From the Gallows

Season 2, Episode 13

## Cast Guide

Starring
Chyler Leigh as Harper Lodge
Finn Wittrock as Declan Lodge
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Riley Lodge
Chris Hemsworth as Kari Andrews
Patrick Dempsey as Ben Monroe
Brett Dalton as Brandon
Ellen Pompeo as Andrea Reed
Ronen Rubinstein as Avery Stanson
Juliana Harkavy as Janine
Nick Zano as Matt Archer

Also Starring
Gavin McIntosh as Jason Andrews
Hayden Panettiere as Carley Jonas
Martin Henderson as Jonathan Heyes
Alberto Frezza as Theo
Noah Centineo as David Welles
Christine Adams as Lindsay Gwennith

**From the Gallows** is the thirteenth episode of the second season of Coda.

## Plot

Jonathan secures a deal, as Harper fights to rescue her group from his clutches.

## Episode Transcript

### Act One

Theo trails closely behind Matt as they crouch throughout the deep and haunting forest, looking for signs of their friends.

"See anyone?" Theo asks, leaning against a barren tree for support. He checks the ammo count on his pistol's magazine, peering up to the lack of awareness he is receiving from Matt, "Hellooo?"

"Huh?" Matt jolts, turning his head over his shoulder to respond, "No, nothing."

Behind them, a figure creeps up slowly, knife in hand. Theo, hearing a crackle nearby, spins around.

Nothing.

He continues scanning the area, and begins moving toward the darkness of the forest as the crackles grow louder. And louder.

Theo hits the ground, hard, as the figure jumps out from behind a tree. Now, standing over him, is Carley.

"Shit!" Carley yells, just before she can take a kill shot, "I'm sorry!"

Carley helps the man up, as Kari follows closely behind her. Matt shows up due to the commotion, and smiles, glad to see his friends. He goes in to hug Kari, as Carley and Theo hug, as well.

"Where the hell have you guys been?" Kari asks, running his hand through his lengthened and sweaty hair.

"Literally going in circles since Crawford fell." Matt sighs deeply, turning his head over his shoulder once more to evaluate the area, "Lindsay is with us, she's heading back to the exhibit to get Harper and David. Jason's okay, he has the baby."

"Okay...whew." Kari rubs his eyes, "God, I've been worried fucking sick."

"Once we take care of this, we're heading back to the exhibit and we'll get Jason. But it’s better to keep him out of this. We don't know how this is gonna go down." Theo reassures Kari, as they look around for any signs of life.

"Well, we were with the others, uh...Declan, Riley, Janine, Brandon, Avery, and Ben. Those people were following us so me and Kari snuck into the woods to start following them. We lost track of them a while back." Carley awkwardly stands, "Okay, yeah, we got lost in the woods. We were only supposed to go about forty meters out but, we got...carried away."

"Those people caught them. Got them held captive on the road. They been sittin' there a while." Theo informs the pair, looking to Matt for reassurance.

"Yeah. Once the others get here, we'll follow them back to wherever they're planning on going and end this." Matt tells them.

"Wouldn't it be safer if we just took them out here and now and got the fuck out of here? We don't know how many of them there are!" Carley insists, worried on taking on a large group of people AGAIN.

"If we don't end this now, they'll keep coming for us. Jonathan's got some fucking vendetta against us and it has to stop." Theo rebutts, silencing Carley.

"Let's just...wait for the others to get here and keep staking out the area. Deal?" Kari offers, leading to mutual nods amongst the rest of the squad, "Alright, let's watch their backs for now."

### Act Two

Inside a run down old suburban home, a figure sits cross-legged on a wooden chair stained with blood and riddled with dust. His deep voice beckons onto a walkie talkie, "Do you have them?"

"We do." a man  responds, quickly. The man on the chair smirks, and changes the channel on his walkie talkie.

"They have them." He speaks yet again into the walkie. He awaits patiently for a response, as a woman enters the room. Still awaiting a response, he turns to face her, "Ryan, what's the issue?"

"Just some walkers out front. They're taking care of it, but we gotta be ready to move." She tells him, turning her rifle around to her back with the strap.

"Quickly, we're-" He is interrupted by another voice on the walkie talkie.

"Good. The Delta thanks you for your services, Jonathan. You'll make a fine captain." Another woman informs him, before disconnecting.

"You're welcome," Jonathan smiles and sighs happily, "Lilly."

### Act Three

Harper paced the abandoned exhibit's outside as the clouds gathered above in a dark formation. She took note of the absence of sunlight and the forthcoming despair that will reckon on the entirety of her group.

"Lindsay?" She mutters, as the other woman exited the building, duffel bag on each shoulder. She carefully removed one, handing it to Harper, "Thanks."

"So...you ready?" Lindsay asks her, clearly hesitant in her tone.

"Yeah. But you aren't, are you?" Harper raised an eyebrow, adjusting the bag on her shoulder, and grabbing her pistol out, placing it in her holster at her waistline.

"It's just..." Lindsay sighs, looking inside the building at David talking to Jason, "Can we trust him? He seems a little..."

"Hurt. He just lost his wife, Lindsay." Harper placed a hand on Lindsay's shoulder opposing her own, "But he's not stupid. He can handle this and he knows what's at stake."

"One of those people killed Leah," Lindsay methodically but kindly removed Harper's hand from her shoulder, "But if you trust him, I can, too, I suppose."

"Good." Harper half-smiled as she turned toward a trail leading away from the exhibit, "We'll need all the help we can get for this one. Go get David, and let's head out."

### Act Four

"You're kind of a bitch." Ben exclaims suddenly toward Mimi, catching the attention of Andrea, Janine, Avery, Riley, Declan, and Brandon, with the latter subtly smirking at this remark. Mimi turns to him.

"The fuck you say to me?" She asks, pointing her rifle at his chest. He chuckles quietly for a moment.

"I'm just saying." He adjusts himself to sit better, placing his hand on the hot pavement, "We're just trying to survive out here and you've made it y'all's personal mission to make sure we don't."

"We have our reasons." Steve butts in, leaning over inches from Ben's face. Ben doesn't back down, and smiles at the bigger man.

"Would you like to share with the rest of the class?" Ben laughs, causing the rest of his group to look over in shock.

"What the hell are you doing?" Andrea whispers, nudging his shoulder.

"Shut your damn mouth." Steve tells her, pointing his gun at her. She raises her hands and turns back around, hesitantly, before Steve points his focus back to Ben, "You don't get to know shit until we get where we're going."

"And where exactly is that?" Ben asks, tilting his head in bewilderment.

"We're gonna go see the 'boss' of this run." Steve gives a half smile, "And he has some words to say to you people."

"How about you get that walkie talkie out and tell JONATHAN..." Ben rears his head closer, his hand searing from the heat on the pavement, "that he'll be just as dead as Oberson the next time I see him."

Steve remains quiet, not knowing who this 'Oberson' is. He looks to Mimi, who shrugs, and scoffs, "Have it your way." Steve lashes out, swinging the butt of his rifle directly into Ben's face, knocking him out.

"STOP!" Janine shouts, attempting to get up, however, Jenn quickly shoves her pistol in Janine's face, causing the woman to back down and watch as Steve brutally attacks Ben. Steve slams his rifle into Ben's stomach, then kicks the man in the head, knocking it against the concrete and leaving him unconscious.

Avery quietly buries his head into his knees, as Brandon reaches over to rub his back, however, Mimi shakes her head, taking note of this action. Brandon rolls his eyes, then places his hands on his lap, sighing.

### Act Five

"Alright, what's the plan." Harper smiles, with David and Lindsay following her, as she finds Matt, Theo, Carley, and Kari in the woods. Kari is quickly ecstatic, and hugs Harper, as the rest of the group shares a small reunion.

"About damn time." Matt tells Harper, as she rolls her eyes.

"Okay. I don't think a head-on assault is our right move at the moment. We may outnumber them, but we're clearly outgunned. If we attack now, we can maybe take out one or two before they find cover and get us," Harper informs the others, "Plus, we can't put our people at risk right now."

“Right…” Theo sighs, rubbing the side of his head in anguish. Matt takes note of this, and approaches Theo, placing a hand on his shoulder.

“We’ll get them back.” Matt tells him, nodding, which Theo returns to make up for their previous arguments.

“This is good.” David insists, “If we follow them, we can end this. Catch them off guard with the rest of their group, bam. It’s over.”

“Now hold on…” Lindsay meekly raises her hand, putting her pistol back in its holster nervously, “I don’t feel comfortable with this plan. Why can’t we just...take them out now, I guess, and get out of here?”

“If we do that, they won’t stop coming after us,” Matt tells her sympathetically, “Jonathan has it out for us. I don’t know what the hell they want with us after they catch us, but I doubt it’s good.”

“As risky as it is, he’s right.” Harper speaks, louder, “I hate to put my brother in danger like this as much as you do, Lindsay, but I know they won’t be safe unless this threat is permanently taken care of.”

Lindsay crossed her arms, unable to give a rebuttal, silently agreeing to this course of action. Harper nods to her, before turning to the rest of the group once more, “Let’s do this.”

### Act Six

Jenn takes pot shots at a group of walkers in the distance, missing terribly at each one of them. She coughs, looking to Steve, who shakes his head, “Well okay then.”

“You’re wasting your ammo, Jenn,” he tells her, as the group of walkers nears closer over time, he speaks up once more, “Why are you even on this mission?”

Jenn rolls her eyes, as she keeps an eye on the walkers alongside a few other members of the scouting group. Jenn, reluctant to offer any sympathy to Harper’s group, turns toward Janine, standing over her, as the latter is mending to an unconscious Ben.

“That your boyfriend?” She asks, quickly gaining the attention of Carley, who’s carefully listening in the distance.

“What?” Janine responds, confused by this sudden ‘accusation’, “No, but why the fuck do you care?”

“Just wondering…” Jenn asks, as Janine takes note of her tone not being that of a condescending woman with a superiority complex as she initially believed Jenn was, but as someone with genuine...concern, maybe?

“Hm…” Mimi thinks to herself, as the group of walkers begin nearing, “Alright, I think it’s about time we head out.”

“What?” Steve asks her, visibly confused, “To where? Jonathan hasn’t gotten back to us about the rendezvous yet.”

“We gotta keep moving, stay out of the way of these walkers.” She insists, as Steve silently agrees. Jenn, turning her head, looks to Ben, still unconscious.

“What about this one? We gonna carry him out of here?” Jenn asks, garnering attention from Harper’s group.

“Hmph.” Mimi chuckles, “Leave him behind.”

“What?!” Janine shouts, attempting to stand up, before Jenn hesitantly aims her weapon at Janine. The group is shocked, some visibly refutable to this.

“Looks like we got ourselves a distraction to get some distance, then. Perfect.” Steve laughs, preparing the captives for transport.

“You can’t do this! What the hell?!” Avery shouts, irritating the scouts, “What happened to keeping us all alive?”

“To be honest,” Mimi tells her, bucking up and getting in her face, “He just pissed me off.”

Jenn, watching on, grabs Janine by the arm, who begins speaking once more, “No, I’m not leaving without Ben. You either take him with us, or you’re down two bodies - one way or another.”

“Janine…” Declan insists, “Don’t be stupid. We need you.”

“No! We can’t just leave him here to fucking ‘’die’’?” Janine shouts, catching the attention of more of the undead.

“The bitch wants to stay, let her stay. Just make sure she’s not awake when those fuckers get here.” Mimi tells Jenn, who is distressed by the situation at hand. Using this opportunity, Janine looks to Jenn.

“I used to be trapped. A group a lot like your’s, we took and stole and even killed earlier on just to get what we wanted,” Janine pleads to the other woman, “But I got out. Because of Ben. Because of his group, they believed I could be a better person. And that’s what made me believe, too. You don’t have to do this.”

Mimi, now clearly annoyed, approaches the pair, “Are you done?”

Jenn, shaking her head and sighing, grabs Janine by the arm, forcing her along with the rest of the group.

“Fuck!” Janine yells, struggling against Jenn’s advances.

“Don’t be stupid,” Jenn whispers into her ear, “This is how you stay alive.”

Janine looks to the woman, and sighs deeply, nodding. She looks back to Ben, as Jonathan’s group escorts her and her friends away from the site - as the undead diverge toward Ben. As the group moves on, Declan grasps Riley’s hand, and turns his head toward the forest, noticing a lock of red hair slightly revealing from the bushes, before quickly ducking down. He smirks.

### Act Seven

“Alright, they’re officially on the move.” Kari turns his head to inform the remainder of the group, “How do we get to Ben?” David asks, peering his head past the bushes at Ben’s unconscious self. He spots Janine, who is visibly hesitant to abandon her good friend.

“If we go too early, we’ll be spotted.” Harper insists, “But if we take too long, it’ll be too late.”

Harper sighs, conflicted on how to handle the situation and keep everyone alive. Matt approaches her, nodding, “Let’s send three people out. That way two people can carry him and the third can cover them.”

“Sounds good. I can help carry him.” Kari informs the group, ready to lend a hand. He looks to Theo, hoping he will help, as well.

“Yeah. I’ve got him, too.” Theo smirks, getting his weapon ready to go rescue Ben.

Carley grabs her gun, “I’ll cover you guys. I’m a good shot.”

“You’ve got the right spirit, Carles. But we gotta do this quietly.” David tells her, handing her a small hatchet, “Take this.”

Carley smiles, readying her weapon, “Then let’s do it.” The small group moves out quietly past the treeline, ducking into a ditch, waiting for Jonathan’s scouts to be out of sight and out of mind.

“Carley…” Theo whispers, as a walker gains dangerously close.

“On it.” Carley stands up, crouch walking toward the walker, slashing the back of its leg with her hatchet. As it thuds to the ground, she quickly and efficiently chops it across the forehead, killing it. She then drops to the ground and waits, forgetting to look behind her. Another walker diverges on her, grabbing her leg. She nearly shouts, but holds herself back, kicking it in the head. Kari quickly rushes out, kicking the undead monstrosity in the head, as Theo arrives, stabbing it through the eye with his hunting knife. The group then turns their focus to Ben.

“Alright, get him. I’ll cover you.” Carley readies a hatchet in one hand, and a small knife in the other, as a small pack of walkers approach her.

“Can you handle them?!” Kari asks, concerned, as he lifts Ben’s shoulders and Theo grabs his ankles.

“Yeah. Just get him to the others.” Carley insists, as she slashes the first walker she can across the head with the hatchet, knocking it down and taking another walker down with it. She smirks, and stabs another in the side of the head, kicking another in the chest, buying the others time to escape and advance closer into the woods. After the others have successfully retreated, Carley attempts to follow, however, she is surrounded, “Shit.”

“Carley!” David calls out, noticing her only route toward the others being blocked.

“Fuck it.” Carley pulls out her gun, and begins shooting the walkers blocking her path. No, not her path toward the others - her path into the other direction, “Keep moving! I’ll catch up!”

Carley continues taking down the walkers, retreating into the opposite side of the forest, as the walkers quickly follow.

“Shit!” Harper mumbles, as she realizes that they’ve both been separated from Carley, and lost sight of Jonathan’s scouts.

“We gotta keep moving.” Matt insists, catching Harper’s attention.

“Yeah…” she sighs, “You’re right.”

“The gunshots are gonna be coming from that direction, so hopefully we can stay hidden on this side of the road.” Matt mutters, “But what are we gonna do about Ben?”

The group looks to Ben, unconscious on the ground.

“If you guys don’t mind…” Lindsay speaks up, “I’m gonna stay with him. Make sure he’s okay.”

“You sure, Lindsay?” Kari asks, scanning the opposite side of the road for any sign of Carley, gunshots ringing in the distance.

“Yeah. I won’t be much help in a fight. Plus, maybe I can find Carley once Ben wakes up and we can be your reinforcements.”

“Alright.” Harper tells her, “If you can’t find Carley, get back to the exhibit and wait for us. Don’t leave for anything.” the rest of the group moves on, leaving Lindsay and Ben behind - as Carley’s gunshots still ring in the distance.

### Act Eight

“Those gunshots stopped.” Steve muttered, as his group took their captives down the road to...no foreseeable destination.

“Told you the walkers would get them.  No point in wasting our time.” Mimi chuckled, looking behind her at Declan up and down, “What, nothing?”

Declan rolls his eyes, ignoring the woman’s attempts to incite him. He looks to Riley, who’s visibly shaken by this entire ordeal, “We’ll be okay, Riley.”

“You sure about that?” She whispers in response, clearly not too ecstatic about their odds.

“I saw…” Declan hushes himself a little more to conceal their conversation, “I saw Harper in the woods a while back. I think they got to Ben in time.”

Riley sighs a breath of relief, looking to Janine who’s across the group from the pair, “We just gotta hold out until they can get to us.”

The group continues on, as Mimi receives a radio call from a woman, “Ryan? That you?”

“About fucking time.” Steve mumbles, as Mimi hushes him.

“Wilkerson. Pharmacy. Be there.” Ryan informs them over the walkie talkie, quickly, and formally.

“Well, looks like we know where we’re heading. Let’s get there.” Mimi smirks, turning to face Declan, “Hope you’re ready to see your old friend again.”

Declan shakes his head, raising his chin to Mimi, who scoffs, and begins moving once more.

“Alright...looks like we know where WE’RE going, too.” Harper smiles, listening in on the conversations, “Let’s get there before them.”

### Act Nine

“They’re on their way now,” Ryan enters Jonathan’s office within the abandoned pharmacy in the town of Wilkerson, “It’s all coming together, Jonathan.”

“It really is.” Jonathan chuckles, “Your people took a chance on me. And that debt will be satisfied, I assure you.”

“We expect it to,” Ryan tells him, approaching behind his chair, “In return for our help, we fully expect you to give us all the intel possible you can on the Savannah area. Your insight on Crawford’s inner workings will be greatly helpful to the Delta’s continuation.”

Jonathan stands, approaching Ryan, and handing her a walkie talkie, “You’ll get all the intel you need. Contact Larry and let him know we have some more soldiers for him, Lilly isn’t able to at the moment. She’s dealing with a personal matter.”

“Right away.” Ryan exits the room, as Jonathan takes a seat once more, examining a map of Georgia with several locations marked in red circles.

West Georgia Correctional Facility.

A town called Woodbury.

Grady Memorial Hospital.

Wilkerson.

A large body of water marked as Havenrock.

Once these locations were compromised, the Delta would prosper. As would Jonathan Heyes.

### Act Ten

“We’re here.” Matt announces, looking for the pharmacy Ryan had radioed Jonathan’s group about.

“Let’s find that pharmacy and end this now.” David insists, catching Harper’s attention.

“Don’t be reckless, David,” Harper informs him, “we find that pharmacy, we make a plan. We don’t know how many of them there are.”

“Fine. Whatever.” David tells her, as he scans the area and walks away from her.

“I’m excited, Harper.” Kari mentions as he approaches the woman, her eyes lingering on David’s movements, “I really wanna see Jason again.”

“You will. Once this is over. He’s waiting for us at the exhibit, safe and sound.” Harper smiles at him, as Kari notices her staying focused on David’s examinations of the town.

“He okay?” Kari asks, resulting in a sigh from Harper.

“Leah died. One of Jonathan’s guys killed her.” Harper tells him, “I talked to Lindsay about it. She doesn’t think he’s capable of gathering all his marbles. At this point, I have to agree.”

Kari tilts his head, conflicted over this sentiment, “if this shit goes south...and it most likely will, do you think we can depend on him to make a reasonable decision?”

“Honestly?” Harper responds, “No.”

Kari sighs, “Well, here’s hoping we can talk him down. Because I don’t see this going well if we can’t.”

“Hey! I found something.” Matt peers around a corner, quietly, as he points out a pharmacy in the distance. A small bell attached to a string is sitting in front of the door, as well as a symbol resembling a triangle with circles on each corner.

“That’s gotta be it.” Harper responds, as they gather together to approach the pharmacy.

“Shit.” David mutters as he reaches the rest of his group, “We got company.”

Sure enough, Jonathan’s scouts and his captives arrive just in the nick of time. Harper and her team quickly advance to an alley near the pharmacy, ducking out of cover.

### Act Eleven

Jonathan exits the pharmacy, Ryan by his side, and two other members of the Delta militia. He approaches Andrea, who is being held at gunpoint by Steve.

“Andrea Reed,” he mutters, mockingly, “how pleasant to see you again. Still kissing up to your higher ups?”

“Still beating defenseless women?” She bites back, glancing over at Ryan, “better keep an eye on him.”

Ryan ignores this remark, looking to Jonathan, “should I contact Larry?”

“Yeah, go ahead.” Jonathan moves to face Janine, “Janine. How have you been?”

“Great. Other than your new buddies leaving Ben to die.” Janine barks to him, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

“Who’s idea was that?” Jonathan peers over to his companions, as Jenn looks at Mimi accusingly, who rolls her eyes.

“He was trying to start some shit and he got hit. Nothing new.” Mimi sneered, as Jonathan moves to face her.

“I told you I had business with these people. I had business. Not you.” He scoffs, “so stay the fuck in line or you won’t last long.”

“I’ve been in the Delta much longer than you. The only reason you’re here is because Larry thinks you, what, ran a town that’s dead now?” Mimi replies, agitated by Jonathan. Jonathan responds by revealing his knife, which he plunges into Mimi’s knee.

“WHAT THE FUCK?” she shouts, dropping her weapon and falling to the ground.

“When I say stay in line, I fucking mean it,” he kneels down, whispering into her ear, “and I’m not being kept around because I led a town. I’m here because I know how to keep cunts like you in line.”

“Are you seeing this?” David insists, in the cover of the alley alongside Matt, Kari, Theo, and Harper, “now could be our chance.”

“Wait. They need to disperse a little.” Harper quietly insists, “we can’t put our people at risk.”

“No, we won’t be if we act now. If we wait around twiddling our thumbs they could kill someone.” David approaches Harper, “you wanna see Declan get executed because you were too worried to help them?”

“Don’t you dare. I don’t wanna see Declan get executed because we set them off too soon.” She responds.

“David’s right. We need to do something, now.” Matt nods to David, who readies his gun.

“And we will.” David points his gun toward the group, “starting with that piece of shit that killed Leah.”

“Woah, what the fuck?” Theo mutters, shocked by this declaration, “he’s got a gun to Andrea’s head. What if you get him and he shoots Andrea on his way down?”

“It’s a risk we gotta take.” Matt tells him, “she’ll be fine.”

“What the hell, Matt?” Theo replies, annoyed at Matt once again being against him.

“Guys, let’s all just calm down and think about this.” Kari butts in, getting between Matt and Theo as Harper moves in to take David’s gun.

“Do it.” Matt looks to David, as Harper reaches for the gun. Theo jumps to assist Harper, as Matt tries to stop him, Kari pulls Matt back. Harper reaches David, and attempts to grab his shoulder, but it’s too late.

David shoots.

### Act Twelve

Steve’s neck is pierced as the bullet David fired ends his life and begins...chaos. As quick as Steve hits the ground, Andrea dives to find cover. Janine, taking advantage of whatever the hell was going on, grabs Mimi’s fallen gun, and dashes her across the head as she sat on the ground, knocking her unconscious, “that’s for Ben.” Janine ducks, joining Andrea in cover, as Jonathan, Ryan, Jenn, and the rest of the Delta soldiers fire toward the alley.

Brandon, shocked, grasps the nearest person to him - Declan, and runs to a nearby dumpster, and the two hide behind it, defenseless. Riley notices, and attempts to reach the pair, however, Ryan realizes what’s going on, and fires at Riley, narrowly missing. Avery helps, pulling Riley out of harm’s way. The pair advance toward the alley Harper’s group is by going behind the pharmacy to run around.

“Shit, shit, shit…” Harper yells out, firing her weapon at Jonathan’s group. The group is clearly outnumbered and outgunned, however, their cover is providing immense help. Kari is able to take down a few of the soldiers, as well as Matt, who hits Ryan in the shoulder, knocking her out of action.

“Look!” Kari points out Riley and Avery, who come from behind them.

“Oh, thank God.” Riley declares, hugging Harper, who quickly reciprocates. Harper breaks the hug, handing Riley her sidearm.

“Can you do this?” Harper asks, worried for her sister in laws capabilities.

“I can.” Riley nods, and begins helping the team.

### Act Thirteen

“We are fucked.” Brandon mumbles, as Declan peers past the dumpster for an escape route, “like, physically, mentally, monumentally fucked right now.”

“Calm down, we can get outta here.” Declan grasps Brandon’s forearm, pulling him, and pointing out the front door to the pharmacy. Brandon nods quickly, and follows Declan and they sprint toward the pharmacy to get behind Jonathan’s group and in hopes of finding a weapon. As they advance, Brandon peers over to Janine, who is firing a short distance away, almost hitting Jonathan. Distracted, Brandon fails to notice the undead Steve pulling himself off the ground, and grabs Brandon’s ankle.

“Shit!” Brandon shouts, kicking at Steve with his other leg as he hits the ground. Suddenly, a bullet hits Steve in the side of the head, as Brandon looks over to Janine, who winks. Brandon pulls himself up, and runs past a few more undead soldiers to reach Declan.

“You okay?” Declan asks, and Brandon responds with a nod, “alright, let’s move.”

Unable to find weapons, and having noticed Jonathan’s group retreated more away from everyone else, but still capable of firing on the alley survivors, the pair of Brandon and Declan rush to Janine and Andrea. As quick as they were, they failed to predict a pack of walkers emerging from an alley between them.

“Oh, God!” Andrea shouts, as the walkers near her. She runs, retreating into the alley Harper and company are at, as Janine covers her.

“Brandon!” Avery shouts, running out to help, followed by Kari. Janine retreats, as Declan is tackled by a walker. Avery is forced to retreat back into the alley as Jonathan begins firing rapidly at the group attempting to rescue their companions. Kari, however, reaches Declan, shooting the walker in the side of the head.

“Let’s go!” Kari helps Declan up, and the two run to reach the alley.

But Jonathan isn’t done yet. He fires multiple rounds, nearing the pair with every shot. Just before they can reach the alley, he hits a target. Kari yells in a mixture of shock and pain as a bullet hits him in the back, a few inches south of his neck.

“Fuck!” Declan yells, as Kari flops to the ground, knocking Declan over.

“Oh God…” David mumbles, and rushes to help Declan up. He pauses, looking at Kari, who lies on the ground choking on his own blood. David looks to Matt, who approaches behind him.

“I’m sorry…” Matt mutters, before hesitantly firing a round into Kari’s head, putting him out of his misery.

“What the fuck?!” Theo yells, pulling Matt away, as David, eyes wide, helps Declan into the alley.

“We gotta go. Now!” Riley yells, which the group agrees with. As more of the Delta reinforcements arrive, the group is forced to retreat.

Nearby, Brandon, under heavy walker pursuit, jumps into a nearby dumpster, pulling the top down after him, hiding.

### Act Fourteen

“We have to go back.” Avery insists, as the group hides out in an abandoned Home Depot near to Crawford, “we gotta go find Brandon, and…”

“How many…” Harper mutters, looking to David, “How many people have we lost today because of you?”

David sits quietly, his back against a corner, clearly distraught.

“Brandon. Kari. We may have lost our shot at getting back to the exhibit before Jonathan’s people do. So let’s include Carley, Jason, Lindsay, Ben. Izzie.” Harper mumbles, slowly approaching David, who stands up, wiping tears from his eyes.

“Harper, I—“ he’s interrupted as Harper slams her fist into his face, knocking him back into the corner.

“You’ve done enough, don’t waste your breath trying to explain yourself.” Harper walks away from him, and she’s quickly followed by Declan and Riley.

They follow her into an old office, and catch her looking out a window, to a small pack of walkers - part of a much larger herd, coming this way.

“Magenta.” She mutters, hearing the pair enter, “looks like it finally moved on from Crawford.”

“Harper…” Declan approaches his sister, putting a hand on her shoulder, as Riley watches in silence, “this isn’t your fault.”

“It is.” she turns, knocking her brothers hand off her shoulder, “All the signs were there. David wasn’t to be relied on, especially after his coma, especially after what happened to Leah, and I didn’t care. I…I just needed him as an extra person on our side. I didn’t even think about if he was capable, I just thought of him as...a number.”

Declan looks to Riley, concerned for his sister, as Riley begins to speak up, “Harper, you did what you had to do to protect everyone. You can’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Some things are your fault, some things are all our faults collectively. But some things are just out of your control. David is one of those.”

Harper glares out the window, and sighs, “I should talk to them, shouldn’t I?”

“Yeah. It might be for the best that you do.” Declan tells her, and stands by Riley’s side, as Harper re-enters the Depot warehouse to join the group.

“You okay?” Declan asks her, as she nods.

“I’m fine. God, I’m so glad we got out of that mess.” She kisses him, “I think we’re gonna be okay. We can find the rest of the group, find a place to settle down. Just us. And we’ll make it.” Riley smiles at this prospect, but her joy is not met by Declan’s expression.

“Riley…” Declan tears up, as he reaches for the collar of his shirt. Confused, Riley looks at him with an eyebrow raised. He pulls down his shirt, revealing a bloody mark on his collarbone. A bite.

“Oh…” Riley mumbles shakiny, “Oh God…”

### Act Fifteen

Jason sits, back against the wall of the exhibit, holding the crying baby. He carefully places her onto a warm, soft blanket, cradling her every step of the way, as he approaches a basket on the ground.

“Gotcha.” He grabs a small bottle filled with baby formula, and approaches Izzie once more. He reaches to pick her up, and begins feeding her. A noise just outside the exhibit alerts Jason as he feeds the baby.

“Hello?” He calls out, as the door behind him opens slowly, “Who’s there?”

He’s shocked to see a woman and a man he’s never met, entering the exhibit.

“Hi…” the woman tells him, rubbing her arm, “I’m Maxine, this is my husband, Troy.”

Troy approaches Jason, kneeling down in front of the teenager, “What’s your name?”

“I’m...Jason,” he hesitantly pulls away from the man, and looks at the baby, “this is Izzie.”

“Well.” Troy tells him, “we’re from a place called Havenrock.”

## Co-Stars

* Jessy Hartel as Jenn Russo
* Cress Williams as Steve Latvi
* Sasha Grey as Mimi Turner
* Marielle Jaffe as Ryan

## Deaths

* Steve Latvi *(Alive and Zombified)*
* Kari Andrews *(Alive)*

## Trivia

* First appearance of Ryan.
* First appearance of Maxine.
* First appearance of Troy.
* Last appearance of Kari Andrews. *(Alive)*
* Last appearance of Steve Latvi.
* This episode marks Jonathan's return, as he hasn't been seen since Sanctuary.
* After this episode, many character's fates are left unknown.
	+ Carley was lost in the woods trying to save Ben.
	+ Lindsay stayed behind to make sure Ben was safe until he woke up.
	+ Jason and Izzie were at the exhibit when Maxine and Troy arrived, what happens next with them isn't known.
	+ Jonathan and the Delta soldiers disappeared after the fight in Wilkerson.
		- Mimi and Ryan were notably injured.
	+ Brandon was left behind after the fight.
* At the pharmacy, Jonathan is seen looking at a map with several notable locations marked.
	+ Grady Memorial Hospital and Woodbury are key locations in The Walking Dead TV Series, with the latter also being major in the Comic Series, as well.
	+ West Georgia Correctional Facility is the prison Rick's group lived in on the TV Series, as well as being a key location in Vendetta Season 1. Near the end of Season 2 of Inception, the prison was seen again, and was taken over by the Delta.
	+ Wilkerson is also seen on the map, which explains why it had such a large Delta presence. It's likely on the map due to its close proximity to Crawford.
	+ Havenrock is currently unknown.