A few days later, November 4th, 2042
During a snowstorm, the Myrmidon arrives at the highly radioactive Boston, now dubbed Rad-city. Sarah is doing a reading on the radiation, while wearing a gas mask. Kyle and James, in their suits made by Rocky, approaches Sarah.
James: What do you know, we're finally here....
Sarah: Boston....or now known as Rad-city.
Kyle: Sure hope it's not a bunch of fucking nuts.
Sarah: The bridges are undamaged, and the radiation is definitely climbing like crazy. I think, there will be no nutcases this time....
James: The houses are undamaged, too....
Kyle turns to Sarah.
Kyle: Honey! What's with the radiation?
Sarah: Ten times higher and still climbing! I think we'd better not say out here for too long, guys!
Abigail arrives, in her custom armored suit and wearing a mask, looking at her gieger counter rising to red.
Abigail: Holy shit.....it's gotten worse since last time I was here.
Kyle approaches James.
Kyle: Still with me?
Kyle offers his hand as James takes it.
James: To the end, Kyle.
Abigail walks up to Kyle and James.
Abigail: So am I.
Kyle: Let's go, then.
The Myrmidon stops as Kyle, James, Sarah and Abigail walk to the bridge, where Shawn, Caleb, Chris, and Margaret are waiting for Kyle. All wearing gas masks.
Kyle: So, the situation here looks more complex that we thought. Still, time is short, so we're taking a direct approach.
Shawn: Let's refresh the plan.
Kyle turns to Shawn.
Kyle: Shawn....
Shawn: We're taking the Myrmidon south, to the cargo station, I marked it on the map....Chris, Margaret, and I will handle the institute building. We'll pay the railroad museum a visit along the way. There might be something for the Myrmidon there....
Kyle turns to Caleb.
Kyle: Caleb....
Caleb: I'm staying to guard the Myrmidon with Rocky.
Kyle: Good....James, Abigail and I are checking the Institute's main building.
James: Radiation is way too high here, so we'll try to get there through the subway.
Kyle: Let's get to it, then!
Kyle, Shawn, James, Sarah, Caleb, Abigail, Margaret and Chris all hug each other goodbye.
Margaret: Come back safe...
Abigail: I will...
Margaret nods to James, then touches Kyle's shoulder.
Margaret: Be safe. Both of you.
Kyle nods.
Kyle: I will.....
Kyle, James and Abigail walk through the train and run into Savannah, who is wearing a gas mask.
Savannah: Are you going on a mission?
Kyle looks down at Savannah, before picking her up.
Kyle: Yes, honey....
Savannah: Are you going to save Aunt Cassandra?
James: Yeah, we are.
Kyle puts Savannah on the counter as Savannah looks down at her teddy bear.
Savannah: Teddy and I will protect her and kill any bad guy that tries to get her!
James smiles, before he, Abigail and Kyle continue walking to the corridors. Kyle prepares to knock on his corridor doors, before Kayla opens the door and puts a finger on her lips.
Kayla: Sshh....she's sleeping. Are you three leaving?
Kyle: Yeah, I hope we'll make it in time.
Rachel and Moses walks up to the door.
Rachel: Cassandra is strong.
Moses: She'll be here for you. We'll stay with her while you're gone.
James: Thank you. Both of you....
Kayla: Just come back.....
Kayla turns to James.
Kayla: James....did you want to come in?
James nods, before Kayla lets James in as Cassandra rests.
Kayla: The attack ended, and I did my best...you don't have to worry. Her pulse is strong, she's just exhausted....She'll probably just sleep till tomorrow now....
James takes Cassandra's hand in one hand while he touches her face with the other.
James: Please....please be okay....
James then kisses Cassandra's hand then stands up, before he turns to Rachel and Moses.
James: Stay with her.....
Moses: You have our word.
Kayla: Come back soon, with the medicine.
Abigail: We will, Kayla.
Kyle, James and Abigail then walk to the back with Rocky yielding a rail gun rifle.
Rocky: Made this for you, James.
James takes the rail gun and her backpack. James then shakes Rocky's hand.
James: Thanks, Rocky....
Kyle and Abigail equips their backpacks and weapons.
Abigail: Kyle, I should warn you; I haven't been here in years....if the radiation is this bad, who knows what monsters live here, so think well of what to pack.
Kyle: I already have....we're her last hope.
Kyle, James and Abigail then enter the car as Chris pulls on the ramp, allowing the two to leave. Kyle, James and Abigail then wave goodbye as the survivors are outside. Chris starts the Myrmidon as he drives the train towards their mission while James drives on the snowy road. Kyle and Abigail take a look out.
Kyle: All these stuck carriages....
James: A failed evacuation.....
Kyle: Let's try to get into the square behind the station....
The Myrmidon drives through the city and makes a stop at the museum.
Chris: Shawn! Margaret, this is our stop!
Shawn, Chris and Margaret exit the train and enter the railroad museum and begin to search for the snowplow.
Shawn: Goddammit....
Chris: This place is fucking huge. How the fuck are we going to find a goddamn snowplow in this museum?
Margaret: It's called faith, boys.....
Shawn: Well, look at you being all miss optimistic.
Margaret: I'm not....I'm a realist....but....
Shawn: I get why, though.
Margaret sighs. Meanwhile, James continues driving through the snowstorm as Kyle looks out the window.
Kyle: You know how far we are from the center?
Abigail: About five miles....
Kyle speaks into his radio.
Kyle: Hey, Chris...
Chris: Yeah, I'm here.
Kyle: We're halfway to the center....just wanted to check the range.
Chris: Everyone's holding tight...we're at the museum.
Kyle: Okay....
Chris: Hey, we don't hear from you, we're coming to look for you.
Kyle: Copy that.
James sighs, before Abigail touches his shoulder.
Abigail: Cassandra's gonna make it, James. She will. It went the way it had to and was always going to.
James: I wish I was as optimistic as you.....
Abigail: Fuck, man....I just have faith....you have to. You gotta have faith. When I was a kid, there was always those stories in the radio. Some kind of horror story in the wasteland. My Dad never turned it off.....he always listened.
Kyle: Your Dad would've liked being a part of our group.
Kyle, James and Abigail drive up to a tank blocking their path.
James: Fuck....I had hoped the tank would take us further.
Kyle, James and Abigail exit the truck and walk through the massive amount of snow, until the two finally enter the subway. Kyle, James and Abigail look around.
Kyle: You good?
James: Yeah....
Kyle: You got an idea of how we getting the tunnels?
Abigail: Here!
Abigail opens a railcar, then Kyle helps her. Kyle, James and Abigail then walk through the railcar. In the Myrmidon, Moses checks Cassandra's condition as Rachel is pacing around.
Moses: You okay, Rachel?
Rachel: I am.....I will be.....cause she's gonna make it.
Moses sighs.
Moses: You all care about her....you care about her.
Rachel sighs, before leaning on the wall. Moses then joins her.
Moses: You know, right after Jenny....I wanted to kill Betty, but I knew her. I was just shocked and after Marcus, what Magna did it to him, I wanted to kill her, too. I wanted to so bad.....but it wouldn't have mattered. Starr and her sister....they were bad people....they enslaved....I don't know if this medicine is there, or if there's anything, but we have to try....we have to...
In the tunnels, Abigail, James and Kyle continue walking through, taking out any mutated monsters that come and attack them.
James: Wow....Rocky really knows his shit...the railgun is a fucking masterpiece.
Kyle turns to Abigail.
Kyle: Thanks for coming with us, by the way.....but I gotta ask; why?
Abigail sighs.
Abigail: I wanted to do something that mattered....when I...when the Reapers died for what they did to those people at the plant, I thought it would bring me peace, knowing Lynn was dead....but it didn't....it made me more envious and more bitter.....like if they died, it would snap me back out of the nightmare....like as if it were all a dream....I didn't give up, Kyle.....I chose to live....to fight....
Kyle turns to James.
Kyle: James....you okay?
James sighs.
James: I was thinking about Sawyer....
James turns to Kyle.
James: After the plant, we didn't get separated.....we found each other.....we rescued Caleb....but then, I heard that radio signal and hoped....it was real....but then discovering it was a trap....losing Sanctuary.....losing Joseph....Jenny.....and Marcus.....I've never enjoyed killing...and I still don't....but people who have crossed us...or killed people we loved....people like Sawyer....like that fucking Doctor....like those twins....Ryder....Barnes....I would've wanted to kill them....
Kyle: James....we've been out here too long....seen too much....there just might be something out there....Sanctuary was a lost cause....but that doesn't mean there are really others out there....there could be a chance. What if there are people out there? If-when we save Cassandra, she'll be on board with this.....we'll do it....we will find a place....
James: Yeah...but how many of us will still be alive when we do?
Kyle: We will, James.
Kyle, James and Abigail continue searching around, until they find footprints, leading to an open sewer crate.
Abigail: What the fuck?
Kyle, James and Abigail raise their weapons, before cautiously removing the crate, revealing a Asian-American man in it.
James: What the fuck?
The man then kicks Kyle back. James, Abigail attempts to attack, but the man maneuvers and manages to climb up.
Abigail: Shit!
Kyle: Split up!
Kyle, James and Abigail separate with Kyle chasing the man throughout the subway. The man knocks down variants of crates to block Kyle's path. Eventually, the man slips by a gate with Kyle trapped on the other end.
Kyle: Fuck!
The man smirks, before he turns and is sucker punched by James, who then grabs him and restrains him against the wall. Abigail runs up behind James.
James: Who the fuck are you?! Come on, asshole! Speak up!
Kyle comes to the other side and puts his Zeus Corps machete against the man's throat.
Kyle: You better answer the fucking question.
Peter: My name is Peter.....
James: Well, Peter....what are you doing here?
Peter: Looking for survivors...but I don't want to make friends with bandits.
Abigail: Bandits? We're not bandits!
Peter then looks at Kyle then James and Abigail.
Peter: Are you three from here?
Abigail: No....are you?
Peter: No....
Kyle then turns to James and Abigail, then looks at Peter.
Kyle: If my friend lets you go, don't run.
Peter nods.
Kyle: I got your word?
Peter: Yeah....
Kyle steps back, before James releases Peter.
James: Why are you here, Peter?
Peter: I told you; I'm looking for survivors. Good people.....are you and your friend here good people?
Kyle: Depends...are you a good man?
Peter nods.
Peter: Yeah....you're a good guy.
James: How can you tell?
Peter: Cause for one thing; it's two against one. You three didn't pull out your guns and shoot instantly...and you're not trying to rob me of my possessions.....so I can so far tell you're good people.
Abigail: Is it just you out here?
Peter: No....my girlfriend came with me....she's hurt.
Kyle: What kind of hurt?
Peter: It's her ankle. She broke it....
James: You got a hideout out here?
Peter: Yeah....
Kyle: Take us there.
Peter brings Kyle, James and Abigail to his hideout, where they find a young Caucasian-American woman with blonde hair laying in a bed, with a bandage wrapped around her ankle.
Anna: Peter!
Peter: Hey, Anna!
Peter kneels down and kisses Anna.
Peter: Was there any trouble while I was gone?
Anna: Not that you would know.....you were gone for two hours!
Peter: Has it been two hours?! Shit!
Anna: You know, I was going to look for you if I didn't find you, right?
Peter laughs, before Anna notices Kyle, James and Abigail.
Anna: Who are your new friends?
Peter turns to Kyle, James and Abigail.
Peter: Oh, yeah....I never did get your names.
Kyle: I'm Kyle....
James: James.
Abigail: Abigail....
Anna: Anne...are you guys hungry?
Peter turns to Anna.
Peter: Anna?
Anna: Peter...look at them. They brought you back to me, huh? It's the least we can do.
Anna stands up, limping then turns to her backpack.
Kyle: How'd you break your ankle?
Anna: Someone wasn't paying attention when an infected pounced me and-
Abigail: Wait, is that a bite?
Anna: No, no! Don't worry. It's not a bite. I took out the infected, before it could bite me. I just twisted my ankle.
Anna grabs three fresh sandwiches from her backpack, before handing them to Kyle, James and Abigail. Kyle sniffs the sandwiches and then looks it over.
Peter: Relax, buddy. They're not poisoned.
Peter eats a sandwich to prove his point as Abigail rips the sandwich open, and begins to eat.
Abigail: Hey, look...if they're eating it, I'm gonna assume it's good to eat.
Kyle sighs, then proceeds to eat his sandwich.
James: I'll hold onto this for later.
Anna: Why are you guys here?
James: We're all from a group. We arrived here on a train.
Abigail: We're here looking for some kind of medicine...
Anna: Medicine? Why?
James: My wife.....she's sick with tuberculosis.
Peter: Holy shit...
Anna: Tuberculosis?
Peter: Jesus....
Kyle: How long have you two been here?
Peter: Two days....
Anna groans.
Peter: Anna, sit down.
Anna: Okay, okay....
Anna sits down.
Peter: We were trying to find survivors.
Abigail: You two said you're not from here? So where are you two from?
Peter: We're from a community....we have houses....walls....food....weapons....medicine...
James: Are you offering us to join your community?
Kyle: Abigail....hold on....I don't know.
Peter: Look, at first, I wasn't sure if I knew who you people were....but hearing that you're here to save another life proves that I was wrong. That you're good people.....and that's the type of people we're looking for.
Kyle sighs, then he turns to James and Abigail.
Abigail: Look, these two sound legit....
James: With what we've encountered for the past few months.....
Kyle: Kid, you really want to take that risk?
Abigail: Why not? You know these people are telling the truth.
James: Why? Because he is?
Kyle looks down.
Kyle: This is dangerous. Your idea is dangerous. Mine isn't.
Abigail: Passing up a place where we could live? Where Sarah could live? Where Savannah, a little girl, could live?
Anna: Wait....you guys have a little girl on your train? How old?
Abigail: Six....
Peter: We have kids in our community....schools....playgrounds....it's a good place.....a place to start a new....and we have a very strong minded leader.
Abigail: Kyle....we can't fuck this over.....we just can't....
Peter: Look, we have evidence....we showed up in a car a few days ago. I have pictures of our community and our people....we'll show you that we mean what we say.
Abigail nods.
James: We can't....we have to save Cassandra.....my wife can't wait.
Abigail looks down.
Abigail: Then I'll go get the medicine....I'll go the institute. You two ahead with Peter and Anna. Get them over to their car....
James: By yourself?!
Kyle: Abigail.....
Abigail: Kyle, you said it yourself.....we have to get the medicine from the institute. Cassandra's life depends on it.....
Anna: Uh...you three were heading towards the institute?
Kyle: Yeah....
Peter and Anna share a look.
Peter: That area is highly radioactive....we were going to go there for medicine, but.....it's just too risky.
Kyle, James and Abigail share a look.
Abigail: Risky is what we do.
James sighs.
Abigail: I'll get to it, then.....
Abigail packs up her gear, before heading to the door. Kyle and James approach Abigail.
Kyle: Why are you doing this?
Abigail: You are our leader. So, I feel it's best if you verify with these people if their community is alright...
Kyle sighs.
James: I don't like it. You going there alone.
Abigail: Hey, we gotta get that medicine. Cassandra, your wife, her life is in our hands.
Peter: Wait, Abigail! Here!
Peter hands Abigail a flare gun.
Peter: It's a flare gun...use it to mark your location.
Abigail: I know what it is....
Peter: Our car should have enough gas to pick you up once you have the medicine.
Abigail then places the flare gun in his back pocket.
Abigail hugs Kyle and James.
Kyle: You come back, kid.
Abigail: I will....
Abigail leaves, before Kyle contacts the Myrmidon via radio.
Kyle: Myrmidon, do you copy?
Chris: I copy, Kyle. You guys found the medicine?
Kyle: Not yet, but we did find survivors.....they claim they're from a community called...
Kyle looks at Peter.
Peter: Berrington.
Kyle: Berrington....James and I checking to see if their information is legit while Abigail takes care of the medicine.
Chris: Okay, you might want to hurry, though....
James: How's Cassandra doing?
Chris: Not good. Kayla says she's going to have another attack in a few hours and she doesn't know if....
The connection cuts off.
James: Chris...come in! Chris?!
James slams the radio down.
James: Fucking static.
Kyle turns to Peter.
Kyle: Take us to the car....but I'm warning you both. If this is a trick, at all, this machete will go straight through your skull, then hers.
Peter: Fair enough....