You know, we never talked about it.
Why we still wore the colors.
When we rode outta Farewell
without Sarah.
Know that we were
leaving everything behind.
Everything that mattered was gone
Except this.
Do you know why we want to be like them?
It's because they don't remember what they've lost. Who — they've lost.
Deek, Deek. Bro, bro. I think it's dead.
Doesn't matter when you hit the road, where you're headin' out to
but you damn well better know where you're comin' home to.
I just thought that, maybe you decided to stay.
I mean, not just because of Boozer, but because you wanted to help.
Don't be afraid.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
back in the day, I did my share of runs.
You did, but never anything more than that.
I'll update your credits tonight.
Hey, hey, listen, listen, she's — she's been through a lot.
Seriously, don't work her like you do everyone else.
Don't tell me how to run my camp.
You wanna do business in my camp? You start doing some runs for me.
You want to move here? You wanna help help us run this?
Then maybe you get some say.
I keep trying to tell you boys something, and you won't listen.
This is not how we do things around here.
We do not barter with lives and we do not murder people in cold blood.
You are writing checks with other mens' blood.
I hope you're good with that.
'Cause that's who we are. The Freakshow. Only folks survived were those mean enough, nasty enough, to out-freak the Freaks.
I remember watchin' the Freaks, watchin' them all come thousands of 'em
When you see a thing like that, you know it's only a matter of time before it's our turn.
Nothing's gonna stop it, Boozer.
There's nothing you can do to stop them.
But do you know why we keep going? Because what the hell else are we gonna do?
- I didn't have a choice. - Oh, everybody's got a choice.
Until they're dead.
It's either us or them.
It's always us or them.
You know the reason we're goin' to hell
is we can't figure out that "us" is every Goddamned soul that ain't walkin' around in shit-stained pants tryin' to eat us.
You may not like it, but the world is what it is.
Prayin' ain't gonna change that.
It's gonna be okay.
Wishin' that it was something else ain't gonna make it that way.
Wishin' ain't got anything to do with it.
We make the world what it is,
by what we do.
With the help of men like you, we're going to take back this world.
Good thing someone around here knows how to make things happen.
You do what you gotta do. The end a' the day? That's all we got.
As bad as things are right now. They're gonna get worse. A lot worse.
Maybe one day, stop and light a candle. It can get pretty dark and cold out there.
- After I put Sarah on the chopper, I felt relieved. - What happened to Sarah?
- That's what I've been livin' with. - And now you're chasin' ghosts.
- Where's your old lady, Deek? - Where's your old lady —
You think findin' your ol' lady if she's alive. You think that's gonna fix it?
Make you whole?
- Where's your old lady, Deek? - She's dead, Boozer.
- Sarah's dead. - Yeah. And she's been dead a long time. So don't you think that you've mourned her long enough?
You know what I think, Deacon?
I think that you're, you're afraid to be here. You're afraid to be a part of something.
We need you here and that scares the hell outta you.
- Hope you're right about your old lady still bein' alive. - She is.
- This ring is my promise... - Well maybe so...
...that I'm always gonna love you. And I ain't ever gonna leave you.
...you gotta ask yourself Deek, is what does it matter if everyone else is dead.
The world belongs to them now.
We'll survive.
Yeah, we been doin' that all right. Survivin'. Isn't livin'.
- We got one thing in spades... - You saved your friend's life today.
...without that, everything else is meaningless.
That one thing — is trust.
See? Good things happen when you stop and light a candle.
Thanks, brother.
Thank you.
Tonight we take one more step out of the darkness.
- You destroyed everything we worked for. - No Colonel. You did. When you started this holy war.
You know given the choice between you and the Freaks, I'm gonna have to go with them.
- Look, I'm not a leader. - You do what you have to.
But, um. You've done something here today — we've done something.
We banded together to fight.
Not because some asshole told us to. But because it was the right thing to do.
Time to go!
- We got one shot at this brother! - You sacrifice everything that you have, everything that you are...
Go. Get your ol' lady.
...to make the world a better place. That's why we're still here.
Because if we don't have hope, for a better life, or for a future that matters?
Why are we fighting for?
We make the world what it is by what we do.
Funny thing. When the city burned and the Hordes came in,
Neighborhoods at war for decades all came together. Fought together.
- See this? - Crazy what it takes to bring people together sometimes, no?
This is the first step.
- I told you I'm not staying. - And I heard you.
Seriously, do whatever you want.
We have to look after each other.
It's all we got.