At a nearby store, Cassandra and Rachel are searching in the store.
Rachel: So, what's are these tampons supposed to look like?
Cassandra: It's in a pink box....mainly might be in the girl section of the store.....
The two women begin searching around with their weapons drawn as Cassandra lifts up her head to find the female products in aisle 2b.
Cassandra: Hey....what we're looking for wouldn't happen to be labeled in female products, would it?
Rachel: Let's find out....
The two enter aisle 2b and begin searching the shelves. Rachel finds deodorant and sniffs it.
Rachel: Hey....we need more of this shit. Especially with how Rocky smells.
Rachel tosses Cassandra the deodorant as she puts it in her bag. Rachel looks down to finally notice the box of tampons.
Rachel: Hey...Cassandra...?
Cassandra turns, then walks over to Rachel, who presents the box of tampons.
Cassandra: That would be it....
Rachel: So....this shit is supposed to....?
Cassandra: Stop the bleeding...inside your vagina.
Rachel: Ah....
Cassandra: I seriously can't believe you didn't have any nurses in the Takers who just seriously let you bleed....what did you regularly...stop the bleeding with?
Rachel: Fucking toilet paper.....
Cassandra: That's great...and gross.
Rachel: So....it's nothing to freak out about, right?
Cassandra: No, it's common with women and it happens all the time. Once a month....it's a reminder to let you know you're not pregnant.
Rachel's eyes widen.
Cassandra: Don't worry. You're not pregnant.
Rachel: I know...I mean...I've never....you know....
Cassandra: Had sex?
Rachel: Uh...yeah....that.
Cassandra: Well....the period's are just a reminder that you can still have a baby if you want.
Cassandra puts the tampons in her backpack.
Rachel: Do you and James want kids?
Cassandra: If we find someplace....I would like to.....I've been married for quite some time to James.
Rachel: Did you know Rose?
Cassandra sighs.
Cassandra: Yeah....I knew Sarah's sister, Ashley, too....and her brother, Nathan....they died before Rose was born....You kind of remind of me of Ashley.
Rachel turns her head.
Cassandra: She was a kid like you....she was also a kid when she died.....I really liked being Rose's aunt....and as for as me and James, I can't really see myself as mom material....my Mom was too busy being a leader to be a parent....then when she died, I was a real bitch to her....I had to be Maya's mom for a while after that.
Rachel: Do you miss her? Maya?
Cassandra sighs.
Cassandra: I do....I miss my family...and I miss Midtown Manhattan....I miss my friends that have died....friends like Mitchell....Walter...Beth....
Rachel: Well, maybe if we find a new place, we can make new friends and new memories....Hey, if you two decide to have a kid, can I babysit?
Cassandra laughs.
Cassandra: Sure....Now, come on. Let's head back to the train.
At the Myrmidon, Kayla approaches Kyle.
Kayla: Kyle, thank you again...for saving us. Sorry, I'm repeating myself a lot. It's just....Savannah and I have been trapped here for over a year.....
Kyle sighs.
Kyle: Look, Kayla.....I know why you want to talk to me....and the truth is; we just don't have the room.
Kayla: Yeah...well, I can't let Savannah stay here....even if you won't take me, at least take her...
Kyle: Kayla....where we're going...it could be a dangerous journey....we don't know what lies ahead. Plus, have you ever killed a person before?
A moment of silence.
Kayla: Yes....I shot two men.....
Kyle: Why?
Kayla: As a woman, you could imagine....and what would've happened to my sister afterwards....They tried to take what they couldn't have....Look, Kyle, I get it, but....there is another way for room for my sister and me. There's a carriage to the terminal not to far....
Kyle: How are we getting there? Cause we can't take the train there....not in her state. I'm sorry, Kayla.....but we just don't have the space.
Kyle turns and notices Jenny, who is folding her arms. Kayla gives a distraught look. Kyle walks past Jenny.
Jenny: Dude....you can't seriously consider leaving her and the little girl here, are you?
Kyle: Jenny....
Jenny: Kyle, we can at least give them a chance. They have a little girl.
Shortly after finding tampons, Cassandra and Rachel continue on their run, reaching a large satellite on top of a hill.
Cassandra: So...you know how these things work, right?
Rachel: Yeah....thanks for going with me, by the way.
Cassandra: Trust me, honey. As a woman, I've been through this thousands of times.
Cassandra looks at the antenna.
Cassandra: Hmmm....
Rachel: What?
Cassandra: If only we could make use of these antennas.
Rachel: No....the top of the antenna is busted to shit.
Cassandra: What?
Rachel points to the antenna, with the busted array dish.
Cassandra: Well, damn....that sucks.
Rachel: Hey, Cassandra...what month is it?
Cassandra: March. The 18th I believe. Why?
Rachel: Uh...my birthday is next month.
Cassandra: Really? Shit...how old will you be?
Rachel: Cassandra, I'm—
Cassandra: Oh, right. You're fourteen, so you'll be fifteen. Well, we'll definitely think of something for you—
Rachel: Oh, no. You don't have to-
Cassandra: I know I don't, but I want to....I mean you're only fifteen--
As Cassandra is walking, the ground beneath her suddenly gives in and she falls into the ammo dump below, with the atmosphere being extremely toxic.
Rachel: Cassandra!
Cassandra: I'm okay....
Cassandra begins to cough as she realizes the environment around her.
Cassandra: Shit! This is ammo dump! It's hazardous! Rachel, get me the fuck out of here! Now!
Rachel: Fuck! Uh....
Rachel looks around for something that can help Cassandra out.
Rachel: Just hold on, Cassandra!
Cassandra continues breathing in the toxic air and coughing while Rachel looks around, finally managing to find a rope, before lowering the rope down into where Sarah fell.
Rachel: Cassandra! Grab the rope! I'll pull you!
Cassandra grabs onto the rope as Rachel begins to pull her end of the rope, pulling Cassandra back to the surface. Cassandra catches her breath.
Cassandra: Jesus Fucking Christ!
Rachel: Are you okay?
Cassandra shakes her head.
Cassandra: I think so.....fuck.....
James: Cassandra?
Cassandra and Rachel turn to notice James, Sarah and Chris walking up the hill.
James: Oh, fuck! Cassandra!
Sarah: Shit! What happened?!
Cassandra: I lost my footing and fell into an ammo dump...but the kid saved my life.
Cassandra looks up to Rachel.
Cassandra: Thanks again, kid.
Rachel: Yeah, don't mention it.
James rushes up to Cassandra.
James: You okay?
Cassandra: Yeah, I'm fine.
Cassandra stands up and turns to James, Sarah and Chris.
Cassandra: You must the mechanic. Chris, right?
Chris: Yeah...and you're Cassandra. James' wife, right?
Cassandra: Right..
Chris turns to Rachel.
Chris: and you're not a red head with freckles...but you're a kid....I'm gonna guess Rachel, the cocky kid. James and Sarah have been telling me who y'all are on the way to the train.
Cassandra coughs again.
Sarah: Cassandra, are you sure you're okay?
Cassandra: I'm fine, Sarah.
Sarah: What the hell is this place?
James points his flashlight into the ammo dump and examine it.
James: It's a ammo dump. I see crates of radioactive shit.
James' radio buzzes.
Shawn: James? You there? Hey, shit-sniffer, answer me.
Chris: "Shit-sniffer"?
James: My idiot brother's nickname for me.
James picks up the radio and speaks into it.
James: Yeah, I'm here, Shawn. What's up?
Shawn: You pick up that mechanic yet?
James: Yeah, we're on our way back! Why?
Shawn: I need you! ASAP! Jenny and I need you to help persuade Kyle to let Kayla and Savannah come with us.
James: Wait, what?!
Sarah: Wait, he's not letting them come with us?!
Rachel: That's messed up! Savannah's just a child!
Cassandra: This sounds serious! We'd better head back to the Myrmidon.
The group head back to the Myrmidon as Kyle calls out to Chris.
Kyle: You Chris?!
Chris: Yeah! You must be Kyle!
Kyle: Come on to the bridge so we can talk.
Shawn: Kyle...
Kyle: Shawn...not now.
Shawn: Goddammit....
Kyle and Chris walk to the bridge as James approaches Shawn and Jenny.
Jenny: See what I mean?
James: Yeah...
Shawn: You gotta help us out here....Kyle's not letting the two come with us, even though Kayla told us where to find a passenger car in great condition!
Through tears, Kayla begins to pack her belongings as Savannah communicates with her in sign language.
Savannah: Why are you packing?!
Kayla: (sign language) Kyle says he can't bring us with him. There's not enough room on the train for us.
Savannah: (sign language) I don't want to go back. Sawyer will kill us! I'm scared.
Kayla's lip quivers as she hugs Savannah, comforting her, before Sarah, Jenny, Shawn and James approach.
Kayla: I...we....we'll have to go back to the church, I guess.
Sarah: No, you don't, honey.
Shawn: Where would you go? Those cultists would kill you! And God forbid of what could happen to Savannah!
Kayla stands up and wipes her tears.
Kayla: I don't know...I just don't fucking know.
Jenny puts a comforting arm around Kayla.
Jenny: Yeah...it's not just about the space, but we really don't know what's lies ahead of us....
Sarah: Still...that doesn't mean we're monsters that are going to leave a woman and child behind.
Savannah speaks in sign language to Rachel.
Savannah: Rachel! Please! Let us come with you! I'll be good! I'll even grab a gun and shoot bad guys for you!
Rachel: Oh, Savannah! Stop talking like that! You're not going to shoot anyone!
Shawn: Don't worry, Kayla....we will take you away from here. You have my word.
On the bridge, Kyle, Chris and Joseph are having a meeting.
Kyle: So.....Chris, you're a mechanic, huh?
Chris: Yeah.....been fixing shit ever since the bombs fell.
Kyle: You ever fixed a train, before?
Chris: Uh....well, actually, yeah....I've have to fix my carriage every once and a while....but...yeah, I'm a damn good mechanic....
Joseph: You know also how we can get past that bridge, too?
Chris: The locals? Sawyer? Yeah....actually...there's some trade caravans that come in and out to supply the locals with food like fish and other animals for cattle. All that shit....they've been doing it for years.
James enters the bridge.
James: Kyle....
Kyle: James, good. Have a seat.
James sighs, before sits down.
James: What's up?
Kyle: Chris was just telling us an opportunity to cross the bridge without an assault. There are trade caravans going up the river, and the bridge people do business with them. So, disguised as the traders, we will infiltrate the bridge and lower it. Kayla says it still works. They won't be able to stop us if we move fast.
Joseph: And if they try?
Kyle: We fight back. Hard....we're gonna cross that bridge no matter what those lunatics think. They'll get blood if they want it....but it'll be their blood spilled. Not our people's....so, now we only have to wait for the traders' boat....
Shawn: Kyle!
Shawn and Jenny walk in on the meeting. Sarah, Rachel and Cassandra behind him. Kyle sighs.
Kyle: Goddammit....
Jenny: You know we cannot leave them here! It's just not right!
Rachel: I'm with Shawn on this one, Kyle! And Savannah's only six. She's just a child!
Joseph: Kyle....Savannah is just a child and those fanatics will kill those two or worse! You know they want with Kayla....
Kyle: Did you all think of where we're going?! You people need to use your fucking head! What we're going to face on the way there?! Bandits?! Monsters?! And where are they going to sleep, Shawn?! On top of the coal crates? We can handle that, but for a woman with a six-year-old sister? That's unacceptable.
Jenny: I'll give them my bed roll! I'll sleep in the stokehold...
Kyle: You'll fall asleep and get your throat cut the next time your ass gets guard duty after trying to sleep there!
Cassandra: Kyle, regardless, we can't just leave the child here! That Preacher already wants Kayla for reproduction purposes! It's so disgusting!
Jenny: Let's just collect that carriage Kayla told us about while we wait?! We can't leave them here!
Joseph: Yeah, plus, how long do we sleep in turns for? Eventually, we're gonna need beds. Real beds, Kyle.
Kyle: And how are we going to go get it?! How are we going to collect that carriage cause I'm not taking the Myrmidon there.
Chris: You won't have to....
Shawn: What?
Chris: I have a railcar hidden in the terminal, it can tow a carriage like a motherfucker. I can go get it and bring the carriage back....
James: Whoa, whoa! Chris! No way am I letting you go! I need your help to fix this and it's gonna take us both til morning!
Sarah: Kyle, come on.....that little girl can't grow up in this environment and how long will they survive like this for?
Rachel: Yeah...I got lucky and ended up with you guys....Please, Kyle...
Kyle rolls his eyes.
Kyle: Fuck, okay. Okay....I'm done playing the asshole here....we get that carriage and we take Kayla and Savannah with us. I'll see to it myself.
Shawn: Really?
Kyle: Yes, Shawn.....I'll go get the carriage....Shawn, you're in charge while I'm gone. If the caravan is sighted, drop everything and rush to the port.
Shawn: You sure you can handle this all by yourself?
Kyle: Well, James is gonna be helping Chris and I need everyone here when that caravan arrives. It's best chance of taking control of the bridge.
Sarah touches Kyle's shoulder.
Sarah: Thanks, Kyle....Kayla and Savannah will be so grateful!
Kyle nods.
Kyle: I know...
Chris: Kyle! You're gonna need this.
Chris pulls out a breaker for the railcar.
Kyle: What's this?
Chris: It's a breaker for the railcar. It won't run without this. She's a real kicker and knows her way to work it. We really went through the shit....so much shit we hauled and the shit we've been through....
Kyle: Chris, give me the goddamn breaker.
Chris: Right, sorry.
Chris hands Kyle the breaker, before he collects his backpack.
Chris: You gonna go now?
Kyle: Yeah....
Chris: Well, at least it's night. You'll have a less chance of running into bandits.
Jenny: I'll go with you, Kyle.
Kyle: Jenny, I need you here.
Jenny: Yeah, but you don't know how to work a breaker.
Kyle: You do?
Jenny: Yeah, Dad taught me.....once.
Kyle sighs.
Kyle: Alright, then.
Chris heads down to the boiler deck to help James. Kyle turns to Sarah.
Kyle: You're an asshole, you know that?
Sarah: Wha....me? You were just gonna leave them here?!
Kyle sighs.
Kyle: No....I definitely didn't want to, but I was being realistic. Look, I care about those two no less than everyone else, but....we don't know what'll lie ahead that's worse than these fanatics!
Sarah: Eh, I guess we'll have to live and see.....
Kyle, Shawn, Sarah, Cassandra, Jenny and Rachel exit the back of the train, with Kayla looking eagerly.
Kyle: Kayla...you and your sister can come with us.
Kayla smiles as Savannah exclaims in joy, before hugging Kayla.
Savannah: We're getting out of here!
Kayla smiles, then looks down at Savannah, communicating with her in sign language.
Kayla: He says we can go with them!
Savannah exclaims in joy, before hugging Kayla. After the hug, Savannah speaks in sign language.
Savannah: We're getting out of here!
Kayla and Savannah rush and hug the group one by one.
Savannah turns to Kyle and speaks in sign language.
Kayla: Thank you!
Savannah: She says thank you.
Kyle: Don't mention it. I kind of understood that. You understand why I was....
Kayla: I know, but thank you guys for helping us! I don't know what would've happened to us without you...this is a cursed place...and that Sawyer!
Sarah: Don't thank us before it's all ready to go.
Cassandra: Yeah, Kyle and Jenny are about to go get the railcar and the carriage, so wish him luck!
Kayla: Of course! God bless you, Kyle!
Kayla turns to Jenny.
Kayla: And you, Shawn, Jenny....Thank you!
Jenny: Oh, don't mention it....
Savannah tugs on Kayla's arm and points at Kyle.
Kayla: Kyle! Savannah wants you!
Kyle turns to Savannah.
Kyle: Yes, sweetie?
Savannah runs up to Kyle and hugs him. She then speaks in sign language.
Savannah: Thank you and good luck!
Marcus and Margaret return to the train and run into Kyle.
Kayla: She says good luck.
Marcus and Margaret return to the train and run into Kyle.
Marcus: Kyle....we did some scoping of the area.
Kyle: And?
Margaret: The railcar is definitely in the terminal...but you're gonna have to use the raft to get in there.....the area is completely flooded.
Marcus: We also saw that big ass crocodile crawl into the there.
Margaret: Alligator. The creature is a big ass alligator.
Kyle: Either way, I'm headed to the terminal now, then to the carriage.....
Marcus: You're gonna go get both?
Margaret: You're gonna be tired as hell.....
Kyle: I know.
Marcus: You need any back up?
Kyle: No...Jenny will be enough, but I need everyone here when this caravan arrives so we can take it. It's gonna be our chance of traversing the bridge. I'll be okay.
Marcus: Well, good luck, brother.
Kyle: Thanks. We're gonna need it.