In Berrington, Bryan and Connor stand guard. Suddenly, a truck with a cart arrives.
Connor: Bryan! Got movement! A truck with a cart!
Bryan: Think it's a raider?!
Bryan and Connor aim their weapons at the truck as it drives up. Anna exits drives up and raises her hands.
Anna: Connor! Bryan! Don't shoot! It's me! Anna!
Bryan: Anna!
Kyle exits the truck.
Kyle: It's us!
Connor and Bryan open the gate, allowing the truck to come in. All of the passengers exit. Bryan, Connor, Seth, Morgan and Dennis rush up to the group.
Dennis: You guys did it.
Seth smiles upon seeing Chloe, Sylvester and Samantha. Seth runs up to Samantha.
Samantha: Mommy!
Seth gives Samantha a hug, before Morgan runs up and hugs Samantha.
Morgan: Oh, my god! Are you okay?
Samantha: Yeah....Kyle...he he saved my life....our lives.
Bryan: Holy shit....they did it.
Dennis: Wait, where's James? Shawn?
Connor: Rocky and Margaret? Abigail?
Morgan: Hunter?
Kyle looks at Sarah, Cassandra and Caleb, then back at the others.
Kyle: They're okay. They just got separated from us. They're coming back.
Dennis: And the raiders?
Kyle: They're dead. All of them....including Wes and Tobin.
The Berrington residents smile and give a sigh of relief.
Peter: We did it.....We fucking did it.
John chuckles for a moment.
John: It's over. We won. The raiders are gone and we got everyone out alive.
John turns to Kyle.
John: Thanks to him and his people. We won.
Kyle nods to John.
Kyle: We did.....and Shawn, James, Margaret, Rocky, Abigail.....and Hunter are going to come through those gates.
Morgan: Wait, we're keeping Hunter with us? He's one of the raiders, though.
Sarah: He's one of us now.....
Kyle: The best thing to do right now is to recuperate. Restock. Rebuild. Just cause we've dealt with the raiders doesn't mean there's still not threats out there. Wes may have been a bad man, but he was right about one thing; there are killers, thieves and people out there who will want what we have. Take what we have....and you all proved you can do anything.
The Berrington residents nod in agreement.
Brie: Thank you, Kyle. You saved Berrington.
Out in the woods, the next morning, the quarry, a figure with raspy breathing is approaching the trucks blocking the herd. She then gets in and hotwires the truck before putting it in drive, causing the truck to fall and the quarry to break, allowing the infected herd to come through. In the woods, Shawn is running through the woods, tired as he leans against a tree and takes a moment to catch his breath. Abigail runs up next to him.
Shawn: Fuck....
Abigail: You think the others made it back by now?
Shawn: I don't know, Abigail.
Abigail turns her head to Shawn.
Abigail: Shawn....we never talked about what happened with Hunter....what almost happened...
Shawn: Abigail.....now's not the time for this shit. We need to get the fuck out of these woods.
Shawn looks ahead, before Abigail rolls her eyes. Shawn notices and gives an annoyed sigh.
Shawn: What the fuck do you want to talk about, Abigail? Look, I spared the kid, didn't I?
Abigail: It's not that...you made me dig his grave.
Shawn: I know.....I know and I'm sorry to ask that of you....but we had to exterminate the threat.
Abigail: Hunter is our friend.
Shawn: Your friend. Not mine.
Abigail: He helped us...
Shawn: Jesus Christ....look, I know what it's like alright?
Abigail: Why? What do you mean?
Shawn: You were a part of the Reapers and....and I was Zeus Corps.....Sarah's brother, Nathan, he wanted to kill me.....when I was standing a top of Hunter, about to pull the trigger, I got a brief flash of Nathan....he went crazy...tried to kill Kyle, so he killed Nathan....I got a Zeus Corps ink to remind of all the pain and suffering I contributed to, just like your Reaper ink....you're not the only one who's guilty of shit you wish you hadn't done, kid. Now, come on....let's find something to get back with.
Elsewhere, in parking lot, Rocky and Margaret are taking cover behind a car. Margaret speaks into her radio.
Margaret: Shawn? James, do you copy? James? Shawn?
Rocky: Twenty bucks says that the Burton brothers are on their way back to Berrington now, along with Abigail and the boy.
Margaret: Hunter's with James, though. Shawn's a tracker and he's alone. Best thing to do right now is to look for him.
Rocky and Margaret then go searching for Shawn and Abigail, unable to find anyone, so they take shelter in a small home, before Margaret writes the name "Burton" for Shawn and Abigail to find.
Rocky: What are you doin, sweetheart?
Margaret: I'm writing Shawn and James' last name. Hopefully one of the finds this and knows it's us.
Meanwhile, James and Hunter are enroute to Berrington.
Hunter: James? You know your way back?
James: Yeah....I'm pretty sure it's this way.
Hunter stops and takes a breath.
Hunter: Just give me a minute, okay? Fuck.....
James approaches Hunter.
James: Hey, how do you feel, man?
Hunter: Fine....
James sighs.
James: Hunter....
Hunter sighs, then looks up.
Hunter: He's dead.....okay. I said it; he's dead.
James: Look, I...I know you hated your Dad, but I....I know what it's like.....maybe not all the way, but I know what it's like to lose a father.....My Dad wasn't the best parent either....still, he was my Dad.
Hunter sighs, shakes his head.
Hunter: Why'd you save me, James? Rachel? Why did Cassandra? Abigail? Why didn't you just let Shawn kill me?
James: You're just a kid, Hunter.
Hunter: It's not just that....
Hunter looks down, then speaks.
Hunter: I've been thinking so much about my Dad....but...I killed Orion back on the boat.
James looks over at Hunter.
James: Your first?
Hunter: My first....I can't even stop thinking about it....but I'm done feeling sorry about it....but still, I was one of them. You should've just let me die, James.
James: No, no you're not....Hey...
James approaches Hunter, placing a hand on his shoulder.
James: Hunter, you are more than that....and I told you I am not going to let you die.....You're one of our people now and....and we're going to take care of you. When we get home, your home now, you're going to live with me and Cassandra.
Hunter sighs.
Hunter: You'd do that?
James shakes his head.
James: I would...Look, I saved you because we really are better than just killing people now. You are one of us now. You're with family.
In Berrington, Kyle is checking the walls, making sure they're secured, before he then sees Cassandra looking out on a tower. He then climbs the tower, approaching Cassandra.
Kyle: When's the last time you slept?
Cassandra: I got a few hours.
Kyle then leans and looks out into the wasteland.
Kyle: Despite the world's in shit, it's still a nice view.
Cassandra laughs, before Kyle turns to her.
Kyle: He's gonna be okay, Cassandra. He's alive.
Cassandra: How do you know that?
Kyle: He's smart as hell. Smarter than me.
Cassandra: Yeah...he is...he's gonna send a signal to let me know he's still alive.
Kyle: Cassandra, we've come back from back from so much harder things...
Cassandra nods.
Cassandra: Yeah, we have...
Kyle: James, Shawn, Rocky, Margaret, Abigail and Hunter; they're gonna come back. They will.
Cassandra folds her lips.
Kyle: But we have food and water to keep us holding, but we keep it clear.
Cassandra then shakes her head and laughs.
Cassandra: You know; I saw you, Sarah and Rachel in the house and it just—
Cassandra smiles.
Cassandra: You all really do look like a family.
Kyle nods.
Kyle: Yeah.
Cassandra: Made me happy.
Kyle: Me, too....I gotta talk to Rachel about something.....something with Hunter.
Cassandra: Look, Kyle.....about that...I wasn't gonna get involved, but....Hunter is just a kid.
Kyle climbs back down. In the streets, Samantha is walking Seth down the street.
Seth: I was so scared you weren't gonna come back, mommy.
Samantha: I'm okay, baby.
Seth: Are things going to go back to normal now?
Samantha: Yeah, baby...they will. We'll get back to normal somehow.
Seth: Are you going to be the leader like grandma was?
Before Samantha can answer, she spots Sarah, who glares at her. Samantha then turns to Seth.
Samantha: Baby. Why don't you go over Kayla's really quick so you can play with Savannah, okay? I gotta talk to Mrs. Sarah.
Seth walks off to Kayla's before Samantha is walking past Sarah, before she attempts to talk to her.
Samantha: Sarah—
Sarah: Don't fucking talk to me, Samantha. I heard what happened.
Samantha sighs.
Samantha: Look, I'm sorry.
Sarah turns to Samantha, glaring then gets in her face.
Sarah: I'm not the one you owe a fucking apology, too.
Samantha: I know. I know. It's just—
Sarah: You say Kyle was going to get us killed, but what you did on that boat, attacking him. That's what was going to get us killed.
Samantha gives a guilty look.
Samantha: I know and I'm sorry.
Sarah: Apologize to my husband, then apologize to me.
Sarah walks away, before Samantha looks down. Meanwhile, Kyle and Rachel are teaching Morgan how to shoot.
Kyle: Now, I know you've been on runs, but handguns will be a little better for your first go. Magazine release. Slide release. Thumb safety. You need to know these things. This thing is not a toy.
Kyle empties the magazine and round in the chamber, before handing it to Morgan.
Kyle: Now, imagine there's someone in front of you.
Morgan aims her pistol at her imaginary enemy.
Kyle: They're going to try to kill you.
Morgan turns to Rachel.
Morgan: Before Laura, who was the first person you killed?
Rachel sighs.
Rachel: A asshole who was trying to drown Kyle. I saved him. You have to be strong enough to wait, though. Sometimes, it's never easy.
Kyle: Keep that gun with you, Morgan. So you can get a feel of how it is.
Morgan: Wait, I'm supposed to just walk around with an empty gun? What about things like target practice?
Kyle: We don't want to waste bullets. Not in the aftermath of this.
Morgan: Right....Sorry, I....I just thought that it'd work best.
Morgan walks away, before Kyle turns to Rachel.
Kyle: Hey, we need to talk.
Rachel sighs. In the Desipich house, Kyle, Sarah, Kayla and Rachel talk.
Rachel: What's this about?
Kyle: When I was on the boat in the cell, Hunter showed up after thinking he was supposed to be dead. Now, Hunter told me that you and Cassandra interfered, told Shawn not to kill him. You aimed at Shawn. One of our people.
Sarah: Is that true?
Rachel sighs.
Rachel: It's true. We stopped Shawn...
Sarah sighs.
Rachel: We stopped him from making a mistake. I didn't want Hunter to be killed and I figured what was really going on.
Kyle: He's a raider, Rachel.
Rachel: No, he's not. Not anymore. He's—he's like me, okay? He had a piece of shit father like me...
Rachel looks down at the table for a moment.
Rachel: Why didn't you kill me, Kyle? Two years ago? When you thought Caleb was dead? You had me on my knees, you pulled your gun on me and you were gonna pull the trigger, but I get the feeling that even if I hadn't told you who I truly was, you wouldn't have. So, why didn't you kill me? Because I remind you of Rose?
Sarah: Rachel, that's not fair.
Rachel: This world is not fair. It says you have to kill your enemies. All of them, but why can't we change that rule. You spared me, Kyle, and I saved you. I saved Savannah when Magna and Starr captured her. I looked out for Cassandra when you and Abigail went into a radioactive city to look for medicine. Things wouldn't have happen...I don't know what the right thing is....because you saw what I did to my own Dad...I saw how much I hated him....for hurting me....I ran away from him....and I bashed his head in with own fucking bat....and then when Jenny and Marcus died, I wanted to kill that bitch, Magna, after she admit she did it...I wanted to kill over and over again...when Morgan got Moses killed on that run, I wanted to kill her.....but I know I want to change....and give someone else a chance to change. I did and so can Hunter....
Caleb: Rachel, nothing is ever simple like that anymore.
In the woods, Shawn and Abigail finds a Zeus Corps fuel truck.
Shawn: Think it still runs?
Abigail: Let's find out.
He then searches for the keys, before finally finding them in the glove compartment. Shawn then ignites the engine. Abigail and Shawn turn and smile.
Shawn: Ain't that some luck.
In the building, Rocky and Margaret continue to be on lookout until Rocky speaks.
Rocky; Hey, when we get back....I was looking at Kyle, Sarah....taking in the kid....do you think you could do that? Have a family?
Margaret: Could you do that?
Rocky: Thought I could never, but....I don't know....maybe one day....
Margaret prepares to speak until a truck engine is heard outside. Rocky and Margaret then approach the window as the truck stops and Abigail exits, smiling and waving while Shawn remains in the drivers seat. Rocky then smirks, then looks at Margaret.
Margaret: Told you....
Shawn then drives Margaret and Rocky back to Berrington. Elsewhere on the road, James and Hunter are getting closer to Berrington. In Berrington, Kyle and Sarah are having a discussion.
Sarah: I think she made the right call.... Rachel, I mean....she did....
Kyle looks at Sarah.
Kyle: Sarah....
Sarah: We can't just keep killing people who don't like what they're doing....and Rachel really cares about the boy. James, too.
Kyle: Yeah....for now, I think we should keep all of our people in the loop about the possibility of Hunter staying here.
Sarah: "Our people", Kyle? We still going with that? Even after everything? Shouldn't we at least consider all of Berrington our people?
Kyle: Well, against raiders is one thing, but what about the rest of the wasteland? The monsters? The infected? What are they going to do against them?
Sarah: Kyle...we're all in here together. This are just excuses.
Sarah winces, touching her stomach. Kyle stares at Sarah's knife wound.
Kyle: How's that?
Sarah: It's...uh...I think it's holding good.....it might be something else, though.
Kyle: What?
Before Sarah can speak, Chris and John approach the two.
Kyle: Chris. John.
Chris: Hey, Kyle....John and I were just brainstorming and....well...
Chris turns to John.
Chris: John?
John gives Kyle some blueprints.
Kyle: What's this?
John: Plans for the expansion....
Kyle: Well, we've got a few other shit on our plate right now.
John: I know...
Chris: Kyle, hear him out.
John: These are for what Berrington can be after this, because I believe thanks to you; there will be an after this.
John walks away as Kyle, Chris and Sarah look at each other. Later on, Chris walks to the nursery where Kayla and Dennis are treating Chloe.
Chris: Kayla...Dennis.
Kayla: Hey, Chris....
Chris: How's she doing?
Dennis: Chloe, well....those raiders treated her leg, so she'll be fine.....she's getting some sleep now.
Chris: Good....
Chris sits on the porch as Kayla sits next to him. Chris then begins smoking a cigarette, before Kayla turns.
Chris: Got another one?
Chris scoffs, before handing Kayla a cigarette. Chris then lights it for her as she smokes.
Chris: Thanks...
Kayla: No problem.
The two then smoke as they look out in Berrington.
Kayla: So....Chloe, huh?
Chris looks at Kayla, then laughs.
Chris: What?
Kayla: Nothing....
Chris: Yeah, well....she doesn't exactly have a thing for me. Not like Shawn does for you.
Kayla frowns.
Kayla: Yeah....
Chris: You worried about him?
Kayla: Well, we're together, so yeah....of course, I'm worried about him.
Chris: I knew it. Soon as you came on the train, that boy had his eyes on you. He's not by himself. He's got Abigail with him.
Kayla laughs, then shakes her head.
Kayla: It's weird...being able to find something like "love" in a world like this.
On the road, James and Hunter walk to Berrington. The two then find yellow balloons floating in a pole. Hunter walks over and pulls out his knife, cutting the balloons and tying the string to his backpack. James raises his eyebrows.
Hunter: We could use them to distract the infected nearby.
James then thinks and then looks up.
James: Hmm....or better yet, use them as a beacon. Let the others in Berrington know that we're alive.
Hunter looks down, then speaks.
Hunter: I've been thinking so much about my Dad....but...I killed Orion back on the boat.
James looks over at Hunter.
James: Your first?
Hunter: My first....I can't even stop thinking about it....but I'm done feeling sorry about it....Like you said; these are my people now. You're my people now.
In Berrington, Kyle is working on repairing the walls. Samantha walks up and then ponders a moment, before she then helps Kyle build up the walls. The two don't speak at first, but then Kyle speaks.
Kyle: I get it.....You went through a lot of hell on that boat.
Samantha sighs, then looks down, closing her eyes and shaking them.
Samantha: It's just....the way I behaved. Scolding you. Attacking you. It wasn't fair. My head was so fucked up, by Wes, by Tobin....Melanie. I was so wrapped up in my own shit. You know you scared the shit out of people when we first saw you. Scared my son. You scared me with your scared face and your beard. Your scar still scares me. You looked like you saw things we weren't able to....things were slow here, but then you all showed up and then they started moving fast. We survived.
In the Berrington armory, Bryan is reading a book as he then hears a can clutter.
Bryan: Goddammit...
Bryan walks off to go check out the noise while Morgan lurks around the corner and into the armor, grabbing some pistol rounds and loading them into her gun. In the Desipich house, Sarah is looking over the blueprints just as Alicia knocks on the door. Sarah answers the door.
Sarah: Alicia, hey....is everything okay?
Alicia: Yeah....is-is Kyle home?
Sarah: Uh...yeah, why?
Alicia: I just....I just need to talk to you two.
Sarah: Okay, come on in.
Sarah lets Alicia in and she calls Kyle.
Alicia: Kyle! Kyle, can you come down?
Kyle walks downstairs as finds Alicia and Sarah.
Kyle: Hey, Alicia. What's up?
Alicia: Uh....just needed to say something that needs to be said....Well, before I do...I need to ask; what happened to Melanie? I didn't see her anywhere after we rescued everyone else.
Kyle looks at Sarah, then back at Alicia.
Kyle: I saw her on the beach, Alicia. She's dead. She was bitten....then I stabbed her.
Alicia frowns, then Sarah walks up to her and touches her shoulder.
Sarah: I'm so sorry, honey.
Alicia: It's okay...she's in a better place. With Colleen. They're all together now. My family.
Sarah gives a sympathetic look. Alicia then nods.
Alicia: Sylvester was the fourth.
Kyle: Huh?
Alicia: The night after Rachel killed Laura. There was a vote to kick you all out. You already know that Samantha, Anna and I voted you to stay. Sylvester was the fourth vote.
Kyle: What made you think of that?
Alicia: Well, Sylvester said you guys knew how to survive. He could just tell Berrington would be safer with you all. I voted for you because I like you, but his reason, it was better. I..I just thought you guys should know that Sylvester was right. We were safer. We were scared more that we let on, when you met us.
Sarah: That's really sweet of you to say, Alicia, but Peter was still the one that brought us in. We'd still be out there and dead if he hadn't....Hell, Peter and Anna helped save my life when they met us.
Alicia: Yeah, but if Laura was still in charge, we'd be taken away or dead. Instead, we all fought back and we won. You showed us how. We weren't safe with Laura. Even in her little "safe zone" we were just hiding....You all changed that.
Outside Berrington, Rachel is walking with Morgan walking behind her, her gun drawn. Suddenly, a voice shouts out.
Bryan: Hey! It's balloons!
The survivors and Berrington residents look up and see yellow balloons floating in the sky. Cassandra smiles.
Cassandra: James! He's alive! It's him!
Cassandra runs to Kyle, Sarah and Alicia.
Cassandra: It's James!
Kyle smiles.
Kyle: Son of a bitch.
Alicia smiles, but then suddenly singing outside of Berrington is heard.
Singing: Hush....little baby, don't you cry. Hush, little baby don't you fright.
A chill runs down Kyle's spine as everyone hears singing in the distance. Kyle looks over to Sarah as she shares the same look of fear. The two then turn towards the gate as Alicia squints.
Alicia: That voice....
Sarah: Alicia...
Alicia opens the first gate to Berrington as everyone sees Melanie walking towards Berrington.
Melanie: Please little baby, oh, sweet bloom. I will always love you.
Alicia: Melanie!
Sarah: I thought you said she was dead.
Kyle: So did I.
Kyle, Sarah and Cassandra soon realize that Melanie had a horde of infected behind her.
Melanie: Oh, I did it! I found you! Oh, Alicia...my sweet little sister. Come with me.
Alicia: You're infected....and you're dying.
Melanie: Yes! Yes, I am. I'm finally going to better place.
Melanie laughs.
Melanie: Let me in and I'll take you with me, little sister.
Alicia: Where people can be people again...
Melanie: Yes...we're going to go home with Mom, Dad and Colleen. We're all going to be a family again. Together. It won't be real if you're not there.
Cassandra aims her bow and arrow at Melanie.
Cassandra: Just give me the word and I'll take her down.
Sarah: Hold on, Cassandra!
Sarah walks up to Alicia.
Sarah: Alicia, snap out of it! She's going to kill you! Like she killed Colleen!
Alicia turns to Sarah.
Alicia: What?!
Kyle: It's true. She killed your sister to stay apart of the raiders, cause Colleen saw what the raiders were. Said it herself.
Alicia: I...
Melanie raises her gun in the air and fires.
Melanie: Shut the fuck up! All of you! Don't any of you talk to her!
Caleb aims his 12 gauge at Melanie.
Peter: Melanie! Come on, stop!
John: This is fucking stupid, Melanie!
Melanie: She needs to be with her family! None of you are her family!
Melanie fires the rest of her clip into the sky.
Caleb: The fuck is she doing?! She's just shooting rounds into the sky! Wasting ammo.
Kyle: Shit....she's not trying to shoot us.
Melanie smiles as she looks behind her to see tons of infected from the quarry coming towards Berrington.
John: No...
Kyle: You broke the quarry open! You fucking brought all the infected to Berrington?!
Sarah: Are you crazy?!
Melanie gives an angry glare.
Melanie pulls a pipe bomb out of her pocket.
Melanie: You all took away my true home. My true family.
Melanie ignites the pipe bomb.
Kyle: No! Don't do it!
Caleb: Put it down! Now!
Sarah: Alicia! Get down!
Sarah runs and pulls Alicia back as Melanie holds the pipe bomb in the air.
Melanie: Now, I take away your home.
The pipe bomb explodes, killing Melanie, causing a dent in the wall and severely damaging the clock tower.