Back at the dawn of the apocalypse, newly promoted news anchor Carly McFadden struggles with office politics and office zombies as unsettling reports start to come through to the news desk. Eight years later, the group explores the abandoned TV station as they look for a way to contact Kaya at camp Northern Light as she attempts to hide from an invasion of ZONA forces. Fearing the worst when her hideout is breached, she takes a last stand, only to find that Citizen Z has returned home after two years.