"We have brought upon us our own destruction, my beloved." "It was without form and void." "Unto the heavens and they had no light." "I looked and behold, there was no man." "I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert." "And its cities were laid in ruins before the lord." "Before his fierce anger for thus, said the lord," ""the whole land shall be desolation."" "Jeremiah, chapter 4:23-27." "It is said by the unwise, by the unbelievers that death comes to us in the visage of a reaper harvesting his crops with a great scythe." "But we've been taught differently." "For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable." "And this mortal body must put on immortality." "Behold." "Hey there." "Just this stuff and..." "Let's make it... $12.92 in gas." "By an epidemic, an epidemic of sin." "We have brought upon us our own destruction, my beloved." "I am the resurrection and the life, whoever believes in me though he die yet shall he live." "I love him." "How can you love somebody you've never met?" "Don't over-pump." "You have a nice day too." "And honey, be careful, there are crazies out there." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey you, please!" "Please you have to help me!" "You have to help me, no, no, no, come on." "Okay, okay, okay." "Can you please help him?" "He's not contagious is he?" "Hey hey hey hey hey hey." "Okay wait, your name is Richard Hanna." "We've been married 10 years, come on, remember?" "Stay with me, stay with me." "What's your name, sweetie?" "Um, Dee, I'm Dee." "He's dying, isn't he?" "I don't know, Dee, maybe we should take him to the hospital." "No, emergency room was overflowing, people everywhere." "He wanted to try somewhere else and um, I shouldn't have listened to him." "I think running made it worse." "Mommy, what's a Sisyphus?" "Dee, let me call an ambulance, okay?" "I'm sorry, I don't know what else to do." "That was a nice thing you did for that lady." "Your detritus." "Hi." "Hey Kirbs." "What's up?" "Just checkin' in with you." "Hey did you know the family from the hills have eyes opened a gas station?" "On your way?" "You betcha." "Maybe sometime you'll let me come to your place." "Let's uh, not have this conversation for the millionth time." "I could meet your friends." "They're all jerks." "Could cook you my pizza rolls." "Real pizza, my treat." "You don't sleep well in my bed." "I'm not going there to sleep." "You just winked to the phone, didn't you?" "Maybe." "Fine, you just got me wondering if you've got heads in your freezer." "Uh huh." "Wait, I'm coming up on another one." "There's an outback." "A rendezvous just rolled past my place." "Oh my god." "Oh wait, here's another one." "It's a breeze." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Damn it." "Shit." "God damn-it." "License and registration." "No bullshit please." "Having ourselves a little road trip are we?" "Skills like that you'll make detective in no time." "Hey, I have the same phone as you." "Miss Lane." "Don't sneak up on me like that!" "Do you know why I pulled you over today?" "To protect everybody else on the road?" "Everyone's a comedian, huh?" "I wrote you up for speeding and dangerous operation." "That's a $500 fine." "But there's nobody else to endanger, come on!" "Listen, I'm too tired to argue with you, so um, how 'bout this?" "I will agree to tear up your citation if you agree to take a nap for 60 minutes and decide to drive slow for the rest of your trip." "Really?" "60 minutes, I want your word." "Sold." "I'll radio in that I let you off with a warning." "You drive safely now." "Please, please, please, please, please." "Thank you for calling Northstar, this is Max, am I speaking to Kirby Lane?" "Yes." "How can I help you tonight, miss Lane?" "This piece of shit car won't go." "Okay, miss Lane, I understand this is a taxing situation." "I go out and I get all this turbo this, road side that, and then when I need the car, it craps on itself and dies." "Now miss Lane, I'm sure it's not dead." "It has big Xs where the headlights used to be." "Okay, well, let's see what we have here." "Okay, have you been doing routine maintenance?" "Tire pressure, changing the oil?" "Yes?" "Uh huh, I see." "Are you hurt or in any danger?" "I think I heard some wolverines earlier." "Well, according to our records, miss Lane, that SUV of yours is the next best thing to a tank." "You should be fine." "But uh, looks like your transmission's fried." "I'm stuck in neutral." "All right, I'll put a call in for a tow truck, but based on your location, it's gonna be a few hours." "Hours?" "Maybe I should just walk." "Don't be a hero, miss Lane." "Just sit tight, okay, help is on the way." "Thanks tons." "I'll check in on you later, miss Lane." "Thank you for using Northstar." "Thank you," "Mr. personality." "Call voice mail." "Calling voice mail." "You have no messages." "Jesus!" "Dammit." "Shit!" "Where the fuck are you?" "Car broke down and the stupid tow truck is taking the scenic route." "You wanna go to video?" "You bet I do." "You look a little wobbly." "Well I am feeling a little frisky." "I've had a long day, sweetie, and my phone's about to die, so..." "Sounds like somebody needs to unwind a bit." "I can help you with that you know." "I specialize in getting you to unwind." "Besides, what else are you gonna do 'til the tow truck gets there?" "I cannot wait to be with you." "Thank you for calling north... where the fuck is my tow truck?" "I've been waiting for hours." "Miss Lane?" "Great, world champion of customer service." "Lemme talk to someone else." "I'm the only one here." "Yeah, you mean you're the only one there willing to talk to me." "No, I mean I'm the only one here." "Where's that damn tow, Max?" "Well?" "I don't know what's going on, miss Lane," "I put the order in last night for a dispatcher and, look, I just sent another one." "But I'm getting no response." "Well, what am I supposed to do, hitch a ride on a camel?" "Can you flag down another car?" "I think I took the exit to the "twilight zone."" "Miss Lane, I've got some bad news." "For a change?" "I'm gonna have to call you back in a second." "Sit tight, okay?" "Fine." "I have no idea what I'm doing." "Hello?" "Jesus, mister, are you sick?" "Whoa man, don't come any closer!" "Back off or else I'm gonna brain you with this thing." "Jesus Christ!" "I'm sorry!" "Um, oh Jesus are you dead?" "Listen, I'm sorry, you wouldn't listen to me and I..." "God, I'm so sorry." "Jesus!" "Fuck!" "Max, a tow truck would be past wonderful right now." "Why, what's happened?" "There's a man, there's a crazy man." "Okay Kirby, stay calm, keep the doors locked and the windows up, okay?" "Christ, there's another one!" "Jesus, they're coming out of everywhere." "Look, I know this is gonna sound stupid right now, but you need to stay calm." "Calm?" "Max..." "I just buried my wrench through the forehead of this man, and he's still banging on my window." "I know." "You know?" "How do you know?" "Well, we've been getting reports like this all day." "Something sort of crazy is happening." "You can say that again." "Some kind of outbreak." "It's making people crazy." "Just stay in the car, Kirby, all right?" "Help is on the way." "Kirby?" "What?" "What happened?" "I just got rescued by the cast of deliverance." "One of them's coming this way, I gotta go." "Wait, Kirby." "You bit?" "What?" "You look clean enough." "What are you doing out here?" "Waiting for my tow truck." "Tow truck?" "Call me the captain of the obvious, but I don't think it's coming." "Fucking head exploded man." "Dirty, dirty fucking shit out there." "So how many kills you get today?" "Lost count." "Whatever it was, it was a damn sight more than miss pinky over here." "Bullshit." "Bullshit?" "I'm not not talking about winging some fuckers," "I'm talking about kill shots." "Kill shots, huh?" "Why don't you go see if our girl's hungry?" "Don't mind if I do." "Hungry?" "Look who's decided to join the party." "Park your little butt fireside." "What's on the menu?" "Barbecue." "It's something." "Try it out, baby." "It's kinda flat." "Oh, she's a pretty one, isn't she?" "That's it." "Then nothing." "That's disgusting." "Hey, don't knock it till you've tried." "You actually eat them?" "Well, hell, everything's got its uses, even them." "You sure you don't want none?" "Thanks, I had ears for lunch." "Intestinal lining?" "It's chicken noodle soup." "Aren't you afraid that you're gonna like... what?" "Turn?" "Been watching too much TV, girl." "Only way you can turn is by getting bit." "And that's why we all got a pact with each other." "What kinda pact?" "Death pact." "Any one of us gets bit, falls to the others do the job before we become like them." "Mm, aw, that's the stuff." "I'll take your word for it." "So where'd they come from?" "Ya know, like why, why are they like that?" "I dunno." "Just woke up one day and the whole world went to hell." "Where you headed?" "City." "Talk about hell." "Why?" "Shit, that whole place is crawling with creepers." "There's gotta be some help though." "What about the government?" "Shit, government." "You trust them?" "Gotta trust something?" "How the hell do you know they're not the ones that caused this in the first place?" "I'd say it was those damn liberals." "You think everything was liberals." "Yeah, that's 'cause almost everything is." "With their doctors and their scientists trying to play god, well, you reap what you sow." "Here we go." "Be not deceived, god is not mocked, for whatsoever a man reapeth he shall also sow." "Galatians 6:7." "Okay." "That's all this is." "God's little way of reminding us he's still in charge." "Yeah, well, I don't think god has anything to do with this." "No?" "Probably a democrat too." "I'm not discussing that with you, okay." "I knew it, goddamned liberal here in our midst." "All right, enough already, ravage." "Blondie here's our guest." "I don't know, never did much trust a woman who's afraid to eat a little meat." "He ain't coming." "What?" "You still waiting on that tow truck, but uh, I think he's got problems plenty of his own." "Drink?" "No thanks." "More for me." "So, you know, we should just go ahead and get started." "Get started?" "God, I don't think so, man." "Oh, that's no way to be." "After all, I did save your life." "I'm outta here." "Fucking bitch." "I warned you." "Got me a feisty one here." "Hey, game on, smokes?" "Stay back." "You're looking at this all wrong, Blondie." "I mean, this is not like something that I wanna do." "But we gotta breed." "The very survival of the human race is depending on it." " Really?" " Yeah." "Wow." "I've heard some lines in my life but... wow!" "Just grab her ass." "I call seconds." "No!" "Stop!" "Get off!" "Drop the gun." "Nobody move." "She shot my dick off!" "Keys." "Don't fuck with me." "Outta bullets, huh?" "No!" "Are you still drinking water?" "I'm alone out here." "I'm with you, don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." "No, you jerk, the sick people." "They were here before and now they're not." "Maybe they're planning a surprise party for you." "Listen, I'm gonna walk." "What?" "To Vincent." "He's in the city and I'm worried about him." "Stay put." "Can't live forever on popcorn and Pepsi." "Someone will come for you." "If I can't drive myself, I'm walking." "If you walk away, it's suicide." "It's like 50 miles to the next rest area." "There's not much choice." "What if they come back?" "If you walk all that way before nightfall, what if it's not safe?" "I'm not just gonna sit here and wait to die, okay?" "I'm alone out here, the tow truck is not coming, and my car's dead so, Vincent will wait for me." "It's 'cause of me he's still in the city." "Look, monitor the radio, get online," "I'm sure there's shelter." "Are you okay?" "I just killed somebody." "Do you have a first aid kit?" "Those assholes are sneaky." "I need a life boat." "Hey Max." "Yeah?" "Looks like you're coming with me." "Let's go." "Wishing I got a Prius about now." "Hello?" "Kirby, I'm really glad..." "Vincent, are you there?" "Hey, hey, you're breaking up and my phone's almost dead." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Damn it!" "Break time." "You there, Max?" "Go ahead, Kirby." "I'm running out of water." "I know it's hard, but you need to make sure you take small sips twice an hour." "If you can ration yourself, you can go a lot longer." "Did you read that in a manual or something?" "It's just what they told us to say in training class." "Right, I think we're going to have to go way off book for this one." "Yeah." "Where's your accent from anyway?" "Essex originally." "You sound like James Bond." "Or K.I.T.T. From "knight rider."" "I hear that one a lot." "What's it like where you are?" "Bad." "It's worse than yesterday." "More of them seem to be coming every hour." "You safe?" "We have a barricade up, it seems to be holding for the moment." "So now what?" "What?" "How 'bout a game, help pass the time?" "Um, I'm not good with games." "Come on." "I don't know." "How 'bout guess that movie." "Never heard of that one." "It's a game where I give you a famous movie quote and you guess the movie." "Okay, you go first." "Okay, here's an easy one." ""Open the pod bay doors, Hal." ""Open the pod bay doors."" "A space odyssey." "See?" "And you said you weren't good at this." "It was a lucky break." "Your turn." "Hold on, let me think." "Hurry." "Okay, I've got one." ""From hell's heart I stab at thee."" "Easy, Star Trek ii:" "Wrath of Khan." "That's correct." "I would have also accepted Moby dick." "That's a book." "It's a movie, too." "So what did you do for a living before?" "I'm a dancer." "Disco?" "Ballet." "Anything I might have seen?" "Did you ever go to the ballet?" "No." "Then you just answered your own question." "Hey Max, yeah?" "Have you lost anybody?" "You know." "Not yet, but I'm worried." "Sure." "I hope." "Are you married?" "I have a wife and son." "They're safe for now." "My neighbor has a bomb shelter they're holding up in." "How come you're not with them?" "Then who'd be here with you?" "Oh really?" "This thing came on us so fast." "I was already here when it started." "And now unless I can find an army tank lying around in the office, I'm cut off from them." "Sucks." "It's enough to know that they're safe." "A bomb shelter, huh?" "That's convenient." "It's ironic how I always made fun of him for it." "But now..." "Yeah." "The world has changed." "A lot." "Hey Max, I just thought of something." "What's that?" "When my battery dies I'm gonna lose you." "Don't think about that now." "We'll figure something out." "Oh yeah." "Hey Kirby, everything okay?" "There's something out there." "Like what?" "I don't know, it looks like it's in the road." "I'm gonna go take a look." "Kirby, stick to the plan." "Remember, don't leave the life boat." "Quit being such a pussy." "I was just, I was just telling you where I'd be." "Look, Kirby, I have to lock things down here." "But do me favor, when you get back, let me know, okay?" "Hello?" "911." "Max?" "Who's this?" "Marilyn Monroe." "You doing okay?" "I hadn't heard from you for awhile, so I wanted to check in and make sure you're okay." "I was worried about you." "Hi!" "Hey baby." "Hey." "Oh my god!" "Hey, fuck off!" "Well that wasn't very nice." "Just thought you could use some help." "Hey, sorry." "I thought you were um, one of them." "Car trouble is it?" "Yeah, how'd you guess?" "What you need are a couple of pack mules to pull you along." "You don't know where I can get some pack mules, do ya?" "Like an old horse and buggy." "Simple as paint." "How do you get 'em to move?" "That's the fun part." "Thanks." "Don't mention it." "You know, I can't really pay you for this." "No need." "We survivors gotta stick together." "Sounds good to me." "My place ain't far from here." "I reckon you could use a shower and a hot meal." "Wouldn't say no." "Come on, pull!" "Mindless sons-of-bitches!" "Come on!" "Hey Kirby, you there?" "I'm here." "You were moving, I've been calling for hours." "Oh you were worried about me?" "You're sweet, Max." "Just so glad to hear that you're okay." "So my driver found you?" "He never radioed in." "No." "Then how?" "Let's just call it horsepower, leave it at that." "Well should I still bother you with a tow?" "Kirby?" "Huh?" "Oh, yeah." "I don't know much longer this current situation's gonna hold up." "Git!" "Come on, pull!" "Pull, you mindless sons-of-bitches!" "Pull!" "Stop!" "Stop, you sons-of-bitches." "Git!" "Watch that basket." "Get back!" "Get back!" "Well, here it is." "Home sweetest home." "Ezekiel M. Harrison, PHD." "Oh, she's so pretty." "Sorry." "Shower's down the hall." "Help yourself to whatever you want from the fridge." "Mm." "Git!" "Sons-of-bitches!" "Git, git, git!" "Why do you feed them?" "Because they're hungry." "Must bring 'em some pleasure." "Some peace." "Do you really think they have feelings?" "Feelings?" "Well, let's see." "Feel that?" "Feel that?" "I don't think she can feel that." "No?" "How 'bout this?" "Little disembowelment for ya." "Feel that?" "Oh god." "Come a little bit closer." "Leave me be." "I don't think you should stay here." "No?" "And where would I go?" "You could come into the city with me." "And what is in the city?" "Survivors?" "Answers?" "Nah." "Not me." "You should go." "Listen, I can't just leave... no really." "Take what you want from the house." "I just," "I gotta be alone now." "Come on." "Well Max, really fucked this one up." "What can I say?" "Hey Kirbs..." "You know I specialize in helping you" "unwind." "Where are you?" "I miss you so much." "Can't wait." "It's been so long." "Now let me see you." "Just bear in mind, in a few short hours," "I'll be licking you all over." "He was never any good for you anyway." "But you already knew that." "Dee?" "Come on, Dee, don't make me do this." "You'll get hurt, Dee." "Come on!" "Oh!" "This is Max." "Max?" "Good news." "What's that noise?" "I'm coming to get you." "You are?" "Yep, then we're gonna go get your family." "Sit tight." "In your face!" "This stupid gun won't work." "Not yet." "You know things are bad when a girl can't even get attention from the vultures." "This is gonna suck, isn't it?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah." "You with me, Maxwell?" "Don't worry, Max," "I'm coming." "Come on, you motherfuckers!" "Bring it!" "You fucking dick shooter!" "Fucking finish me!" "Fuck it, I'll do it myself." "Fuck you!" "The fuck's wrong with you?" "I see how it is." "Miss hardcore, huh?" "Please, come on!" "You can't let me turn." "Please!" "Mervin?" "Jesus, don't shoot." "Who are you?" "Hi, I'm Hillary from clerical." "I'm so..." "It was quiet so I thought I'd come down and scavenge for supplies." "There more of you?" "Yeah, there's several of us holding up on the roof." "We need to get off this roof." "And go where?" "We're in the safest place we could be." "No we're not." "Where we gonna go?" "!" "There are hordes of these things out here." "Who left you in charge anyway?" "No one." "But I know we stand a damn sight better chance if we stick together." "All right?" "You know this." "Max?" "Wait." "I know that voice." "My god, are you okay?" "How did you get here?" "I'm alive." "That's all that matters, right?" "Told you I'd come back for you." "Yeah, you did, didn't you?" "They're coming." "Quick, take positions!" "Everyone grab a weapon!" "Hey," "you'll do better with these." "You know how to use one of those?" "No." "Nothing to it." "Take that end point it at the bad guy and squeeze the trigger." "You know what's crazy?" "We've been fighting these guys off the last couple of nights." "And each time they come back, there's twice as many." "May not be smart, but they are persistent." "I got one!" "Yeah, but you need to shoot them in the head." "Oh." "You're good at this." "Had a lot of time to practice while I was waiting for that tow truck that never came." "Sorry about that." "Be right back." "I got a head shot!" "That's great, but we gotta move." "We need a way down." "That'll do." "What, jump?" "Trash bags will break your fall." "Fuck that, no." "Oh shit!" "I'm okay." "Okay, everybody off the edge." "You too, Max." "Ladies first." "Shit!" "Hold up!" "Max needs a minute." "He's changing." "No, no he's just, we..." "lady, we gotta go." "No, I came too far for this." "Max, stay with me." "Listen, I can save him, I just need something hot and something metal." "Come on there's gotta be something we can use, just look around!" "There's nothing we can do." "We have to go!" "Max, look at me." "Go," "Kirby." "I'm out of here." "Wait for us." "I went through hell and back to find you." "I'm not gonna leave you now." "Go, now." "This can't be how it ends." "This isn't the end." "Not for you." "Keep moving, Kirby." "Don't stop." "And they'll never get you." "Goodbye, Max." "Hey." "Hi." "Hey." "Aww..." "You wanna come with me?" "Just keep moving, Kirby." "Follow the road." "She shot my dick off!"