Diesel Turner

**Diesel Turner** is one of the original 9 surviving Kent High School students after the local Keller Chemical Plant explosion. He and his best friend Lyle had been at school for Saturday detention on the day of the explosion.

He is played by actor Adam Hicks.

## Throughout the Series

### Pre-Season

Diesel had a hard home life, resulting in anger issues and severe claustrophobia. The only person he was close to was his best friend Lyle, whom he had known since age seven. The summer previous the two of them had worked for a moving company together.

Lyle and Diesel were given Saturday detention which was the only reason they had been at the school the day of the explosion.

### Season 1

* Ep 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Detention
TBA

Winds of Change
TBA

Secrets
TBA

Trapped
TBA

Weakness
TBA

Thirst
TBA

Knockout
TBA

Outsiders
TBA

Saved
TBA

Prey
TBA

His first appearance in the show was episode one, where he was seen with Lyle in his truck waiting for Saturday detention. Then, he was later seen in detention with Grover Jones, where he and Lyle were taunting him. After the chemical plant exploded that day, he and the other students gets trapped at the school and eventually has to deal with the loss of Lyle who had been turned into a freak from the gases outside.

Throughout the season, Diesel seemed to be with the group, doing what he can to help and usually doing the heavier work, such as creating the barricades. He often protects the others, being one of the larger and physically stronger students, but he kept his distance from the others during earlier episodes, likely due to his normally edgy "bad boy" behaviour. Despite this, he begins to show care for some of the group as disastrous events unfold, such as when Mary turns freak, and bonds with the others, especially Grover, over their lost best friends.

He seems to have anxiety and most likely claustrophobia, shown when he was chosen to go outside wearing the gas mask, but he started hyperventilating when he was trying it on.

Season 1 also touched on a romance between Natalie and Diesel. Early on, he told her that he knew that she was pregnant. As the season went on, Diesel showed care and understanding for Natalie, perhaps due to her pregnancy during the deadly situation. In episode 8, it is shown clearly that they have feelings for each other, but he hesitates to kiss her start a relationship because of how he sees himself as the dangerous bad kid type. Natalie helps him realize that he showed to be protective and caring while being trapped with her and the other students, and they kiss for the first time at the end of the episode.

When John Collins arrives at the school, Diesel is one of the many to trust him, but when the truth begins to get revealed and Natalie is poisoned by the traitor, he becomes more than ever determined to protect her and the others (though he knows Natalie is dying). He gets a gunshot wound from fighting Collins but luckily survives. He and Natalie help each other emotionally as their time together seemed to run out, strengthening their relationship, but in the end Diesel has a breakdown when she sacrifices herself to save him and their friends from the mob of freaks from the basement shelter.

### Season 2

* Ep 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
Trespass
TBA

Attraction
TBA

Strangers
TBA

Trust Issues
TBA

Self Preservation
TBA

Dare
TBA

Haters
TBA

Humanity
TBA

Rescue
TBA

Turning
TBA

## Personality

Diesel is shown and implied to normally be hostile and even violent towards those he dislikes, while seeming uncaring for most other people. He is often seen carrying around pocket knives and weapons.

He's had a hard life which impacts the way he acts around others. However, when he gets to know the other survivors better he starts to care for them and even becomes protective of his friends. He's fiercely loyal and kind, helping the group in any way he can.

## Appearances

### Season 1 (10/10)

* Detention
* Winds of Change
* Secrets
* Trapped
* Weakness
* Thirst
* Knockout
* Outsiders
* Saved
* Prey

### Season 2 (10/10)

* Trespass
* Attraction
* Strangers
* Trust Issues
* Self Preservation
* Dare
* Haters
* Humanity
* Rescue
* Turning

## Relationships

* Natalie
* Sadie
* Lyle
* Coach
* Grover
* Mary
* Violet
* Zoe
* LaShawn
* Noodle
* Barrett
* Zane
* Anka
* Oliver
* Felicity
* Red
* Jake
* Earl
* Hailey
* Birdie
Natalie Callaway
TBA

Sadie
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Lyle
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Coach
TBA

Grover Jones
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Mary Jones
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Violet Adams
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Zoe Parker
TBA

LaShawn Devereux
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Noodle Nelson
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Barrett McIntyre
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Zane Hiatt
TBA

Anka Keller
TBA

Oliver Keller
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Felicity
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Red
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Jake
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Earl
TBA

Hailey
TBA

Birdie
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## Trivia

* Diesel is severely claustrophobic
* He had a hard home life
* His weapon of choice is a baseball bat with nails hammered into it
* Diesel had thought Natalie would never want to be with him
* Lyle and Diesel had been best friends since they were seven