Cole Pruitt (Dead Frontier)

"Blowing everything out of proportion? Did you see the footage? They were fucking shooting people. And you didn’t see what I saw today. This is serious."

- Cole to Micah about the severity of the outbreak.

Cole Pruitt is a main character in Dead Frontier.

Pre-Apocalypse
Cole worked at a call center before the outbreak. He was unhappy with his job and would rather have pursued his dream of being a screenwriter. Cole also dated Hannah Fleetwood, but they broke up before the outbreak began. Cole was also best friends with Micah Jones.

Post-Apocalypse
Cole had his first encounter with one of the infected in the early days of the apocalypse. He was walking home from work, like any other day, when he sees a commotion across the street. He sees two men apparently fighting, but when Cole intervenes, he finds out it's much more than that. One of the men is eating the other, but as Cole rips what he thinks to be a cannibal away from the victim, the man tries to eat him. Cole kills the man and runs home in a panic, believing he just murdered someone.

As Cole is spending time with his friend Micah at his apartment, they turn on the news and see the chaos in many of the world's major cities. A reporter explains the situation and describes an outbreak of 'cannibals;' Cole soons makes the connection and realizes the man he killed is one of the infected people.

The next day, Cole decides to leave the city with Micah and meet up with his ex-girlfriend Hannah. Cole has another close encounter with an infected outside of his apartment, but he and Micah flee just in time. They drive to the suburb of Calumet to Hannah's parents' house. Cole is overjoyed that Hannah is safe, but is quickly frustrated by the rudeness of Hannah's father, Mick.

Hannah and Cole soon take a trip to a nearby Walmart to stock up on any necessary supplies. The trip takes a turn for the worst, however, when they are nearly trapped in their car because of a large group of infected. They are saved by a mysterious stranger, later on discovered to be Gord Ramos, who picks off the walkers from the roof of a  small shop.

They continue to the Walmart after escaping the infected and find two strangers already searching the store, Billie Starr and former MMA champion Dwight Miller. Afterwards, four hostile military officers enter the store, but Dwight takes them out; the two new strangers then take Hannah and Cole to their group of suvivors, who are taking refuge in a Super 8 motel a few miles from the Walmart.

To be continued.

Personality
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