It All Comes Crashing Down

Following a disastrous mission, an undead horde lays siege to the motel. Edward clashes with Kurt following a dangerous incident.

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## **Synopsis**

Layton Zimmers and Alex Weiss are sitting around the motel talking about their pasts. Layton reveals that he worked several different jobs as a school bus driver and a photographer - but neither profession worked out because of his unprofessionalism. Alex talks about his past working as a writer. Meanwhile, Austin Kingston is working on the motel's defenses, when suddenly Jon Matthews comes speeding up in his car, stopping in the parking lot. Kate Bloodstone immediately steps out and rushes Brenden Trevors into one of the motel rooms, while Austin hurries off to find a medkit. Everyone begins gathering around in the parking lot, including Randall Forster, who worries about where the others are. Kate insists that they're still alive, and that they need to go back and save them, but Jon quickly refuses to help her anymore. Soon, Daniel Rockwell and Lolida Windfield join everyone in the parking lot, both of them annoyed with Kate. Daniel shows zero remorse when Kate says that all of Aidan Eldridge's group were dead, and even jokes about Jesse Garnett's death, a death Kate is still struggling to shake out of her head. As Daniel is continuing his rant against Kate, Austin returns with the medkit, and Kate goes to treat Brenden. Daniel continues to rag on Kate and the team that left with her, which irritates Randall. Jon steps in, preventing a fight from happening, telling them all to cool off. As Jon walks off to calm down, he's approached by Layton, who points out a horde of zombies stumbling down the road. Everyone, including Kate, goes over to see the horde. Daniel suggests that they leave immediately, something most other people agree with. Randall hands out a pistol to everyone with a couple of bullets as an emergency. However, before the group can leave the motel, a second - and then a third horde surrounds the motel on the other sides, trapping the survivors in. Layton announces to the group that it's vital they stay together during this troubling time - and that he'll be in his room if they need him. The rest of the survivors close the motel gate and prepare to hold off the hordes as long as they can.

In various flashbacks, Edward Remar remembers the moment Damerae Badrick found and took him under his wing, as well as the moment he lowered Roger Hall into a horde of zombies, leading to his death. He then remembers when he killed Robin Clarke, before finally ending off with him telling Clyde Rollins that he was going to carve out his share of the planet and take it.

Edward wakes up in a trailer, quickly getting up and walking out, where he finds out from Bonnie Harrell and Carson Burke that he'd been asleep for over a day. Bonnie says that they're going to be leaving quite soon, as Kurt Klein plans to travel to a nearby amusement park.

Sighing, Edward walks off to go speak with Kurt. When he finds him, he demands to know why exactly they're going to an amusement park. Kurt chuckles, telling Edward that he might know if he'd start pulling his weight. Irritated by this comment, Edward asks Kurt what it is he does. Kurt's friendly demeanor disappears, saying that he's the one who keeps everyone safe, and that they'd die without him. After ranting about Kurt and his two goons, Molly Massey and Landon Kimber, Edward turns to leave.

Nearby, Nancy Warner and Elliott Rowe are chatting by the supply wagon. Edward approaches them, where he demands to know everything about Kurt. Nancy jokes about Edward having a crush on Kurt, which infuriates him. Elliot admits that Kurt maybe isn't the best leader, which is all Edward was looking to hear. Nancy continues to tease Edward, before she points out that Edward is an outsider and could be plotting to murder them, causing Edward to burst into laughter. After calming down, Nancy tells Edward that he should try putting in more effort if he wants things to work out better with Kurt, but Edward has no care about her advice. Molly soon comes strolling over, placing down and opening a duffel bag containing the supplies she looted during her trip. Nancy and the others take a look inside, seeing all sorts of poisons inside. Nancy and Elliott don't see why she brought it back, but Molly says she thought it could be used as ingredients or something of that nature. She then pulls out a pistol, claiming that she found it during her trip as well. Nancy goes to take it from her to add it to the collection of weapons, but Molly gets curious, pointing out that if she, Landon and Kurt had a gun, then there should be fourteen weapons remaining. However, after counting, she only sees thirteen. Nancy panics, as Molly immediately goes to get Kurt. Nancy begs Edward to return the gun if he took it, but Edward claims he does not have it. When Kurt makes his way over, he manages to stay calm as he's told about the situation. He looks at Nancy, and tells her to come have a chat with him. As everyone begins walking off, Edward goes to follow Kurt and Nancy.

William Reynes sits in silence next to Lloyd Waller, both of them sitting beside Rebecca Dawson's unconscious body, her head having been wrapped up. William finally speaks, telling Lloyd that he had to do what he did in order to protect him. Lloyd understands, and hopes that Rebecca will be okay. Ed Anderson comes walking over, his hand bandaged up, and he says that he did all he could to help Rebecca - but that he's not sure if she'll ever wake up. To try and somewhat lighten the mood, Ed says that he went into the backroom and found enough supplies to keep the group going for weeks.

Ed and Lloyd start moving the supplies into the car. Lloyd is very worried about Rebecca. Ed doesn't lie to the boy, and says that there's a chance she may never wake up - but that they need to have hope. Remembering what William had done to Scott Wilson and his gang, Lloyd says he wishes he could watch it happen again, something Ed doesn't have a response for.

After loading up all the supplies, the three of them carry Rebecca into the car, and they then begin driving back to the motel.

At the motel, the survivors are fighting off the horde of zombies, but aren't making much progress. Kate manages to find some of Dean Howards’ whiskey bottles, and Jon has a plan to make molotov cocktails out of them. Seconds later, the fence surrounding the motel that was keeping the horde out suddenly falls over, and the horde funnels in. Most of the survivors hurry to the second floor of the motel, while Kate rushes to Brenden's room, knowing that they'd try to get to him. Randall isn't as fast as the others, and he ends up stranded atop a car, the horde completely surrounding him. Those on the second floor prepare for a last stand, and even Layton tries helping out, but only ends up wasting one of his bullets. Jon hands Austin a molotov, and they lob them below at the horde.

Meanwhile, Edward is snooping in on Kurt and Nancy's conversation via an open window on their trailer. Kurt rebukes Nancy for not keeping track of the gun, and she apologizes, swearing that she'll figure out what happened. As she leaves, Edward goes to follow her, but gets stopped by Kurt, who claims to have known what Edward was doing. Kurt doesn't care much, and simply tells Edward that he should be more like Nancy and Elliott. Edward replies by asking Kurt if they could start over, offering him a handshake. After a quick thought about it, Kurt shakes it, agreeing to start over.

Edward goes to find Nancy, asking if he could help her solve the case of the missing gun. After teasing Nancy for not knowing what to do, Edward walks off to go begin his search for the missing gun.

His first and only stop is with Calvin Schultz, who he finds sitting on his own. After a brief exchange with Leonard Thorne, Edward sits with Calvin, and begins asking questions about Kurt and the group. Calvin explains how guns have always been a touchy subject for Kurt, Molly and Landon, and that he's excited to see them go searching everybody's trailer soon. He elaborates on why people like Nancy, Elliott, and himself choose to stay with Kurt, stating that they wouldn't be able to survive on their own. When Edward asks about why Kurt and his henchmen don't like Calvin, he says it's because Kurt's old girlfriend had been killed by zombies while Calvin was on watch. However, Calvin further explains that Kurt never liked his girlfriend, and he uses it as an excuse to hate the old man, and to "look like less of an asshole". Edward stands, thanking Calvin for the insightful conversation, before he wanders off.

In Garden City, Marcus Downes, Clyde Rollins and Claire Noble are still trapped in the office building, but have crawled through the vents, making it into a safe room. Marcus' plan is to use the vents to get into the stairwell, where they'll quickly fight their way through and out the building. Claire agrees, but Clyde has the idea to use water coolers to knock over the zombies instead. However, the other two are confused as hell as to why he thinks that'd be a good idea, which makes Clyde somewhat annoyed with them. The group then gets back on track to Marcus' original plan. As Clyde is looking out the window, he sees a fire station across the street.

The scene flashes forward to the three of them hacking and slashing their way through the horde, before they finally make it outside onto the street.

The trio go across the street into the fire department, where Marcus finds a fire engine in the garage. Once inside, Marcus tells the other two that they'll drive around the city looking for the others--and if they can't, they'll head back home.

While Nancy is going through the supply wagon again, she gets startled by Stanley Peck, Landon and Solomon Reed, who have returned from a scavenging trip. She asks them if they brought a gun with him, but none of them claim to have done so--except Landon, who always carries one. Afterwards, Solomon sees Edward nearby beckoning him over. When Solomon approaches, Edward rants about how awful everybody in this group is, and how the two of them have to do something about it. Solomon promises that his loyalty lies with him, and Edward is thankful to hear it.

Kurt, Molly, Landon and Elliot are gathered around a map in the trailer park. Looking at the map, Elliott says that the bridge they were planning on taking to get to the amusement park is no longer an option due to a horde of zombies on it. However, with Molly's whining about her trip to the park being delayed, Kurt declares that they can deal with the horde and cross, going against Elliott's insistence that they go around.

Before leaving the trailer park, Kurt gathers everyone around. He asks for the perpetrator who took the missing gun to admit their wrongdoing, and there won't be any consequences. Nobody says anything, and Kurt grows more bothered by the issue. After a brief altercation with Edward, Kurt tells his group that he cannot keep them safe if they don't cooperate with him. He recalls the death of his girlfriend, and how he'll keep protecting them for her. Calvin smiles hearing this nonsense, but it goes unnoticed. Kurt says that they're going to be heading to the bridge crossing, ignoring the concern of Carson, who, along with Leonard, were the ones sent to scout the bridge earlier.

Elsewhere, the battle for the motel rages on, as more and more zombies bombard the survivors. Kate rushes out of Brenden's room to try and save Randall. The others up on the second floor provide some covering fire with their limited ammo. Eventually, Kate reaches Randall, and the two begin fighting back towards Brenden's room. Layton decides to charge at a few zombies and nearly gets himself killed in the process, but is fortunately saved by Jon. As Jon and the others continue fending themselves off from the slowly encroaching horde, Kate and Randall are becoming overwhelmed down below. Luckily for them, Aldus Paxton, returning from his hunting trip, uses his sniper to save them from afar. After picking Brenden up, Kate and Randall begin to move through the horde, desperately trying to get to the gate. Up top, Jon and the others have backed up as far as they can go, but there still appears to be no end to the horde. Suddenly, a fire engine with its lights and sirens on comes speeding up to the motel. Most of the horde begins stumbling over to the fire truck. Because of the distraction, Kate, Randall and Brenden are able to escape into the woods.

As the fire truck begins leading the horde away from the motel, Jon and the last survivors in the motel use what last bits of energy they have left to slash through the ever decreasing amount of zombies in their way. Pretty soon, they manage to make it out and into the woods.

Kurt's group arrives at the bridge crossing, and as expected, a horde of zombies wander aimlessly on it. Still, Kurt and his lackeys are confident they can easily clear it and cross. The weaker members of the group are instructed to stay back, whilst the more capable move up to begin clearing the horde. As a path begins to form, the members who stayed behind begin to move across the bridge, pushing the supply wagon and riding the horses. Soon, Kurt, Molly and Landon reach the other side, having only made a path, and not bothered to clear out every zombie. They urge everyone else to hurry up. Most of the group eventually does manage to make it across--everyone except for Calvin, who becomes stuck on his horse, surrounded by zombies. His petrified horse rears back, causing him to fall off. Across the bridge, most of the group leaps into action to try and save the old man, whilst Kurt, Molly, Landon and Leonard stay where they are, not concerned enough to go and help. Even with the help of Edward and the others, Calvin remains circled by a few zombies, who are enclosing him. In order to save his own life, Calvin pulls a pistol from his waistband, effortlessly using it to blast the zombies around him. Kurt looks on, clenching his fists in anger. Once the zombies are all cleared, he storms over to Calvin; he had found out who took the gun. Kurt demands that everyone else go across the bridge while he chats with Calvin. Everyone complies, except for Edward, who remains close enough to hear their conversation. Kurt disparages and scolds Calvin for stealing the gun, but his words mean absolutely nothing to the old man. Edward eventually butts into their conversation, reproaching Kurt for his treatment of Calvin. In response, Kurt shoves Edward to the ground, and reminds him that it was him who took him into this group, and that he's lucky he doesn't go and hang him. As Kurt walks off in anger, Edward looks at Solomon, infuriated, telling him that Kurt was really beginning to grind his gears.

In the woods, Randall and Kate catch their breath, wondering if the fire truck they saw was driven by their own people. Sighing, Kate knows that she messed up, and admits to Randall that all of this was her own fault. Randall tells her she was just doing the right thing, and that he has her back no matter what. Soon, Jon and the others join them, and without delay, Daniel begins cursing at Kate for screwing everything up. He goes as far as to say that he'd kill her right now if he could, prompting Randall to step forward, however, he gets shoved aside. Before the situation escalates, Marcus, Claire and Clyde show up. Daniel backs down upon seeing them, and Kate happily reunites with Marcus. Looking around, the only person that is noted missing, besides William and the crew he left with, is Dean. Now that everybody is back together and out of danger, Jon decides it's his turn to scold Kate and them for going on their mission into the city. Lolida and a couple others speak up, pleading with everyone to just stop the arguing. Layton agrees, but refers to Lolida as "Lollice", a small blunder, but one that irritates Daniel. Suddenly, the group hear and see William, Lloyd, Ed and the unconscious Rebecca approaching them. After handing off Rebecca to Lloyd, William steps towards everyone. Already with an idea of what happened, William demands to know how many of them went after Aidan's group. Kate comes clean, admitting that it was six of them, including her. William stares at her for a moment, before he begins to shout at her in anger, pointing out what's happened now because of her stupidity. Everyone remains silent, until Claire asks about what happened to Rebecca. William tells them exactly what happened, before going back to the more important matter. From now on, William says that he doesn't want anybody doing anything without his consent--or else there would be punishments. Stepping forward, Marcus and Clyde both admit that this is their fault--but that they don't at all regret going into the city to try and save them. Kate says something similar, but points out how William is foolish to be untrustworthy of everybody because of one person. Tired of Kate's blabbering, Daniel tells her to keep quiet, causing Marcus to approach him, wanting to tussle with him. Sick of the arguing, William tells them all to shut up, and repeats what he said earlier: nobody is to do anything without his approval. **He** is the one in charge, not them.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

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

#### **Also Starring**

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

#### **Guest Starring**

* Brenden Trevors
* Layton Zimmers
* Alex Weiss
* Landon Kimber
* Molly Massey
* Bonnie Harrell
* Elliott Rowe
* Carson Burke
* Stanley Peck
* Leonard Thorne
* Nancy Warner
* Calvin Schultz
* Damerae Badrick *(Flashback)*
* Robin Clarke *(Flashback)*
* Roger Hall *(Flashback)*