Woodsview Motel

The Woodsview Motel is a key location during the fifth season of Route to Paradise.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

### **Season 5**

#### **Clearing and Fortification**

While searching for a place to hold up, William’s group comes across the motel. The survivors split up into two small groups, one to distract, and the other to focus on the clearing. With their combined efforts, the motel’s parking lot is cleared of zombies. After investigating a door that a pair of zombies were banging on, they discover Brenden Trevors, who joins the group.

With the property safe, the rest of William’s group travels from Garden City to the motel and begin to set up fortifications, primarily in the form of wooden barricades along the fence. They also move all of the zombie corpses out of the motel to burn elsewhere. During this time, Daniel Rockwell, who believes Jared Kellings killed Isaac Moses, rants to the group for allowing Kellings to be a part of the group. Following his meltdown, a group consisting of Brenden, Albert Hanson, Lolida Windfield, Daniel and Jared leave the motel for a scavenging run at a nearby Cereal Factory. Meanwhile, a conflicted Edward Remar ultimately decides that it’s best he leave the group. On his way out, Solomon Reed discovers what he’s doing and decides to join him. Upon finding out that Edward has left, Clyde Rollins attempts to go after him, but he’s talked out of it by his girlfriend, Claire Noble.

Brenden is the first to make it back from the cereal factory, and he explains that the rest of the men he left with are trapped. After learning this, Kate Bloodstone organizes a rescue team consisting of some of the more experienced and capable men. While the rescue team is gone, Jared shows up at the motel, and delivers the devastating news that Albert was killed by zombies. With no reason to doubt his story, the group consoles Jared. Once the rescue team returns without Daniel or Lolida, a funeral is held for Albert while they pray Daniel and Lolida return.

It doesn’t take more than a day for Daniel and Lolida to return, and their state alone is enough evidence to prove that there was foul play. Later, as a beaten and bloody Jared is being held captive, he confesses to Rebecca Dawson that he was responsible for both Isaac and Albert’s deaths. Shortly after this, William hangs Jared in front of the group due to the fact he could not be trusted.

#### **Civil War**

The next few days are tough for the group. William isolates himself from most others, including his girlfriend, Rebecca, because he blames himself for everything Jared did. Meanwhile, Marcus Downes and Randall Forster return from a scavenging mission in horrible shape.

A couple of days later, a small group of six people arrive outside the motel, creating a divide between William’s group. Kate, Dean Howards and a few others believe that they should let the group into the motel, whilst William, Jon, Daniel and the rest of the group say that they don’t have the supplies, and therefore cannot let the group in. Lots of arguing later, William and Jon force Aidan Eldridge and his group out of the motel by threatening them with guns.

Kate and her side of the group aren’t going to allow Aidan’s group to get themselves killed, and so after Clyde reports that Aidan’s group has gotten trapped in an office building in Garden City, Kate decides that they have to go save them. Her, Clyde, Claire, Marcus, Dean and Brenden all secretly leave the motel while William is out on a supply run.

Jon and Austin Kingston find out that they’re missing hours later after Randall admits it to them. Although furious about it, Jon decides that he can’t let them die, and so he takes a car and speeds off to Garden City.

Sometime later, as Austin is building some defenses around the motel, Jon comes speeding up and parks inside. Kate quickly hops out, helping Brenden, who’s missing one of his hands, out of the car. After setting him down on a bed, a giant argument breaks out between the group, Daniel being the one to start it all. After treating Brenden with what little first-aid supplies they have, Kate and the others are horrified to see a zombie horde quickly surrounding their home. It’s deduced that the horde had followed Jon’s car from Garden City.

The survivors inside the motel aren’t able to hold off the horde for very long, and soon most of them are forced up onto the second floor walkway for a final stand. As they’re fending off the stream of zombies, Kate and Randall are nearly killed while trying to protect Brenden, but are luckily saved by Aldus Paxton, who’s just returned from a long hunting trip. Up on the walkway, all seems lost until a fire truck with its lights beaming and sirens blaring drives by the motel slowly, attracting most of the horde to it. Using this distraction to their advantage, everyone inside the motel is able to escape safely.

## **Inhabitants**

* Randall Forster
* William Reynes
* Kate Bloodstone
* Clyde Rollins
* Dean Howards
* Jon Matthews
* Marcus Downes
* Austin Kingston
* Aldus Paxton
* Rebecca Dawson
* Lloyd Waller
* Daniel Rockwell
* Jared Kellings
* Albert Hanson
* Ed Anderson
* Claire Noble
* Lolida Windfield
* Alex Weiss
* Layton Zimmers
* Brenden Trevors
* Edward Remar *(Formerly)*
* Solomon Reed *(Formerly)*