On the Clock

Benjamin has no time to waste after being ordered to wipe out the mall survivors. Felix tries to clean himself up. Clyde attempts to persuade Edward to escape with Sarah.

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## **Synopsis**

Kate Bloodstone sits around a table with Jim Butterman and Teddy Powell in the food court debating what they should do with Alex Weiss. They're soon joined by many others who come to eat breakfast, served by Fraser Stiller. As everyone eats, a loud crash is suddenly heard nearby. Teddy approaches the source of the sound, hearing a person. He orders the individual to come out, but instead, the man breaks into a run. He's stopped by Marcus Downes, only for a brief moment, before he shoves Marcus back and makes a run for it. Albert Hanson gives chase, shooting him twice in the hand and leg, but it's not enough to stop the man from escaping the mall.

Across town, Benjamin Taylor, Shane Haywood, and Robin Clarke meet with Wilbur Wright in his warehouse. With only 6 hours left to destroy the mall, Benjamin seeks assistance from Wilbur and his crew. He plans to meet with the mall survivors and persuade them to allow his army to destroy a portion of the mall to make it appear like all the mall survivors were killed. Wilbur doesn't believe that the mall survivors will agree to it, but he will help them by having Jon Matthews and Curtis Van Horn escort Benjamin and Shane to the mall. Before they leave, Benjamin orders Robin to keep his army on standby a few blocks away from the mall.

At the town hall, Edward Remar sits in the basement with Clyde Rollins, who's been locked up there for days. It's revealed that the two of them have been having many conversations, with Clyde already well aware about the situation with Sarah Taylor and the attack on Badrick's farm. Clyde believes that he's going to be killed by Badrick, but Edward assures him he's in no danger. As Edward gets up to leave, Clyde tells him that he should step up and free Sarah - that it was the right thing to do. "It's not that easy," Edward points out as he leaves.

Austin Kingston sits in his bar waiting for Logan Carlson, who's nowhere to be found. After dealing with a couple of zombies, a man shows up outside the bar - the same man who escaped the mall, Mickey. Noticing a small herd of zombies following him, he pushes Mickey out into the road and demands that he lead the zombies elsewhere. However, after Mickey fails to do so, Austin goes outside to lead them away himself, Mickey following. The two get into a car and slowly drive, making sure the horde follows them. After some time, Austin stops, gets out, and calmly tells Mickey to take the car to the mall and steal some of the guns there. Without adding why, Austin walks off.

Mickey reluctantly drives the car to the mall and crashes it through a window. As Mickey clambers out of the car and enters the Entrance Plaza, he's met with a gun pointed at him by Clayton Freeman. Hearing the noise, Randall Forster shows up and recognizes Mickey to be the man who broke in earlier. He shoots Mickey in his other leg, sending him to the floor. Felix Quarterman comes to investigate all the noise, and after seeing the damage Mickey has done, orders that he be brought down into the basement and locked up. He then storms off towards the food court. Clayton approaches a weak Mickey and headbutts him, knocking him out cold. Mickey is transported down into the basement and locked up.

Felix enters the food court and makes an apology to everybody for the way he reacted the day before. Jim is grateful for his apology and says that "coming together is the best thing we can do." Felix then walks off to find Jacob Feldman and Erin Monroe to apologize to them.

After waiting in his bar for some more time, and with no sign of his friend showing up, Austin packs up and decides to head for the mall, having changed his mind about wanting to steal the guns from it.

Austin arrives at the mall and carefully enters into the Entrance Plaza, where he meets Clayton. To assure Clayton that he can be trusted, he tells him about his interaction with Marcus and William Reynes the day before. Clayton grudgingly points him in the direction of the roof where Austin plans to speak with the leader of the group.

On the roof, Felix finds Jacob and Erin talking about what the name for their child should be. He walks over and makes his presence known before going into a long apology for his rude comments about them earlier. The two forgive him and would even be willing to give Felix their votes as leader of the group if he was up for it. Felix says that he isn't sure about it yet, before he walks away. As he leaves, Austin climbs up through the vent, where he's promptly confronted by Jacob. Austin introduces himself and explains to them that he's come to live at the mall following William's offer. Erin points him towards the food court, telling him that he would meet many of the others there. Austin thanks them for their time and walks off.

In the food court, Kate gets up to go check on Alex in the taco store, ignoring Zac Barnes' suggestion of simply killing Alex to stop him from harming anybody else. In the taco store, Kate questions what Alex's goal is in all of this. Alex doesn't seem to have an answer, instead going back to what he said prior, that everything he's done was just impulse. Kate points out what Alex did to William and Clayton and wants to find a reason behind why Alex did that. Unsurprisingly, Alex doesn't see anything wrong in his actions, and shrugs them off. Seeing their discussion going nowhere, Kate gets up and leaves the store.

Quincy Atherton and Monica Reynolds arrive at the mall and enter through the main doors. They quickly run into Clayton and William, and waste no time in informing them that they're here to stay. Not wanting to get in their way, William welcomes them in and shows them to the food court.

Back out in the food court, Austin meets Jim, Teddy, and Fraser, who is quick to cook him some breakfast. Quincy and Monica then show up as well. Within seconds of meeting, Zac gets into a heated argument with Quincy, which quickly turns into a short brawl between the two men. Marcus and Fraser rush in and pull Zac away, and shortly after, Zac walks away to cool down.

At the town hall, Edward goes into Sarah's room to check up on her. As he's talking with her, Badrick calls Edward from the door. Edward gets up and walks out. The two walk through the building as Badrick points out that Benjamin is running out of time to attack the mall. Edward tries to reason with Badrick that they should leave Sarah out of this. When he hears this, Badrick begins to question Edward's loyalty. Edward reassures him that his loyalty lies with The Rastas. The two step out onto the balcony where Badrick then gives Edward the news that he'll be moving away to run one of Badrick's outposts at a factory. With nothing he can say to change Badrick's mind, Edward goes back inside to get ready to leave. He quickly stops at Sarah's room on his way out, telling her that he was having to leave. Sarah begs him not to leave, saying that she was scared of Badrick. Edward promises that he'll do what he can for her and her father, but that he has to go right now. After the girl hugs him goodbye, Edward hobbles downstairs, where Badrick and Edward's transport is waiting. Before Edward gets into the transport car, Badrick snaps his cane, promising that a gift awaited him at the factory outpost: a leg brace for him to walk normally. After Edward climbs into the vehicle, it speeds away.

Benjamin and Shane arrive outside the mall being escorted by Jon and Curtis. They cover themselves with hoods to avoid being spotted by Rasta scouts and make for the entrance of the mall. On the roof, Jacob and Erin recognize Jon and Curtis below and assume that the other two hooded men are friendly. Jacob decides to head down into the Entrance Plaza to make sure of it.

In the Entrance Plaza, a large group gathers as Benjamin and Shane reveal themselves. Benjamin begins explaining to them all the situation that he's in, and then gives them his proposition of blowing up a couple of the plazas to make it seem like the mall was destroyed. Felix, without question, immediately refuses the proposal. Benjamin attempts to reason with him, stating that The Rastas will be targeting the mall no matter what. As others enter the plaza to watch the commotion, Felix threatens Benjamin and the alliance with Wilbur. Tensions are raised when Jon then takes his pistol out, warning Felix. Quincy steps in to talk Jon into putting his gun away. When he sees that the mall survivors aren't going to budge, Benjamin gives up and leaves with Shane, Jon, and Curtis.

Outside, Benjamin tells Shane that they'll now have to do this *their way*. They get back into their truck and drive off down the street to meet with Robin and the rest of Benjamin's army.

On the roof, Marcus finds Erin keeping a watch with her binoculars. As they make idle chit-chat, Erin notices a Rasta convoy moving through the streets in the distance. Erin figures that it means The Rastas are setting up a new outpost nearby, and she wants to find out where. As William emerges out onto the roof, he tells them about what happened in the Entrance Plaza. After, Erin asks William if he could stay on watch for her while she went out to investigate the Rasta convoy. William agrees to it without much question. Marcus goes with Erin to watch her back.

A few blocks away from the mall, Benjamin prepares to attack the mall. Hearing what Benjamin is about to do, Curtis calls Benjamin out and reminds him that he has friends in there, them being Quincy and Monica. Benjamin says that he's only going to attack one of the plazas, and that he has to do this. Curtis and Jon both stay behind, not wanting any part in attacking the mall, while Benjamin and his army drive off towards the mall.

Out in the front of the mall, Benjamin's convoy arrives. Ten soldiers with RPGs take aim and fire at the Entrance Plaza, crumbling it to the ground. William, from the roof, fires off a warning shot at them, and in return, he's shot at. William ducks down and rushes off the roof. Benjamin and his army get back into their vehicles and speed away towards the town hall.

Inside the mall, the survivors quickly scramble out before the ceiling collapses onto them. Most of the group heads for the food court as zombies begin to fill into the Entrance Plaza.

Benjamin's army arrives outside of the town hall. Badrick emerges onto the balcony, where he makes it clear to Benjamin that he knows it was only the Entrance Plaza that was attacked. Benjamin tries telling him that the undead are filling the mall and will finish off the survivors inside, but Badrick doesn't care, saying that it was meant to be him. Benjamin then reluctantly gets onto his knees on the order of Badrick and begs to see his daughter. Badrick refuses, but is willing to give him one last chance to get his daughter back. He tosses a radio down to him and tells him to await his call. As Badrick heads back inside, Benjamin gets up and tells Shane that he wants scouts watching the town hall 24/7. He then gets back into a truck and the convoy speeds off.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

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

#### **Also Starring**

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

#### **Guest Starring**

* Robin Clarke
* Curtis Van Horn
* Monica Reynolds
* Jon Matthews
* Fraser Stiller
* Wilbur Wright
* Zachariah "Zac" Barnes
* Sarah Taylor
* Alex Weiss