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Characters
| name = Michael
| fullname = Michael Cross
| nickname = Broken Wing
| group = The Tower
| image = MichaelPortrait.jpg|center|Michael Cross
| actor = Jim Gleason
| debut = Chapter 1 - It Begins
| departure = Recurring
| gender = Male
| Date of Birth = Unknown
| rank = Sergeant (SGT)/E-5
| occupation = Military Intelligence
| residence = The Tower
| Talent = Intel Gathering, Leadership
| Spouse =
| Ex-Wife =
| Ex-Husband =
| Romantic = Pegs
| parent(s) =Deceased
| child(ren) =
| sibling(s) =
| grandparent(s)=
| other =
Character
Full Name: Michael Cross
Former Occupation: Military Intelligence
Special Talents: Intel Gathering, Leadership, Making Homemade Chloroform
Age: 27 at the beginning of the Story
First Appeared: Chapter 1 - It Begins, introduces you to the story.
Current Status: Alive
Background
Entered Military after events of 9/11
Began first tour of duty as a "hard charge" (meaning enthusiastic) Private First Class
Ended third tour of duty as a "tired and depressed" Sargent
Background: Combat experience in Iraq, went into Army for College.
Parents Died on his 3rd Tour to Iraq. Did not return home for the funeral.
Michaels M.O.S. was 35 Foxtrot, Intelligence Analyst (chapter #29-1 at 5:48)
Personality
A natural and respectable leader.
Sharp, quick-thinking, and easily picks up on things.
Became detached from other people after losing his parents while serving in Iraq.
Is sometimes viewed by others as insensitive and uncaring because he hides his emotions.
Has a difficult time expressing his feelings for others.
Current love interest of Pegs.
Notable In The Series
Prominent Main Character in the series and leader of the Tower.
Breaks Arm in between Chapter 9 and 10, where Randy was turned
Narrates Chapter 1, 2
Relinquished leadership to Burt in Chapter 14 after losing Tower residents in the War.
Regained leadership from Burt after coming back from the colony
Returned to The Colony, along with the remains of Fort Irwin
Leads the soldiers in an attempt to find the zombies nest, and the whereabouts of Ink
Quotations
Quote
|text = "I didn't fear death or what might be there if today was my last day. But that was then and this is now." - Michael in 1 - It Begins
Quote
|text = "Shoot that bitch in the face!" - Michael in 3 - The New Arrivals
Quote
|text = "Somebody here sold us out, I know it..." - Michael just before the confrontation with the Mallers in 12 - The War
Quote
|text = "Hit him again!" - Michael after Angel punches Burt in 13 - Separate Dying Embers
Quote
|text = "Because all the passive ones are dead. " - Michael in response to Pegs asking why everyone they meet are aggresive assholes. 17 - There Might Be Others
characters
| name = Michael
| fullname = Michael Cross
| nickname = Broken Wing
| group = The Tower
| image = MichaelPortrait.jpg|center|Michael Cross
| actor = Jim Gleason
| debut = Chapter 1 - It Begins
| departure = Recurring
| gender = Male
| Date of Birth = Unknown
| rank = Sergeant (SGT)/E-5
| occupation = Military Intelligence
| residence = The Tower
| Talent = Intel Gathering, Leadership
| Spouse =
| Ex-Wife =
| Ex-Husband =
| Romantic = Pegs
| parent(s) =Deceased
| child(ren) =
| sibling(s) =
| grandparent(s)=
| other =
Character
Full Name: Michael Cross
Former Occupation: Military Intelligence
Special Talents: Intel Gathering, Leadership, Making Homemade Chloroform
Age: 27 at the beginning of the Story
First Appeared: Chapter 1 - It Begins, introduces you to the story.
Current Status: Alive
Background
Entered Military after events of 9/11
Began first tour of duty as a "hard charge" (meaning enthusiastic) Private First Class
Ended third tour of duty as a "tired and depressed" Sargent
Background: Combat experience in Iraq, went into Army for College.
Parents Died on his 3rd Tour to Iraq. Did not return home for the funeral.
Michaels M.O.S. was 35 Foxtrot, Intelligence Analyst (chapter #29-1 at 5:48)
Personality
A natural and respectable leader.
Sharp, quick-thinking, and easily picks up on things.
Became detached from other people after losing his parents while serving in Iraq.
Is sometimes viewed by others as insensitive and uncaring because he hides his emotions.
Has a difficult time expressing his feelings for others.
Current love interest of Pegs.
Notable In The Series
Prominent Main Character in the series and leader of the Tower.
Breaks Arm in between Chapter 9 and 10, where Randy was turned
Narrates Chapter 1, 2
Relinquished leadership to Burt in Chapter 14 after losing Tower residents in the War.
Regained leadership from Burt after coming back from the colony
Returned to The Colony, along with the remains of Fort Irwin
Leads the soldiers in an attempt to find the zombies nest, and the whereabouts of Ink
Quotations
Quote
|text = "I didn't fear death or what might be there if today was my last day. But that was then and this is now." - Michael in 1 - It Begins
Quote
|text = "Shoot that bitch in the face!" - Michael in 3 - The New Arrivals
Quote
|text = "Somebody here sold us out, I know it..." - Michael just before the confrontation with the Mallers in 12 - The War
Quote
|text = "Hit him again!" - Michael after Angel punches Burt in 13 - Separate Dying Embers
Quote
|text = "Because all the passive ones are dead. " - Michael in response to Pegs asking why everyone they meet are aggresive assholes. 17 - There Might Be Others
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