A family on vacation in the mountains is playing wargames with paint pellets, but one of them uses real ammo to kill a member of their party. Cody Hawkes sees the murder and escapes back to the cabin, but the family chases after him and lays seige to the cabin. Jesse sends Cody to climb down Dead Drop Wall, the only way to catch the Rangers, who are out of Tahoe doing mountain maneuvers.