michael and sara are seen exiting a pizza restaurant when a company assassin tries to kill them. they escape. they then bribe a truck driver to let them hitchhike with him, fearing police. he calls lincoln and tells him he will stop him from getting scylla and reveals that their mother is alive. the truck is eventually pulled over and searched for michael and sara, by an unidentified man. he pretends he does not see anything and he murders the truck driver, placing a phone call stating that he has them. michael and sara try to call lincoln, but they lose the signal and the back lifter is stuck so they smash a vending machine to open the side door and they escape with the guy chasing after them. michael kills him and takes a note from him asking who sent him. the guy's last words were, "not krantz." he then dies.