Zone Drifter

Hey!

Come on!

I need you right here.

Okay.

We're gonna storm that bunker.

If you move fast enough, they won't see you.

Go!

I'm out.

I'm out of ammo!

When the armies of Victoria and Seattle

attacked our western borders,

we fought together on the front lines.

Wave after wave of infantry

smashed their way through our defenses.

The Sons kept in constant formation,

sweeping the streets,

burning and grinding the gears of war.

When our squad was hit by an ambush,

he gained rank and became a guiding force.

We dug in, put our faith in him.

For days they rained down small arms and firebombs.

But because of him, we made it through.

But not without consequence.

He was captured and tortured.

By the time we found him, he was never the same.

War had changed him.

I didn't see the madness building in his eyes,

or the hate.

When I look back now, I can see it.

Sergeant Merle Ramses of the Intercontinental Army.

He was my brother.

Him and his men left me with nothing

but a set of footprints leading into the wastes.

I'd say he has at least 30 men with him, maybe more.

While I was in the army,

I heard rumors of a massive radiation signature

coming from way out deep.

He was always consumed with the idea

of some kind of hydrogen weapon.

However, by the sources I've seen,

it could be something much more powerful.

This looks like the work of my brother.

I'm getting close, I can feel it.

Where's Ramses?

Ramses over there.

Ramses dead.

Now I'm sure you've noticed,

I'm not a man to play games.

You wouldn't like that.

I won't kill you quickly.

You wouldn't like that.

It's gonna fester,

take a couple days to work through you.

Chances are it'll call the carrions,

or you can lay out here and cook in the sun.

Your best bet is to tell me where my brother is,

and I'll see about making a quicker road to hell for you.

I don't know.

He went into the desert.

I heard stories if you go that way, you don't come back.

Now kill me, you son of a bitch.

Kill me!

If you don't have any objections with me

taking a look at that kid over there,

I don't think you'll be needing it with you.

Die, law.

You're one man.

He's got a fuckin' army.

You don't stand a chance.

You know that wife of yours?

She begged me.

She begged me to stop.

She said your name, I don't know how many times.

I wonder what the hell

could bring them out this far.

I can't say I care much what it is.

But the plot points on this map

leads straight into no man's land,

deep into the waste.

Hundreds of miles of nothing but heartache and desperation.

To lead his men into that kind of wilderness,

he must want it bad.

There's too many of them.

We need to retreat.

I don't know.

I've got a family, a wife.

Let's fall back.

Merle!

The great fire painted the skies a crimson shade

leaving charred remains at my feet.

I realized this nation was doomed to fail,

but I kept fighting.

We had sworn an oath to the Intercontinental Army.

Then news came, the Sons were moving towards my hometown,

sweeping and murdering a few cities away.

I had no choice.

I had to desert the army and find my wife.

My brother didn't see it that way.

His eyes were on fire when I left.

I begged him to come with me,

and he called me a coward.

We're out here alone, we gotta go!

I told him if he changed his mind,

he knew where to find me.

He said nothing, and watched me go.

By the time I broke free from the maelstrom,

most of our platoon was dead,

and our army was crumbling.

After years had gone by,

I thought I had lost my brother.

Another casualty to a war that changed the world.

And that became the seeds for his revenge.

I paid a terrible price.

These cannibals, wild men.

Growing up after the fires of war.

No sense of decency left,

just scavengers of an old world.

The chances of me walking out of this just plummeted.

I went searching for my wife.

War had left nothing but death and ash in its wake.

I knew that there is a slim chance I would find her alive.

And I had made a promise to Hannah years prior.

If she was still alive, I knew where she would be.

Travis?

When I found her, I held her so tight.

I wish that moment could last forever.

Out of all the destruction,

I had her to hold on to.

I could see all the loss Hannah had been through.

The death of so many people that she had loved.

I told her about my father's cabin,

how we could start a new life.

I saw the hope once again return to her eyes.

All right.

I'm backing up.

Yeah, keep backing up and throw them guns down.

I can't do that.

Not while you have that shooter pointed at me.

Why are you following us?

"Us"?

Who else is out here with you?

Me and the cat, smart guy.

Why are you following us?

To tell you the truth,

I didn't know who I was following.

You dragging around that cat carrier

makes a mighty strange track.

I didn't know what I'd find.

I think I'm just gonna shoot you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

All right, look.

The way I got it figured,

is you got me dead before I raise my barrel up.

But you'll also notice I also have my shooter

pointed right at Mr. Kitty over there.

Stay away from that cat!

Now, I'll be backing off.

I was just curious, is all.

I haven't seen very many people out here.

I don't suppose you tell me who the hell you are

and how you've been surviving out here?

I didn't think so.

I'll be on my way.

I'll leave your gun up on the top of the hill.

You're just leaving?

Yup.

Where are you going?

I'm looking for someone, and you're not them.

So I'll be on my way.

I'm looking for someone too.

My sister, she disappeared a couple days ago.