Z Nation (2014) s04e05 Episode Script
The Unknowns
1 [LOUD EXPLOSION.]
Previously on Z Nation.
Do you have any idea where the hell we're going? - East.
- How far East? As far as we can go.
I mean, we want to believe, but you've got to give us something to believe in.
I don't know what the dream means, but I have to follow it.
It doesn't feel like I have much of a choice.
But you do.
I go where you go.
Me too.
Well if you're going, I'm going.
Why does the Apocalypse always have to be so hot? Yeah, I think they were right about global warming.
Warren, you have any visions of cool mountain streams? Cuz we need water.
Have mine.
What do you think? I think we should check it out.
What's that truck doing there? Waiting for us to steal it.
Zona? Could be.
Let's move in easy.
Sarge and I will check it out.
And Murphy, you stay with Lucy.
What's with the gear? I dunno.
Why don't we see if we can find somebody to ask.
Cover me.
Cab's clear.
Nobody's home.
Finder's Keepers.
I am tired of walking.
Now hold on.
Don't you think it's a little odd that they'd leave this awesome truck right here in the middle of nowhere.
You know what else is odd? Everything that's happened to us over the last eight years.
- Smells like a trap.
- That's just Murphy.
No.
She's right.
This isn't important.
We should keep moving.
Well at least let's check this gear for water.
Who you suppose left all this? Yeah.
And where are they now? You don't think they're still alive back there, do you? You picking up anything? Any signs of life? Any signs of the undead? If they're still in there, they're not zombies.
Not exactly reassuring.
Yeah, looks like a truck.
We should go.
Well, wait, wait.
I mean don't we want to look inside? [ENGINE RUNNING.]
No, no, no.
Hold your fire.
Don't.
Hold your fire.
Hold your fire.
Say the word, Lieutenant.
We'll light it up.
No, no.
Something's not right.
I think we should go.
Well wait.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Don t you want to see what's inside? I mean it could be full of snacks for all we know.
It could happen! [ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Look! The damn thing's following us.
[ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Whoa.
[ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Doc and 10K, cover the cab.
Sarge, if anything bad happens, shoot the tires first and then the engine.
Murphy, stay with Lucy! Don't shoot till I say! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[CLICK.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [ELECTRIC GUITAR THEME MUSIC PLAYS.]
Have mercy, [TWO GUNSHOTS.]
[THUNK.]
Oh, have mercy.
[YELLING.]
Help! [YELLING.]
Murphy! [YELLING.]
Doc! [YELLING.]
Is anybody there?! [THUMPING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[MACHINE GRINDING.]
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
Get the key.
Hurry.
[GROWLING CONTINUES.]
[BLUDGEONING.]
Why'd you kill him? Only one crowbar.
What's going on? What is this place? You don't know? How long have you been here? We just got here.
Right.
Fresh meat.
Just my luck.
And how long you been here? Lost track of time.
A month maybe.
I was with five others.
Something happened.
And a sound.
I'm sure I passed out.
You can't fight the sound.
Just do what they want.
- What who wants? - No one knows.
Just kill anything that moves.
And stay out of my way.
Don't worry.
They want us to clear this elevator.
Who are they? Nobody knows.
[MUFFLED MACHINES AND GROWLING.]
Watch yourself.
Use the key.
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
Not again.
[GRUNTING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Oh shit, Roberta.
The key.
[GROWLING.]
- [SPLAT.]
- [GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLICING.]
[SPLAT.]
[SPLAT.]
[SLICE.]
[THWAP.]
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[MUFFLED MACHINES RUNNING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Shit.
I've got to get out of here.
[DOC.]
Warren?! Warren, is that you? Doc? Hey, Doc! Can you hear me?! Loud and clear, chief! Are you okay? I think so.
I'm I'm trapped in some kind of crate.
Yeah, me too.
I think we've been kidnapped and enslaved for evil purposes.
Again! God, I hate when this happens.
Me too.
Have you seen or heard anyone else? Just the two ugly dudes I woke up with.
They were killed on some kind of suicide mission to clear a stairwell of zombies.
And when I killed the last Z, I heard that noise.
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
and I passed out.
[LOUD CLUNK.]
Uh-oh.
Now what? [MACHINE WHINING.]
Doc? Hey Doc, what's happening? They're moving me again! Doc! [MUFFLED.]
Warren! Warren! Doc! [RUMBLING AND THUMPING.]
[MACHINE WHINING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Bastards.
- 10K? - Doc? [BOTH.]
What are you doing here? - What's that smell? - Shhh.
Get the mask and the tape.
[COUGHING.]
[HISSING.]
[DOC AND 10K.]
[COUGHING.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
Awe, come on! [HISSING CONTINUES.]
Some kinda gas.
They must want us to stop these leaks.
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[GROWLING.]
[STAB.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[MURPHY.]
Watch it! I'm in here.
Mysterious morons.
[WARREN.]
Murphy? Murphy, is that you? Warren! Warren! Thank God.
I thought you were all dead Again.
Get me out of here.
No can do.
I'm locked in a crate too.
Well that sucks.
So was this all part of your vision? No.
I tried to walk away.
But part of me knew.
- Who else is there? - US Marines.
Representing.
Doc, but he's gone again.
Lucy? She with you? I'm alive.
Lulu! Are you okay? I'm fine.
And call me Lucy.
Is Warren here? Yes, I'm here.
Don't worry, Lucy.
Will you people shut up.
- I'm trying to sleep.
- Who's that? Fresh meat.
Hard to say how many.
Be quiet.
You'll get us all killed.
[SNARLING.]
Warren? Yeah, sweetheart? Do you feel them? Yes, but not like you do.
[GROWLING.]
- There's a lot of them.
- I know.
But it's not the Zs I'm worried about.
[HISSING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
10K! Wrench! Mask! [GROWLING CONTINUES.]
Got it.
[GROWLING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[BLUDGEONING.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[COUGHING.]
[WHISPERING.]
I can't be here.
[WHISPERING.]
I can't be here.
Even the zombies are afraid.
Can you tell why? Too many voices.
So many reasons.
What about you, Mr.
Murphy? Picking up anything? No, not me.
My zombie whispering days are over.
I'm cured.
Remember? [MUFFLED SNARLING.]
Careful.
Like pulling a thread from a sweater.
- [HISSING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
- [THWAP.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
Doc! Hang on, Doc! [HISSING CONTINUES.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[LUCY.]
Miss Warren, are you all right? Something's wrong, isn't it? I can't do this.
I can't I can't do this.
Roberta? You okay? - I don't feel so good.
- You don't sound so good.
I can't I can't do this.
Okay, Warren, listen to me.
You cannot freak out.
All right? Look, there's no pressure here.
But if you go wobbly, we all die, okay? There's no freaking in the Apocalypse.
- Warren? - Let me try.
I have some experience with PTSD.
Lieutenant Warren? Lieutenant? Roberta? You're having a panic attack.
Just remember it only feels like it'll kill you.
First thing we got to do is get in control of your breath You're hyperventilating, which is robbing your body of oxygen.
Can you take one long deep breath for me? Can you do that? And as you exhale, start thinking of your happy place.
A place only you know where no one can harm you.
Inhale.
This place, what's it smell like? Smell different? Fresher? And exhale.
How'd you get good at this? My C.
O.
Lieutenant Mueller taught me to meditate.
Had some pretty bad PTSD after spending some time in a tight place.
Actually, nine days in the trunk of a car.
Zombies? Yeah.
My family.
How you doing Lieutenant? Better.
Thank you.
[HISSING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[COUGHING.]
[LOUD CLUNK.]
[HISSING CEASES.]
I think we won or something.
[COUGH.]
Is that our way out? [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[COUGHING.]
- [COUGHING.]
- Doc? Doc, is that you?! Are you all right? Doc's fine.
Just some nerve gas or something.
I'm fine too, thanks for asking.
I wasn't.
- I noticed.
- What happened to you guys? Well, we were just fixing the leaks in hell's plumbing We got to find a way out of here or they're gonna kill us, one by one.
Yeah.
Who's running this show and what is their problem? It's got to be a Zona operation.
Nobody else is so needlessly diabolical.
[FLATULENCE.]
- Sorry kid.
- What? Shhh.
I'm making a friend.
- [SNARLING.]
- Hello, Carson O'Keefe.
- Carson? - That's his name.
Now quiet.
[THUMPING.]
[GROWLING.]
That's right, Carson.
I'm in here.
I'm in here.
Yeah.
I'm in here and I want to get out, Carson.
Can you get me out? Open the door for me and let me out.
That's right, Carson.
Just do it.
- [SNARLING.]
- Do it, Carson.
Open the door and let me out.
Lucy? I'm working here, dad.
[SNARLING.]
That's right, Carson.
You can do it.
- [KNOCK, KNOCK.]
- Open the door.
[SNARLING.]
You must be Carson.
[SNARLING.]
Oh my.
Can you see how to get out of here? No.
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
[YELLING.]
Try to stay awake! Fight it! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[YELLING.]
Fight! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
What are you doing? You're safer in here with me.
[GROWLING.]
- [BLUDGEONING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[CLANK.]
We'll live a lot longer if we work together as a team.
I'll hold up my end when the time comes.
I bet you do.
Look, let's just do whatever it is they want us to do and get out of here alive, okay? I don't need more trouble than I got already.
You know there's a good chance we'll never get out of here alive.
Better chance you won't get out of here alive if you don't get out from in front of that door.
I'm not looking for any trouble.
Just some human kindness.
How 'bout a little mercy instead.
Try that again and I will blow your goddamn head off! [LAUGHING.]
[LAUGHING.]
No bullets.
What? No bullets.
I was out of ammo.
[CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.]
[LAUGHING.]
Don't do this.
Do what? [GRUNTING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROANING.]
[GROWLING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLAM.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
[CLUNK.]
[THWAP.]
You know, this whole thing would be a lot more efficient if they just told us what the hell they wanted instead of all this mystery.
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
Well that's the whole point.
It's the fear of the unknown.
- [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
They're trying to control us through that psychological terror and them creepy sounds.
Yeah, well if we ever get out of here, and that's a big if - [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
We're gonna have to have a come to Zombie-Jesus moment with Warren.
What does that mean? First of all, she gets us lost in the Not So Great Pile.
Not so great.
- [GROWLING.]
- [THWAP.]
And now we're slaves in the Zombie Funhouse of Death.
Might be time for new leadership.
Yeah, well can we get out of here first? [GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
[SNARLING.]
[SNARLING.]
[YELLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- [YELLING.]
- No! [YELLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[MOTOR RUNNING.]
[CLANK.]
Shall we? [LAUGHING.]
Poor bastard's nearly chopped in half.
[GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
Drop your weapon.
All right.
Okay.
What is Zona doing here? And is this part of The Reset? The what? Answer me or this screwdriver is going through your brainpan.
Is this part of The Reset? And what do you know about the Black Rainbow? - What? - What is the Black Rainbow? I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you insane? Zona doesn't have anything to do with this.
You know how many dead Zona soldiers I've seen down here? This ain't Zona.
If you lie to me It's the truth.
This is bigger than Zona.
This is bigger than the Apocalypse.
If it's not Zona, then who is it? Nobody lives long enough to find out.
They're after something in this complex.
And they're using us to clear the Zs.
We're gonna be Zs too unless we get this gate open like they want.
Okay.
That must be what this is for.
It's jammed.
[SNARLING.]
Uh oh.
We got a live one.
[SNARLING.]
[RIPPING.]
[GROWLING.]
Hold on! I got this! [GROWLING.]
Comin' in hot! [GROWLING.]
[ELECTRIC ZAPPING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[PATTERING.]
Daylight.
A bird.
Hi, little birdie.
Where'd you come from? - [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- No! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[GROWLING.]
[GASPING.]
It's locked.
[SNARLING.]
Everybody okay? The sergeant isn't waking up.
She'll come around.
Here just raise her head.
Shake her a little bit.
What fresh hell is this? Feedin' time.
Oh, great.
I'm starving.
What's on the menu? [MOTOR STARTING.]
[RATTLING.]
What is that? Dog food.
I love dog food.
It's good.
Not even stale.
Hint of chicken.
Subtle notes of corn.
And fortified.
That's puppy chow.
Mmm.
Puppy chow's my stuff, man.
Oh, remember in Kansas when we were so starved we couldn't even walk? And then we found that fifty pound bag of Gravy Train.
Man, I can taste it now.
Add a little water, warm it up in the sun, and get that gravy going.
That's the next best thing to home cooking.
Hey pal, why are they just milling around like that? They keep them well fed.
But step out of the cage, and they'll attack.
What do they feed them? Not dog food.
The Sarge is waking up.
- Where am I? - Easy.
Still the Apocalypse.
- Oh.
- And we saved you some Puppy Chow.
Oh.
Bird.
Bird! Bird! I saw a bird! It was alive when I got it.
Let me see that bird.
Wait.
If a bird can get in, then there must be a way out of here.
I saw sunlight.
- Murphy? - Hmm? Did you eat the bird? [COUGHING.]
No.
Nevermind that.
Look, she saw daylight, which means we have a chance.
You think you could find your way back there again? If I had a map.
All right.
So we know the stairwell leads to the surface Yeah, I think I saw an emergency exit door off that hallway with hell's plumbing.
Well, either that or it was an actual door to hell.
Okay.
So can you show me where? Well, I think it was like maybe like here.
Right there.
Maybe here? No, I think it was more over here.
We went around three turns.
Yeah, kid's right.
Just stay away from this gate over here.
Torso zombie.
All right, that's a good start.
Anybody else have any other landmarks? There's a long hallway here, and then two sets of revolving doors at the end right there.
The hallway that lead to the stairwell seems longer then the rest maybe, All right.
Well, we'll go to that, take a left, then we'll go right here.
We're going straight up On the right All right then, that's the plan.
You all know what to do.
Memorize this map.
And find your way to the rendezvous point.
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
All right.
We regroup at the stairwell.
And then fight your way to the surface! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
There you are.
All right, we got a rope, a bowling pin, and a blowtorch.
Pick one and come on.
[WHISPERING.]
Warren? [WHISPERING.]
Warren? [WHISPERING.]
Murphy? [WHISPERING.]
Warren? Murphy? Roberta? Warren? [CLICK.]
[RATTLING.]
[GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [HITTING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
[SLICE.]
Let's hit it.
You sure this is the right stairwell? I don't hear any birds.
[SPLAT.]
Well, there's your answer.
- Crap.
- Ahh.
Literally.
Where's Lucy? You know what, let's keep moving.
She might be ahead of us.
[WHISPERING.]
Shit.
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[FOUR CLICKS.]
[ALL.]
Oh, man - Shi - [CLICK.]
Come on.
Well now what do we do? I dunno about you, but I'm just gonna curl up and die.
Nobody's curling up to die, Doc.
Look, I may not know much or pretend to understand what I do know, but I am certain dying here is not our fate.
Well I'm so glad you're certain of something.
So what is our fate if it's not taking out the zombie trash for our invisible captors? I just know something bad is coming.
And I'm supposed to stop it.
I can't tell you why.
I just feel it.
Just like I felt the first time I laid eyes on you, Murphy.
I didn't know the how, why, or any of the what was coming next.
The second I saw you, I knew my job in life was to get you wherever the hell you were going.
Well, when you put it that way.
[CRACK.]
- Daddy, it's me! - Lucy? Look who I found.
You remember Carson.
Hello, Carson.
Okay, come on.
Let's go get the others.
[CRACKING.]
Come on.
Carson said it's this way.
Don't worry.
The zombies won't hurt us.
Quick, before they realize we're gone.
Hustle.
Hustle.
Move! There's a new lock.
I got the key.
Good man.
Wait, Carson.
[GUNSHOT.]
Freeze! I don't want to do this, but we're supposed to stop you.
[SCREAMING.]
No! - [SCREAMING.]
Dad! - [SCREAMING.]
No! [SCREAMING.]
No! Dad! Don't forget who's got the gun here, buddy.
Everyone back to their cage.
- That ain't gonna happen.
- Everyone move now! - [GROWLING.]
- [GUNFIRE.]
[GROWLING.]
Get that door open! [GROWLING.]
Carson! No! Lucy, no! Lucy! [GROWLING.]
Come on! [GROWLING.]
Got it! [GROWLING AND MUNCHING.]
You can't help him now! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
Go! Go now! [SHARP NOISE CONTINUES.]
[MOANING.]
Dad.
[MOANING.]
He's bleeding.
Get this off.
[MOANING.]
He's bit.
- But he's immune.
- Not anymore.
Not since he's been cured.
He's not turning yet.
Okay, we can't stay here any longer.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Can you walk? - Yeah, I can try.
- Okay, I need you to.
Okay.
Are you kidding me? Right where we left it.
All our gear is still here too.
Yeah, looks like they kidnapped more victims in the meantime.
Come on, let's get our stuff.
[SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- How's he doing? - Not so good.
He's going in and out of consciousness.
Help him! What do you want to do, Warren? - Warren? - [MUFFLED.]
It's okay.
- [MUFFLED.]
Warren! - [MUFFLED.]
Lieutenant Warren? [MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
Previously on Z Nation.
Do you have any idea where the hell we're going? - East.
- How far East? As far as we can go.
I mean, we want to believe, but you've got to give us something to believe in.
I don't know what the dream means, but I have to follow it.
It doesn't feel like I have much of a choice.
But you do.
I go where you go.
Me too.
Well if you're going, I'm going.
Why does the Apocalypse always have to be so hot? Yeah, I think they were right about global warming.
Warren, you have any visions of cool mountain streams? Cuz we need water.
Have mine.
What do you think? I think we should check it out.
What's that truck doing there? Waiting for us to steal it.
Zona? Could be.
Let's move in easy.
Sarge and I will check it out.
And Murphy, you stay with Lucy.
What's with the gear? I dunno.
Why don't we see if we can find somebody to ask.
Cover me.
Cab's clear.
Nobody's home.
Finder's Keepers.
I am tired of walking.
Now hold on.
Don't you think it's a little odd that they'd leave this awesome truck right here in the middle of nowhere.
You know what else is odd? Everything that's happened to us over the last eight years.
- Smells like a trap.
- That's just Murphy.
No.
She's right.
This isn't important.
We should keep moving.
Well at least let's check this gear for water.
Who you suppose left all this? Yeah.
And where are they now? You don't think they're still alive back there, do you? You picking up anything? Any signs of life? Any signs of the undead? If they're still in there, they're not zombies.
Not exactly reassuring.
Yeah, looks like a truck.
We should go.
Well, wait, wait.
I mean don't we want to look inside? [ENGINE RUNNING.]
No, no, no.
Hold your fire.
Don't.
Hold your fire.
Hold your fire.
Say the word, Lieutenant.
We'll light it up.
No, no.
Something's not right.
I think we should go.
Well wait.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Don t you want to see what's inside? I mean it could be full of snacks for all we know.
It could happen! [ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Look! The damn thing's following us.
[ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Whoa.
[ENGINE RUNNING CONTINUES.]
Doc and 10K, cover the cab.
Sarge, if anything bad happens, shoot the tires first and then the engine.
Murphy, stay with Lucy! Don't shoot till I say! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[CLICK.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [THUMPING.]
[YELLING.]
Hello! [ELECTRIC GUITAR THEME MUSIC PLAYS.]
Have mercy, [TWO GUNSHOTS.]
[THUNK.]
Oh, have mercy.
[YELLING.]
Help! [YELLING.]
Murphy! [YELLING.]
Doc! [YELLING.]
Is anybody there?! [THUMPING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[MACHINE GRINDING.]
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
Get the key.
Hurry.
[GROWLING CONTINUES.]
[BLUDGEONING.]
Why'd you kill him? Only one crowbar.
What's going on? What is this place? You don't know? How long have you been here? We just got here.
Right.
Fresh meat.
Just my luck.
And how long you been here? Lost track of time.
A month maybe.
I was with five others.
Something happened.
And a sound.
I'm sure I passed out.
You can't fight the sound.
Just do what they want.
- What who wants? - No one knows.
Just kill anything that moves.
And stay out of my way.
Don't worry.
They want us to clear this elevator.
Who are they? Nobody knows.
[MUFFLED MACHINES AND GROWLING.]
Watch yourself.
Use the key.
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
Not again.
[GRUNTING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SCREAMING.]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Oh shit, Roberta.
The key.
[GROWLING.]
- [SPLAT.]
- [GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLICE.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLICING.]
[SPLAT.]
[SPLAT.]
[SLICE.]
[THWAP.]
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[MUFFLED MACHINES RUNNING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Shit.
I've got to get out of here.
[DOC.]
Warren?! Warren, is that you? Doc? Hey, Doc! Can you hear me?! Loud and clear, chief! Are you okay? I think so.
I'm I'm trapped in some kind of crate.
Yeah, me too.
I think we've been kidnapped and enslaved for evil purposes.
Again! God, I hate when this happens.
Me too.
Have you seen or heard anyone else? Just the two ugly dudes I woke up with.
They were killed on some kind of suicide mission to clear a stairwell of zombies.
And when I killed the last Z, I heard that noise.
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
and I passed out.
[LOUD CLUNK.]
Uh-oh.
Now what? [MACHINE WHINING.]
Doc? Hey Doc, what's happening? They're moving me again! Doc! [MUFFLED.]
Warren! Warren! Doc! [RUMBLING AND THUMPING.]
[MACHINE WHINING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Bastards.
- 10K? - Doc? [BOTH.]
What are you doing here? - What's that smell? - Shhh.
Get the mask and the tape.
[COUGHING.]
[HISSING.]
[DOC AND 10K.]
[COUGHING.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
Awe, come on! [HISSING CONTINUES.]
Some kinda gas.
They must want us to stop these leaks.
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[GROWLING.]
[STAB.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[MURPHY.]
Watch it! I'm in here.
Mysterious morons.
[WARREN.]
Murphy? Murphy, is that you? Warren! Warren! Thank God.
I thought you were all dead Again.
Get me out of here.
No can do.
I'm locked in a crate too.
Well that sucks.
So was this all part of your vision? No.
I tried to walk away.
But part of me knew.
- Who else is there? - US Marines.
Representing.
Doc, but he's gone again.
Lucy? She with you? I'm alive.
Lulu! Are you okay? I'm fine.
And call me Lucy.
Is Warren here? Yes, I'm here.
Don't worry, Lucy.
Will you people shut up.
- I'm trying to sleep.
- Who's that? Fresh meat.
Hard to say how many.
Be quiet.
You'll get us all killed.
[SNARLING.]
Warren? Yeah, sweetheart? Do you feel them? Yes, but not like you do.
[GROWLING.]
- There's a lot of them.
- I know.
But it's not the Zs I'm worried about.
[HISSING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
10K! Wrench! Mask! [GROWLING CONTINUES.]
Got it.
[GROWLING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[BLUDGEONING.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
[COUGHING.]
[WHISPERING.]
I can't be here.
[WHISPERING.]
I can't be here.
Even the zombies are afraid.
Can you tell why? Too many voices.
So many reasons.
What about you, Mr.
Murphy? Picking up anything? No, not me.
My zombie whispering days are over.
I'm cured.
Remember? [MUFFLED SNARLING.]
Careful.
Like pulling a thread from a sweater.
- [HISSING.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
- [THWAP.]
[HISSING CONTINUES.]
Doc! Hang on, Doc! [HISSING CONTINUES.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[LUCY.]
Miss Warren, are you all right? Something's wrong, isn't it? I can't do this.
I can't I can't do this.
Roberta? You okay? - I don't feel so good.
- You don't sound so good.
I can't I can't do this.
Okay, Warren, listen to me.
You cannot freak out.
All right? Look, there's no pressure here.
But if you go wobbly, we all die, okay? There's no freaking in the Apocalypse.
- Warren? - Let me try.
I have some experience with PTSD.
Lieutenant Warren? Lieutenant? Roberta? You're having a panic attack.
Just remember it only feels like it'll kill you.
First thing we got to do is get in control of your breath You're hyperventilating, which is robbing your body of oxygen.
Can you take one long deep breath for me? Can you do that? And as you exhale, start thinking of your happy place.
A place only you know where no one can harm you.
Inhale.
This place, what's it smell like? Smell different? Fresher? And exhale.
How'd you get good at this? My C.
O.
Lieutenant Mueller taught me to meditate.
Had some pretty bad PTSD after spending some time in a tight place.
Actually, nine days in the trunk of a car.
Zombies? Yeah.
My family.
How you doing Lieutenant? Better.
Thank you.
[HISSING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[COUGHING.]
[LOUD CLUNK.]
[HISSING CEASES.]
I think we won or something.
[COUGH.]
Is that our way out? [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[COUGHING.]
- [COUGHING.]
- Doc? Doc, is that you?! Are you all right? Doc's fine.
Just some nerve gas or something.
I'm fine too, thanks for asking.
I wasn't.
- I noticed.
- What happened to you guys? Well, we were just fixing the leaks in hell's plumbing We got to find a way out of here or they're gonna kill us, one by one.
Yeah.
Who's running this show and what is their problem? It's got to be a Zona operation.
Nobody else is so needlessly diabolical.
[FLATULENCE.]
- Sorry kid.
- What? Shhh.
I'm making a friend.
- [SNARLING.]
- Hello, Carson O'Keefe.
- Carson? - That's his name.
Now quiet.
[THUMPING.]
[GROWLING.]
That's right, Carson.
I'm in here.
I'm in here.
Yeah.
I'm in here and I want to get out, Carson.
Can you get me out? Open the door for me and let me out.
That's right, Carson.
Just do it.
- [SNARLING.]
- Do it, Carson.
Open the door and let me out.
Lucy? I'm working here, dad.
[SNARLING.]
That's right, Carson.
You can do it.
- [KNOCK, KNOCK.]
- Open the door.
[SNARLING.]
You must be Carson.
[SNARLING.]
Oh my.
Can you see how to get out of here? No.
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
[YELLING.]
Try to stay awake! Fight it! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[YELLING.]
Fight! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
What are you doing? You're safer in here with me.
[GROWLING.]
- [BLUDGEONING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[THWAP.]
[CLANK.]
We'll live a lot longer if we work together as a team.
I'll hold up my end when the time comes.
I bet you do.
Look, let's just do whatever it is they want us to do and get out of here alive, okay? I don't need more trouble than I got already.
You know there's a good chance we'll never get out of here alive.
Better chance you won't get out of here alive if you don't get out from in front of that door.
I'm not looking for any trouble.
Just some human kindness.
How 'bout a little mercy instead.
Try that again and I will blow your goddamn head off! [LAUGHING.]
[LAUGHING.]
No bullets.
What? No bullets.
I was out of ammo.
[CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.]
[LAUGHING.]
Don't do this.
Do what? [GRUNTING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROANING.]
[GROWLING.]
- [YELLING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[SLAM.]
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[GROWLING.]
[CLUNK.]
[THWAP.]
You know, this whole thing would be a lot more efficient if they just told us what the hell they wanted instead of all this mystery.
[GROWLING.]
[GROWLING.]
Well that's the whole point.
It's the fear of the unknown.
- [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
They're trying to control us through that psychological terror and them creepy sounds.
Yeah, well if we ever get out of here, and that's a big if - [GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
We're gonna have to have a come to Zombie-Jesus moment with Warren.
What does that mean? First of all, she gets us lost in the Not So Great Pile.
Not so great.
- [GROWLING.]
- [THWAP.]
And now we're slaves in the Zombie Funhouse of Death.
Might be time for new leadership.
Yeah, well can we get out of here first? [GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
[SNARLING.]
[SNARLING.]
[YELLING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- [YELLING.]
- No! [YELLING.]
[GROWLING.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[MOTOR RUNNING.]
[CLANK.]
Shall we? [LAUGHING.]
Poor bastard's nearly chopped in half.
[GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
Drop your weapon.
All right.
Okay.
What is Zona doing here? And is this part of The Reset? The what? Answer me or this screwdriver is going through your brainpan.
Is this part of The Reset? And what do you know about the Black Rainbow? - What? - What is the Black Rainbow? I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you insane? Zona doesn't have anything to do with this.
You know how many dead Zona soldiers I've seen down here? This ain't Zona.
If you lie to me It's the truth.
This is bigger than Zona.
This is bigger than the Apocalypse.
If it's not Zona, then who is it? Nobody lives long enough to find out.
They're after something in this complex.
And they're using us to clear the Zs.
We're gonna be Zs too unless we get this gate open like they want.
Okay.
That must be what this is for.
It's jammed.
[SNARLING.]
Uh oh.
We got a live one.
[SNARLING.]
[RIPPING.]
[GROWLING.]
Hold on! I got this! [GROWLING.]
Comin' in hot! [GROWLING.]
[ELECTRIC ZAPPING.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[PATTERING.]
Daylight.
A bird.
Hi, little birdie.
Where'd you come from? - [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- No! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[GROWLING.]
[GASPING.]
It's locked.
[SNARLING.]
Everybody okay? The sergeant isn't waking up.
She'll come around.
Here just raise her head.
Shake her a little bit.
What fresh hell is this? Feedin' time.
Oh, great.
I'm starving.
What's on the menu? [MOTOR STARTING.]
[RATTLING.]
What is that? Dog food.
I love dog food.
It's good.
Not even stale.
Hint of chicken.
Subtle notes of corn.
And fortified.
That's puppy chow.
Mmm.
Puppy chow's my stuff, man.
Oh, remember in Kansas when we were so starved we couldn't even walk? And then we found that fifty pound bag of Gravy Train.
Man, I can taste it now.
Add a little water, warm it up in the sun, and get that gravy going.
That's the next best thing to home cooking.
Hey pal, why are they just milling around like that? They keep them well fed.
But step out of the cage, and they'll attack.
What do they feed them? Not dog food.
The Sarge is waking up.
- Where am I? - Easy.
Still the Apocalypse.
- Oh.
- And we saved you some Puppy Chow.
Oh.
Bird.
Bird! Bird! I saw a bird! It was alive when I got it.
Let me see that bird.
Wait.
If a bird can get in, then there must be a way out of here.
I saw sunlight.
- Murphy? - Hmm? Did you eat the bird? [COUGHING.]
No.
Nevermind that.
Look, she saw daylight, which means we have a chance.
You think you could find your way back there again? If I had a map.
All right.
So we know the stairwell leads to the surface Yeah, I think I saw an emergency exit door off that hallway with hell's plumbing.
Well, either that or it was an actual door to hell.
Okay.
So can you show me where? Well, I think it was like maybe like here.
Right there.
Maybe here? No, I think it was more over here.
We went around three turns.
Yeah, kid's right.
Just stay away from this gate over here.
Torso zombie.
All right, that's a good start.
Anybody else have any other landmarks? There's a long hallway here, and then two sets of revolving doors at the end right there.
The hallway that lead to the stairwell seems longer then the rest maybe, All right.
Well, we'll go to that, take a left, then we'll go right here.
We're going straight up On the right All right then, that's the plan.
You all know what to do.
Memorize this map.
And find your way to the rendezvous point.
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
All right.
We regroup at the stairwell.
And then fight your way to the surface! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
There you are.
All right, we got a rope, a bowling pin, and a blowtorch.
Pick one and come on.
[WHISPERING.]
Warren? [WHISPERING.]
Warren? [WHISPERING.]
Murphy? [WHISPERING.]
Warren? Murphy? Roberta? Warren? [CLICK.]
[RATTLING.]
[GROWLING.]
- [SMACK.]
- [GROWLING.]
- [HITTING.]
- [GROWLING.]
[SPLORCH.]
[SLICE.]
Let's hit it.
You sure this is the right stairwell? I don't hear any birds.
[SPLAT.]
Well, there's your answer.
- Crap.
- Ahh.
Literally.
Where's Lucy? You know what, let's keep moving.
She might be ahead of us.
[WHISPERING.]
Shit.
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
- [YELLING.]
- [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[FOUR CLICKS.]
[ALL.]
Oh, man - Shi - [CLICK.]
Come on.
Well now what do we do? I dunno about you, but I'm just gonna curl up and die.
Nobody's curling up to die, Doc.
Look, I may not know much or pretend to understand what I do know, but I am certain dying here is not our fate.
Well I'm so glad you're certain of something.
So what is our fate if it's not taking out the zombie trash for our invisible captors? I just know something bad is coming.
And I'm supposed to stop it.
I can't tell you why.
I just feel it.
Just like I felt the first time I laid eyes on you, Murphy.
I didn't know the how, why, or any of the what was coming next.
The second I saw you, I knew my job in life was to get you wherever the hell you were going.
Well, when you put it that way.
[CRACK.]
- Daddy, it's me! - Lucy? Look who I found.
You remember Carson.
Hello, Carson.
Okay, come on.
Let's go get the others.
[CRACKING.]
Come on.
Carson said it's this way.
Don't worry.
The zombies won't hurt us.
Quick, before they realize we're gone.
Hustle.
Hustle.
Move! There's a new lock.
I got the key.
Good man.
Wait, Carson.
[GUNSHOT.]
Freeze! I don't want to do this, but we're supposed to stop you.
[SCREAMING.]
No! - [SCREAMING.]
Dad! - [SCREAMING.]
No! [SCREAMING.]
No! Dad! Don't forget who's got the gun here, buddy.
Everyone back to their cage.
- That ain't gonna happen.
- Everyone move now! - [GROWLING.]
- [GUNFIRE.]
[GROWLING.]
Get that door open! [GROWLING.]
Carson! No! Lucy, no! Lucy! [GROWLING.]
Come on! [GROWLING.]
Got it! [GROWLING AND MUNCHING.]
You can't help him now! [LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
Go! Go now! [SHARP NOISE CONTINUES.]
[MOANING.]
Dad.
[MOANING.]
He's bleeding.
Get this off.
[MOANING.]
He's bit.
- But he's immune.
- Not anymore.
Not since he's been cured.
He's not turning yet.
Okay, we can't stay here any longer.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Can you walk? - Yeah, I can try.
- Okay, I need you to.
Okay.
Are you kidding me? Right where we left it.
All our gear is still here too.
Yeah, looks like they kidnapped more victims in the meantime.
Come on, let's get our stuff.
[SHARP NOISE.]
[LOUD SHARP NOISE.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- How's he doing? - Not so good.
He's going in and out of consciousness.
Help him! What do you want to do, Warren? - Warren? - [MUFFLED.]
It's okay.
- [MUFFLED.]
Warren! - [MUFFLED.]
Lieutenant Warren? [MUFFLED SOUNDS.]
[MUFFLED SOUNDS.]