Has Scratch cut a deal?

[peterw]

Is it possible that Scratch has made some kind of a deal with Inky?

I know she kind of went maternal with Lizzy, but this maternal instinct made her go and cut Burt's finger off to get information.... why?

My theory is that she agreed to hand over the baby to Inky unless she can get info on where Michael and Co went.

Why would the zombies want a baby? They can't reproduce. They are making better version of themselves, but only from living parts, and once all of the people are gone, they will die out.

So in this vein, anyone know what the zombie noises in the background are when Scratch and Tardust are walking around in episode 24? Why aren't the biters attacking them? Are they on a roof or something? Or are they in cahoots?

Notice they (Inky and co) only attacked the colony after the mallers got out... interesting yeah?

Shoot me down guys

[turbo]

Haha good theory! In 24 they had their own people defending them while they were talking I assume.

And technically they do reproduce with a little bite!

[peterw]

Haha good theory! In 24 they had their own people defending them while they were talking I assume.

Yeah I guess that's right, but some of those zombie growls seemed really near with no one shooting them. Scratch shoots one, but not anymore... can't work that bit out.

.. technically they do reproduce with a little bite!

Yep but they need a human to start with, they can't reproduce without a human... that's what I meant

Notice also, that the zombies started guarding the tower, without attacking just before Scratch showed up.

And Durai didn't seems to care about Lizzy at all, only Scratch. Now this could all be down to the maternal thing... but maybe not.

[nikvoodoo]

Lets log in and see what's going on in ye olden forum!

They can't reproduce. They are making better version of themselves, but only from living parts

grah!!! FRANKENZOMBIE THEORY!!!!!

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[Osiris]

Nik's gone again. Guess that leaves StepLaugh in charge of this until . . . oh wait . . . he's gone too. Shit. If that means I'm in charge then . . .

[Litmaster]

"Oooh, my arm! It's broken!"

[Witch_Doctor]

There are things that support or weaken your suggestion.

• Scratch and the Mallers seem comfortable traveling at night.
  
  1. Latch and Scratch's first visit to the tower.
  2. When Saul was attacked in the hybrid, he heard voices. Mallers? CJ survivors?
  
  
• Lizzy says that Pinstripes seemed to know that he was being watched so he kept his face away from the camera in Chapter 11.
  Earlier Latch and Scratch cased the Tower's lobby.
• When CJ's tower is under attack Scratch seemed nonchalant when Kalani told her.
  
  1. Almost like she knew or expected the attack to be under way.
     CJ's tower attacked 3 days after Scratch sends Kalani.
     Ink attacks Tower 3(?) days after Latch and Scratch's visit.
• Ink's minion does attack Scratch's convoy on the way to attack the arena. Ink is seen there too.

[peterw]

There are things that support or weaken your suggestion.

• Scratch and the Mallers seem comfortable traveling at night.
  
  1. Latch and Scratch's first visit to the tower.
  2. When Saul was attacked in the hybrid, he heard voices. Mallers? CJ survivors?
  
  
• Lizzy says that Pinstripes seemed to know that he was being watched so he kept his face away from the camera in Chapter 11.
  Earlier Latch and Scratch cased the Tower's lobby.
• When CJ's tower is under attack Scratch seemed nonchalant when Kalani told her.
  
  1. Almost like she knew or expected the attack to be under way.
     CJ's tower attacked 3 days after Scratch sends Kalani.
     Ink attacks Tower 3(?) days after Latch and Scratch's visit.
  
  

Wow, very in depth. Yes good points

There are things that support or weaken your suggestion.
Ink's minion does attack Scratch's convoy on the way to attack the arena. Ink is seen there too.[/LIST]

Yeah, I was thinking about this one too. It's possible that they did this because it was Durai's call, or maybe there are factions of zombies that are against each other in some way, but you are right it does weaken my theory.

Or... does it... just thought, that convoy was ambushed... how did they know to set an ambush?... no on reflection that doesn't work. She wouldn't plan an ambush and then carry out the attack when she was offered the chance to retreat.

[LiamKerrington]

Or... does it... just thought, that convoy was ambushed... how did they know to set an ambush?... no on reflection that doesn't work. She wouldn't plan an ambush and then carry out the attack when she was offered the chance to retreat.

Them zombs have smart ones and maybe a still unknown breed who observe the whole area. Having a convoy of cars and trucks driving around might launch activities on the side of them zombs. The zombs would "understand" (smart ones) what possible routes such a convoi would take and then, at the right place, block roads in order to lead a convoy into a trap. We know that this happened in the past - CJ's convoy and the remains which were found by Lizzy, Saul, and Burt - with normal cars which were able to go faster then rigs - especially through streets filled with dead cars and debris.
And why would zombs do this? a) Get more food; b) limit the 'power' of their 'enemies' (humans) by leaving a number of (important) cars and guns out in the wild and out of reach of other survivors ...
So, yes: them zombs are capable of doing so ...

Ink seemed to coordinate attacks on convoys. If he and Scratch had a deal, then wouldn't he have recognized her during the ambush on the truck, and wouldn't he have stopped the ambush then? At least he did not stop the ambush, and it was only a mixture of skill, luck, and maybe the huge number of involved Mallers that most of them got out of the trap without harm ...

[Witch_Doctor]

Wow, very in depth. Yes good points


Yeah, I was thinking about this one too. It's possible that they did this because it was Durai's call, or maybe there are factions of zombies that are against each other in some way, but you are right it does weaken my theory.

Or... does it... just thought, that convoy was ambushed... how did they know to set an ambush?... no on reflection that doesn't work. She wouldn't plan an ambush and then carry out the attack when she was offered the chance to retreat.

So many rings! The attack wasn't entirely successful, they lost a rig and one was diverted to be used on the tower (unless it was a spare for fuel purposes)
After the bombing of the arena when Lizzy drops the recorder, a TALKING zombie picks it up, sniffs it and says to others, "go!" Shortly afterwards, Tanya is snatched by Randy and some burned zombies. (Now I can't remember why I thought this my be connected to Scratch )

Speculations below.
Wait, she made the attack because Durai is in control but purposefully failed at it.
She didn't want CJ's tower (against Durai) but used Kalani to find it and lead Pinstripes there.
She didn't want The Tower (against Durai), thus provoking a war where Pinstripes failed another attempt at invading the Tower.
Has kept the Mallers relatively safe from the Zs?
She does seem to be like a Baltar-like character from the Original Battlestar Galactica series.