Kate Bloodstone

"*After everything, yeah. It's hell out here. But... as stupid as it might sound... it really has been having each other that's kept us all going out here... I was worried for a while that we were going to tear ourselves apart these last few days--- so much arguing and infighting and despair... but this might be the thing that saves us. I believe in it. We can make it work. I refuse to believe it's a lie... especially when Brenden, as young as he was, died believing in it. I don't know if I'll ever get over what happened in the city... that group we tried to save, the massacre it turned into... it'll haunt me forever, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop looking forward for the chance at a brighter future... one where I can settle down with Marcus and leave my bed knowing I'll be sleeping there again that night, and the night after that.*"
—Kate to Dean Howards[src]

Kate Bloodstone is a main character and the current tritagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in Route to Paradise. She was Felix Quarterman's quiet and naive assistant at Willamette Parkview Mall. When the apocalypse begins, Kate's overconfidence and lack of awareness would result in the deaths of dozens, maybe hundreds, when she lets a horde of zombies into the mall, strongly believing that they can defeat them. She'd be one of the survivors of the massacre, and would join Leslie Staunton's small community in the North Plaza, unaware of the actions Staunton is making behind the scenes to try and take over the mall. When Leslie's empire crumbles, Kate falls under the leadership of Jacob Feldman and the survivors of the mall.

Kate helps to defend the mall when it comes under attack from Benjamin Taylor's forces, cementing her status as a trusted member of the group. During the conflict with The Rastas, Kate largely remains out of it, while she is instead dealing with a recently imprisoned man within the mall, Alex Weiss. She learns that Alex murdered an innocent man on the first day of the apocalypse, but even with that information Kate still thinks that Alex can be forgiven. Working against her group, she gives Alex numerous chances to be trusted, but every time Alex either attempts to escape, or endangers someone's life. In the end, she and Teddy Powell give Alex an ultimatum, to either join them or leave. And he chooses to stay.

During this time, Kate begins to get to know Marcus Downes as well, the two of them working well together. When the Rastas conflict comes to an end with a major battle at the mall, Kate and the others are forced to flee. While in the process of moving from a hardware store to Willamette High School, Kate unintentionally leads the remnants of the Rasta army to her group, where a battle ensues, splitting the group up. Dean Howards, Jim Butterman and Teddy are kidnapped by the Rastas, and so Kate, Marcus and Aldus Paxton spend a while trying to track them down, falling short every time. They eventually return to the school, where she and Marcus make their relationship official.

When the school is attacked by Damerae Badrick, Kate and her group are scattered, most of them ending up as prisoners of Nathaniel Shepard and his community. Eventually they are freed from their cells just in time to engage in battle with the Rastas once more, finally defeating them, but at the cost of some of their own members. Two of the casualties in the battle are Marcus' close friends Fraser Stiller and Zac Barnes. Marcus shuts himself down while mourning them, refusing Kate's comfort, instead wanting to be left alone. This is until Aldus says he'll take care of it - and through a conversation that the two men have, Marcus comes back to Kate, apologizing.

Eventually the group would travel into Kansas, sheltering at a motel. During their time here, Kate converses with and helps Dean get through his drinking problem, the two of them becoming good friends. Later on when Aidan Eldridge and his group show up at the motel, a group with elderly, injured, and a child, Kate immediately allows them in, wanting to help them. But when group leader William Reynes discovers what's happening, he forces Aidan and his people out at gunpoint, even threatening Kate, pointing his gun at her. Afterwards, Kate and five others convene in secret, and when William leaves the motel on a supply run, they sneak out to go after Aidan's group.

Despite their best efforts to try and rescue Aidan's group from an office building, all of Aidan's people are killed, including a child, scarring Kate. In the aftermath, Kate and the others are scolded by William. Over the next few days, Kate tries several times to try and speak to William, but he turns her away every time. When the group is invited to the community of Worthwood by two recruiters, William at first turns them away much like he had with Aidan's group, much to Kate and the rest of the group's dismay, but after Brenden Trevors' death, he changes his mind. While traveling there, Kate and William are finally able to settle their differences, deciding that it's best they work together in whatever they face going forward.

At Worthwood, Kate is finally able to relax with Marcus - it's everything she'd been wanting since the destruction of the mall. But it's clear that there are flaws within the community - and so Kate takes it upon herself to force her way into Worthwood's council meetings to try and make some change.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

### **Season 1**

#### "**Welcome to Paradise**"

During a typical busy Black Friday at Willamette Parkview Mall, Felix Quarterman calls for Kate from within his office. Kate enters the office a few seconds later, where Felix orders her to get him a beer. She nods and steps out, returning moments later with a beer in hand, as requested. But as she hands it to Felix, the man is upset at the fact his drink is warm when it should have come out of the fridge. After complaining about it to Helen Cullen, Felix then tells Kate to go and fetch Skittles the Clown. Kate does so, leaving and returning to the office a few minutes later with the clown. There, she stands quietly as Felix fires the clown without remorse. When Skittles angrily stomps out, Helen tells Kate that she can have the rest of the day off, and so she thanks her and leaves.

Later that morning, Kate is standing inside of a sports shop in the mall, when William Reynes enters. She asks if he could find her a weapon to fight off the things that have piled against the front doors outside. William begins searching, while take takes out a cigarette and smokes. As he's looking around. she questions if he knows what's going on, to which William believes that the things outside are dead people who've come back to life; zombies. Kate is in disbelief, telling herself that it's actually just an angry mob of people. When William argues back, Kate, annoyed, says that she's going to get out of this mall, and nothing will stop her. Before she leaves, William hands her a golf club.

After leaving the shop, Kate confidently struts up to the front doors in the Entrance Plaza, where dozens of civilians are nervously chatting, while others are barricading the front doors. Kate, irritated, demands that they remove the barricades and open the door, confident that they can take on the "angry mob" outside. When everyone refuses her, Kate storms up to the doors, throwing the different objects used as barricades aside. People yell and rush over to try and stop her, but they're too late, as Kate swings open the front door. Immediately, zombies pile on through, snarling. Kate instantly drops her golf club, falling to the ground. She frantically crawls away, before getting to her feet and sprinting away, as dozens of people around the Entrance Plaza are slaughtered by the undead.

#### "**The Scary Thing About Clowns**"

Later on that day, Kate is kidnapped by Skittles the Clown off-screen. When she wakes up, she finds that she's bound to a chair, unable to move. She looks around in a panic, and discovers that her old boss, Felix, is another one of Skittles' captives. Next to him is Albert Hanson, another captive, and Sasha McMale, who's also bound to a chair and unconscious. Kate, Felix and Albert loudly speak to each other, Kate being the loudest and most scared. Felix reckons that Skittles kidnapped him because he fired him, but neither Kate or Albert can figure out why Skittles would take them as well. Kate then openly admits that she's the reason the zombies flooded into the mall, and she deeply regrets it. Felix, although saying that she was stupid for doing that, tells her the zombies would have broken through anyway. Just then, Skittles comes strolling in, and for the next couple of minutes he goes around cursing at Felix, and then Albert for not answering a question. Kate stays quiet, only speaking once to answer one of Skittles' questions, before he eventually leaves.

Some time after this, Kate, Felix, Albert and Sasha are rescued when Jacob Feldman and a couple of others fight Skittles off and untie them from their chairs. Kate profusely thanks Jacob, before he informs her and the others about a safe area in the security room. The plan at first is to head there, but when Helen radios Jacob and his companions (William and Randall Forster), the plan changes to them going to the North Plaza instead.

On the way to the North Plaza, Kate and the other former captives share their names with everyone, getting to know each other. Felix would also manage to secure a bunch of tools for everyone to use as weapons, but when offered, Kate refuses to take one, instead hoping that none of the zombies grab her.

When they eventually do arrive at the North Plaza, they are invited into Seon's Supermarket, where another larger group of survivors have taken shelter. During the long conversation that follows, Kate mentions how she'd seen many survivors roaming around the mall before she was captured. After the long conversation, Jacob and a few others decide to leave the supermarket to search a gun store. Kate stays behind.

#### "**An Unusual Team**"

Some time later, William and Randall come rushing back into the supermarket, before Kate quickly shuts and locks the door behind them. Realizing that Jacob, who'd gone out with them, isn't here, she questions them. William tells her that Jacob got separated from them, but he's going to back and look for him.

An hour or so later, William returns to the supermarket once again, this time with several others who came from the security room. After William and the others get what they need, they prepare to leave. Kate then walks up to him, telling him that she's thankful for him, Jacob and Randall saving her earlier. She then says she's going to stay in the supermarket rather than go with all of them to the security room. William understands and says his farewells, before he and the other security room survivors head back, including Felix.

#### "**Guardian Angel**"

It's the next day before the security room survivors return to the North Plaza. While they're chatting to Jim Butterman, Kate comes walking over to all of them, smiling and talking about how great it is in the North Plaza now that they've killed all of the zombies.

#### "**Life and Death**"

When the North Plaza comes under attack from the security room survivors, Kate hides in fear in a corner of the supermarket, praying for her life, as gunshots ringing out all around her. When she has a chance, she gets up and runs out.

#### "**Adaptation**"

Following the battle, Kate is among many other North Plaza survivors, and unlike Jim, Teddy Powell and Clyde Rollins, she is allowed to join the security room survivors, now known as the mall survivors now that they've taken complete control of the mall. As Kate is cleaning up in the North Plaza, she is startled when an explosion rocks the building. Albert hurries into the plaza to inform her and the others that there was a hostile group outside that attacked them, but they've left.

It soon becomes clear that whatever group attacked them is likely going to return for a full scale attack. Knowing them, preparations are made, as most of the mall survivors, including Jim, Teddy and Clyde, are positioned in the North Plaza to defend the back entrance. Teddy, a former gun store owners, offers everyone a gun. While everyone takes one, Kate is hesitant to do so, frightened of the weapon and its capabilities. She questions Randall if killing a person changes you, to which Randall simply says that you get used to it, which doesn't answer Kate's question and only frightens her more. Reluctantly, Kate retrieves a shotgun from the weapon crate, before getting into position behind a barricade that was set up in the plaza. During the wait, Kate panics, shaking, having a small panic attack. She asks if it hurts to die, but Owen Gliefield helps her calm down.

It isn't long after this that the attack begins. At first, all Kate and the others can hear is gunfire from the other side of the mall, before the North Plaza back entrance is blown open with an RPG. A cloud of smoke blocks their view, as zombies begin swarming inside, accompanied by bullets whizzing past them. Kate hides behind the barricade in fear as bullets fly everywhere. It's chaos for the next several minutes, as most of the surviving North Plaza residents are gunned down by the attackers. Eventually, it's decided that they need to flee into another plaza, but before they do, Kate asks Teddy to toss her a grenade. Teddy does so, and when Kate catches it, she pulls the pin and blindly throws it overhead, where it lands and blows apart three of the attackers. With the grenade distraction, Kate, Teddy and Owen hurry to their feet, grabbing an injured Jim and carrying him out alongside the rest of their group.

They flee into Wonderland Plaza, where after some panicked discussion, Felix is seen stumbling over to them, drunk. Kate looks at him in anger, having thought that he was leading the fight on the other side of the mall. When Felix continues to drunkenly ramble, being nothing but a distraction, Kate speedily approaches him and whacks him in the head, knocking him out. With him no longer in their way, Kate and the others continue on into the food court before the attackers can catch up to them.

In the food court, Kate and the others only have a moment to catch their breath and prepare. Across the mall, they can still hear gunfire, as Kate worries that the rest of her group may be injured. Suddenly, the attackers come charging into the food court, but they are held back thanks to the efforts of Albert and Clayton Freeman. Even Kate manages to wound one of the enemies, and after just a minute, Robin Clarke orders his men to retreat.

Kate, Dean Howards and Albert chase Robin's men into Wonderland Plaza, before Dean takes a bullet to the leg, causing them to stop. Luckily for them, Robin's men keep running, fleeing the mall. As Kate tries to calm Dean down, William comes hurrying in, attending to Dean's injury on the spot. Soon, they are joined by Jacob and Erin Monroe, who battled off the attackers at the front of the mall. Kate informs them about what happened, and how all of the North Plaza residents were killed.

With the battle over, Kate walks back to the food court with a few others, most of whom are injured or attending to the injured. Here, Kate takes the time to admit to her mistake in opening the mall doors on day one of the outbreak, but that she wants to become better than that.

She eventually returns to Wonderland Plaza, happy to hear William and Albert tell her that she did well in the fight. When Jacob notices Felix still knocked out on the floor, he questions what happened, and Kate says that she had to knock him out. As everyone is slowly departing, Kate leaves to go help repair the back entrance with a few others.

### **Season 2**

#### "**The Mentor**"

It's been two weeks since the events of the last episode. Kate enters the security room, where Jacob and a few others are just waking up early in the morning. She informs them that the North Plaza entrance has finally been fully repaired since it was destroyed.

Later that day, when Kate enters the waiting room in the security room, she finds Alex Weiss ziptied to a chair, Jacob and William discussing what to do with him. Obviously confused, she asks who Alex is, and learns that he was from the original security room survivors, before killing one of their own and fleeing. Eventually, Jacob and William decide on locking Alex up into a book store for the time being. Jacob hands Kate the store key and tells her to go lock Alex up.

Once they arrive at the book store, Kate cuts Alex's hands free, wishes him a good day, and closes the shutters to the store, locking him inside.

#### "**A Common Enemy**"

Kate comes running up to the roof, and breathlessly she tells the people there that Felix is missing. She knows that Felix has been drinking heavily the past few weeks, and she's concerned that it might've led him beyond the mall. Kate then overhears Dean quietly complaining that at least Felix has something to drink, and she angrily reminds him that Felix could die. As Dean backs down, Kate brings a few people to come with her and find him.

Before they leave, Kate stops by the book store where Alex is being kept. After a brief talk, Kate asks Alex if he'd like to come with them to look for Felix - and maybe prove that he can be trusted to the group. Grinning, Alex is happy to come along. He finishes his tea, and is then let out of his cell by Kate.

The two of them walk down to the Entrance Plaza where the people going out to search for Felix are waiting. Before leaving, Kate points to Alex, and asks that everyone just give him a chance, given that he's been their prisoner for a few days now and has shown no signs of being dangerous. Although most people are still suspicious of the man, Jacob allows Alex to come with them, handing the man a knife to use for protection.

The group leaves the mall, walking through the parking lot and onto the street. They aren't walking for any longer than a few minutes before they come across a crashed car by the side of the road. Kate approaches it and looks into the back seat -- where she sees Felix sleeping. She calls over everyone else, surprised that it was this simple to locate him. As the others come walking over, Kate opens the back door, and Felix wakes up, being told by Kate that he's an idiot. When Felix stumbles out of the car, Kate catches him, holding him to his feet. Moments later, the group would encounter three criminals - Quincy Atherton, Monica Reynolds and Jon Matthews. Jacob, William and Dean recognize them and make conversation, while Kate is left confused. But in the end, Jacob, William and Aldus Paxton end up deciding to go with the criminals to meet with their boss. Kate plans to go too -- but that's when Kate notices something: Alex seems to have slipped away. Panicking, she tells the others that she's going to go look for him back at the mall, and she rushes off.

After a short run back to the mall, Kate hurries up to the book store, and is shocked to find that Alex is back in there, sitting across from Clayton. Looking over at Kate, Alex offers her some tea, but she declines, still confused as to what's happening. Clayton awkwardly shuffles out of his seat, giving Kate a weird look, as he walks out. When he's gone, Kate steps into the book store, demanding to know why Alex left. His answer is simple: it's too dangerous, and he came back to the mall to enjoy some tea instead. Kate points out that he had a knife to protect himself with, and he would have been fine - but that's not how Alex sees it. Alex says that next time he decides to leave, he'll make sure to inform everybody first. He then begins rambling about all of the books he has access to in here, specifically mentioning a book he read about the human body. Sitting back down, he remarks how it's a shame that she won't have tea with him, all while Kate stares, bewildered. "I don't know what game you're playing," she says. "But this - it has to be an act." Alex takes this as Kate not trusting him - but he doesn't have much to say about it. Sighing in frustration, Kate steps back out and locks Alex in the book store again, before walking off.

#### "**The Calm Before**"

In Paradise Plaza, Kate is playing cards with Teddy when William comes walking in. They briefly converse, until William mentions that there is a group meeting occurring at the food court, hosted by Jim. Kate stands up, happy to go. Before heading there, she lets William know that Jacob is in the security room with Fraser Stiller.

At the group meeting, before it officially starts, Kate brings up the idea of a group leader - commenting about the fact that they don't really have one. Later, when the meeting begins, Jim mentions how he thinks it'd be good for the group to host large breakfasts and dinners in the food court. Kate likes the idea. Just a few moments later, a drunken Felix wanders into the meeting - seeing Alex there, who had been brought by Jacob. He begins going off, reminding everyone that Alex is a murderer. But Kate defends Alex, claiming that he's changed. She says that Alex is with them now - and she wants Felix to be too, but not while on the bottle, which Felix takes offense to. After Felix is restrained and taken away, Kate asks everyone, including Alex himself, if Alex should be returned to his book store. Jacob asks Alex if he *wants* to go back there, and he says he does, so Kate starts walking him back there.

Along the way, they notice Felix and William chatting nearby, and decide to listen in, hearing Felix confessing that he's not a good leader - not like Helen was. Kate chimes into the conversation, telling Felix that he *can* lead, no matter what he himself thinks. She reminds him that he was able to keep things running with Helen. But Felix knows that after his incident at the group meeting, nobody will want them as their leader, which Kate knows isn't true. She tells him that he can make amends. Alex even steps into the conversation, telling Felix that nobody wants a drunken leader - which Kate agrees with. After listening to all of their advice, Felix says that he needs to think everything over, and walks over. Kate glances over at William, asking if he think it worked. "I hope so," William tells her. Kate then asks William if he could finish taking Alex up to the book store, and he does, while Kate walks off.

A little while later on, Kate hears that Alex drugged William with sleeping pills and then escaped from the book store, and was chased into a taco store in the food court, being locked in. When Kate arrives, she finds Clayton and Randall standing outside. She tells them that she'll go into the taco restaurant and speak to Alex herself.

Upon entering the restaurant, Kate frowns, and angrily wants to know what Alex was thinking. Alex, who's pacing around in circles, says that it was simply impulse. Shaking her head, Kate says that she put so much trust into him - and now she feels betrayed by him. She stuck her neck out for Alex, and now he's left her in the mud with her group. Alex, clearly not right in the head, doesn't know why all of this is a problem, and Kate tells him that it's not normal. Sighing, Kate realizes that Alex needs some time alone, and so she walks out, having lost faith in trusting him - for the time being.

Kate steps out, closing the shutters behind her, locking Alex inside. With a frown, she looks over at Marcus, who's standing there, and tells him that Alex in incapable of understanding the wrong in his actions, and they can't change that.

#### "**On the Clock**"

In the food court, Kate is sitting at a table with Jim and Teddy, while Kate remarks how good of an idea it was to host breakfasts and dinners for the group here in the food court. She then brings up the topic of Alex, glancing over at the taco restaurant nearby, wondering what kind of game he's playing at. Jim thinks that Alex might just think different than everyone else does. Kate knows that might be the case - but she still wants to help Alex, to try and put him on the right track. As more people start to enter the food court, they suddenly hear a crash nearby, and see a man trying to hide. The man breaks into a sprint, while Albert chases him out of the mall, leaving everyone confused.

Later, Felix is seen entering the food court, approaching a group of people, Kate among them. He apologizes for everything he's done, and everyone sitting there forgives him, Kate included, who says that was all Felix had to do. When Felix walks out, Kate stands, informing everyone that she is going to go check on Alex. Zac Barnes looks over to her, and with a scoff, says that she's wasting her time with him. Kate disagrees, knowing that Alex doesn't *mean* to come across as a bad person. But Zac's mind isn't changed, confidently saying that they should kill psychopaths like Alex, not try and help them. Kate frowns and angrily tells him not to blame her for trying. As she walks over to the taco restaurant, Marcus rushes after her, wanting to go in with her, just so that Alex doesn't try anything. But Kate is confident that Alex wouldn't do anything to her, and she enters alone.

Inside the taco restaurant, Kate greets Alex, before taking a seat across from him, wanting to know something. "What is your goal?" she questions, to which Alex doesn't really have an answer to. Like before, he claims that he just does things on impulse - there's no thought behind what he does. Alex stands, beginning to move things around seemingly at random while Kate talks, telling Alex that he is a threat, and wanting to know if he's okay with that. But Alex responds, his tone changing, by saying that he is *not* a threat. He wants to know why Kate thinks that, and why he isn't trusted by her or anyone else. Kate obviously mentions how Alex had drugged William, and then tried to escape the mall. But Alex doesn't understand why that makes him a threat, and so Kate gives up for now, standing and sighing, walking out.

Later on, Kate is sitting in the food court when Quincy and Monica step in -- announcing proudly that they are new group members. Kate nonchalantly comments on how many new arrivals they've had lately.

Towards the end of the day, Kate comes hurrying into Entrance Plaza, where a confrontation is brewing between members from the mall, and Benjamin Taylor, who's come to the mall asking for permission to blow up one or two of the mall's plazas in order to have it appear to Damerae Badrick that he's killed them all. But the mall group, led by Felix, angrily refuse, kicking Benjamin out. And just minutes later, the Entrance Plaza is hit by a rocket, the front entrance crumbling to the ground. Kate yells, running out with the others.

#### "**Partners in Crime**"

Zombies fill the mall once again, and Kate and the others are forced to barricade themselves into the food court while planning their next move. During their time here, Kate hears Dean complaining about not having any alcohol to drink, and Kate approaches, telling the man that he shouldn't be drinking right now. She then says that they've had alcohol here the entire time - it's just that Dean never bothered looking for it himself.

When the zombies break through the barricades, Kate and the others fight them back, winning the battle, and starting to push their way into Al Fresca Plaza, and eventually all the way back to the Entrance Plaza, having cleared out all of the zombies. In the Entrance Plaza, Kate examines the damage, angrily remarking that Benjamin doesn't deserve their help anymore. Others who are furious at the destruction think that they should go to war with Benjamin, but it's Felix who steps forward as the rational thinking one. He says that they aren't in a position to fight right now, which Kate is surprised to hear, impressed that Felix is actually thinking straight.

Hours later, while Kate is back in the Entrance Plaza admiring the work that Robert Morgan has done to repair the front doors, a drunken Austin Kingston stumbles to the floor, passed out. Felix asks if Kate can take him somewhere else and lay him down, and Kate does, but not without a struggle.

When the group is deciding who should go on the train heist later on, Kate says that she should stay at the mall with a few others to hold down the fort.

#### "**Promise**"

After the disastrous train heist, Kate joins everyone up on the roof to mourn Clayton, and discuss what to do going forward. Kate thinks that enough is enough - and they should go to war against The Rastas for what they did to Clayton, and most agree.

#### "**Warzone**"

Kate enters the taco restaurant with Teddy, finding Alex sitting quietly. They greet Alex, and Kate begins going over everything that they've talked about already, making it clear that she's tired of going around in circles with Alex. And so she and Teddy have come to him with an ultimatum -- he either quits playing his games and joins them, or the alternative is they blindfold Alex, drive him far out of town, and leave him to survive on his own, something Kate clearly doesn't want. While Alex is deciding, Teddy and Kate bring up the fact that Clayton has died - just to let Alex know that things have been tough for them, and they need to solve the Alex problem. Ultimately, Alex decides that he's with them. Kate is happy to hear it - but says that it won't be so simple. There's rules he has to follow, and if he breaks them, or does any more stunts that endangers someone's life, he'll be taken away. She also says that Alex will be monitored for a while. Standing, Kate and Teddy then bring Alex up to the roof with them.

On the roof, Kate introduces Alex to everyone who hasn't met him - mainly Quincy and Monica. They let everyone know what the deal with Alex is, and when Quincy asks why Alex was imprisoned in the first play, Kate replies by pointing out that Quincy himself was a criminal too, and so he backs down.

Later, the group is gathered on the roof, where they both see and hear a large gunfight happening in downtown Willamette, smoke rising from buildings in the distance.

#### "**Family Business**"

Kate, Marcus, Fraser and William walk down the streets of Willamette on a supply run. They've already been out for a while, evident by a shopping cart they're pushing that's full of ammunition. Kate looks down at list Felix had given her, but has no clue where they're going to be able to find most of the things on it - which include big guns for turrets that Robert is building. She thinks they shouldn't push their luck, and should head back to the mall with what they've got. But as they're walking, Kate spots something nearby -- a hotel in ruins, and a horde of zombies clawing at the doors of a night club beside it. It looks recent, and so they decide it's worth checking out. As they approach, a man comes jogging out of an alleyway, heading into a nearby bar. William goes to confront the man. As soon as William is gone, Kate points up at the roof of the night club - noticing that it's people from their group -- they're trapped. And so Fraser is left to guard the shopping cart while Kate and Marcus frantically rush up onto a nearby building to try and save their friends.

When they reach the top of a building opposite the night club, they yell over to Jacob and the others -- before noticing Teddy, and the bandages wrapped around the stump on his arm; his hand is gone. Kate looks on, horrified, while Randall explains that Teddy lost it during a fight. Now realizing the severity of the situation, Kate doesn't waste any more time, firing off a round into the air, which distracts most of the zombies clawing at the night club to instead come clawing at the doors of the building Kate and Marcus are on.

Kate and Marcus run back to the street, fleeing with everyone back towards the mall while the zombies are still distracted.

After a few hours at the mall, Kate joins her group once again as they head out on another mission to fight against the Rastas. They arrive at an office building in downtown Willamette - and after sending Jackson Foxx ahead to get The Rastas to open up the front doors, Kate and the others charge out, fighting their way through the building. They move up floor by floor, with Kate determined to kill the gang's leader, Badrick. When they reach the top floor, they discover that most of the Rastas are hiding behind a door. While sitting in cover, Kate wonders what they should do now, and Marcus boldly says that they should just charge in, since the Rastas won't expect it. The group ends up doing just that - but after another few minutes of fighting, the building begins to crumble, Rastas having fired rockets at it. Kate and the others make haste back to the bottom floor, hurrying out onto the street - where Kate is horrified to see Erin's corpse lying on the pavement.

#### "**Home**"

Kate and the others would return back to the mall after their defeat at the office building. One person who's notably missing during Erin's funeral is Jacob - and Kate can't help but wonder where he is.

When the Rastas launch their attack against the mall, Kate and a few others are ordered to defend the North Plaza. They manage to hold off the Rastas for a long time, but Kate, running low on ammo, realizes they can't stay here forever. Pretty soon, the surviving Rastas begin to flee, and it doesn't take Kate long to realize why. Hordes of zombies numbering in the hundreds are seen swarming into the plaza from the exposed back entrance. Quickly, everyone there hurries into Seon's Supermarket, escaping up to the roof through a ladder in the back room.

On the roof, the surviving group members regroup, and conclude that the mall is a lost cause. They decide that some of the wounded and elderly people will leave first, escaping into the woods. Kate goes with them to ensure they get there safely.

### **Season 3**

#### "**Winter Wasteland**"

It's been a few days since the destruction of the mall. Kate sits inside of Jim's cabin; it's quiet, most people are keeping to themselves. Kate looks over at Albert, who's examining a map, and asks what he's doing. Albert says that he's looking for places worth looting - but Kate points out that anything he might find on the map could have been destroyed in the war that happened. When Marcus, Fraser and Zac return from a scouting mission, they inform everyone of a hardware they saw - but to get to it they would have to cross a frozen lake. Kate volunteers to go with Marcus and a few others.

As everyone is preparing to go, Jon suddenly sits up, and concludes that he wants to go too. Kate eyes him, and says that he's welcomed to come along - so long as he has their backs out there. She obviously doesn't fully trust him, since Jon is a recent member of their group, and a man who's kept to himself since Kate has known him. Jon knows that Kate thinks this, and points out how, even with everything going on, he's stuck with them, and that should be proof enough that he can be trusted. But Kate knows he's only here because there is no where else for him to go -- all of his friends are dead or missing. Jon makes a quick apology for being so distant, and says that it's just who he is. Sighing, Kate opens the front door and steps out, not much else to say.

While trudging through the snow towards the hardware store, Kate trails behind the rest of the group in order to speak with Jacob, who's not been the same ever since Erin died. She worryingly asks Jacob if he's *sure* that he's okay to be out here, and Jacob assures her that he's fine. He comes off as a bit annoyed, getting tired of everyone asking if he's okay, and says that he's not special - he's not the only one in pain. Kate understands, but before she can finish talking, Jacob cuts her off and says that he's fine, and can cope in other ways, glancing at his baseball bat.

At the frozen lake, the group decides that they'll walk across the ice, keeping a distance from each other. Kate doesn't like it - but she goes along anyway. As they're about half-way across, Jacob, while killing a zombie, almost falls into the water when the zombie corpse crashes into the ice, breaking it. Kate speeds up in concern for him - cracking the ice underneath her. Cautiously, Marcus approaches a now still Kate, and takes her hand, the two of them slowly making their way off the ice.

They arrive at the hardware store, and enter through a side door. It's pitch black inside, and so Kate removes a backpack, handing everyone flashlights. While they look around, Jacob discovers a zombie that's been killed recently, putting everyone on high alert. Near the back of the store, they discover something strange -- a small horde of zombies blocked into a little section with some of the shelves. But just then, Rebecca Dawson drops down from a nearby shelf, taking Jacob hostage and forcing everyone else to lower their weapons. Kate reluctantly puts her pistol and flashlight onto the floor. After some talk - Rebecca lets Jacob go, and it's discovered that Rebecca might know where Randall and Curtis are, two members from their group who're missing. Kate questions how long ago Rebecca ran into them, and she says it wasn't more than two hours ago. The plan now is for Rebecca to help them find Randall and Curtis, and in return Jon hotwires a car for her. But before that can happen, the horde of zombies at the back of the store breaks free. Shelves come tumbling down, and more zombies start stumbling through the side door. Albert and Jon become separated, while Kate, Marcus, Jacob and Rebecca flee up a set of stairs and into an office above.

#### "**Lost and Found**"

Kate stands at the office window, looking down at the zombies wandering below. She's looking for Jon and Albert, but can't see any signs of them. Not wanting to stay in the office any longer, Kate and Marcus decide to start clearing the zombies that are at the office door. They do this by pushing a table in front of the door, and then opening the door only slightly. While Marcus keeps the door in place, Kate stabs the zombies in the head as they poke their heads through the door one by one. After a while, most of the zombies have been killed; the only ones left are on the ground floor, stumbling about. Kate and the others make their way down the steps, dispatching the rest of the zombies, before Jacob decides that he's going to go with Rebecca to look for Randall and Curtis. Kate isn't sure about his plan - especially since they just met Rebecca, and Kate doesn't know if she can trust her yet. But Jacob's made up his mind, and tells Kate and Marcus to wait here until he gets back. Kate tells him to be safe, before she and Marcus go look for somewhere where they can keep a lookout for Jon and Albert.

Later on, Kate and Marcus see William and Aldus arriving at the hardware store; they've come looking for everyone since they were gone an unusually long time. Kate and Marcus both explain to them that Jacob has gone off with Rebecca, which Kate can see clearly upsets William. She says that Jacob wasn't going to budge, and William understands, and knows that he'll come back.

Hours later, Kate is sitting in the hardware store with Marcus, while William and Aldus are somewhere else in the store looking around. Kate says that she likes this place better than the cabin - but wouldn't want to stay here permanently. Right now, she's still concerned about Jacob, and about everyone from their group who went missing after the battle at the mall. Marcus has faith in all of them, reminding Kate that they're survivors, and they'll make it. After a little while longer of sitting around, Kate suddenly hears a familiar voice coming from outside. She and Marcus head over to the front door, where they see that Jacob and Rebecca have returned -- and Randall and Curtis are with them. Kate rushes over to give Randall a hug, happy to see him again. As Kate steps back, she gives her condolences to Curtis, who lost some of his friends during the mall battle. She then nods to Rebecca, beginning to trust her a little more, before telling Jacob that William and Aldus are here now. When William comes walking over, Kate tells everyone to get settled in, and they'll figure out a plan of action.

#### "**On the Move**"

At the hardware store, Kate is sitting with Marcus, quietly. She then breaks the silence by asking Marcus if he's still keen on this place, to which he says he is. Kate admits that she doesn't like it, pointing out how they've had nothing but trouble since they got here. Marcus reasons with her by saying that they won't be permanently, they'll only be here until they regroup with everyone else. Jus then, Jacob comes speed walking in, laying a map onto the desk in front of them. He immediately points to Willamette High School, and says that's where he wants to go. Jacob and William used to teach there, and he knows that it'll be safe there. Turning to Marcus, Kate nods, and says that she likes the idea - she'd prefer anything over this store. Kate's first thought after this is that everyone goes to the school together, but Jacob disagrees, and says that it'll be safer if only a few people head there to check it out first, which Kate can agree with.

Soon, the rest of the group who were staying at Jim's cabin have finally made it to the hardware store. When everyone settles in, Jacob announces to everyone what his plan is, and asks for anyone who'd like to go. William obviously chooses to go, and so does Kate. But nobody else does. Before leaving, Kate hurries off to get her things, and when she's come back, Jacob and William are ready to go. She tells everyone else that they won't be long - and asks that they don't come looking for them if they take a little longer than anticipated.

The three of them leave, and eventually make it to the school, stepping into the front courtyard. Jacob can instantly tell that the place is occupied by the boarded up windows, but Kate points out that it could be from someone who was staying here before. "And they could still be here," Jacob says, walking up to the front doors. He tries opening them - but they're locked - and so he thinks that they should knock. Kate thinks he's joking - but Jacob is serious, and knocks on the door. Just seconds later, Bruce Boseman opens the door, and greets Jacob and William with a smile. Jacob is left speechless, while Kate looks around - confused. Bruce beckons them inside, and so they step in.

Inside, Kate stays silent, as it becomes clear to her that Jacob and William know who Bruce is; they used to work together. They eventually enter the principal's office, where another man, Martyn Ford, is sitting in his wheelchair. Kate introduces herself awkwardly, and gives her condolences to Bruce and Martyn after hearing about what had happened at the school during the start of the outbreak. Kate then apologizes for cutting right to the chase, but asks if Bruce would allow them and their group to stay here. Almost immediately, Bruce nods, happy to let them stay. After some more chat between Jacob and Bruce, Kate politely brings Jacob outside into the hallway for a moment, wondering how Jacob was feeling about this. Jacob says that he feels good about the school, and he thinks that the rest of the group should move here. He gives Kate the job of going back to the hardware store and bringing everyone back. She nods, and assures he and William that she'll be back as soon as possible, before leaving.

#### "**Tracked**"

The front door to the hardware store bursts open, Kate stumbling through hastily. Jim, Teddy and others look over, alarmed, questioning her. Frantically, Kate explains that Jacob and William are okay, but that they've got bigger problems. Without explaining why, she yells at everyone to get up. Marcus approaches her in concern, and that's when Kate, breathless, says that she was been tailed by a truck on her way back. She thinks the lost them -- but just moments later, Kate finds out that she's wrong. Outside, Badrick and the remnants of the Rasta army are seen exiting out of three trucks. Kate panics, seeing Badrick pointing a rocket launcher at the building, as she dives to the floor to avoid the blast. People scramble for their weapons as Rastas storm the building, a gunfight ensuing. Kate does what she can to fight back, and at one point she saves Dean by killing a Rasta that was attacking him. After another couple of minutes of fighting, Kate is seen pinned down in cover with Marcus and Aldus. They realize that they can't sit here forever, and so when a chance arises, the three of them hurry out of a side door, sprinting into the woods.

In the woods, Kate comes to a stop, resting by a tree. They can see the hardware store in the distance, but there's no more gunfire, and they can see the Rasta trucks driving off. Kate, eyeing the trucks, thinks that they should get back to the school, assuming that everyone else who made it out of the hardware store would be headed there too. Marcus and Aldus both agree, but they decide to comb through the hardware store quickly.

They return to the hardware store, looking at the corpses of Rastas scattered across the floor. Kate and the others walk around nervously, looking for any familiar bodies - but they don't see any. But Kate suddenly has a thought -- The Rastas could have taken hostages. But still, she thinks that the best plan right now is to head to the school, and hope that everyone else will have gone there too. Marcus, however, looks through one of the windows, seeing the tire tracks in the snow, and throws out the idea that they follow the Rastas. Kate isn't sure, but Marcus convinces her by explaining that they may not get another chance to find out where the Rastas are. They exit the building, where Marcus begins to follow the tire tracks, Kate and Aldus following.

#### "**The Golden Goose**"

Kate, Marcus and Aldus are lying prone on the top of a warehouse, slowly inching themselves towards the edge of the roof, looking down, where they see Dean inside of a truck with some Rastas. They've found out offscreen that Teddy and Jim were two others that the Rastas took hostage. Frowning, Kate asks what they should do now. Marcus responds by saying that their best bet is to sneak through the warehouse looking for Teddy and Jim, and then they go after the truck with Dean. But Kate looks back down, and sees Badrick exiting the warehouse and getting into the truck. She grips her pistol, wanting to attack them now and save Dean, but Marcus tells her that they'd die trying. She frowns, knowing he's right, and watches as the truck drives off. Sighing, she tells the two men that they should get down into the ware house.

They enter the warehouse, moving quietly. Eventually they see two Rastas bickering with each other down the hall - but beyond those two, there don't appear to be any of Rastas left at the warehouse. Kate stays in cover while Marcus and Aldus move up, taking down the two Rastas silently. When the Rastas are dealt with, Kate steps past them, and into a room with Marcus and Aldus. They start searching through the room together - and that's when Kate decides to open a bag on one of the tables. Gasping, she stumbles back, tears welling her eyes. Marcus and Aldus look over, confused, as Kate simply utters "Don't" before turning and hugging Marcus, quietly sobbing. As this happens, Aldus opens up the bag - where inside he finds Teddy's decapitated head. Eventually Kate pulls away from Marcus, wiping tears, as she says that they're going to kill them for this.

A few minutes later, after searching the rest of the building, they have found no clues of where Jim could be. Kate clenches a fist in anger - but Marcus says that it's a good thing, since that means Jim has to be somewhere out there if he's not here. Kate kicks a chair in anger, and exhales loudly, telling them that they have to find Jim quickly. Marcus approaches calmly, and puts a hand on her shoulder, telling her to stay level-headed. But he points out that the best thing they can do now is to track the truck that Dean left in, since they don't know where Jim is. He confidently says that they'll kill Badrick for this, and Kate agrees. They head outside, and decide that they'll hotwire one of the cars to follow Dean's truck faster. While Marcus gets to starting the car, and Aldus keeps watch, Kate gets into the car.

#### "**State of Mind**"

Kate and the others would follows the tire tracks from Dean's truck all the way back to Willamette Mall. They stop outside of the front entrance and step out, where Kate asks Marcus if he's sure this is where the truck went, to which Marcus says he is. Frowning, Kate looks around, no sign of the truck anywhere. They then head inside of the mall - and are nearly shot when Jon pops out of cover, aiming at them, ready to fire. But he lowers the gun upon seeing who it is. With Jon is Da'Jonte Woodard and Angela Jaegar. Kate looks on, and asks Jon where the rest of the group is, to which Jon doesn't have the answer to. He reveals that he'd found his way back to the main group after the hardware store got attacked, and they were headed to a coffee shop when they were attacked by zombies, forcing Jon, Angela and Curtis to flee to the mall. But Curtis didn't make it, and Jon explains that it was Badrick who killed him when he showed up at the mall with Dean. But they fled, and Jon doesn't know where they went. Frowning, Kate tells Jon that she's sorry, but Jon doesn't even acknowledge her, and simply says that they should get to the coffee shop. Kate, however, now fueled with hatred by the deaths of Teddy and Curtis, wonders why they don't continue following the tire tracks left by Badrick and Dean's truck. But Marcus at this point is in agreement with Jon and Angela with wanting to get back to the rest of the group. Kate then says they can split up, but Marcus shuts down that idea quickly, and Kate nods slowly, accepting defeat for now. Everyone crams into the car, and they start driving back to the coffee shop.

#### "**Reunion**"

Arms crossed, Kate stands inside of the coffee shop, looking on at Randall, wondering what had happened to them. It turns out that after the attack on the hardware store they came here, where Angela's group were staying. And now, Ed Anderson, one of Angela's group members, has left to go looking for two other members who've gone missing. But Randall says they're planning on heading to the school soon, and have informed Ed where to go if they leave before he returns. After a while of people catching up with each other, Kate steps into the center of the shop, looks at everyone, and abruptly, and bluntly says that Teddy and Curtis are dead, Dean is Badrick's hostage, and they don't know about Jim. The shop quiets down, as people exchange glances with each other, speechless. Kate continues to speak, explaining that they need to get to the school as quickly as possible to let Jacob and William know what's going on. After packing up, Kate and the others leave.

They would make it to the school in one piece just a couple of hours later - where they discover that Jacob has been killed; he'd blown himself up while trying to kill Badrick, and William is sure that Badrick was killed as well. Kate and the others stand in the cafeteria, looking at a makeshift casket with Jacob inside of it. She wipes teary eyes, and tells William that she's so sorry. She then apologizes for making things worse - but says that there's a lot of catching up they need to do. She finds out from William that Dean was freed when Badrick "died", and she wants to go speak to him. William points Kate in the direction of Dean, and Kate walks off to go find him.

The roof of the building is where Kate finds Dean, sitting by the ledge, alone, and cold. She approaches him slowly, calling out his name. The man eventually turns around, but as soon as Kate tries to comfort him, Dean stands, getting in her face and telling her to go away; he just wants to be left alone. Dean sits back down, as Kate remains where she is, and explains that she, Marcus and Aldus were tracking Badrick, trying to save him. All Kate wants from Dean is whatever information he learned about the Rastas -- whether there are any of them left, and where they could be. Dean growls, shaking his head, ignoring her questions, and instead saying aloud all of the people who are dead, including Jim, to which Kate says that they don't know if Jim is dead. But Dean seems adamant that he is, and tells Kate to leave him alone. Kate doesn't leave yet, and kneels beside him, telling him to take it easy. Dean laughs, finding humour in her statement. But Kate continues, explaining how all she's wanted the past few days is vengeance - for everyone that Badrick's killed. But after finding out what's happened to Jacob, she realizes now that vengeance gets you nowhere. Dean turns his head with rage fueled eyes, and says that he doesn't have any vengeance -- he just wants it to end. "He's gone," Kate replies. "Badrick is gone." But Dean's response to that is, "He's already killed all of us." Sighing, Kate stands, and with a slow nod, tells Dean to come downstairs when he's ready. She then heads down the stairs.

Late that night, Kate stands outside in the courtyard, alone, looking out into the darkness. She pulls a pack of cigarettes out of one of her pockets, lighting one of them and starting to smoke it. It's just then that Kate hears snow crunching nearby, and turns to see Austin walking by himself, a bottle in hand. He begins to approach her, while sipping at his drink. She comments about this - but then looks at the cigarette in her hand, realizing how hypocritical she was. She claims to have stopped smoking when the outbreak started - and she's only doing it now to relieve some stress. Feeling somewhat embarrassed by this, she'd appreciate it if Austin didn't tell anyone, and he says that he won't, since he knows how stressful everyone's been. Kate thinks back to not so long ago when they were still at the mall, living in comfort, stress free - and thinks that she'd been living more there than she had before the apocalypse. She says that she'd always focus on her job, and didn't spend enough time with her family, which she regrets. Austin sees what she's getting at - and reveals that he had a family -- one that he was mostly absent from. Kate is a bit shocked to learn that Austin was not only married, but had a son too. When she asks about what happened to them, Austin quickly and bluntly reveals how they'd refused to leave town with him when the outbreak hit - and so when he returned a few days later, he found them dead. All Kate can do is say how sorry she is. Just then, Marcus is heard walking out into the courtyard behind them, seeing Kate's cigarette, and wondering if she's doing okay. She drops and steps on it in shame, believing that Marcus must think she's a wreck for this - but Marcus doesn't care if she smokes, since he used to as well. He doesn't think anyone else would care either. After, Marcus invites both her and Austin to come inside and play cards, and they agree. But as Kate is heading inside, she passes by Dean - who stops Kate and asks to speak with her. Nodding, Kate walks back into the courtyard with Dean while the other two go inside. Dean starts to apologize for how he was acting - and informs her that all of Badrick's people are dead; they're gone, as far as he knows. Kate nods, but says that there's nothing Dean has to be sorry for - not with everything he went through. When Dean starts talking about all of the people they've lost, Kate reminds him that that's all in the past now. Badrick is gone, and they can focus on surviving now. Kate is about to head back inside, but Dean stops her - needing to tell her something. It's obvious that he feels ashamed about it -- and he tells her that it's his fault Curtis died, all because he tried to divert Badrick away from the group by leading him to the mall, not thinking anyone would be there. She frowns, but tells Dean that it's not his fault. She says that Dean is dwelling on something that is *not* his fault, and tells Dean that the best thing he can do now is to stop and take a breather. They're safe now. Dean nods, looking down. Two zombies are seen approaching the fence behind them, and Dean says that he can handle them. Nodding, Kate heads inside.

#### "**The Mist**"

Later that night, Kate goes back into the courtyard with Marcus and Aldus. Dean is missing, and Kate feels guilty over leaving Dean out here. She can only assume that Dean must have left on his own, given that he was truly unhappy. Marcus has already looked around the courtyard for fresh footprints, but with snow constantly falling, the trail is already gone. Kate reckons the best thing they can do for now is to go inside and talk it over with the others.

Inside, some of the group talk about where Dean could have gone. Zac brings up how traumatized Dean must have been, and it's probable that he went off looking for alcohol, which Kate thinks might be the case.

#### "**Red Asphalt**"

Up on the roof of the school, Kate stands alone, staring ahead blankly out onto the street. She doesn't hear when Marcus comes walking up behind her, and is startled when he taps her on the shoulder. He apologizes, before offering her a hot cup of coffee, which she takes, thanking him. Marcus figures out that the reason Kate is standing up here is because of Dean -- she's keeping a lookout for him. She no longer thinks that Dean just wandered off on his own, and believes that something might have happened to him. She's still feeling guilt over having left him out in the courtyard by himself, but Marcus tells her that it's not hers or anyone's fault that Dean went missing. He asks her if she thinks Randall and Jim are still out there, and she hopes so, having not stopped thinking about where they could be. Nodding slowly, Marcus offers her a hand and tells her to come inside where she won't be freezing. Smiling, she takes his hand, remarking about how much of a gentleman he's being. "Only for you," he says, starting to walk towards the stairs. But before heading back down, Marcus turns around, hesitantly admitting that he has feelings for her. He hopes that he isn't overstepping his boundaries, but before he can finish Kate leans in and kisses him. "Yeah, that works too," Marcus says. Both of them smiling, they head down the stairs into the school.

They walk down into the foyer, and sit down with Marcus' arm around Kate's shoulder. Nearby, Kate sees Rebecca sitting alone, and calls out to her, beckoning her over to sit with them. Rebecca doesn't feel comfortable at first, but Kate and Marcus convince her to come over and sit. While the group of them talk, Zac reflects on everything they've been through, and wonders if where they are now can be considered the high life. Kate thinks so, since for the first time in a while, they can relax and not have to worry about The Rastas.

Later that day Kate is out in the courtyard, listening in to Jon as he goes over some plans about building defenses around the school. But pretty soon, a truck is seen pulling up at the school. Kate looks on, eyes lit up, hoping that it could be Jim, or maybe Randall. But her heart sinks when Badrick exits the truck, with a half-burnt face, and with a beaten and bruised Dean as his hostage once again. She then is horrified when Badrick reveals Jim's corpse behind the truck. She starts to yell at Badrick in rage, telling him that he won't get away. But just then, as a horde of zombies is seen approaching the school, Badrick throws Dean to the ground, jumps into his truck, and speeds off. When the zombies begin to attack the school, Bruce takes charge of the situation and tells Kate, among others, to get inside and keep the hallways secure.

When the zombies eventually break through the front doors into the foyer, Kate helps to fight them off, using an axe to kill as many zombies as possible.

While most people end up fleeing to the cafeteria, Kate, Marcus, Fraser and Zac get cut off by the zombie horde, being pushed down a hallway, pursued by the undead. Kate realizes they need to find another way out, and quick. And when they come across a window at the end of the hall, Fraser smashes it open, and everyone climbs out.

#### "**What Comes After**"

After escaping the school, the four of them walk down the back lane of a neighbourhood, defeated, unsure of where to go next. They haven't travelled too far from the school, and Kate thinks that they shouldn't go too much further - since they won't be able to find the others who made it out of the school. Zac asks them if they saw anyone go down -- but all Kate saw was Jim dying, and Apollo the dog getting shot dead. She doesn't know about anyone else. Fraser thinks that maybe they should just leave, but Kate and the others disagree almost immediately, with Kate knowing that nobody will be satisfied until Badrick is dead. It's then that Nathaniel Shepard steps out from a nearby alleyway, announcing himself. With him is seven men, all armed. Nathaniel explains that he's just here to try and recruit them to his community, and while Fraser is all for it, Kate and the others aren't so trusting of Nathaniel. Kate apologizes and says that they can't go with Nathaniel, since they're looking for their friends. Nathaniel insists that they can help with that, but when Zac makes it clear that they aren't going, Nathaniel coldly says that he cannot allow that. Kate stares, angered, wondering why not. Nathaniel's tone changes, as he subtly demands them to put down their weapons, but when they refuse, Nathaniel's armed men rush forward, tackling them down before Kate or anyone else has a chance to fight back. Kate is punched to the ground, and while crawling back, is knocked unconscious.

She awakes several hours later inside of a cell. She looks around in a panic, but relaxes when she sees that Marcus and the others are here with her. She crawls over, hugging Marcus desperately. Just moments later, Nathaniel is seen approaching on the other side of the cell. He begins to explain that Kate and everyone else will be shipped to an island paradise in due time - where they will work to help keep it maintained. Kate thinks that Nathaniel is insane - and the others agree. But there's not a whole lot they can do. Nathaniel turns, leaving them to get settled into their new home, as Kate and the others are left speechless, trapped.

### **Season 4**

#### "**The Promiseland**"

In their cell, Kate is sitting, back against the wall; they've been here for a few days now. Fraser is heard waking up with a gasp, and Kate is envious of him; she's been having trouble sleeping. Kate stands to stretch her legs, and complains about how much it stinks in here, and that she'd rather be outside splitting logs, where she'd at least have fresh air.

A little later on, Kate is sitting beside Marcus. Kate wonders if they're ever going to see the rest of their group again - and Marcus is confident that they will, reminding her how strong William and the others are. Kate hopes she'll see them again, but is paranoid about whether or not Nathaniel was being truthful when he said he was going to ship them off to an island. Marcus holds Kate close, and tells her not to worry, and that they'll escape before that ever happens.

#### "**Gunpoint**"

While resting in the cell, Kate sees Daniel Rockwell standing outside of their cell, a dull expression on his face, and a clipboard in hand. He's obviously surveying them to some regard, which Zac points out loudly. Daniel claims that this is about them proving their worth, which Kate finds strange since they're prisoners. Daniel says that the only reason he's here is because he's looking for anyone who might have medical experience. Everyone looks towards Fraser, who after some convincing by the men, agrees to become an assistant to the community's doctor. When Daniel leaves, Kate looks around at the others, excited. She knows that if Fraser will be allowed out and becomes trusted in the infirmary, he could maybe free them from the cell.

#### "**Consequence**"

While in the cell, Isaac Moses, a guard sitting outside their cell, suddenly speaks up. Kate is immediately caught off guard, having thought that Isaac wasn't allowed to speak. She learns that Isaac feels sympathy for them - he's not like everyone else in the community. Through the conversation that Isaac and the group in the cell have, they find out that Badrick is here as well, as a guest of Nathaniel's. Before they learn much more, Daniel is seen hurrying into the room, where Isaac is taken aside to speak with him. When they come walking back over to the cell, Kate and the others find out that they're going to let them out. Kate is a bit hesitant at first, but Daniel makes it clear that he's done with Nathaniel, and done with this community. He says that the ship meant to take them to the island isn't coming back -- and now, Badrick has escaped, and is on his way to them with a new Rasta army to launch an attack. Kate is confused, having been told just a few minutes ago that Badrick was here - but Daniel knows for a fact that Badrick is out and coming to attack them -- specifically to attack another group of prisoners that are here at the stadium. Those prisoners happen to be William and the rest of the group. But before Daniel lets all of them out, he brings Fraser with him to the infirmary as part of his plan, while Isaac stays here to watch over Kate, Marcus and Zac, who reluctantly go along with it.

#### "**All the King's Men**"

Eventually Daniel returns, pistol in hand. He reveals that William and the others have already been let out, and are gathering weapons from the armoury to prepare for the attack. He throws Isaac the key to their cell, and tells him to bring everyone to the front entrance. As Daniel hurries off, Isaac unlocks the cell, letting Kate, Marcus and Zac out. They follow him to the armoury.

In the armoury, Kate grabs a pistol, before she and the others head out towards the front entrance.

At the entrance, Kate immediately notices her group, and runs over to hug them all in a group.

When the Rastas launch their attack, Kate goes with Marcus and a few others to defend the back entrance to the stadium. She's seen shooting at some Rastas, and saves William's life by killing a Rasta that was opening fire at him.

When the battle is over, Kate walks out onto the pitch beside Marcus, looking on at all of the corpses in the field, and among them is Angela, who Jon is sitting over. Kate looks over sorrowfully.

She and Marcus continue walking through the hallways of the stadium. As they approach the infirmary, they notice several Rastas lying dead on the floor - and among the corpses, they find Fraser and Zac, lying next to each other, dead. Kate's eyes tear up, as Marcus falls to his knees, staring at the ground. She puts a hand on his shoulder, while starting to cry.

#### "**Moment of Silence**"

Minutes later, Kate and Marcus are still outside of the infirmary. Kate's already stabbed Fraser and Zac in the head to prevent them from reanimating into zombies. She wipes tears from her eyes, then turns to Marcus, and quietly says that they went out fighting... together. Marcus doesn't say anything, and so Kate says that they should bring their bodies outside to be buried.

They drag the bodies out onto the pitch, and lay them down, gently. She glances around, and sees Jon still sitting by Angela's body. Approaching slowly, she softly calls Jon's name, and says that they're going to bury Fraser and Zac... and should bury Angela too. She asks if that's okay with him, and Jon nods wordlessly, taking his hand away from Angela's.

While the graves are being dug, Kate walks around the pitch, and notices someone sitting on a bench in the distance - someone she hasn't seen in a while: Alex. She walks over, taking a seat beside him, remarking about she thought she'd never see him again. She learns that after the mall got destroyed, Alex ended up getting taken prisoner by Nathaniel's people too. Kate asks if he's going to be staying with them, and Alex supposes he will, given he doesn't have anywhere else to go. Nodding slowly, Kate smiles and welcomes him back to the group.

When Jared Kellings comes walking out onto the pitch asking about Rebecca, Kate tells him that she's in the infirmary. When Jon then starts beating up Jared a couple of minutes later, Kate approaches, telling Jon that he's not worth it. But Jared, hearing her, says "speak - for yourself, girl," prompting Jon to continue punching him. Kate frowns, stepping back and allowing this to happen.

Later on, Kate is present during Fraser, Zac and Angela's funeral. Afterwards, Kate looks over at William, and asks him what they'll do now. After taking a moment to thin, William says that they'll stay here for now to rest up - but they won't be here for long. He hopes that everyone in the group will have faith in him to make the right decisions. As everyone starts to walk off, Kate walks up to William, patting him on the shoulder, proud of him for stepping up to be the leader.

Later, Kate walks towards the front entrance, where she finds Marcus standing by himself. She approaches, wondering where he'd been, and asking how he's doing. Marcus simply says that he's fine, but Kate knows he's not. She knows Marcus - and knows that he doesn't ever open up about his feelings, and tells him that he doesn't have to go through this alone. "They'd both be so proud of you, Marcus," she says, talking about Fraser and Zac. And she wants him to be proud of them as well; they died heroes, protecting a defenseless Rebecca from being killed. Marcus nods silently, but Kate tells him to talk to her. "I have nothing to say," Marcus replies, rather cold. He just wants to deal with this alone. This is his problem, but that doesn't stop Kate from wanting to help. She tells him that she loves him, but all Marcus says is that he doesn't need her help. He then walks off, leaving Kate where she is.

#### "**That Sweet Temptation**"

The next day, Kate is at the front entrance, stabbing zombies with Alex and Aldus. While they're at it, Kate starts talking to Alex, pointing out how he's seemed to calmed down since the last time she saw him. Alex says that he most certainly has in a sarcastic tone - which confuses Kate, but she chooses to believe that he really has. Just then, Kate sees Marcus in the distance, walking out of the stadium through a side door, and was walking off. She frowns -- but Aldus says that he'll go and get him. When Aldus leaves, Kate and Alex head back inside where they won't be bothered by the zombies. After putting away her knife, Kate talks about how she wants to help Marcus - and it's frustrating her knowing she can't. "You can't help someone that doesn't want help," Alex remarks, making Kate frown. She says that Marcus is a good man -- the last person in this group who deserved to go through something like that, and she's worried about him leaving the stadium and putting himself in potential danger. Alex assures her that Marcus will be fine, and Kate thanks him, nodding slowly. She's happy to see that Alex has changed for the better, to which Alex says that you've got to change if you want to survive. Kate can relate to that - as she thinks back to the person she was at the start of the outbreak, and realizes that if she were that same woman, she wouldn't be standing here today. Nodding, she tells Alex to go and get some rest, and Alex walks off.

Later, Kate is sitting quietly in the cafeteria with William. She then abruptly asks the man what it felt like when he lost Jacob. William turns to face her, frowning, and explains that he felt a lot of things - but that he mostly felt guilt, blaming himself for what happened. William wonders why she asked, and Kate says that she's just worried about Marcus, worried that he'll get himself killed. William reassures her that Marcus wouldn't do anything stupid to get himself killed knowing that Kate is still here. Kate then sadly tells William about the last time she spoke to Marcus - and how she told him that she loved him for the first time, just for him to not say it back. William tells her not to worry. He knows what the grieving process is like, and knows that Marcus loves her. Kate nods, and thanks William; she'd been wanting to hear it from someone who's been through the same thing Marcus is going through now. Just then, Benjamin steps into the room, approaching them and taking a seat. He and William talk briefly, before Benjamin says that he has something to tell them. Kate looks over, curious. "It's about the outbreak..." Benjamin says, "...and how it started."

#### "**Revelations**"

In the cafeteria, Kate and William sit across from Benjamin, speechless. They've just been told that Benjamin had a role to play in the creation of the zombie outbreak. Kate immediately wonders if Benjamin knows how to create a cure -- and that's what Benjamin wants to do. He wants to travel to his company's headquarters in Denver, Colorado, where there'll be information about everything he's just told them, about how the outbreak started. Kate is stunned, and tells William that they should talk to the others before they do anything.

On the pitch, Kate comes across Layton, who's sitting and reading an old newspaper, which she finds to be weird, but doesn't care as long as Layton is happy. Before Kate walks off, Layton whispers to her, pointing at Jared in the distance, who's staring right at her, and says that he thinks Jared likes her. Awkwardly, Kate walks off to go and get William.

Kate is present when William later reveals to the rest of the group what Benjamin had done - and announces that they're going to be going to Denver to try and find a cure for the zombie apocalypse.

That night, Kate is standing out at the front entrance, keeping watch, when she hears Marcus approaching her from behind. She doesn't turn around, even after Marcus says that he's sorry. She understands - but Marcus insists that he was wrong in shutting Kate out. Kate continues to look ahead, as Marcus tells her that she means the world to him, and that he loves her. Finally, she turns around and hugs Marcus, glad that he's back, and that she's always here to help him.

#### "**The Road Ahead**"

In the morning, Kate is seen getting ready to leave with the rest of her group. She gets into one of the cars with Marcus, Jon and Solomon Reed.

While driving to Denver, Solomon suggests that they play I spy, and even though Kate thinks that it'll be difficult in a moving car, she goes along, playing for a little while. Eventually she hears Jon mumbling to himself in the back, and asks if he's okay. He says that he's fine.

#### "**The Beginning**"

The trip to Denver is delayed by a few hours after a landslide, but with the help of Kate and the others, they manage to clear the rocks off the road.

The group stops at a gas station outside of Denver, where William and Benjamin decide that they'll only bring a small group of people into the city with them to investigate the Taylor & Co. headquarters. Kate and Marcus are two people that volunteer to go.

While walking through the streets of Denver, Kate looks over at Benjamin, asking him if there's *really* going to be any information about the outbreak. Benjamin nods, claiming that there will be proof. But as Benjamin continues to talk with the others, he makes it clear that there likely wont be much here that will help them to create something that can cure people who are already zombies - but there likely will be something that will help them creature a vaccine to slow, or even prevent an infection for someone who's bit by a zombie.

At Benjamin's building, the group don't make it too far before a voice comes over the intercom demanding that everyone drop their weapons. Reluctantly, Kate and the others do -- but not for long, as the man over the intercom would then release a horde of zombies at them, laughing. Kate picks up her pistol quickly, as the group becomes split up. She, Marcus, Albert and Aldus flee into a small office, barricading themselves inside to block out the zombies.

With zombies banging on the door, they don't have much time to plan a course of action. Marcus suggests they break a window and flee the area - something Kate isn't sure about. She doesn't want to leave William, Benjamin and the others who are still in the building behind. She can't bring herself to do it -- but the other men make Kate realize that there's not a whole lot they can do to save the others in the building. They just have to hope they can get out on their own. Kate, frowning, finally agrees and says that they have to go. But Marcus comes up with a last minute idea.

After breaking through the window and climbing out, the four of them would hotwire a car and slowly drive around the area, until they see Jared, William and Daniel exiting out of the building. They pick them up, and speed off, avoiding the zombie hordes.

### **Season 5**

#### "**Day By Day**"

It’s been seven weeks since the group left Denver. They’ve been on the road, without vehicles for a while now. Standing under a gazebo at a rest stop, Kate points to a map that Ed has sprawled out, seeing that they’re just next to Garden City, Kansas. The group discusses what their next move should look like, and Kate brings up the fact that the group is running low on energy, and she doesn’t know how much longer they can even keep traveling. In the end, they decide on going to and check out a neighbourhood on the outskirts of town.

Kate and a group of others, including Marcus, head out to investigate a small residential street on the outskirts of Garden City. Upon arriving, the group split up, with William and Jon taking a small, one story home, while the other five clear a bigger, two story house.

Kate and four others enter one house to clear it out. Inside, Kate remarks about how nice the place looks, and says to Marcus that this would have been a nice place to settle down in. She mentions how she’s always liked the city atmosphere more anyway - at least before the apocalypse. The five of them eventually split up to search the building.

Kate and Dean search the first floor. While they do, Dean brings up what Kate said about settling down--and how he doesn't feel like they'll ever be able to find a place like Willamette Mall again. Kate believes that they'll eventually find somewhere safe, even if it means they need to keep fighting for a few more weeks--or months. She tells him that it's not just him who's feeling down--but that everyone is. She concludes by telling him that if they give up now, they'd be letting Badrick win, since it was him who took the mall from them. Dean doesn't buy in to what she's saying, but he doesn't speak up to tell her so.

The rest of the group would come to the two houses they cleared later on, deciding that they’d stay here for at least one night. During dinner, Kate is sitting at a table with a few others, when Marcus hopes that they won't be constantly traveling for much longer, which reminds Kate about Dean. She takes a plate with some cooked food on it and goes off in search of Dean.

It doesn’t take her long to find him sitting outside on the back steps, listening to Layton ramble on about his theories. When Kate approaches, she asks to speak with Dean alone. Layton abides and heads back inside. Kate sits down and offers him the plate of food, but Dean isn't hungry. She admits to him that although she likes to be optimistic, Kate is realistic as well, and knows that any day could be their last. Dean recalls what she said in their earlier conversation, and says that he doesn't believe that their constant fighting will mean anything in the end. He then mentions his conversation with Edward, and what he said about needing power to run a community. Kate says that that's just what Edward is like, and that he's always dealing with something. She stands up and tells Dean he should come inside--and although hesitant, Dean agrees, smiling and heading inside, hoping to take his mind off other things.

#### "**A Good Man**"

Kate, along with William, Rebecca and Albert are in one of the motel rooms with Brenden Trevors getting to know him. Kate and the rest of the group have just arrived at a motel that Brenden was occupying, and he’s allowing them to stay. Brenden elaborates on what he was saying earlier: he and his bandmates were looting a cereal factory nearby when they were attacked by zombies, forcing Brenden to run back here. Brenden then confirms Kate's question about there being very little supplies in the motel. With Garden City known to be full of the infected, Rebecca asks if he knows any places they could scavenge, and Brenden says he could point out a few places on a map if they had one. Kate nods with a smile. "Ed."

Ed sprawls a map on the trunk of one of the vehicles, and Brenden first points out the cereal factory he lost his bandmates at, and then at a small drive-in theatre which he thinks could also provide some supplies. Ed thanks Brenden for his help while Kate starts devising a plan for how to scavenge the two locations.

Later, in their bedroom at the motel, Kate and Marcus are talking about how nice it is to finally be able to sleep properly in a safe place. Marcus tells her that the people he's fighting for are Fraser and Zac, and how he wants to do them proud, keep everyone safe, and settle down somewhere. "We will," Kate tells him. She then gets up to go find and check up on Dean.

When Kate comes knocking on Dean’s motel room door, and then steps in, she sees him frantically trying to hide a bottle of whiskey, but there's no time. Knowing he's already caught, he continues drinking, telling Kate that he needed a drink because of all the stress. He doesn't believe that the motel is going to work--and they'll end up having to run again. Kate responds by remaining hopeful that the motel will serve as a break from being on the road. Dean continues to drink, remarking about how he thought he'd gotten over drinking. Angry, he tosses the bottles away and it smashes off the wall, referring to himself as being "the same fucking weasel". Kate tells him that he's not, and that he's changed since then. She says that having a little bit to drink is alright--and that Dean should get his energy back and find a hobby while they stay at the motel. Before leaving, Dean pleads with Kate not to tell anyone about his drinking. Kate promises she won't, and knows that if Austin managed to stop drinking, so can he.

Later that night, Kate wanders over to the front gate where William is, wondering if he was waiting for Daniel's group to return from their supply run to the cereal factory. William says that he's hoping they return soon. Looking around, Kate notices they're missing one car from earlier, and mentions how she heard somebody driving off earlier, but didn't see who. William believes that whoever left will hopefully be back soon. Kate tells him not to dwell on it, before she exits the motel, telling him that she was going to go look in the woods for a missing Dean--who she suspects might've been the one who left.

While searching through the woods, Kate stumbles across Dean--who's surrounded by zombie corpses. Dean drops a bloody whiskey bottle, falling to the ground. His eyes watering, he tells Kate that he was out here trying to prove that he was still capable of something--but that he's now proven to himself he's the same old pathetic drunk. Kneeling down next to him, Kate, in a quiet tone, tells Dean that things will get better--and he'll overcome this. Shaking his head, Dean is tired of her saying the same things. He no longer believes in anything she says, telling her that everything they're doing is hopeless. Kate, raising her voice, says it's not hopeless, and that everything they've been doing is for each other. She takes Dean's hand and pulls him to his feet, helping him walk back towards the motel. Dean begins going a bit delusional, bringing up Jim, and how it was his fault he died. "Jim was killed by a monster. You're not a monster," she tells him, and they keep walking.

#### "**Over and Over**"

Brenden is the first to return from the cereal factory. Shivering, he heads inside the reception room, and tells Kate, William and Rebecca what happened at the cereal factory - about how a horde of zombies attacked them, and Brenden fled. He doesn’t know the status of anybody else. William decides that he needs to send a party out to rescue them, and Kate takes it upon herself to gather up a group of people willing to go on the rescue mission.

Kate gathers Randall, Austin, Aldus, Jon and Marcus in the parking lot. She announces to them that they're the only capable people to go on the rescue mission to the factory, explaining that Edward has left, Solomon is missing, and Dean is in no shape to go. All five men agree to go on the mission, and they immediately begin to get ready to go. Kate watches them leave, frowning.

Sometime early the next morning, when it’s still dark out, Kate is on watch when she hears bushes rustling nearby. She aims her gun up, startled, but is relieved when she sees Jared stepping out of the trees, asking whether anybody else had made it back and if he could speak to William. Kate tells him Brenden was back before taking him inside to see William.

Kate brings Jared into the reception room, where William is. She then leaves them to go get Jared a bottle of water. As Kate reenters the room just a few moments later, she hears Jared saying that Albert died a hero saving him, and she breaks down into tears, not wanting to believe that he’s dead, but Jared is sure that he is.

When Marcus and the others return, Kate comes running over to hug him - but stops when she sees his clothing covered in blood. Marcus says he’s fine, and that it’s just zombie blood. When Marcus and the others then find out from Jared what had happened to Albert, Kate frowns, not wanting to hear it again, and so Jared goes quiet. She says that she’ll prepare a funeral for Albert in the morning.

In the morning, Kate holds the funeral for Albert, in which everyone from the group is present. She says a few words to begin, reflecting on how much of a good person Albert was, before she turns to Jared, calling him to speak, since he was the last one with him. Jared obliges, and steps forward to speak, followed by Austin. The funeral comes to an end.

Later that day, Kate approaches Rebecca, who’s standing outside of her and William’s room. By this point, Daniel and Lolida have returned, and Jared was locked into one of the motel rooms, a beaten, bloody mess. Kate asks if William has said anything about it yet, but Rebecca says he hasn’t.

Rebecca goes to speak with William, and then Jared, while William gathers Kate and everybody else into the parking lot for something that he doesn’t say. When Rebecca comes walking out with Jared, William reveals a stool and some rope. Kate tries to interject, but William completely ignores her, as he and Jon tie a noose around Jared’s neck. After William’s speech explaining that it was Jared who got Albert and Isaac killed, he says that what he’s about to do is for the group, so Jared can’t harm anyone again. Kate steps forward, again trying to reason with William, telling him that there’s another way they can do this. But William doesn’t listen to her, and kicks the stool out from underneath Jared, hanging him.

#### "**Before it Gets Better**"

Upon returning to the motel, Dean goes to see Kate at her motel room. When Kate lets him in, Dean begins to apologize for how negative he's been lately, and how he wants to start helping out the group now. Kate smiles, happy to see Dean finally changing for the better. Dean asks her how she's been doing lately, and Kate says she's okay, and tells Dean that moving forward, she wants to help people--just like Albert had done by convincing the group to save Brenden. Dean thinks for a moment, before telling her that he wants to help her do that.

#### "**His Resolve**"

At the motel, Kate is sitting next to an unconscious Marcus, with Randall standing nearby; both men have had their wounds tended to after returning from a supply run in town that hadn’t gone over very well. Randall feels sorry for not being able to prevent Marcus from being beaten, which leaves Kate confused, as Marcus would be dead if it weren't for him. Still, Randall apologizes again, and leaves the room.

After Randall passes out while on guard duty, Kate, Rebecca and Austin go to check up on him, ensuring that he will be okay. She sighs, telling the others that even though things aren't looking well, they'll make it through as long as they remain optimistic.

Kate and Dean hear a commotion at the front gate and walk over, joining Rebecca as she heads over to the front gate. Lloyd runs off to go bring the other members of the group armed and ready in case things go south. A group led by Aidan Eldridge arrives outside the motel, weak, tired, and some of them wounded. Seeing the state of the group, Kate and Dean immediately say that they need to let them in. Rebecca isn't sure it's the right call, but after hearing Aidan explain how they just lost two of their own, she can't bring herself to turn them away. Once the group is let in, Kate starts getting to know a little bit more about them, finding out that Jeanne Randolph is a nurse and can help them. Everything is going swell, until William and Jon walk over, and seeing what’s happening, William demands that the new group leave immediately. Kate instantly starts to argue that they can’t send Aidan’s group back out there, because they won’t make it. Others back her up, but William, Jon and Daniel are adamant that Aidan’s people must go. The arguing between Kate and William continues. Jon eventually draws his gun as well, and William tells him to count to ten before he is free to fire on Aidan's group if they don't leave. The arguing intensifies, and Kate approaches Jon, forcing his gun down. In response to this, William points his own gun at Kate, leaving her frightened and in disbelief. When William eventually fires off a warning shot at Aidan’s group, Kate has enough, punching William before she’s restrained by Daniel. She looks to William, pleading with him to stop this, but William doesn’t change his mind. Finally being let go from Daniel, Kate looks to the other people from her group, desperate for people to help her, but it’s already too late; Aidan’s group has left. Jon and William walk off, while Daniel stays behind, looking at Kate and commenting on how stupid she is for even considering letting them in.

#### "**The Right Thing**"

Kate approaches Jon and Austin as they are on their way out of the motel, stopping them, and Jon explains to her that William had left on a supply run. Kate slowly nods, before telling Jon that he should go speak to Claire since he had pushed her to the ground during the incident with Aidan’s group earlier, but he has no interest in doing so. As Jon walks away, Austin apologizes to Kate for taking William's side, but says that in their current state, they couldn't risk it.

After, Kate joins Claire, Marcus, Dean and Randall in one of the motel rooms, and she tells them that William has left for the day. They decide that they need to go out and save Aidan's group, even if it means going against William, since Kate knows that it is the right thing to do, and it’s what Albert would have done. Randall is worried about what William might do when he finds out, but Marcus says they have the numbers advantage.

Clyde eventually arrives back at the motel after tracking Aidan’s group all night, and immediately goes to see Kate and the others, disclosing where Aidan's group had ended up; an office building in Garden City. It's decided that they need to go and save them. Dean is nervous, but agrees that it's better to do that instead of nothing. When Kate asks who's willing to go into the city, Dean, Clyde, Claire and Marcus all volunteer to go, even if the latter two are still healing. Randall wants to go as well, but he's in far worse shape than Marcus and Claire, so he has to stay behind. Kate stands, telling everyone that they'll need to leave the guns behind, as it'd only make things worse with William. She tells them to meet her at the gate in five minutes.

Around five minutes later, Kate is approached by Brenden while waiting by the gate, and he says he didn't feel right about the whole situation, and that he wants to help with whatever they're doing. Kate is surprised that he even knows, and she warns him that what they're doing is dangerous, but Brenden still wants to help - he wants to be brave for once. Kate frowns slightly, but agrees to let him come along. She sends him into the storage room to get a hatchet. While he's gone, everyone else arrives at the front gate, ready to leave. When Brenden returns, Kate gives everyone a last chance to back out, but nobody does. Before they leave, Kate tries motivating everyone that what they're doing--although dangerous, is the right thing to do; it's what Albert would have done.

In Garden City, Clyde is leading everyone towards the office building where Aidan's group is trapped in. Clyde notes how the streets surrounding the building were swarmed with zombies, and so it'll be difficult to find a way in. The entire group is nervous about what might happen, but are happy to be doing this knowing that they’re saving a group of people.

Soon, they make it to downtown Garden City, where Clyde points out the building they're trapped in. With Kate covering them from a few zombies, they climb up onto the roof of a nearby deli shop to get a better look of the building. Kate follows the rest up after, and they look on at the building, but can't find any way inside. However, Claire notices something.

Claire takes the group over to a nearby pedestrian bridge that goes parallel to the office building they need to get inside. Her plan is to smash one of the windows to the office building and jump into it in order to avoid fighting the hordes below. All of them begin throwing rocks at the windows, while Kate fights to keep approaching zombies off of them. Claire finally manages to smash open one of the building's windows, and Clyde is the one who jumps across to the building. Kate starts to become a little overwhelmed by the zombies, and yells for some help while Clyde and Claire get some rope ready to climb across. When the rope is tied down on both ends, the group begins climbing across one by one. Once they all safely make it across, they split up to search and clear the building. Dean and Marcus head to the first floor to watch the front doors in case the horde breaks through, while everyone else goes to search the upper floors.

Kate and the others enter a room on the top floor, where they see Aidan and his group. Kate steps in first, telling them that it was a mistake and they're here to rectify it. Aidan and most of the others are quick to forgive them, and are happy to see that they came back to rescue them. Kate and Claire inform them that it won't be easy to get out of the building.

Everyone patiently waits for Dean and Marcus. To pass the time, Kate questions if Jesse Garnett is Aidan's son - but he says that he's just his guardian, and that his parents had sadly died. Eventually, Dean makes it up to them, and Kate is relieved to see him. He lets them all in on the current situation downstairs, saying that the hordes of zombies are starting to break in. Once everyone takes in the news, they nervously begin heading down the stairs.

When Kate arrives downstairs with everyone else, Marcus says that the horde has already broken through and they don't have much time. Marcus goes around to the windows, looking out, but doesn't see any safe way out where they'd be free of zombies. Attempting to remain calm, he gathers everyone around and tells them that they'll need to stick together as a unit if they want any chance of fighting their way out. One last thing Marcus mentions - is the idea of smearing zombie guts onto them in order to sneak past the hordes unnoticed. The others, albeit grossed out, agree that it'll be worth a try.

Things go from bad to worse when one of Aidan’s group members, Luke Butler, dies while trying to help Marcus get a zombie. Now, the zombies have completely broken in and are on their way up to them. They have no choice but to fight. The group get into their positions, with the most vulnerable being protected by the capable ones. The zombies begin to swarm the second floor, and the survivors begin to fight back. Kate and Marcus stick close to each other, doing their best to protect everyone - but while fighting, Kate sees, across the room, Jeanne and Wesley Randolph being killed. Eventually, Kate and Marcus become separated as well, and Kate is left with just Brenden, Aidan, Jesse and Abigail Brooks.

Kate's team starts pushing towards the stairwell in an attempt to make it out of the building. It's a battle to get to the stairwell, but they eventually make it there--where another member of the group falls to the horde. The injured Abigail has her throat ripped out, and she's quickly grabbed by more zombies, who claw into and devour her. Aidan looks on and screams in horror, and he tries to save her--but he's far too late. He's forced to retreat back with the rest of the group, who have now finally made their way to the bottom floor and are nearing the windows, where they'll be able to escape. As they make it to the window, Aidan is bitten in the shoulder by a zombie. While Brenden rushes ahead to try and break open the window, Aidan, realizing he's a goner, begs Kate to take care of Jesse when he's gone. He then charges into the horde, gathering their attention, giving Brenden, Kate and Jesse time to escape. Brenden jumps out the window, and Kate and Jesse are about to go out next--but Jesse stops, his eyes fixated on Aidan as the man is ripped apart. Kate tries pulling the kid out, but Jesse resists, crying out over the loss of Aidan. With the horde a mere couple feet away from Jesse, Kate is forced to let go, looking away as Jesse screams, the horde clawing him to bits. A distressed, bloody and tired Kate screams out as she kills a zombie in her way, her head no longer in the game. She regroups with Brenden, and they escape down the street.

Kate and Brenden are stumbling down the street - and it's then that Kate notices Brenden's bitten hand. She says that they'll have to deal with it, but not here. Suddenly, a car comes skidding to a stop in front of them, and sitting in the driver's seat, Jon yells at them to get in. They get in, while a furious Jon tells them not to say a word until they escape the city. Kate tries telling him that the others are still trapped in the office building, but Jon only says that it's her fault for that. While he drives out of the city, Jon sees Kate preparing to amputate Brenden's hand, realizing that he's been bit, which only angers him further. But he reluctantly instructs Kate on what to do after she cuts his hand off. Using Brenden's own hatchet, she slices his hand off, while Brenden screams in pain. Afterwards, she quickly uses the available resources to stop the bleeding the best she can.

#### "**It All Comes Crashing Down**"

The car speeds into the motel, and Kate immediately steps out, rushing Brenden into one of the motel rooms, while Austin hurries off to find a medkit when Kate asks him to. Everyone begins gathering around in the parking lot, including Randall, who worries about where the others are. Kate insists that they're still alive, and that they need to go back and save them, but Jon quickly refuses to help her anymore. Soon, Daniel and Lolida join everyone in the parking lot, both of them annoyed with Kate. Daniel shows zero remorse when Kate says that all of Aidan’s group were killed, and even jokes about Jesse’s death, a death Kate is still struggling to shake out of her head. As Daniel is continuing his rant against Kate, Austin returns with the medkit, and Kate goes to treat Brenden. After doing what she can, Kate steps back out of the motel room, just as a horde of zombies is seen approaching the motel, a horde that followed them from Garden City. Daniel suggests that they leave immediately, something most other people agree with. Randall hands out a pistol to everyone including Kate with a couple of bullets as an emergency. However, before the group can leave the motel, a second - and then a third horde surrounds the motel on the other sides, trapping the survivors in. Kate knows that it’s not safe to try and leave now -- so they’ll just need to hold down the fort for as long as they can.

Some time passes as Kate and the others fight off the horde of zombies, but they aren't making much progress. Kate manages to find some of Dean’s whiskey bottles, and Jon has a plan to make molotov cocktails out of them. Seconds later, the fence surrounding the motel that was keeping the horde out suddenly falls over, and the horde funnels in. Most of the survivors hurry to the second floor of the motel, while Kate rushes to Brenden's room, knowing that they'd try and get to him.

When Kate sees Randall trapped atop a car outside, she rushes out of Brenden's room to try and save him. The others up on the second floor provide some covering fire with their limited ammo. Eventually, Kate reaches Randall, and the two begin fighting back towards Brenden's room. Kate and Randall desperately fight off the zombies that chase after them, but they are becoming overwhelmed. Luckily for them, Aldus, returning from his hunting trip, uses his sniper to save them from afar. After picking Brenden up, Kate and Randall begin to move through the horde, desperately trying to get to the gate. Suddenly, a fire engine with its lights and sirens on comes speeding up to the motel. Most of the horde begins stumbling over to the fire truck. Because of the distraction, Kate, Randall and Brenden are able to escape into the woods.

In the woods, Kate and Randall catch their breath, wondering if the fire truck they saw was driven by their own people. Sighing, Kate knows that she messed up, and admits to Randall that all of this was her own fault. Randall tells her she was just doing the right thing, and that he has her back no matter what. Soon, Jon and the others join them, and without delay, Daniel begins cursing at Kate for screwing everything up. He goes as far as to say that he'd kill her right now if he could, prompting Randall to step forward, however, he gets shoved aside. Before the situation escalates, Marcus, Claire and Clyde show up. Daniel backs down upon seeing them, and Kate happily reunites with Marcus. Now that everybody is back together and out of danger, Jon decides it's his turn to scold Kate and them for going on their mission into the city. Suddenly, the group hear and see William, Lloyd, Ed and the unconscious Rebecca approaching them. After handing off Rebecca to Lloyd, William steps towards everyone. Already with an idea of what happened, William demands to know how many of them went after Aidan's group. Kate comes clean, admitting that it was six of them, including her. William stares at her for a moment, before he begins to shout at her in anger, pointing out what's happened now because of her stupidity. From now on, William says that he doesn't want anybody doing anything without his consent--or else there would be punishments. Stepping forward, Marcus and Clyde both admit that this is their fault--but that they don't at all regret going into the city to try and save them. Kate says something similar, but points out how William is foolish to be untrustworthy of everybody because of one person. Tired of Kate's blabbering, Daniel tells her to keep quiet, causing Marcus to approach him, wanting to tussle with him. Sick of the arguing, William tells them all to shut up, and repeats what he said earlier: nobody is to do anything without his approval. He is the one in charge, not them.

#### "**Little Man**"

In the dead of night inside a church, Kate wakes up from a bad dream, deciding that she needs to go outside and get some air. In the back of her she hears the screams of Jesse, and then visions Aidan and Abigail being devoured by zombies. She hurries outside and takes a seat, sobbing quietly, before being discovered by Alex. He approaches her, wondering why she's crying. Kate calls herself a wreck, and is distraught over everything that's happened because of her. Alex agrees that what she did was not the smartest, but finds it honourable that she wanted to help people. Kate is surprised to hear Alex talking like this, and wonders what changed in him since the mall. He tells her that all he's done is learn to adapt to his surroundings. After their conversation, Kate heads back inside.

As William is heading for the office inside the church, Kate tries to stop him to talk to him, but William tells her no, not even bothering to look in her direction.

Kate comes into the main church room, where she sees Marcus and Aldus talking. She’s upset, and tells them about William not wanting to speak to her at all. Aldus believes he'll eventually come around, but Marcus thinks it's stupid of him to be ignoring Kate in the first place. Getting more upset by the second, Kate begins going on about how them being here is still mostly her fault. Daniel hears this as he approaches, and scoffs, tired of having to listen to Kate, Marcus, and the others. Tired of the way Daniel's been treating them, Marcus stands up and calls him out for being a douchebag. More members of the group gather around as the argument escalates. Then, a fight between Marcus and Daniel, both of them throwing punches and kicks. Kate, desperately trying to stop the fight, tries pulling the two apart. In the heat of the moment, Daniel, while throwing punches at Marcus, punches Kate in the face as well. An enraged Marcus manages to gather enough strength to get the upper hand and begins choking out Daniel. Jon and Austin eventually step in and pry the two men apart. William finally exits the church's office and walks over tiredly. He doesn't yell or hand out punishments--he simply tells them all to quit acting like monkeys, then turns back around, sighing, as he goes back to the office, ignoring Jon calling his name. Jon, Austin and Aldus leave the room to go check the perimeter. When William is gone, Daniel continues barking taunts at Marcus for not continuing the fight. Kate decides she's heard enough, and tells Daniel to back off. Daniel looks over at her, telling her that all of this is on her, and that he hopes she enjoyed watching the kid in Garden City get eaten. Furious, Kate walks over and begins punching Daniel, screaming at him that she didn't mean for any of this to happen. She delivers a final punch, sending Daniel falling to the ground, down for the count. Kate then falls to her knees, beginning to cry.

Later, in another room, Marcus is bandaging up Kate's bloody hand. He doesn't at all blame her for taking it all out on Daniel, and Kate says that he's had it coming for a long time. As Kate is thinking about the office building, she begins to break down, still traumatized over not being able to save Jesse. She begins crying, and Marcus hugs her to comfort her.

#### "**Pipe Dream**"

Kate wakes up from another nightmare about the disaster in Garden City and hastily gets out her chair, heading outside for a smoke. After a few moments, Dean finds her, and she tries to hide her cigarette, but Dean says he doesn't care about the cigarette. Kate begins talking about Garden City, and how she felt so strongly about saving the group of people--but she failed, and everything has gone wrong. Dean tells her that none of this is hers or any of their faults. Kate says that she still wants to keep fighting until they can find a permanent place to settle down, but that it feels so far out of their reach. Dean admits he's not the hopeful type, but that he now believes that there is a place out there for them. Nodding, Kate is glad to hear that Dean is more optimistic than she is, and says that she hopes things will get better. Dean reminds her that even though the Garden City mission might have failed, they tried their best, and that's what matters.

In the church, everyone in the group including Kate have convened in the main hall. William finally makes his way out of the office and down the hall, stopping a few feet from the two sister recruiters. Genna Brohem begins by introducing herself and Mackenzie Brohem, before explaining that they come from a community called Worthwood, a community with electricity, water, and high walls for safety. Kate isn't sure about this community they're talking about, and asks them to give them more information. Genna obliges and goes into detail about the location and how everybody there has to work to earn their keep. Clyde is the first person to step forward and tell his group that this might be the chance they've been fighting for. Kate agrees, but others aren't convinced yet. Kate decides that the best way to go about this is with a vote, and mostly everyone agrees. And so the rest of the group begin to separate into two sides. An overwhelming number of people choose Kate's side in wanting to check out the community of Worthwood, while only a few remain unconvinced. However, even after the vote, William steps forward, calmly telling the two recruiters that he kindly refuses their offer. Kate immediately makes her way over to William, telling him to look around--everyone wanted to go with the recruiters. She reminds him about Rebecca, and how the doctors at this supposed community could help her. But William is adamant about his decision, ignoring Kate's pleas. Others begin to agree with Kate, including Alex, Layton and Lolida. As Lolida gets in a heated argument with William, Kate tries apologizing to the two recruiters, but before she can finish, William storms over, pushing Kate to the floor, and draws his gun, demanding that the recruiters leave. Genna and Mackenzie walk out of the church with haste, as Marcus goes to check on Kate. Dropping his gun to the floor, William shakes his head, turning and going back into the office, leaving everyone else in silence.

At the church, Kate is enjoying a glass of tequila in the storage room. Daniel enters the room, closing the door behind him, and asks if he could join her for a drink. He says that he needs to get some stuff off his chest, so Kate allows him to. Their conversation gets off to a strange start, as they begin talking about unhealthy habits - mainly Kate's smoking, which Daniel knows about. Kate decides to stop talking about her smoking habits, and asks Daniel why he's really here. Daniel, fumbling to even get the word out, says that he's here to apologize. He admits that he may have been a little harsh towards her, and shouldn't have hit her during that fight. Kate listens carefully, before asking Daniel what made him reflect on everything. Looking down, Daniel says that Lolida hates him, but he's not just doing this for him. Sitting up, Daniel finally says that Kate and the others didn't deserve what happened to them in Garden City. He knows that he's been purposely hitting Kate where it hurts - especially about the boy's death, and he's sorry for it. Still, Daniel doesn't understand what she and the others were thinking going into Garden City, but he can at least respect them for trying. Kate nods slowly, and says that she can forgive him. The conversation switches to the recent drama with the two recruiters, and how Kate thinks that William is throwing away a golden opportunity. However, if Kate was able to reconcile with Daniel, she believes she can do the same with William.

#### "**The Fanatic and the Freak**"

In the church's office, Kate, William, Jon and the two recruiters are standing around a map. After Brenden’s sudden death combined with his final wish to William, he changed his mind about Worthwood, and Kate is shocked that William is actually going through with this, but he says it's for the best. Genna and Mackenzie explain that the RV they drove down in won't fit everyone, so they'll need to search for more vehicles. Jon takes charge to go out and look for more vehicles.

After Jon and a team leaves, Kate and Dean are in the office, remarking about how they might finally find the place they've been looking for. Kate says that although she'll never forget the tragedy that occurred in Garden City, it doesn't mean she won't stop looking forward to a chance to finally settle down. Dean grimaces thinking back to Garden City, and says that something like that won't ever happen again, and that things will get better. Kate reminisces about the mall back in Willamette, and how both of them have become better people since then. She knows that Jim and Owen would be proud of him. Kate then says that she's hoping to finally see eye to eye with William, and hopes that she'll be able to talk to him.

Eventually, the group leaves the church headed for Worthwood. Kate sits in the RV with Marcus, discussing how nervous it is to actually be going to Worthwood.

After traveling through the night, Genna and Mackenzie, who are at the front of the RV, notice a flare shoot up into the sky nearby. They call over Kate, who agrees with the two sisters that they should check it out to see if somebody needs help. Kate checks in with William first, who ponders over the decision, but ultimately agrees to go and investigate it.

The RV, along with the other cars soon pull up to the location of the flare, and Kate jumps out to help fight the zombies with William,Marcus, Lloyd and the sisters. Genna and Mackenzie immediately recognize the two stranded men who fired off the flare as members from their community. They successfully manage to clear the herd of zombies, and afterwards Sebastian Dominguez thanks them all for the help.

Afterwards, Kate heads back into the RV and sees William sitting alone. She seizes the chance to finally sit down and talk with him. William begins by giving a proper apology for all of his reckless calls. Kate then says sorry for defying him and going into Garden City. At the end of her apology, William tells her that everything she did was right, and he'd have done the same thing were the roles reversed, and even says that Kate would probably be a better leader than him. She looks at him in disbelief, and says that even if he thought the leader role wasn't for him, he kept them all alive for a long time, and she knows Jacob and Erin would be proud of him. William hopes she's right, but insists that Kate take leadership of the group. Kate compromises and says that the two of them can work together, and William agrees to it. Kate smiles, sitting back, satisfied to have finally made things right with William.

Upon arriving at Worthwood, Kate, William and Jon step out of the vehicles, approaching Paul Baird, the police chief here. The Chief asks for the three of them to hand over their weapons before they can go any further. They reluctantly allow themselves to be patted down by the officers, ensuring they were not hiding any weapon of sorts. After the pat down, Paul begins leading Kate, William and Jon over towards the centerpiece of Worthwood: Worthwood Castle.

After a short walk, the three group members are seated in a lobby, with Kevin Norton and Cody Wakefield guarding the door. Soon, Paul enters the room, explaining to the receptionist, Heather Solis, that Gerald Roland was ready for a one-on-one meeting with the leader. Paul looks around to Kate, William and Jon, waiting to see who was going to come forward as the leader. Kate and Jon both agree that it should be William, and so he gets up and goes with Heather.

### **Season 6**

#### "**A Brighter Future**"

At her lodge in Worthwood, Kate finishes dressing up in formal attire. She picks up a box and carries it out of the room with her, where Marcus notices and teases her about her outfit. Kate warns him not to start, before she begins complaining about the amount of time it took for Worthwood's council to schedule a meeting with her. Marcus follows Kate through the house, still amused about Kate's outfit. He questions what's in the box she's carrying, and so Kate opens it. She sighs, laying eyes on a pair of high heels.

Later that day, Kate is sitting in the castle's reception room. Behind the front desk, Heather is tending to a mountain of paperwork. To pass time, Kate asks about what Heather does, and she tells Kate that she's a personal assistant for Gerald, and keeps track of all the departments. A few minutes later, Heather takes Kate to meet the council of Worthwood.

One short walk later, Kate finds herself in a luxurious chamber, where all five members of Worthwood's council are sitting around a table. Gerald sits at the middle, while Naomi Stafford and her husband Chester Stafford sit to his left. On the right, Richard Neuble and Justin Bennett sit quietly. Things quickly get off to an unpleasant start when Kate introduces herself, but is cut off by Justin numerous times. Chester attempts to personally welcome Kate to Worthwood, but he gets quieted by his wife, who questions why Kate was so eager to meet with them. Kate explains how there are some differences to work through. However, Richard speaks up, stating that there was nothing to discuss, as they've been perfectly fine so far. Kate politely disagrees, and says that there are some things that could be improved upon, and she's also hoping to ease some of the tension between them and her group. Naomi interrupts Kate before she can finish, appalled at the fact that Kate is coming in here and telling them how to do their jobs. After listening to the debate for a while, Gerald finally chimes in, and asks Kate what exactly the issues are that she wants to discuss. Kate explains that there is a lack of security, but Gerald and the rest of the council believe that they have enough security already. He suggests that Kate write down all of her complaints with the community, and that the council would get back to her within a few weeks. Kate keeps her cool, but is outraged that it would take "a few weeks" to get back to her. Naomi, tired of Kate's complaining, asks if the meeting is over. Leaning forward in his seat, Gerald tells Kate that they've done a generous thing taking in her group, and all he asks for is that she put some trust into the council. He repeats his suggestion of Kate writing a list of her complaints, and they'll get back to her in a couple of weeks. This time, Kate can't keep her outrage. As Kate yells at Gerald about it, Justin remarks about how this is looking like a public freakout video. Kate can't deal with the council any longer, and she goes to leave, yelling at Gerald that he should come to her when he's ready to talk. As Kate is leaving, she nearly trips on a carpet because of her heels, bringing about some stifled laughter from the council. She curses in anger, kicking off the shoes and storming out.

Kate returns to her lodge fuming. She begins to tell Marcus about what she thinks about the council, and says that she regrets having snapped at them. Even with everything that just happened, Kate has no intentions of giving up yet, and is confident she'll eventually get the council to work with her.

As Genna is leaving William’s lodge, Kate makes her way up the stone path, greeting Genna before she enters the lodge to speak with William.

Inside, Kate tells William and Jon about her rather unpleasant meeting with the council, but that she wasn't giving up. As Kate finishes, Jon asks if she really wants to waste her energy putting up with the snobby members of the council when they can just take the place over. He proposes that they give it one week, and if the council continues to ignore their concerns, then they take the place over... as peacefully as possible. But that's not something he wants. When Jon mentions that he and William are still yet to be given jobs, Kate asks him if he's told Gerald about what he did before, and Jon quickly says that he has, and hopes the council fear him. Trying to remain optimistic, Kate hopes that everyone else has had a better start here than they have.

Late in the day, while resting at home, Kate receives a knock at the door. When she goes to open it, Heather, Gerald's assistant, is standing there with a letter from the council. After Kate takes it, Heather swiftly walks off. Kate opens the letter, and sees that it's a formal apology from the council, and they want to have another meeting. Kate, smirking, scrunches up the paper and tosses it into the trash can.

#### "**All Good Things**"

William wheels Rebecca down the streets of Worthwood, Kate with them. Rebecca looks around in astonishment, taking everything in. Kate starts informing her about the state of the community, and how a welcome party has been planned for that night. Stopping Rebecca's wheelchair, William turns to Kate and asks her to continue rolling Rebecca, as he has to go meet his new colleagues at the school. William then strolls off, as Rebecca is left thinking that she might still be in a coma, but Kate assures her that it's real.

Kate wheels Rebecca into the storage lodge, which is bustling with foot traffic, with people walking in and out, carrying things around, preparing for the upcoming party. Rebecca is still dumbfounded at everything, hardly believing it. Rebecca then asks Kate if she and William were able to sort out their differences, and Kate confirms that they did. When Rebecca questions what Kate thinks about the people here, Kate admits that although most of them are nice, the higher-ups are more than difficult to work with. Suddenly, the two of them are greeted by Eleanor Benson, who introduces herself and explains that she's just picking up some boxes of wine for the party. After Rebecca talks with a couple of others, Eleanor asks if she will be attending the party tonight. She says she'll think about it, before Kate wheels her out of the lodge, where Rebecca, bewildered at everything, asks if this is all real.

Later that evening, Kate and Marcus are getting ready for the party. Once getting dressed up in nice, clean clothing, they're ready to go. Before they do so, Kate grabs a pack of cigarettes, only to find that it's empty. She sighs, putting it back, and leaves with Marcus.

The two of them show up to Worthwood Castle, entering into a grand lobby. People are constantly coming and going, as conversations fill the room. The two of them stare at everything in disbelief. As they begin to walk around, Kate notices Alex speaking to Madelyn Oconnell nearby, telling her all about himself. When Alex spots Kate, he steps aside from Madelyn to greet her. Kate smiles awkwardly, noting that Alex seems to be settling in well. Alex says that he has, and that he's enjoying the party. She nods, before leaving Alex to it, and walks off with Marcus. Marcus suggests that they should go and get some drinks. Kate agrees, as the two of them walk deeper into the castle, holding hands.

Some time later on, Kate is somewhere in the mix at a banquet table, drinking. She zones out for a moment, forgetting where she is, until loud chewing beside her brings her back to reality. It's Layton, who is trying out all the different foods at the table. He and Kate share an awkward greeting, before Layton continues grabbing food, tossing it on a plate and moving on. As he leaves, Marcus and Aldus are seen approaching Kate. Marcus and Kate then begin to catch up with Aldus, learning that he'd been assigned a hunting job in the community. The three of them laugh about how much of a joke the council members are, before Aldus parts way to go enjoy the party. Afterwards, Kate and Marcus reflect on the council members again, and Kate hopes that they will be willing to reason with her... otherwise they'd be dealing with William and Jon, not her. Suddenly, they are approached by Heather, who's come to formally welcome them to the party. Kate cuts her off and asks where Gerald is. Once Heather tells her, Kate ends their conversation and walks over to chat with him. Marcus follows her, worried. Kate greets Gerald and says that she's hoping to talk with him. Gerald feels ambushed, but is willing to talk, as long as they keep it civil. Almost immediately, Justin comes stomping over, aggressively and rudely introducing himself to Marcus. He laughs it off as a joke, then makes a joke about Kate's anger, to which she points out a dab of coke on Justin's nose, asking if he's enjoying it. Justin rubs it off his nose and goes quiet, pretending not to know what she's talking about. Kate once again tries to talk with Gerald, but this time it's Naomi and Chester who come over, along with their son, Henry Stafford. Naomi immediately gets rude with Kate, and yells over at Richard, who scurries over to them. Finally, Kate is able to address them all, and says that she simply wants to help prepare Worthwood for the dangers that lie beyond the walls. Richard, not having any of it, wordlessly walks off, leaving Kate in disbelief. Naomi meanwhile calls her out for gaslighting them, which causes Kate to curse at her. Naomi is furious that she'd curse in front of her son, the son who is staring at the ground, beyond embarrassed. At the end of it all, Gerald says that he'd like to have another chat with Kate on a later date where they wouldn't have so much interference. Kate agrees to it, although she's not happy.

Inside the castle, Kate is walking about with Ed, who is in complete awe of the place. He finds it incredible how clean everything is, but most importantly, the electricity. He's desperate to find the person responsible for the electricity, and walks off to continue his search. As he walks off, Kate scans the different tables around her. At one of them is Richard, sitting alone, drinking wine. After a moment, Kate sees a young girl, Kelly Neuble, come running up to Richard with a slice of chocolate cake on her plate. She shows it off to her grandfather, and Richard puts on a smile, telling her that he's jealous. Kate can't help but smile slightly, before she bumps into someone in an accident. She starts to apologize, before realizing the man she bumped into is Dean. Dean instantly grins, happy to finally see someone he knows. He laughs, telling her how insane Worthwood is, and that he hasn't felt this happy in so long. Kate is happy to see how excited Dean is, and tells him that this is what they talked about on the road. They've finally made it here, and Dean states that they've earned it. Kate nods, and explains to him that they have to make this work, no matter what. She informs him about how difficult the council is being, but that she's going to keep doing what she has to do. Nodding, Dean says that he'll be with her no matter what. Happy to hear it, Kate tells Dean to go enjoy the rest of his night, before she excuses herself.

Later, Kate looks across the castle at Ed, seeing him smiling while talking with a man, and she can tell that he's found who he was looking for. Marcus suddenly comes walking up beside her with two drinks in hand. He asks what she's looking at, to which Kate simply says that this place is something special, and she thinks they can build a life here. Marcus smiles and agrees with her.

#### "**The Stranger**"

The next morning, Kate wakes up, gently removing Marcus’ arms off her as she gets out of bed. A half-asleep Marcus mumbles, asking Kate to stay in bed a little longer, but she says she's got work to go. She washes up in the bathroom and gets dressed, before leaving her lodge.

The door to the council room opens, as Kate comes strolling through, greeting the council members casually. Naomi is immediately alarmed, wondering how she got in here, thinking that they have armed guards outside, which makes Justin laugh. Naomi snaps at Justin, quieting him, before she turns to Gerald for an answer as to why Kate is here. But before that can be answered, Heather speeds into the room at great delay, apologizing for Kate storming in. She then sighs, and walks out, as Kate explains to everyone that she's here because of their talk at the party. She wants to keep things moving forward, and wants to know how things are managed here in Worthwood. Justin and Naomi look at Gerald, and are shocked when he actually allows Kate to proceed. Naomi looks at Gerald with fiery eyes, remarking that they shouldn't just be allowing Kate to get away with her disrespect. She looks around at the others for support, and it's Richard who speaks up, agreeing with Naomi. He tells Kate that if she won't respect them, she should at least respect herself, remarking how she's made a fool of herself every time she's come in here. He assumes that Kate must just enjoy hearing herself talk. Kate, this time remaining calm, simply says that they can talk more about that later if he wants. But right now, Kate walks up to a sixth and vacant seat at the table, one that is directly opposite Gerald. She untucks the chair, scraping it along the floor, before taking her seat. "...let's get started," she says, as Naomi and Richard look on with shock, while Justin leans back, amused and frankly impressed.

Naomi scowls at Kate from across the table, as Kate is in the middle of asking Gerald about how they manage their resources here. Gerald answers all of her questions, happily explaining that they get all of their food from their supply runners, but also from crops they grow and livestock that they have here in Worthwood. Kate then begins questioning how they decide where people live - pointing out how Gerald and the other council members seem to live extravagantly in the castle. Gerald scoffs, and remarks that he and the council members are the leaders, and nothing would be here if it weren't for them; his reason for why they live in the castle. Justin couldn't agree more with Gerald, while Richard is seen sitting as still as a statue, his face scrunched up. Gerald continues by listing out all of the luxuries they have within Worthwood: clean water, working power, high walls, a police force, education system, and more. But Kate sternly says that most of those things could use some work, once again reminding them all that they aren't prepared for what lies outside the walls. Then, while staring around at the council, says that she isn't even sure why most of them are sitting at this table. Naomi gasps in the most exaggerated and offended way possible, jaw dropping. She begins to rant about how Kate isn't bringing anything to the council either, except her rude, demeaning attitude. Richard sits up, agreeing with Naomi. With narrowed eyes, the old man wonders if Kate is just playing the long game - and that maybe she and her group are waiting for the right moment to slit their throats in their sleep. Kate looks at him, and boldly states, "And if me and my people wanted to, we could just take this place." Everyone looks around, stunned, including Gerald, who asks Kate if that was a threat. Kate stands, beginning to pace around the table, while explaining that if they didn't take over this place, someone else would. She admits that Worthwood is a great place with lots of potential, but if they don't want to work with her, then maybe they will force a change in leadership. Gerald sinks into his chair, and with a shaky voice, says that he doesn't appreciate her attitude. Naomi and Richard are scowling at her, while Chester looks at her sadly. Justin meanwhile smiles, with a look of respect, saying that he's totally turned on right now. Just then, Heather rushes into the chamber with urgency, and says that Father Donovan is outside, furious, having just been attacked by Dean. Naomi is shocked that someone would attack a priest, and says that Dean should be locked up. But Kate interjects, and tells Naomi that she'll do no such thing. She's going to handle this on her own, and Gerald allows her to, angering Naomi. As Kate is walking out, Gerald tells her that he hasn't forgotten about her threat, and they'll talk about that another time. Kate is thankful, and on her way out of the castle, she spots Donovan in the lobby, leaning on his cane. He angrily exclaims that her and her people are animals, but Kate cuts the old man off by telling him to fuck off, as she walks past him in a hurry.

Kate approaches Dean, who's sitting underneath a gazebo, and asks him about what happened. Dean sighs, bluntly saying that Donovan is a prick who deserved it. He asks how Kate is, and she explains how she'd just threatened the council, but doesn't really feel sorry about it, since they're all dicks too. But she drives the conversation back towards Dean, wondering what Donovan could have done to set him off. Dean nods, explaining that he doesn't feel bad about it - but not because Donovan deserved it, but because the people saw what he did - to show them that they're trying; that they're people too. He knows that he could have done a lot worse to Donovan, admitting that he wanted to strangle the old man to death, but was able to hold back. Kate agrees, knowing that most of the people here don't know how hard it is to shift back into a normal life after everything they've been through. She then tells him that they could honestly take over this place overnight if they wanted to. Dean knows they could, but hopes it won't come to that, feeling a little bit of sympathy for the people on the council since they've never experienced what he and their group have. Kate nods in agreement, and says that the people in Worthwood just need some help stepping out of their bubble - which will only happen with her, Dean and everyone else from their group's help. "We'll make this work, Dean," she assures him.

#### "**The Tick**"

Kate and Jon are standing inside of William's lodge, looking across at the man -- and they’ve just been told by William that Todd Glover is abusing his daughter, Violet Glover. William doesn’t want to betray Lloyd’s trust, since it was the boy that told him, but can’t sit here and do nothing. He can’t. Kate paces around slowly, wondering what William wants to happen then. Jon answers for him, and says that people like Todd are the scum of the earth and need to be punished. Nodding, William agrees with that, but Kate suggests that she get Gerald to agree to talk with William. William half-smiles, proud that Kate is forcing her way into the council, and is willing to go with her idea. “And… if Gerald doesn’t see eye to eye with us on this?” Jon questions. “Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that,” Kate responds with a grimace.

## **Killed Victims**

* Many different unnamed Rastas
* Several soldiers from Benjamin Taylor's private militia
* Numerous counts of zombies

## **Appearances**

Any episode with a checkmark over it signifies Kate Bloodstone appearing in any way.