The four come upon more stairs and walk up to it, leading them to an alleyway.
Shawn: Down, down, down, down. There's more of them.
The four come upon another street when they hear voices up ahead. The four of them hide behind a car as they see a couple of bandits in the distance removing a plank that was used as a bridge between two vehicles.
Shawn: Alright. I don't think they saw us.
Rachel: Whew. There's the bridge. We're a bit closer, I think.
Sarah: Let's keep moving.
The four make their way down the street when they came upon the flooded area.
Kyle: Shit. We can't make that jump.
Kyle points to the large gap between the bus and semi truck.
Shawn: Up there. If we can get up there, someone can move the plank.
The adults stare at Rachel.
Rachel: What?
Kyle: You're small and light.
Kyle and Shawn jump into the water. Looking at the deep water, Rachel begins to have a panic attack. The three adults immediately notice Rachel's small panicked breathes.
Shawn: The hell is wrong with you?
Rachel: I have....I have aquaphobia.
Kyle: What? What's that mean?
Rachel: It's a phobia. I have a fear of deep water.....I....I can't.
Kyle: Are you fucking kidding me?
Sarah: Okay...okay, honey. Just breathe. It's okay.
Rachel: Please...please don't make me go in there! I don't....
Rachel breathes out of control as Sarah comforts her.
Sarah: Okay. Okay, Rachel. It's okay, sweetie. There's nothing scary about the water. Okay?
Sarah and Rachel stand on top of a car.
Sarah: Will you two find something for her to stand on, please?
Kyle rolls his eyes.
Sarah: Kyle!
Kyle: Jesus...Fine. Just stay with her.
Kyle swims into the water along with Shawn.
Kyle: Christ. Wish Dodge let us know we're dealing with a fucking teenager that's afraid of the goddamn water. Don't see how this can get any worse.
The Reaper military van drives by.
Kyle: What the fuck?
A woman screams then the gun of the top of the van fires, making the screaming stop.
Shawn: They're really looking for us, huh?
The military van squeals away.
Rachel: What the hell was that about?
Kyle and Shawn grab a large pallet and make their way towards Sarah and Rachel.
Sarah: Nothing good, I can say that much.
The two men bring the pallet up to Sarah and Rachel.
Sarah: Did you see that?
Kyle: Yeah, get on, Rachel. We're cutting through this hotel.
Rachel: But....
Sarah squeezes Rachel's hand, assuring the young girl.
Sarah: I'll be right here, okay? Nothing will happen to you.
Sarah jumps into the water and grabs the other end of the pallet. After a few deep breathes, Rachel jumps on top and the three guide her over to the bus and climbs on top of it, breathing rapidly as she climbs.
Sarah: Rachel, it's okay. You're out of the water.
After realizing she is no where near the water, Rachel takes a deep breath and nods.
Kyle: Set the plank like they did.
Rachel picks up the plank and lays it between the large space. Kyle looks around then points towards the open container.
Kyle: Through here.
Kyle, Shawn and Sarah swim over and walk through the back barrier of the truck, which leads them inside a coffee shop.
Rachel: Jeez! This place stinks!
Rachel walks across the top of the truck and enters the building.
Shawn: That would be the rotten wood.
Rachel laughs.
Shawn: What?
Rachel: Cause some men tend to have "rotten wood". Get it?
Sarah: I get it. Some men to tend to have rotten wood.
Kyle: Hey!
Sarah: I didn't mean you, dumb ass.
Shawn: And now this conversation is over.
Rachel: Did you guys go to coffee shops a lot?
Kyle: No, but Zeus Corps had a lot of coffee shops.
Sarah: I worked as a waitress once in a place that sold coffee.
Shawn: You're talking about Uncle Colin's bar, right?
Sarah: Same one.
Rachel: What you get, Kyle?
Kyle: Just regular drink. Creme and sugar.
Sarah lets out a small chuckle.
Sarah: Simple and boring.
Rachel: Wait, you were a waitress once?
Sarah: Yep. It kept me busy, but there were always perverted assholes like this one guy, Thomas. He was a real piece of shit.
The four get up on top of the container and start to make their way across towards the hotel.
Rachel: Do you think those assholes are gone?
The four walk over the plank.
Kyle: We're about to find out.
Kyle, Shawn, Sarah and Rachel enter the hotel, before they all jump down off of the truck and looked around to see no bandits were in sight.
Shawn: It's clear, Rachel. Come on down.
Rachel jumps down behind them.
Rachel: Whoa...talk about fancy. Ever stay in a place like this? Before the world went to hell.
Rachel looks around at the once grand and beautiful lobby.
Kyle: Well, no...but we've been in a building like this once. On an island...
Rachel: Oh. I bet it was nice.
Shawn: It would've been, but it was a retreat for Earth's most important scientists and researchers.
Sarah: Didn't end well for those people, though.
Rachel looks up on the second-floor balcony.
Rachel: I bet we can get up there.
Rachel points it out.
Shawn: Nah. Too high. Let's see what we can find.
The four start looking around. Sarah was looking through the concierge desk when she hears Rachel speaking in a fake English voice.
Rachel: Oh, hello, Mrs. Desipich, I'll be checking in for one night and I'd like your most excellent suite please.
Sarah: The hell you doin?
Sarah looks over at Rachel as Kyle laughs. Rachel stands in front of the desk, her hands clasps together.
Rachel: Why, yes, I would love breakfast in bed. Also later, I would like your best masseur for a fantastic message. Thank you!
Sarah snorts slightly at this.
Sarah: You're a weird girl, you know that?
Rachel: I try.
Rachel looks around for more supplies. Sarah finds some supplies to make some molotov and the nail bomb when Kyle is looking at Rachel and Sarah bond. Shawn taps his shoulder.
Shawn: You good?
Kyle: Huh? Yeah....just....thoughts...
Kyle shakes his head, before calling out.
Kyle: Come on up.
Sarah and Rachel run over to see Kyle and Shawn already at the upper platforms, a ladder leaning against the wall.
Shawn: Watch your step.
Sarah lets Rachel climb up first then Sarah climbs up. The four head up the steps then cut through a window onto a low roof, where they hear bandits scrounging in the rooms.
Kyle: Oh, shit. Get down, get down.
The four duck down as they hear the bandits talking amongst each other. The four jump through a window into a room that was empty and quietly walk out of the rooms. Sarah sees at least one bandit in the room and takes them out with her knife or shoots them with his bow and arrow. If there's two, Kyle and Shawn grabs and strangle them until they pass out or snap their necks. Eventually, all of the bandits, at least in one section of the hotel are dealt with, and they walk through a room.
Rachel: Oh, my god.
Kyle, Shawn and Sarah go over to see Rachel was in one of the bathrooms, where there were a couple of corpses in the bathtub.
Rachel: Guess they....
Shawn: Yeah...
Rachel: Must've been easy.
Kyle: No, it's not easy...for few, when the world first went to shit, many didn't want to die at the hands of the horrors of the wasteland.
Rachel looks up at them.
Sarah: Trust me, honey. This world is not easy.
The four walk out of the room and down the hallway and then up the stairs to see an partially opened elevator. Kyle goes up to the doors and pushes them open, then they climb into the elevator and towards a ladder. Kyle climbs up into the elevator shaft, Shawn behind him.
Shawn: Alright, it's pretty tight, but we can squeeze through.
Kyle and Shawn lean against the wall and starts to sidle over to the other shaft.
Rachel: Okay.
Sarah and Rachel climb and follow the two men. The four jump down to the other elevator shaft and look up to see the door was wide open.
Sarah: Here, boost me up.
Kyle and Shawn help Sarah into the doorway. Sarah gets up then turns around and holds her hand out. Kyle gestures for Rachel to go and she walks over, jumps up and grabs Sarah's hand. Sarah pulls Rachel up. Shawn jumps and grabs the edge just as the left begins to shake then fall, Kyle with it.
Kyle: Fuck me!
Rachel: Oh, shit!
Shawn pulls himself up onto the room.
Sarah: Kyle!
Shawn: Kyle, you good?!
The three look down to see Kyle's head poking out of the water.
Kyle: I'm okay! You guys good?!
Sarah: No! You fuckin scared us! Shit...we're gonna climb down there, okay?
Kyle: No! Stay up there. I'll make my way up to you guys!
Shawn: Sarah, let's split up and try to find him, okay? It'll be faster.
Rachel: You sure?!
Shawn: Yeah, kid. I was a soldier once...I can handle these fuckers.
Sarah nods.
Sarah: Okay....be safe.
Shawn splits off from Rachel and Sarah. Meanwhile, Kyle attempts to find his way out of the flooded area of the hotel. Eventually, he is forced to fight his way through many infected, a Stitcher and a Bulker. Kyle manages to kill a few of them with his rifle or Zeus Corp machete, before finding a key card and managing to get to the stairs.
Kyle: Well, so much for that. I need to find the guys.
In another section of the hotel, Shawn continues looking around for Kyle, searching every corner. Meanwhile, Sarah and Rachel walk down the steps.
Rachel: So, uh....Shawn mentioned you and Kyle were married?
Sarah: For a time being...yeah...
Rachel: How long?
Sarah: We got married in 2032....so about eight years.
Rachel: Wow....you guys were together a long time.
Sarah: Yep. It's been two years since we separated.
Rachel: How'd you meet?
Sarah: Uh...Kyle was once a Zeus Corps Soldier. He was captured by Shawn's Uncle and a few others and brought to my hometown. Zeus Corps tracked him or at least got a tip of someone who was with Zeus Corps secretly and destroyed my hometown. That was the day I lost my Dad. Anyway, Kyle and I didn't speak much, but then me, my brother, sister and a few of our friends at the time got captured by this group of fucked up cannibals. They...they mutilated one of my friends, Jacob and forced another friend, Dante, to fight in this cage match. One of their Lieutenants, Stuart....he...uh...he tried to rape me...but Kyle came in and stopped him....I killed Stuart shortly after...but that's when I started to feel for him. I was about 18 at the time and he was 19.
Rachel: Wow...that's one helluva love story....You have brothers and sisters?
Sarah: I had a brother and sister....but they both died....Kyle actually killed my brother.
Rachel: Oh....was it accidental?
Sarah: No....it was self defense...
Rachel: I see....that's gotta be hard....is that why you guys are separated?
Sarah looks down, unable to think of an answer.
Rachel: So if you guys have been married for so long, did you guys ever have any kids? Or thought about having kids?
Sarah: Wanted to....but in this world....this world what it is now, even with the Krens gone, it's still too dangerous for kids.
Rachel: You know, I heard stories about Kyle and you...and all you've done...I think it's pretty cool.
Sarah sighs.
Sarah: We're not celebrities....so, how long have you been scared of the water?
Rachel: Since I've been born....I'm just really scared of deep water. You just never know what's under it or if you get dragged under by some monster.
Sarah: You ever thought of conquering it? Your fear?
Rachel: Maybe....when the waters clear, but if I can't see it....I don't know. I'm just not fearless like you, Sarah.
Sarah chuckles.
Sarah: Well, everyone is afraid of something.
Eventually, Kyle makes his way through the kitchen area, finding two bandits, who have just killed a Stitcher, but eventually he manages to take both of them out. As Kyle climbs up onto a ladder leading to the upper floor, a bandit approaches and kicks Kyle in the puddle below. The bandit comes down and holds Kyle down, but Kyle manages to punch him. The bandit, however, manages to maneuver and hold Kyle down. Kyle struggles to reach for his pistol, but his other arm is held down. Suddenly, Rachel picks up a pistol and shoots the bandit in the head. Kyle pulls his head out of the water and takes some deep breaths to look up and see Sarah and Rachel.
Sarah: Holy shit....
Rachel: My words, exactly....
Sarah comes up next to Rachel. Kyle stands up on his feet.
Rachel: I don't feel good. I just killed my first asshole.
Kyle takes the pistol out of Rachel's hand.
Kyle: The fuck didn't y'all hang back like I told y'all?
Sarah: Well, aren't you glad we didn't?
Kyle: I'm glad I didn't get a bullet in my head by a fucking teenage girl is what I'm glad about.
Kyle gestures over to Rachel.
Sarah: Kyle, she just saved your life...
Kyle: You're taking her side?!
Sarah: I'm not, but she...
Rachel: Sarah, I can speak for myself. How about "Gee, Rachel. Thank you for saving my ass. Thank you for not letting me drown." Anything like that?
Kyle: The point is Sarah is the adult with the gun and she knows how to use it better than you do! So you let her fucking handle shit like this! Jesus, Rose, it's bad enough, I—
Sarah's eyes widen hearing Rose's name.
Sarah: Rose? Do you see a Rose or something in here? What did you mean by—
Kyle: Forget it.
Kyle looks between the two for a moment.
Kyle: Where's Shawn?
Sarah: He split up looking for you.
Kyle: We gotta find him, then.
Rachel sighs.
Rachel: Following you.
Kyle starts to walk up to the ladder that was in front of them.
Kyle: Once we find Shawn, we need to get back out. Find that bridge.
Rachel: Just tell me where to go.
The three climb up the ladder one at a time.
Kyle: Fucking teenagers.
The three walk into the ballroom.
Sarah: Kyle...look, we weren't disobeying you. Rachel took notice that you were taking a long time to get back...and...believe it or not, as your ex-wife, I was getting worried, so I told her we should go look for you....
Sarah places a hand on Kyle's shoulder.
Sarah: And you know what, I'm glad we did. Because she did save your life...so if you wanna be pissed, be pissed at me for making that call.
Kyle looks over at Sarah, but doesn't say anything as he walks away. Sarah closes her eyes in exasperation, for a moment, sighs heavily and angrily.
Sarah: Jesus Christ.....
The three look around the old ballroom.
Kyle: That door looks like a way out.
Kyle points to the upper level with a wide door at the end as he walks over to a piano and looks it over.
Kyle: Might be able to get through with this. Alright....
Kyle pushes the piano but realizes it wasn't really light.
Kyle: Dammit, heavier than I thought....fuck...
Kyle looks over at Rachel and Sarah.
Kyle: You two wanna give me a hand?
Sarah rolls her eyes and she makes her way over to Kyle.
Rachel: You sure you want my help with that?
Kyle: Goddammit, Rachel ....
Rachel comes over and helps them push the piano.
Kyle: Push.
Rachel: I am.
Sarah: So am I.
Kyle: Fucking push harder, goddammit!
The three get the piano pushed up to a wall that would get them to the upper level.
Rachel: Satisfied?
Kyle grumbles.
Kyle: Let's get moving.
Rachel scoffs.
Kyle climbs on top of the piano and up the wall. Sarah looks over at Rachel and gestures her to go first.
Sarah: Go ahead.
Rachel nods at Sarah then climbs up then she follows her. The three exit the hotel onto a scaffolding.
Kyle: Oh, shit.
The three look and below them to see some bandits patrolling the black.
Kyle: Yo, keep your heads down.
The three crouch down.
Kyle: Alright now...Sarah and I are gonna jump down there and we're gonna clear us a path.
Rachel: What about me?
Kyle: You stay here.
Rachel: This is so stupid, Kyle. We'd have more of a fucking chance of surviving if you'd just let me help.
Kyle: That's what I'm doing.
This takes Sarah by surprise as Kyle grabs a rifle that was near them and hands it to Rachel.
Kyle: Now, you seem to know how to use a gun. Think you can handle this?
Sarah has a small smile on her face.
Rachel: Well, my Dad sorta taught me how to shoot a rifle.....a BB rifle.
Kyle: Okay...well, let's hope your Dad's teaching proved useful. You're gonna wanna lean right into the stock, cause that kickback is gonna be more powerful than BB.
Rachel places the barrel of the gun on the edge of the wall of the scaffold.
Rachel: Okay.
Sarah: Go ahead and pull the bolt back. Tug it.
Sarah points at the little lever on the gun and Rachel does what Sarah instructed.
Sarah: There you go. As soon you fire, you're gonna wanna get another round in there quick.
Rachel nods to Sarah.
Kyle: Listen to me—when shit hits the fan down there, you make every shot count.
Rachel: I got this.
Kyle and Sarah stare at Rachel before they nod at her. Kyle and Sarah then go over to an opening at the bottom where there was a ladder leading down into the streets. Sarah starts to climb down it as Kyle turns to Rachel.
Kyle: About that asshole....thanks for not letting me drown.
Kyle climbs down, jumps next to Sarah. Rachel smiles at this.
Rachel: You're welcome.
Kyle and Sarah crouch down behind a barrier and listen to the hunters just talk amongst themselves. With the help of Rachel and her good shooting, Kyle and Sarah are able to take out the bandits.
Kyle: Alright, come on down.
Sarah goes over to one of the dead bandits and pulls out an arrow Kyle used. She looks it over, making sure it wasn't broken, before putting it in Kyle's backpack. Kyle picks up a pistol off of another corpse.
Rachel: Well?
Rachel makes her way to Kyle and Sarah.
Kyle looks down at the pistol in his hand.
Kyle: Let's try this...for starters.
Kyle clicks the safety on.
Kyle: Safety on.
Kyle clicks the safety off.
Kyle: Safety off. Red dot means its ready to shoot.
Kyle clicks the safety on.
Kyle: Safety's on for now.
Kyle unloads the pistol and shows her the bullets
Kyle: Holds fifteen bullets. You've got twelve left.
Kyle hands Rachel the gun and she looks up at him, making sure he is serious and takes it.
Kyle: It's not a toy. You gotta respect this. It's for any threat. You use this; make sure you use responsibly.
Rachel: Okay.
Rachel places the pistol in her back pocket, before Kyle gives her some clips.
Kyle: Here's some ammo.
Rachel: Thanks, Kyle.
Sarah smiles at Kyle and Rachel.
Sarah: C'mon. Let's go find Shawn before more of them come.
The three of them take off.