The Return.
After the attack on Big Jim’s ranch, Cuff and Link drove off into the sunset. They thought it would be better to not be around the death and destruction they wrought against the kidnappers.
Their escape would have been considered perfect, except several hours into the desert, their SUV died from the damage incurred during the rescue.
They could’ve walked out of the desert days ago, but they hunted. Through a tracking device they’d placed in Ellie’s brain five years earlier, they were notified when she died. They also detected how she died, so they tracked the energy signal responsible for her death. That was the one connection that drove them forward.
Cuff and Link took an instant liking to Ellie five years ago. They would have protected her whether or not Trevor set them t
