Adaptation

The mall survivors prepare for an all out attack from Benjamin Taylor and his forces.

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## **Synopsis**

The episode picks up right where it last left off, with Jacob Feldman, Erin Monroe, William Reynes, and Albert Hanson immediately rushing out of the security room and making it to the rooftop. They glimpse a convoy of vehicles speeding away. They speculate that the convoy will be returning soon to finish the job, and so decide that they must begin boarding up the entrances. Randall Forster and Clayton Freeman eventually join them on the roof having run there from the North Plaza. Jacob sends Albert and the two police officers to the North Plaza to handle the back entrance, while Erin and himself work on the main entrance. Before leaving, Randall asks about the prisoners locked up in the basement. Jacob, although not too trusting of them, decides to make a change of plans and go to let them out.

Down in the security room, Owen Gliefield scolds Dean Howards for being a drunk and states that he has no respect for the man. Clayton and Albert enter, gathering the two men and bringing them along to the North Plaza. While traveling through Leisure Park, they run into Jacob and Erin who are just heading down into the basement. They decide to join them for the time being and head into the basement. There, Clyde Rollins, Jim Butterman, and Teddy Powell are locked up behind a gate. Jacob tells the three of them about the situation, and is offering them a chance to prove their loyalty by defending the mall. Although Teddy is reluctant at first, he eventually agrees to it, as do Jim and Clyde. After being let out, Clayton and Albert lead them out and towards the North Plaza.

Steven Philips finishes looting a shop in Al Fresca Plaza before making his way across the mall, ending up in the Entrance Plaza.

Jacob and Erin leave the basement and run into Robert Morgan, who joins them in heading for the Entrance Plaza.

Meanwhile, Albert and Clayton arrive at the North Plaza with the newly released prisoners. Teddy heads for his gun store to gather up weapons to use while Jim points out that they can use the metal shelves in the supermarket to board up the back entrance. As some of the men get to pushing the shelves out, a worried Kate Bloodstone agrees with Dean that they should be leaving the mall, not fighting back, though her words go unheard.

In the supermarket, Dean takes a seat, hearing the sounds of gunshots in his head, reliving the battle that had taken place not a day earlier. He again suggests that they leave the mall. Owen shakes his head as he pushes a shelf, complaining that Dean is nothing but a letdown.

Teddy returns out into the plaza hauling a crate of guns and ammunition. As everybody takes their pick, Clyde announces that he's had enough and wants to leave the mall as well. However, his idea of leaving is quickly shut down by the others. Before Owen walks off, he tells Dean that this is the time he can try and prove his worth.

In the Entrance Plaza, Jacob, Erin, and Robert encounter Steven. After learning about the upcoming battle, Steven says that he'd be happy to help defend the mall. The group begins pushing furniture in front of the doors. Just then, Felix Quarterman comes walking down, grumbling about the fact that they don't have the numbers to defend the mall. He is mostly ignored though, as Steven devises a plan to lead the enemies into a trap and pick them off. It isn't until Felix begins to walk off that Jacob finally acknowledges his presence. By this point Felix has already given up hope though, and he storms off.

At the museum, Robin Clarke returns to Benjamin Taylor asking for more soldiers to bring in order to ensure the mall survivors were killed. Benjamin agrees to it, and informs Shane Haywood about the plan. He tells him that if they fall into a trap they are to withdraw immediately. Shane, Robin, and forty soldiers load up into the vehicles out front and speed away.

Back in the North Plaza, Kate is examining a shotgun, and asks Randall if killing a person changes you. "You get used to it," he tells her, which doesn't answer her question. The rest of the survivors are finishing up with the barricade and preparing for the attack. Kate has a small panic attack while waiting, worried that she may be killed in the upcoming fight, but she's calmed down by Owen. Meanwhile, Dean refuses to pick up a weapon, not wanting to kill again. After being reminded of what'll happen if they don't fight back by Randall and Teddy, Dean finally gives in and picks up a shotgun.

Outside of the mall, Shane and Robin's convoy arrives. As they step out of their vehicles, a gunshot rings out and one of their soldiers falls to the ground dead - a sniper on the roof: William. Getting behind cover, Shane and Robin fire their weapons into the air, which alerts a horde of zombies nearby. Shane orders Robin to storm the back entrance with half of their men while Shane and the other soldiers wait patiently for the horde of the zombies to move past them and breach the main entrance.

In the Entrance Plaza, the survivors are forced to retreat into Paradise Plaza when the horde of zombies begin breaking through the barricade. They continue through into the Casino Plaza.

On the other side of the mall, the survivors in the North Plaza wait in suspense as they hear the sounds of gunshots across the mall. Suddenly, the back entrance explodes, sending debris flying everywhere. Smoke grenades are tossed inside, blocking their view of the outside. Then, a group of zombies flood the building. As if things couldn't get worse, Robin and his soldiers begin firing through the smoke. Clyde immediately abandons everybody, sprinting off into the mall. Jim is shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet, sending him falling behind cover. As the gunfire from Robin's men ceases, the survivors are able to focus on the zombies, but struggle to deal with them through all the smoke and debris. During the chaos, Dean saves Owen's life when a zombie collapses onto him, earning Dean the respect Owen had been wanting. As the zombies finally begin to clear up, Robin and a bunch of soldiers then come charging through the smoke, breaking through the barricade and gunning down North Plaza residents. Randall, Clayton, and Albert do what they can to fight off the soldiers. Meanwhile, Dean, Teddy, and Kate sit behind cover with Jim treating his wound. Owen collapses behind cover, grabbing his chest in pain. As Robin's soldiers begin pushing up on the survivors, Teddy hands Kate a grenade. She tosses it over towards a group of soldiers, blowing up three men. Still, the survivors, outnumbered, begin to retreat to Wonderland Plaza. As Randall gets up to make a run for it, he's shot in the back by Robin. Dean runs out of cover, dragging Randall out of view and into Wonderland Plaza with the others.

In the Casino Plaza, Jacob, Erin, and Steven can do nothing but listen to the sounds of gunfire all across the mall. Steven crafts a molotov cocktail and launches it over at the entrance of the plaza, lighting up the area in flames and burning a good chunk of the horde that had followed them. Steven then runs into the nearby Yucatan Casino, where he finds a janitor's closet and uses the materials inside to craft an explosive.

Shane Haywood and his men enter the mall, following the trail of the zombies into Paradise Plaza. They eventually come up outside of the Casino Plaza, where Shane concludes that the survivors have to be inside. After briefing his men, they charge into the plaza. Jacob and Erin remain in cover for the most part, yelling at Steven that it was time to go. Steven instead remains where he is, tossing his explosive and blowing up a large chunk of Shane's men. As four more soldiers are gunned down by Steven, Shane is finally able to line up a shot and shoot Steven in the head, killing him. Jacob and Erin retreat from the plaza before they too are killed. Shane takes a look around and realizes that most of his men were killed. He concludes that they should leave the mall now.

In Wonderland Plaza, Dean desperately tries to keep Randall alive. He's instructed how to do so by Owen, who's still groaning because of his chest pain. As all this is happening, Felix shows up, drunk, laughing at everything that was going on. Kate approaches Felix, telling him to be quiet. However, Felix continues to yell and mock Kate. Kate finally has enough and hits Felix in the head, knocking him out. With Randall continuing to bleed out, Dean gets back up and everybody continues into the food court.

At the food court, Owen finally takes some of his medication and is able to begin treating Randall himself. As everybody takes a moment to recover, Robin and his remaining soldiers charge into the food court. Everybody scrambles for cover as Albert and Clayton open fire. After a couple short minutes of combat, Robin tosses down a smoke grenade and retreats out of the food court with his last soldiers. The survivors jump out of cover and pursue them back into Wonderland Plaza. There, Dean is shot in the leg by Robin. Robin and all of the soldiers are able to escape.

As Shane storms through Paradise Plaza on his way out of the mall, William snipes one of his soldiers. He quickly disappears back into the mall before Shane can find him. Fuming, Shane turns back around and leaves the mall. In the parking lot, Shane regroups with Robin and gets back into the vehicles. In total, thirteen of the forty men that had gone with them were returning to the museum.

At the museum, Shane and Robin give the bad news about the attack to Benjamin. Benjamin takes the news rather well, and asks if they saw Sarah there, but they hadn't. Benjamin says that as long as they don't have his daughter, they aren't the priority. He looks up at his two most trusted men, telling them that he'll search every corner of the town until his daughter is found, and that Cornelius Dance will pay for what he's done. Shane and Robin are then dismissed.

In Wonderland Plaza, Dean passes out from his gunshot wound. William shows up and is able to stop the bleeding for the time being. Just then, Jacob and Erin arrive, giving them the news about Steven's death. Kate informs them that most of the North Plaza residents, and that Randall and Jim were shot. The group decides that they need to move the wounded up into the security room. Kate, Teddy, and Owen head into the food court to get started on that.

In the food court, Randall lies on the ground, weak and unable to move. He asks Clayton if they lost anybody in the attack, and Clayton tells him that they lost some of the North Plaza residents. As Randall passes out, Teddy, Kate, and Owen come walking in. Jim thanks them all for saving him. Kate looks around at everybody and admits that she's no longer the stupid girl who opened the entrance plaza doors, letting in the zombies. "I hope I've proved some sort of worth today," she says. "You've done more than enough," Teddy tells her, and Owen agrees. Teddy then approaches Jim, who's smiling cheerily even in his state, before being helped up and escorted out. Kate and Clayton return to Wonderland Plaza.

William asks about who threw the grenades earlier in the North Plaza, and Albert tells them it was Kate. Kate hears this as she walks back in, and wonders if she did something wrong, but William and Albert promise that what she did was good. The conversation turns to the soldiers who attacked then, and if it seemed like they had leaders. Kate and Clayton point out the man who was dual-wielding pistols: Robin, and suspects he was leading them. William tells them about his experience in Paradise Plaza where he suspects Shane to be the other leader. As the survivors all begin to head off one by one, Felix finally wakes up from being knocked out earlier. William tries speaking to him, but Felix simply gets up and stumbles off without saying a word. "Now what?" Clayton asks. "I don't fucking know," William replies, smiling.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Jacob Feldman
* William Reynes
* Clayton Freeman
* Randall Forster
* Felix Quarterman
* Erin Monroe
* Albert Hanson
* Dean Howards

#### **Also Starring**

* Owen Gliefield
* Clyde Rollins

#### **Guest Starring**

* Kate Bloodstone
* Theodore "Teddy" Powell
* Steven Philips
* Jim Butterman
* Robert Morgan
* Jared Kellings
* Benjamin Taylor
* Shane Haywood
* Robin Clarke

## **Deaths**

* Steven Philips
* Many soldiers from Benjamin Taylor's militia
* Numerous counts of unnamed residents in the mall