where Michael affirms that he'll back Benjamin up when he goes to confront Badrick, as he knows what it's like to have a child. As the supplies are finished getting loaded into Benjamin's trucks, he pulls Shane Haywood and Robin Clarke aside, telling them to have some of the supplies head straight for the museum to keep for themselves. Benjamin and his army then load up into the vehicles and drive off towards the town hall, Michael and his Rasta convoy escorting them.

In the town hall, Edward stops by once more to check up on Sarah. As he's doing so, Benjamin's convoy pulls up outside. Badrick calmly steps onto the balcony, where Benjamin confronts him and tells him the job was done. Michael, as promised, says that the train would have been lost if it weren't for Benjamin. However, Badrick, upon learning that Benjamin failed to kill all of the robbers on his train, says that Benjamin failed. Having had enough, Benjamin and his entire army point their weapons up to the balcony, demanding to have Sarah returned safely. Badrick turns away and storms inside, barging into Sarah's room, where he grabs her and drags her onto the balcony. Edward can do nothing but watch in horror as Badrick puts a knife to the girl's throat and threatens to kill her. Badrick gives Benjamin thirty seconds to clear out of the area, or he'd get his daughter back in pieces. Immediately, Benjamin stands down and orders his army back into the trucks. Mike Simpson, Benjamin's assistant, directs the supplies they had driven to the museum back to the town hall upon hearing that Badrick would kill Sarah if he found any of his supplies missing.

Edward stares at Badrick with hatred in his eyes as he walks away, ordering Edward to take Sarah back to her room. Edward does so, but he also promises her that he would get her out and to her father within the hour. He quickly walks out of the room and begins walking off towards the basement. Unbeknownst to him, Jackson is watching him. On the balcony, Michael questions Badrick with what he'll have Benjamin do next. "I suppose we shall wait and see," he replies. As Edward heads downstairs, telling Badrick that he'd be leaving for the factory in a moment, Jackson walks over, his eyes narrowed, and asks to have a word with Badrick.

In the basement, Edward tells Clyde that he needs his help to rescue Sarah, as Badrick is already suspicious of Edward. Clyde is surprised to hear Edward asking for his help, and says that he wouldn't know the first thing to do in order to break Sarah out. Edward picks up Clyde's cell key nearby and slides it through the bars to him, telling him the location of Benjamin's base - the museum, and how all he'd need to do is make it there. He hands Clyde his knife before remarking that Clyde is still a coward - but that he can still turn things around and be brave. Clyde nods slowly, before he shakes Edward's hands through the cell bars and telling him that they'll still be friends even if everything goes wrong. Edward wishes him the best of luck before he turns away and heads up the stairs.

Jacob Feldman chases Erin through the streets of Willamette, looking for an answer as to why she ran away from her father, Derek Monroe. Erin chooses to stay quiet, not wanting to talk about it. Derek soon catches up to the two of them and pleads to speak with Erin in a nearby hotel. Having not heard from her father in over ten years, she first denies him, but after Derek implores her to speak with him, she agrees to it.

They enter a hotel nearby, where Derek is currently staying with two bodyguards to protect him. The three of them enter an office and sit down, where Derek explains that he's been searching for Erin for a few weeks, wanting to make amends with her. Erin asks about her mother, who she'd also not seen in years, and Derek sadly tells her that she was killed in a car accident years ago. As Jacob comforts her, Derek tries apologizing for mistreating her, but he gets shut down and yelled at by his daughter. Derek tells her that her mother would have wanted them to make amends and start over. He questions his daughter to find out what she's been up to and who she is now, and he learns that she's pregnant, and is happy for her. Jacob tells him that they're currently staying at the mall, and Derek then asks if he could visit. Jacob looks to Erin for an answer, and she nods her head. Satisfied, Derek gets up to go gather his two guards so that they can visit the mall. After he leaves, Jacob looks at Erin, wondering why she hadn't told him about any of this. Erin says that she wanted to forget her past, as her father never supported her as a child. Jacob hugs her, and says that they should give Derek a chance, not for him, but for her mother. Just then, Derek walks back in ready to go.

At the mall, Dean sits up and asks why he's here, to which Owen tells him that he was here for the funeral of Clayton. Dean notices Owen glaring at him, and tells him to stop judging. "You didn't do anything. As always," Owen states, which bothers Dean. William Reynes says that Dean did save him, referring to when he killed Jeffrey Cortez. Owen too remarks that Dean may have saved him, but that he still considers Dean to be nothing but a drunken bastard. Dean scowls in anger, finally having enough of the old man's negative comments, and gets up, punching Owen in the face. Before Owen can get back up, Dean storms off down into the storage room. After checking to make sure Owen was okay, Austin follows Dean. William follows both of them shortly after as well.

Down in the storage room, Austin approaches Dean, questioning him for punching Owen. Dean tells him that he just had enough of Owen and wanted to be left alone, which Owen refused to do. Austin can understand, but says that punching him wasn't the right thing to do. Nearby, the elevator opens up and William steps out, immediately punching Dean to the ground. Austin tries intervening, but William warns him to stay out of it. William looks down to Dean and tells him not to go attacking members of their own group. Dean holds a rag to his nose as it bleeds, and asks to be left alone, saying that he wouldn't do it again. William apologizes for hitting him in the nose, but tells Dean that he should take some time alone here to sort out his problems. William then leaves the storage room and travels out into the parking lot to get some air.

On the streets of Willamette, Albert Hanson is chased by a group of zombies with a gunshot wound to his thigh. He stumbles into a bakery to try and evade the zombies, but when that fails, he heads back out onto the street. As he staggers through the streets, he eventually has to stop, as he becomes dizzy and is about to collapse. After using the last of his ammunition on the zombies, he drops his pistol and falls to the ground. Before the zombies can get to him, though, William shows up just in time to save him. After dealing with the zombies, he picks up a half-conscious Albert and helps him back towards the mall to get him help.

William takes Albert up to the roof, where Owen immediately gets to work to save the man's life. He first pries the bullet out and hands it over to William, who has the idea of emptying the gunpowder onto his wound and lighting it with a match to cauterize it. As Owen gets to disinfecting and patching up the wound, he makes small talk with William about how he'd be willing to teach William everything about the medical field.

At the town hall, Jackson is finishing up telling Badrick about the conversation he listened in on earlier, and how he believes he'll try helping Benjamin. With all of this news, Badrick orders Jackson to tail Edward back to the factory when he leaves and uncover his motive using *extreme tactics*. Badrick then walks up to Michael and gives him the job of going over to Wilbur's warehouse and finishing off his crew. Afterwards, Badrick goes off and finds Edward, who's heading up the stairs to Sarah's room. He stops him and sends him back to the factory. After Edward's car speeds away, Jackson gets into his car and follows. Badrick looks to his own driver and tells him to ready his limo, as they'd be following Edward back to the factory as well.

Edward arrives at the factory, and is startled when he sees Jackson walk in behind him. Jackson, a crowbar in hand, tells Edward to stay where he is. Edward reaches for his own knife, only to remember he had given it to Clyde. Jackson approaches him and he quickly irritates Edward, who admits that he was going behind Badrick's back to save Sarah. He then begins beating Edward with the crowbar, smashing his leg brace apart.

In his cell, Clyde sits in deep thought. After a while, he picks up the key and unlocks his cell door. Nervously, he makes his way up the steps and out of the basement. As he walks around searching for Sarah's room, he's surprised to see that people walking by didn't care to notice him. He eventually finds Sarah in her room and lifts her out of bed, telling her that he was there to rescue her. Carefully, they walk over to a side door and begin walking down some stairs to the first floor. When they reach the bottom, Michael is there to confront them. Clyde quickly tries convincing Michael to let them go, reminding Michael of his own two sons. This fails to do anything though, and Clyde is forced to give the girl up. As Michael approaches to take Sarah, Clyde suddenly pulls out Edward's knife and jams it into Michael's chest. He picks Sarah up and breaks into a sprint as Michael yells for help, blindly firing his pistol in Clyde's direction. One bullet hits Clyde in his back, but he keeps going, managing to make it outside.

Badrick arrives at the factory, where he sees the badly beaten Edward. Edward admits to Badrick that he was planning to betray The Rastas. Badrick stands there, deciding what to do with him, when Edward says that it wasn't going to be him that broke Sarah up. As Edward begins cackling to himself, Badrick remembers Clyde, and immediately storms out of the building, ordering Jackson to stay with Edward.

Clyde runs through the streets with several Rastas chasing him in the distance. Soon, Clyde arrives out front of the museum, where he collapses onto the grass, unable to go any further. Robin, Shane, and guards from the museum begin firing at the Rastas chasing Clyde, meanwhile Mike rushes into Benjamin's office to tell him about what's going on. After clearing the Rastas, both Sarah and Clyde are helped inside. Benjamin picks up his daughter, who coughs weakly, telling him that she's missed him. Benjamin smiles, hugging her and asking how she escaped. Sarah tells him that it was Edward and Clyde who helped her. After promising to never be away from Sarah again, he orders Mike to go get the girl some water. Benjamin watches as Sarah begins coughing up blood. As Mike returns, he yells for a doctor, but it doesn't matter. Tears roll down Benjamin's face as Sarah goes motionless - she was dead.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Jacob Feldman
* Felix Quarterman
* Edward Remar
* Erin Monroe
* Benjamin Taylor
* William Reynes
* Randall Forster
* Albert Hanson
* Damerae Badrick
* Dean Howards

#### **Also Starring**

* Kate Bloodstone
* Jim Butterman
* Theodore "Teddy" Powell
* Quincy Atherton
* Marcus Downes
* Austin Kingston
* Shane Haywood
* Owen Gliefield
* Clyde Rollins

#### **Guest Starring**

* Robin Clarke
* Curtis Van Horn
* Monica Reynolds
* Jon Matthews
* Fraser Stiller
* Wilbur Wright
* Zachariah "Zac" Barnes
* Sarah Taylor
* Derek Monroe
* Robert Morgan
* Jackson Foxx
* Michael Hall

#### **Co-Starring**

* Da'Jonte Woodard
* Mike Simpson

## **Deaths**

* Sarah Taylor
* Erin's Mother *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Several Rastas