Unanswered Questions

[hide][top]How did the outbreak start?

Clues:

• Could happen in rings around certain areas in cities.
  
• Happened in islands like Hawaii where they differed from the zombies at the tower.
  
• Couldn't have been random as it happened in several different areas all at the same time.
  
• The area around Inglewood is known as "Ground Zero" and is thought to be where the outbreak originated.
  

[hide][top]How do the zombies decide between turning a human or using them as food?

Clues:

• At a store during the first supply run, half of the bodies were human while the other half were infected.
  
• A pile of infected bodies were kept outside of the arena.
  
• Inside the arena there was a pile of human remains used as food.
  

[hide][top]Who tipped off the Mallers with the radio (aka: Who is The Rat?)

Clues:

• Kelly tried to organize the first mutiny
  
• People were in talks about somebody else taking over
  
• Shots were fired from a 3rd floor window, which ended negotitaions between the tower and the mallers.
  
• Bill stole supplies from Riley's Shop and Burt's Gun Store
  
• Bill had a rather eerie moment when the Mallers showed up. He said that the party didn't have to stop just because the lights were out and then laughed a rather creepy laugh
  
• Bill shouted an invite (when possibly drunk) from a window for the Mallers to join the party
  
• Although Michael and Burt defended Bill for "fighting alongside them 'til the bitter end", Bill never actually fired a shot against the Mallers. He was killed in a pipe bomb explosion shortly after coming down with his shotgun
  
• Bill's last words were "I'm sorry"
  
• Scratch says in conversation with Tardust that there is someone already there, but they haven't responded for a while.
  
• After Chapter 24, it seems likely that Kalani could have been the rat, because the mallers may have had someone he knew hostage, and he kept his journal hidden.
  

[hide][top]Who shot Pippin and the radio? And are they the same person as The Rat?

Clues:

• A silenced weapon was used, a silenced pistol seemed to be missing from Burt's bag.
  
• Pippin is revealed to be a rat, so the shooter is possibly the rat, who has changed sides and is now wanting to protect the tower.
  

[hide][top]What is the deal with the one with markings?

Clues:

• This zombie has been seen at 2 convoy ambush sites, the tower twice, the arena, presumably the other tower and the hospital. It is likely but not certain that all these appearances are the same zombie.
  
• It can talk (Chapter 11)
  
• It can input numbers into a keypad after a few attempts.
  
• It can run very quickly
  
• It understands the danger of weapons
  
• It can catch arrows
  
• It is covered in tattoos and that makes it possible that it could be Bill Roberts aka "Ink", who was transported to a mental hospital after his trial, as is mentioned in Chapter 2-3
  
• It seemed to know that Riley was about to shoot at it with the arrow, yet did nothing to try and get them once the shot had been fired
  

[hide][top]Why doesn't Pegs want to use a gun?

• Michael says something may have happened with guns in her past, but this is speculation.
  

[hide][top]Where did the different types of zombie come from?

Clues:

• One of the little ones had a tattoo of the number 5 on its hand (Chapter 21)
  
• Several characters say that they don't seem like the different types were ever human
  
• In 23-3 Kalani and Riley go through Cain Mental Hospital, and there is lots of blood and fingernails on the floor, and a machine that may be used for tattoos.
  

[hide][top]Why does Scratch recognize Angel?

Clues:

• Angel wanted to simply kill her and Latch when they first arrived at the Tower.
  
• Angel knows how to hotwire cars, but hasn't stated why.
  
• Scratch uses military language in Chapter 21
  

[hide][top]Why did Riley go on the mission to the pumping station and to follow the trackers?

Clues:

• Riley writes in her journal that she was kicking herself for volunteering, but deep down she knew why she did. (Chapter 8)
  

[hide][top]What happened to Michael at the pumping station?

Clues:

• Michael always avoids answering that question which implies he is trying to hide something.
  
• Michael says his arm was "crushed in a doorway" (chapter 18, part 2)
  

[hide][top]How did Skittles survive without being captured by the zombies?

Clues:

• Knew about The One with Markings
  
• Stayed away from the Arena
  
• He kept out of the way and out of sight almost all the time
  
• Says he hid from a runner in a trash can
  
• Hides from a big one in a watertower with Angel and Kalani
  
• Got M.R.E's from the Army Reserve Center
  

[hide][top]What exactly happened in the Arena?

Clues:

• The One with Markings calls other zombies in.
  
• Samantha says they "like to play rather than eat right away"
  
• Samantha is confirmed to be dead
  
• Samantha says they "cycle through them", but Kalani isn't taken when it is his turn.
  
• In Datu's state of shock, he says "It's a trap".
  

[hide][top]Where is the other tower located?

Clues:

• Presumed to be in Southern L.A. since Sean carried Hope to the Colony.
  

[hide][top]What is the situation at Fort Irwin?

[hide][top]Were there survivors living on the Yacht?

Clues:

• There was a boat-hook onboard, which could mean there was a smaller boat in tow.
  

[hide][top]Why was the big one at the Army Reserve Center dying?

[hide][top]What was the slime on the crate of MREs?

Clues:

• Could be something to do with the little ones on the roof
  

[hide][top]Who is Randy and how does Michael know him?

• In Chapter 19 - 1 Hope says that Michael had been talking in his sleep about someone called Randy.
  
• In Chapter 23 - 1 Michael encounters Randy who has been turned and tried to take Tanya alive.
  

[hide][top]Is Marcus dead?

Clues:

• Victor assumes that he is after the guardians return to their posts.
  

[hide][top]Why is Lizzy sick?

• There is a theory that she could be pregnant, and is having morning sickness.
  
• May or may not be Saul's child, could have gotten pregnant before the outbreak.
  

[hide][top]Why does Scratch want to keep Lizzy alive?

• Scratch changes her mind as soon as she finds out that Lizzy is sick.
  
• She is used as a bargaining chip for Pegs, but there could be more to this.
  

[hide][top]Who does Scratch mean when she says "we still have her"?

Clues:

• In Chapter 20-3 Tardust asks "what about the other one" to which she replies "we still have her"?
  
• Could be reference to Hannah who is someone that Kalani knew.
  

[hide][top]Where did the Durai go with the rest of the Mallers?

Clues:

• Tardust says that the Durai went south
  

[hide][top]How did the Jolly Green Giant get shot?

[hide][top]How does Victor know about the zombies smelling them, when Tanya says the colony doesn't know about sweat?

[hide][top]Why does Ground Zero make people feel sick?

[hide][top]Who does Scratch mean when she said she had two members of the tower

Clues:

• Could be a reference to the possibility that Lizzy is pregnant.
  

[hide][top]Who did Scratch, Tardust and Bricks find after the credits in chapter 24?

Clues:

• They say they found a man who is badly injured yet still breathing.
  
• Scratch tells them to put him with the 'Old Man' and that she has found what she was looking for.
  

[hide][top]Who/What did Scratch find that she was looking for?

Clues:

• Could be Angel because of uncertain history between the two.
  
• Can't be Kalani's journals, those are in Hope's backpack.