In The Savage Lands. John takes Bernard, who's shot in the massacre, and Lenina to his house. His mother Linda, a former New London resident, decides to help them and convinces her son to leave with them to New London. The four of them are pursued by the revolution killers, and reach an energy barrier protecting the spaceport. Right before crossing the barrier, Linda spots a laser dot on John's back and quickly moves herself to shield him. She dies on the way back "home".
Once at New London, Bernard resumes taking somas and seems unable to recall much of the trip. In contrast, Lenina hesitates taking somas and wants to discuss the shocking experience outside New London. Following his mother's death, John, enraged and in emotional pain, is locked in a holding room for observation, to get "fixed".
