Meanwhile, Tenneson is still concerned about the incident at the drilling rig that exposed Creech, since similar experiments have revealed the existence of other creatures. Tripp modifies the truck to give Creech more control over the truck as a makeshift engine, the truck essentially acting as a 'wheelchair' for Creech to operate on land, and Meredith becomes quite impressed and surprised at Creech's speed and talent. He quickly befriends him, names him Creech, and promises to help him get home. The next day Tripp, along with classmate Meredith (who is tutoring Tripp in biology), finds the creature has a diet of oil and it takes shelter within the hood of his truck. One night, Tripp encounters the escaped creature in the junkyard and captures it, but the creature escapes before he can seek authorities.
But the truck doesn't have a working drivetrain to put his plans to action.
That is why he has taken up a part-time job at a local junkyard, where he builds a pickup truck in hopes of being able to leave his town. Meanwhile, high school senior Tripp Coley is looking for something to do to escape the life of his family his parents are divorced, his mother Cindy is in a relationship with Rick, the town's sheriff, who fails to take him seriously. Two are captured by Terravex, but one of them escapes the site. The operation releases three subterranean creatures from an underground water system and destroys the drilling rig. Terravex Oil is in the midst of a fracking operation near a lake in North Dakota, overseen by CEO Reece Tenneson and geologist Jim Dowd.