Previously
separated by philosophical differences, the surviving soldiers of two human
factions agreed to join forces for Thursday’s final battle.
The
human Fate Faction believed in finding a cure for the undead. The Solomon Faction
sought zombie genocide. But now the two factions have found common ground:
survival
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“We
reached out to Solomon because there is a shortage of humans,” said Jeremy
Baker, the Fate’s leader. “They want to end the plague tonight and together
they can accomplish that feat.”
Former
Solomon captain Thaddeus Leavy Beal said his forces were “essentially
massacred.”
“Maybe
20 are still alive,” Beal said. “So they're joining forces with Fate's men.”
“I’m
glad we’re teaming up the factions,” said Janel Peterson, a human in the Fate
Faction. “Without it, it’d be insta-death out there.”
Beal
believes the union of the two teams may give the humans a chance.
“I
think that the two forces will be able to rally the troops enough to at least
give the zombies a fight,” he said.
They’ll
be doing it without Beal, though.
Beal
captain sacrificed himself on Wednesday afternoon for his troops. Though he has
now joined the undead, his devotion to his human team is undying, and he has
fought the urge to hunt.
“Scraps have been keeping me going,” Beal
said.
But
his condition is inescapable.
“My
brain mass has deteriorated quite a bit in my infected state,” said Beal as his
rotten flesh sagged from his face. “My human ties are memory based at best.”
UnDeadline
reporters Janessa Colton, Misty Inglet, Anna James, Kevin Meacham and Dawn
Otterby contributed to this report.
