her arm. Will breaks his promise because he has fallen in love with her. Alicia is angered at this, and spends the next few days in isolation. Will leaves the bunker. In present time, Alicia is still running a fever that does not subside. She fears that she did not amputate her arm in time and will soon succumb to her sickness. Alicia and Teddy's followers leave the bunker and search for PADRE, using Vazquez as a guide. A number of them die due to the unsafe conditions of the fallout. Arno blames Alicia for their deaths and he and few other members of Teddy's cult split from Alicia and form their own crew, "The Stalkers". Dwight and Sherry are found by Alicia's group and are taken in. Dwight fills Alicia in on what happened since she's been gone, including Strand's attempt to kill Morgan in order to be seen as a hero. Strand has found and built a stronghold that he is running as a totalitarian dictator, holding some of Morgan's group while rejecting shelter for others. Alicia is disgusted with Strand's actions and no longer wants anything to do with him. Their search for PADRE proves unsuccessful when Alicia mistakes Strand's Tower for the settlement. There, Alicia discovers Will's corpse. Strand admits to killing him because Will said he loved Alicia, and Strand needed to create distance between him and Alicia in order to be a ruthless leader, which he cannot do with Alicia near him. This proves to be the final straw for Alicia, who declares war on Strand, vowing to take the tower from him, and knowing that Morgan and their friends won't survive long in the beached-submarine they've been sheltering in. While out searching for people to fight alongside her in her mission to take Strand's tower, Alicia passes out in the middle of the road, but is rescued by Paul, a deaf man. Alicia's illness worsens and, as a result, she becomes plagued with dreams and hallucinations, particularly of a mysterious young girl hiding her identity with a gas mask. Alicia and Paul are pursued by Arno and his group. The two of them hatch a plan to escape them, with Paul sacrificing his life so Alicia can get away. Alicia passes out again, but is found by Morgan. She deduces that the voices she hears in her dreams are her own, telling her