Tom

Over the next two years Tom would survive on the streets of Raccoon City and would develop a strong connection to a local church and priest. The priest would often provide Tom with food during tough times and provide shelter when necessary. Tom also became good friends with Ken and Nancy – fellow rough sleepers.

Tom’s story begins in the late hours of 28 September 1998 when he, Ken and Nancy are waiting in the East District of Raccoon City amid the T-Virus outbreak. Tom us arguing about whether he can eat bread or whether it should be saved. Ar arguement erupts but as it threatens to boil over the tree are joined by two other teenagers – George and Sally.

Needing to leave, Nancy takes the lead and armed with only one gun between the five, arranges for them to work together in order to escape the city. As they agree this, a mischief of rats burst from the ventilation system. They flee the relative safety of the basement and brave the streets looking for a car.

Tom spots an RPD patrol car with 2 seemingly dead officers inside. As the group approach, one officer whispers “water” and Nancy hands him a Cola. Ken is less and impressed with the waste of resources believing the cop to be close to death. They agree therefore to remove the cops and steal the car.

As the day ends and the 29 September begins, the officers are removed, but the commotion has attracted the attention of a murder of crows who take aim at the children. They hurry into the car and do up the windows. The car struggles to start, with one corvid even smashing a window, but George is able to get the car started and the crow removed.

The joy of escaping however is short lived as George quickly realises that the brakes are not working. Heading towards a crash, he drives the car sideways along a building wall in an attempt to slow it down. It partially works and all of them are able to jump from the moving car before it crashes and explodes.

Catching their breath and worried about attracting more attention, the group hide in the shadows lamenting the city’s demise. Creeping further away from danger, they are again spotted by infected crows and Zombies. However, they have travelled far enough to make into a large unlocked house. They flee inside and close the doors to relative safety. The house would turn out to be empty but has food supplies by the dozen. A solid base for now.

George however knows things need to progress and they need weapons. Nancy explores the second floor with Ken and Tom while George and Sally remain on the first. They discover a well stocked fridge full of supplies. They are then joined by the other three and share some food before the group take turns to sleep and rest.

By late afternoon on the same day, a refreshed group plan their next move. Tension has been building and Sally confronts Nancy. Sally is of the view that Nancy is trying to steal George from her – something she dismisses and petty jealously.

Tom is left alone as the four head back into the streets to search of weapons. When they return, the tension between them is every increasing but there is renewed optimism owing to the stronghold of the house as a base. This however is short lived as the door had been left open. A lone bee flies in and stings Sally. Sally immediately begins to feel ill and the group care for her on the sofa for the following hours.

As evening falls, Sally’s symptoms worsen and by late night, she dies.

Now the 30 September, the group have to decide their next steps, worried that Sally is about to turn into a Zombie. They agree that Sally needs a proper burial and head to the nearby cemetery. George also brings kerosene.

Arriving at the graveyard, everyone helps to dig a home and place Sally into the ground. As they do, the ground trembles and recently buried Zombies rise from their own graves as the crows also return. Ken takes down the undead with the newly acquired shotgun, but the time has allowed Sally to fully turn. She begins twitching on the ground. Acting quickly, George covers her with kerosene and sets her alight.

The group head back to the house, but once again the door has been left open and now is infected with Zombies. Instead they head to the banks of the Marble River to find a bridge and escape.

After travelling for hours, Tom is exhausted. Arguments in the group emerge about who’s fault it was for Sally’s death. More hours pass and they reach a crossing point. Unfortunately, the bridge has actually collapsed but a small boat is identified at the pier.

Now close to midnight, the group see that the boat is a single person kayak, again denting escape hopes. Ken however takes action, pointing his gun at Nancy and George. He demands his own escape happily condemning the others to the burning city. A fight breaks out between the two men and in the scuffle, the shotgun is fired – straight into Nancy’s stomach.

Ken takes the opportunity to escape into the kayak but is promptly eaten by a Neptune shark. George and Tom take Nancy to the chapel nearby – the same one that Nancy and Tom had used so frequently in the past. By now it is in the small hours of 1 October and Tom is hopeful that the priest is alive. He ventures to his private room to locate medicine, but is only met with more bees. He slams the door shut.

Meanwhile Nancy knows she is on the way out. She reveals the postcard from Tom’s mother Kathleen and tells George that he must help Tom escape so he can be with his mother in Kent City. George agrees as Nancy slowly passes away from the gun wound.

George then sets the church on fire to ensure Nancy’s body was not eaten by the undead. He and Tom press onwards and travel alongside the Marble River to a new bridge crossing.  As they approach a potential crossing, they spot a hot air balloon in the sky – a balloon with the Umbrella logo!

Shouting and screaming to attract attention, their joy at yet another rescue is shattered when the window of the balloon casket smashes and the sound a shotgun rings out – a Zombie was on board. The balloon falls down to the streets of Raccoon exploding on impact.

The carnage has also attracted other Zombies meaning George has to take up arms. He begins firing his own shotgun as the undead approach. However, in the madness, an opening emerges and the two run towards the bridge. As they get closer however, a Zombie Dog leaps up at George biting him on his arm. The dog is terminated, but the damage is done. George commands Tom to leave him as he fires off round after round at the approaching Zombie hoard. Tom reluctantly makes it to bridge to see George surrounded and meet his demise.

Tom continues to run along the road and towards the forest. He is shattered and looks to take a rest on the road itself. Sadly for Tom, the driver of a large truck was not paying attention and screeches to a halt, nearly hitting the boy. The driver is shaken, but relieved that he in fact missed. 

Tom, shocked and scared climbs into the truck and tells the driver that his mother is in Kent City. They proceed onwards and Tom falls asleep in the passengers seat.

However, in the journey, an animal leaps out in from the truck, the hauler swerves off the road and crashes, killing them both.

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