Starring:
Chelsey Reist as Jessica Reed
Jacob Artist as Matthew Brooks
Jim Beaver as Raymond Hughes
Michiel Huisman as Nathan Moore
Sirens are heard going off in the background as Jessica walks out of a hospital with a man.
An older man sits on a bench smiling at Jessica. Jessica smiles "dad!" the older man smiles and he walks up to her, hugging her. The older man goes "Jamie, how we doing?" Jamie smiles at the older man "not too bad thanks Mr Reed" Mr Reed smiles "oh, just call me Charles" Jamie smiles "sure thing Charles" Jessica smiles at Jamie. Charles looks at Jessica who is wearing a nurse's uniform. Charles smiles "I'm so proud of you" Jessica goes "I'm still in training, be proud of me once I'm officially a nurse" Jamie nods "hopefully very soon then" Jessica laughs at him "I hope". Charles goes "anyway, I best be off, I only came down to drop your lunch off" Charles then hands Jessica a lunch box and Jessica smiles "I'll see you later dad, love you" Charles kisses Jessica on her cheek and he walks off.
Jamie smiles at Jessica, as the two of them walk back into the hospital together. Jamie goes "so, I was thinking, maybe this weekend we can finally go and get that drink?" Jessica looks at him "ask me at the end of the day?" Jamie goes "why?" Jessica smiles "maybe then I'll say yes" Jamie nods as Jessica walks away from him laughing.
Jamie smiles and as he looks around at the reception area, he sees a man waiting with a bite on his arm. Jamie stands there staring at the bite until he shakes his head and walks off.
Back in the Safe House, Jessica sits with Matthew, Raymond, Nathan and Millie as they all eat corn. Jessica then goes "it was just before everything before the world became this" Matthew looks at her "what happened to them? Your dad and Jamie?" Jessica sits there and sighs.
Back at the hospital, Jessica sits in the Staff Office eating her lunch as Jamie walks in.
Jessica goes "may I help you?" Jamie smiles and he sits down in front of her "well, Tracy just invited me out to her baby shower, I thought only women went to that?" Jessica smirks "well, to be honest, I think that Tracy thinks you're gay" Jamie stares at her "wait, what?" Jessica sits there laughing until suddenly a scream is heard coming from outside. Jessica stands up and she looks at Jamie worried.
Jamie then walks out of the Staff Office with Jessica and they come upon a blood bath. Blood covering the walls, and the floors. Jamie watches as a man sinks his teeth into a Doctor's throat. Jessica then looks at another man, laying on the floor shaking.
Back in the Safe House, Jessica goes "there were people on the floor, shaking and turning into the Rotters, back then they obviously weren't Rotters, they were freshly turned" Raymond goes "what happened after you left the Staff Room?" Jessica stares at him "everything then changed".
Back inside the Hospital, Jamie runs over to a woman who is screaming in pain, bite marks are all over her body. Jessica runs over to one of the Doctor's who has blood spraying from his neck.
One of the Freshly Turned looks over at Jessica and it growls at her. Jessica looks at it in shock.
Jamie runs over to Jessica "what the fuck is going on?" Jessica watches as more people start to wake up as the Freshly Turned, their eyes are pure white, and their mouth are open and they're groaning, snarling, and moaning. Jessica grabs Jamie's hand and she starts pulling him back towards the Staff Office. As Jessica opens the Staff Office door, one of the Freshly Turned, that is wearing a Doctor's uniform grabs Jamie's arm and sinks it's teeth into Jamie's flesh, biting a chunk from his arm. Jamie screams in agony as Jessica then kicks the Freshly Turned away, and she pushes Jamie into the Staff Office, where she then runs in and locks the door, locking herself in the Staff Office with Jamie. Jessica sits up against the door with tears in her eyes and fear.
Back in the Safe House, Matthew stands up "come on Millie, let's get you to bed" Millie shakes her head "I wanna hear more about her story" Matthew shakes his head "I said come on!".
Jessica watches as Millie and Matthew walk off together upstairs.
Raymond looks at Jessica and he goes "so, Jamie's time was limited, how did you get out of the hospital then?" Jessica looks at Nathan who is staring at her. Jessica then goes "with a great sacrifice" Raymond nods at her.
Jessica wraps a small towel around Jamie's arm and she goes "just put pressure on it, you're going to be fine" Jamie shakes his head, whilst breathing heavily in pain. Jamie goes "I'm not gonna be okay, it's something to do with the bites" Jessica stares at him "what do you mean?" Jamie goes "I saw a man earlier, he had a bite on his arm, and now he's one of these things, and I saw some other's with bites, I'm going to become one of them, whatever they are" Jessica shakes her head "no you won't, I promise you won't" Jamie looks at her and he nods "I am, and we have to do something, quickly, before I turn into one, otherwise I think I'm going to hurt you".
In the Staff Office, Jamie stands up and he puts his hand onto the door handle. Jessica goes running over to him "what are you doing!" Jamie then stops her "DON'T!" Jessica stands there staring at him with tears running down her face. Jamie smiles at her "I-I've always thought you were hot, a-and I always thought we'd get a chance, I was hoping I'd be able to t-take you out for that drink tonight, but I-I guess some people just aren't meant to be together" Jessica looks at him in tears "I-I-I love you" Jamie smiles at her with tears also in his eyes "I love you too" Jessica nods at him "please don't do this-" Jamie then goes "as soon as they're gone, you get outta here and you get yourself safe".
Jessica watches as Jamie opens the Staff Office door and he runs out of the room, shutting the door behind him. Jessica runs up to the door crying as she hears Jamie shouting "OVER HERE, COME ON! COME ON!".
Jessica falls down onto her knees crying, as her head also rests against the door. Jessica looks down at the floor where she sees Jamie's blood.
Back in the Safe House, a tear rolls down Jessica's face as Raymond goes "he sacrificed himself? What did you do after? Did you ever see him again?" Jessica then looks around the room until she sees the belt that has her holstered gun in. Jessica then stares at the handgun in the holster.
Back in the Staff Office, Jessica opens the door, where she then sees blood everywhere in the hospital, the Freshly Turned have all gone. Jessica looks around until groaning is heard, where she sees a police officer walking over to her as a Freshly Turned. Jessica stares in shock and she looks around, where she sees a pair of scissors on the floor, which she picks up. Jessica shakes her head in tears and she then runs up to the Freshly Turned police officer, and she stabs it in the chest. The Freshly Turned continues to groan at her. Jessica stares in shock as she then pulls the scissors out, and she stabs it in the eye. As the officer then stop moving, Jessica sits up and sees the officer's handgun in a holster. Jessica unclips the holster and she takes it. Jessica stands up and as she turns around, she sees Jamie stood at the other side of the room. Jessica smiles "Jamie?" Jamie then turns around and his eyes are plain white and he half of his jaw is missing.
Jamie starts to growl at Jessica. Jessica shakes her head "n-no! No! NO!". Jamie comes walking towards her growling. Jessica then pulls the handgun out from the holster and she aims the gun.
Back in the Safe House, Jessica nods "then I shot him, a bullet piercing his brain, killing him-" Matthew then walks back into the room "he was already dead" Jessica glares at him "I LOVED HIM! And I didn't know that he was dead, I thought they were sick, we all did!" Matthew nods.
Jessica walks out of the hospital, and as she walks outside, she sees buildings on fire, smoke pouring from every direction, gunshots, screams, growling coming from all around. Jessica looks down at her belt, which has the handgun holstered onto it. Jessica then looks up "dad!".
Running down a street, Jessica sprints past dead bodies, blood, bullets.
Until finally reaching a door, Jessica looks up at the door, which is ajar, and the hinges are all broken and bent. Her eyes are sore from crying, and she then lets out a quiet but broken cry "dad?". Jessica pushes the door open, and it creakily opens up, showing inside where she sees smashed glass everywhere.
Jessica walks into the house, where she then sees Charles laying on the floor. Jessica runs over "dad!". Charles looks up "oh, sweetie-" Jessica runs over, and she sees a Freshly Turned dead on the floor. Jessica looks down at Charles who stutters "I-I tried to stop him, he broke inside, I didn't want to hurt him, but I-I killed him-" Jessica hugs Charles "it's okay, there's a sickness going around, and it turns people into monsters-" Charles continues "I-I had to kill him, he hurt me, he bit me" Jessica looks down at Charles as he then lifts his trouser leg up, revealing a bite.
Inside the Safe House, Jessica looks at Matthew, Nathan and Raymond "I had lost my dad too, the same day I lost Jamie, my dad was dead too" Matthew sits beside her and he puts his arm around her "I'm sorry" Jessica rests her head onto Matthew's shoulder. Raymond then goes "what happened to your dad?" Jessica looks at Raymond and she goes "I did what I had to do".
Back inside Charles' house, Jessica sits on the floor hugging Charles, outside the sky is now dark, Jessica listens as Charles' breathing becomes shallower and shallower, until finally, he stops breathing.
Jessica closes her eyes.
Charles' eyes then open and they're plain white" Charles starts to growl and Jessica's eyes continue to stay closed as she cries. Charles going to bite Jessica until a bullet flies into Charles' head. Jessica looks up in shock "NO!".
Jessica then looks up and she sees Nathan stood there holding his shotgun "I'm Nathan" Jessica stares at him. Jessica looks at Charles and she then looks at Nathan who is shaking nervously.
Back in the Safe House, Jessica smiles at Nathan "and you saved me, I was going to let him eat me, I didn't want to live without my dad and Jamie, but you saved me, and I am thankful" Nathan nods at her.
Matthew smiles at Nathan. Raymond looks at Matthew "it's your turn" Matthew then goes "huh?" Raymond smiles at him "your turn to tell us your story".
Also Starring:
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Millie Brooks
Reed Birney as Charles Reed
Charles Melton as Jamie Crescent
Next Time - Matthew Brooks - At the safehouse, people, calling themselves The Family have started marching the streets. A couple of weeks into the apocalypse, as the city has been told not to leave their homes, one of Matthew's friends comes to his window, and Matthew sneaks out. Matthew sees the whole city which has now been lost to the dead, and he lures them home.