Crossed: Issue 6

Crossed: Issue 6 is the seventh issue in Crossed (Volume One) and the sevenths issue overall.

The previous issue was Crossed: Issue 5 and the next issue is Crossed: Issue 7.

Plot
Stan's group hide behind some bushes after seeing an injured horse run off with someone's severed leg and as they're hiding, The Crossed's group members all notice at once that one of their own injured his leg during their attack and he's partially scalped with a machete sing by another Crossed, and died quickly after spotting Stan's group but being unable to say anything. Stan's group then waits an entire hour to make sure the other Crossed are gone before leaving, and Stan thinks to himself about the newest and most annoying member of their group, Brett. The only reason they keep him around is because Brett has a large stash of food and other supplies.

Kitrick, another member of Stan's group, thinks back to his life before the outbreak where he was out swimming while his wife and two children relaxed on a beach. As his wife told him something odd was happening over the radio, a group of The Crossed walked up behind Kitrick's family and slaughtered all of them, then shot at Kitrick to keep him in the water while tossing the body parts of his family at him to psychologically torture him. Since then, he's rarely ever spoken to anybody unless he had to.

That night, Stan's group renegotiates their plan since it's like the Canadian military either wouldn't let them past the border or are probably all now infected by The Crossed. The group then decides to go into the desert's of Utah and Nevada, despite Brett's complaining about walking several hundred miles through nothing. The next morning, Stan's group adopts a dog, despite it likely being a bad idea.

Some time later on their way out of Colorado, the group stops to set up camp once again and the eldest member of the group Geoff says he's lucky to have the group since he hasn't had friends in a very long time. Geoff then goes on to say that he's always been a loner and that he's always had to hide who he truly was before the infection started, leading the others to believes Geoff was hiding he was gay, only for him to reveal that he used to be a serial killer. Geoff says that he regretted his actions, but the group know he's still a potential threat to the group's safety, and before they leave Kitrick executes Geoff away from everyone else.

Deaths

 * Unknown Person - Leg torn of by a group of Crossed off-panel.
 * Crossed Man - Partially decapitated with a machete by another Crossed man.
 * Kara - Decapitated with a machete by a Crossed man, shown in flashback.
 * Tommy - Stabbed and beaten to death by four of the Crossed, shown in flashback.
 * John - Stabbed and beaten to death by four of the Crossed, shown in flashback.
 * Crossed Man - Left to starve to death inside Geoff's basement tied to a table, mentioned.
 * Geoff - Murdered by Kitrick off-panel, implied.
 * Total - 7