One Week Later on the Cassidy
On the U.S Cassidy, in his quarters, Kyle is having a nightmare of his past experiences, before he wakes up to Hughes calling his name over the worn.
Hughes: Now hear this. Kyle Desipich, Jake Desipich and Caleb Michaels report to Hangar Five. immediately. Kyle Desipich, Jake Desipich and Caleb Michaels report to Hangar Five.
Kyle sits up out of the bed.
Kyle: Yeah, man. I heard you the first time.
Kyle gets dressed, wrapping a grey bandana on his head and places his Zeus Corps Assault around his waist. Kyle then places his Zeus Corps machete handle bar in his holster strapped around his lower waist and places his pistol in his holster on his upper leg, before he exits his room and is approached by a female passenger.
Lily: Hey, Kyle. You lookin for your brother?
Kyle: It's okay, Lily. I know where he is.
Kyle opens Jake's door to find him tending his plants.
Kyle: C'mon, Jake. Grab your gun and blade.
Jake: I've got these crops to tend, man. Almost done with the cucumbers.
Kyle: Dude, I think your cucumbers can last a few hours without you.
Jake sighs.
Jake: Alright, man. Let's get this done and out of the way.
Jake removes his gloves, before equipping his blade and pistol and walking with Kyle.
Hughes speaks over the ship's intercom.
Hughes: Chopper inbound. Prepare the landing deck.
Jake: The chopper's coming back? Shawn and Cassandra just took off for supplies.
Kyle: Huh....maybe James forgot his grocery list again....
Kyle looks outside the ship window to scope out the large stalks coming from the ocean.
Cassidy Passenger: Goddamn stalks. They make me nervous.
Meanwhile, Caleb is attempting to get a Snicker's bar in a vending machine, before Jake and Kyle approach him.
Jake: C'mon, Caleb. Work to do. We got stalks to sight see.
Caleb: Okay, okay. Give me a moment.
Caleb continues to attempt to force the Snickers bar out of the vending machine.
Caleb: Damn it! Almost had it that time!
Jake: You do know that candy is about fifteen years old, right? You're going to puke the insides of you, boy.
Caleb: Yeah, well, this is the only snickers' bar I've found in the past twenty-six years and if throwing up my guts is worth it, it'll be damn sure worth it.
Kyle: Guys. Hangar Five. Now.
On the deck of the ship, Margaret is teaching Maya how to shoot her Authorities sniper rifle.
Maya: Really wish there was something else to shoot besides these stalks....
Margaret: Yeah, I know.....Hughes said you did really good tending the hens and watching over the kids.
Maya: Don't let him give me all the credit. You helped too.
Margaret: Ah, you did most of the work.
Maya: Yeah...My Dad and Uncle Zed would always take Cassandra and I on these trips to this farm in the east. They had every single animal you thought of. Chickens. Goats. Pigs.
Margaret: Sounds like fun....
Maya: The kids part was in Midtown. We had our own daycare.....My Mom was good at that part.....Me, Sarah and Ashley mostly helped Mom take care of kids.....
A short pause.
Maya: You think we'll see land again?
Margaret: There's still some humans out there...we will...question is; how the hell are we going to raise Sarah's baby on a ship?
Maya: I don't know...I always wanted a child of my own.....I had a boyfriend, but he died in the war against Kronos.
Margaret: Maya, word of advice. Enjoy your moments of freedom as a non-parent while you can. Take it from a child of an unwanted birth.
Meanwhile, outside of a small city called Hahnville, a chopper from the U.S Cassidy is flying around carrying Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus.
Cassandra: Hey, Marcus? You good? You're very quiet today.
Marcus: Someone's gotta be quiet. The silence drowns out your boyfriends' nagging. No offense.
Cassandra: Well, even I get sick of his mouth sometimes. I could just put a sock in his mouth. That'll really drown out his yapping.
James: So, remind me again why we're checking out Aunt Karen's old hometown?
Shawn: This is where I used to stay on leaves, little brother. My turf.....
Cassandra: You stayed here most of your years, Shawn?
Shawn: Oh, yeah. Kyle came with me only three times, but during my time, played football. Hahnville Tigers!
James: Yeah, because that's going to count for a lot right now.
James talks to the helicopter pilot.
James: Okay, KE 1, we'll let you know if we find something. Over and out.
King Eagle Pilot: Copy that, Burton. Good luck.
The helicopter lands in the grass as Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus depart into Hahnville, before the Helicopter takes off.
James: So, this is where you stayed most of your time during your leaves, huh, Shawn? Has it changed much?
Shawn: Hey, man. Every goddamned town looks like this. Blood. Bodies. Fires. Just another day in the wasteland. Let's move out, boys and girls.....in this case, girl.
Back at the U.S. Cassidy, Kyle, Jake and Caleb approach Sarah.
Kyle: You're cutting in time between my brother and his plants, honey. I assume this is good news.
Sarah: Good? Maybe not. A shocker? Definitely. Guess who's magically returned from the dead.
Kyle: President? The Boogeyman? Santa Clause? Who?
Sarah: Chairman Axel Pierce.
Kyle: Well, holy shit.
Caleb: Don't you mean Ex-Chairman Axel Pierce?
Jake: That cocky son of a bitch. He bugged out on us two years ago. If he's expecting the red carpet, he's going to get a big "fuck you" and a middle finger instead.
Sarah: That's what I'm waiting to find out what the hell he wants. Pierce must've heard that we were alive and on the Cassidy. He wants to see you, Kyle.
Kyle: Well, good. I've got some words for him.
Sarah: He's arriving in one of his helicopters.
Kyle: I wonder how the hell Pierce found a helicopter. Sure, as hell don't remember him leaving with one.
Sarah: Fucker never wrote us. Fucker never sent us roses.
Jake: Fucker never died. Oh, I can't wait to hear this shit.
Kyle: Someone get that ice and front row tickets for the main event to whoever breaks his nose first.
Caleb: I called first.
Jake: Get in line, boy.
Caleb laughs. In Hahnville, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus travel through the outskirts of Hahnville.
James: I'm telling you, man. This place gives me the heebee jeebes. There's a lot of stalks here. You know what that means; Pojees.
Cassandra: We haven't seen Pojees for that past eight months, James. Relax.
Cassandra inspects the house with fence.
Cassandra: Aw, babe. That house over there. I see it know. You mowing the lawn. Me cooking dinner. Watching the kids playing....
James: Yeah and the dog taking a nice ol shit on the lawn....Tell me I'm using a clipper on the lawn to so I can just snip his balls off right then and there.
Cassandra: What? If we get a dog, we are not fixing him!
As the four Midtown Manhattan survivors venture further into Hahnville, heading towards a small settlement with a wall, a giant spotlight shines onto the four survivors, alerting them as survivors on the wall aim their weapons at the Midtown Manhattan survivors.
Shawn: Jesus!
Hahnville Wall Guard: Hey! You guys down there! Walk into the light very slowly. We have a bead on you, so you try to make a fast one and we will blow your head off.
Marcus: Shawn, what's the play here?
Shawn: Everyone just relax.
Shawn turns to the Hahnville Survivors.
Shawn: Be cool, brother! Safety's on!
Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus walk into the light as the Hahnville Survivors shut off the spotlight.
Hahnville Wall Guard: State your business here, son. We don't like it when strangers just waltz into our turf unannounced.
Shawn: Hey, man. We're all in the same theatre room waiting for the show to go on. Anyways, we're not looking for trouble. We're just looking to trade for some food.
Hahnville Wall Guard: Well, we don't have any spare food to give and what makes you think we'd give it to you assholes even if we did.....however, we could give you some bread for half your ammo.....oohh....
The Hahnville Survivor inspects the Cassandra.
Cassandra: I'll also throw in a side of pork sausages for the girl too.
Marcus: Aw, man. Pork sausages.
Cassandra: I'm not for sale, douchebag.
James: I don't know, babe. He makes a pretty good deal. I haven't pork sausages in nine months.
Shawn laughs, before Cassandra looks back to James.
James: But we're not taking the deal of course.....(quietly) Still, not a bad deal.
Shawn turns to the Hahnville Wall Guard.
Shawn: Thanks, but we'll pass. Any other camps around?
Hahnville Wall Guard: A few. You can try the BJ's warehouse or the football stadium. Course, you gotta get past all the Krens first, but you guys look like you can plow through all that shit.
The side gate opens, before Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus continue.
Marcus: Not that social, are they?
James: Those type of people are pronounced "douchebags".
Shawn: C'mon. Let's make our way towards the warehouse.
Meanwhile, on the U.S. Cassidy, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb are making their way to the top deck as yelling is heard from the other side of the door.
Cassidy Passenger: Nard, get the hell of there now! They're behind you, Nard!
The door opens as Nard is being attacked by a pack of four legged Krens creatures called Pojees.
Jake: Shit! Pojee's! They're back!
Nard is overwhelmed and killed by the Pojees.
Caleb: Fuck! They got Nard!
Hughes speaks over the ship microphone. At your stations! Krens attack! Starboard side! Unidentified threat!
Jake: "Unidentified threat"?! What the hell's that mean?
Kyle: New kind of raddie!
Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb get topside to discover an advanced breed of Kren called Grudger.
Caleb: What the fuck is that thing?! I've never seen that shit before!
Jake shoots down the Grudger as it explodes.
Jake: They still blow up when you kill them, so that's good enough for me!
Two more stalks emerge from the ocean as Krens Drones are birthed from the stalks, but are quickly disposed of by Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb, before the Cassidy officer speaks. Kyle raises the helicopter landing pad.
U.S. Cassidy Officer: Cassidy to KE 17, you are clear to land.
A King Hawk helicopter approaches the landing pad, before it parks.
Caleb: Bet that motherfucker's going to stroll in like he didn't bail on us.
Kyle: That's a nice chopper. Better park that bitch carefully.
Jake: Let's give him the ol welcome back tradition. Beat the shit out of him, take his armor and weapons and strip the chopper for parts.
The helicopter passenger door opens before Pierce, who has grown a beard, wearing an A.O.W torso armor, along with two other Sigma Soldiers exit the helicopter.
Sarah: You think he knows that the A.O.W crumbled after he vanished?
Kyle: He does, but I don't think he cares.
Pierce approaches Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb.
Kyle: Chairman Axel Pierce. Welcome to what's left of the A.O.W thanks to you.
Pierce: Mr. Desipich, your hair grew.....time will do that to a man and quite some time it's been.
Jake: Yeah, approximately two years.
Pierce: I know you all have questions and I do have answers, but now's not the time. I need to speak to Colonel Bowers indefinitely.
Sarah: Bowers has been gone almost as long as you have.
Pierce: Is he dead?
Sarah: He left the island to take a bunch of refugees to Archly Gate....we went separate ways.
Pierce: Are you all that made it?
A brief pause.
Kyle: We were at a beach settlement for a few months, but we were attacked.....Ashley didn't survive....
Caleb: Neither did Mitchell....
Pierce: Oh...
Pierce turns to Sarah.
Pierce: My condolences. Really.
Sarah: Thank you. Anyway, if you want to speak to someone A.O.W or military related, not that it's a military anymore, Captain Hughes is your guy.
Pierce: I had better have a word with this Captain Hughes then. I have a mission for him.....oh and Kyle, this may interested you and your brother.
Pierce hands Kyle a data disk, before he and his two Sigma Soldiers head to the bridge to speak with Hughes.
Kyle: hope this ain't his poon-tang collection. Let's check this shit out.
In Hahnville, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus enter the grocery store.
Shawn: You gotta wonder sometimes.....if this is all just some really bad dream we're all in....and once we die, we wake up.
James: You some type of philosopher now, big bro?
Shawn: I'm just saying.
Cassandra: Right. So where's the desert?
Marcus: Fuck that. Where's the pork sausages?
On the roof of the grocery store, Pojees are crawling around.
Cassandra: Okay, James, congrats. We got Pojess now. Happy?
James: (sarcastically) Yeah, fucking thrilled!
Suddenly, a few Krens stalks burst in as Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus engage the Krens drones bursting out of them.
Shawn: Here we go!
During the fight, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus gain the upper hand in the fight, killing almost of all of the Krens Drones.
Shawn: I think we got em all!
Suddenly, a giant Krens called a Blubber bursts into the store.
Marcus: Holy fucking shit!
James: What the hell is that thing?!
Cassandra: Whoa! He's throwing acid gunks! Watch it!
The Blubber tosses acid gunks at the group, hitting the wall as some splatters on Marcus' shoulder.
Marcus: Ah! That shit burns! Goddamn it!
Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus open fire on the Blubber but the gunshots have no effect.
Shawn: This isn't working!
James: Have we tried explosives?!
Shawn: Of course, we have!
James: Have we tried explosives?!
Shawn: Yes!
James: Dude, have we tried explosives?!
Shawn: Yes, we-
Shawn thinking for a moment.
Shawn: Okay, I don't think we did....James, you got an explosive arrow?
James: Way ahead of you, big brother. Cassandra!
Cassandra pulls out an explosive arrow, before she loads and shoots it into the Blubber, creating an explosion critically damages the Blubber.
Cassandra: fire in the hole!
The Blubber violently explodes, creating a mess of Krens organs and body parts on the floor.
James: Clean up on aisle three!
In the captains' quarters, Pierce meets with Hughes, who first speaks into ships horn.
Pierce: Attention, ship's company. Remain at your stations until we're clear of Krens water.
Hughes turns to Pierce.
Hughes: Chairman Axel Pierce of the Authorities of the Wasteland. Back from the dead.
Pierce: And Captain Dean Hughes. Superior Officer of the U.S. Cassidy. It's amazing how you've managed to keep this boat afloat with all the Krens infecting the world.
Hughes: There's been some struggles here and there, but we've managed.
Pierce nods to his Sigma Soldiers to wait outside as the two leave, before Pierce sits in front of Hughes, who pours Pierce and himself a drink of alcohol.
Pierce: Salute.
Hughes: Salute.
Pierce and Hughes share a toast, before drinking.
Hughes: So, what can I do for you?
Pierce: I have an objective for you, Captain Hughes. I don't have much to give in return. All I am is a man with empty promises...Kyle Desipich. What do you know about him?
Hughes: Desipich? Him and his brother? The boy leads a good group of people. He's got good reputation, despite a former Zeus Corps soldier. Why do you ask about him?
Pierce: I gave him a disk of a message from a man who he thought dead.....he'll be listening to it now as we speak. Now, all I need from you is to analyze this encryption I have with me.
Pierce presents encryption.
Hughes: What encryption and who exactly is this man Kyle Desipich thought was dead?
In Hahnville, a settlement, a sniper guard aims his rifle at Marcus, unable to see through his scope.
Guard Sniper: Freakin Krens.
The Guard Sniper fires, nearly shooting Marcus as the bullet narrowly hits Marcus.
Marcus: Jesus H. Christ! What the fuck, dude?!
Cassandra: Hey, check your fire! We're human!
Guard Sniper: Whoops! Sorry bout that! Thought you were raddies!
The settlement gate opens, before the camp leader, Mila, steps out to greet the survivors.
Mila: Well, well, looky here. Scavengers turning out to give us a hand.
James: You know; you can't just assume we're scavengers by appearance, lady! We could be ex-soldiers for all you know!
Cassandra: Don't mind him. Someone squished his frog when he was a kid. Is everyone okay?
Mila: We're alright. Thanks for your help.
Mila notices Shawn.
Mila: Shawn? Shawn Burton? Is that you?
Shawn: Hey, Mila!
Shawn hugs Mila.
Shawn: It's been too long!
Marcus: You know this lady?
Shawn: I stayed with Mila most of the time I was here. She taught me the rules of the wasteland.
Mila: Shawn became a little brother of our settlement.....
Mila turns to James.
Mila: This goggled wearing genius must be James.
James: and a genius I am, ma'am.
Cassandra: In his dreams....
Mila: You seen your Dad or Uncle lately?
A brief moment.
Shawn: They both died a few years ago.
Mila: Oh, sweetheart...I'm so sorry.....Colin was a kind and good man....so was William....God rest their souls....so what can I do for you?
Shawn: We're just passing through. Looking to trade for some food. If you guys have any, we'd really appreciate it.
Mila: Well, come on in. We don't have any spare food, but we got something else you need.
Shawn, James and Marcus look at each other with smiles as Cassandra nudges James' shoulder in offense.
Mila laughs.
Mila: Men. I meant gear and supplies.
Shawn, James and Cassandra steps in, before Marcus speaks to Beatrix.
Marcus: Good thing your sniper's a shitty shot.
Marcus steps in, before Mila signals the door guard to shut the settlement gate. Back at the U.S. Cassidy, CIC, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb investigate the disk that Pierce handed them.
Jake: Who in the fuck is does that asshole think he is? Rolling in like he the shit?! The audacity of that cocksucker.
Kyle: Pierce is soon going to realize an ex-chairman don't mean a goddamn thing to Hughes. He's old, but he's tough as nails.
Kyle turns to Sarah.
Kyle: Honey, you think you can decrypt it?
Sarah: I'm only to get so little. Those decrypting classes are starting to pay off.....there! Finally got it!
Sarah decrypts most of the video, revealing to be a recorded message from Andrew Desipich, who is now bald with a beard that is greying.
Andrew: Kyle. Jake. If you get this message, I'm alive....and I need your help. There's no time to explain my survival
Sarah: Kyle.....who is this?
Kyle: My father....our father.....he's alive.
Caleb: wait, but I thought you said he was-
Jake: Drop it, Caleb.
Andrew: It's very struggling and I don't really have much time. I'm being held prisoner here by the Zeus Corps or as they're going by now Condemned. I've created a solution for the Krens problem. They think it will be used to kill the humans as well, but they fail to realize that-
The message is halted as Jake speaks to Kyle.
Jake: Kyle, he knows about the Condemned. He knows about the Krens. He looks a helluva lot older than...uh...
Kyle: Then when we saw him die as kids, I know.
Kyle leans in.
Kyle: If he's still alive, we've got to find him.
Kyle turns to Sarah.
Kyle: When was this recorded?
Sarah: There's no date record. Hang on.
Andrew: They failed to realize it won't save the Condemned. It will kill them as well and their mutated cells. Kyle, Jake, Earth is dying. The whole planets infected. It's the radioactive fluid that's killing it. It was always the radioactive fluid and I can destroy it. I understand it all now. I've been trying to contact you over the past few years. I heard about all the things you've done, Kyle, but I've been held-
The message halts again.
Sarah: Goddamned video.
Sarah sighs.
Sarah: Where's James when you need him?
In the captain's quarters, Pierce and Hughes continue their conversation.
Hughes: Even if I agreed, the word of an ex-chairman doesn't mean anything to me, son...I'm making sure these passengers aboard this ship are safe and-
Pierce: I understand that, Captain, but this is for what's left of the world. Now, you can go ahead for the rest of your life picking up survivors on land or you can help me reclaim the world from the Krens and-
As Pierce is making his case, Hughes notices a giant stalk emerging from the ocean right in front of the U.S. Cassidy.
Hughes: Shit!
Hughes over the ships horn.
Hughes: All hands! Brace! Brace! Brace for impact!
The U.S. Cassidy rams into the giant stalk, knocking everyone on board over. In Hahnville, Mila presents a cart of ammo to Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus.
Mila: Here you guys are! All that's missing is gift wrap and a bow.
Cassandra: Hughes is going to be happy with this. We need it.
Cassandra turns to Shawn.
Cassandra: Nice job, Shawn.
Shawn: That's real generous of you, Mila. We appreciate it.
Mila: You're welcome, Shawn. You and your brother keep safe out there. It's hard now with the Krens all over the damn place.
James talks into his radio.
James: KE 1. We're flagging a big shit load of ammo located in a settlement east in Hahnville.
King Eagle Pilot: Copy that, Burton.
James places a flare on the cart of ammo, before Mila walks back into the settlement.
Marcus: Seems your ol town still loves you, Shawn.
Shawn: It's because I was taught how to show respect, Marcus. All right. Let's make our way to the stadium.
Back at the U.S. Cassidy, CIC, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb are recovering from the crash as are Pierce and Hughes in the captain's quarters. Hughes is suddenly shot in the chest by an attacking Krens drone, mortally wounding him. The two Sigma Soldiers open fire on the attacking Krens drones, killing a few, before they are ultimately gunned down.
Pierce: Shit!
Pierce ducks down behind the desk, before Hughes crawls behind cover. Pierce grabs the Sigma Soldiers assault rifle and returns fire to the Krens Drones. Knowing he won't last long, Pierce grabs the microphone horn and yells into it. Pierce speaks over the ship's microphone.
Pierce: This is Chairman Pierce!
On the deck, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb are fighting off Krens.
Kyle: Great. The hell he want now? Some cookies and milk?
Pierce speaks over the ships' microphone.
Pierce: I'm cornered in the Captain's Quarters! Hughes is badly wounded! I won't last long against the Krens! We require immediate assistance!
Kyle speaks into the radio.
Kyle: Pierce, this is Kyle! Hold on! We're coming!
A King Eagle Helicopter with gun turrets opens fire onto the Kren Drones in the field of cucumbers that Jake had planted, before it is suddenly taken down by an emerging stalk.
Jake: Everyone get off the deck! Now! Get out!
Jake notices his destroyed cucumbers.
Jake: Son of a-Y'all fucked up my cucumbers, goddamn it! You know how fuckin hard it is to plant cucumbers?!
In Hahnville, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus arrive at the stadium as the survivors in the stadium settlement speak to Shawn.
Stadium Survivor: Shawn Burton? Holy shit! It is you, boy!
Stadium Survivor: Man, you got big! You comin home or something?
Shawn: Yeah, wanted to see the old place I grew up in. Can't keep me away forever.
Stadium Survivor: You want to have a beer with us? We found some good shit!
Shawn: thanks, but I'll pass. I'm kind of on a mission to do some trading. Y'all have anything?
Stadium Survivor: We could take you to the boss lady. She'll give you something. She's not friendly though.
Stadium Survivor: Well, this is Shawn Burton. This guy served in the Zeus Corps Military and always showed respect to us. She damn well better respect this guy!
James: (quietly) how the hell do you have such a fan club, bro?
Shawn: It's gained and earned, little brother. You might learn something.
On their radio's, a emergency S.O.S is being broadcasted by the U.S. Cassidy through the group's radios.
U.S. Cassidy Passenger: Cassidy to all units off ship. We are under heavy Krens attack and require assistance! Any units off ship! The ship has been boarded and is taking heavy damage!
Marcus scoffs.
Marcus: Well, there goes our dinner plans.....and to think I was going to plan a hot date with a hot model.
Shawn: Yeah, right.
James talks into radio.
James: KE 1, this is Burton. We are responding to emergency S.O.S and are requiring a pick-up.
The KE Pilot speaks through his radio.
KE Pilot: That's a negative on the pick-up, Burton. The Cassidy's really dealing with a shit-load of raddies and we're needed. You're going to have to find your own way back to the ship.
James: Is he fucking serious?
Shawn: Forget it, James. We're just going to have to ask the settlement leader if there's a way back to the ship.
Back on the U.S. Cassidy, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb continue fighting through to Krens drones while Maya and Margaret are engaging Krens hostiles as well. Back in Hahnville, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus arrive at the upper floor as Krens stalks emerge from the ground.
Cassandra: well, was nice while it lasted.
James: Goddamn it, man!
The stadium leader, Isla, a Russian survivor, approaches the Midtown Manhattan survivors.
Isla: Hey! This is all on you! Those things left us alone til you damned outsiders showed up.
Shawn: Ma'am, our ship's in trouble and need to get back fast! You got any means of transportation?
Isla: (sarcastically) Oh.
Isla presents her middle finger.
Isla: Let me present you with the keys to my getaway Camaro. Look here, boy! You're on your own, so beat it while you're still alive!
The stalks continue to emerge.
Isla: Come on! Come on! Move! Get down to the lower levels and open the gates! There's people we need to get out of there!
Shawn: James, we gotta get to the bridge. The Cassidy's going to past right under it.
James: Okay, uh, maybe we could take over the gun turrets that are stationed there and somehow repel down when the ship's right underneath us.
Shawn: Good.
Shawn turns to Isla.
Shawn: Ma'am, is the cable connected to the bridge still functioning?
Isla: Yeah, it is, but here's a warning, don't get to the bridge. There's some feral survivors over there that you don't want to fuck with.
Shawn: We can handle feral survivors. We gotta get back to the ship fast.
Isla: Fine. Go ahead and die then. Least I'll be able to sleep.
Isla and the stadium survivors continue to evacuate.
James: Hey, Shawn. Why don't we follow them? They seem to know a way out of here.
Shawn: just like I do. Follow me!
At the U.S. Cassidy, Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb manage to make inside, before Caleb slams the door and seals it on the attacking Krens.
Kyle: C'mon! We gotta help Pierce!
At the cable car station connected to the bridge, Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus arrive to discover that the cable cars are not to be seen.
Marcus: Well, damn.
James: Fuck. How the hell are we supposed to get across now?!
Shawn looks over the edge and smiles.
Shawn: Anyone have a fear of heights?
James prepares to answer, but suddenly a pack of stalks emerge.
James: Just got over my fear of heights! I'm very fucking ecstatic about it!
Cassandra tosses the survivors hooks connected to the bridge.
Cassandra: Let's go! The line still reaches the bridge!
Shawn: That's where we're going! Let's do this!
Shawn and Marcus hook onto the cable line on the left while James and Cassandra hook onto the cable line to the right.
Shawn: YAA-HOO!
James: I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to puke and then I'm going to die!
Shawn, James, Cassandra and Marcus successfully reach the bridge.
Shawn: That was fuckin awesome!
Marcus: Man, that reminded me of being a kid!
James: You did that when you were a kid?
Marcus: I went to camp with Margaret once or twice, man.
Back at the U.S Cassidy, Pierce continues to hold off the Krens drones, before Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb arrive and engage the Krens drones.
Kyle: Pierce, keep your fucking head down!
Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb quickly dispatch of the Krens drones, before Pierce steps out from cover.
Jake: Where's Hughes?
Pierce looks over as do Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb to discover Hughes has succumbed to his injuries and died.
Sarah: Well, shit.
Kyle kneels to check Hughes pulse as Pierce is seen speaking to his helicopter pilot via earpiece.
Pierce: Take off now! Why can't you?! Find someone to do it, goddamn it!
Pierce sighs.
Pierce: Fine. Stand-by.
Kyle checks Hughes body, shaking his head.
Kyle: Hughes is gone.
Kyle stands up.
Pierce: Kyle, your assistance is required.
Kyle: First things first.
Kyle punches Pierce in the face.
Pierce: I supposed I deserve that.
Jake: Goddamn right you do.
Pierce: I need you to get down to the hangar. The helicopter's are under attack. We need to get them air borne as soon as possible.
Kyle: You hurt?
Pierce: I am, but-
Kyle: Then you're staying here.
Pierce: I can fight!
Kyle grabs Pierce's collar.
Kyle: I don't fucking care! You are staying here, and you don't move an inch until we get back! Is that clear?!
Kyle hands Pierce a handgun.
Pierce: I'll do my best to stay alive.
Kyle: Please do so. You just make yourself real comfortable, because when I get back, me, you and my brother are going to have a nice long talk.
Kyle walks off, before Sarah speaks to Pierce.
Sarah: I'll treat your wound once we send the choppers out, okay?
Kyle, Jake, Sarah and Caleb leave Pierce in the Captain's cabin as Pierce sits in the captains' chair.
Jake: If I were you, I would've tied him to the that chair in case he vanishes out of thin air again.
Kyle: He ain't going nowhere without that chopper.