The Lost Companion

The group go on the search for Felix Quarterman but run into trouble. Things heat up in the security room between Alex and Randy.

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## **Synopsis**

In Colby's Movieland, Jacob Feldman and the others are recovering from having just seen Felix Quarterman being kidnapped by a clown. As Jacob is explaining that they need to go and find Felix, Clyde Rollins approaches a window, where a zombie terrifies him into falling backwards. Clyde, the coward that he is, thinks that their best course of action is to stay put, whilst Edward Remar doesn't see a point in rescuing Felix. Even after William Reynes tries explaining that they needed to save Felix, Edward decides that this isn't worth his time, and he's lost interest in going to the security room with them. He promptly leaves the movieland. Sighing, Jacob looks to Clayton Freeman and asks for his help to go rescue Felix. Clayton assures Jacob that he has his back. William is then tasked with escorting Clyde back to the security room for safety. Jacob and Clayton proceed to leave the movieland.

Up in the security room, Owen Gliefield is frantically patching up Randy Wheeler's injuries as best he can. After stopping the bleeding and bandaging the wounds, Owen sits back, panting. Quentin Richards glances over, and asks if he's okay. Owen snaps at him for asking such a silly question, though he quickly apologizes, and says that he has been constantly stressed out for hours now. Quentin reassures the man that his family will be okay. The two men then get to discussing why the others are taking so long getting back. Worrying about their safety, Quentin gets up to go out into the mall, but Owen talks him out of it. Suddenly, the previously unconscious Randy wakes up, and frantically looks around, wondering what had happened. Quentin reveals to Randy that he'd been stabbed, but doesn't say who by. Meanwhile, Owen asks that Randy lay back and take it easy while he heals. Randy realizes that he's not in a hospital, and that's when Quentin refreshes his memory by telling him about the undead. Panicking, Randy says that he has a family to get back to, but he's in too much pain to get up.

Back in Colby's Movieland, William and Clyde talk about the latter's movies for a while, before William concludes that they have to get back to the security room pronto. After arming themselves with some baseball bats, they rush into Paradise Plaza, William swinging at the zombies as they rush through, whilst Clyde simply holds his bat in defense. Eventually, they make it into the storage room, and head up the elevator to the roof.

After going across the roof and through the vents, William and Clyde make it back into the security room, where Helen Cullen is waiting. William immediately informs her about Felix and the clown, and Helen realizes that it must've been Skittles the Clown's retaliation. She then tells William about the incident with Randy, prompting William to go into the waiting room to check on him.

Clyde follows William into the waiting room. As Clyde stands aside, William goes to inspect Randy's injuries, and assures the man that nothing too serious had been damaged. Randy asks who it was that stabbed him, and William tells him that it was Alex Weiss without hesitation. Infuriated, Randy gets off the bed, but immediately falls over. Owen and the others help him back into the bed, recommending that he not do that.

Jacob and Clayton fight their way through Paradise Plaza and Leisure Park, eventually crossing into the food court. There, Jacob spots the entrance to Wonderland Plaza, and guesses that the clown must've taken Felix there. However, before they can make their way over there, Steven Philips opens fire at them with an assault rifle from above, striking Clayton in his shoulder. As Clayton lays in cover, wounded, Jacob uses Clayton's pistol to shoot back, hitting Philips in his leg and causing him to retreat. With Clayton's injury, going after Felix is no longer an option, and so Jacob decides to head into the nearby Al Fresca Plaza, where he knows there is a pharmacy.

Rushing into Al Fresca Plaza, Jacob sees the pharmacy and is headed there, but is cut off by a large group of zombies. Because of this, he and Clayton are forced to smash open the window of a gym and dive in. Inside, Erin Monroe curses at them for breaking the window, and tells them to board it up. Without question, the two men get to work, pushing over equipment to block the zombies, whilst Erin uses a fire axe to keep the horde out. When the window is successfully boarded up, Erin, still angered that they broke into her hiding spot, asks who they both are. After telling her, Erin notices that Clayton is a police officer, and claims to have seen another officer stumbling by not too long ago headed for Wonderland Plaza. After Jacob tells her about Felix and the clown, Erin explains that she had been at the mall with friends when the outbreak hit, killing all her friends in the process. Jacob wonders why Erin doesn't seem bothered that her friends had just been killed, and Erin says that if she breaks down and cries, it'll just get her killed sooner, which is an outlook Jacob respects. Clayton sits down nearby, checking his wound, and being thankful to find out the bullet had gone straight through. Erin points to a med kit on the wall, which Clayton proceeds to go and use.

In the security room, Helen is watching the cameras when she suddenly sees something that makes her grimace. She speeds into the waiting room, informing them all that Jacob and Clayton had gotten themselves trapped in the Al Fresca Gym. William immediately stands, ready to go out and rescue them. He turns to look at the other four men in the room: a man with three stab wounds, a cowardly movie star, an elder with heart problems... and Quentin, who is the only one who offers to go with William. When the two of them are prepared, they leave the waiting room.

Before leaving through the vents, Helen hands William one of their radios, which she can use to talk with them. She then explains to William what the quickest way to Al Fresca Plaza is, before wishing them luck.

William and Quentin traverse across the roof, down the elevator and through the storage room. As soon as they exit out into Paradise Plaza, they see Edward slashing at zombies with his machete, before he returns to his previous platform in the middle of the plaza. William and Quentin rush over to the platform, shoving aside any zombies that get in their way, before joining Edward on the platform. There, William explains what they're doing and who they're saving. Edward is really only interested in purging the zombies, as he believes it won't be long until the military saves them. After a check in with Helen on the radio, William tells Edward that there will be lots of purging if he came with them to help save Jacob and Clayton, which is all Edward needs to hear to agree to come along. With some advice from Edward, William radios Helen, asking her to open up the entrance plaza shutters for a quicker way to Al Fresca Plaza. Helen agrees to do it, and tells them that Leisure Park isn't as safe as she thought it was - a jeep with three convicts were seen speeding around the park killing people. After the entrance plaza shutters open up, William and Edward decide that they'll need to jump over the zombies surrounding them. Quentin isn't sure about doing that, but the other two pressure him into doing it. Their jump is successful, and they quickly run into the Entrance Plaza.

After safely making it into the Entrance Plaza, William asks Helen over the radio to close the shutters, but he gets no response. Realizing that the horde from Paradise Plaza would just follow them, Edward angrily begins to rush through into Al Fresca Plaza. Quentin hurries after him, meanwhile William stays behind for a couple of minutes, guarding the plaza, though he eventually rushes into Al Fresca Plaza as well.

In the security room, Randy and Owen are in the waiting room, when Alex suddenly enters. The man stares at Randy, taunting him about his injuries. Owen glares at Alex, warning him not to try anything. Helen then comes rushing in having seen Alex leave the other waiting room. She demands that he go back into the other waiting room, but Alex, in a calm manner, refuses to. He proceeds to take out a knife from his bag, and quickly runs over to Randy, grabbing him and holding the knife to his neck. Owen and Helen both yell at Alex to stop, but a frightened Alex jams his knife into Randy's throat. Owen yells, grabbing a lamp and hitting Alex over the head with it, knocking him down for only a moment. Alex jumps back to his feet and begins trying to tackle Helen, but fails miserably. Meanwhile, Owen desperately tries to save Randy's life, but it's not possible, and Randy goes motionless, his eyes shutting as he dies. Helen chases Alex into the hallway, where both of them have a brief struggle. Alex is able to overpower Helen, and he climbs into the vent, escaping.

Elsewhere, Edward and Quentin arrive in Al Fresca Plaza and search for the gym, however, they can't find it. As zombies begin to encircle them, Edward makes the decision to take refuge in the closest shop, that being a jewelry store. In the jewelry store, Quentin pushes a shelf in front of the door to block it. Meanwhile, Edward heads to the back of the store, standing by another shelf. Seemingly out of nowhere, a zombie appears, knocking over the shelf beside Edward and crushing his right leg. Quentin's eyes open wide as he sees this. He hurries over, grabbing Edward's machete off the ground and using it to destroy the one zombie. After pushing the shelf away, Quentin tries to get Edward up, but Edward insists that he leave him, as he'll be useless with his crippled leg. Quentin shakes his head, refusing to leave him behind.

William enters Al Fresca Plaza, slicing his way through the horde of zombies and eventually finding the gym. He pushes aside the equipment blocking the window, and steps inside. There, he finds Jacob, Clayton and Erin. Jacob is relieved to see him, and the group of them quickly conclude that they should get moving. Erin, however, has no plans of going with them, as she prefers to stay solo. Suddenly, William's radio crackles, and Helen's voice comes through informing them about Randy's death. Upon hearing this, they speedily step through the window, Erin promising that she would meet them again sometime soon.

It doesn't take long for the three of them to be swarmed by the undead. They fight the zombies off whilst moving through the plaza, eventually coming across a boarded up jewelry store, which they assume Quentin and Edward must be in. William shoulders the door a few times and it comes open. They hurry inside, closing the doors. There, they find Edward and his crippled leg, alongside Quentin. Edward again insists that they leave him. William, examining his leg, tells Edward that he'll die if he doesn't come with them, but Edward doesn't budge, and says he'll figure it out himself. With nothing more they could say to convince Edward, they leave the store, Quentin frowning on his way out.

Out in Al Fresca Plaza, Jacob and the others receive some help from Erin, who distracts the zombies, allowing them an easier time getting to the Entrance Plaza. After one hard fight through Al Fresca, they eventually arrive in the Entrance Plaza.

In the security room, Randy's eyes open, as he slowly sits up, a low growl emitting from him. Owen perks his head up, as he looks over in disbelief. However, his disbelief turns into utter horror and panic when Randy gets to his feet and stumbles towards Owen, trying to grab him. Owen fights back using the same lamp he'd used to hit Alex. Now on the ground, Randy grabs onto Owen's ankle and goes in for a bite, but Owen stomps on his head, and then again, and again, and some more times, stopping Randy from biting him, and killing him - again. Helen and Clyde enter just as Owen kills him, making Clyde vomit. After Owen, out of breath, explains what had happened, Helen, not knowing what to say, goes back into the main hall.

Jacob and the others make their way up the stairs in the Entrance Plaza, talking about what could've happened to Randy. On the second floor of the plaza, they have a close encounter with some zombies, just barely managing to make it into the security room. Once they're inside, Helen closes the door, and then tells them who killed Randy, and that Alex had escaped into the mall. Helen then asks if they know anything more about what happened to Felix, but unfortunately, all Jacob can tell her is that they think he's in Wonderland Plaza.

William, Quentin and Clayton enter the waiting room, coming across the horrific sight of Randy's corpse. Owen, taking a break on one of the chairs, tells them what had happened. With no knowledge of Randy having been bit by one of the zombies, the group can only assume that the virus is airborne.

Jacob goes with Helen into the security office, where they look over the cameras around the food court. At first, nothing seems out of the ordinary--apart from the undead monster feasting on corpses--until they notice something. A clown is seen hurrying through the food court with a person over his shoulders, carrying them into Wonderland Plaza.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Jacob Feldman
* William Reynes
* Clayton Freeman
* Edward Remar
* Erin Monroe
* Helen Cullen

#### **Also Starring**

* Owen Gliefield
* Clyde Rollins

#### **Guest Starring**

* Steven Philips
* Skittles the Clown
* Quentin Richards
* Randy Wheeler
* Alex Weiss