Anaya finds giant black vines climbing the sides of her house. They originate from the bag of soil she collected from the school field. The vines culminate in large sacs that behave like Venus Fly Traps. Anaya sees one capture and consume a bird. An even larger sac inside the soil bag tries to eat her rake handle when she pokes it.

Petra encounters Seth outside the school, where he’s eating berries from a vine growing around a nearby tree. He calls the unfamiliar berries addictive. The two are distracted by a deer grazing on the school field, which appears to be swallowed by a hole in the ground. They run onto the field to try to help the deer, as do several other teens, but the pit closes around it.

Anaya arrives on the scene, wielding a chainsaw and shouting for everyone to get off the field. Sensing something terrible is about to happen, Seth feels a strange need to keep Anaya and Petra safe. The gym teacher, Mr. Hilborn, ignores Anaya’s warnings and is swallowed by another pit. Fleetwood falls into a third. Petra grabs the chainsaw and runs to help him but is pulled into a pit herself. Seth tries to pull her out but instead is pulled in with her.