Z Nation

Millions of damn zombies on the march and me without a B-52.

A few well placed nukes and the human race is back in business.

Oh, don't talk to me about collateral damage.

The death of the few for the good of the many.

I know, I know. I'm talking out of my ass again.

I'm not nuking anybody.

Not today anyhow. But a man can dream, right?

Meanwhile, I guess it's up to Operation Bite Mark

to save humanity.

I'd feel a hell of a lot better if I knew where they were.

Pretty good, right dog?

Awww, you don't know.

Is this entire state uphill?

Where are we anyway?

According to this map, we're in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

I miss the truck.

At least we're out of that damn horde.

There's nothing to kill out here.

That's fine by me.

We need to find a place to make camp soon.

My dogs is getting tired.

Well there's supposed to be a little town nearby

called Edgemont.

I'll take a compass reading at this next ridge up here.

Can't we just take a break?

A quick one.

Oh my God.

Look.

Now who in the hell did that?

Some daredevil with a sick sense of humor.

Is that Mount Rushmore?

This is why we can't have nice things.

Probably the same jackass that tagged the Liberty Bell.

I think it's awesome.

If I ever catch who did that, they're gonna get a whoopin'.

Come on. Let's find that town. It's gonna get dark soon.

I thought we were taking a break.

Break time's over.

We've been walking for hours.

Admit it, Columbus, you're lost.

Give it a rest, Murphy.

Warren knows where she's going.

You know where you're going, Warren?

Well we should've hit the town by now.

And for the record, Columbus was lost when he discovered America.

Yeah, and look how that turned out.

Check this out.

That's not a town.

Well now being Doctor Brightside for the moment,

maybe there's something useful inside.

Yeah.

Let's check it out.

Oh, just like home.

You know what,

this actually might be a safe place for us to get some rest

and load up on some supplies.

I could use an hour's sleep.

Hey. Doc, get the door.

Why do they still lock doors?

Luckily I have a skeleton key.

Well being Doctor Darkside,

we are not gonna find much food or ammo in here.

Yeah.

If we wanted industrial pipes, this would be the place to be.

I don't like this.

Oh, look.

Hey, hey, hold on. You can't just drink that.

What do you think this is the local piggly wiggly?

That could be some kind of

you know industrial type water that'll rot your insides.

Spare me the details.

Shhh, over there.

Take cover. Come on.

Everybody sit quietly.

Sorry.

It got away from me.

If I die because you farted, I am taking you with me.

Shhh.

What in the livin' hell?

It's glowin'.

It's like a zombie ghost.

Why is he glowing?

He's got friends.

Shoot.

Don't touch them!

Back away from the Zs! It's not safe!

No! Don't touch them!

Are they contagious?

Radioactive.

Radioactive? How is that possible?

I'll show you.

There you go.

This is gonna be one of them days, ain't it?

Yep.

If you don't mind my asking,

what were you folks doing wandering out there

near the reactor?

We were lost.

We weren't lost.

Our vehicle ran out of gas 20 miles from here.

We took a shortcut through the woods so we could avoid the Zs.

You're not lost anymore.

Welcome to Edgemont, South Dakota.

Population three,

not counting you.

Name's Wilbur Grady. This is my daughter, Amelia.

Nice to meet you.

Nice meeting you.

I'm Roberta Warren. This is Murphy.

And that's Cassandra. And this is 10K in the back.

Is he okay?

No.

Radiation poisoning.

I'm fine.

Let's get you folks checked out and get you some food.

Our place is just around here down the road a little ways.

What are these?

Iodine.

Oh.

It'll keep the radiation from accumulating in your thyroid.

Yeah, right.

Looks like you're still within safe levels.

But you're lucky we came along when we did.

Most of the Zs around here are highly radioactive.

As if being brain-eating zombies wasn't bad enough.

Okay. Question.

Shouldn't we be in one of these suits too?

Radiation levels aren't too bad out here.

But you'll probably get cancer in twenty years.

Somehow that's way down on my list of worries.

Yeah, but our more immediate problem

is the reactor core melting down.

We don't fix it soon,

then everything within a 300 mile radius will be glowing.

Not just the Zs.

Okay, well

it's been nice meeting you.

We have places to be,

places at least 300 miles from here.

Good luck with that.

Every vehicle in town is gone

or can't be driven.

Then I guess we better start walking.

You won't make it.

We have less than 48 hours

before the core starts to melt down.

Why are you still here?

Because there's still a chance to shut this thing down

and save a big chunk of God's country from being irradiated

for the next 10,000 years.

Besides

I'm already a goner.

Well what about your daughter?

Did she sign up for this suicide mission too?

I am sticking around to help my dad.

I told her I didn't need her help,

but she wouldn't listen.

I'm a pilot.

I'll fly us out of the hot zone.

Well perfect.

We'll just hitch a ride.

Yeah.

As you can see there's only room for one passenger.

And I have enough bullets for all of you,

so don't go getting any ideas.

Mister Grady, Wilbur.

I know it doesn't look like it, but this man...

this man is the only known survivor of a zombie bite.

Thought there was something wrong with him.

His blood carries antibodies for the zombie virus.

He's our last best hope for humanity.

Yeah right, and I'm the Easter bunny.

Show him.

Oh my God.

Now look, man.

This dude here's the real deal.

And a lot of people got killed getting him this far.

So tell us what we need to do to shut down that reactor

so we can be on our way.

Unless of course you have eggs to lay Mister Bunny.

Okay, here's the plan.

I need to get to the control room

to see if I can figure out why the fuel rods

aren't dropping down to the cooling pool

to stop the reaction.

I haven't been able to get in there

cuz of this gauntlet of zombies.

That's where I need your help.

Killing zombies, that's what we do.

Radiation levels are only slightly elevated

outside the containment building.

So you should be safe for at least two minutes.

Long enough to get me to the door

before you have to retreat back here.

Use whatever you have to keep the Zs from getting too close.

They're very contaminated.

One hug and you'll be dead in a few hours.

Don't hug the zombies.

Got it.

You two stay here.