Evolution/Episode 1

Faith And Luck is the first episode of season one and the first episode of Evolution overall. It was released on 13th December 2016.

Previously On...
(Enter different scenes of The Dead World along with each sentence.)

After a chaotic world war three that nearly destroyed the entire planet as well as its entire population, Earth became victim to a Zombie virus that turned half of humanities population into cannibalistic monsters. However, three years into what could only be called an apocalypse, the combined efforts of all countries were able to bring an end to the zombies and cure the virus by at first creating small safe-zones and later becoming a large army to clear every city and town of the undead. Humanity has then spent the last 30 years rebuilding their world, working together to make fantastic technology advancements in order to build a better home and take better care of it.

Synopsis
Just four days after an unknown advanced Alien race invaded Earth and put Humanity on the run, William Hayes has become a valued member of a group of refugees that have taken shelter in his own family hotel. However with the need of a generator to power up the building, William is placed in charge of leading a squad into the city of Charleston in search of one while the rest of the group come to adjust to their new lives in the invasion.

Episode 1 - "Faith And Luck"
14th August 2049 - 11:50 - Charleston, America Just ten more minutes, she thought to herself as she mindlessly tapped her pen down on her desk, the clock above her ticking as she watched the students ahead of her writing their current paperwork, their work being to write an overview explaining the Zombie apocalypse and what came from it.

Typically she would be teaching the much younger generation but with her adoptive mother being out of town, she was volunteered to teach her students while her trainee was looking after the kids.

"Ms. Henderson!" one of the students called, causing Maria to raise her head and look at him curiously as he continued speaking, asking her his question "may I be excused to the bathroom?"

"You can't wait ten minutes?"

"No ma'am."

Maria took a moment to look down at her watch, sighing as she nodded and gestured an allowance for him to go, the student quickly moving out of the classroom to head to the toilets while Maria turned her attention to a already written paper below her, vaguely remembering it was a written overview of the Zombie cure and its side effects.

She remembered finding this particular one amusing, an averagely normal and horny teenager thinking that everyone should get the cure so they can remain younger for longer in order to "fuck more".

She shook her head, having to keep the laugh held back in order not to disturb the students from their own work as she instead turned her attention to looking out the window.

As much as she had been having some fun, she did miss teaching the younger generation.

Suddenly there was a knock on the classroom door which caused Maria to turn her head and see the principal herself standing at the door and gesturing her over, Maria giving a nod to the students before she rose from her desk and walked out of the room.

"What's up?" Maria asked casually, closing the door behind her, offering a smile to the principal which was returned by the woman.

"I've just came to notify you that your mother will be back by tomorrow so today will be your last day. I would ask if that's okay with you but I think seeing you look out the window like that gives me my answer."

"It's alright he-"

"Don't bullshit me" the principal replied with a grin, the excused student from before looking surprised to hear it but not commenting as he walked past the two women and returned into the classroom.

"I know you prefer teaching the younger generation, having fun helping 'em paint and such, just promise you'll visit, alright?"

Maria gave a nod but as she opened her lips to give her confirmation, the two women heard a mix of excited and shocked gasps from the students which drew their attention to the door where they could see the students getting up from their seats to get a better view out the window while some even grabbed their phones to record.

"Students please return to your seats and continue your work, i'm sure you can all go out and look when class is fini-" Maria interrupted herself, her talking coming to a stop as she as well was caught in terms of attention by what was outside the window, hovering above the city menacingly.

Above the entire city, hovering in the air and nearly completely blocking out the entire sun which brought the majority of the city into darkness as if it had suddenly become night, was could only be described as an Alien ship.

"Is that real?"

"Aliens? That's Aliens!"

"OMG, #Aliens!!!!!"

Maria could hear all the students behind her but she gave no comments herself as she moved closer to the window, being able to see a large amount of the city's people gather below the ship and stare up at it in excitement.

However this excitement was quickly replaced with chaos as a sudden shock wave was dropped from the ship, charging through the streets and the entire city as it caused all electronics, from cars to computers, to go haywire, everyone in the streets going into a panic.

Although at this point, it was too late.

Soon humanoid looking monsters dropped from the ship, wielding weapons unknown to humanity, as they mercilessly fired upon the running humans who screamed for help as they tried to escape.

It was at that moment the newest squad of aliens that had dropped to the ground turned to face directly at the classroom window, aiming their weapons and giving Maria barely enough time to start escaping.

"EVERYONE RUN" Maria commanded the students as she quickly ducked low, avoiding the laser bullets shot in their direction by an inch. The others in the classroom weren't so lucky as they all fell victim to the alien's weapon fire, their reactions not being quick enough.

Running into the hallway, Maria took a quick moment to slam her fist against the fire alarm, cutting her hand on all the glass, forcing her to cradle it as she, along with the crowd that had gathered, ran for the school's exit.

The fire alarm blaring in a warning to all in the school. A warning of danger. ---  18th August 2049  - 23:50 - Charleston Outskirts, America Slowly Will pulled his truck to a stop, keeping its lights off as he parked the truck just on the outskirts of Charleston city before he observed the surrounding area, keeping his eyes peeled for any sight of movement from the woods.

"You know, i'm surprised this rust bucket still runs" was Daniel's comment as he sat in the back seat, a smirk on his face as he also observed the surrounding area "I'm telling you that you should've replaced it. I mean you're a big shot man, you can easily get a flashy car."

"In case you ain't noticed Pratt, Aliens invaded the goddamn world. The last thing i'm thinking about is getting a new car and anyway this truck can hold more supplies than some flashy car that is fast for show."

"Alright, alright. You've had like thirty years to replace it though" Daniel teased further, earning a sigh from Will as Daniel himself reached to his side and grabbed his radio, flicking it on before bringing it to his mouth.

"This is Beta one radioing in. The area clear on your end? Over."

There was a pause from the other end which gave Daniel a moment to shift forward in his seat and wiggle the radio at Will "Hey, why we gotta be Beta team anyway? We're the best soldiers in our little refugees group."

Will turned his head to give him an non approving glare "You wanna be a part of Alpha and be sent on the dangerous missions?"

"Good point."

"This is Beta two radioing in. Our area is clear, orders Sergeant? Over" came from the radio which led to Daniel to hold it up close to Will's face so he could give his orders, only for Will to snatch the radio from him as he exited from his truck, grabbing his rifle as he got out.

"Orders are as given, make your way to Charleston and we'll meet you on the first street, understood?" Will relied, hearing Daniel exit from the truck himself before Daniel started making his way to the city ahead of Will.

"Copy that Sergeant, see you there."

The click of the radio on the other end gave Will the last confirmation he needed before he placed the radio on his belt holster and began moving forward with Daniel, silently gesturing for him to move in a sprinting jog as they kept their heads low.

"You think Jenkins is ready for this? He's only a recruit to the army" Daniel commented as he kept his head low, his eyes on the surrounding area while keeping pace with his superior officer, thankful they didn't have to park to far away from the city.

"Not really. It's better having him here then having a breakdown while on guard duty though. Just hope he can keep up."

"Oh i'm sure he can keep up. It's him keeping up and getting us killed is what i'm worried about."

Will decided to ignore that comment and kept silent as they made their way to the city, only taking a few minutes before their feet were hitting concrete road as they made their way to hide behind two cars, waiting until they saw the signal.

"You know, couldn't Alpha squad have done this shit? They were sent to this city only yesterday, right?"

"Yeah but they were sent here to scout the enemies, they can't exactly look for a generator and carry it back with them while scouting enemy territory can they?"

"I guess your right" was Daniel's reply before a light suddenly shined right on his face causing him to have to raise a hand to protect his eyes from its brightness while growling "God damn it, told you Bob should've handled the light."

Again Will ignored him as he held out one hand in a peace sign, silently telling Jenkins to stop shining his light before he made his way over to the alley that the light had been coming from, leaving Daniel to follow behind him.

"Jenkins we told you to shine a bit of light onto the pavement, not wave it about like a idiot" Daniel said in a annoyed growl as he yanked the light out of Charlie Jenkin's hands who looked down at the ground shamefully.

"I-I'm sorry. I forgot."

"You forg-?" Daniel tried to say in response but Will held up his hand in Daniel's face as he stepped between the two, interrupting his partner as he looked at Charlie himself "It's fine Charlie, we all make mistakes. Just be a bit more careful next time."

This brought a grin to Charlie's face as he eagerly nodded, choosing to avoid the glare in Daniel's eyes while Will approached Bob who was currently at the entrance of the alley, looking out for any possibly approaching enemies, asking the important question of "Are we clear?"

"As far as I can see right now, that can easily be different in just the next street though. We moving along the roofs to be safe?"

Will gave a nod as he took a moment to observe the street himself before he pointed over to the opposite building which clearly had a long fire escape.

"Move to that building, climb up the side of the fire escape to the roof. Lets see how far we can get before the jump is too far" was Will's order, his squad quickly moving in response to it and heading across the street, Will himself waiting for a moment to observe any movement that could happen in response to theirs before he joined them in running across the road. ---  18th August 2049  - 23:50 - Hayes Hotel, America "That is so gay!"

"Thank you very much I try."

"I bet I can do better."

"Nah man, no one is better or gayer than me."

Chuckles were all around between the teenage trio as they sat on the nearby wall, legs dangling off the edge while Nathan kept a tight hold on the crossbow that was on his lap while Brian playfully glared over to his friend.

"Oh i'm willing to try and be" was Brian's retort as he held out his arms, waiting for the crossbow while Victoria, sitting between the two boys held her hand up to her mouth as she let out a little chuckle.

"Which are you willing to try and be more at?" Victoria teased, earning loud laughter from Nathan while Brian turned his head and blushed heavily, muttering a "shut up" which brought the laughter out of Vicky until she reached to Nathan's lap and grabbed the crossbow, placing it in Brian's lap.

"Go on then hotshot, have a go."

Hearing this teasing encouragement, Brian at first looked at Victoria who was giving him a grin before he looked down at the crossbow, giving a confident nod while he inwardly gulped ""Have a go"? Girl, i'm going to get a bull's eye."

With that Brian raised the crossbow, aiming it at the targets not too far away from the wall they were sitting on, getting himself ready to fire it until Victoria interrupted his thoughts by speaking again.

"Uhhh Bri?"

"Yeah?"

"You have to load it up with an arrow first" Victoria said, letting out more laughter along with Nathan as Brian realized his mistake and looked down at the crossbow, seeing that it was indeed missing an arrow which caused the blush on his cheeks to get an even darker shade of red.

"So what's got you lot laughing so much you're gonna bring the Aliens to our base" a voice called out to the three teenagers as they sat on their wall, the three of them turning their heads to look at a grinning Anthony who was standing by the targets.

"Brian is being an idiot."

"Hey!" was Brian's response as Anthony chuckled and shook his head, crossing the distance to be standing in front of the three of them.

"The usual then" he teased, earning a light glare from Brian but before he could give a retort, Anthony continued to speak, nodding his head back to the hotel building nearby the wall "It's getting late you three. Time to head inside."

"Awww, we can't stay out a little longer uncle Ant?" Victoria teased as she easily pushed herself off the wall, landing on her two feet before she turned and took the crossbow off Brian's lap as the two boys themselves took a bit more care to getting off the wall.

"Depends. Think you can accurately shoot a Alien in the dark with your father's bow?" Anthony asked, gesturing down to the crossbow Victoria was holding which caused her to grin as she lifted it up.

"I'm confident enough to try."

"There's a difference between trying and doing. Now come on, you're already making me feel like one of those horrible parents" Anthony said with a laugh as he patted Vicky's head before turning around and making his way back to the hotel entrance where two guards stood, the three teenagers following behind him.

"You think Will and Beta squad will be back by the morning?" Nathan asked Anthony from the back of the group while Anthony gave a nod, giving a gesture to the two door guards after the group of them had entered which led to them entering the hotel as well, closing the doors behind them and locking them tight.

"Of course he will. Your mom is gonna be pissed with them if they don't. All I hope is they can find a working generator that didn't get crushed in the bombing."

"You know my father's first rule uncle Ant. If you try hard enough and you deserve it, you're going to be given it and we deserve it."

Anthony chuckled at that, giving a nod "You're right" was his response before he gestured down the corridor "Now go on, its lights out time so you know you are to remain on the floor your room is on. See you in the morning."

"Goodnight" all the teenagers replied, giving him high fives before the three of them then moved down the corridor, heading towards the stairway, leaving Anthony to watch them with a smile on his face until they disappeared past the stairway door, then heading down the corridor himself but instead turning the corner in order to enter the hotel's first floor bar.

"Surprised you were so quick getting them back inside. Could've swore you'd be out there playing around with that damn crossbow" Logan teased from behind the bar as he was pouring some whiskey into two glasses, grabbing one and holding it out for Anthony once he had finished.

"I've already done that, remember?" Anthony asked as he took the offered glass, taking just a sip of the drink and shaking his head, making a face of disgust while Logan chuckled and silently grabbed one of a bottle of water, putting that out for Anthony instead.

Anthony never was good at holding his drinks.

"Yeah, pretty sure he still has the scar along his cheek when that arrow nearly shot him in the eye."

"Remember how pissed Bells was? I thought she was gonna kill me."

"Well, you did almost kill her husband."

"Point on ALMOST."

"Eh, still worthy of being nearly murdered in response" Logan teased, the two men sharing a smile and a laugh as they both raised their drinks and clanked them together before taking a swig of them. ---  19th August 2049  - 00:00 - Charleston, America "Surprised you're able to keep up old man" Daniel teased just after Will had made the jump between two buildings, this having been the fifth room they had gone on while Will just gave a grunt as he grabbed his rifle again, having thrown it over before jumping.

"Aren't you around the same age as the Sergeant is?" Charlie asked which earned a glare from Daniel and chuckles from both Will and Bob.

"I'm a whole ten years younger than him, Jenkins."

"Doesn't seem much of a different, with the cure affecting your age and all..."

Will and Bob continued to chuckle while Daniel let out a growl, ignoring Charlie as he moved to the edge of the building and crouched down, observing the nearby police station that was on the same street as the one they now were.

"Let's just focus on the job."

"Oh NOW you want to focus on the job rather than talking shit?" Will teased, coming to join Daniel at the edge of the building as he too observed the street for any Alien activity, Charlie and Jenkins having to stifle laughter as Daniel sighed.

"Yeah, well NOW we're close to the objective. Sergeant."

"Sure Pratt, sure."

"Anyway, let's just hope this police station can offer us both a generator and a long range radio. Would make things nice and quick for us." Daniel said, changing the subject with a hopeful subject while Will gave a nod, gesturing for them to go down the fire escape.

"Remain here while we check it out" Will told Daniel who nodded before watching as Will went down first, Will quickly making his way down to the street below.

"I mean it depends if you think we deserve it or not. That's your rule, right General?" Bob teased as he went down the ladder second leaving Charlie to go third while Daniel used his rifle to keep his eyes peeled on the streets.

"That's the rule. You better hope you been a good boy this year" Will teased in response as his boots hit the ground, quickly pulling his rifle back around to be ready for combat as he sprinted across the street towards the police station.

"I tried my best" Bob replied with a chuckle as he kept close behind Will with Charlie lagging behind them a bit as they made their way into the station, quickly aiming their rifles up as soon as they entered the slightly destroyed building, Will gesturing for Bob and Charlie to go one way while he went the other, making sure to scout every corner of the building.

"Anything good in there?" came Daniel's voice over the radio, Will waiting until they had cleared out the majority of the rooms before he reached down and moved the radio to his mouth "Not yet. Most of its been scavenged. Still got the weapon locker to check out though."

"Good luck."

"Hope we don't need it" Will told Daniel before he placed the radio back down into his belt holster, coming to stand by Charlie while Bob was crouched down in front of the weapon locker door, observing the lock before he gave his two friends a silent nod of confidence as he got out a lock pick and went to work.

"We're lucky the door hasn't been damaged, would've been much more of a pain in the ass to get through otherwise."

"Told you. If you try hard enough and you deserve it, you get given it."

"What taught you your rule?"

"The Apocalypse" Will told Charlie bluntly as Bob managed to get the door unlocked, pushing it all the way open causing the three of them to be greeted by the sight of a officer's dead body lounging on a desk chair, his arm hanging low with a pistol laying on the floor just barely touching his finger tips.

"Jesus..." Charlie said under his breath, staring at the dead officer with both a sad and scared look on his face while Will and Bob just shared a small look and moved into the room, quickly taking a silent note there was, what looked like, a long range radio right in front of the dead officer while Charlie continued speaking.

"I wonder what brought him to such drastic measures...didn't look like anyone was trying to get to him."

"Best not to worry about it Charlie. Everyone has a story, some more tragic than most and I don't know about you but that isn't a story I want to read."

"Will's right, lets instead focus on the fact this guy has been able to provide us with a working long range radio" Bob said with some excitement in his voice as he examined the radio more properly.

"You sure its working?" Charlie asked, trying to turn his attention off the dead officer while Bob just smirked, setting the radio to a certain frequency before raising the mic to his mouth as he spoke.

"Hey Dan, are you hearing me?"

"Yeah boy, what's up? Found something?"

"Hell yeah we did. A working long range radio to go on the same frequency as our handheld ones."

"Oh shit, you serious?"

Chuckles were all around the three men but before Bob could respond to Daniel another voice came over the radio, a more panicked and feminine one as whoever was behind it seemed to quickly need to get in contact.

"Hello, hello? Was that people on the radio?!" ---  19th August 2049  - 00:04 - Hayes Hotel, America "Don't worry Bri, you'll get better at shooting one day" Victoria teased to her companion as they finally reached their floor of the hotel, the same grin remaining on Victoria's face as she watched her two boys exiting onto the floor behind her.

"Keep teasing me like that and one day i'm going to prove i'm better at it than you."

"Not a chance" Victoria said in a soft scoff, sharing a chuckle with Nathan as they walked down down the hallway, heading towards their rooms while some of the few other residents in the hotel were also going into their own individual rooms.

"There is always a chance and anyway, i'm already beating you at it in video games."

"I think beating Vicky in video games is a bit different Bri."

"Nate's right and you only beat me at video games because you sit playing them all day" Victoria teased, turning around to walk backwards as she winked at Brian "Talking about video games, we still up for playing Mass Effect tomorrow if dad can bring back a generator?"

"Isn't that the game where the galaxy gets invaded by "Reapers"? Yeah, not exactly sure it's the right time to play such a game..." Nathan admitted as the three teenagers moved past groups of guards as the guards were heading for their positions for the night.

"Oh come on, you were fine with playing that Walking Dead game where they claim your choices matter...when they actually don't." Brian observed, Nathan shaking his head in response to this statement.

"Yeah but we wasn't playing that during the actual Apocalypse were we?"

"So you're okay with Vicky laughing like a maniac as she runs over millions of people on Saints Row but you cant handle an Alien invasion game?"

"Hey, I don't laugh like a maniac."

Nathan just shook his head, chuckling as he came to stop in front of his shared room with his mother "Still different. Anyway, i'm going to be busy with mother tomorrow so I won't be able to make it no matter what we play."

"Awww, you sure? It's going to be super gay and you'll be missing out!"

"I'm sure. Goodnight you two" Nathan told them, giving them both a smile and a nod, hearing them give their own goodnight wishes as he opened his room door and entered, making sure to close it behind him as he was greeted by the sight of his mother herself.

"You know that "that is so gay" used to mean whatever it was is bad, right? You haven't told Vicky that yet?" Dannisha said with a chuckle as she turned around in her office chair and raised an eyebrow at her son while he entered the room and sat down on the bottom bed of the bunk bed.

"Haven't got the heart to tell her and anyway I think she's trying to get everyone else to use it as meaning good. She's good like that."

"Fair enough" Dannisha noted as she put down her pencil and lounged back in her chair, observing her son for a moment as he went about getting himself ready for sleep until she broke their silence "You can play with them on that game tomorrow if you like but only tomorrow. I wasn't aware the three of you had plans before I asked you to help me tomorrow."

"Oh come on mom, we got Aliens invading the planet, the last thing I should be doing is playing video games."

Dannisha let out a sigh at this statement before she moved to lean forward on her knees, looking at her son directly which caused him to hold her gaze.

"You're right. However right now the Aliens have no idea that we are here and we haven't even got any proper way of fighting back. I think I can allow my son to be a normal average teenager for one more day before he has to face the big world."

Nathan thought about this for a moment before he gave a nod, adjusting himself to lay back on the bottom bunk bed with a small smile on his face as he closed his eyes.

"Thanks mom."

"You're welcome. Just don't say I don't do anything for yah."

"I'd never even think of saying that."

Small chuckles came from the Sinclair's room while back in the corridor Victoria and Brian had finally reached their own rooms, the two rooms sitting opposite from each other as they both leaned against the walls, facing each other.

"You think Nate is right? I mean it doesn't seem like the best time to play games at all, never mind games that, you know, share what is going on right now."

"I don't know Bri. All I know is right now we could die any day by Aliens, I'm sorry t those that we've lost but I'm not about to waste my life by refusing to play my favorite game. You follow me?"

Brian gave a silent nod which brought a smile to Victoria's face as she reached forward and gave his shoulder a gentle pat.

"It's nice to think about other people Bri but sometimes you have to think about yourself."

"Yeah, you're right. Goodnight Vicky" he told her, offering her a smile which she returned, Brian remaining leaning against the wall for a moment as Victoria left the hallway and disappeared into her own room.

Now alone in the hallway, Brian reached into his hoodie pocket and brought out a watch, his mother's watch, before sighing as he looked at the small picture of his mother, Maria Henderson herself, he had stuck to it.

"I hope you're doing fine out there mom. Wherever you are..." ---  19th August 2049  - 00:08 - Charleston, America "Hello, hello? This is Beta squad of a small group outta town and we heard your message, are you still there?" Bob said frantically into the mic he held in his hands, Charlie having turned to keep his eyes peeled while William watched Bob at the radio, just as eager to hear a reply from the woman on the other side of it.

"Oh thank god. Beta squad means you must be military right? We're in need of desperate help. We're in the-" the woman's connection was interrupted by static, Bob letting out a sigh of disappointment while Will came over and grabbed the mic from his hands.

"This is Sergeant William Hayes, repeat that and tell us your position."

"We're in the-"

More static.

"Fucking Christ" Bob said through gritted teeth, having to resist the urge to slam his fist on the desk. However just as William was about to ask the woman on the radio to repeat the sound of a aircraft of some kind flying over them could be heard, causing the three men to get down low while Daniel cursed over the radio.

"Daniel what's going on?" Will said, using his free hand to grab the handheld radio from his belt and raise it to his mouth "what kind of aircraft was that?"

"It's the fucking Aliens Sergeant. They didn't see me but we have to take that goddamn miracle of a radio and get the fuck out before they do see us all."

"Negative Pratt. There is a group in this city that need help and i'm betting that the direction the Aliens are heading in is where they are."

"Are you joking? Will hold up and listen to yourself. There are four of us and God knows how many in that aircraft alone, never mind already searching for this group of yours."

"Which is exactly why you are going to get your ass down here and help Charlie get the radio back to the truck and my hotel. Understand?"

"SO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE ALIENS ON WITH ONLY TWO PEOPLE?!"

"Just follow my orders Pratt" Will told him bluntly before flicking the handheld radio off and holding it out for Charlie who took it as if he was being held a bomb "make sure both these radios get back to the hotel" Will continued to command, Charlie giving a nod before watching as Will and Bob quickly began sprinting out of the station and watch as the Alien aircrafts flew over their head.

It was then that a sudden explosion could be seen from what both men knew was the underground train station.

"Wanna take bets on that being where the action is?" Bob asked in a slight nervous but battle ready smile as Will nodded, the two men quickly going into a sprint as they made their way across the street and towards the station, unable to see as Daniel glared down at the two of them from the rooftop he was still on. ---  19th August 2049  - 00:11 - Charleston, America There was screams and pleading for help all around the underground train station as all types of civilians were trying to run away as Alien soldiers gunned them down mercilessly, bodies just scattered all over the railway as there was no where to run.

"Everyone stick together and fight together if you need to, we are ALL in this TOGETHER" one man yelled above all the screaming and weapon fire as he pushed his way through the crowd, seemingly looking for a certain person.

"Get away from me, ple-" yet another scream was interrupted from a poor woman as a laser went straight through her chest, dying instantly. However it wasn't the death that had caught the man's attention, instead it was the fact the pregnant woman he had seen earlier was now stuck with no where to go as a single Alien soldier chased her down.

"Please don't do this, please, my baby doesn't deserve this!" the woman begged as she fell down to the ground, tears going down her cheeks while the Alien aimed its weapon directly at her. However before it could pull the trigger, the man had come diving into the Alien, tackling him to the ground and causing the weapon to escape its grip.

"Run" the man screamed to the pregnant woman, seeing out of the corner of his eye as two people came to help her up in order for her to run before he focused his full attention on fighting the Alien he had tackled, just barely able to keep up with the Alien's strength as they both threw punches.

He wasn't really sure what he was doing but as he managed to kick the Alien to his side and his eyes came to meet the Alien's weapon not far from his reach, he quickly reacted by moving towards it and grabbing hold of it.

However the man wasn't able to keep a hold of the weapon long enough before it burned his hand causing him to growl in pain as he shook his hand, looking at the Alien weapon in shock while at his side the Alien had come to stand again, aiming a pistol looking Alien weapon at the man now as he sighed, ready to accept his fate.

Although fate seemed to have different ideas for him this day as before the Alien could fire his weapon, another man came behind the Alien and smacked it around the back of the head with a pipe, apparently enough damage to the brain to kill it as it fell down to the ground, the savior quickly diving behind one of the nearby vehicles for cover like the one he had saved.

"Shit man, what we going to do?" the savior asked his new ally as they hid behind a car, watching as the squad of Alien soldiers continued to fire down the train station's tunnel, the other few remaining Humans also hiding behind vehicles in an effort to keep away from the weapon fire.

Looking to his savior, the man could see his savior's name was "Han Seong" by the name tag that was currently on his shirt. However before the man could give an answer to Han's question, the sudden sounds of gunfire filled the tunnel as multiple Aliens fell to the ground dead, all alive civilians in the tunnel looking to the tunnel's exit to see whom their saviors was.

"That's right bitches, shouldn't corner people unless if you want to get cornered" came Bob's voice as he and Will both fired at the Aliens, the two of them taking the Aliens by surprise having been enough to give them the advantage to kill all of the Aliens before they could react.

Cheers of celebration came from the civilians they had come to rescue but as the last Alien fell down to the ground, Will knew the job wasn't done and quickly moved over to where all the civilians that had survived came to gather together.

"Are any of you the woman we heard over the radio?" Will asked the gathered group, most of them shaking their heads until a woman's voice came from the back.

"That would be me" the woman said as she gently nudged her way through the crowd, coming to stand in front of Will as she offered him her hand while she held a handheld radio in her other "My name is Nancy Morales, reporter for America's top selling newspaper."

"Well miss Morales" Will started, quickly shaking her offered hand while he could see Bob guarding the entrance of the tunnel from the corner of his eye "You just saved all the people here, for now, but we have to get out of here before any Alien reinforcements come to the area."

"That would be great but we haven't exactly got anywhere to go where the Aliens aren't looking." a voice called out from the crowd, the pregnant woman who had just barely survived, with a worried look on her face.

"Not exactly, we got a camp outside of the city we can all hide at. We'll have to take the emergency tunnel out of here though so hurry up and gather your belongings" Will told them, causing the crowd to quickly scatter while Will himself headed over to the emergency exit door in order to get it open.

"Will, hurry up, we gott-" Bob's warning was interrupted as Alien weapon fire filled the tunnel, several lasers going through Bob's body as he had attempted to run to Will and the civilians's position, the civilians quickly panicking while Will just had to focus on getting the door open, using as much strength he had to force it open.

"Everyone through the exit now!" Will heard the reporter yell while Will himself quickly aimed his rifle and began firing at the Aliens that were approaching them through the tunnel, able to watch as two men ran into the enemy fire in order to work together and lift up Bob's now dead body, bringing it with them as they made their way to the exit.

Quickly the civilians made their way into the tunnel, carrying as much as they could with Will waiting for the last of them to pass by, those last two being the two men carrying Bob's body, before he sighed, muttering "I'm sorry Bob" to himself as he closed the emergency exit door behind them. ---  19th August 2049  - 00:11 - Hayes Hotel, America "Hey dude, do you remember that time when we we sneaked into Charleston away from our group here? Me, you and Karen? God i'm surprised we made it drunk with how drunk we were."

"How drunk we were? You have bad memory Ant because you were the only one completely shit faced. Me and Karen could actually hold our drinks."

"Hey" Anthony said, raising his voice some as he pointed an accusing finger at Logan who was on the other side of the bar, Anthony waiting a few moments as he thought about what to say before he stumbled back against the bar "you may be right."

Logan allowed himself to chuckle at that as he finally grabbed Anthony's glass and moved it away from him, a smirk remaining on his face as he took one last sip from his own glass before winking ""may be right"? Look at you here, we've barely drunk and you're already about to pass out. That night in Charleston was more chaotic than this."

"You know, on the subject of that time" Logan said, grinning to himself as he turned around to place their used alcohol glasses separate from the others, unable to clean them until they had working power "I still can't get over how Will turned that small motel into this lovely hotel."

However Logan heard no response from Anthony which caused him to turn back around and see a sad look on Anthony's face as Anthony himself suddenly changed the topic.

"You think we can beat 'em? The Aliens I mean."

"I don't think so Ant. I know so. We made it through a Zombie apocalypse with faith and I bet you we're gonna make it through this with faith. You just have to keep a hold of that faith."

"Yeah but there's a bit of a difference between fighting the mostly dead and Aliens with superior weaponry" Anthony said as the two men met each other's gaze. Although before Logan could give Anthony another response, the voice of General Edward Grey could be heard as the General himself entered the room.

"It just means a harder fight, my boy" Edward told Anthony as he crossed the room in order to join them at the bar "Perhaps we will suffer a lot more than we did during the Apocalypse but as Logan began saying, if you have faith and the dedication to not loose. You can achieve anything. No matter how impossible sounding."

"I'll hold you to that" was Anthony's reply as he tried to move himself away from the bar, quickly collapsing down to the ground while both Logan and Edward watched him, wincing slightly before they turned to each other.

"I don't think he's going to be holding anything tonight. You going to be able to take him back to his room, Goodman?" Edward asked, earning a small grin out of Logan as he nodded and moved around the bar, coming to Anthony's side in order to help him up before he began guiding him out of the room just as Dannisha, who had to hide a smirk, walked into the room.

"Had fun here General?"

"Hah, nah it looks like I just missed the fun. Although I did get to see dear Ant collapse to the ground. Poor boy isn't ever going to learn to hold his drinks."

"Probably isn't going to ever learn how to drink less either" Dannisha noted, earning a grin from both of them as she came to sit at the bar with her general, letting out a sigh as she ran a hand through her hair which the General took note of.

"Everything alright Danni?"

"Yes sir. Just recovering from writing down everything worthy of noting in this hotel all day."

"Come now Danni, we both know you don't have to be so formal. Although if we are getting formal, then consider yourself commanded to get some sleep."

That caused a laugh to escape from Dannisha as she bent herself over the bar in order to reach underneath the counter and grab one of the bottles, pulling it out and easily opening it "sleep? I'm not sure I would be able to do that when we have the threat of Aliens out there."

"Oh you'll be surprised at where you could sleep when your body forces you too. I once had to fall asleep in the most disgusting sewer while me and a squad were hiding under ground from bombing just above us."

Dannisha herself just rolled her eyes playfully as she next grabbed two new glasses, pouring some alcohol for the both of them which Edward quickly accepted as he took a hold of his glass, clanking it on hers before he gulped it down.

"Ah, good old Whiskey. Feels like forever since I had some of that" Edward observed, Dannisha turning the bottle around in her hand to see if he was right and chuckled when she saw that he was.

"Just try not to drink enough to get yourself drunk General, i'm pretty sure the doc will be at your throat if she sees you just slightly drunk."

"Probably" Edward said with a grin, which Dannisha shared, as he began pouring them a second glass full "but i'm too old to worry about that" he joked as they raised their drinks, once again clanking them together before gulping their drinks down.

"Well I wish you luck in handling her."

Suddenly the bar doors opened and in walked one of the soldiers who had been put on guard on the hotel's surrounding wall, both Dannisha and Edward turning in their seats to look at the soldier as he gave a salute while Edward was the first to speak.

"What is it Butterfield? Something wrong?"

"No, well, unknown General but Daniel Pratt and Charlie Jenkins have returned in the truck on their own, they have a long range radio but they have a report to give" was Buttefield's reply but just as both Edward and Dannisha were getting up to find out what was going on, Daniel and Charlie came to enter the bar room themselves.

"We have the radio General but we heard a group over the radio, they needed desperate help immediately so Will and Bob took off on their own to save them while we brought the radio back" was Charlie's report while Daniel growled at his side, taking a moment to run his hand against the back of his head as he glared at his General.

"Yeah and it's a good thing we brought it back with us because I can tell you General, Will is gonna get them both killed. I told them him we should just leave them, there was too many Aliens to go on a rescue mis-."

"Then you were wrong Daniel."

Daniel paused in his rant, looking over to his General with a shocked expression.

"Excuse me sir?"

"Our top priority right now is to save whoever we can, however we can. No matter the risk. We aren't going to win this war by just being a small group held up in a hotel which means we need to risk our lives to rescue those who can later help us. Am I understood?" Edward asked as he looked around the entire room, earning nods from everyone present before he turned to Dannisha.

"Danni, go get Nadia and make sure she is ready to deal with any possible injured patients"

"Yes General" was Dannisha's reply as she quickly ran out of the room to go fetch the doctor while Edward turned his attention to the three remaining.

"You three can get the generator down to the power room. Go." Edward commanded, the three men giving salutes before they quickly disappeared out of the room, leaving Edward to sit back down at the bar and let out a sigh.

"I goddamn pray you haven't made a mistake Hayes" Edward said to himself as he grabbed his glass and poured a third drink for himself.

"I goddamn pray you find yourself filled with luck." ---  19th August 2049  - 00:51 - Charleston Outskirts, America He hated walking through the woods in near complete silence. It gave him too much time to have too many thoughts come into his head. However he had already decided he would rather that than get distracted by having a conversation with anyone while he observed the surrounding area for any possible enemy activity.

That was until his thoughts were interrupted.

"I'm sorry about your friend" came Nancy's voice from behind Will as Nancy herself quickened her pace just enough to be walking beside Will, keeping her voice low in order to not disturb the conversations going on between the other group members behind the pair of them.

In attempt to keep himself out of any conversation, Will just offered her a nod of acknowledgement but once he realized Nancy wasn't satisfied with this response he let out a sigh before he gave a different one.

"Yeah, he was a good person. Would always be happy to risk his life for others...this world lost a very good person."

Nancy gave her own nod in response to this statement, thinking about pushing the subject a bit further for a moment before she shrugged that process of thinking over and instead raised the radio up to Will's attention, Will himself looking curiously at it for a few moments before looking at her curiously as she asked a question.

"This radio belonged to a soldier squad that came into the city. I don't know what they were looking for but they referred to themselves as Alpha squad...they all died...were they apart of your group?"

Hearing the news of Alpha squad's deaths, Will let out a sigh, bowing his head for a few moments in silent respect for the fallen before he nodded in confirmation "yeah, they were sent into Charleston to investigate any Alien activity before we made any efforts to do anything with the city. However we were in desperate need to get a generator and a long range radio so...my squad had to go in."

There was a moment of pause between the two before Nancy tilted her head in curiosity, watching as Will exited into a clearing where his truck remained where he had parked it before asking out another question to him "was your squad able to complete the objective?"

However Will gave no answer to this question as he walked over to his truck, quickly unlocking the door and shoving his rifle inside as he stood at the driver seat door's side, thinking over something for a moment before he sighed and turned back to face the group of gathered civilians.

"My squad and I were sent into Charleston in order to get a much needed generator and a long range radio. Two of my squad are going back to our camp right now with a long range radio but I still need to bring back a generator if we are to have any sort of power at camp. I can't take a generator back on my own however. I need some volunteers...is anyone here up for that?"

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Will could easily see that the majority of them were nervously shifting around, clearing wanting no part in such a thing and Will didn't blame them, the most likely case was none of them could fight a human, never mind technology advanced Aliens.

However two men came to step forward, Han Seong and the man whom had saved a pregnant woman during the attack on the underground train station, and shared a smile and nod with Will before Will then turned to look at the rest of the crowd as he asked the next question "our camp is set up in Hayes Hotel. Does anyone here know their way to it?"

Multiple hands among the crowd raised which caused Will to smile, thankful some of them knew where to go.

"Then make your way there. There should be guards on the wall surrounding it so let them know William Hayes sent you. Now go." Will told them, ignoring the clear whisperers among the crowd after he had mentioned his name while he gestured the two volunteers over to his truck, watching out of the corner of his eye as the rest of the civilians made their way back into the woods.

"Do either of you have any idea on the location of a working generator?" Will asked the two men, causing them both to share a look which got Will curious, ready to press them for more information before Han sighed as he nodded.

"We all were using one in the underground train station but that's clearly a no go right? I mean the Aliens are going to have that place locked down now" Han observed, looking to the other two men in his company but Will shook his head as the other remained silent.

"Right now that is the only working generator we know of. We have to go through the risk to get it. I'll understand if the pair of you want to back out but if we come up with a good plan, we can get it" Will tried to press, seeing a face of doubt on Han's face but before Han could give any reply, the other man spoke up this time.

"Which may be easier than we think. Just think about it. The Aliens are drawn to anything that moves right? Give me thirty minutes and I can get myself a motorcycle and be drawing those Aliens out of there for just enough time for you to sneak in through the back exit and get that generator."

"Does sound like a good idea. You sure you're up to that though? I don't even know your name" Will was saying, knowing this was one of only few options but knowing he should make sure someone was ready before they went off on a suicidal mission.

"My name is Jeff" Jeff told his two new companions, raising his hand to give them both a salute before he quickly went into a sprint back towards Charleston city, leaving both Will and Han to watch as he went, watching him as if was running himself straight into a monster's hungry mouth until Will finally gave Han's shoulder a pat in order to gain his attention as he gave him an order.

"Get in the truck and pray the Aliens don't notice us driving down a near empty road, we're gonna need to be fast with no mistakes. Think you can do that?" Will asked, Han raising his hand to give a salute like Jeff had, only to nearly poke himself in the eye which had Will having to resist the urge to roll his own eyes as he gestured for Han to get in as he done it himself.

At this point he was wishing he had just taken the good luck that Daniel had tried to give him earlier. ---  19th August 2049  - 01:10 - Hayes Hotel, America "Do you think everything is ready?" Dannisha asked as she finished setting up the final makeshift bed, watching as Nadia, their doctor, was setting up her medical supplies while she gave a shrug.

"I don't know. For comfort this will have to do for tonight but medical wise I wont be able to tell until the civilians turn up. I just hope none of them are too badly wounded..."

There was a pause in Nadia's speaking which caused Dannisha to raise a curious eyebrow as she walked over to Nadia, gently putting a hand on her shoulder "what's wrong, Nada?"

"Danni...we barely have enough food for the current thirty-one people. How are we going to handle more?" Nadia asked softly as she turned her head to look into Dannisha's eyes, Dannisha unable to think of a good answer in a quick enough time to not worry Nadia which resulted in Nadia giving herself an answer.

"I guess we'll just have to find out. I know we can't turn them away, we won't but I just worry that if too many people get worried or we're unable to find food that sacrifices will have to be made...i'm not prepared to do that."

"You won't have to be" Dannisha told her gently, reaching up to give Nadia's cheek a gentle stroke before winking "now come on doctor, let's give one last look around to make sure everything is fine bef-" Dannisha began to say but she was quickly interrupted by the sound of life coming from just outside the makeshift hospital room they had set up in the back lobby.

"Doctor Nadia, we require you" Butterfield's voice came from just outside the door before the door itself opened, working with a man whom Dannisha recognized as Guzman to carry one person into the room with a large group of civilians then entered in after them, Dannisha noticing a pregnant woman among the group while Nadia went straight over to help the wounded man as he was guided to a bed.

"What's your name and what's your wound?" Nadia asked the man as she tried to do a quick head count at the back of her mind of the gathered crowd only to loose her count as the man gave an answer to her questions.

"The name's Spike and I have a glass that's straight through my foot, that's why I got carried in here ma'am."

Nadia gave a simple nod to this, having assumed it would be something to do with his below and already knelt down beside the bed, gently lifting up his leg in order to examine his foot, seeing a large chunk of glass indeed through straight through his shoe, poking out both ends.

"As long as we're careful, you'll be fine. How many are present?"

"Twenty-five" Nancy answered, watching as the ones present in the room that had not been apart of the group she had come from raised an eyebrow at her quick answer, Nancy offering a smile in return "I done a head count of the way here. It includes two men who currently aren't present, they're with your friend."

"So with your twenty-five and our two friends who will be returning when they can, we'll be at a total of fifty-six" Dannisha stated from against the wall, failing to notice Nancy had said friend and not friends until Nancy and the rest of her group exchanged sad faces, Dannisha raising an eyebrow in curiosity "what happened?"

"I'm sorry to report ma'am but Bob got killed in action. These people had to carry his body back. It's only Will out there now" Guzman said from his position of being ready to help the doctor if needed, a few moments of silence falling over the crowded room before Dannisha sighed and rubbed a hand over her face.

"Just...get people comfortable. We'll get names and sort everything out tomorrow."

With that statement, Dannisha left the room, passing by Edward who had come to investigate the new people, and left the room's remaining occupants to be in sad silence for the most part as they were shown to their sleeping quarters for the night. ---  19th August 2049  - 01:30 - Charleston, America "You think its been enough time?" Han asked quietly as he and Will sneaked through the emergency exit tunnel, this time going through it in order to get into the train station but Will simply raised a finger to his lips, telling Han to be silent which Han was slightly offended by but he quickly decided it was for the best as they approached the exit door.

"Do you have any idea where the generator is for when we go in?" Will asked as they came to stand outside the door, Will placing his hand on the handle to get ready to open it while Han stood nervously behind him, giving Will a nod.

"Unless if the Aliens have moved it, it should be at the back of the tunnel, not too far from this door."

"Alright, first i'll open the door a little bit in order to check the immediate area and then we move in if clear."

"What if it's not clear?"

"Then we run for our lives with our tails between our legs praying to every single God in existence we don't get shot."

"That...doesn't sound like a good plan."

"It's still a plan though" Will pointed out, offering a grin before he began to turn the handle, only to be stopped by Han who placed his hand on the handle and shared a look with Will.

"You sure you want to do it first? I'll be much quicker than you in case-" Han's nervous talking was interrupted as Will just casually opened the door slightly, both men turning their heads in order to look through the crack, seeing no Aliens in their immediate area.

"Think its clear?" Han asked as quietly as he could but before Will could reply to him, Jeff's face appeared on the other side of the door, making both men jump while Jeff just casually chuckled as he opened the door fully for them.

"Dude, what the fuck, I nearly became Skelly the skeleton" Han said in between the breaths of his he was trying to catch while Will, after having recovered from the sudden heart attack, gave a grin as he nodded behind Jeff.

"It all clear then?"

"Yeah. Seems like they cleared out after we were gone, guess they figured there was no point in staying around. Come on, I know exactly where the generator is" Jeff told them as he gestured for his two friends to follow him as he began walking across the underground station.

"We're lucky they haven't taken anything then" Will pointed out as he looked around the area, Han following behind him a bit more nervously until the three men walked around a bus, being greeted by the sight of the generator itself as Will asked the important question.

"It still working?"

Jeff gave a nod, kneeling down in front of it and flicking on its power switch, turning on a nearby dig site light to show that the power was working before he flicked it back off again, standing up to look at the other two, asking his own question.

"What are we going to do about the other supplies?"

Will paused for a moment, thinking it over as he looked around before he reached down and grabbed a back pack at his feet, giving it a bit of a dust off "Two of us will be able to carry back the generator which means a third can carry some bags. On top of that we can only really use our backs so we won't be able to take it all but have a look around, take what we can."

Both Han and Jeff nodded to that statement and heading off in different directions to look around, hoping for things that will provide useful to them back at the hotel but before Will could begin looking around himself, the sound of a clanging could be heard as a rock fell down against a pipe and then finally onto the floor nearby Will.

Remaining calm, Will silently cursed himself for having not brought a flashlight or his rifle, the latter being because he needed both of his hands for the generator, but also reached down to his side to grab a bloodied pipe, taking note that it looked like a body had been dragged from a blood trail that had been left behind.

He wasn't quite sure what was going on but he knew he didn't want to stick around long enough to find out.

"Fuck the gathering plan guys, grab the generator. Now" Will told them, his voice hard and serious enough to let both Jeff and Han know to not question his command and instead put what little they had managed to gather into back packs and run back over, working together in order to lift the generator and begin moving it towards the door.

"You see something? If it was the Aliens they would've shot us, right?" Han asked, struggling a bit to lift the generator but Will just ignored his question for a moment as he slung his back pack over his shoulder and sprinted over to the emergency exit door, opening it to allow them both through.

"Let us not stay and find out" Will said as he waited for them to pass through before he once again closed the emergency exit door behind them, leaving the underground train station in mostly darkness, not a single living thing moving.

Until one unknown thing quickly crawled across the wall, just above the emergency exit door. ---  19th August 2049  - 10:00 - Hayes Hotel, America Dannisha let out a breath she had been holding after an unknown amount of time, she hadn't been focused on herself to noticed she stopped taking in breaths for at least a moment.

Instead her eyes and mind were focused on the small funeral that was being held in the garden of the hotel for Bob as well as the people attending it. Everyone who was apart of their group, including the newcomers, were in attendance, even their guards had been allowed to go off duty long enough to attend.

Dannisha didn't think they would need guards during the day much anyway, if the Aliens were to be close enough to the hotel in order to see it among all the surrounding trees, they were close enough for the entire of their group to be unable to do anything about it.

"He was a good man" Edward suddenly said which caused Dannisha to jump slightly as she turned her head to watch as Edward leaned against the wall next to her, Edward offering her a small apologetic smile before he turned to look back at the funeral "we lost a good man but his sacrifice will be remembered. We now have a bigger group, more people to do things and more people to fight back."

"To fight back? Half of them look like they could barely hold a gun" Dannisha said, having already spent the entire night looking over the newcomers, observing them in order to get an opinion on them all.

"But they can learn too" Edward told her, bringing her attention back to him as he himself smiled and reached to give her shoulder a rub "We all have to train to get through life. For some it is more difficult than others but it is still possible."

She knew he was being serious, she knew it wasn't the best time for it but Dannisha still allowed herself a small chuckle as she shook her head, moving a bit of her hair from the front of her face.

"You're getting old Eddie. That's like the third inspirational quote you've given to us in the span of a few hours."

"Well, as you said, i'm becoming old. Gotta start fitting the role don't I?" he said, giving a soft chuckle as well before he went back to all business as he watched the funeral coming to an end, some of the guards working together in order to lower Bob's make shift coffin, nothing amazing but enough to provide a resting bed, into the ground as the rest of the crowd begin to head off in different directions.

"Alright, time to get to work. I have to start assigning people rol-" Dannisha's speaking was interrupted as multiple loud knocks could be heard echoing from the hotel's front gate, gaining the attention of everyone with the majority of the civilians moving into positions where they could hide.

"On me" Edward commanded to his soldiers as he reached to his side and grabbed his revolver, pointing it forwards as he began moving towards the gate, Dannisha reaching down to grab her rifle before she joined him along with multiple members of the guard.

Fortunately once they arrived to the gate, all their weapons pointed at the ready, they were greeted by the sight of William along with Han and Jeff, Han with his hands held up in a surrender while William himself just grinned as he leaned onto the gate.

"So we bring you guys a generator for MY hotel and you greet me with guns? I'm offended" Will teased, earning laughs from Edward and his soldiers as they all lowered their weapons, showing the civilians they could come out of hiding while Butterfield and Guzman worked together to slide open the gate for the hotel's three heroes.

"I take it the generator is working?" Dannisha asked, a grin spreading on her face as William nodded in confirmation, chucking her the keys to his truck as she ran out the gate in order to bring the vehicle in while he, Han and Jeff walked in.

"Butterfield and Guzman. You two show these two extremely helpful gents to some free rooms. Get them well rested, I want to talk with Will a bit" Edward commanded as he laid an arm over William's shoulders, guiding him away from everyone else while Han and Jeff were shown their way to the hotel, being greeted by the crowd as they went past.

"You done a good job Will. You got us more people, a working generator and a long range radio. May not be enough for us to win the war but it's a good damn start."

"Yeah...I didn't do that alone" Will pointed out softly, his gaze moving over to what had just been the area of a funeral, having quickly worked out what must have happened by everyone being gathered together which caused Edward to give Will's shoulder a soft pat in order to gain his attention before pointing over to Victoria who was clearly waiting to speak with her father.

"Go on, speak with your girl, get some rest. Me and Danni will have worked out our next move by the time you wake up" Edward said encouragingly, offering Will a smile before he walked off in a different direction leaving Will to grin like a man who had just been handed the world as he walked over to his daughter whom greeted him with a tight hug.

"I'm glad your okay daddy" Victoria whispered, tilting her head down as he delivered a kiss to the top of her head before she smiled up at him "It's a shame about Bob, i'll miss him but we all know he would've been happy knowing everyone else made it back home."

Will nodded in agreement to this as he kept an arm over his daughter's shoulders while they both began heading towards the inside of the hotel "he would be and as Edward mentioned, we've now got some where to start fighting back. Bob is probably in the afterlife laughing because he knows we're going to win."

"You sound pretty confident" Victoria teased while letting out a soft chuckle, looking up to her father with a small grin on her face which he returned as he sent a wink her way along with his own tease in response to her teasing statement.

"Of course I'm confident, no reason to be not confident. Humanity has the Hayes family, the most badass family in existence, on their side. There's no possible way we can lose this war."

This brought laughter to both father and daughter as they entered the hotel that belonged to them and their new group, both of them ready to take on the world.

Significant Events Summary

 * An unknown advanced Alien species has invaded planet Earth and are now controlling all cities, both major and minor, around the world while having also wiped out the majority of Human defenses.
 * Under the command of General Edward Grey, a small group formed a base in the Hayes Hotel, which later expands to the size of fifty-five after William Hayes and Bob rescued a large group of civilians from being attacked by Aliens in Charleston and Bob died.
 * The Hotel refugees are able to get the hotel powered up with a generator as well as gain access to a working long range radio.

Cast

 * AnnaSophia Robb as Maria Henderson
 * Unknown Male as The Excused Student
 * Unknown Female as The Principal
 * Ryan Robbins as William Hayes
 * Luke Neal as Daniel Pratt
 * Sean Murray as Charlie Jenkins
 * Unknown Male as "Poor Bob"
 * Emilia Clarke as Victoria Hayes
 * John Boyega as Nathan Sinclair
 * Devon Bostick as Brian Henderson
 * Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Anthony Alexander
 * Brad Kelly as Logan Goodman
 * Unknown Male as Suicidal Police Officer
 * Danai Gurira as Dannisha Sinclair
 * Peter Shinkoda as Jeff
 * Jenna Coleman as Gabriella Mercer
 * Steven Yeun as Han Seong
 * Lauren Cohan as Nancy Morales
 * Dale Dye as Edward Grey
 * Jon Johnson as Butterfield
 * Lindsey Morgan as Nadia Dominguez
 * Matt Scully as Guzman
 * Daniel Newman as Spike Byron

Deaths

 * Maria's entire class
 * The Principal
 * Unnamed Suicidal Police Officer (Offscreen, Body Shown)
 * All Of Alpha Squad (Offscreen, Confirmed)
 * "Poor Bob"
 * Numerous Counts Of Unnamed Humans (Both Onscreen And Offscreen)
 * Some Unnamed Aliens (Both Onscreen And Offscreen)

Trivia

 * The "episode representing image" for this episode would be William, Jeff and Han arriving at the Hayes Hotel's gate as Edward and Dannisha greet them.