In Midtown Manhattan, Maya is at home as Ashley approaches her.
Ashley: Hey, Maya.
Maya: Hey, Ashley...
Ashley: Why so down today?
Maya: I'm not I'm just bored....and a little scared...
Ashley: Why are you scared?
Maya: Did you not hear about those monsters your brother-in-law fought today?
Ashley: Oh, that's why...but to answer your question, no.
Maya: Why aren't you scared?
Ashley: Because I've been out there.....I've been captured by Butchers...almost killed by giant creatures....killed Skinners, Infected, Skinwalkers and Zeus Corps soldiers...I also think about what I can lose....my sister...Kyle...this place...
Maya: You worried Kyle might not come back from this one?
Ashley: No....it's just....it's just....
Maya: He's your brother-in-law. I get it.
Ashley: Yeah...
Maya: I always thought that about Blake and Cassandra....but then that one day, when just you, Kyle, Shawn, James, your sister, Walter and everyone else came back....everyone, but two others....Beth....and Blake...and then Daddy...
A short pause.
Ashley: We're stronger now....and they're coming back....Kyle will come back safe...so will Jake...James...Shawn...Walter...all of them..
In the settlement, Kyle, Jake and Cameron climb aboard their "Junkie" Rig as Woody approaches the three.
Woody: Nice, ain't it? Oh, I didn't introduce myself earlier....Woody Dalton...and let me say it is a privilege to shake the hand of the ex-Zeus Corps Soldier who took down Kronos Industries, yonder...the company that fucked our world like a cheap peace of poon tang ass.
Woody and Kyle shake hands.
Kyle: The honor's mine. This is my brother, Jake and our trainee, Cameron.
Jake: Your trainee, man.
Woody: Fellas....this here is my rig; Darla...and don't worry...she rides real nice!
Woody laughs.
Woody enters the pilot's cockpit and starts up the rig.
Jake: you've got quite a fan club.
Kyle: Yeah....No shit. Surprised this motherfucker didn't ask me for a goddamned autograph.
Jake: Is it weird to have people look up to you in a world that has no hope at all?
Kyle: It certainly is, big brother...it certainly is...
Woody drives the rig forward as many armored busses and other Junkie Rigs drive towards Dallas.
Cameron: Uh....Mr. Desipich....I also find you as my hero too.
Kyle: That's good to know, kid....so I gotta ask...why'd you come to Midtown Manhattan?
Cameron: Got a family back in Minnesota, sir....wanted to make a difference, you know?....Once I heard about the story of you fighting Kronos, I was eager to meet you. Plus, my mom is a big fan!
Kyle: Good to know, kid.
James calls in on the radio while he and Shawn are on a separate rig up the hill.
James: Kyle, James here. Apparently, I'm riding on Mary....get it? Riding on Mary? Uh...okay, see you in Dallas.
Shawn: Good luck, boys!
Kyle: You too, Shawn....all right, settle in, guys. Admire the nice view of the forest, trees and mountains....we got a long ride til we hit Dallas.
The Armored buses and Junkie Rigs ride towards their journey to Dallas.
Armored Bus Driver # 1: Look at that view. You in position yet, Flash 2?
Armored Bus Driver # 2: Yep. I'm in position. Path towards Dallas is clear.....wait a minute...what is that? In the sky?
Armored Bus Driver # 1: What do you see, Flash 2?
Armored Bus Driver # 2: I don't know. It looks like...holy fuck!
Suddenly, mortars from far away begin to reign down on the Armored Bus Drivers and Junkie Rigs, taking out a few out of them.
Woody: Eyes up front boys! We got mortars!
Kyle: Incoming!
Cameron: Oh, shit. Here we go again.
During the ensuing chaos, many Rigs and Armored Buses are destroyed, before a nearby rig slams into Woody's rig, killing a Midtown Manhattan fighter aboard. A mortar destroys the mountainside next to Woody's rig, causing it to slide off and ramming a truck off the road.
Kyle: Damn!
Woody: Don't let those things hit Darla! We'll be like burning like a barbeque on the fourth of July if those things hit us!
Kyle: Jake! Cameron! Hit those mortars!
Another mortar crashes near Woody's rig, killing two of the other Midtown Manhattan fighters aboard.
Woody: C'mon, goddammit! Shoot that shit before it kills us, now yonder!
Cameron: I'm firing!
Kyle, Jake and Cameron open fire on the mortars, destroying a few, before Kyle sprints to the mini-gun equipped on the rig and opens fire, destroying the rest of the mortars. Suddenly, the flying creatures swoop into the battle, destroying the rig in front of Woody's rig.
Rig Pilot: No! No! No!
Kyle, Jake and Cameron open fire on the Manticore attempting to destroy the pilot's cockpit.
Woody: Hey, guys! You're about to lose your driver, now yonder!
Kyle: Hold on, man!
Jake tosses a grenade and the explosion kills the Manticore and the pilot. The attack ceases.
Woody: Nice one, boys! Looks like I got the exterminator team!
Jake: Too fuckin close.
Woody: Take a look down there, guys. It's Jackie and the boys.
Below the mountain, it is the Mary Rig and the Lillian Rig.
Jackie: Woody, you are one lucky sumbitch. I thought you were fucked like a pig on a stick.
Woody: Not me, asshole. I got me a little paying mission to take the great hero himself, Kyle Desipich through hell and back.
Jackie: Shit, you and me both.
Walter: Yo, Kyle, this is Walter. I'm on the rig behind the Burton boys and Tanner. I'll see you in Dallas.
Kyle: Copy that, Walter. We'll see you in-
Woody: Uh-oh!
Woody's rig drives down a steep hill and slams into a ridge, causing a shortage.
Woody: Fuck....
Jake: Woody?
Woody: Don't worry. It's just a shortage, son.
Woody grabs his shotgun and steps outside.
Woody: Hold on, baby. I gotcha. Hey, get my back while I patch up Darla, will ya kindly?
Woody slides down the ladder to fix the rig while Kyle, Jake and Cameron slide down the ladder to the ground to provide cover.
Kyle: Guys, keep an eye out for Woody.
Kyle, Jake and Cameron keep a look out while Woody attempts to repair the rig. After a few tense moments, suddenly, a giant hole is constructed from the ground as humanoid mutants begin to emerge and open fire on the group.
Jake: It's those things again!
Kyle: Plug up that hole and protect the rig.
Woody: Her name is Darla, now yonder!
Kyle: I don't give a fuck. Just fix it!
A gunfight ensues between Kyle, Jake and Cameron against the humanoid mutants, resulting in casualties on the humanoid mutants' side. Woody is being shot at with stray rounds, hitting the rig.
Woody: Yo! Don't hit my Darla, motherfucker!
The gunfight ensues when suddenly mortars begin to reign down onto the battlefield.
Kyle: Ah, shit! Didn't take these bastards long to get a lock on us, didn't it?
Suddenly, the rig, Mary drives onto the battlefield with Shawn getting onto the mini-gun and opens fire onto the humanoid mutants as James and Tanner open fire as well. Another rig joins the fight.
Jackie: We got you covered, Woody!
Shawn: We got you, Kyle!
A mortar destroys the other rig as Woody manages to repair the rig, before he climbs up the ladder into the pilots' bay.
Woody: All right, she's ready, boys!
Kyle: Everyone get back to the rig now!
Woody: Come on, now yonder! Shit, the hell you waiting for! Christmas?! They're fucking close in us, goddammit!
Jake: we gotta get the fuck out of here!
Kyle, Jake and Cameron retreat to the rig, before climbing up the ladder. A mortar crashes and finishes off the rest of the humanoid mutants before the Darla rig and the Mary rig drive forward through the forest. After a short drive, the rigs drive through a scorched environment.
Woody: Whoa....
Jake: Goddamn....something real shit went down here.
Suddenly, two large cave ins occur, before an army of mutants and Launchers (Brute mutants armed with grenade launchers) emerge from the cave in. Kyle, Jake and John open fire as a Midtown Manhattan fighter on the other rig next to the Darla gets on the mini-gun and opens fire onto the army. Two drone mutants arm their grappling hooks and climb up onto the rig closest to the cave in, before beginning to overpower and kill the Midtown Manhattan fighters. Suddenly, Cameron gives a frightened look.
Cameron: Uh....Kyle....Kyle...Kyle!
Kyle: What?!
Kyle looks and gives a shocked look.
Kyle.....the fuck?!
Jake and Woody give a shocked look as a giant mutant creature about 25 feet armed with rockets and mini-guns approaches the battlefield with a pilot controlling the beast.
Woody: Holy shit.
Cameron: We are so fucked!
Kyle: Hey, shut your damn mouth!
Kyle bangs on the pilot bay.
Kyle: Woody! Get us out of here! Woody! Woody! Come on, goddamn it! Fucking move this hunk of metal!
Woody drives the rig out of the battlefield as the Goliath Beast destroys the rig next to theirs with a rocket. While escaping, the hijacked rig approaches the Darla rig.
Jake: Oh, damn! Those things took over that rig!
Woody: Oh, man! They got Alana now yonder! She was a good girl!
During a chaotic chase through the woods between Darla and the hijacked rig, Kyle attempts to shoot the Condemned pilot, but the glass is bulletproof.
Woody: Ah, shit, my boy, that won't work!
Jake: Is that glass bulletproof?!
Woody: Sure as a hooker on Monday!
A mutant drone on a nearby hill jumps onto the platform as Cameron turns and attempts to shoot, but is backhanded by the mutant drone Kyle strikes the mutant drone with the butt of his rifle, before a struggle ensues. Kyle head butts the mutant drone and manages to shoot the mutant in the torso, before knocking him off the rig. Kyle helps Cameron on his feet.
Kyle: On your feet, kid. No dying unless I say so.
The gunfight ensues, before a ridge separates the two rigs as Jake yells out to Woody, before a ridge separates the two rigs.
Jake: We're getting hammered here!
Woody: Keep your fly zipped, man! I'm trying to think here!
Jake: You better think faster!
Woody: Just be quiet and hold em off!
The ridge ends before the hijacked rig returns as the gunfight continues.
Kyle: Hurry up, Woody! They're coming back!
Woody looks ahead and notices a bridge up ahead, smiling.
Woody: Hey, boys! See that bridge up ahead?!
Jake: Yeah, what about it?!
Woody: We need to take the other rig out before we reach it!
Kyle: I don't see how that's going to help us with an idea!
Woody: I'm gonna make Darla have a little lesbo scene with Alana!
Kyle: Huh?!
Woody: I have a plan! Hold on! I'm going to ram into the other rig's pilot bay! That glass may be bulletproof, but it sure as shit ain't shatterproof!
Woody drives the rig into the hijacked rig, eventually breaking the glass of the pilot's bay, exposing the mutant drone pilot.
Kyle: Take out the pilot!
Cameron: I got him!
Cameron manages to shoot the pilot dead.
Jake: Nice shot, kid!
With the pilot dead, the hijacked rig drives off the hill next to the bridge, before plummeting below and is destroyed.
Woody: Yee-haw!
Jake: Hell yeah!
Kyle: Nice job, guys.
Jake: Hey, Kyle...I think I see it...
Jake points out the city of Dallas, before Kyle walks up next to Jake to admire the view.
Woody: Yeah, the royalty of the apocalypse...didn't think there was such a thing.
While driving through the burning forest, another giant Goliath emerges from the forest and attempts to attack the "Darla" Rig, before being killed by a Midtown Manhattan fighter on top of an armored bus using a rocket launcher. The Darla rig drives through the battlefield between Midtown Manhattan fighters and the mutants. A couple of grappler mutants manage to board the platform of the Darla rig, but Kyle and Jake manage to fight them off with their machetes, before Kyle manages to hack into the mutants and Jake slices his mutants throat. Another Goliath rams into a nearby rig, turning it over. While clearing of the battlefield, an Eight-Legged Titan emerges from the ground.
Cameron: Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me!
Kyle manages to get on the mini-gun and open fire, causing the Eight-Legged Titan to retreat.
Jake: Let's get out of here!
On a nearby hill, an Eight-Legged Titan uses the higher mountains to jump down onto a rig, taking it into the ground.
Kyle: Don't stop for nothin, Woody!
On the road up ahead, a Goliath is blocking their path and opens fire onto the Darla rig.
Jake: Kyle!
Kyle: I got this! C'mon, you ugly son of a bitch!
Kyle opens fire, eventually shooting the Goliath in the head, before the rig runs into its lifeless body. In Dallas, sunset, the Darla rig, the Mary Rig and the Leanne Rig enter along with the other rigs. Kyle, Jake and Cameron step off their rigs, before reuniting with Shawn, James, Tanner and Walter.
Walter: So, this is Dallas? Big ass city.
Shawn: Looks more like Florida...with ruins....
James: You weren't even around for Florida.
Shawn: Yes, I was....Aunt Karen took me....I only remember so much that...it's like distant memories into the sea...or in this case, sand and fucking wasteland.
Tanner: Crap, dude. I'd so want to spend three-month vacation here.
Walter: Shit, get me a cold beer. My country and R& B music. Jacuzzi....lingerie models....water bed....pornos and tissue paper and I'll be satisfied. I tell you, boy!
Jake: Like I said; you got a fucked-up mind, Walter.
Kyle laughs, before turning to Woody, who is checking on the rig.
Kyle: Woody, you coming with to take a breather?
Woody: Nah...I'll catch up later...going to check on Darla here...make sure she's not completely fucked up.
Aaron Olden, the President of the Wasteland, arrives to greet the protagonists.
Olden: Evening. President Aaron Olden....and I know exactly who you are, young man...Kyle Desipich...Ex-Zeus Corps Soldier....destroyer of Kronos Industries...hero of the Wasteland!
Kyle: With all due respect, Mr. President, it wasn't just me...it was the men here...minus the kid.
Olden: Well, consider yourself under the wing of a brave gentleman here, son....this here's a good man no question about it....you guys have had one hell of a trip I see...what brings you to our fine city?
Kyle: unfortunately, trouble.
Olden: There's no trouble here...unless you brought it with you...my boys on guard said there was a gunfight outside the city....with some "monsters".
Kyle: Yeah, that was us...with your kind permission, sir, we'd like to speak to you about these monsters...we heard you may know something about them...also, our rigs could use some fuel...and we'd like to use your city as a base for our men to locate where these monsters are coming from.
Olden: Of course, son. Of course.
Olden turns to Dallas Guard.
Olden: Chaz! Get these boys one our hotel rooms! Donley! I want these rigs fueled by the morning.
The two Dallas Guards begin their work on the rigs.
Olden: All right, Mr. Desipich...let's talk.
Kyle: Sir...
Kyle turns to Cameron.
Kyle: Rook...you go to the hotel and get some rest.
Cameron: But Mr. Desipich....
Kyle: No "buts"...go...you've earned the rest....
Shawn: In other words, let the big kids talk to the teachers.
James: Actually, I'm going to take a breather too, man.
Shawn: From what?
James: From what? Dude, we just rode here for 30 miles and was almost killed that's what!
Shawn: Aw...now you sound like a pussy.
Kyle laughs.
Kyle: Leave your brother be, Shawn...
Kyle turns to James.
Kyle: you good, man?
James: Yeah...just want to take a look around for some parts....need some for Mr. Jax...Tanner, you feel like going?
Tanner: Sure, bro.
Kyle: All right...
As Kyle, Shawn, Jake and Walter follow Olden to his home, James sits down and begins repairs on Mr. Jax. In his office, Olden sits down with Kyle, Jake, Shawn and Walter.
Olden: You'll have to forgive me. I wasn't expecting a presence such as yours, Mr. Desipich....you're pretty famous up west...hell, son, what you did....it's a goddamned miracle.
Kyle: Thank you, sir. We were told you knew something about those monsters that attacked us.
Olden: About three months ago....I had sent a group of my best runners across to that abandoned small town called Ashdown....only two made it back...said the others were killed by a bunch of monsters....one of them even said that they believe that their tunnels was below.
Jake: Is that man with you now?
Olden: As a matter of fact, he is....Cord!
Thomas Cord walks into the office and approaches Olden, Kyle, Jake, Shawn and Walter.
Olden: This is Thomas Cord. One of the two men who were at Ashdown and survived.....Mr. Cord, would you mind telling these gentlemen what you saw in the tunnels?
Cord: Uh.....I saw....like....like the tunnels...I had a long way to go before I finally reached the surface...fought like hell to get out of there too...the formations of the caves were...were incredible...and it's not just the drones..
Shawn: What?
Cord: It's not just the drones you have to worry about...there's more....more classes of them....one of them...one of them was big...had dreadlocks...and two blades...he was standing next to someone....I couldn't tell who or what it was...they were wearing a mask.....like a horrid mask...or helmet...
Kyle, Shawn, Jake and Walter exchange looks, before looking back at Cord.
Kyle: Mr. Cord, I know it's hard to ask...but we're going up to Ashdown tomorrow to investigate and we're going to need a guide...you're the only one out of two who have been up there and lived.....would you be willing to come with us?
Cord: Kyle Desipich asking me to go back to Ashdown? It's crazy up there, man!
Shawn: We've dealt with more crazy shit in the past three years....we took out Kronos and the Zeus Corps Military with it...these things...are nothing but breakfast to us....so...are you with us or not?
After some hesitation, Cord nods his head, confirming he will travel with the group. Later that night, at the Dallas bar, Kyle, Jake, Shawn, James, Walter, Woody, Tanner and Cameron sit down at a table in a bar to honor the lost souls.
Kyle: Gentlemen, let's raise a toast.
The eight men stand up and raise their glasses.
Kyle: To the men and women we lost on the way here....we'll make sure to tell their families they died fighting.
James: Here and here.
The men take a seat.
Walter: so Woody? Let me ask you somethin....you always been a rig driver?
Woody: Nah...really didn't have much of a choice, friend...family needed their groceries somehow.
Kyle: You signed on for this job? What'd you do back in the day?
Woody: I'm a Georgia boy. I was a delivery man...mail...then bus driver...school and city wise...and then after the world went to shit, I was in the shit doing piss jobs...and I figured when I had the chance to drive assholes...not saying you're an asshole...to their destinations through a wasteland of radiation, killers and monsters...who am I to say no? Well...I really didn't have a choice....doin this for my kids...
Woody presents Kyle a photograph of his daughters.
Kyle:.....her mother?
Woody: Um.....cancer...it's been four years now...and it's been hard.
Kyle: I'm sorry to hear that, man.
Jake: May she rest in peace.
Woody: When she figured out that I was offered a job to drive Kyle Desipich to the Dallas, our wealthiest city in the wasteland....she said "fucking go for it"...she thinks you're her hero...hell, you're my hero, man.
Kyle: I'm no hero, Woody...you're the hero to your little girl...you're her father...you just stay alive to make sure you tell her that.
Woody: Well...then...enough of this sentimental shit... oh...later...can you sign the back of this?
Kyle laughs.
Kyle: Sure...
Kyle turns to Jake.
Kyle: See, Jake? I told you he'd ask for an autograph.
Woody: So...what about the rest of y'all? Wives? Girlfriends? Some poon-tang action at home?
The men laugh.
Kyle: As a matter of fact, I am....two years....
Tanner: Got a wife and kid back home....my son looks up to the great Kyle Desipich....
James: Girlfriend...three years...
Cameron: Uh....No girl for me, but.....I would definitely like to get laid after this.
Kyle: Oh, for fucks sake...
In Midtown Manhattan, Sarah is sitting outside sitting on a bench, before Ashley approaches her.
Ashley: Still looking at the stars, huh?
Sarah: Trying to count them all like when we were kids.....remember how loud we were?
Ashley: We were so loud!
Sarah laughs.
Ashley: Did you see them?
Sarah: What?
Ashley: The monsters that were dumped outside the city.
Sarah: Yeah....they were....very scary.....they definitely weren't human.
Ashley: What do you think this could mean?
Sarah sighs.
Sarah: Means if Kyle and the others can figure this out, we might have to go back to square one.....defensive protocols....
Ashley: Don't we always?
Sarah: More or less...
Cassandra is practicing archery, before Maya approaches her.
Maya: This is a new sport you're trying.
Cassandra: Shawn says it's more quiet....with that crossbow of his, he can sneak up and take out enemies.
Cassandra arms her arrow into the bow, before shooting an arrow into a dummy set up for her.
Maya: hmm....nice....
Cassandra: Thanks...so did you want something?
Maya: Yeah....as a matter fact, Mom said she was worried about you.....I'm worried about you.
Cassandra sighs.
Cassandra: You don't need to worry about me, Maya....if it's about these runs, I can take care of myself.
Maya: Can you?
Cassandra: Yes..
Cassandra shoots another arrow into the dummies head.
Cassandra: I'm getting prepared, Maya.
Maya: For what?
Cassandra: It's obvious....don't you see? Those monsters attacking the hospital....it's just the beginning....the sinking of the cities....it's all connected...and this time, we may not be prepared.
Cassandra shoots another arrow into the dummy.