In Harford County, Bel Air, Maryland, a hydro electrical power plant, Cassandra looks out at the dam as James and Jenny, who is fixing up a hole in the building powering the generator, speaks up.
Jenny: How did this blow after two years?
James: It's not a Zeus Corps generator. It's a generator that needs fixing every now and then.
Jenny: Yeah...with a bunch of duct tape.
James: it'll work back eventually, Cassandra.
Cassandra walks up to James.
Cassandra: We've been at this place for two years, James and it's barely holding together. You're so optimistic that it'll get power.
James: Only to you, honey.
Cassandra smirks. Jenny continues fixing the generator, then speaks.
Jenny: Do you guys really think Kyle, Shawn....my Dad..... and the others are still alive?
Cassandra: Jenny....it's been two years. I mean I would like to think that your Dad, Shawn, Kyle, Sarah and everyone else is okay and alive, but....let's be real. If they were alive, don't you think they'd be looking for us?
Before Cassandra can speak, an African-American man, wearing a cross around his neck, approaches the married couple.
Joseph: James....
James: What's up, Joseph?
Joseph: The electrical plant is running well...
James: Is there another issue?
Joseph: Yeah...the damn generator's keep on bugging out, but only by a few notches....we're gonna have to make another run soon.
James sighs.
James: Joseph, you're a former A.O.W technician which is why I like you.....where do you think we need to hit next?
Joseph: Probably a hardware store.....Remind me again; why did you pick me to co-lead with you?
Jenny: You helped me with that band of Raiders when I met you? Saved my life from a bunch of bandits and horndogs, remember?
Joseph: Yeah, but I've only been with you people for one year.
James: Something told me you had a leader in you.
Joseph fiddles with his cross.
Joseph: Hmm....maybe it was God.
James scoffs.
Joseph: Look, I know before I found you and your friends, you people didn't have a sense of religion, but it doesn't hurt to have faith, right?
James skeptically rolls his eyes.
Cassandra: Forgive my husband, Joseph. He can be faithless sometimes.
Joseph: Well, your husband here has managed to keep this place safe without killing a single bandit. So that says something. Perhaps the story I shared with you about Kane and Abel sufficed to you.
James: Or maybe I've just seen too much death.
Suddenly, a siren goes off.
Joseph: Oh, lord.
Jenny: Damn it...
Marcus speaks from the radio.
Marcus: James, do you copy?
James speaks into his radio.
James: What's up, Marcus?
Marcus: We're under attack.
James: Fuck.....
Cassandra, James, Jenny and Joseph rush to the armory and grab their weapons, before the three run and face some bandits running towards them. Cassandra, Jenny and Joseph shoot and kill a few bandits while James shoots and wounds the others. James aims his rifle at the bandit, before shaking his head. He then knocks him out with the butt of his rifle. Cassandra rushes up to James.
Cassandra: James....
James turns to his wife.
James: He's wounded...he'll bleed out from the pain.
Joseph: Hey, guys! We're not done! Come on!
The three then make their way through the building then out on a bridge, before they are joined by Marcus and Margaret, who are just finishing off a group of bandits.
James: Marcus!
Marcus turns to James.
Marcus: Dude! You three good?!
Cassandra: Yeah!
Margaret turns to Joseph.
Margaret: You still here, coat of colors?
Joseph laughs.
Joseph: You know, Margaret; someday I'm gonna get you to like me one day.
Margaret: That'll be the day I have five hail Mary's to confess about.
Maya's voice speaks over the radio.
Maya: Cassandra! Bandits, they're breaking into the boiler room! Vivian's with me!
Marcus: Vivian!
Cassandra speaks into the radio.
Cassandra: Can you two get out?!
Maya: No, we're trapped.
James: We're coming to get you, just stay--
Maya: Shit! They're here! Vivian, get down!
The call cuts out.
Cassandra: Maya! Goddammit!
Jenny: They have em pinned!
Marcus: We gotta go get them!
James, Cassandra, Marcus, Margaret, Jenny and Joseph rush to the boiler room, before Marcus bumps into Margaret.
Margaret: What?
Marcus: I saw you blushing....
Margaret: What? The red on me? That's blood from these fuckers....Now, come on!
Marcus laugh, before James, Cassandra, Marcus, Margaret, Jenny and Joseph rush into the boiler and kill the bandits. Maya and Vivian pop their heads up.
James: Maya?
Maya and Vivian pop their heads up from the office.
Cassandra: Maya, you two okay.
Maya: Yeah....we're okay.
Vivian rushes out of the office as Marcus approaches her.
Marcus: Vivian!
Marcus hugs and kisses Vivian.
Maya: Fucking bandits.....
James: Jesus Christ....
Joseph: You shouldn't take his name in vain. We survived.
Margaret: Barely.
Joseph: The Lord will provide. We need to keep guards up every hour.
Jenny: Maybe if James would stop letting these assholes get off easy....
Cassandra: Jenny....
James sighs at that.
As night goes on, the group reaches the outskirts of the ruins. Dodge, sitting at the bow, turns to Kyle.
Dodge: Kyle. Take us to shore.
Kyle: Why?
Dodge: We made a back-up plan for such an emergency. Some of the Takers are suppose to hide with his friends....so...hopefully...they should be there at the shore to pick us up.
Kyle steers the boat. As the boat hits shore and Dodge jumps off, a group of Takers approaches the group.
Lamar: What happened?
Dodge: A fuck up. That's what happened.
In a shed, Dodge is taken in and treated by Lamar and Carter. Dodge stumbles forward as everyone else enters.
Lamar: Come on, man. Get up.
Carter: What exactly happened?
Dodge: We were supposed to do a deal with the Reapers, but shit went south. Roscoe's dead.
Lamar: What?
Dodge: Thanks to them.
Lamar and Carter turn to Kyle, Shawn and Caleb, eyes furrowing.
Lamar: What the fuck did you three do?!
Kyle: Hey, lay off! Alright?! I saved your fucking boss!
Dodge: Enough! This gunshot is fixable! I can go back to the Taker city. Get patched up.....but I want you three to watch over the girl.
Caleb: Hold on, what?!
Shawn: You really expect us to still do that task after what just happened?!
Dodge: You'll get the payment that suppose to go to the Reapers. That's double what was promised to you originally.
Kyle: Is this payment even worth it?
Kyle walks over to the teen girl.
Kyle: What's the deal with you, anyway?
The girl remains silent.
Kyle: Hello! Do you talk? Are you fucking deaf? Or just stupid?
Kyle pounds on the wall, causing the girl to flinch.
Kyle: Hey! Fucking answer me!
Dodge: Hey, leave the girl be. Kyle, you'll get what you were promised once she's returned to the city.
Shawn: The Reapers are after our necks and you're still asking us to do this drop off?! We don't even know this fucking kid.
Kyle: Plus, we don't know how much trouble this apparently retarded kid is worth.
Rachel: Says the fuckers that killed Lynn's brother. And I'm not stupid. I just don't like assholes.
Kyle, Shawn and Caleb turn to Rachel, before Caleb folds his lips.
Caleb: So she does speak.
Rachel turns to Dodge.
Rachel: Do I really have to go with these three dudes?
Dodge: Yes....
Rachel: Yeah, but I don't know them. For all I know, they could be perverts who get their kicks out of touching little girls.
Shawn: Whoa!
Caleb: Hey!
Kyle: First of all, we're not pedophiles, you little shit. Second, you've already proven to be enough trouble in the half hour.
Dodge: Look...this whole thing is fucked, but we still have a job to do. A job that needs to be done. There's a contact out north. Someone who can help.
Caleb: Who?
Dodge: a woman. I don't know know her name, but she only goes by "Lone Wolf".
Shawn: Heh. That's comforting.
Dodge writes down the note to where his contact is, before Shawn takes the note.
Caleb: Hey, guys....we've already come this far. Let's just finish this. We got nothing to lose, right? She's just cargo.
Kyle turns to Dodge.
Kyle: Alright. We'll finish your little chore, but if we figure out you've told the Reapers to kill us, that this Lone Wolf person isn't helpful or deviate from our deal in anyway, we say to hell with this, we kill this "Lone Wolf" woman, then we kill the girl....
Dodge: Fair enough....
Rachel: But--
Dodge: Rachel...you'll be fine.
Rachel: Did you just hear this asshole? He'll kill me if something goes wrong.
Dodge: I did.....
Rachel turns to Kyle, Shawn and Caleb before turning back to Dodge.
Rachel: Who are these men?
Dodge: These are good men. I trust them.
Dodge nods to Kyle.
Dodge: His brother was A.O.W. Saved my life against a gang of thugs....just like he did.
Kyle: Yeah, that was before he left to chase a ghost I told him not to, right?
Dodge: He left you, too, Kyle....I know what he did in Kingsmen for you...your brother was a good man....just like you.
Kyle: I am not a good man.
Dodge: But you know he'd want you to do this.....
Kyle sighs.
Rachel: But--
Dodge: No "buts"....Go with them, Rachel.
Kyle stares at Shawn then looks over at Dodge, before letting out a heavy sigh.
Kyle: Fuck it...Let's get going.
Kyle turns to Rachel.
Kyle: You-stay close. Let's move.
Kyle, Shawn, Caleb and Rachel head towards a set of stairs. The four walked through this little tunnel up the stairs, leading them to a gated sidewalk.
Shawn: Keep up, kid.
Rachel: I am, asshole.
The four turn a corner through an alley then through an open gate, which lead to an open back alley.
Rachel: Where are we going?
Kyle: Up there...
Kyle points up at the top of a building on our left.
Shawn: That should get us to the north tunnel...
Rachel: How the hell are supposed to get up there?
Rachel looks at a tall platform which had a fire escape, leading up to the top floor.
Caleb: Just give us a goddamned minute.
The three men look around until they find a dumpster.
Caleb: Kyle!
Caleb grabs one end of the dumpster while Kyle comes up and grabs one end of the dumpster.
Kyle: You push. I pull.
Kyle and Caleb bring the dumpster up to the platform. The four climb up to the platform, then up the stairs, Rachel follows close behind.
Rachel: So...how often you guys smuggle things?
Kyle: Often.
Rachel: You guys ever smuggle a kid before?
Shawn: Nope. This is a first....
Caleb: So, what's the deal with you and Dodge, anyway?
Kyle: Yeah, you're accusing us of being pedophiles and yet, he's got a young Taker....he picked up a thing for underage girls all of a sudden?
Rachel: No, it's not like that! It's...He's...it's complicated.
Shawn: Complicated, huh? Surprised he's going through all this trouble for one Taker.
Kyle: Yeah, he's really invested in bringing you back. So, who is he to you?
Rachel: He's my friend.
Kyle scoffs.
Kyle: You're friends with the leader of the Takers.
Rachel: Yep. I'm important to him.
Shawn: And you're not his little sex slave?
Rachel: No! I'm not!
Kyle: How old are you, anyway? Twelve?
Rachel: No, I'm fourteen. How old are you? Seventy?
Caleb laughs.
Kyle: Jesus Christ...
The four walk up some steps some more.
Kyle: So, where are your parents?
Rachel sighs.
Rachel: If you must know, my mom is dead...
Shawn: And your Dad?
Rachel: I don't talk about him.
Shawn: Guy must be a real piece of shit if you don't talk about him...still, though, you chose to ran with a gang, rather than trying to live in an ordinary life, huh?
Rachel: Look, asshole, I'm not telling you my history with Dodge or the Takers if that's what you're getting at.
Kyle: You want to know the best thing about my job; we don't gotta know why. Honestly, our relationship is strictly professional. You're just cargo to us, kid. Paycheck. Caps. Nothing more.
Rachel: Good to know...
Caleb: Hey, this contact...the one Dodge pointed us out to. This Lone Wolf woman. You know who it is?
Rachel: Yeah, a woman who's good at smuggling. Never seen her before, though.
Kyle: Hey. Just so we're clear, girl. I meant what I said to Dodge. We found out he screwed us over in any way....and you will die. I'll kill you myself.
Meanwhile, at the Reaper base, in a morgue, Roscoe's body lays on a slab when an elderly Caucasian-American man with scar across his chin enters and looks at the boy's body with sadness, but also anger. The man turns to one of his Lieutenants.
Colm: Where is she?
In another room, Lynn is severely beaten by Reapers while another Reaper Lieutenant, a bald African-American woman sits.
Selene: Lynn....your father gave you one task....and you fucked up...you know how bad you fucked up....you not only manage to fuck up the deal that was suppose to be a simple drop off.....you also managed to get your brother killed....my best friend....
Lynn: It wasn't my fault....Roscoe started it and he...he got himself killed...You know, if you're gonna kill me, at least leave my pretty face alone.
Selene slaps Lynn across the face, before grabbing her chin.
Selene: We just saved your life. Now, if I wanted to kill you, I would've left you in the goddamn wasteland where I can very picture you in deeply pornographic situation, but I think of you as nothing but a piece of shit and stupid cunt. And I don't want the karma of your death on my soul for the rest of my fucking life.
Selene throws Lynn back.
Selene: Then again...my best friend is dead, so....I don't really believe in karma like that.
Selene stands up and pulls out her revolver, aims it at Lynn, but before she can shoot, Colm enters the room and speaks.
Colm: Selene....Don't....though it's your place to be judge, it's not your place to be executioner.
Selene: Colm...Roscoe is dead...your son....because of her....
Colm: I understand you're angry....and clearly all of you are....but you forget....Lynn's a Reaper...one of us....
Selene places his revolver back in her holster, before Colm walks up to Lynn and helps her up on her feet.
Lynn: Dad.....
Colm: Let's talk....
Colm and Lynn walk into another room, before Colm shuts the door.
Lynn: Dad...let me explain--
Colm backhands Lynn, causing her to fall to the ground.
Colm: I give you a chance to lead! For once! And this time, I expected you to pull through! Get the job done! And again, I am pulling your ass out of the fire! Bailing you out! Except this time, it's more severe! Your brother is dead!
Lynn looks to the ground.
Colm: Hey!
Colm grabs Lynn and throws her against the wall.
Colm: Look at me when I'm talking to you!
A short tense stand off ensues.
Lynn: Why don't you do it yourself, then? Just put a bullet in my fucking head so they don't have to.
Colm sighs, before stepping back.
Colm: It's only because you're my daughter that I haven't killed you. Any other Reaper, I would've killed them in a heartbeat....but because you are my daughter, you are still alive....what happened?
Lynn: The deal was fucked. Dodge lied to us about the job; turns out we were asked to deliver some fucking girl to Taker city. Things got bad....Roscoe acted like an asshole, always....and Desipich killed him....
Colm: So it's your brother's fault things got out of hand.
Lynn: and yet he's still dead....
Colm: What happened next?
Lynn: Kyle Desipich, Shawn Burton and Caleb Michaels took the girl and fled with Dodge and the Takers. They fled inland.....Dad, we have to go after them.....for Roscoe....for my brother....your son...
Colm sighs.
Lynn: Dad....
Colm: Your brother was a goddamn idiot and asshole, but....you're right....we still have to avenge him.....we track Kyle Desipich down...and we take him alive...
Lynn folds her lips.
Colm: Is that understood?
Lynn: Sure...
Colm steps up to Lynn.
Colm: Lynn....you may be my daughter...but that doesn't excuse you from Reaper punishment....this is your last chance. Do not fuck this up.
In another area of the Reaper base, a young Caucasian-American woman with freckles and red hair is listening to music and drawing on her bed. Selene knocks on the door, gaining her attention.
Selene: Abigail....
Abigail removes her headphones, before looking up.
Abigail: Hey, what's up?
Selene: Come on. Get geared up. We're heading out. Doing a hunt.
Abigail: A hunt? What for? Is everything okay? Is....is Roscoe okay?
Selene: No....Roscoe's dead.
Abigail gives a look of sadness.
Selene: But don't worry; we're gonna find the motherfucker that killed him and make him pay. Cause avenge our blood. Our family.
Moments later, Colm, Lynn, Selene and a few dozen Reapers are equipped with heavy duty equipment and travel out of the city with A.O.W APC' and motorcycles. Meanwhile, Kyle, Shawn, Caleb and Rachel walking through the little small town, almost everywhere they looked, felt unusually quiet.
Rachel: The contact has to be in one of these houses.
Kyle: I'm already not liking what I see, kid.
Rachel: Just hold on...it's around here somewhere. It has to be.
The sun starts to rise. The four look around the buildings as they need to hurry. Kyle stares at Rachel, pressing his thumb on the hammer of this pistol in his holster. Finally, the group hear a door opening and a voice whispering.
Stephen: Over here! Quick!
Relieved, the four enter the building and follow Stephen down a range of stairs and into a cellar.
Stephen: You four the people that Dodge told us about?
Shawn: Yeah....
Stephen: Sounds like you people really stepped in the shit. Killed Roscoe of the Takers from what I hear.
Caleb: Is there any vehicles we could use to get out of here?
Stephen: I don't have any myself, no...but I know a guy out west who does. His name's Rocky.
Kyle: Rocky Mason? He's one of the guys we'd been using to import shit not available in Homestead.
Stephen: Same one. He's in a secluded area a few miles away from here.
Shawn: That's great! Can you guide us to the right direction to Taker City?
Kyle: Wait... I thought this Lone Wolf person was a woman.
Stephen: She is. She's someone who can lead you to him. Hang on a moment while I go get her.
Shawn sighs with relief while Kyle rolls his eyes, starts looking around the cellar for a bit, his back turned. Stephen returns, bringing a woman to them.
Stephen: And here she is. Guys, this is-
Sarah: Caleb? Shawn?
Caleb: Sarah?
Shawn: Sarah?
Kyle's heart stops as he turns around. Sarah, in a shocked whisper, looks over at Kyle, her eyes widen in disbelief.
Kyle: Sarah?
Rachel: Wait, you all know her? What, did you guys all fuck her at once?
Caleb: Rachel!
Shawn: Uh...yeah...actually....we do....
Stephen: Wait! This guy is the Kyle you've about?! Your ex?!
Sarah nods.
Stephen: Well, this is a big fucking surprise!
Stephen claps his hands together.
Kyle: You could say that.
Rachel: Oh....you were fucking her...
Shawn: Rachel....shut up.
Sarah shifts her gaze away from Kyle, who takes a few steps forward towards her.
Sarah: Hi, Kyle.
Kyle: I....I thought you were dead.
Before Sarah can say anything, the group hears what sounds like an multiple engines. Shawn goes over to the wall and looks through the window on the roof of the cellar and sees four Reaper trucks roll past the street outside.
Kyle: Shit.
Suddenly, Stephen is shot in the head by a Reaper sniper. His body falls to the ground.
Sarah: Stephen!
Caleb turns to Sarah.
Caleb: We gotta get out of here now!
Sarah: Let's go!
Sarah walks off then grabs her backpack nearby and slings it on her back.
Sarah: Come on, goddammit!
The three follow her down the hall to a secret entrance way and Sarah opens it, very carefully to make sure no one is around.
Sarah: Coast is clear.
One by one, Kyle, Shawn, Sarah, Caleb and Rachel walk out of the door. Everything seemed quiet until the door slammed shut behind them.
Reaper: What the fuck was that?
Reaper: Let's go check it.
Caleb turns to Kyle, Shawn, Sarah and Rachel.
Caleb: You guys go on! I'll give y'all some time.
Kyle: Caleb, we don't leave our people behind.
Caleb: We don't have time for this bullshit.
The four look at Caleb, shocked.
Sarah: Caleb, you want us to just leave you here?
Caleb nods.
Caleb: I'll buy you enough time to get out of here while I distract them.
Caleb presents a grenade.
Caleb: Took it off a dead Reaper....It'll cause one helluva distraction....I'll be okay. I'll regroup with you guys in the city.
Kyle, Shawn and Sarah look at Caleb, silently, before Kyle turns to Rachel.
Kyle: Rachel....let's get a move on.
Rachel looks over at Caleb, sadly, before she goes over to Kyle, Sarah and Shawn as they start to head off.
Lynn: What's taking so fucking long?
Colm: Easy, Lynn. Sniper's got a bead on them.
The four sneak towards the tree line.
Sarah: Is that Colm and Lynn?
Kyle: We need to get a move on.
The four pick up the pace.
Sarah: Guys, what the fuck is going on?
Shawn: It's a long story.
Caleb opens fire on the Reapers, taking out a few, before finally detonating the grenade. The explosion is seen by Kyle, Sarah, Shawn and Rachel.
Rachel: Caleb.....
Kyle: Damn it...
Kyle, Shawn and Sarah are saddened by Caleb's apparent death.
Sarah: Come on, we gotta go through here.
Sarah leads the three to a sewer gate.
Rachel: Through here?
Sarah: This is the quicker way back to Homestead. Plus, it's a good way to go through when you don't want any unwanted attention.
Sarah goes to open the gate and starts to struggle a bit. Kyle comes up to her and helps her it.
Sarah: Thanks.
Sarah gives Kyle a quick glance then starts to head inside. Fortunately, the four made their way through the sewers without encountering any infected or Skinners. It was reaching mid-day.
Shawn: Caleb...goddammit.
Sarah: Okay....You guys wanna fill me in? Who's this girl? And why are Lynn and Colm after you guys?
Kyle sighs then recounts the events that have unfolded the last day and a half.
Sarah: Wait...you shot Roscoe in the head?!
Kyle nods. Sarah whistles.
Sarah: Wow....
Kyle: I don't know why I did it...it just...happened..
Sarah shrugs.
Sarah: Well...fuck the bastard. He was a asshole anyway.
Shawn: But Caleb's gone now, though....he....he was our friend, Sarah.
Sarah: I know.
Kyle scolds at Rachel.
Sarah: So what? Dodge paid you to take so e rabdom girl across the country without filling you in?
Shawn: Something like that.
Sarah: Why? Why's she so important to Dodge?
Shawn: I don't know, Sarah, but....
Kyle: Yeah....
Still seething at Rachel, Kyle stomps over to Rachel and grabs her, dragging her to the edge of the river.
Rachel: Hey! What the fuck are you doing?! Get off me! Let ne, you fucking psycho!
Kyle: Come here, little girl! Come here! Cone here!
Sarah: Kyle! What are you doing?! Kyle!
Rachel: Get your hands off me!
Shawn: Kyle! Hey!
Kyle: Get on your knees! Get on your fucking knees! Get down! Down! Now!
Rachel: Okay! Jesus! Okay!
Rachel kneels to the ground, before Kyle pulls out his pistol and aims it at her.
Shawn: Dude! Kyle!
Kyle: You wanna die here?! Huh?!
Rachel: Oh, my god!
Sarah: What the hell are you doing?!
Kyle: No more fucking games from you! The Reapers are on our ass and now one of closest friends is dead because of you so no more lies! Why are you so important to Dodge?! Who are you?!
Rachel: I told you! I'm just another Taker!
Kyle: Bullshit! Dodge wouldn't go through all this trouble for one fucking Taker. He'd just let them die! So stop lying to me!
Rachel begins crying.
Rachel: I just another Taker! I swear!
Kyle presses the gun into Rachel's forehead.
Kyle: STOP FUCKING LYING TO ME!
Shawn: Kyle, just put the gun down, dude. I get your pissed, but....we can't just kill her.
Sarah: She's just a kid, Kyle! Jesus Christ! You gonna kill a kid?!
Kyle: Okay, you know what? You got ten seconds to tell me the truth or I swear to God, I'm gonna fucking kill you!
Kyle begins to count down as Shawn and Sarah protest, before Rachel pleads. At the countdown of one, Kyle shakes his head.
Kyle: Fuck this. I warned you.
Kyle clicks down the hammer of his pistol and prepares to execute Rachel, but she finally shouts out.
Rachel: Dodge is my father! HE'S MY FATHER, OKAY?! I'm his daughter! I'm his fucking daughter! I swear that's the truth! Please! Please, don't kill me.
Sarah: Kyle...
Kyle, accepting that answer, lowers his gun.
Kyle: I fucking knew it...I knew there was something different about you.
Kyle walks off, before Sarah walks up to Rachel.
Sarah: You okay?
Rachel: Jesus.....that asshole almost killed me. He's fucking crazy.
Shawn walks up to Kyle and speaks quietly.
Shawn: Bro....
Kyle: I needed her to come clean.....Caleb's gone because of her.
Shawn sighs.
Shawn: What now? We got the daughter of the leader of the Takers with us. She's worth a lot more alive.
Kyle: She's already proven to be a liability to the group. I say we cut her loose and head back home.
Shawn: Hold on....we've come this far, man...she won't last out here if we leave her...and Caleb....he would've agreed with me.
A moment of silence.
Kyle: We could head back to Homestead. Get weapons, stocked up....and come up with a plan to get to Rocky's faster.
Shawn: Yeah...
Shawn turns to Rachel.
Shawn: We're going to continue the trip. We're gonna take you back to your Dad.
Rachel: Really?
Shawn: Yeah....but only because there's something for us. Now that we know you're worth something.
Sarah: Oh, that's nice, Shawn.
Shawn: Hey, I'm not going to lie to her, okay?
Kyle sighs, before turning back to Sarah and Rachel, who stands up.
Rachel: Hey....uh....guys....about Caleb....I'm really-
Kyle: Okay, first of all, let me tell you how this trip is gonna go; you don't talk about Caleb. Ever. You hear me? In fact, we'll just keep who we are to ourselves. As I said before, you're a delivery and we are the deliverers. Nothing more. Don't let the situation fool you. We are not friends. Second; when we get to Homestead, do not tell anyone that you are Dodge's daughter. They'll try to kill you or capture you for a high bounty to some real pedophiles...then you'll wish you were dead....and lastly, if the three of us tell you to do something, you do it. Understand?
Rachel: Yes....
Kyle: I want to hear what I just said from your mouth, so you can understand what I'm telling you and that I'm serious. Cause I shit you not, if you disobey me or if any of us get killed because of you, I promise you this, I won't kill you. I'll just leave you in the wasteland to die.
A short pause.
Kyle: I'm waiting, Rachel.
Rachel: Don't bring up Caleb. Don't tell anyone who I am....and do what you guys say.
Kyle: Or what happens?
Rachel: You'll leave me in the wasteland to die.
Kyle: Good...Now, we're gonna head back to Homestead and come with a plan to get you to fella who owes us some favors.
Kyle turns to Sarah.
Kyle: Sarah, you've been seen with us, so you're most likely a target, too. Want in?
Sarah sighs in annoyance.
Kyle: Sarah, where else you gonna go? Back there? You fucking boyfriend--
Sarah: He wasn't my boyfriend, you asshole. He was my partner.
Kyle: Partner, boyfriend, whoever he was to you; he's dead now and the Reapers have destroyed your little base of operations. You're better off with us and you know it.
Sarah looks off into the wasteland, then back at Kyle.
Sarah: You really expect me to go with you guys after you just threatened a thirteen-year-old?
Rachel: I'm fourteen, actually, ma'am.
Kyle: Hey. Go in the corner. Seriously. Quit budging into the fucking adult conversations.
Rachel turns around.
Kyle: Shawn, watch her.
Kyle turns back to Sarah, who's hands are on her hips. After twisting her lips, Sarah shakes her head.
Sarah: Fuck it. Guess I don't have a choice....but Kyle....this is strictly professional. Don't think just cause we're in each other's lives again, that it'll change the last two years.....I help you deliver this girl back to her father and we go our separate ways.
The four make their way back to Homestead. Meanwhile, at a nearby river, Caleb, still alive, swims to shore. At Homestead, the Reapers have invaded and begin to burn down the town and interrogating the civilians about Kyle's whereabouts. Colm, Lynn, Selene and Abigail stand before the tied-up citizens, including Liza, Zach and Zoe.
Colm: Now, I know many of you most likely don't know the whereabouts of Kyle Desipich, but I believe one of you does. Now, this doesn't have to get bad or bloody....but I need one of you tell me the truth when I was ask you all. Kyle Desipich, Shawn Burton and Caleb Michaels...where are they?
Liza: We don't know...
Lynn: Bullshit...these fucking people know where they are and they're gonna tell us.
Zach: We don't know shit. Why are you doing this?!
Colm: Kyle Desipich killed my son....now, I'm a reasonable man...but I'll only ask so many times....Where is Kyle Desipich?
The Homestead civilians refuse to answer, before Liza raises her head.
Liza: We're not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of you. I know how this is gonna end...so do what you're gonna do...then go fuck yourself.
Colm sighs, before Lynn raises her head, pulls out her pistol and shoots Liza in the head. The Homestead civilians panic, some of them run away, but are gunned down by Reaper soldiers.
Zoe: Mommy!
Zach: Liza! No!
Homestead Civilian: You fucking monsters.
Abigail gives a look of shock and worry.
Lynn: One of you better start talking! Or I'm gonna start killing everyone!
Zach cries at the loss of his wife.
Zach: We swear to God! We don't know! He never came back from his run! He must be dead! They all must be dead!
Lynn: Bullshit!
Lynn executes another Homestead civilian.
Carter: Jesus....
Selene: Fuck it! Let's just do the whole fucking town!
Lynn: Where is he?!
Zach: I don't fucking know!
Lynn grabs Zoe by the hair and puts a gun to her head.
Zach: No!
Selene: Stay on your knees, pretty boy.
Zach: No! Please, don't do it! Please! Not my little girl!
Lynn: I'll blow this little bitches fucking brain out if you don't tell me where he is! I swear to God I'll do it!
Carter: Fucking do it! Then he'll talk!
After a few tense moments as Lynn prepares to execute Zoe, Abigail rushes at Lynn and grabs her pistol. Zoe runs at Zach, who hugs his little girl.
Zach: Oh, baby.
Lynn headbutts Abigail, knocking her to the ground.
Lynn: Are you fucking stupid?! Huh?!
Lynn kicks Abigail in the nose, bloodying it.
Abigail: What the fuck?! You're gonna shoot a fucking kid?!
Lynn: I'm doing this for Roscoe. My brother. Your dead boyfriend.
Abigail: I'm not gonna go kill a child to get what I want, you fucking bitch!
Abigail pulls out a pistol and aims it at Lynn, who does the same, causing a stand off.
Lynn: Oh! You care about that little girl, then, huh?!
Abigail: Not like this, Lynn.
Lynn: Well, come on, then, bitch! Do it! Pull the fucking trigger!
Abigail: I swear to God. I'll do it.
Lynn: You're no coward, are you, Abigail? Didn't you love Roscoe? Didn't you?
Before either Lynn or Abigail can pull the trigger, Colm defuses the situation.
Colm: Enough! Hey! Stop! Shut the fuck up! Both of you! Listen!
The Reapers quiet down, before Colm speaks.
Colm: We don't fight amongst ourselves, goddammit! I'm still in charge! We're a fucking family! All right?!
Abigail: Dodge, why the fuck didn't you control your daughter?
Colm: What the fuck are you talking about?
Abigail: She shot people in cold blood and you just watched!
Lynn: These people are allies of the same person who killed your fucking boyfriend, Abigail! Get that through your thick skull!
Colm shakes his head, before walking off.
Colm: Torch the town....
Selene: And the civies?
Lynn: Dad...
Lynn walks up to Colm.
Lynn: We have to send a message to Desipich.....let them know we're coming for them.
Colm sighs.
Abigail: Dodge, please. There are children here. I want Desipich to face justice, but this.....
Colm looks at Abigail, then back at Lynn.
Colm: Do it....Kill them all.
Lynn nods to Selene as she, Carter and the rest of the Reapers arm their weapons and aim them at the Homestead civilians. Zach comforts his daughter, before Abigail, disgusted, walks off as behind her, the Reapers open fire and execute all of the Homestead civilians including Zach and Zoe. Afar from Homestead's burning state, Kyle, Shawn, Sarah and Rachel watch in horror as Homestead burns.
Shawn: No....
Kyle sighs.
Sarah: Please, tell me you have a plan B.
Kyle: We're gonna have to go to Rocky ourselves.....The Reapers aren't gonna stop til they get us. This is a warning. Let's get moving.
Rachel: But all those people....
Kyle: All those people are dead. Can't help them.
Kyle turns to Rachel.
Kyle: See that? There were families in that town. Small children. All that blood is on your hands.....You better worth all that blood, kid.
In the aftermath of Homestead's fall, the Reapers leave, with Lynn and Colm talking.
Lynn: Dad, you did the right thing.
Colm: Did we?
Lynn: Yes, this is for our blood. My brother. Your son.....once Kyle sees this, he'll run.
Colm: Let's get back to the last place we saw them. Start tracking. We do this right. This is the only time I'm allowing this to happen. No more unprovoked killings. You hear me?
Lynn: Yes, Dad.