When Emma answers the telephone in the underground complex, she hears a recording left by William Minerva saying his real name is James Ratri and that he was associated with the farms. However, he objected to the system, so he created the underground refuge and left clues to its location in the Farms for any children who managed to escape. The recording provides clues to the locations of human society, but the children decide to rescue the children still on Farms first. The children settle into life in the shelter, growing, gathering and hunting food...