Jared Kellings

"*Wrong... I'm not a monster. I did what I had to... to SURVIVE! If there was ANY - any other way, do you think I would have done what I did?! That was all I had left! One day... those lovely, safe ideals of yours - they're gonna come... crashing DOWN ON YOU!*"
—Jared to Rebecca Dawson[src]

Jared Kellings is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise. He served as the main antagonist from "Day By Day" to "Over and Over". Pre-apocalypse, Jared was a famous internet entertainer, who went by the nickname of 'JKHD'. Portrayed as a harmless jokester, he is really a cowardly, deceitful person who often instigates fights, and someone who isn't afraid to say what he thinks of someone.

When the outbreak began, Jared was inside of Willamette Parkview Mall, where he'd join up with a group of survivors there, immediately being put on the outs after trying to flirt with Jacob Feldman's girlfriend. Jared would continue to be a nuisance to the group, sheltering inside of the mall while not contributing at all. Eventually, when the mall is destroyed, Jared ends up with Edward Remar and his small group of survivors, who are on the hunt for Damerae Badrick. But during a blizzard, Jared would be separated from them, winding back up with the former mall survivors.

Jared and the group would then be taken prisoner by Nathaniel Shepard's people, and during their time locked up, Jared once again starts a fight, this time with William Reynes and Rebecca Dawson. Because of this, and all of his other troublemaking, Jared is again left on the outs of the group. Some days later, Jared and the others are freed from captivity, and take part in a battle, which they would win. Afterwards, Jared takes a beating from Jon Matthews for hiding during the entire battle. This appears to change something in Jared, as from this point forward, he begins to work on reforming himself, beginning by making apologies to William and Rebecca.

The group would later travel to Denver, where Jared is part of a team that ventures into Benjamin Taylor's office building. But after things go wrong, Jared and Isaac Moses are left separated from everyone else in a building full of traps. When he and Isaac are chased by a horde of zombies, Jared purposefully lets Isaac run into a trap. While Isaac begs for help, Jared leaves him as a distraction so that he can escape.

Daniel Rockwell and Lolida Windfield, Isaac's closest friends, immediately pin Isaac's death onto Jared, since he was the one last seen with him. But with no evidence to back it up, Jared is able to lie to the rest of his group. After much traveling around, Jared and his group settle down into a motel. Desperate for supplies, he, Daniel, Lolida, Albert Hanson and Brenden Trevors journey out to a factory to gather some much needed food. However, this ordinary supply run would turn disastrous when a large horde of zombies is discovered. When Jared is grabbed by a zombie, Daniel and Lolida refuse to go and save him, but Albert does. Jared and Albert would escape onto a stack of crates, surrounded by zombies. In a state of panic and fear, Jared does the only thing he can think to do - to push Albert to his death in hopes that he creates a distraction large enough to allow Jared to escape.

His plan works, and Jared escapes the factory, only to be confronted by Lolida, who he engages in battle with, eventually pushing him into a hole in the ground. When Daniel comes to Lolida's aid, Jared ambushes him and shoves him into the hole as well. Believing that they have no way out, Jared abandons them and returns to the motel.

Jared would lie about Albert's death upon returning, and with no reason to doubt his claims, William and others comfort him. However, it wouldn't be long until Daniel and Lolida miraculously come staggering back to the motel. Jared frantically tries to cover for himself, but when William notices the state of Daniel and Lolida, he finally realizes Jared's true deceitful nature, and beats him to a pulp. Later that day, while being interrogated by Rebecca, Jared confesses to causing Isaac and Albert's death. Minutes later, Jared is taken out into the parking lot, and hanged in front of the group by William while he begs for mercy.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Jared Kellings was a popular internet creator, who's nickname online was 'JKHD'. He mentions at one point that he did the "mail yourself" challenge, and it's likely that he did many other similar trends during his time as an internet creator.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

When the outbreak struck, Jared found himself inside of Willamette Parkview Mall.

### **Season 1**

#### **"Life and Death"**

In a book store within Willamette Parkview Mall, Jared slices a zombie's head in half with a machete, kicking it out the store's front windows, unknowingly alerting four survivors that he's inside. Albert Hanson and Clayton Freeman enter the store, where they find Jared slamming open a cash register, and stealing the money from it. Eventually, Jared realizes that he's not alone, and greets Albert and Clayton. Jared lets them know that he's friendly, and he introduces himself as "JKHD", explaining that he's an internet creator. Soon, Jacob Feldman and Erin Monroe enter the store as well, and Erin recognizes the JKHD name. Immediately, Jared makes an off-handed comment about wanting to get it on with Erin, but he quickly backpedals and apologizes. Not wanting to wait around, Jacob says that Jared can come along if he wants, but he has to hurry.

Jared agrees to go along, and he walks with them through the Entrance Plaza, properly introducing himself to them. While heading for Paradise Plaza, Jared is informed about Leslie and the North Plaza group. He offers himself to sneak into the North Plaza and steal their supplies, but Jacob swiftly shuts that idea down.

The group make it into Paradise Plaza, where two crates of supplies that was supposed to be there is no longer there. Jared's mind instantly believes that it was the North Plaza people who took them, but Jacob tells him that anyone could have taken them. While looking around, Jared overhears Erin and Jacob talking to each other, and figures out that they're in a relationship, which disappoints him. Suddenly, Jacob signals for everyone to get down, as he points into one of the shops, where a group of men are going through a crate of supplies. Gripping his machete, Jared says that he'll charge in and get the supplies, but the others tell him that it's a stupid plan. However, Jared decides to sneak up to the shop anyway. As he's doing so, he kicks a can on the floor, alerting the men inside the shop. Panicking, Jared dives to the floor, holding his chest and pretending to be injured. The men exit the store, and look at Jared, absolutely bewildered, until one of them notices Erin. The man, thinking it's a setup, throws a knife into Erin's chest. Jared stops faking his injury, as Jacob, Albert and Clayton begin firing at the men. Jared leaps to his feet and runs behind a wall, building up the courage to run out and fight. Eventually, he decides to run out with his machete, driving it into the back of one of the men, killing him. Being covered by Albert and Clayton, Jared sprints into the jewelry store that the men were previously in. Inside, Jared pops open one of the crates, taking out a pistol.

After a while, Jared comes walking out of the store. The battle is over, and the only fatalities were those of the men looting the crate. Jared lets them know that the crates aren't rigged, as he took a pistol from one of them. After getting the crates onto a shopping cart, the group begins rolling them back over to the Entrance Plaza. Jared questions what happened to Erin and Jacob, and William Reynes tells him that Jacob had rushed Erin back to their security room to get treated.

After carrying the crates up the stairs, Jared and the others make it to the security room. Jared steps inside warily, looking around. "This is home?" He questions. "This is home." Felix Quarterman tells him.

Jared heads inside the waiting room, seeing Jacob and many others sitting around. He asks if Erin is okay, and Jacob tells him she'll make it. As he sits down, Jared overhears Jacob talking about how he's struggling to adapt to killing people, to which Jared tells him that it's "them or you". Edward Remar commends Jared for knowing that. Curious, Jared turns to have a conversation with Edward, where he learns that Edward is often ruled out as insane by the people here, but says that he's saved them numerous times. Jared nods, telling Edward that one of them might save each other one day.

After the group is called out into the hallway, Jared goes with them, where he stands awkwardly listening to everyone, unsure of what to say. Eventually, after hearing that Clyde Rollins is looking for volunteers to join him in a mission to the mall basement, Jared says that he'll be sitting this out because he doesn't mess with basements.

#### **"Eagle Eye"**

A day later, Jared is sitting in the security room, bored. He glances around, and sees Jacob and Erin cuddling up. He tells Jacob to save some for him, and Jacob angrily tells him to shut up.

Later that day, Albert returns to the group with news of a new group in town. Jared confidently says that he could take them on, to which Jacob mockingly says "I'm sure you could." Jared argues back with him, but before long, an explosion rocks the building, sending Jared to the floor.

#### **"Adaptation"**

After a fierce and deadly battle within the mall, Jared comes walking over to some of the group members. Jared, who'd been hiding the entire time, simply says "Sup." to them.

### **Season 2**

#### **"Fractured Beyond Repair"**

In the waiting room, Jared is having a lengthy debate with Aldus Paxton, when Jared suddenly turns to Albert for advice. Albert says he doesn't care, and walks out of the room, leaving Jared to continue his discussion with Aldus. Just seconds later, Dean Howards enters the room, slumping into a chair near them. Having not spoken with Dean before, Jared cuts his conversation with Aldus short, and goes to sit beside Dean, introducing himself, and commenting on the fact that there are so many people in the mall group. As they begin talking, Dean starts opening up about his flaws, mainly about how he's a struggling alcoholic. Jared assures Dean that he doesn't seem all that bad, and that drug addicts are the people he really hates. Just then, Robert Morgan hurries into the room, telling them about a zombie horde in the parking lot, and that they need to get to the rooftop.

On the roof, Jared mainly stays out of the conversation as the others devise a plan to lead the horde of the zombies in the parking lot to one of Damerae Badrick's outposts. In the end, Jared decides to join a few others to follow through with the plan.

Jared follows the others through the streets until they arrive at Badrick's outpost, a hotel. When the zombie horde begins to attack the Rastas in the hotel, Jared flees into a night club with the others.

#### **"Family Business"**

After being trapped inside of the night club for a few hours, Jared and the others are eventually saved by other members from their group, allowing them to return to the mall.

#### **"Home"**

During the battle of Willamette Mall, Jared is seen fighting off against the Rastas in the North Plaza. He's last seen killing a Rasta with his machete, while the other members of his group, knowing the battle is lost, are escaping to the roof.

### **Season 3**

#### **"Winter Wasteland"**

Following the battle at the mall, Jared would end up at the Willamette Bus Depot by himself. During a harsh blizzard, Edward and Clyde would show up at the depot. Jared, upon recognizing them from the mall, allows them inside. The three of them quickly get to talking, primarily about what happened at the mall and what's happened since. Both parties are surprised to see each other alive, and it gives them hope that others from the mall may also still be alive. Edward then points out that Badrick will also still be in the area. Desperate to find a means of transportation so that his hunt for Badrick can be quicker, Edward asks Jared is he knows where the keys could be for the bus outside, but Jared doesn't have the first clue where they could be. As Edward begins to look around, Clyde asks Jared what the last thing he saw before leaving the mall was, but Jared says that he doesn't remember, and only remembers there being a lot of gunfire and zombies. Jared and Clyde then both take a seat, while Edward keeps searching for the bus keys.

Some time later, Edward manages to find the keys, and excitedly shows Jared and Clyde, who don't share nearly as much excitement. As they are discussing what to do now that they have the keys, there's a sudden knock at the door. Jared watches anxiously as Clyde opens the door and Edward stands guard. Solomon Reed steps inside out of the cold, thanking them. He immediately introduces himself, and explains that he's come from Texas. While Jared and the others are introducing themselves, Robin Clarke abruptly and nonchalantly comes walking through the unlocked front door. Jared runs away in fear that he's here to kill them. It isn't until minutes later that Edward yells at Jared to come out, explaining that Robin is someone from Benjamin Taylor's group, a group that Edward was familiar with and trusted by. Jared cautiously comes walking back out, as the group begin discussing plans about where they'll go with the bus once the storm dies down.

Later on when the blizzard finally ends, Jared and the others head outside to the bus. After examining it, they all hop aboard, with Edward behind the wheel. As they start to drive off, Jared and Robin formerly introduce each other.

#### **"On the Move"**

While driving around Willamette, a bored Jared begins to sing "Wheels on the Bus". Solomon and Clyde soon join in, until an agitated Edward yells at them all to stop. Before long, the bus suddenly begins to break down, rolling to a stop in the middle of a neighbourhood; it had run out of gas. Quickly, zombies from around the area begin to start stumbling over. Realizing that they can't remain aboard the bus, everyone grabs their bags and prepares to get off. While they're doing so, Clyde mentions that this is just like his movie "Hitchhiker", to which Jared points out that what they're doing isn't hitchhiking. As everyone steps off the bus, Robin suddenly draws his two pistols, opening fire on the zombies -- which only draws in more zombies from the surrounding area. Over the next couple of minutes, the group are forced to fight off approaching zombies, while Jared retreats into the bus, scared. He eventually comes back out of the bus when Solomon calls him out for it. Just then, the front door to a house nearby opens up, and from the doorway, Benjamin Taylor and Mike Simpson yell at them to get inside. Without hesitation, everyone sprints into the house.

In the house, Jared sits off to the side of the room, tired, and not listening to the others. Edward eventually looks towards Jared to ask if he's alright, and Jared says that he's still alive.

#### **"Reunion"**

After sleeping for an entire day, Jared wakes up to discover that zombies have surrounded the house begins of Robin's stupidity when he decided to do some target practice in the backyard. As everyone panics, unsure of how to proceed, Robin decides to open the front door, shooting at the zombies. Jared yells out in anger at Robin, as zombies start to flood into the house. Benjamin then shoots out a window towards the back of the house, and shouts to everyone else to escape through the window. Jared is one of the first to climb out the window, sprinting to the bus in front of the house, which had already been filled up with gas while Jared was sleeping. Once everyone is out of the house and on the bus, they drive off.

#### **"The Mist"**

After their close call at the house, the group stops at a brewery, intending to stay there all night. However, before the night can even begin, they are forced to leave when another group of zombies shows up outside. Jared, now drunk, stumbles back onboard the bus alongside everyone else.

As Robin drives through Willamette, a thick fog begins to set in, alongside another blizzard - making it almost impossible to see. While this is happening, Jared drunkenly makes fun of Edward for "going soft", upsetting the man until he jabs his cane at Jared. Suddenly, Robin swerves the bus, causing Jared and the others to almost fall out of their seats. Benjamin angrily gets out of his seat, approaching Robin -- before Robin slams on the brakes, causing Ben to fly forward. Jared breaks into laughter, as Edward and Benjamin argue with Robin. In the end, an angered Robin purposefully drives into a building, which causes the bus to break down. With no more means of transportation, and a horrible blizzard outside, the group decide to stay put for now.

Eventually, when zombies begin banging at the windows around the bus, Robin takes charge, opening the top hatch to the bus and climbing out. The others, including Jared, reluctantly follow him outside into the freezing cold. As soon as they jump off the bus, Jared vanishes into the mist.

#### **"What Comes After"**

After the events in the mist, Jared would find himself on the other side of town, drunkenly stumbling down a street. Here, he encounters a group by the side of the road -- his old group from the mall. Drunkenly slurring his words, Jared explains everything that's happened to him since the mall, specifically mentioning Edward, Benjamin and Clyde. When Aldus asks Jared if he knows where they are, Jared stubbornly says that he isn't going to tell him, and instead shuffles his way over to Rebecca Dawson, grinning. He begins to introduce himself, when Rebecca punches him to the ground, telling him not to get any ideas. Jared passes out for a moment, and when he wakes up he sees Daniel Rockwell and three others, alongside his own group. As Jared grumbles to himself on the floor, everyone else turns their attention to a zombie horde, and quickly take care of it. When it's done, Jared gets up and stumbles over to Lolida Windfield, someone from Daniel's group. He makes fun of his name, before swinging a fist into Lolida's jaw. However, Daniel is quick to come to Lolida's aid, punching Jared back to the ground. Sighing, William picks Jared up and takes him to a cement mixer, placing him beside the driver, Layton Zimmers. Groaning in pain, the cement mixer begins to drive forward, following another truck. Jared slowly looks over at Layton, praising him for being the nicest of the bunch, before asking him for tips on how to get a woman. Layton isn't sure, but assures Jared that he'll get one eventually. Layton then abruptly mentions that his wife left him, before driving on in silence.

Jared and the others would later arrive at a football stadium, brought there by Daniel and his group. Inside, they are greeted by Nathaniel Shepard, the community leader. However, Nathaniel quickly shows his true colours when he has Jared's group held at gunpoint, robbed of their possessions, and then taken to a makeshift cell.

### **Season 4**

#### **"The Greater Good"**

The season picks up where the last episode left off, as Jared and the others are adapting to their new home in a cramped cell. Inside this cell is Alex Weiss, someone from the mall who they haven't seen since until now. Immediately, William threatens to kill Alex because of events that occurred at the mall, which Jared finds to be idiotic. As things calm down, Nathaniel comes to the cell to explain his plans, and to let them ask any questions. Jared's question pokes fun at William -- and as Nathaniel starts walking away, William gets into Jared's face, angry. Quickly, things escalate, and Jared ends up brawling with William. When Jared throws a cheap shot at William's crotch, Rebecca steps in and punches him to the ground. Defeated, Jared lies on the ground for a while, listening to the others debate ways that they could escape. Austin Kingston doesn't think that they should try and escape, which Jared agrees with.

#### **"The Promiseland"**

The next day, Jared is talking with Layton in the cell. Jared talks about the time he mailed himself for an internet challenge, which Layton finds exciting. As the conversation comes to an end, Jared once again gets into an argument with William and Rebecca, but things cool down when Daniel comes walking up to the cell, telling them all that it was yard time. He chooses four people to go out for yard time - Jared not being one of them, but he gets in line anyways. When Daniel notices him, he makes him get out of line, angering Jared.

Later, Jared is sitting inside the cell, bored -- when Nathaniel comes walking around the corner, giving Badrick a tour of the stadium. When Badrick sees Jared and the others, he has an outburst, demanding that they be killed. While Badrick freaks out and is restrained, Jared watches silently.

#### **"Gunpoint"**

Jared can be seen inside the cell throughout the episode.

#### **"All the King's Men"**

Before the stadium battle, Jared is seen sleeping inside of the cell. Later, Daniel comes to let them all out of the cell and take them to the armoury. However, Jared is not seen past this point, suggesting that he likely ran off to hide during the walk to the armoury.

#### **"Moment of Silence"**

Following the destructive stadium battle, Jared comes out of hiding, walking onto the field, where most of the group are gathered. Immediately people call him out for hiding like a coward during the fight, but Jared denies these accusations. On the field, Jared notices Edward and the others he was separated from during "The Mist". He does not however notice Robin, and when he asks, Edward says that he died. Jared frowns for a second, before then asking about Rebecca, where he learns that she was injured during the battle and is recovering. Continuing on, Jared goes over to speak with Layton, who's glad to see that he survived. As they're speaking, Jon Matthews suddenly comes strolling over, a serious look on his face. He demands to know where Jared was during the fighting, stating that "she" could have used his help. Jared pats him on the shoulder, telling him that he can't save everyone, before he asks who "she" is. In response, Jon punches him square in the nose, then begins to hammer punches into his face, not letting up. Jared tries to defend himself to no avail, and nobody else comes to save him. Finally, Jon stops, but not before kicking Jared once more in the stomach. Slowly, Jared gets up, being assisted by Layton. He sticks up the middle finger to Austin after he says Jared deserved that, before Layton helps Jared to the infirmary.

Layton drops Jared off the infirmary - where William is watching over an unconscious Rebecca. After Layton leaves, Jared takes the time to ask William what happened to Rebecca. William responds by telling him that maybe he'd know if he hadn't of been hiding. Irritated at his comment, Jared then tells William that maybe he should have done a better job of protecting her. William glares at him, gripping a scalpel, telling Jared to get out. Although reluctant, Jared gets up and leaves.

Later that day, everyone gathers outside for a funeral. While most are standing close to the graves, Jared noticeably stands father from everyone else, looking annoyed. Ultimately, he doesn't stick around for long, deciding to head back inside before the funeral even begins.

#### **"That Sweet Temptation"**

Early the next morning, after a group meeting that Jared was present for, Jared goes to speak to William privately. He awkwardly greets him, before he makes an apology, which surprises William. Jared says that he got what he deserved when Jon beat him up, but that he's gonna try and be better now. William says that all is well as long as Jared starts pulling his weight. Grinning, Jared turns and walks off.

#### **"Revelations"**

Later that day, Jared is relaxing out on the field beside Dean and Alex. Bored, Jared looks around, seeing Kate Bloodstone on the other side of the field. He grins at her, then watches as she turns and walks away. Suddenly, Dean questions Jared if he believes in God. Looking over, Jared says he isn't sure. Alex then coldly states that there is no God. Nodding, Jared agrees with Alex, saying that if there was a God, he's dead. Jared looks away, seeing Ed Anderson and Randall Forster walking over, saying that they've got the group an RV. Jared sarcastically cheers, before going back to staring at the sky, bored.

#### **"The Road Ahead"**

Early the next day, Jared comes walking out to the RV as the group is preparing to leave. He approaches William, asking if he can be allowed to join them in the RV. William goes silent, thinking about it for a while -- before letting Jared do so, as long as he doesn't sit near Rebecca. Jared says that he won't, before stepping into the RV.

When the vehicles set off on the road, Jared goes back on what he said to William, and seats himself across from Rebecca. He speaks quickly, telling her that he's sorry for everything that he's said to her. Rebecca looks at him, astonished, questioning what made Jared apologize. He tells her that he's simply trying to change for the better. Nodding, Jared then stands up, and turns around to come face to face with William. After greeting him quietly, Jared walks past him and goes to sit somewhere else.

After an hour or two of traveling, the convoy is forced to stop when a landslide blocks the road and badly damages one of the vehicles, flipping it over. After Jared exits out of the RV, he goes over to the wrecked car, seeing Isaac Moses struggling to get out. He watches as Isaac busts open a window and crawls out, grunting, his knee bleeding. He asks Isaac if he's alright, before telling him what had happened. Isaac thanks him, as Jared helps him get to his feet, before walking him to the RV where he can get his knee bandaged.

Later, while Jared is removing some rocks off the roof of the RV, he overhears William and Lloyd Waller talking about going on a quick supply run while they're stuck here. Jared looks down at them and asks to go along. He's refused at first, but when Rebecca encourages William to bring Jared along so he'd have more backup, William lets him. Jared excitedly hops down, prepared to go. Before leaving, Rebecca tells all of them to be careful, which takes Jared by surprise considering how he treated her in the past.

Jared, William and Lloyd stroll through the woods looking for a place to scavenge. While walking, Jared makes friendly conversation with William about how he's skilled at using his sword. Lloyd cuts off their conversation to tell them about a lodge that he sees ahead, which they all agree to go and loot. When they enter the building, William instructs Jared to go and clear the second floor, assuming that he's grown enough to be able to handle it himself. Jared laughs off the joke, before heading up the stairs.

A little while later, Jared comes hurrying back down the stairs after hearing a commotion. He enters a room to see William being swarmed by a few zombies. He rushes over to help him, stabbing a couple of the zombies dead, while William deals with the rest. Afterwards, William thanks Jared with a simple nod, before telling him that Lloyd had gone outside for a breather. Jared nods, and goes back to complete scavenging the lodge.

#### **"The Beginning"**

Later that day, Jared, William and Lloyd return to the highway where their group is, ready to hit the road again.

After some more driving, the group arrive at a gas station just outside of Denver, Colorado. They plan to send a group into the city to search Benjamin's headquarters, and when William asks for volunteers, Jared offers to go.

Jared, William and seven others travel into Denver later that evening. After a walk through the city, they eventually make it into Benjamin's building - where they are greeted by a voice over the intercom, demanding them to stop and drop their weapons. Jared and the others follow his instructions, although Jared continuously bickers and mocks the man over the intercom, enraging the man. Things go from bad to worse when the doors behind them are locked, sirens begin to blare inside the building, and a horde of zombies that was packed inside one of the rooms is released, swarming Jared's group. In the chaos, Jared and Isaac flee into a hallway together, closing the door behind them.

Immediately after Isaac closes the door, zombies start to bang on it, and it's evident that the door won't hold for long. Jared turns and begins to run in fear, while Isaac trails behind him at a distance. When Jared reaches a corner, he sprints around without waiting for Isaac. When Isaac finally turns the corner, his foot is snagged into some rope, lifting him upside down. It's revealed that Jared was waiting there - deliberately not informing Isaac about the trap. The door down the hall crashes open, zombies flooding in and making their way towards Jared and the trapped Isaac. Isaac begs and yells for Jared's help - but instead of cutting him loose, Jared says he's sorry, and turns to exit through another door. He sprints away, hearing the screams of Isaac as the zombies tear into him.

Jared would manage to escape the building somehow, and is picked up in a car by the other members of his group.

### **Season 5**

#### **"Day By Day"**

Seven weeks have passed since the events in Denver, and the group is now in Kansas, specifically on the outskirts of Garden City. When the group makes a stop at a large park, Jared goes to sleep in one of the gazebos. During his slumber, he's awoken by William, who kicks his shin. Jared shoots to his feet, rubbing his eyes, as he listens in to William, Ed and Kate plan out where to go next. Jared, uncaring, agrees with what they say without much thought.

Later that morning, Jared is confronted by Daniel and Lolida, Isaac's good friends, who have been suspicious of him ever since Isaac's death, accusing Jared of killing him. When the two men confront Jared, he tells them to screw off, but when Daniel doesn't let it go, Jared stops, sternly telling him that Isaac died in one of the traps in that building, end of story. A small crowd begins to form around them as Daniel and Lolida continue harassing Jared. Daniel finally reaches his boiling point when he tries to pull out a gun. Jon charges at Daniel, preventing him from pulling out the gun, all while Jared continues to deny that he'd killed Isaac. When William finally shows up, he takes Jared's side, defending him and trying to calm Daniel down. When that fails, William forces Daniel to quit it by pointing a gun at him. As this happens, Daniel catches Jared trying to hide a smile, which infuriates him. But in the end, Daniel and Lolida surrender, walking off. As the crowd disperses, Jared approaches William, thanking him and telling him as sincerely as possible that he had nothing to do with Isaac's death. William nods slowly, putting his faith in Jared, and praying that Jared isn't lying to him. Jared thanks him once more, before walking off.

Later that day, after the group clears a couple of houses, Jared goes to sit down with William, Rebecca and Lloyd for dinner. He sits, digging into his dinner, while making lighthearted conversation with them, joking around and having a good time. When Rebecca gets up to put the dishes away, Jared takes the time to thank William again for backing him up against Daniel earlier. William appreciates it, telling him that Daniel is being ridiculous.

The next morning, Jared is downstairs eating dry cereal when William enters the kitchen. The two joke around for a bit, before Randall and Claire Noble are heard returning from their scouting trip into the city. They inform William and Jared about the situation in downtown Garden City - and it's not good. They report that the streets are infested with the undead, and they'll have to leave here before the zombies discover them. Jared is evidently upset, remarking about how he liked this house.

#### **"A Good Man"**

Jared's group would move into a motel some distance out from Garden City later that day. As everyone is getting settled in, a bored Jared walks over to William, asking him if there was anything he could do. William thinks for a moment, before he points over at Albert and Brenden Trevors, telling him that he could join them on their supply run later that day if he wanted. Jared happily agrees to do so. Immediately after this, Jared comes walking over to Albert and Brenden, formerly introducing himself to Brenden, the newest member of their group.

Jared later learns that alongside himself, Albert and Brenden, Daniel and Lolida will also be joining them on the supply run. Before they depart, Daniel goes over some basic rules with everyone, as he walks around to each of them, handing them a pistol that contains only two bullets. When Daniel hands Jared the last pistol, he glares at him, suspicious, before telling him that he won't hesitate to kill him if he tries anything. Jared mutters a curse under his breath when Daniel walks off.

A couple of hours later, Jared and the others arrive at the top of a hill overlooking a large cereal factory, the place they'll be scavenging. Daniel goes over the plan with them, before splitting up the group into two teams. Albert and Brenden will clear one side of the building, while Jared will go with Daniel and Lolida to clear the other side.

When Jared and his two companions approach the fence surrounding the factory, Daniel climbs over first. Jared offers Lolida to go next, but he refuses, not wanting Jared to try anything while he's climbing over. After Lolida hops over, Jared climbs up and over, before the three of them start walking along the side of the factory. As they go, they would eventually stumble across a gaping hole in the ground, going down at least fifteen or so feet. At the bottom of it are dozens of corpses. Daniel suspects that the hole was likely made in preparation for a silo to be built. The three of them continue on, heading around the back of the building, where they find Albert and Brenden waiting for them. After they confirm that their side of the factory is clear, everyone takes out their flashlights and prepares to enter the factory itself through a back door. Before they walk inside though, Daniel opens the door and makes a loud noise in an effort to try and draw all of the zombies to them so they can funnel them through the door and pick them off. Jared and the others prepare, hearing zombies shuffling over to the door. For the next couple of minutes, they kill each and every zombie that exits through the door, exhausting themselves. By the end of it, Jared's clothing is covered in blood. Now that it's clear, they all enter the factory, immediately noticing a few trucks next to some garage doors. Albert is sent to find a generator to turn on, while Brenden and Lolida go off to make sure the rest of the factory is clear, leaving Daniel to guard Jared next to the trucks, keeping a close eye on him.

Eventually the generator is turned on, and Albert, Brenden and Lolida come walking back to the trucks. Unfortunately for them, Brenden and Lolida have alarming news. They claim that on the next factory floor, there are hundreds, if not thousands of zombies. Not believing them, Daniel goes to take a look himself, leaving Jared and Albert behind at the trucks. Jared scoffs, upset at Daniel for wanting to stick around in the factory when there are hundreds of zombies in the next room over from them. Albert is unsure about the situation himself, but somewhat agrees with Daniel, given that their group are in desperate need of food. When Daniel returns, now having seen the horde himself, he adamantly says that they will stay here and load the trucks full of cereal, and that they shouldn't worry about the zombies. Jared shakes his head, concerned and angry.

Nearly an hour passes by without issue - but suddenly everything changes in the blink of an eye. The control panel that was operating the tubes loading the cereal into the trucks begins to crack and spark. The cereal tube begins to shake, while Jared looks on, nervous. Then, out of nowhere, the tube bursts open, cereal flying everywhere. Jared, now in panic mode, says that they really should be going. But Daniel persists on trying to fix the situation, poking at the control panel. Then, the garage doors that were separating them from the other factory floor opens. Zombies immediately swarm inside, headed towards them. Jared yells in a panic, as he jumps into one of the trucks. Daniel gets into truck with him, while Albert and Lolida get into a different one. Brenden, meanwhile, runs off while he can, escaping. Things continue to worsen when the entire power system shuts down, leaving them in darkness in a factory now filled to the brim with zombies. Jared curses and yells at Daniel for screwing everything up, while Daniel ignores him, instead looking for a way out. The only thing Daniel can think to do is to open the truck door and climb up onto the roof. At first, Jared is scared to do it, but when he sees the other three men climb up, he builds up the courage to do the same. Now on the roof, Daniel tells them all that they'll have to jump off and run to the closest door they can find. The three others jump before Jared, leaving him to jump off last. However, Jared is far back from the others. He desperately shoves zombies off him, terrified, as he tries to reach the others. Daniel, Lolida and Albert make it to the closest door - but when they look back, they see Jared get grabbed by a zombie. Daniel and Lolida instantly write Jared off as a goner -- but hearing Jared yell for help, Albert decides to go back for him. Jared is about to be bitten by a zombie, when Albert stabs it dead, saving him. Jared looks at him, relief in his eyes, before Albert yells for Jared to follow him. The two of them charge through the horde, trying to find an escape.

After fighting through the undead for at least a minute, unable to find an exit, and not knowing where to go, especially in the dark. When the two of them finally get into a small clearing, Albert points at a stack of crates in the distance, and the two of them rush towards it. Albert is the first to climb up, but before Jared can climb up next, another zombie grabs him. Without thinking, Jared slides his pistol under the zombie's chin and fires, killing it, blood splattering onto his face. Quickly, he then jumps up and grabs Albert's hand, getting pulled up. Jared is finally able to catch his breath - but not for long. Jared looks around them, seeing that there are dozens of zombies on every side, and there is nowhere for them to jump. He forgets where he is for a second, zoning out, petrified. He snaps back in, only to curse aloud, panicking. He starts to hyperventilate as the crates shake, being shifted around; it wouldn't be long before the crates collapsed. Albert tries to calm Jared down -- which seemingly works when Jared stops hyperventilating. He calmly looks at Albert, sincerely thanking him for saving his life. He tells Albert that he's a good man, before shoving him off the crates into the horde. Albert screams, being ripped apart in seconds by the undead monsters, all while Jared looks away, whimpering, full of guilt. But he quickly snaps back to the situation. The zombies around the crates start to make their way over to Albert's corpse, which creates an opening just large enough for Jared to jump into. After he lands, Jared hops to his feet, sprinting through the horde as fast as he can, before exiting through one of the side doors.

#### **"Over and Over"**

Jared sprints out of the factory, out of breath. He stops for a minute to regain his breath, before hurrying around the side of the building, passing by the giant hole in the ground they'd passed by earlier. Just a few seconds after that, Jared has to stop again, exhausted. While he's breathing heavily -- he suddenly sees Lolida approaching him from the side, gun raised. Jared looks over, acting confused, as Lolida confronts him, revealing that he'd watched what Jared did to Albert. At first, Jared tries to pretend that he didn't know what happened to Albert, before changing his story and telling Lolida that he had tripped and fell off the crates. Lolida isn't buying his story, and when Jared realizes the jig is up, he surrenders, looking at Lolida calmly. Lolida is confused by Jared's sudden change in attitude - before he hears a zombie snarl from behind him. As Lolida turns around to face the zombie, Jared lunges forward, grabbing Lolida's hand with the gun. The two of them wrestle, trying to keep the gun pointed away from themselves. In the end, Lolida wins the fight, leading to Jared charging at Lolida in desperation, biting into his forearm. As Lolida yells in pain, falling over, Jared runs behind a silo, hiding. Once Lolida is back on his feet, and has shoved the zombie away, he follows Jared around the silo -- only to be ambushed by him when Jared stabs Lolida in the knee. Screaming, Lolida grabs onto Jared, the two of them falling to the ground, before rolling down an incline, where they end up directly next to the hole in the ground. With Lolida weakened by his injury, Jared is able to roll him into the pit. Jared lies there on the ground for a moment, catching his breath, while Lolida screams in pain below him. Eventually, Jared gets up and draws his pistol, pointing it down at Lolida, intending to put him out of his misery. But when he fires, the bullet misses. Lolida cackles, mocking Jared for missing with his last bullet. As his laughter continues, Jared grumbles and tells Lolida that he can just die a slow death down there. He tosses his empty pistol down at Lolida, before walking away.

A few minutes later, Daniel comes walking out of the factory, exhausted and covered in blood. He would discover Lolida in the pit, unaware that Jared is lying in wait behind a nearby silo. When Daniel turns his back to him, Jared jumps up and charges at Daniel, slamming his shoulder against his back, sending Daniel falling into the pit with Lolida. Jared laughs and cackles from above, and believing them to be goners, he leaves the factory.

Hours later, in the dead of night, Jared returns to the motel. He steps out of the forest and walks towards the front gate, where Kate is on guard. When she sees him, she quickly lets him inside, informing Jared that the only other person to have made it back so far is Brenden. She also tells him that an emergency team was assembled to go out to the factory, which worries Jared.

She takes Jared into the lobby, where William is sitting in a chair wide awake. Nervously, Jared looks around, asking if he could get some water. As Kate leaves the room to go and get some, Jared clears his throat and begins telling William what went down at the factory. His story starts off truthfully, before he gets around to what happened to Albert. Kate reenters the room with his water, just as Jared reveals that Albert had died after saving him. He says that the crates they were on toppled, and Jared had gotten lucky when he landed, while Albert wasn't so lucky. Kate starts to cry, while William buries his head in his hands, sighing loudly, and for a second Jared looks guilty and remorseful, that is until William hopes that Daniel and Lolida will make it back safely, which causes Jared to freeze. He simply nods slowly to William, before William tells Jared to keep his chin up.

Later that night, Jared is sitting outside by himself, when he hears a rattling noise beside him. He looks over to see Layton shaking a vending machine, demanding that it give him sodas. Eventually, a few soda bottles drop to the bottom, and Layton happily puts them into a bag. Layton then approaches Jared, offering him one of the bottles, which he accepts. Jared sits quietly, while Layton begins rambling on to himself about old stories and about how he believes government drones are watching them at all times. After his rambling, Layton gets up and walks off, just as a car is seen pulling into the motel; it's the rescue team that had been sent out to the factory. Jared freezes in place, staring intently at the car as he watches Marcus Downes step out, followed by Austin, Jon, Randall and then Aldus. There's no Daniel or Lolida with them. Jared breathes a sigh of relief, as Kate informs them all about Albert. A confused and angered Austin looks towards Jared for answers, forcing Jared to retell his lie about Albert's death. He says that the last he saw of Daniel and Lolida was when they ran into the horde.

In the morning, a funeral is held for Albert. During it, Jared, the man who was with Albert in his last moments, steps forward to say a few words. He says that Albert was a good man and didn't deserve what happened to him, especially after he saved Jared's life.

After the funeral, Jared is approached by William, who tells Jared to come with him for a walk down the road. Jared looks nervous and suspicious, but agrees to go with him.

The two men stroll down the road quietly, listening to the sounds of nature around them, before William begins talking about the whole factory situation. He reminds Jared that what happened to Albert isn't his fault, and he couldn't have done anything to save him. Jared remains silent for a moment, before telling William that he's fine. He asks William how he's feeling after it, to which William says that people dying doesn't affect him as much ever since Jacob died. He then takes the moment to thank Jared for trying to better himself, and encourages him to keep doing so, promising that everyone would eventually see that he's changed for good, even Daniel and Lolida. Jared smiles bitterly, staying quiet, before telling William that during the events in the factory, Daniel and Lolida left him to die. Hearing this, William says that enough is enough, and if and when the two of them return, he'll make them drop the entire Isaac situation, or he'll kick them out. Jared smiles at that, satisfied. Just then, a zombie is seen hobbling out of the woods ahead of them. Soon, a second one is seen exiting the woods moving even slower than the first. As Jared and William get closer to the zombies -- they suddenly hear voices, and come to realize that they are no zombies. Daniel and Lolida glare at Jared, immediately limping towards him, cursing and telling William that Jared had killed Albert and did this to them. Jared freezes, panicking, and quickly trying to defend himself, calling Daniel and Lolida insane. Eventually, Lolida falls to the ground, passed out from his injuries. Daniel checks on his friend, before yelling at Jared, telling him that this is all his fault. Jared continues to call him a liar, as both of them start yelling, all while William stands on the side, processing everything. Then, out of nowhere, William turns to Jared and punches him to the ground. He beats Jared's face in, fuming with anger, telling Jared that the state of Daniel and Lolida is proof enough that he did this. Jared, now bleeding from his head, begs William to believe him, but William is no longer buying his story. Daniel points at Lolida's knee, asking Jared who it was that stabbed him if not Jared, which Jared has no response to. Realizing that he's done for, Jared reaches for his knife, only to be kicked in the side of the head by William. Jared whimpers in pain, begging William to believe him once more. Eventually, after a long silence, Jared, in a delusional state, sees William offering him a gun. Without hesitation, Jared snatches the gun and pulls the triggers, attempting to shoot both William and Daniel - but the gun is empty. Jared knows that's it, as William starts delivering punch after punch into Jared's face until Jared is knocked out cold.

When they return to the motel, Jared is taken into an empty motel room and has his hands bound together, left in darkness. Hours later, during the evening, somebody finally enters his room; it's Rebecca. Jared remains silent for a while, as Rebecca tries to get him to talk. When he finally does talk, it's a faint, quivering voice that asks to speak to William. Rebecca, however, says that William doesn't want to, and says that Jared's lucky it's her here and not William. Quietly, Jared says that he's sorry for everything. Curious at what he's referring to, Rebecca asks him straight up if he left Isaac to die, and if he pushed Albert into the horde. Jared admits to both things, but says that he only did it to survive. Rebecca questions him further on why he did it, and Jared continues to say that if he hadn't of left Isaac hanging, or if he hadn't of pushed Albert, he would have been killed. Rebecca is frankly disgusted at him, stating that she would never abandon her friends or cause their death to save herself. She remarks about how sorry she feels for Jared, not because he deserves this, but because of spineless he is, and how he brought all of this on himself. Jared's bound hand tug, as he grows angry. He tells Rebecca that he's not a monster, and that everything he did was for survival. Shaking her head in disgust, Rebecca stands up. Jared glares at her, before stating that one day all of her safe ideals will come crashing down. After acknowledging him, Rebecca then says that William **did** ask for her to bring Jared outside. Jared slumps into his bed, looking over at her concerningly, muttering "What?".

Jared is taken outside into the darkness of night. His vision is blurry from the blood that leaked into his eyes, but through the blurriness, he can make out many different figures standing in the far corner of the parking lot, next to a large tree. As Rebecca takes Jared closer to the tree, he's able to make out William standing under it, holding a stool and some rope. Realizing what's about to happen, Jared starts to panic, begging William to stop, and that he's sorry. Jon approaches Jared, grabbing him and placing him on the stool, before wrapping the rope around his neck. He continuously begs and pleads for mercy, all while William goes around, telling the group that what he's about to do must be done for the safety of everyone here. He reminds them that Jared would have done the same thing to anyone. When William concludes his speech, Jared asks for mercy one last time, terrified. But William doesn't listen to him, kicking the stool out from underneath Jared. Quickly, Jared's legs drop, dangling. For the next few seconds, Jared fights for his life, gagging and trying to get air, but is unable to. His body finally quits moving, his face purple and blue, his legs swaying back and forth.

## **Death**

Killed By
* William Reynes

When it's finally revealed that Jared had left Isaac Moses to die, and had caused Albert Hanson's death by pushing him into a horde of zombies, William decides that Jared can no longer be kept alive. He executes Jared by hanging him from a tree.

## **Killed Victims**

* Albert Hanson *(Caused)*
* Isaac Moses *(Caused)*
* 1 unnamed survivor in Willamette Parkview Mall
* Several Rastas

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Jared Kellings appearing in any way.