22. Before the Flood

Complete story — includes the ending

The team parachutes into Sovogda; most citizens are dead. Of the DSR team, only Brodien survived, saying the Mueller device is atop the Oransky Building. Irina knows the Nightingale Coil powers it. Sydney proposes taking the subway, avoiding orchid-water-infected berserkers. A spotter reports them to Elena and Sloane. Irina spots a horse, red-tinged by the device, recalling part of Rambaldi's Prophecy. "When blood-red horses run through the streets and angels fall from the sky, The Chosen One and The Passenger will clash, and only one of them will survive." — Milo Rambaldi, The Prophecy (excerpt) Brodien is killed by the infected. Using the Blackwell Index, Marshall and Weiss extort Deputy Defense Minister Karkov for codes to cancel the Russian Air Force tactical strike, but Elena plans to re-task Russia's MilSat network to broadcast Mueller signals worldwide. The infected swarm Nadia as Sydney's subway-car speeds away. Sloan kills Elena's hit-squad, saving Sydney's team. Nadia is captured; Elena infects her. Vaughn proposes marriage to Sydney. Sloane leads Jack's team to Elena. Infected, Nadia battles Sydney on the roof. Irina kills Elena after surmising the correct wire to cut. Sloane shoots Nadia, saving Sydney. The team escapes. The "Big Red Ball" collapses, flooding and destroying the building. Jack allows Irina's escape. Season epilogue: Vaughn drives Sydney to Santa Barbara, where they decide to elope. Having been prompted by Irina to remain truthful with Sydney in marriage (unlike how Irina treated Jack), Vaughn reveals "it's no accident" that he become her handler (in " Truth Be Told "), and his real name isn't Michael Vaughn, it's....Before he can continue, another vehicle crashes into the driver's side door.