06x01 - The End Is the Beginning

[bunniefuu]

Should I come and get you... or not?

Yeah.

You won't be together anymore, but you will be alive.

I'm sorry.

If we fight her, we'll die, too.

MORGAN: She can separate us, but she can't make us forget what we did or who we are.

You don't have to do this.

I do.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GRUNTS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BIRD SQUAWKS]

[CAN RATTLING]

[INSECT CHIRPING]

[WALKER GROWLING]

[RATTLING CONTINUES]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

[CAN HISSING]

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[FIRE CRACKLING]

[BUSHES RUSTLING]

Someone there?

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I repeat... is someone there?

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Help, please.

Unh!

Oh, thank God.

Please, you gotta help me.

They've been after me for days.

Who?

I'm not really sure.

Well, it appears you've lost them.

What's your name?

It's Walter.

You hungry, Walter?

Eat.

I'll keep an open eye.

- EMILE: Good, right?
- Mm-hmm.

You know beans were the first staples humans ever cultivated?

They were right there with us at the beginning.

Seems only fitting that we'd be enjoying them as we march toward the inexorable end.

Uh-huh. These are good.

What's in them?

A chef never reveals his secrets.

'Sides, it's my brother's recipe.

Hmph.

He'd probably k*ll me if he knew I spilled the beans.

'Course.

I understand.

Doesn't matter.

These are mighty fine-tastin' beans.

[DOG BARKS]

sh*t.

Easy there, friend. Easy.

Damn hound's been on my ass since Laredo.

Good boy, Rufus.

Good boy, Rufus.

You know his name?

Of course I do. He's my dog.

[GRUNTS]

[DOG GROWLS]

It's Tabasco, Walter.

[GROWLING]

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[GROWLING CONTINUES]

VIRGINIA: You there?

Hello?

I repeat... are you there?

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Who's asking?

Virginia.

I've got a job for you.

It will have to wait.

I have a delivery to make in Galveston.

Gonna burn a lot of gas getting down there.

I'll make sure you never want for it again.

Who are you looking for?

A man named Morgan Jones.

Is Mr. Jones dead or alive?

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I... I don't know.

You will soon.

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- [GROWLING CONTINUES]
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[DOOR CLOSES]

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[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SIGHS]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[g*nsh*t]

[GRUNTS]

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[HOOVES CLOMPING]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[SIGHS]

[WALKER GROWLS]

I'm right here!

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

[GROANING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[ROPE SQUEAKING]

[GRUNTS]

[PILLS RATTLING]

[MARKER THUDS]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[COUGHS]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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sh*t.

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[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

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[GRUNTING]

Wait! Wait.

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Thought you were one of them.

Never seen them walk away from a meal.

[GROANING]

MAN: How long has it looked like that?

Five, six weeks?

I lost track of time.

- How long has it smelled like that?
- Hey, you need to leave.

I used to be a corpsman in the Marines.

Two tours in Afghanistan.

- I saw worse in the field.
- Yeah.

Person who did this... she is still looking for me.

You don't want to get mixed up in this.

That smell?

That's gangrene.

Tissue necrosis.

I know what's going to happen to me.

Doesn't have to happen to you.

I got something for you.

- Hey, I told you, I don't want any...
- I heard you.

Found these in a vending machine.

They're my wife's favorite.

They were hard to come by before.

She would k*ll me if she knew I was giving these away.

But... you look like you could use a boost.

Save them for your wife.

You change your mind, they're right here.

[SIGHS]

My name's Isaac.

No.

I do not want to get to know you.

Yeah, I got that.

Do the dead always ignore you like they did back there?

[DOG BARKS]

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Stay back.

Attaboy.

Suss 'im out, Rufus.

[WALKER GROWLING]

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Who's in there?

Is that you, Mr. Jones?

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No need to fear, my friend.

Just want to have a little chat is all.

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

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No, don't.

Don't.

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ISAAC: Hi, there.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, uh, I don't want any trouble.

Then we won't have any.

This fella didn't eat Mr. Jones, Rufus.

So what is you smellin'?

Have you seen this man?

He could be dead or alive.

If he were alive, he wouldn't be alone.

He would've lost quite a bit of blood.

Why you lookin' for him?

- You answer my question first.
- Look, buddy, I...

It's a part of the social contract.

I say hello, you say hello back.

I ask a question, you answer it before asking one of your own.

I haven't seen him.

Are you sure?

Social contract goes both ways.

What does that mean?

You help me with one of my problems,

I help you with one of your own.

What makes you think I got problems?

We all have problems.

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Do I know you?

I don't think so.

Trust me... I'd remember if I ever met a man with an axe like that.

I don't think I can help you.

Sorry.

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All right, then.

[PAPER RUSTLES]

[DOG BARKING]

[DOG WHINES]

Why is my dog so intrigued?

He's your dog, buddy.

Was anyone else in there with you?

Nope.

[DOG BARKS]

My, my, my.

You sure are sweatin'.

The heat... must be getting to me.

So why don't we go inside so we can cool down?

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[DOG BARKS]

[DOG BARKS]

Scoot, boy.

My dog was compelled hither 'cause this blanket holds the scent of the man I've been looking for.

But you said you hadn't seen him.

I got att*cked by dead out there.

Holed up in here.

O-Ones I didn't k*ll wandered off.

Got tangled up in that when your guy att*cked me.

Ah.

So he's dead then.

'Fraid so.

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ISAAC: Come on!

You're just gonna attract more of them.

I told you they wandered off.

He's probably right down the road.

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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If the man I'm looking for is where you say he is,

I'll uphold my end of the social contract.

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[GROWLING CONTINUES]

[GRUNTS]

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- Hey, you can't...
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's okay!

- Stop.
- It's okay!

- It's not okay!
- The b*llet's still in...

- You can't be in here.
- I can take that out.

I said you gotta go!

The b*llet could be close to your pulmonary artery.

If it fragmented and you move the wrong way,

- you could die.
- I told you...

I know.

- Did you stitch yourself up?
- No.

'Cause no doctor would've left that b*llet in there.

- How did you find this place?
- Your bag.

It had coordinates written in it.

Took a chance.

Why?

Because I need your help.

My wife, she's pregnant.

Eight months, but, uh, contractions started a couple nights ago.

If the baby comes early, it's gonna need oxygen, maybe more.

The rotters surrounded the place my wife's at while I was away.

I tried to push through 'em on the way back, but there were too many.

I was looking for a g*n to clear them with when we met.

A g*n?

Yeah, they're getting harder and harder to come by.

Why? You got a*mo?

All right.

Take this, and then leave.

[GROANS]

It won't work.

Two sh*ts isn't enough.

It's just gonna draw more of 'em.

But you... you could walk us right past the rotters.

- They wouldn't even know you were there.
- I can't help you.

Sure, you can, Morgan.

What?

What is it?

What's wrong?

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How do you know my name?

I saw the tape you made at a truck stop outside Luling.

I wasn't sure if it was you or not outside the thrift shop,

- but all this...
- I don't do that anymore.

- Why not?
- Because I don't.

I just don't.

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Now I need you to leave me be.

[g*n COCKS]

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I'm sorry.

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I'm running out of time here.

I don't have a whole lot of options left.

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I'm gonna need you to come with me.

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- This isn't gonna go...
- [RUMBLING]

[METAL CREAKING]

Aah!

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[DOG BARKING]

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[CHUCKLES]

Good boy, Rufus.

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

[GRUNTS]

Isaac!

You lied to me.

You lied to me!

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Over here!

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

Over here!

The g*n!

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You already dead.

I can see it.

I can smell it.

Morgan, do it! sh**t him!

- [g*nsh*t]
- [GRUNTS]

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The truck.

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[GRUNTS]

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[ENGINE STARTS]

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[TIRES SQUEAL]

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[TIRES SCREECH]

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[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

We're gonna have to take the long way around.

I'm going back.

What did you say?

He'll be gone.

Walkers won't bother me, and I can salvage what's left.

He's not gonna stop looking for you.

He's probably already on our trail.

Forget that place. It's done.

It is not.

Can't be.

What's the matter with you?

Why would you risk going back to that place?

That tower is the only reason why I'm still breathing.

Oh, so you've lost your secret hideout.

Guess what... it wasn't that secret.

That dog found you in less than a day.

And whether that assh*le kills you or not, you're gonna be dead soon anyway.

The tower wasn't for me.

Who was it for?

You asked me if I stitched myself up.

I did not.

Somebody else did.

Who?

I don't know.

I was sh*t. I was... barely hanging on.

Walkers were about to tear me apart.

Then I heard g*nshots.

Walkers dropped.

I blacked out.

Woke up later, and...

I was patched up.

And whoever did that, they left me this.

What message?

It don't matter.

Whoever you were fixing that place up for, I'm guessing it was to keep them safe.

It's not gonna do that now.

It probably never was.

But where I'm going, where my wife is, it is safe.

Whoever you were setting that tower up for, they'd be safe there, too.

And why would you do that for me?

You get me to my family, and I will take care of yours.

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Okay. Let's go.

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You really thought you could fit everyone in that tower?

It wasn't for everyone.

Who made the cut?

John? Alicia?

It was Grace.

Pad Thai?

- Books at double-speed?
- Yeah.

- I thought she was...
- Everybody did.

She wasn't.

She was pregnant.

I found out the night I got sh*t.

And everyone else?

What happened to them?

Ginny split you up, didn't she?

Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, now.

Is there something you're not telling me?

You knew my name.

And now you know hers?

I get what you're thinking.

I'm thinking this is bullshit, and you are leading me straight back to her.

Now, why would I do that?

I ran away from her, too.

I used to be one of her rangers.

I should've told you, but I didn't think you'd trust me.

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You're right.

But I wasn't lying before.

I did see your tape.

I was on patrol.

And you were giving away what Ginny was charging people their freedom for.

Thought there was no way that could work.

Well, you're right again, 'cause it didn't.

Well, it did for me.

When my wife got pregnant, I realized that future Ginny was building,

I didn't want my kid to have to pay the price it was gonna cost.

But what you were doing... at least what you were trying to do... seemed a whole lot better.

So my wife and I ran away to do the same.

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Is that where we're going now?

Someplace you think that can happen?

Oh, I know it can.

And you can be a part of it.

But you gotta let me take that b*llet out.

Told you, it's too late.

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You and I know that's not true.

You're leaving that in there

'cause you think you deserve it.

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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There it is.

I tried to lead the rotters away... but that keeps drawing 'em back.

[METAL SQUEAKING]

And there's no good place to take 'em.

You get these to my wife.

Her name's Rachel.

[SIGHS]

This place is not safe.

Virginia's gonna find her.

- She won't.
- How can you be sure?

'Cause I never found it even when I was one of her rangers.

Even if someone does, we fortify that gate, no one's getting past that wall.

You better get a move on.

What are you gonna do?

There's another way in through the mountains.

It's gonna take at least a couple days.

Hopefully I get there before the baby does.

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Here.

[GROANS]

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Be careful.

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Thank you, Morgan.

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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[SIGHS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

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[GROANS]

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[g*nsh*t]

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[GRUNTS]

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Keep going!

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Hey!

I'm right here.

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I'm right here.

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[GRUNTING]

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[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

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Hey.

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I think... I think this is better coming from you.

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My grandpa used to bring me fishing at a lake around here when I was a kid.

So where's the lake?

We're standing in it.

There used to be water filling this valley far as you could see.

Huh.

When the dam gave, it uncovered all this.

You look at a map, all you see is a lake.

Huh.

That's why she'll never find it.

Huh?

[WOMAN GROANING]

Oh, no.

Isaac...

- I got here as fast as I could.
- You okay?

Now I am... knowing you are.

The contractions, they're getting closer.

It's okay. I'm here now.

Rachel, this is Morgan.

He helped me get back here.

How far apart are the contractions?

A few minutes.

Well, we gotta get ready.

This baby's coming.

Won't be much longer now.

Whenever my grandpa used to take me fishing, he'd always tell me this crazy story about how they flooded a town to make the lake.

I thought he was pulling my leg.

But when Rachel and I came here looking for his fishing cabin, we found this instead.

It was here all along.

World just had to end for us to find it.

[CHUCKLES]

There's water here.

Soil's rich from all the silt.

We can rebuild this place.

No, no, no, no.

No.

But you can.

I survived something most people don't.

'Cause I knew there was something I had to do.

Thought the water tower was it, but maybe I was wrong, you know?

Maybe...

Maybe it was all about getting you here.

[CLATTERING IN DISTANCE]

[DOG BARKS]

He found us.

RACHEL: Isaac, what is that?

Who's out there?

Emile.

Not the first time Ginny's used him to find someone.

Stay here.

Morgan, stop.

He's not here for you. He's here for me.

I won't let you do this, not after you got me here.

Hey, you just do what you said.

My people, you find them, you bring 'em here.

[CLATTERING CONTINUES]

You take care of your family.

And mine.

Morgan, you can't let it end like this!

He only fights 'cause people pay him!

You got something to fight for!

Isaac...

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Stay with me.

[CLATTERING CONTINUES]

[RACHEL MOANING]

[DOG BARKING]

Even I can smell you from a mile away.

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Hey, I can't fight you.

I'm what you came for.

Virginia can have it.

Long as you leave the other people here alone.

This isn't a negotiation.

I'm trying to make it easy.

That's got to count for something.

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You make a good point.

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Consider it a deal.

All right.

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[GRUNTS]

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You won't even feel this.

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[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

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[GRUNTS]

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Isaac, get up.

Get inside.

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[PANTING]

You can't die, Morgan.

You have to do what we said with this place.

Your people...

- That's what you're gonna do.
- I can't.

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Oh, no.

Got bit coming back in here the first time.

Before I went looking for the g*n.

Wasn't about getting me back here, Morgan.

It was about getting you here.

I can't.

That's why it didn't work before.

- I can't be who they need me to be.
- I changed.

So can you.

Morgan.

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[GRUNTING]

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[GRUNTS]

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[GROANS]

Aah!

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[GRUNTS]

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[GRUNTS]

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[GROANS]

You couldn't do it then... and you won't do it now.

[COUGHS]

[GROANS]

That message...

You know what I told them?

Told them to live.

Just live.

[BABY CRYING]

You should g... You should go meet your kid.

I think you're right.

I'm just gonna...

I'm gonna rest right here.

You know? And just...

[PANTING]

Ugh!

RACHEL: He insisted he take it out.

He didn't think you'd mind.

A boy or a girl?

A girl.

We have a daughter.

Yeah.

We named her Morgan.

It was Isaac's idea.

Huh.

And where is he?

I should, uh...

I-I should thank him.

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I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him.

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[WALKER GROWLING]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

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[GROWLING CONTINUES]

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[BRAKES SQUEAL]

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

Virginia?

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[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHING]

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If you're there... if you can hear me...

I want you to listen and listen good.

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I thought I needed you to be dead for this to work.

But I don't.

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I just need them to think you are.

Which they will.

'Cause if you even try the tiniest bit to convince them otherwise, I will add them to this pile.

One by one.

Do you copy?

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MORGAN: Morgan Jones is dead.

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And you are dealing with somebody else now.

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MAN: Load up!

Move it! Now!

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[HORSE SNORTS]

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[BIRD SQUAWKS]

[WALKER GROWLING]

[CAN RATTLING]

[CAN HISSING]

He should have been here by now.

There are gonna be more.

We can't stick around.

We need that key.

We're gonna have to wait somewhere else.

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We're all after the same thing.

People need to feel safe.

And we're gonna make sure they do.

An example will need to be made.

Our friends are still inside Virginia's communities.

We'll find everybody.

And go where?

We don't have much time.

We have enough.

I thought you want luck.