Ammon Zontanós

Ammon Zontanós is the secret identity of Kodiak Zora in Season 8 of The Boy from the Bunker, also portrayed by Froy Gutierrez in the books. When Kodiak Zora and Bas Blackwood are picked up by a clan known as Neptunum at the end of Season 7, Kodiak decides to create a cover story and a new identity for himself to prevent Neptunum gaining knowledge about him that could potentially put him or Bas in danger. He chooses the name 'Ammon Zontanós' as it translates to "the hidden one", "I am alive" in Greek and hopes that it could be a direct message to his people for when he plans to bring them onto the ship.

## Ammon Zontanós

### Aliases

Ammon, The Hidden One,

Kodiak Zora,

Sovereign Kodiak,

The Great Sovereign Kodi (by Izzy)

### Relatives

Unnamed mother (deceased), Unnamed father (deceased),

Bas Blackwood (protector of),

Athena Archelaus (boss, friend),

Xander Zika (friend, confidant, found family),

Leander Drakos (colleague),

Elara Bell (prisoner, entanglement),

Wynn Bell (ally),

Izzy Kady (protector of)

Chessca Jones (ally)

### Affiliation

The City of Targo (cover story), Neptunum (prisoner),

Neptunum (Level 2 Guard)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Kodiak Zora (real identity), Froy Gutierrez - in the books

### Debut

The Invaders (S8x01)

**Season 7**

As Basilisk try to organise shelter for their people in the face of an approaching flood which is set to make the ground uninhabitable for several months, Kodiak is faced with a new threat all on his own. Quill's biological mother Hannah Shayman - brought back to Basilisk from The City of Targo - has inserted an implant into the back of Kodiak's head (along with Bas Blackwood and Chessca Jones) in an effort to control him and distract the attention of Elara Bell and Wynn Bell away from their brother, Quill Bell, by the problems she creates with her power. Her reason for doing this is so she can force Wynn and Elara out of Quill's life in the hope that it will push Quill into accepting her as his mother and family. When Hannah initially targets Bas with an implant, she makes him unknowingly bring his brother Harlow into her capture which then leads to a search party for him late one evening. Although Hannah was hoping to lure Wynn to her through the use of Harlow, she is still relieved that Kodiak ends up finding her in the woods. She, along with Josiah Kady and Lydian Georgia, take Kodiak by surprise and inject him with an implant. They force him into silence by threatening to harm and potentially kill Elara if he confides in his fellow Sovereigns about Hannah's plans to sabotage everyone.

Knowing the consequences of resisting the implant - which includes seizures and agonising electrical currents sent to his brain - Kodiak has to cut off his relationship with Elara to keep her safe from him, and also divert her attention away from Quill and Hannah. As more obstacles begin to surface for Basilisk as a result of Bas and Chessca's implants, Kodiak has to ensure the survival of his people and those he loves most in the world, knowing that he is unlikely to survive. When everyone begins moving into the Second Bunker, Kodiak and Bas' implants are activated to distract the Sovereigns from Hannah's Clan capturing Quill and securing themselves in Wynn's Bunker. Whilst Bas attacks Wynn and Dreea (and ends up shooting Dreea), Kodiak is forced into killing his own guards who are working on getting his people into the Second Bunker. As he starts to resist the implant and begins to realise what he has done, Kodiak is found by Wynn who attempts to capture him and take him to a Bunker. However, Kodiak begins to experience the consequences of his resistance and the implant forces him to endanger not only his own life, but Wynn's life, as well. Unwilling to let himself hurt Wynn, Kodiak surrenders to the implant knowing that it essentially accepting his own death. As he is compelling himself to turn away, he struggles out a confession to Wynn and asks him to tell Elara that he didn't mean any of things he said to her when he was enforced to end their relationship, and most of all, that he loves her. As he begins to run away, Kodiak hears Elara calling out to him and realises that she had been within earshot of his conversation with Wynn, and understands what his decision means.

In the finale chapter of Season 7, Sol and Wynn are on a radio call to Dreea and Chessca who are in the other bunker to them, and discuss who made it inside which shelter. When Sol asks whether Bas and Kodiak made it into the Second Bunker, Dreea replies that she assumed they were with her and Wynn, leading them to only one possible conclusion - declared by Elara who was hovering in the doorway, listening in to the conversation: Kodiak is dead. With all logic proving that the two boys wouldn't have survived the flood without being in one of the bunkers, Basilisk are left to grieve for them both and spend the next 6 months inside the bunkers, adjusting to life without them.

However, what they are unable to know is that an organisation known as Neptunum travelled to their location just before the flood hit in a search for survivors and anyone not inside a shelter. It is then that they rescued Kodiak and Bas - among a few members of Blood Riders - and transported them onto the old Navy ship they are based on which was sustainable to endure the flood. On their way to the ship, Kodiak makes an instinctive decision to remove his and Bas' implants himself after realising that Hannah had deactivated them after initially making it inside the Bunker. He warns Bas that they can't give away that they know each other in case Neptunum try to use their relationship against each other or threaten to harm the other one, and pens the name "Ammon Zontanós" as his new identity. Upon their arrival, both boys are put through the pain and mind trials to advance Neptunum's search for "the combination" - a medical miracle to reverse the effects of clinical brain death. Whilst Bas resists and fights against their procedures - too consumed in the grief as he believes he will never see his brother again - Kodiak cooperates with Neptunum and allows them to use him in the hopes that it will buy himself more time for a way to figure out how to reunite with his people.

After several weeks as a prisoner, Kodiak is approached by Athena Archelaus - the leader of Neptunum - and offered the position as a guard due to his compliance and "natural leadership instincts". Kodiak agrees to work with Neptunum as it will allow him to protect Bas and figure out a way to one day be with his people again.

**Season 8**