Kurdy is overwhelmed with grief when he cannot save Elizabeth, who has barely enough breath left to tell him she loves him. Stricken, he must bury the woman he loves but keep his word to try and locate Jeremiah before death strikes again.

Markus and Erin arrive in St. Louis for the meeting they hope will help bring the world together in an alliance. Concerns about security are high and they dare not tell Nathan, the organizer, that Lee Chen is a traitor.

Jeremiah reaches Millhaven and finds "Wylie," who tells him that people from Valhalla Sector use Millhaven as a transfer point. He takes Jeremiah to the field where many of the victims of the virus were buried and tells what he knows. From those who were willing to talk, he has learned that Valhalla Sector was the most secure place to be when the Big Death swept the planet. He has also learned how the virus first came into being and why everything about the vaccine is a closely-guarded secret.

Jeremiah and Wylie are about to leave as both Kurdy and Ezekiel approach. Suddenly, soldiers and helicopters appear. As gunfire erupts in the field, armored vehicles in St. Louis surround the meeting and it, too, becomes a hail of bullets.

Unaware that the military is taking control of St. Louis, Kurdy watches in horror as a helicopter carries Jeremiah away to an unknown fate.