Crossed: Issue 8

Crossed: Issue 8 is the ninth issue in Crossed (Volume One) and the ninth issue overall.

The previous issue was Crossed: Issue 7 and the next issue is Crossed: Issue 9.

Plot
Some time later after Stan's group gets away from The Crossed once again, they decide to spend the night in a downed helicopter where Stan finds a confession written inside a bible on a soldier's skeletal remains and decides to read it to pass the time. In it, Captain Michael Juneaux explains how it was his missions to escort a group of scientists to power plants all around the U.S and guard them from the Crossed while they make sure they're not able to reverse engineer them to then detonate them. After completing their part of the mission, Michael and the other soldiers execute the scientists to assure the knowledge of how to detonate nuclear power plants dies with them. After getting airborne again, their helicopter was caught in a storm where it crashed, leaving Michael with two broken legs and the others were forced to leave him behind where he eventually died.

Stan's group leaves the crashed helicopter in the morning and makes a new camp later in a field where Brett continuously annoys and insults everyone around him. After kicking the group's dog just for begging for food, twice, Stan decides he's had enough of Brett entirely and shoots him in the chest to kill him. For the next two days, the remaining members of Stan's group wanders until Stan tells Cindy that she should return to the deserts to bury Patrick's body for closure. Cindy is hesitant at the idea at first, but Stan tells her they're becoming more and more inhuman as time goes on, and Cindy asks for time alone to think on it. After a short while, Cindy agrees to go along with Stan, temporarily splitting up from Kitrick, Kelly, and Thomas.

Deaths

 * Captain Michael Alexander Juneaux - Died off-screen from either an infection from his broken legs or some other unknown cause, skeleton shown.
 * Six People - Shot to death by Captain Michael Alexander Juneaux and several other soldiers, shown in flashback.
 * Unnamed Crew Chief - Died in a helicopter crash, mentioned in a flashback.
 * Brett - Shot in the chest by Stan.
 * Total - 9