Character Relationship Map: Pathogen

Characters

• Dannie (played by Rose Kent-McGlew) — protagonist

  Fourteen-year-old Dannie is the central character, troubled by recurring nightmares that she believes are connected to a spreading waterborne disease. She joins Sam, Christine, Stacy, and Cameron in s...

• Sam (played by Alec Herskowitz) — supporting

  Sam is one of Dannie's middle-school peers and joins her group as they seek a solution to the disease and fight zombies. The group later learns that Sam has carried the infection all along. When Chris...

• Christine (played by Tiger Darrow) — supporting

  Christine is one of Dannie's middle-school peers and travels with the group as they search for a solution to the disease. During an argument at the convenience store, she is revealed to be a traitor....

• Cameron (played by Tony Vespe) — supporting

  Cameron is one of Dannie's middle-school peers and joins the group trying to find a solution to the disease. After the group meets Sue, Cameron reluctantly accompanies her to a convenience store to ga...

• Stacy (played by Alex Schroeder) — supporting

  Stacy is one of Dannie's middle-school peers and is part of the group trying to find a solution to the disease. During a fight with zombies at Dannie's house, Stacy is turned into a zombie. Her transf...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Cameron → Stacy (Alliance Teammate) — They share a temporary cooperative role during the outbreak.

  Cameron and Stacy travel with Dannie, Sam, and Christine as part of the survival group.

• Christine → Stacy (Alliance Teammate) — Their relationship is a group-based alliance that later becomes endangered by Christine's betrayal.

  Christine and Stacy are both part of the group fighting zombies and seeking an answer to the epidemic.

• Sam → Stacy (Alliance Teammate) — Their connection is defined by shared membership in the survivor group.

  Sam and Stacy are both included among the peers traveling with Dannie during the zombie outbreak.

• Sam → Cameron (Alliance Teammate) — They are temporary allies during the group's search for a solution.

  Sam and Cameron are both members of the group attempting to survive the epidemic.

• Dannie → Stacy (Social School Peer) — They share a school-based peer relationship within the group.

  Stacy is identified as one of Dannie's middle school peers in the survival group.

• Sam → Christine (Conflict Killer And Target) — Sam directly eliminates Christine during the group's internal breakdown.

  Sam kills Christine after the argument reveals that she is a traitor.

• Christine → Cameron (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate as members of the same temporary survival team.

  Christine and Cameron participate with the same group in the search for a solution to the disease.

• Dannie → Cameron (Alliance Teammate) — Cameron is one of Dannie's fellow survivors.

  Cameron joins Dannie, Sam, Christine, and Stacy in trying to find a solution to the disease.

• Dannie → Christine (Alliance Teammate) — Christine initially functions as a member of Dannie's survival group.

  Christine travels with Dannie and the other middle school peers while they search for a solution and fight zombies.

• Dannie → Sam (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate as members of the survival group before Sam's infection is revealed.

  Dannie and Sam join the group of middle school peers searching for a solution to the disease and fighting zombies.

Story Analysis

A teenager connects her nightmares to a zombie-producing epidemic while her survival group collapses through infection, betrayal, and death.

Plot Progression

1. Nightmares and Contagion — Dannie experiences recurring nightmares as a waterborne bacterial disease begins spreading. She suspects that her dreams are connected to the emerging epidemic.
2. The Zombie Epidemic — The disease expands into an epidemic and is revealed to transform its victims into zombies. Dannie gathers with Sam, Christine, Cameron, and Stacy to seek a solution.
3. Flight from Dannie's House — The group fights zombies at Dannie's house, but Stacy becomes infected and turns into a zombie. The remaining survivors flee and learn about the infection's accidental connection to a cancer cure.
4. The Failed Supply Mission — Cameron leaves with a woman connected to the company responsible for the infection to obtain supplies. After two hours, the remaining group searches for them at a convenience store.
5. Betrayal at the Store — The group finds Cameron dead and discovers that the woman is missing. An argument exposes Christine as a traitor and Sam as an infected carrier.
6. Dannie Alone — Sam kills Christine, and Dannie kills and decapitates Sam. She leaves the store only to be attacked by a swarm of zombies.