One Week Later
Kyle, James and Sarah are on top of building as James turns the radio dial attempting to get a signal.
Kyle: I still can't hear shit from that goddamned radio.
James: Just give it a second, Kyle....I can almost get it.
Sarah: James, as much as I want to believe you, all I can hear is the heavy ass snow blowing....
A flying gargoyle creature flies over head.
Kyle: Oh, yeah....there's those things.
Sarah: How did those things get created?
Kyle: Same way. Radiation. Nuclear shit.
James continues turning the dial.
James: Goddammit....that fucking signal has to still be here.
Sarah: James....maybe you should accept the fact that that signal is gone.
Kyle: Or doesn't exist.
Sarah: Kyle....look, James, I'd love to live on an ocean beach, or a community of build houses or a green forest?
Kyle: What good is a broadcasting a signal in a nearly silent city?
James: It's not silent.....it's just....
Kyle rolls his eyes and stands up, before turning the radio off.
Kyle: Now, it's silent. Now come on.
Kyle walks ahead, before James sighs.
James: Shit.....
Sarah touches James' shoulder, before walking off with Kyle. James puts his radio away and joins Kyle and Sarah.
Kyle: Well, we took our sweet time. Wonder what the hell Shawn and the others are doing?
Sarah: Most likely wondering where we are.
James: Knowing my brother, I wouldn't be surprised he hasn't turned off his goddamned radio yet.
Kyle: Imagine what your wife will think or do to you after you told her you wouldn't do this anymore?
Kyle, Sarah and James travel through an abandoned building upper floors.
Sarah: You've been to all these ruins, James?
James: Of course. I mean, a month in a city only ran by Takers....it was not easy, had to do it without getting myself killed....
Kyle: How you did that possibly without getting killed is possible.
Sarah: Why don't we try scavenging some stores while we're up here? I'm sure the Takers haven't completely scoured all the shit in this building.
Kyle: May as well.....Rocky's been bitching and moaning about needing more to build and stitch up our gear....also, building better weapons....stronger weapons.
James: How that man is a blacksmith, completely unknown. Given his personality.
Kyle laughs.
Sarah: No shit...but go easy on Rocky. He's dealing with a lot.
James: Like what? The Reapers burning his lonely town or his porno magazines....
Kyle: Oh, god....how'd you figure that out?
James: Shawn Burton is my older brother, did you forget?
Kyle: When we get back, we can start building FLATS for everyone.
James: FLATS?
Kyle: Yeah, you know, it's like a small wooden house....with a kitchen...and a shower.
Sarah: It does sound nice.
James: Yeah, but for how long?
Sarah: Cassandra'd be up for the idea.
James sighs.
James: I hope.
Kyle, James and Sarah finally reach the lower grounds, eventually fighting through Rat-claws and even avoiding a giant Rat-claw pack by hiding underneath a few cars.
James: Shit.....
Kyle: That was a large ass pack.
Afterwards, the three step out from their cover and continue moving on foot. As Sarah walks up ahead, Kyle and James have a conversation.
Kyle: Hey...you and Cassandra okay?
James: Uh...yeah...why?
Kyle: You two have been fighting a lot?
James: Dude....we're a married couple. Isn't that what married couples do?
Kyle: Sorry, I don't mean to pry....but it's just you two are inseparable and it sounds like trouble in paradise.
James: It's just.....I don't like what she did...
Kyle: You mean with Lynn?
James: Yeah....it's like she wasn't herself.....
Kyle: You know, Rachel did the same thing to her Dad.
James: Is that something to be proud of? And that was different, she just kept hacking and hacking until I stopped her....It was a fucking mess, Kyle.....
Kyle: Can you blame Cassandra though? After what Lynn did to Maya? After you lost the hydroelectrical plant because of her?
James: I guess not.....Joseph thinks we should start a church.
Kyle scoffs.
Kyle: A church? In the metro?
James: Yep. Sermons on Wednesdays and Sundays....
Kyle: And how are we going to do tithes and—
Sarah: Wait, do you guys hear that?
Kyle: What?
Kyle, James and Sarah stop and listen as rumbling is heard.
James: What the hell is that?
Sarah: Definitely a loud roaring.
On a railroad bridge, below Kyle, James and Sarah, a highly build train drives on the train tracks. Kyle's, James' and Sarah's eyes widen.
Kyle: Holy shit....
James: You guys seeing this?!
Sarah: My god...it's a fucking train! Where....
James: Let's get after it!
Kyle: No....
James: Kyle, what do you mean "no"?! Kyle, come on! This could be our ticket out of Taker city! Out of the Metro!
Sarah: Kyle, he's got a point; this is a once in a lifetime snatch and grab.
Kyle sighs.
Kyle: Let's get back to the metro and discuss it with everyone else.
James sighs, but nods.
James: Okay, that's fair.
Kyle, James and Sarah make their way back when behind them, a Taker team appears behind and tosses a flash grenade, which explodes, temporarily blinding the three. The Takers appear and incapacitate the three with the butt of their rifles. Later on, Kyle awakens in the back of a van with James, Sarah. In the back of the van, two other survivors, and old woman and a young teenage boy, are also present. In the front of the van, the driver is contacting the White House.
Taker Driver: Taker Base to Base. Picked up two more individuals at the railroad bride, one of them is Kyle Dawson, his wife and James Burton.
James: Guess we should've checked first! Assholes! Let us the fuck out!
Taker: Shut up back there.
Taker Driver: You three have a lot to answer for!
Taker: yeah, ever since you three killed Dodge, the White House was lost and we've been having to fend for ourselves. Good Taker men and woman have been dying ever since.
Sarah: Kyle, you're awake. Thank God!
Kyle: What happened?
Sarah: Takers....
Kyle: Great....
James: Yeah, this is bad. We've gotta get out of here and find the others!
The Old Woman touches Sarah's shoulder.
Old Woman: Look....what's been going on in this Taker City, anyways?
Kyle sits up.
Sarah: Are you guys not from here?
Old Woman: No.
Teenage Boy: We aren't, our village is about three hundred kilometers from here...south....can't tell by my accent?
James: What village? What are you talking about?
Old Woman: No, just a regular village! We came here to find the boy's mother, left to find some food in Washington D.C and never came back...but then we got caught by these assholes.
James: Did you guys see any trains?
Old Woman: No....unfortunately not, sweetie. Sure, there's of bad places, and a lot of beasts....but we still get by...
James turns to Kyle.
James: Say it.
Kyle: Say what?
James: That there's still more good people out there.
Kyle: James, let's focus on getting out of here first.....then you can tell me I told you so later.
The van stops as the Takers step out and open the back van door. The Taker points at the old woman and teenage boy.
Taker Soldier: The Old Bitch and the boy—out! Now!
Sarah: Hey, what the fuck? You people drove us half way to nowhere!
The Old Woman and Teenage boy step out of the van and are brought to the end of a river.
James: At least give them their shit back!
Taker: They won't be needing their shit. Ever since what's happened with you people, we're not taking chances.
The Taker cocks his assault rifle.
Kyle: No!
Kyle jumps out of the van and tackles the Taker soldier.
Taker Driver: Susie! Get him!
The Taker Driver releases his dog on Kyle, who holds back the dog. James and Sarah attempt to intervene, but are held at gunpoint. Kyle eventually snaps the dog's neck and throws it aside, but the Taker hits Kyle in the temple with his assault rifle, causing him to fall into the river.
Sarah: Kyle!
James: No!
In the river, Kyle looks up as he hears gunshots, before the Old Woman and Teenage Boy fall into the river.
Taker: Fuck!
Taker Driver: What the fuck was that?!
Taker: He just killed my dog, man!
James: You fucking bastard!
The Taker Driver and Taker aim their weapons at James and Sarah.
Taker Driver: Shut up! Unless you two want to join your friend!
The Taker Driver and Taker get into the van and drive away. In the back, James consoles Sarah.
James: He's gonna be okay, Sarah. He's strong.
Kyle swims to the surface of the river and watches the Taker van drive away.
Kyle: Shit!
Kyle exits the river and is able to crawl through the lower areas, where the decayed bodies of survivors lay.
Kyle: Jesus Christ....it's a mass grave. They've been slaughtering other survivors since.....Jesus.
Up ahead, Kyle manages to spot the train being parked in a subway station ran by the Takers. Kyle speaks into his radio.
Kyle: Shawn....Shawn, can you hear me?
Shawn: Barely....what's up, Kyle?
Kyle: Shawn, we managed to find a train....a working train!
Shawn: You're shitting me! We can finally get the fuck out of here!
Kyle: Yeah, but I've got a problem. The Takers caught us. I escaped, but they got your brother and Sarah.
Shawn: Shit! Where are you?
Kyle: I'm at a old subway station. That's where the train is being parked right now. It's gotta be where your brother and Sarah are being held.
Shawn: Kyle, what's that? You're breaking up? Kyle....
Kyle: Shawn? Shawn?! Do you copy?
The radio signal is lost.
Kyle: Fuck! Shawn, if you can hear me, get the others and make your way to the train station....We're hijacking the train and leaving this deathtrap of a city.
Kyle manages to make his way into the subway station through a pipeline, eventually sneaking his way through and hearing a familiar voice.
James: Get the fuck off me, man!
Taker: Shut the hell up!
A hit is heard as James groans.
Kyle: James.....where's the hell's that coming from?
Taker: Take him in the cell, he needs to cool his fucking head.
A Taker drags James into the other room, where Kyle sneaks in through a floor opening just as James is thrown to the wall.
James: Get the fuck off me, you animals!
Taker: Just had just about enough of your bitching, boy....
Taker: You're gonna end up straight to the river if you don't shut up.
The Taker grabs James by the hair.
Taker: Listen to me. You're the brains of the group, right? So be smart and work with us.
Taker: This is your only chance.
The Takers leave James in the cell as James immediately looks around.
James: Shit....how the fuck do I get out of here?
Kyle knocks on the floor opening as James looks towards it.
James: What the fuck?
James grabs a floor board, and cautiously walks towards it.
James: If you're human, speak up!
Kyle: James, of course I'm human, you fucking idiot! It's me!
James: Kyle!
Kyle: Yes, now open the fucking door! It's heavy!
James puts the floor board aside, removes the barrels and opens the floor door.
James: Holy shit, dude!
James helps Kyle up and bro hugs him.
James: You're alive! Dude, Sarah's been going fucking nuts! She thinks you're dead!
Kyle: Where is she?!
James: They took Sarah to the upper floor. The Taker Lieutenant is interrogating her.
Kyle: We gotta get her. I contacted your brother so hopefully he's on his way!
James: Let's not keep him waiting. We gotta be quiet, though. We don't have any weapons to give us an advantage...and we can't go through the main entrance. Too many Takers....we can sneak in through the back, though.
Kyle: The back it is, then.
James: Hey, don't rush. We get spotted-we're both dead.
With the help of James, who disables any lights up ahead, Kyle uses the darkness to sneak around any Takers and get up to the upper floor, sneaking into a grate. In the office, the Taker Lieutenant is interrogating Sarah.
Sarah: You're all dead! You are all going to fucking die! My husband will....
Taker Lieutenant: Shut the fuck up!
Sarah: When my husband comes, he'll kill all of you....and those people from other cities; you were just killing them for two months. Why?! Men, women and children!
Taker Lieutenant: Because ever since you fucking people took Rachel from Dodge and then killed him, we've been on edge! He paid you people to bring her back to him with no questions asked! You people would've been paid handsomely and then could've turned the other way, but no, your fucking husband and you all had to get all into his business and then his little bitch killed her father!
Sarah: Because her father was a piece of shit! He was hurting her, beating her every day to the point where she was slitting her own wrists.
Taker Lieutenant: So, what? As long as we looked the other way, Dodge still kept us alive. Wasn't our job to get into his business. We couldn't take any chances of people trespassing in our city after that!
Kyle kicks the door open as the Taker Lieutenant turns.
Kyle: Surprise, asshole!
Sarah: Kyle!
Sarah stands up, but the Taker Lieutenant throws her to the ground and arms his assault rifle, but Kyle grabs the assault rifle and punches the Taker Lieutenant, ramming him into the door leading to the communications room where another Taker is. Kyle headbutts the Taker Lieutenant then knocks out the other Taker with the butt of the assault rifle. After making sure both Takers are unconscious, Kyle lets out a breath.
Kyle: Jesus Christ....
Kyle turns to Sarah as she runs and hugs him.
Sarah: You're alive! Thank god!
The two then break from the hug.
Sarah: Are you hurt?!
Kyle: No....you know it takes more than a hit from a rifle butt to kill me.
Suddenly, the Taker Lieutenant grabs a chair and swats Sarah with it, knocking her down.
Kyle: Sarah!
Taker Lieutenant: Motherfucker!
Kyle and the Taker Lieutenant struggle with the assault rifle going off and shooting the communications computer.
Taker Lieutenant: No!
Sarah hits the Taker Lieutenant with the back of her pistol, causing him to fall into the computer. Kyle and Sarah aim their weapons at the Taker Lieutenant.
Sarah: Don't move!
On the map, radio signals from all across the wasteland begin to come through.
Taker Lieutenant: Goddamn it! You fucking idiots! You just revealed to the rest of the wasteland that Taker city has life in it!
Sarah: What the fuck is this equipment?
The Taker Lieutenant remains silent, before Kyle hits him with the butt of the assault rifle.
Kyle: Answer her!
Taker Lieutenant: Fuck! Okay...this is a universal broadband radio jammer.
Kyle: In English, motherfucker!
Taker Lieutenant: It's a radio that keeps everyone out there from us. Shit...this fucking sucks.
Through the radio, many voices are heard.
Kyle: Holy shit.
Sarah: Do you hear that, Kyle?!
Kyle: James was right all along.
Sarah: People are still using radios out there...there might be other communities! Other places! There still be good people.
Kyle: What's this for, huh?!
Kyle pushes the Taker Lieutenant.
Kyle: If I have to ask again, I'm gonna knock your goddamn teeth out!
Taker Lieutenant: Because you all forget there's still an apocalypse out there! And you all behave like kids!
The Taker Lieutenant then turns to the Taker radio and attempts to broadcast Kyle and Sarah's attack, but is bludgeoned to death by Sarah.
Sarah: All the guards will be here soon!
Suddenly, the door on the other side opens as Kyle and Sarah aim their weapons, but lower them once it reveals to be James.
James: Hey! Hey! It's me!
James hands Kyle his Zeus Corps machete.
James: You're gonna need this. I found it sitting there...we gotta go now!
Kyle, James and Sarah look outside at the courtyard.
Kyle: Looks like we're going to have to sneak through the courtyard.
James: Through the door the Takers are coming through! Let's move!
Sarah: How are we going to get out of here?
Kyle: James, I have an idea, but you won't like it.
James' eyes widen.
James: Oh, no. Oh, hell no. Fuck that.
Sarah: It's the only way.
James: We are not hijacking their train! It's already bad enough that we killed their leader a month ago and now--
Kyle: Well....it's that or we die, so which is it?!
James sighs.
James: Fuck.....all right. Let's get to the hangar.