With Seamus Callahan and Dante Wentworth heading to the rear, Reggie Davis and Anna begin searching the front of the train, starting with the baggage car, which is empty. They proceed through the first coach car, checking under seats and in open racks, then position for a potential confrontation at the lavatory; Anna opens it to find no one inside. Anna trembles from fear, and Reggie offers his jacket and reassurance.

They repeat the process in the second coach car, clearing another empty lavatory. Entering the sleeper car, Anna deduces this was where Reggie had hidden earlier; he confirms he stayed concealed to avoid intervening in what he feared was a “battle zone.” They clear the sleeper’s rear lavatory as well and move into the coach lounge, which offers few hiding places.

In the adjacent club car, they prepare to open the janitor’s closet—once suspected as a poison stash and now a likely hiding place. As Anna pulls the door, it bursts open, startling them, but only a mop, brooms, and a pail tumble out. The brief levity leads to a conversation where Reggie praises Anna’s capabilities and suggests she could be an FBI agent someday, noting there are currently no women agents; Anna responds she likes a challenge.

Reggie heads into the galley to search while Anna restows the fallen cleaning tools. She notes the blizzard outside and that the Phoenix still runs at full speed. Entering the dim galley, Anna discovers Reggie on the floor in a widening pool of blood, a bloody knife nearby.

Reggie, alive but gravely wounded, tells Anna he has been stabbed. The discovery confirms that Judd Dodge has attacked again and is no longer limiting his violence to those previously implicated, increasing the threat to all remaining passengers and investigators.