On the Move

Albert discovers a lost survivor of the mall. Edward and his newly assembled group run into trouble but are saved by a familiar face. Jacob takes a small group to investigate his old school.

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## **Synopsis**

Dean Howards steps into the cabin covered in snow and frost. Owen Gliefield asks Dean if he had seen anybody returning from the hardware store, but Dean refuses to answer the old man. Sighing, Owen tells Dean that it's not his fault they're leaving the cabin, and asks him to put his argument to rest. Jim Butterman beckons Dean to come sit with him, and he does. Dean feels safe in the cabin, and doesn't want to keep running, but Jim reminds him that they need to trust the judgments of Jacob Feldman, William Reynes and others. They need to remain optimistic, Jim tells him. Sitting back, Dean recalls his past life and how he wishes things could have been different. "You're a better person now, Dean," Jim says "You're a survivor like everyone else here." Teddy Powell interrupts them to point out somebody walking up to the cabin. William throws open the door to the cabin, stepping inside, bringing back the news of everything about the hardware store, Curtis and Randall's safe return, and the new girl, Rebecca Dawson. Without delay, the group begins packing up. Although Dean still doesn't want to leave, he reluctantly goes with them so that he'd remain with his group.

At the Willamette bus depot, Austin Kingston is drunkenly stumbling through the snow with a bottle of whiskey in hand. A zombie comes wandering up to Austin, and while Austin foolishly tries punching it to death, another zombie shows up. He gets shoved to the ground by the zombie, and he quickly crawls back, pulling out a screw driver that he uses to kill one of them. He is then saved from the other zombie by Albert Hanson. Austin clambers back to his feet, happy to see somebody that he recognizes. Albert tells the drunk about those who went missing after the mall, as well as the fact Felix Quarterman didn't make it out alive. Meanwhile, Austin shares his side, explaining that after the mall he went searching for Logan Carlson to no avail. After Albert takes down another straggling zombie, he explains how he was separated at the hardware store. Coming up behind the two of them is a group of five zombies. Austin suggests that Albert go distract them while he sneaks up behind them. Not wanting to dispute it, Albert agrees, giving him his knife. While Albert leads the group to him, Austin goes up behind them and manages to take down one before he falls over, zombies crawling on top of him. Albert hurries over to save him, and kills the remaining four.

William leads the cabin group through the woods, and they eventually come up to the frozen lake. William tells them all to spread out and keep walking. Zac Barnes goes first, and soon the rest of the group does as well. As they cross, zombies begin closing in on them from all sides. A few fall through the ice before making it to the survivors, but not all of them. Teddy whacks a zombie, and nearly falls through the ice with it. Jim is the first to safely make it across, and Dean closely follows. When a zombie comes speeding up behind Fraser Stiller, he panics and rushes forward, breaking the ice underneath him. Half his body falls in while he hands on to the ice, yelling for Zac to help him. Zac takes his sweet time turning around and killing the zombie, then bending down to pull Fraser out of the freezing water. Elsewhere on the ice, Owen has a close encounter with a zombie and is forced to shoot it in the head, which only draws more zombies to the lake. The rest of the group safely make it across without issue. They were nearly at the hardware store.

Angela Jaegar and Ed Anderson arrive outside the bus depot, intending to search the building for supplies. After entering and briefly looking around, Angela concludes that the place has been ransacked, and it's not worth looting. As she and Ed head back outside, they see two figures in the distance. Ed sees them as nothing other than a couple of zombies, but Angela notes that their posture is different than that of a zombie. They approach, and soon find out that it's two men. Albert draws his empty pistol, frightened by the sudden appearance of them. Angela questions what Albert and Austin are doing out in the cold, which leads Albert into naming Jon, Jacob, and Kate, wondering if Angela and Ed had seen any of them. Angela is annoyed when Ed then admits they have a man named Jon back at their base. Hearing that Jon was possibly still alive, Albert asks to go back with them to their base, even offering them his weapons if they didn't trust him. Angela tells him to keep them, as she turns, beckoning him and Austin to follow them.

Edward Remar drives his bus through the streets of Willamette. His passengers' singing irritates him to the point where he threatens to crash if they don't shut up. After spending a couple more minutes driving, the bus begins to make creaking and sputtering noises before the entire thing comes to a stop; they were out of gas. Knowing that they're in a residential neighbourhood and a gas station is not likely to be near, Edward decides that they'll take shelter in one of the houses until morning. He and the others grab their belongings and climb out, where a few zombies quickly begin closing in on them. Robin Clarke draws his pistols, but Edward warns him not to shoot, as it'd bring more zombies to the area. Edward and the others begin slowly clearing out the zombies, but more keep showing up. Eventually, Robin decides to shoot the zombies anyway, sending gunshots echoing down the street. Edward glares at Robin, and criticizes him for being a moron. Nearby, Benjamin Taylor steps out of one of the houses, beckoning Edward and the others inside as he fires at the zombies with his pistol. Everybody hurries inside while Benjamin keeps them covered.

Once inside the house, Mike Simpson begins boarding the front door back up. Benjamin immediately turns his attention to Robin, threatening to throw him out. Robin says that sending him out of the group was nothing personal. Benjamin turns away and approaches Edward and Clyde Rollins, telling them that saving their lives was the least he could do for them. Edward tells Benjamin about the destruction of the mall, something Benjamin already knows about. He turns to Robin, informing him that Shane Haywood was dead, and how it happened. When Benjamin says that it was Damerae Badrick who killed his daughter, Robin is quick to remind him that it was cancer that killed her. Not wanting to hear it, Benjamin turns back to Edward, explaining to him that he and Mike were on a mission to find and kill Badrick as soon as possible, as they had a journey to go on afterwards. Interested, Edward asks about this journey. All Benjamin says is that they're going to find Cornelius Dance. He refuses to say anything more until he knows that Edward and all his companions are on board with them. He turns to walk away, deciding that they'd go out to find some fuel for the bus the next morning.

Inside the hardware store, Curtis is looking out a window, holding out hope that Jon would return safely. Up in the office, Kate admits to Marcus that she isn't so sure about staying at the hardware store, as everything that's happened has been bad. Marcus says that it doesn't need to be permanent, and that they could find someplace else. Just then, Jacob enters the room and lays down a map, pointing to Willamette High School, the place he and William used to teach at. He plans to take a small group there to scout out the place and decide whether or not the rest of the group should go there. Kate and Marcus agree with his plan. Rebecca then enters the office, letting them know that William and the group had returned.

Downstairs, William leads the group into the hardware store, where they're greeted by Randall. Jacob soon joins them all, announcing to them about his plan to check out the high school. Dean immediately sighs when he hears this. William takes Jacob aside to let him know that the rings were dropped into the lake as requested. He also expresses his concern for going to the school, pointing out that it could be a "bandit-occupied fortress". Jacob pushes his concerns aside, reminding him that they were just scouting the school first. In the background, Randall comments on the fact that they have the numbers to take over anything. However, Zac points out that most people here were tired and pathetic at fighting. Randall suggests they start training people. Jacob and William go to the center of the room, asking for anybody else who'd want to go scout the school with them. Most people stay silent, all but Kate, who rushes off to get her belongings to join them. While she does so, Jacob takes the time to introduce Rebecca to the rest of the group. Kate soon returns with her stuff ready to go. The three of them then leave.

After they leave, Teddy approaches Dean, who's sitting by himself. Dean tells Teddy that he's tired of constantly moving around, and wants to just stay in one place. Teddy says that the Rastas would have eventually found the cabin and easily taken it. He lifts his left arm, showing a stump where his hand used to be. They need to keep running until they can catch their breath. "That's when we bring the fight back to them," Teddy tells him. He lists out all the people that the Rastas have killed from their group. Jim chimes in at the end, telling Dean that they need to keep pushing, and eventually they'll make it.

At Willamette High School, Lloyd Waller and Kyle Douglass are sitting in the cafeteria. Kyle bickers with him over a comic book that he gave to Lloyd weeks ago and now wanted back. Lloyd rolls Kyle a soda can, which he quickly opens. Soda shoots out of the can, drenching Kyle's face. Lloyd looks at him, getting second hand embarrassment, even though nobody else was around. Kyle moves past the accident, going back to the matter of the comic book. He rambles on about how one of the character's names doesn't fit with the genre of the book, before Lloyd says that he should go get all the comics in the series from the library. Kyle jumps out of his chair and jogs out headed for the library, leaving behind his notebook filled with drawings. After he's gone, Tony Marston strolls into the cafeteria. Lloyd coughs to get Tony's attention, offering him a piece of gum. Tony happily takes it. The two of them sit down and casually talk about what school was like before the apocalypse, and how much they miss it. After an awkward conclusion to their conversation, Tony gets up and walks away.

Outside the school, Jacob, William, and Kate cautiously approach the front entrance. After finding the door locked, Jacob knocks. The door is answered by Bruce Boseman, who Jacob and William instantly recognize. Without question, Bruce beckons them all inside. Once everybody steps inside, Bruce begins leading them through the foyer. Still in shock that Bruce was here, Jacob questions if Bruce has been here the whole time. Bruce responds by explaining that most people, faculty and students, were killed early on. Only six remained in the school, and only two of them were faculty: himself and Martyn Ford, the handicapped history teacher. Kate and William stay silent as Bruce leads the three of them into the principal's office.

Inside, Martyn is waiting, happy to see the familiar face of Jacob. Jacob then steers the conversation over to the matter of supplies, wondering how the school was holding up. Bruce admits that they could be better. Sitting down, Jacob goes over what occurred at the mall, before getting to his point: asking if they could stay at the school. After giving it a moment of thought, Bruce says he'd be happy to let their group stay. Jacob thanks him, meanwhile Kate introduces herself to Bruce and Martyn. Afterwards, Kate gets up and takes Jacob out of the room to speak with him. William is already out in the hall, waiting. The three quickly discuss the situation and decide that it would be best to bring the rest of the group here. Kate sets off by herself to the hardware store, assuring Jacob and William that she'd be okay. When she's gone, Jacob turns to William, questioning why he seemed so down recently. He tells Jacob that he hasn't felt the same since the mall, but that he'd get over it. Jacob understands, and tells his friend to get some rest, before he walks away.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Kate Bloodstone
* Marcus Downes
* Aldus Paxton
* William Reynes
* Dean Howards
* Edward Remar
* Clyde Rollins
* Benjamin Taylor
* Jacob Feldman
* Randall Forster
* Albert Hanson

#### **Also Starring**

* Angela Jaegar
* Fraser Stiller
* Zachariah "Zac" Barnes
* Jim Butterman
* Robin Clarke
* Austin Kingston
* Owen Gliefield
* Theodore "Teddy" Powell

#### **Guest Starring**

* Solomon Reed
* Rebecca Dawson
* Mike Simpson
* Lloyd Waller
* Bruce Boseman
* Jared Kellings
* Kyle Douglass
* Martyn Ford
* Curtis Van Horn
* Ed Anderson

#### **Co-Starring**

* Bernie Ortan
* Tony Marston
* Apollo