Weeks after leaving Vegas, Moses is looking out the window, before he bumps into Margaret, who gives him a look. Margaret then walks by before Moses turns and speaks again.
Moses: Margaret.....
Margaret stops and turns.
Moses: Your brother.....he protected me. He saved my life. I'll never forget that....but I keep thinking...that I should be dead....
Margaret: You're right....you should be dead....or maybe you just got lucky.....you won't die, then....but sooner or later, you will die.....eventually we all die in the end....Don't think too much on death....think about how grateful you should be we took an outsider like you with us.
Margaret walks away with Moses pondering, before Rachel approaches him.
Rachel: Hey....
Moses: Hey....
Rachel: You adjusting to the train?
Moses: Uh....yeah...first time on it, actually....the room I'm sleeping in....it belonged to Marcus, didn't it?
Rachel sighs.
Rachel: We're all grateful to have you, you know? Look, don't think about your time with the Ravagers, okay? If you ever need anything, we're here. You're one of our people now. You're family.
Moses sighs and nods in appreciation of Rachel's compassion.
Moses: Thank you, Rachel.
Outside the side of the train, Shawn is smoking a cigarette, before Kyle joins him.
Kyle: Company?
Shawn: By all means.....
Kyle leans to the side of the train, looking out into the wasteland.
Kyle: Summer....not one of my favorite seasons. Never was.
Shawn: Hmm....Christmas. Winter. That was my favorite. It still is my favorite. My Mom would tell James and I about these stories about fucking Santa Claus. I believed for quite sometime...Jenny always told me how her parents would tell her that Santa Clause would get a pet horse....
Kyle: It's been a month since Vegas.....I know you lost something.
Shawn looks down at the ground, then back out into the wasteland.
Shawn: We're going to be okay, right?
Kyle: We will. We'll be okay.
In their room, James and Cassandra are laying on the couch together.
Cassandra: You know, James, I've been looking at Kyle and Sarah, you and me...and thinking of how lucky we are! It's been different with other couples.
James: Yeah.....my brother...he lost Jenny....Margaret hasn't really been the same since Joseph.
Cassandra: Yeah...and now Marcus....
James: Yeah....
Cassandra sighs.
Cassandra: He was a strong survivor. Jenny, too.
James: Brave. Not afraid of anything. During the Krens wars, he was called the "Famous Krens Killer".
Cassandra: He died saving Moses.....God, those fucking twins....taking people and enslaving them. Turning women, their own kind, into prostitutes just to keep the men aroused. God, this world has created such horrible monsters.
James: It really has....
Cassandra: You know; you were right.....I wasn't the same after Lynn.....I was so lost....a part of me wanted to die....just wishing that it was quick....a bullet to the head....I just wouldn't see it coming. Then I'd wake up and be with Maya, Blake and my parents.
James: You know; I thought the same thing, too....after Uncle Colin, after Dad.....but then I found you....
Cassandra coughs, then smiles.
James: What? What are you smiling about?
Cassandra: My mom always talked about whenever I would get married, we would talk about a fantasy we want to live out.
James: Like a sexual fantasy? Cause we've had plenty of those.
Cassandra playfully swats James' arm.
Cassandra: No, you jackass. I mean, a fantasy. A dream. What's yours?
James: My dream; just to find a home out here.....a safe, haven....something worth protecting, but something that we don't have to kill other people for....like at the hydroelectrical plant, before everything happened.....maybe something like a house....you and I can finally settle down....and raise a family.
Cassandra smiles at hearing this.
Cassandra: Sounds nice.
James: What about you? What's yours?
Cassandra: I always want to do this, but somewhere near your peaceful settlement idea; I want to sit in the sand barefoot, with you by my side, watching the beautiful sunset in the horizon.
James: Oohh....I can picture it now. A beach. Holding my beautiful wife. Our twenty toes in the sand.
Cassandra: Thirty toes. Ten little toes.
James laughs, in disbelief.
James: Are you telling me you're....?
Cassandra: Pregnant? No....no...I'm definitely not pregnant....but I'm picturing a son; the boy would be a copy of you.
James: Really? So, a little shit-sniffer.
Cassandra: Hey, we are not continuing that family tradition.
James: According to my brother, we definitely are.
Cassandra laughs.
James: But your vision for us; it's peaceful....it's calming. What's his name?
Cassandra: Huh?
James: When this vision happens, our son; what's his name?
Cassandra: Uh....well, with your blessing, I would like to name him after your Uncle. Colin.
James: Colin Jr. I love it....and I love you, Mrs. Burton.
Outside on the train, Abigail is smoking before Margaret joins her.
Margaret: You got one?
Abigail turns to see Margaret.
Abigail: Yeah....
Abigail hands Margaret a cigarette, before she lights it for her.
Margaret: Thanks....
Margaret coughs out smoke, before examining the cigarette.
Margaret: Jesus Christ.....these bible cigarettes suck.
Abigail: Well, it's fortunately the only cigarettes we got.
Abigail puffs out smoke.
Abigail: You doing okay?
Margaret sighs.
Margaret: You ever wonder why we're still alive, Abigail? Why we're here?
Abigail: To find a home...
Margaret sighs.
Margaret: I see that.....You know, that boy, Moses....he says he should be dead.....that's how I feel right now.
Abigail: We're gonna make it, Margaret. Both of us, we will. We'll find a home....That's the hardest part of moving on from people you love.
Margaret turns.
Margaret: Who'd you lose?
Abigail sighs.
Abigail: My parents....and my sister....during the Krens and Condemned wars....not too long after, I joined the Reapers. I knew they were bad, but they gave me a home and a code...a code I should've been seen was a fucked up one.
In her quarters, Rachel is drawing before Kyle walks into the room.
Kyle: Hey, kid.
Rachel looks up, before smirking.
Rachel: Hey....
Kyle: Can I sit?
Rachel nods. Kyle walks in and sits down in front of Rachel.
Kyle: What are you drawing?
Rachel shows the picture, revealing a drawing of Vegas.
Rachel: Trying to draw pictures of all the places we've been, too....like an archive.....wanna remember these places for when we find a good home. Like a time capsule.
Kyle: Rachel....are you okay?
Rachel stops, drawing then sighs, before she puts the book down.
Rachel: It's just not fair to Moses.....losing his home to a pair of twins....who saw to conquer and kill....it's just not right.....I wanted to kill Starr just like Margaret did....after what happened to Jenny and Marcus.
Kyle sighs before she takes Rachel's hand.
Kyle: It....it does take a while....I can relate, but I've felt loss like that. Before Sarah, there was Sheila....she and I were in Zeus Corps together, but the hardships she witnessed out in the wasteland caused her to quit.....I was ordered to clear out a Blood Hog camp, only it wasn't. It was a settlement....and Sheila was there.....I killed her.
Rachel: Oh, Kyle....I'm sorry.....
Rachel gulps, before speaking.
Rachel: I think I'm ready to ask.
Kyle: Ask what?
Rachel bites her lip.
Rachel: What did you mean you knew what it felt like?
Kyle furrows his eyebrows.
Rachel: The day we rescued Caleb....the day I....I killed my Dad....you said you knew what it was like...what did you mean by that?
Kyle sighs.
Kyle: My mom.....I was a baby so I didn't know her. She got bit...but she didn't turn. Before the world ended, she had cancer. My dad injected her with the Python virus and it cured her cancer, but made her cells strong....made her immune to the infection. She was captured by Kronos scientist and experimented on for years until sometime after I stopped Kronos, the soldiers and scientists we didn't kill...we instead banished were captured by the same people....turned into Condemned with the bonding of my mother and another soldier's blood...a soldier who's blood was infused with the King Cobra Serum....she...she didn't see me as her son....she saw me as a damned creation by my father....she tried to kill me....so I killed her.....I killed my mom.
Rachel sits in silence for a while.
Rachel: Does that get easy? Dealing with killing the person who brought you into this world?
Kyle: It doesn't get easy....but it takes a while to get through the darkness of that...I'm not saying it doesn't hurt, but you can't hold onto that pain and anger. Look, I'm going to go check on the train a bit....I'll talk to you later.
Rachel: I'll see you later, Dad.
Kyle stops himself for a moment, looking back at Rachel, who's eyes widen.
Rachel: Kyle! I meant Kyle. Sorry...uh...
Kyle: It's fine, Rachel. I know what you meant.
A day later, in the mess hall of the train, the table is prepared for with Kyle, Shawn, Sarah, Margaret, Caleb, Rocky, Kayla, Abigail, and Savannah present while Chris is driving the train. Rachel walks by Moses room and knocks on the door.
Rachel: Hey, you coming?
Moses: Uh...well, I don't want to feel like I'm intruding.
Rachel: You're not, Moses....
Rachel walks in and sits next to Moses.
Rachel: What's wrong?
Moses: Nothing it's just.....I know I don't belong here.....and Margaret still blames me for what happened.
Rachel: Moses....you can't blame yourself for what happened.
Moses: I know....it's just....I just wish things were different.
Rachel: I do, too.....but there's some things that you just can't change....
Moses sighs.
Moses: Fuck....
Rachel: Well, don't be a downer, though. Come on and join the party.
Moses looks at the floor and shakes his head. Rachel touches Moses' shoulder. Moses then turns to Rachel and gives a shy smile. Moses then leans in and kisses Rachel.
Rachel: Uh...
Moses: Uh...sorry....I...I...I kinda wanted to do that for a while if you don't mind....uh...I hope it's okay.
Rachel then kisses Moses back. After the kiss, the two break and lean their heads against each other's before Abigail comes and knocks on the door.
Abigail: Uh...guys...dinner's about to start. Kyle says he has an announcement.
Rachel and Moses laugh nervously, before Moses stands up.
Moses: Uh....yeah....sure. I'll be there.
Rachel: Yeah...we're coming.
Moses brushes past Abigail, before she looks at Rachel and smirks.
Rachel: What?
Abigail: Called it....
Rachel laughs.
Rachel: Shut up.
James is getting ready when he knocks on his quarters to door to the bathroom where he hears Cassandra coughing.
James: Cassandra....you okay?
Cassandra: I'm fine...go onto dinner. I'll...I'll be there in a second.
James, Rachel, Abigail and Moses joins the others at the table as the table socializes, before Cassandra joins the table, sitting next to James.
Kyle: Uh...hey, can I have everyone's attention, please?
The survivors turn silent and turn to Kyle, giving his attention.
Kyle: We've spent half a year on the road together...and we've been through a lot.
Kyle looks around the table as he speaks.
Kyle: Fanatics....slavers....cannibals....
Kyle looks at Margaret and Shawn.
Kyle: Joseph....Marcus....Jenny.
Margaret looks down and nods as Sarah touches her back.
Kyle: It's a lot to take in...
Kyle changes his demeanor.
Kyle: Alright, guys...so, here's the big announcement; After some careful studying of the satellite maps we've obtained and much deliberation, we found a place we could call our new home!
Caleb: Great! Where is it?
Kyle: A river valley in Ohio. There's forest and a hydroelectric power plant and this place is quite far from gangs, which, as our journey has been proven three times already, is important! We're about two days away from it now...After half a year of travelling, half a year of blood, we have finally found a home!
Kyle raises his drink.
Kyle: To the ones we've lost....to Joseph....to Jenny....to Maya...to Marcus...
The survivors raise their glasses, respecting the dead.
Kyle: And to finding a new home!
Rocky: Hell yeah!
Savannah tugs on Rachel's shoulder, before speaking in sign language.
Savannah: Did Uncle Rocky just swear?
Rachel: He meant, "heck yeah"!
The survivors cheer and high five each other. Cassandra coughs. The survivors applaud as Cassandra coughs rapidly.
Kyle: Hey, Cassandra....you drink that down the wrong pipe?
James: Cassandra, you okay? Cassandra? Cassandra?
Cassandra suddenly coughs up blood, shocking everyone.
Kayla: Oh, my god!
Margaret: Fuck!
Kyle: Cassandra!
Sarah: Jesus Christ!
Rachel: Cassandra?!
Cassandra looks at James, before her nose starts bleeding, then feels dizzy.
James: Cassandra? Cassandra?
Cassandra falls as Shawn catches her.
Shawn: Shit! I got her! I got her!
Kyle and Shawn then bring Cassandra to the couch. Savannah speaks to Rachel in sign language.
Savannah: Is she okay?
Rachel: I don't know, sweetie!
Kayla: Oh, god. Hold on, Cassandra!
Caleb: What the hell?
Moses: What's with that blood?
Shawn: Kayla! Do something!
Rocky: Fuck, this can't be good...
Kayla: Hold on, everyone! Don't crowd her!
James takes Cassandra's hand as she begins to come to. Kayla and Margaret check on Cassandra.
Cassandra: Goddammit...I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner.
Kyle: What?
James: What are you talking about, Cassandra? Babe?
Cassandra sits up.
Cassandra: At the sanctuary bunker, when I was dragged away, that fucking doctor told me my lungs were falling apart...they were exposed to the radioactive ammo dump. Said I don't have long....I'm going to die.
James: Wha--
Caleb: What?
Kayla: Oh, my god.
James: How can you believe that monster? We just left Vegas not to long ago! So that might be it!
Kayla: I don't know, James....
Margaret: Yeah....she was coughing way before we got to Vegas.
James: Shit....
Kyle stands up.
Kyle: Shawn, James....you two come with me.
Kyle turns to Margaret and Kayla.
Kyle: Margaret, Kayla, you too.
James looks down and touches Cassandra's shoulder.
James: Are you okay?
Cassandra: I will be.....Go on, Kyle. I'll be fine.
Kyle, Shawn, James, Margaret and Kayla have a conversation in the bridge with Chris driving the train.
Kyle: Alright.....
James punches the wall, bruising his hand.
James: Goddammit! Fuck!
Shawn: James....
James: Please, do not give me shit right now, Shawn! Last thing I need is your "shit-sniffer" talk!
Shawn gives a sympathetic look.
Shawn: James....You may be a shit-sniffer, but you're still my little brother.
Shawn gives a sympathetic look.
Shawn: James....
James calms down, before he turns to Kyle.
James: What the hell are we going to do now?!
Kayla: James, please...
Kayla puts her hand on James' shoulder.
Kayla: Just stay calm.
Margaret: Yeah, let's not panic and think of a constructive way...
Kyle nods.
Kyle: Okay, Kayla, Margaret; you're our best medical experts. What do you think?
Kayla: Hmmm....well I for one think that trusting the word of a dead cannibalistic doctor wouldn't be wise....
Margaret: Plus, a move from humid underground into the desert with its dry heat and sandstorms is a stress for the lungs.
Kyle: Yeah, Cassandra would've been hit really bad right off the bat, had it been gas...
Kayla: Exactly. Okay, I'll check her condition to the best of my knowledge...
Margaret: Also....we're approaching the valley with forest air, which along could heal Cassandra's lungs.
Chris turns to the others.
Chris: I don't mean to barge in the conversation, but did something happen in the back?
Kyle sighs, before Kayla and Margaret approach Chris.
Margaret: Cassandra coughed up some blood...
Chris: Fuck...Do you really think it's the desert? Cause if it's blood, it sounds like tuberculous if you ask me.
Shawn: Chris!
Chris: I'm just saying-
Kyle: Let's not jump to conclusions.
Kayla: Look, we can handle tuberculous....we've got enough antibiotics, and air does help with that....
James looks down at the floor, then raises his head.
James: What if that....what if that fucking asshole was right, guys?
Shawn: Yeah, what do we do?
Kyle: Is there a medicine?
A brief pause, before Margaret speaks.
Margaret: Back in Archly Gate, there was an air defense battery stationed in my hometown....before the Krens, there was data on a new drug...it saved a lot of people after gas exposure and general poisoning...Marcus and I were stationed there, so we'll check our records....I think it was produced in Boston...
Kyle looks at the map.
Kyle: Right, Boston....Chris, your thoughts?
Kyle, Shawn, James, Margaret and Kayla turn to Chris.
Chris: For Cassandra's sake, I'd do anything for her...As for Boston...it's about three thousand clicks....past Ohio.
Kyle: Then it's decided! We head for the valley. If it's doable, we settle there. If Cassandra's state gets worse, I'll take a group of volunteers to find that drug. So, Margaret, and please, find that name for us....
Margaret touches Kyle's' shoulder.
Margaret: I will. Don't worry.
Shawn: Hey, Kyle, we don't know what surprises are in that valley.
James: Or who or what is in that valley....
Kyle: Right. I'll take the railcar, one volunteer and check everything out before we arrive!
James: I want to go with you.
Kyle: James, you need to stay with Cassandra.
James: But this is my wife!
Kyle: Exactly and right now, she needs her husband!
Kyle sighs, before he looks down at the floor for a minute, then turns to James.
Kyle: Look, James, I've been in a place where Sarah's needed me the most and I walked away. That damaged our marriage....Don't make the same mistake I did....She needs you.
James nods in understanding. Shortly afterwards, the survivors are having a meeting on what to do next about the valley and Cassandra's state. Sarah is holding Cassandra's hand.
Sarah: So, what are we doing?
James takes Cassandra's hand, before looking out to the others. Kyle addresses the survivors.
Kyle: Okay...First of all, everyone stay calm! The plan stands; we're heading for the valley with its fresh air and clean water...then we go about settling there.
Shawn: And if Cassandra's health...
Cassandra: Guys, please!
Kyle: Cassandra...
Shawn: No, Cassandra. Let me finish; in case you start getting worse, there's a drug Margaret told us about, so we can go and find it for you if it is needed.
Abigail: What drug?
Margaret: I don't know it's name, but it's somewhere in Boston.
Cassandra: Well...that sounds like a great plan to me! I'd also like to say this...Guys, please, don't worry...I've been feeling pretty bad as it is for ruining the dinner.
Sarah: No, Cassandra! You didn't ruin anything!
Cassandra: I just felt like shit over that fucking bastard from the Sanctuary...Though it must be the sand the desert climate!
Kayla: Of course, that's it, honey! We were just discussing exactly that just now....
Cassandra: Alright...let's try this again.
Cassandra grabs her drink and raises her glass.
Cassandra: A toast to surviving!
The survivors raise their glasses and drink.
Kyle: Okay, one more thing! We don't want surprises like the ones we've had on the bayou or in Sanctuary, so I'm leading a scout party ahead on a railcar. I need a volunteer to support me.
Caleb stands up.
Caleb: I'll go. I'll go check the hell out of that valley.
Rocky and Shawn snicker.
Caleb: What are you two laughing about?
Rocky: Cause we know damn well you're mainly going to check if there are any gorgeous women in general there....
Caleb scratches his head as the survivors laugh.
Kyle: It's set, then.....
Shawn turns to James.
Shawn: So, James...
James: Yeah?
Shawn: I will ask the same question; when am I getting nieces or nephews?!
Cassandra: Oh, god....
James: Well, Cassandra and I haven't talked about kids, yet...but maybe when we find a place, hopefully this valley we're going to, we can present you with a niece or nephew.
Shawn: Good.
Savannah bangs on the table, gaining everyone's attention, before Savannah then speaks in sign language to Kayla.
Savannah: What's everyone talking about? Is Cassandra okay?
Kayla speaks in sign language.
Kayla: Cassandra is sick, but we're going to find her medicine to make her feel better.
Savannah: What's everyone laughing about, though?
Kayla: Oh....(sign language) Shawn asked James when he and Cassandra will have kids.
Savannah: Are James and Cassandra going to have a baby soon?
Kayla awkwardly turns to James and Cassandra, then back at Savannah, before communicating in sign language.
Kayla: I don't think so....
Savannah: Well, when they do have a baby, I want them to have a girl. We could play dolls together! I could care for her!
Kayla laughs.
James: What did she say?
Kayla: She says that whenever you two have a baby, she'd want y'all to have a girl to play dolls with.
James: Well, you also play soldier and special operations with a nephew, too.
Moses: At that note; how about a toast? To repopulating the Earth with kids! And to new starts...
The survivors raise a glass.
Survivors: To repopulation!
The survivors toast.
Caleb: Also, to women!
Rocky: A-fucking-men to that, brother!
The survivors laugh, before they toast to Caleb's statement.
James: I don't think you need to worry about that, Caleb. If we're successful, there's gonna be honest...good people...I'm sure they survived, too...
Caleb: Well, if there's any bad people, they'll be sorry, they did show up!
After the dinner, Abigail approaches Margaret, who is looking over the map.
Abigail: Margaret, I had a brother who was Zeus Corps and he once did a mission in Boston.....You didn't tell the others about how dangerous Boston is.....not just the creatures here....but-
Margaret: If the valley is as good as Kayla made it sound, we won't have to worry about Boston.
Abigail sighs.
Abigail: I hope you're right for Cassandra's sake.