His Resolve

William adjusts his leadership strategy, leading to him clashing with Kate when a group of survivors arrive at the motel. Edward wakes up with a new group of people.

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## **Synopsis**

In the middle of the Kansas woods, a group of survivors have taken shelter in a house. Marisa Pena is cooking dinner, while Aidan Eldridge is standing on watch. Abigail Brooks and Jesse Garnett are on the couch, Randy Dasling is snoring loudly in a chair, and Wesley Randolph, a wheelchair bound man, is coughing blood into a tissue, his wife Jeanne Randolph beside him. Lastly, Luke Butler is in the corner, trying to keep himself occupied by air-boxing. Marisa comes out from the kitchen, telling everyone dinner would be ready soon, before she goes to check on the ill Wesley. Jeanne worries that her husband may not have much time left if they don't find him medicine soon, to which Aidan says he'll make a run into town the next day to search the pharmacy. As everyone starts heading into the dining room for dinner, while a bored and annoyed Luke goes outside. Aidan follows Luke to bring him back inside, while Randy remains in his chair, asking for his food to be brought to him.

Outside, while Aidan is trying to get him to come back inside, Luke complains about the state of the group, and how Aidan isn't doing enough. Aidan says he's doing what he can, but Luke remains unsatisfied, as he heads back inside.

Inside the house, Marisa says a prayer before everyone begins eating dinner. While everyone is eating quietly (except Randy who's still in the living room on his chair), they hear a man yelling for help outside. When the group gets up to look out the windows, they see an overweight man completely out of breath begging to be let inside. The group let him in and question what he was running from. As the man who introduces himself as Herman Meyers begins digging into some of the food, Marisa suddenly spots a zombie approaching the house; it had followed Herman. Aidan prepares to go out and deal with the one zombie himself--but soon, the lone zombie is joined by an entire horde of over thirty zombies. The house becomes almost surrounded, with most of the zombies banging on the front door. Some, like Randy, Herman, and Wesley are freaking out, while others like Aidan, Luke, and Jeanne are remaining rather calm, grabbing weapons and looking for a way out. A terrified Herman decides he's going to try and make a break for it by escaping through the back door--unaware that zombies were already waiting at the door. Herman is ripped apart by the zombies, as Wesley is cursing at him over his screams for being stupid. With the first floor becoming swarmed with the undead, everyone begins hurrying up to the second floor. Aidan picks up and carries Wesley up. Upstairs, Luke bashes a window open and hops outside, telling everyone to do the same. Most people make it to the window, but Marisa and Randy do not. Marisa gets cornered into the bathroom while she is panicking and gets devoured by the horde. Meanwhile, Randy runs to a different window far from the others, trying to escape. He almost makes it out, but the zombies pull him back in and rip him apart. With nothing they can do, the remainder of the group begin hopping out the window one by one. Wesley carefully drops Wesley down so that his wife and Luke catch him. The boy, Jesse, climbs out next. Abigail is the second-to-last to climb out, and as she's doing it, she accidentally slashes her arm on a broken piece of glass. With seconds to spare, Aidan climbs out, and the entire group escapes the property by hopping over a short fence.

Edward Remar wakes up in a tent, a place unfamiliar to him, and he realizes that he must've passed out. Soon, Bonnie Harrell steps into the tent, and is immediately bombarded with questions by Edward. Bonnie introduces herself, telling him that her group picked up him and Solomon Reed and brought them back to camp. Edward continues asking questions about who her group is, and she says there are ten of them, and she will happily bring Edward over to Solomon. Before exiting, Edward asks where his cane is, but Bonnie doesn't know what he's talking about.

They walk through the campsite, passing by Calvin Schultz and Elliott Rowe on a bench. Bonnie says that her group moves around a lot.

Bonnie and Edward arrive at another tent where Solomon is healing up. Bonnie then leaves the two to go find a man named Kurt Klein, the group's leader. When she leaves, Solomon tells Edward that this group has been nothing but friendly thus far, before he asks about Edward's missing cane. Edward recalls how he left his cane in the barn while trying to find and help him. Their conversation ends there when Kurt enters the tent, immediately looking for a "thank you" from Edward, but he doesn't get one. Edward says that he didn't need his help, as he'd already cleared the entire horde at the farm by himself. Kurt chuckles, telling Edward that it's best they not get off on the wrong foot. Edward breaks out a fake smile and introduces himself, thanking Kurt for everything he's done. Kurt smiles back, telling Edward he should go get a bite to eat, as everyone here has to pull their own weight--and he doesn't look like he could even bench five kilograms. After Kurt exits the tent, Edward's fake smile vanishes, and he turns to Solomon, complaining loudly about how arrogant and rude Kurt is. He tells Solomon he's going to find out what these people are really about.

Back outside, Edward is shown around the camp some more by Bonnie, being introduced to Carson Burke, the camp cook. Nearby, Stanley Peck and Leonard Thorne are being shown a close-by lodge on a map by Elliot. They decide it'll be worth checking out, but first Leonard walks over to Edward to tell him he needs to come along - special instructions from Kurt. Leonard makes sure Edward hasn't been bitten or scratched by a zombie first, before he says they'll be leaving soon.

At the motel, Kate Bloodstone is sitting next to the unconscious Marcus Downes, with Randall Forster standing nearby; both men have had their wounds tended to. Randall feels sorry for not being able to prevent Marcus from being beaten, which leaves Kate confused, as Marcus would be dead if it weren't for him. Still, Randall apologizes again, and leaves the room.

William Reynes and Ed Anderson are walking into the storage room going over their stock of supplies--and how low they are on pretty much everything. He shows William a small village on a map, and says he would be happy to lead a team out there to scavenge. Lloyd Waller pokes his his into the room, having been listening to them, and asks if he can go with him. With William's consent, Lloyd is allowed to. William and Lloyd step out for a minute, where William reminds Lloyd that he cares about him, even if it doesn't seem like it. Jon Matthews comes strolling over to them, wondering if he could speak to William alone. The two men take a walk around the motel, where Jon expresses his concern over how weakly defended the motel is. His idea is to spend a few days crafting spikes, tripwires, and even bows and arrows, considering how low the group is on ammo. William approves of this, and gives Jon full reign to do as he needs.

Edward, Stanley and Leonard are walking through the woods on their way to the lodge. Edward refuses to get along with the other two, reluctantly even bothering to share his name with them. When they arrive at the lodge, Edward wanders off into the woods away from the other two, leaving them confused as to where he's going. Stanley decides to go after him, and finds out that Edward is searching for a walking stick to replace his cane. He tells Stanley about how it was a shelf that crushed it, but refuses to elaborate any further. After failing to find any good sticks, Stanley says he'll find Edward a good one inside the lodge, and they head back there.

In the lodge, Edward asks Stanley if anyone in his group wants to settle down somewhere. Stanley doesn't think so, remarking about how they like to move around and change scenery. When Stanley inquires about what Edward and Solomon plan to do, Edward says that he isn't sure, and he'll have to see how things work out in this group. The two of them then run into a zombie, which pins Stanley to the floor, but Edward saves him. Leonard comes charging out with a machete in hand, expecting to see a zombie, but is surprised when he sees it's dead. Leonard puts down his blade and says that he was able to scavenge some crackers, but not much else. After mouthing off about Edward in front of him, Leonard continues his search.

The three of them return back to the campsite after their search of the lodge, bags of supplies with them. They drop them off to Nancy Warner, the group member in charge of keeping track of supplies. Stanley and Leonard walk off, leaving Edward and Nancy to introduce each other. Edward eyes the supply wagon, question Nancy if his shotgun was in there. Nancy admits that it is, but that she wasn't just going to hand it over, not without permission from the "higher-ups". When Edward wonders who the higher-ups are, Nancy first names Kurt, the leader of the group, and then points to Molly Massey and Landon Kimber standing across camp, Kurt's henchmen. Edward makes some snarky remarks about their appearances, before he decides to let Nancy get back to work.

In camp, Kurt is standing around one of the group's cars, listening to Elliot, the group's map expert. A nervous Elliott tells Kurt about a nearby trailer park they could stay at, which, going off of Elliott's judgement, Kurt thinks is a good idea. Kurt heads to the center of camp and calls over everybody. When everybody makes their way over, Kurt orders everybody to pack up, and says they'll be moving out soon. Edward steps forward, demanding his shotgun back if they were going to be traveling on the road for a while. Molly mocks Edward loudly for likely not even being able to fire a shotgun without falling, while Leonard quietly complains about Edward to himself. Finally, Kurt approaches, his charming smile from earlier nowhere to be found, and tells Edward he ought to speak to him with more respect. Deciding it was best not to worsen tensions, Edward gives up on his quest to get the shotgun back, and settles on getting a small knife to use for defense instead. Nearby, an older member of the group, Calvin, tells Edward he should be thankful to have a weapon, as some people aren't allowed to have any at all. Both Kurt and his henchman Landon scold and disrespect Calvin for speaking up, which the old man calmly accepts.

Back at the motel, Randall and Austin Kingston are standing at the entrance on watch. Austin takes notice of how unusual Randall has been acting and asks him about it. With sorrow and regret in his voice, Randall explains in detail the events that went down at the police station, something he hadn't told anyone else yet. Randall feels that it was wrong to execute Adrian Mason, but Austin assures Randall that he did what needed to be done, pointing out how Adrian could have killed them or followed them back to the motel. Suddenly, Randall, who shouldn't even be on his feet from the injuries he received, passes out. Austin calls for some assistance, and Rebecca Dawson hurries over to help bring Randall into one of the motel rooms.

Kate goes to check up on the unconscious Randall, ensuring that he would be okay. She sighs, telling Rebecca and Austin that even though things aren't looking well, they'll make it through as long as they remain optimistic.

While traveling to the trailer park, Stanley gives Edward a good walking stick he'd found earlier. After examining and being happy with the gift, Edward tells Solomon that things might just work out here.

Kurt's group stops traveling for the day, pulling off to the side of the road to set up camp for the night. Edward walks off from the others, testing out his new stick. He notices Calvin sitting alone in the distance, but he looks away when he gets spooked by Elliott, who stops by to introduce himself. Edward asks Elliott about Calvin, and Elliott says that Kurt and his lackeys have no respect for Calvin, and are even thinking about leaving him behind. Nodding, Edward thanks him for being honest with him, before he turns and walks off to speak to Calvin.

While the rest of the group is sitting around the campfire chatting, Edward strolls over to Calvin and sits next to him, introducing himself. The old man is happy to see Edward finally coming to talk with him. Edward apologizes for not doing so sooner, and he tells Calvin that he was impressed with him from the start after seeing him stand up to Kurt back at camp. Calvin admits that he knows he's more of a burden to the group, and he's aware that Kurt wants to get rid of him. Edward recalls how Elliott said Calvin was the smartest one out here, but Calvin says it doesn't matter to Kurt since his intelligence is not raw strength. As the conversation wraps up, Calvin wisely advises Edward that if he wants to outsmart Kurt, he would need to play it slow, and play Kurt's game--just better.

Following his conversation with Calvin, Edward walks off, where he gets found by Nancy. She questions him for being out in the dark by himself, and Edward says he was just thinking. Shrugging it off, Nancy asks him if he'd like something to eat by the fire, but Edward claims to be not hungry, so Nancy turns and walks off. Edward looks over to the camp, looking at Kurt and his lackeys, smiling to himself. He decides that staying with them might not be such a bad idea after all - he wants to take over the group.

Lloyd and Brenden Trevors are standing on watch at the motel, talking about the situation with supplies. Lloyd is happy to be helping out by going on the supply run with Ed, while Brenden is still recovering from what happened at the cereal factory. While they're talking, they suddenly see a group of people stumbling out of the woods just down the road. Lloyd, unsure of what to do, hops down and runs over to Rebecca to tell her about the situation. Kate and Dean Howards hear the commotion and walk over, joining Rebecca as she heads over to the front gate. Lloyd runs off to go bring the other members of the group armed and ready in case things go south.

Aidan's group arrive outside the motel, weak, tired, and some of them wounded. Seeing the state of the group, Kate and Dean immediately say that they need to let them in. Rebecca isn't sure it's the right call, but after hearing Aidan explain how they just lost two of their own, she can't bring herself to turn them away. She tells Austin and Aldus Paxton to remain on standby in case this were some kind of ploy. As Aidan's group is entering, Daniel Rockwell suddenly comes storming over, and angrily says that they can't be letting people in when they're already low on resources. But he quiets down, knowing that the choice to let them in or send them away wasn't his. As Aidan and his people are getting settled in, Clyde Rollins comes walking over with Claire Noble. Mostly everyone recognizes him, except for Wesley, who mistakes him for "Slyde Lawlins". Claire leaves to go find some medical supplies for the injured Abigail. As she leaves, Jon and William suddenly come walking through the entrance of the motel. William remains completely silent, taking in the scene, and listening to Kate plead with him to let the new group stay and get rested up. William steps past Kate, dismissing her, and telling Aidan's group to leave. Everyone looks at William in shock. Jon and Daniel back William up, while everyone else remains quiet, or tries reasoning with him. William ignores everyone, including Rebecca, as he pulls a gun out of his pocket, demanding that Aidan's group leave. Aidan begs him not to do this, but it's no use. Kate tells the new group to stay where they are, as she and Dean continue to try and reason with the unshakeable William. William tells them that they can't spare the resources for them, and that if they wanted to help them so badly, they'd be welcome to leave with them. A disgusted Dean eventually goes back to his motel room, unable to watch.

The arguing between Kate and William continues. Jon eventually draws his gun as well, and William tells him to count to ten before he was free to fire on Aidan's group if they don't leave. Jon begins to count, as a horrified Aidan begins ushering his group back towards the gate. Rebecca snatches William's gun from him in an attempt to calm the situation, angering him. Kate is now screaming at William to stop and do the right thing. An annoyed William raises his voice and tells her that if the right thing dictated how they lives, none of them would be alive right now. As Jon nears ten, Clyde steps in front of his gun, attempting to be brave and get him to stop. A pissed off Jon easily shoves Clyde to the ground, promoting Claire to rush over and attack him. Jon easily throws her off of him and into a pole. During the commotion, William snatches his gun back from Rebecca and fires into the air, and then at the gate next to Aidan's group, forcing them to finally leave the motel. Kate smacks William in the face, but she quickly gets restrained by Daniel. William takes the hit, and orders Brenden to close the gates; he does so out of fear. All out of options, Kate looks to the other members of the group, mainly Austin, reminding him about his family, and how Aidan's group had a child with them. Austin, though it hurts him to say it, takes William's side. As everyone slowly starts to disperse back around the motel, Kate looks back to Aidan's group-- only to see that they had already left. Jon and William walk off, while Daniel stays behind, looking at Kate and commenting on how stupid she is for even considering letting them in. An angered Clyde approaches and punches Daniel, who, because he's still recovering, is knocked down easily. Shaking his head, Clyde says that sending Aidan's group back out isn't right, and that he was going to follow and keep and eye on them. Claire, who took a pretty big hit to the head from Jon, warns him that it won't be easy, but he doesn't care. He's going to do what's right.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* William Reynes
* Kate Bloodstone
* Randall Forster
* Jon Matthews
* Marcus Downes
* Rebecca Dawson
* Clyde Rollins
* Dean Howards
* Austin Kingston
* Lloyd Waller
* Edward Remar
* Aldus Paxton

#### **Also Starring**

* Ed Anderson
* Claire Noble
* Daniel Rockwell
* Solomon Reed
* Kurt Klein

#### **Guest Starring**

* Brenden Trevors
* Layton Zimmers
* Landon Kimber
* Molly Massey
* Bonnie Harrell
* Elliott Rowe
* Carson Burke
* Stanley Peck
* Leonard Thorne
* Nancy Warner
* Calvin Schultz
* Aidan Eldridge

#### **Co-Starring**

* Abigail Brooks
* Jesse Garnett
* Luke Butler
* Wesley Randolph
* Jeanne Randolph
* Marisa Pena
* Randy Dasling
* Herman Meyers

## **Deaths**

* Marisa Pena
* Randy Dasling
* Herman Meyers