Steven Philips

Steven Philips is a supporting character and a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Steven Philips was an unemployed homeless man living on the streets of Willamette, Colorado. It's known that Steven spent some time in prison before ending up homeless.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

### **Season 1**

#### **"Welcome to Paradise"**

In the entrance plaza of Willamette Parkview Mall, Steven stumbles around, knocking over plant plots and causing a ruckus. Two police officers, Randall Forster and Clayton Freeman approach him and tell Steven that he can't be doing that. When Steven refuses to obey the officers commands, they slap a pair of cuffs around his wrists and begin to read him his rights. While this happens, Steven headbutts Clayton and runs off, escaping the officers.

#### **"The Lost Companion"**

A few hours later, Steven strolls through the mall's food court with an M4 assault rifle. While looking around, he spots Clayton and another man, Jacob Feldman, looting the place. He racks his M4 and opens fire on the two. During the fighting, he hits Clayton in the shoulder, but takes a shot to the leg himself, forcing him to flee the area.

#### **"An Unusual Team"**

About a day later, Steven is seen being pursued by zombies in Wonderland Plaza. He uses a knife to fend them off before climbing up the steps to the second floor. Zombies continue to stumble towards him. In an effort to escape them, he enters a room that he hears voices inside of. Inside the room, Steven comes face to face with three survivors, one of whom is Jacob. Edward Remar takes note of Stevens appearance and immediately makes comments about it. The two talk back to each other until Jacob intervenes. He orders that Steven leaves, and Edward backs him up. Steven refuses to leave. Before things get worse, the space ride behind them stops working, which means the horde below them were no longer distracted. The horde quickly begins moving towards the four of them, and with nowhere else to go, Steven takes out his knife to help fight off the zombies. While their fighting, Steven grabs a nearby knife and tosses it over to Jacob so he can help them. As the group get backed up closer and closer to the wall, they suddenly hear fireworks and bottle rockets being fired outside, which distracts the horde away from them. Steven tackles the last zombie that's still on them, stomping on it's head, before rejoining the other three outside.

Outside, Steven gets ready to head back out into the mall by himself. Jacob approaches and tells him that they'll cross paths again. Before Steven walks off, he apologizes for shooting Clayton.

#### **"Buddy"**

Later, Steven would cross paths with the same group again in Paradise Plaza. It's there that Steven learns that the man who set off the fireworks to save them, had been shot and killed by a group of snipers in the mall. Steven frowns, asking what happened to the snipers. Edward tells him that they're on the way the security room safe zone, however, have to pass by the snipers. Steven says that he'll help take them out. They enter the Entrance Plaza and Steven grabs a rifle from Erin Monroe's bag of guns. Now armed, Steven tells Edward to cover him as he makes a run for the stairs. While two of the snipers flee when they see Steven charging, one of them, Dexter Hall stays behind to fight Steven. The fight goes on for some time, both of them getting good hits in on the other. Eventually, Steven overpowers Dexter, getting him into a position where he can snap his arm, breaking it. Steven then picks up Dexter, striking him until he's unable to move. To finish him off, he forces Dexter's mouth onto the railing, then stomping onto his head. Steven lifts up Dexter's body and throws him down to the first floor.

#### **"Adaptation"**

Days later, Steven stands alone in a restaurant in Al Fresca Plaza. He loots the place, filling a bag with cans of food. Once the bag is full, he zips it up, picks up his AK-47 and walks off. Steven walks through several plazas until reaching the entrance plaza. There, he finds Jacob, Erin, and Robert Morgan setting up defenses at the front doors. When Steven hears that there's about to be a fight, Steven grins, clapping and telling them that he'd like to help defend the mall. He finally tells his name to them and then begins pushing over benches and vending machines to block the entrance. While working, Steven notices Robert coughing a lot, and questions him about it. Robert explains he just has a flu. Steven hears Jacob and Felix Quarterman arguing about how they should defend the mall. He tells them that they should wait in hiding until they can get the jump on the enemies that are coming to raid the mall. Erin tells him that it's best they have a plaza that they can fall back to in case, and Steven eventually agrees. Steven continues asking questions about weapons and what their best way through to the North Plaza is. The group is low on ammo, but the path to the North Plaza is simple. As they continue setting up defenses, a small herd of zombies approaches from outside. Knowing that they can't waste any time fighting off the dead, they retreat into the neighbouring Paradise Plaza. There, Steven offers to stay behind to fight off the attackers, but Jacob persuades him into coming with them.

They make it to the Casino Plaza, where they begin to hear gunfire coming from all around the mall; the attack had already started. Steven takes the small amount of time they have to craft a molotov cocktail, then throwing it over at the horde of zombies that had now broken in. He then quickly makes a run for a janitors closet, finding a bottle of bleach and jar of ethanol. After mixing the two and creating a homemade grenade, he returns back to the Casino Plaza. Not long after, Shane Haywood and many other men come sprinting into the plaza armed with rifles. Jacob and Erin dive for cover, but Steven stands his ground and fights, lobbing his homemade grenade over at the attackers, blowing seven of them up. Jacob pleads with Steven to fall back into the North Plaza with them, but Steven insists that he wants to stay and fight. Steven continues gunning down Shane's soldiers, ignoring Jacob. After some time, Steven becomes completely surrounded. He makes one last attempt to fight them off, killing several more soldiers before he is shot in the head by Shane, killing him.

## **Death**

Killed by
* Shane Haywood

During the attack on the mall, Steven stands his ground and fights Shane and his men head on. However, he quickly becomes pinned down and is shot in the head by Shane.

## **Killed Victims**

* 15 soldiers from Benjamin Taylor's militia
* Numerous counts of zombies

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Steven Philips appearing in any way.