as punishment, by the will of midian’s creator, baphomet, lylesburg commands the couple to leave midian. reunited, boone and lori return to the hotel that lori was staying at, only to discover that decker has already been there and has massacred many people inside. the police arrive and, though lori is able to flee, boone degenerates into an animal state at the sight of decker's carnage, eating some of the dead bodies before getting arrested. decker convinces the police chief, the bigoted, radical eigerman, to go to midian and capture or kill everyone living there.