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Selena

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Selena.

Selena (Portrayed by Naomie Harris) is one of the main characters of 28 Days Later.


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Selena first appears, lighting cocktail bombs that destroys a building, with the aid of her friend Mark. This action saves Jim's life, as he was fleeing from a group of infected he alerted inside of a church. She and Mark lead Jim down into the London Underground to their hideout (a sweatshop); After securing their area she tells him about the outbreak of the Rage Virus and how it wiped out everyone in Britain.

Despite the dangers, Jim insists that he needs to get to his family's house, though Selena tells him not to bet on their being alive. Reluctantly, Mark and Selena take Jim across the city into his neighborhood, where he finds his parents have committed suicide via drug overdose. Selena tells Jim that he should be grateful his parents died peacefully, considering the alternative. Later that night, she and Mark save Jim from a pair of infected (former neighbors), who were attracted to activity inside the house. She kills Mark when she notices his infected caused injury.

Upon departing Jim's house, she makes sure he knows that she would kill him, "in a heartbeat", if he ever became infected. She further proves that she is more than willing to desert Jim, when they are chased up a apartment stairway by two infected and does not wait for him. It is there, the two meet Frank and his daughter Hannah, two survivors who have been living in their apartment. Regardless of their aid, Selena believes they will slow her down while Jim disputes that they need Frank and Hannah just as much as they need them. They leave the apartment complex, and head for the blockade near Manchester where the "answer to infection" possibly waits for them.

During their travels, Selena slowly realizes that personal preservation is not "as good as it gets" and warms up to the people surrounding her. She steals a kiss from Jim, signifying her attraction to him. Her newfound resolve, however, is shaken when Frank becomes infected and is killed by the soldiers at the blockade. They are taken to the mansion, where Major West and his men promise to protect them. Selena begins to loose hope, Jim reassures her that they (and Hannah) will be and the two share a kiss. Selena recoils and leaves their room.

Selena kisses Jim.

Later, Jim discovers that Major West has promised Hannah and Selena to the men and tries to escape with them, but is knocked unconscious and thrown into the basement. Meanwhile, Selena and Hannah are forced into a pair of red dresses to appease the men; Selena gives Hannah a drug that will numb her. When the infected Mailer breaks into the house, Selena tries to leave the mansion with Hannah, but their route of escape is cut off when Mitchell and Jones return to the mansion.

Mitchell leads the two women upstairs, Hannah escapes her captors and Mitchell drags Selena through the house, trying to avoid the infected Mailer and Clifton. When the two are temporarily safe from danger, Mitchell is taken by surprise by Jim who beats him to death. Selena, thinking Jim has become infected, readies her Machete for the kill. She hesitates, something Jim comments on, and the two kiss for the second time. Hannah reunites with them and the trio flee from the mansion after disposing of Major West.

28 Days Later, Selena is sewing together pieces of fabric (including the red dresses from the soldiers), to create a message ["HELLO"] that will get them noticed by passing aircraft. Selena sews the last piece onto the cloth just as Hannah informs her that the jet is coming. The trio unfurl the last piece as the jet flies overhead. Selena wonders if their message was seen. Her fate is unknown.

She was to infect Jim when she got infected by hannah