13. The Reaping

Complete story — includes the ending

Having previously kidnapped Preston Tanner, Joe's followers return to Korban unaware that Ryan Hardy has followed them, however he doesn't have a phone and doesn't have backup. He kills a guard and disguises himself as a Korban member. During Joe's speech to everyone, Ryan takes a shot, but misses and narrowly escapes. Claire Matthews desperately wants to be interviewed live on the air for Joe to see, but Carrie, Max and Mike decide against it. Instead, Claire has a message delivered from Carrie Cooke to Joe that only he will understand. Lily has her men track Joe's location through her phone, as Mark questions why she needs to get revenge, to which Lily says Joe must pay for what he did. Joe discovers that Ryan is at Korban, and Ryan gives himself up and meets Joe so he can figure out his plan. The FBI have now located Lily Gray's whereabouts except she is a footstep in front of them and is headed to Korban to get Joe. Joe then has Ryan watch as Preston is forced to either kill someone or be killed. Ryan tries to talk Preston out of it but he sadly kills a member of Korban who didn't believe in Joe. Emma begins to worry when Lily's men crash through the front gate as she believes it may be the FBI, so she, Joe and Robert leave Korban, but are shocked that Joe wants Ryan to live despite them telling him to kill him. Lily's men raid Korban, killing numerous cult members, which allows Ryan to escape his captors and kill 3 of Lily's men. Joe and a small group of members watch Carrie's message to Joe, leaving Joe believing that Claire is alive. While Max finds Ryan, Mike goes off on his own to find Lily. Mike corners Lily and, despite Ryan and Max trying to persuade him not to, Mike shoots Lily repeatedly in the chest, killing her in cold blood.