- Hours earlier -187Please respect copyright.PENANAUBkaPlulIU
187Please respect copyright.PENANAll7mmKWBjD
She walks in the doors of the bakery she works at, late for work. "Nice of you to finally show up." Her boss says, standing at the register. 187Please respect copyright.PENANATlkDqRLN1o
187Please respect copyright.PENANAZFRbrhhbrJ
"Karl, I'm sorry-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAtmGNcRk4qL
187Please respect copyright.PENANAD3R4KmmDxO
"Payton, it's okay." He laughs. "The subway was running late, I know you get it as you live half an hour from here. I checked the website."187Please respect copyright.PENANAb7U04rRqDv
187Please respect copyright.PENANACFILE5Kjaa
She stands there not saything anything. "You okay? You look sick."187Please respect copyright.PENANAJBrYmvzae2
187Please respect copyright.PENANARFlQPP2Tne
"I'm fine." She responds, pushing past him.187Please respect copyright.PENANAyyFMIveGaZ
187Please respect copyright.PENANAvOc0aeIT0I
"Uh, okay. Get your apron, Payton. Your co-workers started without you."187Please respect copyright.PENANA8ueFHGfChU
187Please respect copyright.PENANAX4sfuDBCAr
He takes a seat at the register looking down. Payton heads out the back, pulling on her apron. Her co-workers have theirs on already and are pulling loafs of bread and pastries fresh out the oven. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAgAgpzDW0Ol
187Please respect copyright.PENANALVMlO1ns9z
"You're late." Zeke says harshly. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA8dmNsXq6kT
187Please respect copyright.PENANAoLnNK3OZvm
"I know, I'm sorry. The train was-"187Please respect copyright.PENANANswiYjvY8w
187Please respect copyright.PENANAn5QiLtfwAu
"Don't care, just get up here. Karl doesn't pay us to stand around." 187Please respect copyright.PENANAKJHDgoxugT
187Please respect copyright.PENANA4HO58EPDSA
"Okay."187Please respect copyright.PENANAGmyNGM1cJd
187Please respect copyright.PENANAAO4v6jyHLZ
And she helps them out. When today's stock is taken upfront and displayed, she heads back out the back, flinging her backpack on the hook her apron was hanging on before. She turns to walk away and heads back to her backpack, opening it and pulls out an orange pill bottle with her name on it. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAU9pqySpbRQ
187Please respect copyright.PENANAiTvR5RPs8L
She opens the lid, four tablets falling out and gulps them down. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAVedroGiecg
187Please respect copyright.PENANA6ELxH8YkID
"Payton?"187Please respect copyright.PENANAcGuugFf1Bs
187Please respect copyright.PENANAgz0JI1pa3K
She turns around, dropping the medication back into it her backpack, not noticing her mobile phone slide out and underneath a table.187Please respect copyright.PENANAiDWmDBYNWf
187Please respect copyright.PENANAZLVb62l6wq
"Karl-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAzaWxmI9N2t
187Please respect copyright.PENANAlQT1Ay7t0K
When yelling from up the front interrupts. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAhppAk2nQCd
187Please respect copyright.PENANAEQInbLqM34
"Bring my Dad out here now!"187Please respect copyright.PENANATofzsicjVz
187Please respect copyright.PENANApORHjex2JH
Karl turns back around to head back upfront, Payton running up beside him still holding her backpack. He places his hand on her back. "It's alright, it's just one of my sons."187Please respect copyright.PENANA37R8ZEpdPk
187Please respect copyright.PENANA81fjVEfJNR
He leads her to the register. "Joel, what is it? You don't have to yell at my employees."187Please respect copyright.PENANAUimQORyHK4
187Please respect copyright.PENANA4aAfZjjQL8
They get into a mild argument over finances, the bakery and joint cafe business Karl owns and Karl's health. Payton tries to walk away, but Karl pulls her back, pushing her to sit. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAcuzhjpPowh
187Please respect copyright.PENANABExLO6MOhP
"Payton, stay here." He tells her. She doesn't say anything, scared of his sons yelling. Karl can see that and tries to put an end to it. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAaNMHz7D7sP
187Please respect copyright.PENANAOseF1jZMIw
"Joel, leave. You're scaring my employees and there will customers arriving shortly. 187Please respect copyright.PENANARPErW1LOnQ
187Please respect copyright.PENANAtkrMOxqAUg
We can talk about this at the end of the day, 5:30 p.m."187Please respect copyright.PENANAXjEIQH8zop
187Please respect copyright.PENANAfZEZGo0fAE
"But I want to talk about it now."187Please respect copyright.PENANAKYaEHhHIKe
187Please respect copyright.PENANAG2d1ZFAToQ
"My heart is fine."187Please respect copyright.PENANAtVo26r4BNm
187Please respect copyright.PENANAqy7jUKCWlV
"Karl? You're heart?" Payton whispers. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA4dV5loz105
187Please respect copyright.PENANAlygPiaVnRh
"My heart is fine, Payton." Karl tells her, placing a hand on her shoulder when the bells rings, the door opening and someone coming in.187Please respect copyright.PENANAA4WfbSrYmz
187Please respect copyright.PENANAMs64GHLuRP
"Welcome to Crest Port's Bakery and Cafe-" Karl says, blood splattering when the patron sinks his teeth into his son, ripping out chunks of flesh.187Please respect copyright.PENANAzezEUUeQfq
187Please respect copyright.PENANAxovHMjILnj
"Joel!" He yells, raising his walking stick and Jack walks out from the back, the patron rushing it and throwing him against the wall. Jack tries to push the patron, but it does nothing, Jack being torn apart. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAqvTe6MpoU7
187Please respect copyright.PENANAVRnGiK3Jfu
"Angelina, Cassidy, Zeke, out the back exit now!" Karl yells out and he and Payton hear the back door fly open. "Payton, go!" Karl yells at her, pushing her and she leaps over the register, running out the front door while Karl walks up the patron, aiming his walking stick and with swift whack, it pierces the patrons head.187Please respect copyright.PENANAiIBo2gSyV1
187Please respect copyright.PENANAPgmBkP9sYN
Karl then staggers out the front door after her. "Payton? Payton!" He calls, looking around for her, the streets having become chaos. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAt86sEwx3hN
187Please respect copyright.PENANAkMNo7i6BKb
He sees her just up ahead, the road blocked by cars. "Payton!" He yells, staggering after her. "Karl!" She says terrified, turning back to look at him, her backpack on her back. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA7F5PUQavF6
187Please respect copyright.PENANARwIegRbiai
She runs up to him, gently helping him to walk. "The road is blocked, we need to find another way. I don't know where to go, what is happening?! Your son, that person-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAjsRMvbaEJC
187Please respect copyright.PENANAC54lSPVZjV
She's struggling to find the words to speak when Karl's expression changes, him clutching his chest. "Karl!" She creams, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA4s9QEbc6ck
187Please respect copyright.PENANAJVjBpYMSVG
"P-Payton-" He chokes out. "Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry!" She profusely appolgizes when she looks up and sees a person standing behind Karl. There is a blank expression on their face, their shuffling towards him and Payton, arms outstretched and eyes looking glazed over. 187Please respect copyright.PENANArL3mq39GmZ
187Please respect copyright.PENANATUXobgqHlp
She forces Karl to take a step back, his not able to speak now. "Karl!" She yells, slapping the side of his face. 187Please respect copyright.PENANANqfxpu8ABt
187Please respect copyright.PENANAm9TM5y0hG5
He starts to pass out and she falls to the ground, catching him and his lying in her arms, arms flailing around wildly gripping his chest and looks at Payton, face terrified when they hear the cracking sound of wood and the person falls over, a boy who couldn't be any older than 10-12 years old holding a now snapped in half skateboard. "Are you okay?" 187Please respect copyright.PENANAr7b4o8k8KR
187Please respect copyright.PENANAzCRGxll28G
The boy asks. Payton doesn't say anything. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAeyrq9hGmE9
187Please respect copyright.PENANAeO8JBgvL7H
"Uh, I'm Benji. Is he okay?" 187Please respect copyright.PENANAGe6GEo07BY
187Please respect copyright.PENANAkdizJ8DXsU
"I don't know." Payton finally speaks when they hear sirens and see red and blue lights, a veichle pulling up behind them with the bright sunlight behind it. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAK57mr9YpHF
187Please respect copyright.PENANAyhLGPvMcbN
Benji runs to stand beside Payton, gripping her arm. Two firetrucks, one police car.187Please respect copyright.PENANAONVSdbb770
187Please respect copyright.PENANA4YRNxAXm97
The first responders step out. "Are you all okay?" One of the firefighters ask. Karl is still clutching his chest, his eyes closing. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAYnSg1z76aR
187Please respect copyright.PENANAljbm6UQ4ym
"Is he bitten?" The police officer asks. "Are either of you bitten?"187Please respect copyright.PENANAn2UiRbQNt7
187Please respect copyright.PENANALjMRHiw0V0
"Bitten? What do you mean, bitten?!" Payton yells back. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA79Th5YzGXW
187Please respect copyright.PENANAASMfBGGomM
"No! We're not!" Benji yells out. "Okay, okay. Can you pass him to me?" The officer asks, taking Karl from Payton. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAoePDTCdqg3
187Please respect copyright.PENANAEgHhzI3qWq
"Please look after him! His my boss, his the only family I have left!" She begs. 187Please respect copyright.PENANADg8AqAGrAT
187Please respect copyright.PENANA9pMkBRJMQb
The officer nods. "Sure, of course."187Please respect copyright.PENANAqqskjTirRP
187Please respect copyright.PENANAIJDReicGpo
"Can you and the boy come with us?" One of the firefighters ask, gently taking Payton's arms, but she pulls away while the boy goes with the other firefighter. "I don't have any yellow bands left." Says the other firefighter. "You?"187Please respect copyright.PENANA4DTFssm43Y
187Please respect copyright.PENANAVCNafJVPew
"None." Responds the officer trying to apprehend, Payton. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAk3WWreVzRD
187Please respect copyright.PENANAHftXvu1yGU
"I'm not going with you! I need to go with Karl, I need to know his okay!"187Please respect copyright.PENANAhgbwlMEzGm
187Please respect copyright.PENANAssOAtF7svm
"Officer Markus will be taking him to the Hospital. We'd like to take you and the boy there too, I can't leave you out here, honey in the middle of-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAw1QNciZP13
187Please respect copyright.PENANA6g3mgr1Itn
"Don't call me, honey!" She yells, them feeling very tired and hits the ground. He helps her up, carrying her towards the Firetruck, her struggling to escape his grip and eventually head leaning back, a yawn escaping to the Fire Fighters concern.187Please respect copyright.PENANALzZRajsTBw
187Please respect copyright.PENANAebvsjTLtWi
"Payton?" 187Please respect copyright.PENANAtc2Jk1sMhW
187Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ3zhEFj3V
Payton jolts awake, a hospital room in her field of vision. She sits up, seeing a green band on her arm. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAmq1wISLOGx
187Please respect copyright.PENANApWV5yhM37z
"Uh, your blood tests came back. Dr Holly wants to discuss them with you in a bit. Are you hungry or anything? It's almost 12."187Please respect copyright.PENANAHXDGGtgU1F
187Please respect copyright.PENANAUk7oTBl830
She sees it's Tom. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAEgbNIQVA7t
187Please respect copyright.PENANAaEtQghU1jr
"Get out."187Please respect copyright.PENANAmpxPlQ7hXp
187Please respect copyright.PENANAEr8BuF1Bsk
"I'm sorry?"187Please respect copyright.PENANAYVfLOnjk4d
187Please respect copyright.PENANAMNTZxZ9GME
"I said get out!" She screams, picking up a pillow and hurling it at the door. Tom runs out, pulling it closed behind him. She jumps off the bed, running to the door madly pulling on the door, the handle not budging. 187Please respect copyright.PENANARvaZSciOzC
187Please respect copyright.PENANAqPoMM4CmDC
She picks up the pillow, throwing it to the other side of the room and pounds on the door, throwing her body at it before sinking down and crying.187Please respect copyright.PENANAojbamktNIU
187Please respect copyright.PENANAt1kNIb6oPK
Tom is standing outside the door, back to it and gasping heavily. "You okay?" One of the nurses ask. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAzPVD1hcUDm
187Please respect copyright.PENANAfbfDE9H8nm
"I'm fine, Tilly. Uh, w-where's Dr Holly for consult?" 187Please respect copyright.PENANAgn8Qod9Coy
187Please respect copyright.PENANAfolRFWhKaa
"Coming our way now." Tilly smiles, going back to sifting through papers. 187Please respect copyright.PENANA5FZw9vLkOn
187Please respect copyright.PENANAnomz9a60vW
"Holly."187Please respect copyright.PENANACkKq5AuplE
187Please respect copyright.PENANA2a7uIqM6e7
"Tom."187Please respect copyright.PENANAtfzdtNrCol
187Please respect copyright.PENANACmxFloeedd
"Your patient just threw her pillow at me. She's uh, quiet upset."187Please respect copyright.PENANAJIBjWsTbAR
187Please respect copyright.PENANAVEiKlEolke
"I'm sorry, Tom."187Please respect copyright.PENANAwwOkoXxUiX
187Please respect copyright.PENANASxCEE1qWu5
"Holly, she can't do that again. That plus her previous actions, her hold will become a 72 hold or longer. We might not be able to move her out of here anytime soon, this zombie situation could become much worse quickly. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAbijzjki3sb
187Please respect copyright.PENANA4gB3P04yH3
And being stuck in a room in an ER will not help her."187Please respect copyright.PENANADabZA19jdU
187Please respect copyright.PENANACB1WoCmXDS
She sighs. "You're right. I'll make some calls to the hospital I normally work at, see if they have a bed and we can transfer her."187Please respect copyright.PENANABRuqed8ti3
187Please respect copyright.PENANAwgGSARwpCe
"Do you want to go in and talk her now? Her blood results and everything. Maybe give her something to calm her down."187Please respect copyright.PENANAej4ghxMz4b
187Please respect copyright.PENANAq7fezqIVcj
"Drugging her continously won't help, Tom."187Please respect copyright.PENANACNwEbeVHp1
187Please respect copyright.PENANADwsH7au05N
"We don't have alot of options, Holly. It's that or we restrain her."187Please respect copyright.PENANAanQx3sBXD6
187Please respect copyright.PENANALdEZmMUpcw
"I'm not going to do that to her!"187Please respect copyright.PENANAoA3ed3jpVj
187Please respect copyright.PENANAubgNZMZx4E
"If you won't, then I will! I'll go and speak to the head of the Hospital."187Please respect copyright.PENANAuyzxffexs0
187Please respect copyright.PENANAtW1IHMMRjd
"Tom! His really busy!"187Please respect copyright.PENANATdAmPlACRA
187Please respect copyright.PENANA2IyzvBUzyz
"Holly, just go see your patient. Don't stand here arguing with me." He pushes past her. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAjcSeRU9RJk
187Please respect copyright.PENANAA6OvqTRtVG
"Dick." She whispers, heading to Payton's room. She opens the door, going in.187Please respect copyright.PENANA7JpIZbuCMw
187Please respect copyright.PENANAqADgV7Jpmo
Payton's sitting on the floor on the other side of the room. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAaEZJFTMTNq
187Please respect copyright.PENANA6mQ6W3W2A2
"Hello, Payton. How are you feeling?"187Please respect copyright.PENANANwltfPVNlB
187Please respect copyright.PENANAmrml90ijZP
She looks up at Holly, face tear strained. "I hate you."187Please respect copyright.PENANAxApVF8oJGK
187Please respect copyright.PENANAsetKRBuah6
"That's okay, you don't have to like us right now, Payton."187Please respect copyright.PENANAvnNVk8az7i
187Please respect copyright.PENANAWvV4gtNVxw
"I can't tear the stupid pillow, or the blanket. Everything is safety proof in here."187Please respect copyright.PENANAFf1lGgLc2p
187Please respect copyright.PENANAnhmW02dqGD
"This one of our mental health holding rooms."187Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2rUlT6klp
187Please respect copyright.PENANAUh46MAPZ99
"I want to leave."187Please respect copyright.PENANAIf3MVsmFDs
187Please respect copyright.PENANAgUrOCOTioA
"You are a hold. I explained that to you earlier-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAqA20RZ3Mg4
187Please respect copyright.PENANA3wNNxoA3x2
"Then I want to call a lawyer, I want to make a 2nd phone call."187Please respect copyright.PENANAAP2CjSYQzB
187Please respect copyright.PENANAGJkmSb2z2r
"Uh, you can call one. But they might not be able to do anything for you right now."187Please respect copyright.PENANApAhfKxbs5P
187Please respect copyright.PENANAPzO9nIL5Zg
"You don't know that."187Please respect copyright.PENANAIMUhjN62P0
187Please respect copyright.PENANANDk4wgi7sE
"Payton, do you remember what happened in the waiting room?"187Please respect copyright.PENANAIM3jFsrfJs
187Please respect copyright.PENANA86C4x5es9a
"Yes, and I remember how I got here. Karl's dead, they we're pumping on his chest when I left. He was having chest pain when I tried to help him, a-a person staggered into the bakery and mauled-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAdlJTcRVhPA
187Please respect copyright.PENANAMMSRpWaaQg
She breaks down crying. "It's okay, just let it happen." Holly tells her.
"The fuck is happening to the world?!"187Please respect copyright.PENANAJCVDrWLofe
187Please respect copyright.PENANAZf4LeFWfwB
"I'm not... really sure, Payton. I don't know much more than you, sorry." 187Please respect copyright.PENANARsNGYyB9tW
187Please respect copyright.PENANA64KW0mgNrN
She takes a seat beside Payton. "And I'm sorry about Karl. I didn't know. He was unconscious when he was bought in, no I.D and you we're... overdosing."187Please respect copyright.PENANATX9dtwXxQB
187Please respect copyright.PENANAZEwVZASCVM
She doesn't say anything. "Is there anything I can do for you, Payton that would be helpful? Someone I can call for you, a friend, someone you are seeing romantically...? Do you want some food? It's almost lunchtime."187Please respect copyright.PENANAQp9SKvBSSw
187Please respect copyright.PENANAaTjTNAq5zP
"I'm not hungry, and I have no one else. Karl's dead and my co-workers hate me. Jack was mauled inside the bakery.187Please respect copyright.PENANAKP3auVkTBX
187Please respect copyright.PENANAnsKv42BLQa
Angelina, Cassidy, Zeke. I don't know where they are, whatever. Anyway, they hate me."187Please respect copyright.PENANAnfyTrGg6VE
187Please respect copyright.PENANAlj7bltH8oa
"Do you know that for sure? Is it a fact or-"187Please respect copyright.PENANAb7yOIYCibC
187Please respect copyright.PENANADUnc0TvnzK
"I want to you to leave, Holly."187Please respect copyright.PENANAat6L2ZsMI0
187Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZGMxTbgIb
"I want to give you space, but Payton, we do really need to talk first. You attacked one of the patients in the waiting room first."187Please respect copyright.PENANA9SE1dwtuiN
187Please respect copyright.PENANAualNkbXJqk
"Shit, I remember that. I'm sorry."187Please respect copyright.PENANAM2ref22NjU
187Please respect copyright.PENANAUgOW7qxT0j
"You need to tell that to him."187Please respect copyright.PENANAs8fq9JCRC8
187Please respect copyright.PENANAsbfee2zbKz
"I'll think about it."187Please respect copyright.PENANA6b5efi7R5V
187Please respect copyright.PENANAKuPsIkvYTy
"Uh, okay. Your blood tests came back."187Please respect copyright.PENANAwPkXjaKFuj
187Please respect copyright.PENANAc1PrbHzcB8
"I had a blood test?"187Please respect copyright.PENANAUp16sHwjT1
187Please respect copyright.PENANAJdy28iVvHa
"We... did it after we pumped your stomach. You we're still kinda unconscious then..."187Please respect copyright.PENANAYvxasSqOcD
187Please respect copyright.PENANABrA2xFQ5rC
"Oh...did it show anything in particular?"187Please respect copyright.PENANApX70iRpuqo
187Please respect copyright.PENANABTmX92dBNv
Holly removes her mask. "You've been cleared, you're not infected. The green band on your wrist."187Please respect copyright.PENANA9NEmLyJyeU
187Please respect copyright.PENANAYbebmIAUDK
Payton doesn't respond. "I'll give you time alone now. But Payton, you can't throw things at us and we don't want you to hurt yourself either. 187Please respect copyright.PENANANA3mn0jyKW
187Please respect copyright.PENANAmYlluAQwPd
If you do either of those again, we'll be forced to maybe adminster medication and maybe even restrain you-"187Please respect copyright.PENANA05sjQfn7yk
187Please respect copyright.PENANAcUWBPsigrU
"Get out!"187Please respect copyright.PENANALV2vXRdKkl
187Please respect copyright.PENANAdkyI1XsHK7
"I'm sorry." And Holly stands up, leaving the room, the lock engaging. "How'd it go?" Tom asks, standing outside the room. 187Please respect copyright.PENANAcYfzFbmNRG
187Please respect copyright.PENANAMTHbdUDx69
"As badly as it could have gone, Tom. There's nothing that can be done for her right now. I'm going to go check on Reed's patient, Gabriel Foster and make some more calls seeing if I can find Payton a permanant bed."187Please respect copyright.PENANAe6spLgpcpt
187Please respect copyright.PENANAZhosyqwYzw
"Did you hear? His actually a celebrity. He had a show scheduled for 7 p.m."187Please respect copyright.PENANAQBAHSfoYxL
187Please respect copyright.PENANAhHWd5pgg3x
"No, and I don't care that his a celebrity. He gets the same treatment from me. I'm here to be their doctor, not their friend.187Please respect copyright.PENANAf7UYKxK6HT
187Please respect copyright.PENANArh5PP2xfVm
As much as I want to be friendly and have sympathy, you said it yourself. Payton throws something again or even harms herself, she gets medicated and restrained." Holly tells him, walking off down the hall when her phone rings.187Please respect copyright.PENANAIRUefAjAKl
187Please respect copyright.PENANAkNdHOJJkx2
She answers it. "Hey, Sony, baby. How is it downstairs?" She says as she looks back at Tom standing alone in the hallway of the ER.187Please respect copyright.PENANAwo70yMvKb1