The Right Thing

Kate leads a team on a dangerous mission into Garden City behind William’s back.

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## **Synopsis**

In Garden City, Clyde Rollins is on the rooftop of a building, looking on at an office building which was completely surrounded by the undead. As he'd been tracking them, Clyde knew that Aidan Eldridge's group was stuck inside, and with a determined look on his face, he climbs off the rooftop and heads back towards the motel.

Ed Anderson and Rebecca Dawson are standing out in the parking lot preparing to depart for their scavenging mission. Lloyd Waller comes walking over, ready to leave. Before they go, William Reynes approaches, declaring that he was going with him too, leaving Jon Matthews in charge of the motel. When Rebecca asks him why he's doing it, William says it's so nothing wrong can ever happen again.

After William’s team departs, Jon and Austin Kingston begin walking towards the exit with some axes, intending to go out and cut down some trees. Austin recounts the events that transpired the day before, and how sending Aidan's group away doesn't sit right with him. Jon tells him that they need to prioritize each other when times are tough, which they are. Before making it outside the motel, Kate Bloodstone stops them, and Jon explains to her that William had left. Kate slowly nods, before telling Jon that he should go speak to Claire Noble, but he has no interest in doing so. As Jon walks away, Austin apologizes to Kate for taking William's side, but says that in their current state, they couldn't risk it.

Claire, Dean Howards, Randall Forster, and the now conscious Marcus Downes are all in a motel room discussing the situation with Aidan's group. They're still anxiously waiting for Clyde to return, and desperately want to go and save Aidan's group before they all perish. Kate eventually joins them in the room, and together, they decide that they need to go out and save Aidan's group, even if it means going against William. Randall is worried about what William might do when he finds out, but Marcus says they have the numbers advantage.

Ed's crew arrives at a small village far from the motel, one that's suspiciously empty of zombies. Looking around the town, they spot two notable buildings: a gun store and a supermarket. Rebecca goes with William to search the gun store, while the other two loot the market.

In the gun store, they find dead zombies, indicating that somebody else had already scavenged the building. Rebecca suddenly asks William about the way he's been acting, but William warns her that he's not in the mood to talk about it. Rebecca is taken aback, and questions what William was doing pointing a gun around at his own group. Getting angry, William states that he's the leader, and people shouldn't be second guessing his decisions. He scoffs, thinking that Rebecca would have more common sense than to go against him too, before he walks off into the back room. Annoyed with him, Rebecca leaves to go check out a different store, furiously killing a zombie on her way.

Ed and Lloyd and walking through the supermarket using a shopping cart to pick up supplies. While looting, Lloyd brings up the current state of the group, and how everything seems to be falling apart. Ed says that if he were leader, he would have allowed Aidan's group in, even if he knows they don't have the supplies to take care of them. He believes in his group, though, saying that they'll eventually work through everything and get back on the same track. Lloyd respects what he's saying, and says he's grateful to have everyone at the motel. Eventually, as Ed finds a box of canned goods, Lloyd is taken hostage by Scott Wilson. Ed fumbles for his pistol, but he gets grabbed by two other men, and is knocked out.

Outside the motel, Jon and Austin are hacking away at a couple of trees with their axes. The work is tiring, and Jon complains that there's nobody else here who wants to help, and he doesn't even know where Clyde is. Austin wonders if it's possible Clyde went after Aidan's group. Jon hopes not, but he is suspicious of Kate, thinking that she may be planning something. Both of them agree that it would be stupid for Kate or anybody else to risk going out and bringing back Aidan's group, but if they do, Jon won't go after them.

Clyde eventually arrives back at the motel, and immediately goes to see Kate and the others, disclosing where Aidan's group had ended up; the office building. It's decided that they need to go and save them, but Clyde worries about William and Jon. Marcus says that they'll hopefully find some supplies in the city to appease them, and if not, they can still overrule him with a vote. Dean is nervous, but agrees that it's better to do that instead of nothing. When Kate asks who's willing to go into the city, Dean, Clyde, Claire and Marcus all volunteer to go, even if the latter two are still healing. Randall wants to go as well, but he's in far worse shape than Marcus and Claire, so he has to stay behind. Kate stands, telling everyone that they'll need to leave the guns behind, as it'd only make things worse with William. She tells them to meet her at the gate in five minutes.

While preparing to leave, Clyde tells Claire that he's worried about her because of her head injury. In response, she tells him she'll be fine, and that she needs to see if all of Clyde's training has paid off.

Nearby, Kate is approached by Brenden Trevors, who says he didn't feel right about the whole situation, and that he wants to help with whatever they're doing. Kate is surprised that he even knows, and she warns him that what they're doing is dangerous, but Brenden still wants to help - he wants to be brave for once. Kate frowns slightly, but agrees to let him come along. She sends him into the storage room to get a hatchet. While he's gone, everyone else arrives at the front gate, ready to leave. When Brenden returns, Kate gives everyone a last chance to back out, but nobody does. Before they leave, Kate tries motivating everyone that what they're doing--although dangerous, is the right thing to do; it's what Albert Hanson would have done.

Rebecca meets back up with William in the street, both of them having found nothing in their stores. Rebecca decides she'll go check on Ed and Lloyd, while William goes to loot a pharmacy in town.

Inside the supermarket, Ed and Lloyd have had their hands bound by rope, while Scott and four other bandits are standing over them. Ed begs them to let Lloyd go. Scott kneels down in front of Ed, forcing him to open his hand. He degrades Ed for coming into their town and taking their supplies, while he begins slicing through one of Ed's fingers. Lloyd yells at them to stop, but it only angers Scott more. Nearby, Rebecca sneaks through the supermarket aisles, cringing at Ed's screams of agony. While Lloyd is looking away from Ed, he notices Rebecca. She signals for him to make a distraction so that she can attack. Sitting up, Lloyd yells at Scott, prompting him to turn around and begin approaching him. That's when Rebecca strikes, immediately taking Scott down with a few hits with her nunchucks. Three more bandits lunge at her with all different types of weapons, but Rebecca holds them off, sending all of them to the floor, groaning in pain. The last bandit gets the jump on Rebecca, but with the help of Lloyd, who kicks her a fireaxe, she picks it up and drives into the bandit's shoulder. Suddenly, Scott sneaks behind Rebecca and slams her on the head with a cinder block, immediately sending her to the ground, blood spilling out of her head. A barely conscious Rebecca mutters a curse at Scott, who picks her up and tosses her back down.

Outside, William sees what's happening, and he instantly smashes through one of the windows. As the other bandits clamber back to their feet, one of them charges at William. William grabs him and pushes his thumbs into his eyes, far enough to where it kills the man. Another bandit swings a cleaver, but William takes hold of it and uses it to kill him. The next bandit tries to run, but he's caught by William, who uses his knife to gut him like a fish. William then bulls into the last two bandits, killing one of them by biting into his neck. Scott, the last man standing, tries to fight back against William, managing to break a couple of fingers, but it doesn't matter in the end. William manages to get Scott onto the floor, where he proceeds to use his knife to slash, cut, and stab at his face until Scott finally goes motionless and dies.

In Garden City, Clyde is leading everyone towards the office building where Aidan's group is trapped in. Clyde notes how the streets surrounding the building were swarmed with zombies, and so it'll be difficult to find a way in. The entire group is nervous about what might happen, but as Dean says: he's happy to do this knowing that he'll be helping people.

Soon, they make it to the office block of town, where Clyde points out the building they're trapped in. They climb up onto the roof of a nearby deli shop to get a better look of the building. Marcus looks on at the building, but can't find any way inside. However, Claire notices something.

Claire takes the group over to a nearby pedestrian bridge that went parallel to the office building they needed to get inside. Her plan is to smash one of the windows to the office building and jump into it in order to avoid fighting the hordes below. Dean and Clyde aren't sure about this, but Claire convinces them this is a risk they must take. All of them begin throwing rocks at the windows, while Kate fights to keep approaching zombies off of them. Claire finally manages to smash open one of the building's windows, and she prepares to jump across in order to find something that would allow the others to safely climb over. However, Clyde jumps across before her, barely making the jump and having to pull himself up off the ledge. Claire yells at him in anger, but she quickly turns around and helps to fight off zombies with everyone else. Eventually, Clyde finds some rope, and after mumbling some encouragement to himself, manages to toss one end of the rope over to the bridge. When the rope is tied down on both ends, the group begins climbing across one by one. Once they all safely make it across, they split up to search and clear the building. Dean and Marcus head to the first floor to watch the front doors in case the horde breaks through, while everyone else goes to search the upper floors.

At the motel, Jon and Austin are carrying logs back into the parking lot. Narrowing his eyes, Jon is suspicious about how quiet it is. He brings Austin to go and find out what's up.

They arrive at Randall's motel room, and question him to see if he knows where everyone is. Randall sighs, immediately confessing that Kate and the others had gone into Garden City. Jon storms out of the room in anger, and Austin follows him, conflicted on whether they should go after them - but that would leave the motel practically unguarded. Randall limps out after them, telling them to have some faith, and that they'll make it back alive. Jon curses at Randall for having not said anything either, before looking up and trying to think of a solution to their problem, but he’s at a loss for ideas.

On one of the top floors of the office building, Aidan and his group are trying to come up with a way to get out of the building. A pessimistic Luke Butler believes that they're already doomed, but Aidan and Jeanne Randolph are adamant they'll survive through this. As Aidan is ranting about how William could turn a group like his away, Kate and the others enter the room, telling them that it was a mistake and they're here to rectify it. Aidan and most of the others are quick to forgive them, and are happy to see that they came back to rescue them. Luke, however, is still pissed at them. Claire informs them that it won't be easy to get out of the building.

Downstairs, Marcus and Dean are checking out the front doors to see how stable they are. As Marcus is examining them, he begins to fear that it won't take long until they break through. He tells Dean to go inform the others, and to meet him on the second floor where they'll make their stand.

Back upstairs, everyone is patiently waiting for Dean and Marcus. Kate questions if Jesse Garnett is Aidan's son - but he says that he's just his guardian, and that his parents had sadly died. Meanwhile, Clyde is talking with Luke, who says that he was watching one of Clyde's movies when the outbreak broke out. Clyde turns to gloat about it to Claire, but she's still upset at him for jumping across without warning earlier. Clyde apologizes for the stunt, but says that he did it because he was feeling brave. Eventually, Dean makes it up to them, letting them all in on the current situation downstairs. Once everyone takes in the news, they nervously begin heading down the stairs. Aidan helps the injured Abigail Brooks, while Clyde carries Wesley Randolph, who lost his wheelchair way back during the attack on the house.

On the second floor, Marcus is using furniture to board up the stairs, even if it wouldn't last very long. When Kate arrives with everyone else, Marcus says that the horde has already broken through and they don't have much time. Marcus goes around to the windows, looking out, but doesn't see any safe way out where they'd be free of zombies. Attempting to remain calm, he gathers everyone around and tells them that they'll need to stick together as a unit if they want any chance of fighting their way out. One last thing Marcus mentions - is the idea of smearing zombie guts onto them in order to sneak past the hordes unnoticed. The others, albeit grossed out, agree that it'll be worth a try.

Marcus and Luke approach the stairwell, where Marcus instructs Luke to open the door a few inches and hold it while he grabs a zombie to use for their plan. Luke affirms Marcus that he's ready - but when he goes to open the door, the force of the dozens of zombies on the other side causes him to fall over. Marcus falls as zombies try swarming around him. However, Luke immediately gets back up, and saves Marcus by practically throwing himself at the horde, where he's quickly torn apart and feasted on.

Jumping to his feet, Marcus runs back and tells the others what's happened, and that they need to get into formation pronto. The group get into their positions, with the most vulnerable being protected by the capable ones. The zombies begin to swarm the second floor, and the survivors begin to fight back. Just a couple of minutes go by before one half of the group starts getting surrounded. Wesley, who's being carried by Dean, suddenly feels himself being chomped on by zombies. Dean tries to hang onto the old man, but Wesley gets ripped in half, the zombies stopping to chow down on his flesh. Wesley's wife, Jeanne, begins to sob and yell, but she continues being escorted by the others. Meanwhile, the other half of the survivors have been completely separated from the others. While trying to swing his hatchet at a zombie, Brenden gets bit in the hand. He begins freaking out, as Aidan tries calming him down. Back across the floor, Jeanne becomes swarmed by the horde, and she gets completely ripped apart, all while trying to hold onto both Claire and Dean. Not wanting to get dragged down with her, Dean is forced to stomp onto the old lady's head to make her let go, while Clyde chops Jeanne's arm off to save Claire from getting pulled down.

Claire and Clyde end up in one group, while Kate, Aidan, Brenden, Jesse and Abigail are in another. Kate's team starts pushing towards the stairwell in an attempt to make it out of the building. It's a battle to get to the stairwell, but they eventually make it there--where another member of the group falls to the horde. The injured Abigail has her throat ripped out, and she's quickly grabbed by more zombies, who claw into and devour her. Aidan looks on and screams in horror, and he tries to save her--but he's far too late. He's forced to retreat back with the rest of the group, who have now finally made their way to the bottom floor and are nearing the windows, where they'll be able to escape. As they make it to the window, Aidan is bitten in the shoulder by a zombie. While Brenden rushes ahead to try and break open the window, Aidan, realizing he's a goner, begs Kate to take care of Jesse when he's gone. He then charges into the horde, gathering their attention, giving Brenden, Kate and Jesse time to escape. Brenden jumps out the window, and Kate and Jesse are about to go out next--but Jesse stops, his eyes fixated on Aidan as the man is ripped apart. Kate tries pulling the kid out, but Jesse resists, crying out over the loss of Aidan. With the horde a mere couple feet away from Jesse, Kate is forced to let go, looking away as Jesse screams, the horde clawing him to bits. A distressed, bloody and tired Kate screams out as she kills a zombie in her way, her head no longer in the game. She regroups with Brenden, and they escape down the street.

Back in the office building, Clyde and Claire are still battling through the horde, when they are rescued by Marcus, who calls them into a nearby room. When they run inside, Marcus slams the door and leans against to keep the horde out. He asks where everybody else is, but they aren't sure. Sighing, Marcus points to a vent in the room, telling them that might be their only way out.

Back out on the street, Kate and Brenden are stumbling down the street - and it's then that Kate notices Brenden's bitten hand. She says that they'll have to deal with it, but not here. Suddenly, a car comes skidding to a stop in front of them, and sitting in the driver's seat, Jon yells at them to get in. They get in, while a furious Jon tells them not to say a word until they escape the city. Kate tries telling him that the others are still trapped in the office building, but Jon only says that it's her fault for that. While he drives out of the city, Jon sees Kate preparing to amputate Brenden's hand, realizing that he's been bit, which only angers him further. But he reluctantly instructs Kate on what to do after she cuts his hand off. Using Brenden's own hatchet, she slices his hand off, while Brenden screams in pain. Afterwards, she quickly uses the available resources to stop the bleeding the best she can.

Meanwhile, a giant horde of zombies stumble out of Garden City, following the direction of Jon's car, which'll take them straight to the motel.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

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

#### **Also Starring**

* Ed Anderson
* Claire Noble

#### **Guest Starring**

* Brenden Trevors
* Aidan Eldridge

#### **Co-Starring**

* Abigail Brooks
* Jesse Garnett
* Luke Butler
* Wesley Randolph
* Jeanne Randolph
* Scott Wilson

## **Deaths**

* Aidan Eldridge
* Jesse Garnett
* Abigail Brooks
* Wesley Randolph
* Jeanne Randolph
* Luke Butler
* Scott Wilson
* 4 Unnamed Bandits