Jane

## Summary

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Jane is a main character in the Pivot Zombie Series and was introduced in the third episode, along with Vince and the rest of the cabin group. Jane is closest to Mark as they knew each other before the outbreak; they worked for the same editing company.

## Full Character Story

Before the outbreak, Jane worked an office job with Mark. One day, Jane was working overtime alone as seen in Origins (Episode 8). Mark showed up suddenly and played a joke on Jane which made her terrified. They then heard some noises and knew a thief had entered the office building. The thief found them and Mark fought with him to protect Jane. The thief was subdued but Mark got hurt. At that time, Jane thought Mark was brave and selfless.

After that, Jane's apocalypse story begins much like Craig's. On the day of outbreak, she was just going about her day-to-day life when infected began to roam the streets and take the lives of the innocent. She was on a motorway going into Coalworth when the traffic really began to crawl. Eventually, all of the people in their cars started getting out and trying to look for what was causing the congestion.

At this point distant gunfire could then be heard, along with screams and moans that sounded like nothing Jane had ever heard before. She then saw people running rapidly in her direction. Initially she thought they were people coming to help but then she saw them start jumping onto people and ripping them open with their mouths. Scared and confused, Jane decided it would be best to get back into her car and lock the doors. She wouldn't be able to drive anywhere but she knew it was the safest course of action.

In the midst of all the carnage all Jane could think to do was call Mark, her best friend, to come and help her. Mark was already on the road at this point, but it would take some time for him to get to Jane's location. Jane waited for nearly twenty minutes locked in her car. By this point the screaming had ceased but there were a lot of infected gathered around her car and she couldn't see out of the windows.

She was scared as she had no idea how long it would take Mark to get to her. Suddenly, an infected trying to smash into her window was stabbed through the head by a machete. This was followed by multiple gunshots and the infected started to drop. Jane could now see out of her window and two older looking men had killed all of the infected around her car. These men were Vince and Gary.

Jane exited her car and thanked them profusely, they said it was no problem. She then asked them if they knew anything about what was going on and they both shook their heads. Gary gave her a pistol, and told her she would need it now. At this moment, Mark's car pulled up and Vince and Gary drew their weapons on him. They only stood down once Jane told them he had come to help her. Once Mark got out of his car, he and Jane exchanged a hug and Vince told them they needed to get somewhere safe before it got too dark. Mark and Jane agreed to stick with Vince and Gary and the four got into Vince's military truck and drove off to find somewhere to spend the night, which ended up being the cabin we see in Vulnerable (Episode 3). Jane then met Zoey and they became friends quickly since she could finally find a girl to have common topics with.

The next evening, Craig and Rob arrived at the cabin and were allowed into the group by Vince and Gary in exchange for helping out with taking over the Winston Military Base the next day. Jane did not pay much attention to these new members of the group at first, her only thoughts were that she was glad someone as young as Rob was being accepted into a bigger group that could protect him. The next day, on the mission of taking over the base, Jane took part in clearing out the infected of the base. She helped kill the mutant zombie and also used a grenade in Execution (Episode 4).

After she and Zoey had cleared out the infected surrounding the vehicles of the base, they found out about the fight that had occurred between Rob, Craig, and Nick. Her main feeling initially was that of utter sympathy for Zoey, having lost her boyfriend. However, she was also aware of Nick's erratic behaviour and how he beat up Mark the previous day, so she also felt bad for Rob. She was then concerned when the group discovered that Gary was missing, and she was one of the of the three people who went to look for him in the woods where he was originally supposed to be. She was worried when they found nothing but a patch of blood in the grass. They then returned to Vince at the base as the sun began to set.

The next day when Vince, Rob and Craig went out on a small supply run, Jane was a bit worried about staying at the base with so few people along with Gary going missing recently in Complications (Episode 5), but she remained in the sniper tower. She was even more worried when a person she had never seen before, David, was slowly walking down the road of the base armed with a shotgun. When he stoeped outside, he pleaded with Jane to let him in so he could receive medical attention to his injured arm. Jane covered up her internal fear very well and put on a front of authority and demanded he lay down his weapon. He dropped it as soon as he asked, but she could see that he could still pose a threat to her, Zoey and Mark due to his size.

As Jane looked closer, she could see that he did indeed have a very bad arm injury and knew that if they turned him away he would likely succumb to infection and die, or at the very least lose his arm. Due to this, she wanted to let him in but Mark, who had been woken by all the commotion, thought it was suspicious that Gary goes missing, likely to a hostile group of people, and then a total stranger arrives at their gates and wants to gain entry to their base. They wanted to get Zoey's opinion on the matter, but she alone in one of the barracks and still wasn't wanting to talk to anyone since the death of Nick, so they just decided between themselves that the best decision was to let him in and for Mark to keep himself armed and near David. David finally became a member of the Survivors after the team had decided to accept him.

Vince then knew where Gary was based on Craig and Rob's recognition from the voice of the Bandit Leader. He asked the team whether to follow him to save Gary in Heroes (Episode 6). Jane was one of the members assist Vince to save Gary. After they saved Gary successfully and were ready to head back to the truck in Rescue (Episode 7). Jane told Vince that she would go last and let Danny climb the rope first. Jane felt worried that Danny would try to do something to the person before him. After Danny arrived at the other building, Jane was climbing on the rope and one of the bandits saw Jane. He shot the rope and Jane was falling. Craig and Vince helped Jane to climb into the building immediately by using their hands. Jane felt thankful to Craig and Vince.

Jane and the group headed back to the Military Base successfully. Nine days later, the team was discussing leaving the base after hearing news of the bunkers. Jane and Mark made an inventory of the weapons in Conflict (Episode 9). However, the bandits suddenly attacked the base. Jane and Mark helped Rob create a distraction to save the rest of the team and headed to the truck immediately. They could not take all of the weapons and only got a few weapons.They lost Gary that day.

After the team arrived at the shop and met Rachel. After the group settled in for the night, Jane wanted to tell Craig how she felt about him, how she'd grown to have a romantic interest in him over the last few weeks. However, she did not have the confidence to say it and told Craig it was nothing. The team then took some rest until the next morning. The story continued in Stricken (Episode 10).

In the next morning, the team prepared some equipment for the journey ahead. Mark had a conversation with Jane about the bunker plan. Mark asked Jane what she told to Craig last night. Jane told him she said nothing to Craig and Mark knew that Jane liked Craig. Jane asked Mark to keep her secret. The team then drove the truck and left the city.

The truck ran out of petrol and the team were stranded on a country road. Vince ordered Jane to protect the rest of the team and he would go to get petrol with Craig, Mark and David. Jane then talked with the rest of the team about their job before the day of the outbreak. Rob told Jane that he heard some noise but Jane assured him it was nothing. However shortly after, they were ambushed by some raiders. Jane wanted to grab the weapon immediately and the raiders told her to put down the weapon. Jane tried to ask them more about their backgrounds. Mike, one of the raiders, then attacked Jane. Subsequently, Craig and the others headed back after sensing anomalies from his radio, which was connected to Rob's radio, and saved Jane successfully. Jane saw Craig hit Mike and thought he deserved it. She embraced Craig and Craig felt surprised at her action. Jane felt thankful to the team for saving them. The team left the country road and arrived at Bunker 08 in Nightmare (Episode 11).

After the team found that the Bunker 08 was empty. They had to go to the Bunker 03. However, on the road, Jane and Rachel were caught by C.C.R after the group ran into them following accidentally triggering one of their landmines and the accident of Rob and Zoey that followed. Jane held out hope that the team would come to rescue them. Craig and David finally found Jane and Rachel in Vendetta (Episode 12) After storming the Cropford Base with Vince and Mark. Craig told Jane that he knew she liked him and he had the same feeling with her. Jane kissed Craig and she asked Craig about Rob. Craig told her Rob didn't make it and they had to leave the C.C.R Cropford Base. The team escaped to the truck successfully and found a house to take a rest in. Craig felt sad about Rob's death. Jane comforted him and told him that she would like to go with him to Rob's family and tell them the truth.

After the team had arrived at Bunker 03 in Brothers (Episode 13), Jane got used to the peace and safety in the bunker and didn't want to go out to work with the team anymore since she didn't want to see any people die in front of her. She showed her concerns to the rest of the Survivors, especially Craig, about their safety and hoped they could finish their work without any injuries or casualties. She started to do some management tasks with Yasmin in Divided (Episode 14).

Jane hid in the canteen during the defense war against a horde of zombies in Eradication (Episode 15). She believed the bunker soldiers could survive and win the fight. After Yasmin told the rest of residents to come out, Jane found that Mark was bitten and she couldn't believe it. Mark told her he wasn't safe anymore and told her to get away from him. Jane felt sad and Mark was killed by Craig finally.

She then came across the events of Retribution (Episode 16), in which she saw Wesley (C.C.R Supreme Commander) for the first time and witnessed some residents including Jessica and Ray killed by the C.C.R. Because of those losses, Will decided to take revenge on the C.C.R but Jane opposed the idea with Craig since she thought the idea would put all people in the bunker in peril. Though she didn't know whether she and Craig made a good decision for not following Will, she thought that decision could help them live a happier life for a bit longer.

While the C.C.R were invading the bunker in Annihilation (Episode 17), Jane was working in Yasmin's office alongside Rachel. She then followed Rachel to try to escape from the bunker but they were trapped in the bunker due to the gunfire from a lot of C.C.R soldiers. Luckily, Craig, Vince and Will found them. Vince then threw a flash grenade at the C.C.R soldiers to create a chance for all of them to leave. Unfortunately, they were discovered when they were running to the rendezvous point and Wesley opened fire on them. Jane then got shot through her mouth and died shortly after what had happened to her. This made Craig become so distraught and furious at the same time that he vowed to kill Wesley to avenge her death. Subsequently, Craig devised a plan to disguise themselves as C.C.R soldiers to infiltrate the C.C.R London Headquarters in Icarus (Episode 18) by collecting the C.C.R gear left behind in the bunker during the invasion.

Jane is a core member of the main group and is trusted by Vince; who saved her on the first day of the outbreak. Ever since she has followed him, taken his orders and although she can protect herself, she relies on him in bad situations. Jane is deeply memorized by Craig after her demise.

## Personality

Jane is the kind of person who will get on well and deal with problems no matter how big if she is around people she cares about, she is certainly not the lone wolf type. She knows the threat that the infected pose to the survivors and is therefore happy to fight them to defend herself and the group.

However, Jane really does not fair well in conflict with other people. She has come to know this through the events of Rescue (Episode 7) and Conflict (Episode 9), her conscience cannot deal with killing people very well. She would only agree to fight other people if it was the only option. Jane gets along with everyone in the group, especially Mark, who she has known for 12 years, and Craig, with who she is currently in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.

Jane is also the kind of person who has a fragile heart in threatening or dangerous situations in which she feels helpless and lacks the ability to defend herself. For instance, in Stricken (Episode 10), she was pushed hard by Mike, who was a camp raider, wanted to search her for keys to the Survivors' truck and rape her. Jane felt slightly painful with tears in her eyes due to that push. Fortunately, Vince, Craig, David and Mark arrived on time. They killed one of the camp raiders and defeated the other two of them. Jane was then felt secure and rescued.

Jane has become cautious and pays much attention to others' safety after the Survivors arrived at bunker 03 in Brothers (Episode 13). She tends to support a safer plan given by Will or Yasmin for events like supply runs. When there are some plans which will put her and others in danger, she will oppose them. This could be seen when she supported Craig's decision of not following Vince to fight the C.C.R head-on in Retribution (Episode 16).

## Appearance and Equipment

Jane is a purple stickwoman in her late twenties who is of slightly above average weight. She has long lighter purple hair that she lets flow freely and since Stricken (Episode 10), she has worn a black leather jacket that she found in a female clothing shop.

Multiple other characters in the series have commented positively on Jane's appearance, most notably Craig and Cory, when Craig told Mark what he thought of Jane in Stricken (Episode 10). He said he thought she was pretty, too pretty to be with some like him. After Craig and Jane became a couple, Cory expressed in Brothers (Episode 13) that he thought Jane was "gorgeous". Through all of these comments it can be assumed that Jane is a very attractive woman in the Pivot Zombie Series.

In the earlier days of the apocalypse, Jane would use the XM8 Carbine but ever since the introduction of the Cure Control Regiment (C.C.R), she has began to use their standard-issue MP7, which she prefers to the XM8.

## Relationships

### Mark

Jane and Mark undoubtedly were good friends before the outbreak. They worked for the same editing company. Jane was working overtime alone in the office late at night as she was saving up money for a new car before two months of the outbreak. Jane heard that there was someone in the office, not only herself. She found it was the prank of Mark. Mark asked Jane if she had finished her work, they would back home together. Suddenly, they heard noises and knew that was someone else was in the office. Mark then covered Jane and fought to the burglar. The burglar was subdued by Mark and Mark got in the process. Jane helped Mark to go to the hospital immediately.

Jane then bought the new car and was driving it on the first of the outbreak. She was on the motorway when the traffic suddenly came to a stop. Her and the other civilians left their cars to investigate when the infected came running down the motorway and started attacking people. Jane locked herself in her car and asked Mark to help by using her phone. Mark then came to find Jane immediately and after he reached Jane, he saw that Vince and Gary saved Jane's life. Mark asked Jane to be careful and they chose to follow Vince and Gary. Vince and Gary planned to take control of the Winston Military Base later stayed for a night in the cabin owned by Zoey and Nick. Jane and Mark then went to the Winston Military Base and they were one of the assistants to help Vince take control of the Winston Military Base. They stayed there for a long time. At that time, Mark and Jane were ordered to defend the military base and made an inventory of the weapons. They were together to rescue Gary. Vince then planned to leave the military base once the group was attacked by the bandits and they decided to go to the nearest bunker. Mark and Jane left the military base successfully and then they stayed in the shop.

They were preparing to leave Coalworth after Vince ordered the team to go to the bunker in Stricken (Episode 10). Mark knew that Jane liked Craig and encouraged Jane to tell Craig about her feelings. Jane wanted to do it, but lacked courage. Mark told her secret to Craig after Jane was caught by C.C.R in Nightmare (Episode 11). Mark and the rest of the team then went to save Jane successfully in Vendetta (Episode 12). After Mark knew that Jane was fine and became a close relationship with Craig. Mark and Jane then went to Bunker 03 in the Brothers (Episode 13) .

When Jane realised Mark was bitten in Eradication (Episode 15), she was the only person who couldn't believe the fact that Mark was bitten and asked the team to save Mark as possible as they could. Jane felt sad and heartbroken about Mark's death.She didn't expect Mark to leave her.She missed Mark and wouldn't forget him.

### Craig

Jane and Craig's relationship was budding at the beginning when they just met each other in Vulnerable (Episode 3). She didn't reject to let Craig and Rob join the Survivors group since she used to be the one who had a similar case like theirs in the past. Though Jane and Craig had little conversation after they had taken the Winston Military Base in Execution (Episode 4), Craig had a good impression on Jane's heart since he did pull his weight to help the team and protect Rob from being abused by Nick, who was a guy that Jane didn't like to live with in the team.

When Gary was caught by the Bandits, Jane, Rob and Vince went into a room and rescued Gary. On the way back to the truck outside of the bandits compound, Jane became the last person to cross to the another side of building in the compound. A bandit discovered her and shot the rope. The rope split and Jane was going to fall down to the ground. Luckily, Craig and Vince held her hands tightly. Jane was saved then and appreciated what Craig and Vince did. At that time, Jane had a little liking for Craig.

Once the bandits rampaged in the base in Conflict (Episode 9), Craig tried his best to help Vince to protect the team when some of them were getting into the truck. When the team finally lost Gary, Jane realised that the team would become weaker. She felt protected and warm when she was near Craig. The feelings got stronger when Craig became Vince's second in command. She couldn't describe her relationship with Craig explicitly in Stricken (Episode 10) and when Mark deduced that she had a crush on Craig, Jane didn't want Craig and the others to know about this. Mark then helped Jane keep this secret at that time when they came across Craig and Rachel. After the event in which the raiders tried to rape her and Craig rescued her in time took place in the same episode, Jane felt very grateful of what Craig did for her and the others. She was more aware of starting a romantic relationship with Craig and talked with him spontaneously to know more about his background information. Despite generating a better understanding on Craig, she was still hesitant to tell him about her feelings towards him.

When Jane was taken and jailed by the C.C.R's people for experiment, Jane deeply hoped Craig would save her from the C.C.R's base. She saw this coming when Craig and David risked their lives to rescue her and Rachel on the same day, Jane confessed to Craig that she had romantic feelings for him without hesitation. Craig responded to her that he felt the same way as she did and Jane kissed Craig. They've had a romantic relationship since that scene and they care much about each other. For example, when Craig's younger brother,Cory, whom Craig disliked him for his past behaviour, tried to flirt with Jane, Craig pushed him hard and didn't want him to approach Jane. This showed that Craig cared much about Jane and didn't want others to sabotage their loving relationship.

Craig also cared much about Jane's birthday and so did Jane. They decided to celebrate for each other when the date was one of their birthdays. They shared the same room together in Bunker 03 and they talked with each other about informing Rob's father, Ray about Rob's death. Nevertheless, Craig found it difficult to tell Ray about his son's demise since he felt guilty of letting Rob look for weapons and approach the landmine. Jane was understanding and tried to comfort Craig that they would get over it in the future. This also showed how Jane paid much attention to Craig's feelings and his difficulties.

In Annihilation (Episode 17), Craig wept when he saw Jane get shot by Wesley (C.C.R Supreme Commander) and die without leaving any words to him. This showed that Craig loved Jane very much and he cared about her death, which prompted him to take revenge on the Cure Control Regiment without hesitation. Since Jane is almost everything to Craig, he is not afraid of sacrificing himself to get rid of the C.C.R when he has nothing to lose anymore.

### Vince

Jane and Vince have a good relationship. She was always trusted by Vince and she accepted the orders given by Vince. Jane appreciated Vince that he and Gary saved her when she was trapped by a horde of zombies in a motorway at the beginning of the apocalypse. After that, Jane decided to join Vince and Gary with Mark. Vince also cared about her safety. When Jane and Rachel were taken by the C.C.R's people, he was determined to lead Craig, David and Mark to save her and Rachel on the same day.

Vince was very upset once he saw Jane get killed by Wesley in Annihilation (Episode 17). He also felt bad for Craig, who was despondent after losing his girlfriend.

### Zoey

Jane got along well with Zoey when they were in the cabin in Vulnerable (Episode 3) or even in the Winston Military Base since they were the only females in the Survivors team. Jane and Zoey always worked together and responded to each other. Moreover, Jane was responsible for protecting Zoey and Rachel in Stricken (Episode 10) and even when she couldn't fight against the raiders, she did try her best to protect the team. This made Zoey reckon Jane was a reliable and courageous person who could also keep her safe. Though Jane had little conversation with Zoey before her demise took place, Jane felt distraught when Zoey perished since she didn't want to lose Zoey, who was an old and nice friend in her heart.

### Rob

Overall, Jane had a decent relationship with Rob. This was because she felt sympathetic about the fact that Rob was separated from his family in the apocalypse. She also noticed Craig had treated Rob as his son and she also felt the need to take care of this young boy in a hope of bringing him to Bunker 03 to reunite with his family. Moreover, she was impressed by Rob's intelligence in saving the team in danger. This could be shown in Stricken (Episode 10), in which he kept his radio on to signal for help when Jane, Zoey and Rachel were threatened by a group of camp radiers. When Rob died in Nightmare (Episode 11), she was very upset instead of worrying about herself though she was captured by the C.C.R people. This was because she didn't expect a young boy to lose his bright future so quickly under the terrible apocalypse.

### Gary

Jane had good relationship with Gary. This was because she was grateful that Gary and Vince saved her from the motorway which was full of zombies at the beginning of the apocalypse. She also felt secure to be around Gary because he was a skilful soldier who could eradicate the infected so quickly. Gary also served as the right-hand man of Vince and did lead the team to escape from any danger and obtain a lot of supplies. When Gary was captured by the bandits in Execution (Episode 4), Jane was one of the people who decided to rescue him though the mission was a bit risky. She knew that the team would be weaker without the presence of Gary. Although Gary still died in Conflict (Episode 9), she did not forget about his contributions to the team and she hoped Craig could take over Gary's position in the team well to lift up some of the burdens from Vince.

### David

Jane was the first person in the Survivors group who saw David call for help outside of the Winston Military Base. She asked Mark for deciding whether they should let him come into the base or not. Mark thought it was better to send David on his way since they didn't know much about him. However, Jane felt sympathy for David when she saw his arm was visibly injured. She convinced Mark to let David come inside. Finally, they let David come inside and David was able to reunite with Craig. Furthermore, he never doubted Jane's ability and didn't judge Vince's decision on letting Jane take charge of the rest of team. Overall, they have a decent relationship.

### Rachel

Jane had a good relationship with Rachel in spite of the fact that Rachel was a new member of the Survivors group in Conflict (Episode 9). Rachel and Jane had a nice conversation in Stricken (Episode 10) when they were sitting near the truck and campfire alongside Rob and Zoey. Jane felt surprised when Rachel deduced that Vince was in the army before since she didn't expect her to know much about the team. Jane then tried her best to protect her and the others when the raiders tried to approach them. When they two were jailed in the C.C.R's base, Rachel was the one to help spend their time in a way which is not very tedious.

### Yasmin

Jane had a good relationship with Yasmin and she was so grateful that Yasmin allowed The Survivors to stay at Bunker 03 in Brothers (Episode 13). She was also comfortable with working with Yasmin in the bunker since Yasmin did not give her a lot of pressure and let her do tasks which are not difficult to deal with. When Jane died in Annihilation (Episode 17), Yasmin felt upset and this made her hesitant about whether she should support Will's plan to make a raid on the C.C.R. However, she was convinced by Craig, who wanted to avenge Jane's death and help the residents have a bright future by eradicating the C.C.R.

### Mike

Mike was one of the camp raiders in Stricken (Episode 10) who hit and pushed Jane hard when he was ordered by Lawrence to search the truck key from her. Jane felt helpless and petrified as she didn't expect what Mike and other raiders would do after searching the key. Luckily, Craig came in time and knocked out Mike which made her feel better since Mike deserved that. Jane disliked Mike and it was impossible for them to have a decent relationship.

## Death

During the invasion of Bunker 03 by C.C.R in Annihilation (Episode 17), Jane was not able to escape from the bunker at the beginning due to the gunfire in the hallway. It was not until Craig, Vince and Will saw her and threw a flash grenade to the C.C.R that Jane could grab her time to try to flee to the rendezvous point with Craig in a short moment. Unfortunately, they were discovered by Wesley (C.C.R Supreme Commander) and he fired a bullet, which penetrated Jane's mouth unexpectedly. This resulted in Jane's death immediately due to the excessive blood loss and she was not able to say her last words to Craig. With this pity, Craig felt extremely sad at first but he became furious later and vowed to get rid of the C.C.R to avenge Jane's death.

Jane has survived for 58 days in the apocalypse and was in the series for 15 episodes.

## Notable Quotes

* "Whenever I'm around him I just feel warm and protected and he's really nice." - *Jane telling Mark how she felt about Craig in Stricken (Episode 10).*

* "I was going to say the same to you." - *Jane telling Craig that she acknoweldged their romantic relationship and felt good with it in Vendetta (Episode 12).*

* "Things like that shouldn't change." - *Jane telling Craig that their birthdays should be celebrated like what they did before the apocalypse in Brothers (Episode 13).*

* "Craig you're talking about Mark, he's our best friend!" - *Jane talked to Craig emotionally and didn't believe the fact that Mark was bitten and dangerous in Eradication (Episode 15).*

## Kills

* 6 Zombies (*on screen*)
* 1 Bandit

## Trivia

* She is the only female character to have killed at least 1 bandit.
* She has the most on-screen appearances in the series among the female characters.
* She gets the most kills of zombies among the female characters in the series so far up to Icarus (Episode 18).
* She is the only character with Craig so far to have confirmed birthdays, (July 9th, 1987).
* She is confirmed to have two sisters, as seen in a family photo in Origins (Episode 8).
* Though she is a main character and makes her first appearance in Vulnerable (Episode 3), she has no dialogue in that episode.
* Although she is mentioned in Icarus (Episode 18), she does not have any on-screen appearance especially from Craig's dream sequence.