Partners in Crime

The mall survivors deal with the aftermath of Benjamin's attack. Erin and Marcus learn valuable information while investigating a Rasta outpost. Edward is faced with an old enemy.

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## **Synopsis**

Most of the mall survivors gather around in the food court contemplating what they should do next while a horde of zombies bangs on the glass doors nearby. As they do, Robert Morgan is seen entering the food court from a different entrance hauling along part of an electrical fence with him that he plans to help repair the damage to the Entrance Plaza with. Things escalate when Owen Gliefield makes a comment towards Monica Reynolds that irritates her to the point where she puts her sword against Owen's cheek. Teddy Powell attempts to deescalate the situation, but only makes it worse when he picks a fight with Quincy Atherton after Quincy disrespects him. Jim Butterman steps in and is finally able to put an end to the conflict, reminding them of the more important matter at hand. Jacob Feldman and Fraser Stiller then team up and head out of the food court to go searching for Erin Monroe and Marcus Downes, leaving everybody else to hold down the food court.

Meanwhile, Albert Hanson and Austin Kingston sit across from each other in the mall's storage room. Austin, still unfamiliar with the mall group and other factions in Willamette, questions Albert about what he knows. Albert tells him about The Rastas and the conflict they have with Benjamin Taylor. In return, Austin tells Albert a little bit about himself and Logan Carlson. Their conversation is interrupted when a group of zombies bang at the door and force their way in. After Austin and Albert help each other to defeat them, they get ready to leave the storage room, but not before Austin finishes his bottle of whiskey that he brought with him from the bar.

Back in the food court, Dean Howards babbles on about his need for liquor and how he hasn't had any in too long. Kate Bloodstone and Jim tell him that there's liquor all over the mall, he just hasn't made an effort to look for some. Quincy, listening in on their conversation, gets up and grabs Dean, dragging him across the food court over to the doors. He presses his face against the glass and shows him the horde of the zombies on the other side, shouting at him that he needs to get his priorities straight. Suddenly, as Quincy lets him go and Dean stumbles back, the glass doors shatter, and the horde swarms inside. Randall Forster yells at them all that they must only use melee weapons to avoid attracting any more zombies to the mall. As people take out their weapons, a group of zombies pushes Robert's fence on top of the man, trapping him. Quincy saves him by pulling him out and handing him a knife to defend himself. The rest of the survivors each deal with their own set of zombies, doing their best to trim out the horde. Eventually, the horde becomes too much for the survivors to handle, and they're forced to retreat into Al Fresca Plaza.

Jacob and Fraser make it onto the roof of the mall, only to discover it to be empty. Jacob is worried about Erin, but Fraser remains optimistic, stating that she may have just left her post when Benjamin attacked. Suddenly, they hear a voice behind them, and turn around to see Zac Barnes, who wears a black eye from when Quincy hit him. He informs them that he saw Erin and Marcus leaving the mall before the attack. The trio is joined by Aldus Paxton, who had been fighting through the remains of the Entrance Plaza before making it to the roof. Jacob tells him and Zac that it was Benjamin who attacked them - their supposed ally. Zac has had enough of this, and says that they should be fending for themselves and consider all other groups to be untrustworthy. Fraser agrees with him. Jacob, conflicted about what he should do, can only tell them that "it's complicated". Zac tells Jacob to put some serious thought into it before he walks away.

The majority of the group continue running through Al Fresca Plaza, dealing with a few zombies, before making it back into the Entrance Plaza. They walk through the rubble, examining the damage that had been done. The doors were completely obliterated, and parts of the ceiling had collapsed, but beyond that it was repairable, especially with Robert's idea with the fences. Felix Quarterman, now having calmed down a bit, says that they're in no position to fight against Benjamin, but agrees that they're done helping him and his group. Austin and Albert soon join the others in the Entrance Plaza, and when Dean spots a bottle of whiskey in Austin's hand, he runs over and snatches it away, drinking it for himself. Quincy and Monica look on, disappointed that he was still a drunk. Afterwards, the group gets started on repairing the damages with Robert taking the lead on the project.

Across town at the town hall, Damerae Badrick smokes a cigar on the balcony. Approaching from behind him is Michael Hall, who's now become a lieutenant for The Rastas. Badrick, aware of the bad blood between him and Edward Remar, tells Michael that if the two of them are to both work for Badrick, they need to settle their feud. Michael assures him that their feud won't get in the way. Badrick orders Michael to go and see Edward in the factory, and then afterwards to wait at Willamette's train station for a train carrying supplies and the rest of Badrick's Rastas to arrive.

At the factory, Edward walks around with his new leg brace, overseeing the production of bullets. Soon, Michael arrives at the factory, shocking Edward. Michael approaches him and quickly makes it clear that although they're working together, they will not be friends. After Edward casually discusses the way he killed Michael's son, Michael grabs him, but is able to hold back from beating him, instead reminding Edward of how he blew Quentin Richards's brains out with his sniper. He lets go of Edward and tells him about the train coming into town before walking away, exiting the factory.

A few hours pass by in the mall as the survivors work to repair the entrance. After setting up the last fence, Owen goes over to Robert to ask him about his condition. Once he learns of the symptoms, Owen realizes that Robert likely has tuberculosis. He tries suggesting that Robert take it easy and rest, but Robert, believing the disease to already be too far gone, has no intentions to stop helping out the group. Robert gets back to working on the repairs, against the advice of Owen.

Erin and Marcus walk through the streets of Willamette continuing on the trail of the Rasta convoy they saw earlier. The two are worried about the smoke rising from the mall, but have decided to leave it in hopes of finding the location of the Rasta outpost - and to try and find Edward, who Erin hopes can help them. Soon, the two of them encounter Jon Matthews and Curtis Van Horn on the road, who are on their way back to Wilbur Wright's warehouse. After learning that Jon and Curtis are a part of Wilbur's crew, Erin tells them about the Rasta convoy they saw. Jon wants to join them to find the new Rasta outpost as it'd be something to update Wilbur with, but Curtis on the other hand takes some convincing from Jon to agree. As the four walk down the street, Curtis and Jon tell the other two about Benjamin and his proposal to blow up a part of the mall, and how the mall survivors refused. They aren't sure what happened afterwards, but they assume he attacked the mall. Eventually, the group arrives outside of a large factory, where Marcus spots the same convoy from earlier. After a quick discussion about what they should do next, they decide that they should head inside to gather more information.

At the mall, Jacob joins the others in the Entrance Plaza, telling the others that Erin is missing and how he's worried. Dean, the drunk that he is, tells Jacob that he should leave Erin as she isn't worth his time. Owen eventually steps in to stop Dean from saying anything else. Nearby, Quincy and Monica walk over, wanting to hear the rest of what Owen was saying to them earlier in the food court. Owen remarks that they're nothing but filthy criminals and he has no respect for them. The two remind the old man that they're on the same side, and Owen should be respecting them. "We'll see," Owen simply says.

At the factory, the group of four take out the two front guards as they move up. Erin spots Edward through one of the windows, and to get his attention, throws a rock at the window. Edward, seeing her, comes speeding out of the factory to see them. After quickly catching up with each other, they move onto the topic of Benjamin and his daughter. Edward informs them all about Sarah's captivity at the town hall, and how he wants to rescue her, but can't. Erin says that they'd do whatever they can to help, but that they need Edward's help as well to take down The Rastas. Edward gives them information he has about Badrick's train coming into town, and suggests that they stop it before it arrives at the train station. Interested in the idea of it, Curtis asks to be shown what tracks it'll be on. Edward reveals a map from out of his pocket and points to the location that it'd be coming through. He wishes them all good luck with taking down the train, and promises that he'll do what he can for them. As Edward hurries back into the factory, Curtis tells Erin and Marcus to gather up their people at the mall and meet them back at Wilbur's warehouse where they'll devise a plan to stop the train.

Back in the mall, Robert is finishing up with the repairs. Meanwhile, Dean continues to be an annoyance, and eventually Jacob has enough. He grabs Dean and curses at him for being a pathetic drunk who's done nothing for them. Dean sobs, relating Jacob’s words to how his ex-wife used to speak to him, before he pushes Jacob back and staggers out of the plaza. Afterwards, while the group is resting, a lone zombie stumbles into the plaza: Mickey, the man who was last seen locked up in the basement. Randall, recognizing the man, walks over and drives a knife through the zombie's head, putting him down. Clayton Freeman picks up the corpse and sets it aside before splashing some gasoline on and burning it.

Later on, Felix joins the survivors in the Entrance Plaza. A drunken Austin falls asleep on the floor, and Kate has to carry him off. Just then, Erin and Marcus return from the factory. They first tell everybody about Edward and how he'll be helping them from the inside, and then about the incoming train. Jacob hurries into the plaza during everything and reunites with Erin. Afterwards, Erin looks around the plaza for volunteers to attack the train. While some of the survivors stay behind to defend the mall, many opt to go with Erin. The ones who do volunteer head out into the parking lot and load up into a couple of vehicles before they speed off towards Wilbur's warehouse.

Quickly, they arrive at the warehouse and head inside, where Wilbur is already setting up a plan with Jon and Curtis. With Wilbur is Derek Monroe, a good friend of his and someone who is providing them vehicles to use for the attack. Erin looks on at the man, and instantly recognizes Derek to be her father. Derek approaches, telling her that he's been looking for her. Erin steps back, warning her father to stay away as she turns away and hurries outside. Both Derek and Jacob follow her, with Jacob telling the others not to wait for them. Wilbur gets back to informing everybody of the plan. He explains that everybody will separate into the vehicles and jump onto the train while driving alongside it. With everybody on board with the plan, everybody begins pairing up and getting into the vehicles outside. Once everybody is settled in, Curtis takes charge by leading the pack of vehicles to the outskirts of town where they'll await the train.

Sometime later, they arrive next to a field out of town, where everybody is waiting, some anxious, some excited. As Curtis checks his watch, the train is seen zooming down the tracks in the field next to them. All the cars speed off to catch it. One by one, the survivors jump onto the train, with each vehicle spinning out and crashing once the driver jumps. As everybody safely makes it on board, they quickly come under attack by Rastas. The group fights back.

At the town hall, Badrick receives a call over his radio informing him of the attack on the train. Badrick immediately radios Michael, who's waiting at the train station in town, and orders him to leave the station to provide assistance for the train. Michael turns to a large group of Rastas and yells at them to get ready. He then gets into a truck and speeds off towards the train, a convoy of Rastas following.

On the train, the survivors continue to fend off the defending Rastas. Bodies of dead Rastas drop left and right as the group slowly but surely begins pushing up the train cars. During the chaos, Dean takes a hit to his hand, and his middle finger is shot clean off. Meanwhile, the rest of the survivors make notable progress while moving up the train. Randall and Clayton are enjoying the fight, reminiscing about their time on the force when they had shootouts with criminals. Teddy warns them not to get too comfortable. William Reynes has a tense encounter with a couple of Rastas, but overcomes them and kills both. Jon runs past all of his companions, being the first one to make it to the front of the train. He quickly kills the man conducting the train.

In the museum, Benjamin sits in his office anxiously awaiting Badrick's call. Then, his radio buzzes, and Badrick is on the other side demanding that he take his army and go to the train station to kill the attackers on his train. Benjamin stands, telling Badrick that he *will* get his daughter back after this. He then calls in Robin Clarke and Shane Haywood and has them ready his army.

Back on the train, Michael and his convoy of Rastas arrive, and they begin jumping onto the train from all directions. As everybody desperately fights them off, Dean tries wrapping up his wound with a tissue, but finds it to be of no use. Quincy tries calling for Curtis to help Dean, but a busy Curtis isn't able to run over. Meanwhile, Michael himself jumps onto the train. He climbs on top of one of the train carriages and takes aim at Randall. Seeing this, Clayton shoves Randall aside as Michael fires, and Clayton is hit in the head, killing him instantly. Randall yells out, kneeling down over Clayton's body in cover. He looks down at his friend's corpse in horror, unable to speak. Word of Clayton's death quickly spreads across the train. At the front of the train, Jon finally brings the train to a halt as they arrive at the train station in Willamette. However, as they all take a look out at the station itself, they see Benjamin and his entire army waiting there. The survivors realize that they have nowhere to go. Instead of letting the mall survivors go, Benjamin this time allows his army to open fire. Everyone on board the train dives off and scatters into different directions, trying to avoid the gunfire.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

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

#### **Also Starring**

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

#### **Guest Starring**

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

## **Deaths**

* Clayton Freeman
* Mickey Fahey
* Many Rastas