Morning.
- Do I look like I'm infected? - Show us your arm.
Yeah, it's not getting any worse, is it?
If we're out in the open city, why aren't we getting swarmed?
- Don't worry about that. - Well, I'm gonna.
What was Marlene doing with an infected kid?
I'm not infected.
She found me after I was bitten.
- And she didn't shoot you. - Clearly not.
She locked me up and had her guys test me every day
to see if I was getting sick.
Test you how?
- I have to pee. - Test you... how?
They'd make me count to ten and hold out my hand,
and then keep it steady.
But, you know, I think what really impressed them
was the fact that I didn't turn into a fucking monster.
Now can I, please?
Fine.
Back there. You can find a spot.
And, here.
Tear out a few pages.
There's not gonna be anything bad in here?
- Just you. - Oh, funny.
Broken.
Maybe a hairline.
It'll heal fast.
She made it through the fucking night, Joel.
It doesn't matter.
It's gonna happen sooner or later.
All right? We're still close to the wall.
We sneak her back into the QZ.
We find a different way to get the battery.
This is our best shot.
We take her back to the QZ, someone's gonna notice her arm.
They're gonna scan her, then they'll kill her.
Well, better them than us.
You need to stop talkin' about this kid like she's got some kind of life
in front of her.
You hungry?
You can share some of ours.
Thanks. Marlene sent me with my own.
Is that chicken?
Yeah.
Marlene said they get it from smugglers.
Guess not you guys.
- Hey. Hey! - Why...
why are you so important to Marlene?
And don't lie to me or we'll take you back.
You take me back, you don't get your battery.
You heard that?
Then you must've heard that he wants to shoot you.
I'm gonna talk to you like you're an adult.
Okay?
Joel and I aren't good people.
We're doin' this for us
because, apparently, you're worth something.
But we don't know what you're worth,
if we don't know what we have.
So answer my question.
She told me not to tell anybody and now I'm telling the first people...
There's a Firefly base camp somewhere out west...
with doctors.
- They're working on a cure. - I've heard this before.
And whatever happened to me is the key...
Is the key to finding the vaccine. That's what this is?
We've heard this a million times.
Vaccines, miracle cures, none of it works, ever.
Fuck you, man. I didn't ask for this.
You and me both.
This isn't gonna end well, Tess.
We need to go back.
Let's just finish it.
It doesn't matter if she is or she isn't what the Fireflies say.
If they believe that she is, then...
we get what we want.
If she so much as twitches.
Don't.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Can I have a gun?
- Absolutely not. - No.
Okay, Jesus. Fine. I'll have to throw a fucking sandwich at them.
It's clear.
Whoa.
Yeah, looks different in the daylight, huh?
We should get moving.
It's like a fucked up moon.
Is this where they bombed?
Yeah.
They hit most of the big cities like this.
They had to slow the spread somehow.
Worked here, but it didn't in most places.
So the Statehouse is across there.
It's about a ten-minute walk if you could go straight.
- So... - Long way or short way?
I mean, it's the long way or the "We're fucking dead" way.
Well, I vote long way,
just based on that limited information.
We have to check it from the hotel first.
Okay.
Where the fuck are they already?
You'll know it when they're close.
I didn't know last time.
How did you get bit?
You know the old mall in the QZ?
The one that's sealed off and boarded up
and no one's supposed to go in, ever?
That one?
Whatever. I snuck in.
I wanted to see what it was like.
Didn't think there was gonna be anything in there,
and then, one just came at me out of nowhere.
Thought I got away, but...
So it was just you in there alone?
Yeah.
How old are you?
Fourteen.
Wow.
Well, I mean, you got some balls on you, sister.
Thanks.
Nobody's gonna be coming after you, right?
Like Mom, Dad, boyfriend?
I'm an orphan,
and, no.
Everyone said the open city was crazy.
Like, swarms of Infected running around everywhere.
Not exactly like that.
You know, people like to tell stories.
So there aren't Super-Infected that explode fungus spores on you?
Shit, I hope not.
Or ones with split-open heads that see in the dark like bats?
What was that?
Let's keep moving.
You've gotta be kidding me.
You ever stay in a place like this?
No. A little out of our league.
How do you even know what this is?
Have you heard of books?
Wait, are we going in there?
Yeah, we've gotta get to the stairwell on the other side.
Well, I don't know how to swim.
Seriously?
Do you think we have pools in the QZ?
No, smartass, I mean...
I don't know how I was supposed to know that.
This is so gross.
Oh, check it out.
Ding, ding!
Yes, sir. I would like your finest suite, please.
Yes, ma'am. Would you like me to take your luggage?
Yes, ma'am. Right away, ma'am. I...
You're a weird kid.
Oh, fuck me!
I'm sorry.
- Are you okay? - Yep.
Fucking fabulous.
Fuck. Holy shit.
Come on, it wasn't that bad.
You try climbing ten fucking floors with our knees, see how you feel.
Well, when the fuck did that happen?
Maybe that one?
No.
All right. Well, I mean, maybe I could climb up there,
work my way around and open it from the inside.
No. Well, I'm the smallest.
So, it'd be easier for me to get through.
But you die and we get nothing. You stay.
Can you give me a hand?
You good up there?
Yeah.
It's a bit of a mess, so I'm gonna need a few minutes.
Nice knife.
- Where'd you learn to do that? - The circus.
Where are you from?
Texas.
What about Tess?
Detroit. It's in Michigan.
I go to school. I know where Detroit is.
So, you two like a...
Pass.
- How'd you end up in Boston? - Pass.
No more questions about me.
How long do Infected live?
- Oh, I thought you went to school. - It's a really shitty one.
Well, some last about a month or two.
But there's others, been walking around about 20 years.
You ever kill one?
Yeah, I've killed lots of 'em.
Was it hard?
Like, knowing they were people once?
Sometimes.
What about that guy last night?
Put the gun down, Joel.
What now?
There's so many.
The last time we were here,
they were still deep inside the buildings.
But I guess enough people came through looking for the QZ,
and went inside, seeking shelter,
and that's how they get more and more of the city,
bit by bit, year after year.
They're connected.
More than you know.
The fungus also grows underground.
Long fibers, like wires, some of them stretching over a mile.
You step on a patch of cordyceps in one place,
and you can wake a dozen Infected from somewhere else.
Now they know where you are, now they come.
You're not immune from being ripped apart.
You understand?
It's important.
I'm trying to keep you alive.
So we're not going that way.
No.
What do we do then?
Short way?
Museum.
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
Well, there's a way across from the top floor.
Well, then I guess it's fine.
- We used to take it all the time. - Okay.
- Well, it was fine. - Awesome.
It's bone dry.
It could mean they're all finally dead in there.
Oh, man.
Marlene pack you one of these or just sandwiches?
Yeah.
Okay. So, more ground rules.
We're gonna go slowly.
You come up against anything, you get behind us,
and you stay there, okay?
Yes.
I have a spare hand.
Congratulations.
Yeah, cooked.
Finally, some fucking luck.
I guess we should've gone this way in the first place.
Oh, shit.
What the fuck did that?
Maybe...
Maybe he was attacked outside
and crawled through the doors.
The door was open. It could've been him.
I don't hear anything.
Who would you hear?
Are you saying an Infected did that?
Because I've been attacked by one, and it wasn't like that.
Okay, from this point forward, we are silent.
Not quiet, silent.
- Well... - No questions.
Just do it.
They can't see, but they can hear.
Run!
Run! Run!
You all right?
Twisted ankle, but...
yeah.
You all right?
Well, I didn't shit my pants, so...
You fucking kidding me?
I mean, if it was gonna happen to one of us...
Hey, let's get the fuck out of here.
- Put this around your arm. - Thanks.
Over there?
Yeah, I know it looks scary.
That was scary. This is wood.
Just wait there. Give us a minute.
There's probably more ahead.
So we'll deal with it then.
I got it.
What about the kid?
Maybe the first bite didn't take, but what about the second one?
How about you just take the good news?
Can you do that?
Hate to think for once maybe we could actually win?
Just go. Go watch her.
Is it everything you hoped for?
Jury's still out.
But, man, you can't deny that view.
Come on. Let's get there before it's dark.
Where the fuck are they?
Stay back.
Joel?
What the fuck is going on?
I don't know.
They went inside.
- Come on! - Tess.
Tess!
Holy shit.
Jesus.
Okay.
I mean, there's gotta be a fucking radio or something, right?
Who killed them? FEDRA?
No.
One of them got bit.
The healthy ones fought the sick ones. Everyone lost. Tess.
What are you doing?
Where did Marlene say that she was taking you?
Ellie?
- I don't know, just west. - Just west. Fuck.
Okay. Well, I mean, one of them's gotta have a map on them, right?
- Joel? Can you help me? - No!
Tess, it's over.
- We are going home. - That's not my fucking home!
I'm staying.
I mean,
our luck had to run out sooner or later.
Fuck.
She's infected.
Show me.
Joel.
Oops, right?
Take your bandage off.
Look, Joel.
This is real.
Joel, she's fucking real.
I need you to get her to Bill and Frank's.
- No. - They'll take her off your hands.
They'll handle it from here.
No, I can't. They won't take her. They're not gonna take her.
They will 'cause you'll convince them. Yes, you will.
I never ask you for anything.
- Not to feel the way I felt, not to... - No.
Will you shut the fuck up? 'Cause I don't have time.
This is your chance.
You get her there.
You keep her alive.
And you set everything right.
All the shit we did.
Please say yes, Joel. Please.
Oh, fuck!
- How many? - All of them.
Maybe a minute.
What are you doing?
Making sure that they don't follow you.
Joel.
Save who you can save.
No!
We're not leaving her!
Get off me, you fucker!
I'm not going with you!