Catching Up

Catching Up is the first episode of the fourth season of Sandguardians and the fifty-first overall.

Plot
Nash abruptly awakens outside in a jungle surrounded by the Reds, who try to calm her down. Gates suddenly looks around the area, claiming to have heard something. Claire anxiously tells him to knock it off but Gates tells her to quiet down as he continues to hear noise. Nash demands to know what's going on but quickly yells out in pain when she tries to stand. Her leg is badly injured. As the sound grows closer, Gates orders everyone inside. Miller and Claire help Nash to her feet.

As the Reds enter a wrecked building Nash asks for answers but the Reds tell her to just stay low for a moment. While reluctant, Nash replies. The Reds hide under a ramp inside the building as the sound grows closer. Suddenly, an ONC Guard holding a sniper skims the building's entrance and runs off. With the threat gone, for now, the Reds are left relieved. Nash then, once again, demands for answers but her leg pains her. Claire shoots her with the Life Saver to help but ends up weakening her. After Nash instructs her on how to use the Life Saver, Claire shoots at her again and finally relieves some of her pain. Feeling better, Nash demands to know what happened at DotCom. The Reds all give her looks of sadness.

Inside a bunker at the Guardian Base, Allan recounts the events at the research lab to a woman standing across from him, fellow Guardian Marilyn. Allan starts to grow angry with himself upon retelling the talk he had with Bernard and regrets not going back to help Nash, Mickey, Bart, and the others. Marilyn tries to reassure Allan on his bravery and reminds him to not blame himself, but Allan vows to avenge his friends.

He then approaches a box. Marilyn tells him to try on the armor inside, as it was suited for "Ellen". Allan tells her not to say that name but Marilyn informs him that she's ready to embrace it whenever Allan is. However, Allan believes it's too late for him to embrace that identity. Marilyn tries to convince him to not to give up but Allan dismisses her before leaving.

Outside, Allan takes a run around the base when Ichabod suddenly greets him, happy that he's outside again. Icky later joins Allan on his run and asks how the Guardians found their base. Allan explains that the base was abandoned after the Great War and provided them with the seclusion they needed. Icky then takes notice of the Flood spores in the caves, prompting Allan to shoot them to show Icky that they're empty.

As the two continue their run, Icky asks if there are any other Guardians out there. Allan sadly states that the rest are all gone. Saddened, Icky expresses that he misses Legend and questions how Allan keeps going. Allan responds, stating that it's okay to miss those that you've lost as it makes one want to better themselves. Suddenly, Icky receives a call from Guardian Iamo, telling him to hurry up to meet him. Icky apologizes but is quickly cut off. Before leaving, Allan thanks Ichabod for the talk and the two part ways.

Guardians

 * Nash
 * Miller
 * Claire
 * Allan
 * Marilyn
 * Ichabod
 * Iamo (voice only)

Red Team

 * Gates

ONC

 * Samuel

Music

 * "Dino" by Alexander Schwab
 * "Remembrances" by Alex Röder
 * "Wake Up" by Danijel Zambo

Trivia

 * This episode's title is a reference to the release date gap between seasons 3 and 4.