Alex Sutton (Remake)

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

High school student *(Pre-apocalypse)*
 Former supply runner for the Clarkson Survivors *(Post-apocalypse)*

### Family

Jess Black - ex-girlfriend *(deceased)*
Alex Junior - possible son *(deceased)*

## Appearances

### Death Episode

"Around Every Corner"

"*Go. **GO!** [...] Take...**gah!** Take...care...of my girls...*"
—Alex's last words as Henry holds him in his arms[src]

**Alex Sutton** is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero*. He was a British exchange student at Clarkson High School in the United States and a close friend of Henry, with whom he helped band together their fellow students to secure the school and clear out the dead. Four months after the outbreak, Alex discovered that he was to become a father after Jess revealed she was pregnant.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

Alex is generally a sociable and likeable person, yet uncoordinated in both making decisions for himself and with the defense of his group. In spite of his attitude, Alex has proven himself able to step up whenever needed, such as when he planned the group's escape from the Family's farm.

However, Alex has also been shown to have a scheming, cowardly, impatient and duplicitous side that was demonstrated by his purposeful sabotage of the school's protective fencing, indirectly leading to the deaths of Daniel and Sarah as well as the loss of the school; he also drugged his group's water so they would have little time to defend their home. Alex later reasoned that he needed the group to see his side: they would ultimately lose their home to the dead and needed to move on, while never meaning for the group to actually lose the school and any of their members. Alex has become guilt-ridden due to his role in the deaths of his fellows and rightfully blames himself; a rageful Henry was also quick to pick up on this guilt, making sure Alex knew that any deaths that were to happen as a consequence of his actions were his fault alone.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1: Remake

#### "It Begins"

At lunch, Alex joins his girlfriend Jess and their fellow exchange students: James, Henry, Holly, Sarah, Ben and Aaron - and wakes Henry up when he drifts off due to his insomnia. All around them, teachers and older students are coughing and growing pale. Later, while the group rest at their student house, they are joined by Russian student Justinas, who has been away with the Army Cadets.

The following morning, the exchange students are suddenly rushed out of their classroom as the military turns up at the school. One by one, the adults begin to vomit blood and transform into agile, ravenous creatures that begin to attack and devour the younger students. The exchange students are pushed into a supply closet by a teaching assistant, who is promptly killed by an adult.

Many hours later, the group emerge to find the halls abandoned and bloodied, and Henry is forced to kill a ravenous Mr Dawid with a metal pole. Looking over his body, the group realize that Mr Dawid is slowly decomposing and is, technically, dead. The group are able to fortify a few hallways and classrooms, where they find a military radio broadcasting an evacuation signal. Meanwhile, James discovers a young girl, Emma, comforting special needs student Daniel and takes them in.

A week passes and nobody comes to rescue them, and the emergency evacuation signal is now playing on a loop. Realizing that they will be in the school for a long time, the group makes a plan to recover weapons and building supplies to fortify the school and secure more living space. With the rest of the group terrified and panicking, Henry takes command and assigns everyone a task, with him and Justinas heading out to find weapons. Jess, Alex, Sarah and Ben climb some scaffolding to try and access the roof; however, they discover a runner roaming the roof. As it charges Alex, Sarah reveals a gun and shoots the zombie dead after several attempts. When the boys ask her where she got a gun, Sarah shrugs and says "I'm American". The trio laugh, but stop when they hears the snarls of zombies in the distance, attracted by the sound of the gunshot.

Returning to the school, Henry and Justinas find the secure zone under attack by zombies. Using a back entrance, the two are able to get to the others before the zombies break through. Handing out the weapons they found, Henry leads the group in a counterattack of the zombies, slowly clearing them out once they discover the zombies can be killed by shooting them in the head. Empowered by their victory, the group, by Jess' decision, decide to call the creatures "walkers", finding "zombie" too ridiculous and terrifying to say.

## Death

### Killed by:

* Unnamed Hopeville resident *(alive)*
* Henry Edwards *(before reanimation)*

After saving both Aaron and Henry, Alex rushes for the sewer exit. Before he can reach it, he is shot in the neck by a Hopeville soldier firing randomly in the dust and smoke. After Henry brutally kills the resident, he cradles Alex in his arms. Alex spits out for Henry to take care of "his girls" before dying. A tearful Henry stabs Alex in the head before deciding to join Shadowman in fighting Francis. The group were forced to abandon Alex's corpse in Hopeville.

## Killed Victims

* Matthew Mitchell *(indirectly caused)* - shot in the hand and locked inside an airtight refrigerator
* Daniel Miller *(indirectly caused)* - purposely sabotaged the school fence, leading to Daniel being bitten
* Sarah Terringham *(indirectly caused)* - purposely sabotaged the school fence, subsequently leading to Sarah being bitten
* Numerous counts of zombies

## Relationships

### Jess Black

"*Shut the **fuck up!**. For weeks now...all you've done it criticize! Complain! Where's your fucking intuition? Where's your courage? [...] No! Shut up! **He's** the reason we're still alive! He has kept us going! He's the one who's been heading out into the city to make sure we don't starve! He's been looking out for us - for **you** - all this time! And all you do...is stand there and go on about what **should** have been done. What **could** have been done. So why don't you **just fucking do it?!** [...] Do you know the first person I told when I found out? **Him**. Because I knew, no matter what, that he would know what to do. Because **I trust him** to make the right decisions. Can I even trust **you**?*"
—Jess yelling at **Alex** after revealing she is pregnant with his child[src]

At the beginning of the series, Alex and Jess are in a passionate and committed relationship, suggesting a strong romantic bond between them. As the apocalypse progresses, however, their relationship begins to develop tension and finally ends once Jess reveals she is pregnant with his child and screams at him for not taking a more mature role in the group despite his many complaints.

### Henry Edwards

"*I could **kill you**. I **should**. For **Daniel**. For **all of us**. I'd be doing Jess a fucking favour! [...] But I won't. **I won't!** You wanna know why? It's not because I **pity** you. Not because I **understand** you. Or even because it fucking **terrifies** me to think how far I would go to make it hurt. No. It's because something like that could be what tears this group apart for good. So you will keep your **fucking mouth shut**, understand? Daniel's death was **your fault**. And if anyone else I care about gets hurt...or **dies**...it will be **because of you**,*"
—Henry threatens Alex upon learning his secret[src]

*To be added...*

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 1

* "It Begins"
* "Friend Or Foe"
* "A Long Road Ahead"
* "Around Every Corner"

## References

1. ↑ *Strain Zero* begins in 2003
2. ↑ The Clarkson Survivors in *Strain Zero* are each seventeen instead of sixteen as in the original series