Starring:
Chelsey Reist as Jessica Reed
Jacob Artist as Matthew Brooks
Jim Beaver as Raymond Hughes
Michiel Huisman as Nathan Moore
Growling is heard, a Rotter who just has one arm walks along the streets of a city, growling and looking for food.
The sound of running is heard, and the rotter turns around growling, until a machete, slices into the Rotter's head. A young woman with blonde hair stands there and she pulls the machete out of the Rotter's head. Three men then walk over to her. An older man goes "nice one Jess" Jessica smiles at him "thank you Ray" Raymond looks around and he holds a rifle. Jessica looks over at a man, the same age as her "Matthew, over there! A Rotter!" Matthew turns around and he smiles "come to me, my beauty" Raymond rolls his eyes in disgust.
Matthew walks over to a Rotter who walks out of a building. Matthew then drags his baseball bat along the floor, until he swings it across the Rotter's head, bashing it in.
Raymond walks with another man, the other man is holding a large shotgun and he looks around the street for anymore Rotter's. Jessica watches as Matthew rejoins the group and she goes "the safe house isn't far up ahead, we need to check a couple more buildings before we get back". Matthew looks around and he goes "I don't think we've checked that one yet?" the other man holding the shotgun looks over at the building and he starts walking over to it. Matthew looks at Jessica "reckon he'll ever talk to us? I mean, it has been almost two years since we've been travelling together" Jessica looks over at the man and she goes "he's only ever said one thing to me in the past, and that was his name, when we first met him, he'll talk, when he's ready, he must've lost a lot" Matthew nods "well, he makes me feel awkward" Raymond then comes up behind them "leave Nathan alone, he'll talk when he's ready to talk" Matthew looks at Raymond and sighs.
Nathan enters the building, as he enters a dark room he aims his shotgun. Nathan then kneels down on the floor, and he takes his backpack off. Nathan puts his hand into his bag and pulls a torch out. After zipping his bag up, and putting it back over his shoulder, he turns the torch on, as he points the torch, a Rotter jumps out at him, growling and pins him down to the floor.
Raymond runs into the room, and he sees Nathan on the floor wrestling with a Rotter. Raymond pulls his knife out and he stabs the Rotter in the head. Nathan looks at Raymond and nods.
Jessica and Matthew walk into a room together, they walk over to a cabinet where Matthew then opens it up. As Matthew opens up the cabinet, he then sees a few cans of corn inside. Matthew nods "jackpot!" Jessica smiles at him and she pulls off her rucksack and places it onto a table "put it in mine, I have space".
Jessica walks up to a window and she looks out of it, and at the city below. Jessica smiles "I didn't realise how high up we were" Matthew looks over at her as he packs the cans of corn into her rucksack "yeah, it doesn't look too bad, it looked better before the dead were walking when all the buildings lit up. The city just looks dead to me" Jessica nods and she goes to step away from the window until she then sees lights flickering in the distance.
Raymond and Nathan walk together and Raymond looks at Nathan "you don't have to talk, I know something happened to you, before the outbreak, or maybe during. We all went through things, and if you ever wanted to talk, you know you can...right?" Nathan looks at Raymond. Raymond smiles at him, Raymond then looks down at a wedding ring on Nathan's finger. Nathan stares at Raymond, wanting to talk, but Raymond then goes "I had a wife-" Nathan's face lights up as Raymond continues "she died just as the world was ending, but for me...the world ended before the dead rose. My wife was sick, and I knew I was going to lose her...I lost myself for a while, I wanted to help her, but I couldn't, she knew I couldn't, and that killed me...killed me every day, until the day she-" Nathan looks at Raymond, whose eyes are filled with tears.
All of a sudden, Matthew then shouts "RAY? NATHAN?". Raymond rubs his eyes and sniffs. Raymond looks at Nathan "go see what they want, I won't be far behind" Nathan holds his shotgun and he runs off ahead. Raymond stands there and he sighs, but then walks off.
Jessica and Matthew stand near the window as Nathan and Raymond run into the room. Raymond goes "what's up?" Matthew goes "come here! Now!". Raymond and Nathan run over to the window.
The four of them look outside the window, in the distance, lights are seen entering the city, vehicles are heard, and bullets are heard being fired. Jessica goes "that isn't just your average small group, that's a big group, a dangerous one! Firing them bullets off, they're gonna attract the Rotters!" Raymond goes "we need to get back to Millie at the safe house, now!".
Jessica, Matthew, Raymond and Nathan all run out of the building together, holding their weapons and carrying their rucksacks. Rotter's stand in the street, hearing the gunfire in the distance.
Jessica looks at the others "Nathan, don't fire your shotgun, we don't wanna attract whoever else is out there" Nathan nods at her. Jessica stands holding her machete, Matthew stands holding his baseball bat and Raymond stands holding his knife. Jessica nods at them.
The four of them run down the road until reaching a street called 'Samuels Street'. The four of them turn down the road, but as they turn down there they see multiple Rotters down the street.
Matthew looks over at a house in the distance and he goes "we need to clear them out, quietly!" Jessica then looks at Nathan "you stay back. Matthew and Ray, come with me, we'll take them out".
Jessica, Matthew and Raymond walk down the street. A Rotter turns around and growls at Jessica as she swings her machete into its skull.
Raymond whistles at a Rotter, and as it turns around he shoves the knife into its jaw.
Matthew swings his baseball bat into a Rotter's head.
Nathan stands watching Jessica and the others killing all the Rotter's, but behind Nathan, a Rotter starts walking towards him. Nathan looks down at his finger at his wedding ring.
Jessica swings her machete and slices a Rotter's head into half.
Raymond then stabs the last Rotter in the head.
Jessica smiles at Matthew. Raymond turns around and he looks at Nathan. Raymond then sees the Rotter behind Nathan getting closer. Raymond then shouts "NATHAN!".
Nathan turns around in shock as a Rotter goes to grab him, but a girl is then heard grunting as the Rotter falls to its knees. A young girl stands behind the Rotter and she stabs it in the head with her knife. The girl looks up smiling at Nathan "saved you" Nathan stares at her.
Matthew then walks over to Nathan with Jessica and Raymond. Matthew glares at the girl "Millie! What the fuck are you doing out here! You're supposed to stay inside the house!" Millie looks at him "I heard gunshots, I came to find you guys, but I got lost, and as I came back, I saw Rotters down here, so I hid and waited for you guys to come back" Jessica rolls her eyes "let's just get inside, where it's safe?" Matthew still stands glaring at Millie until he then nods "yeah, sure...whatever".
The five of them start walking over to a house that is down the street.
Jessica lights a candle that is in the living room of the house. Empty cans of food sit all around the house, as well as loads of dirty clothes. Millie sits on a couch, that is dirty. Raymond looks over at the window which is covered in tape to prevent anyone from seeing inside the house.
Nathan walks down the hallway of the house where he sees the front door, a huge wooden board is up against the door, to keep it locked. Nathan nods at the door and walks into the living room, where he sits on an armchair.
Raymond sits in a wing chair reading a book about History.
Matthew then enters the room holding two rucksacks and he places all the food out onto the table. Mathew goes "how about that, a life supply of corn" Jessica looks over at the food and she goes "it's better than starving" Millie looks at him "I like corn" Matthew looks at her "I know you do" Millie smiles at him "mom used to get it for me all the time" Matthew stares at her and nods.
Jessica goes "Ray-" Raymond looks up from his book "yeah?" Jessica goes "I was thinking you and Nathan could go to the lake tomorrow and get some water, Millie and I can boil it when you get back" Raymond nods at her "yeah, sure thing" Jessica smiles at him "awesome" Jessica looks over at the window and she goes "Matthew, come with me" Matthew nods at her.
Jessica and Matthew walk upstairs, and into a bedroom, where they see a window that isn't taped. But besides the window is a chair. Jessica walks over and she sits in the chair, watching outside.
Jessica goes "I think we need to start having a twenty-four-seven lookout. Whoever that was entering the city, they might be just coming through, hell they might be gone already, but they might not be, they could be here to stay, they have firepower, they're dangerous, if they come down here, we leave by the back door, and we run for it" Matthew nods at her "agreed".
Jessica looks out of the window and she goes "people can't be trusted, not today, and not in this world" Matthew stands beside her and he also looks out of the window at the dark, dead city.
Along a highway, multiple big trucks of people enter the city. In one of the trucks, a woman with greasy black hair sits looking out at the city. The woman's eyes look fierce, and she is not happy.
The woman then looks at the driver "put your foot down, we need to find them before we lose them again, and I am going to make them pay for what they did to The Family!".
Also Starring:
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Millie Brooks
Julianna Margulies as Regina
Next Time - Jessica Reed - Inside the Safehouse, Jessica reveals what she did in the early days, and what she lost during the early days. Nathan, who still isn't talking, listens in to the story. During the early days, Jessica finds herself trapped in a hospital overrun by the dead.