Rick drives Darlene to a lovers' lane deep in the New Mexico desert. When his car battery mysteriously dies, the two college students are forced to brave the dangers of the night to get to safety. Darlene and Rick went on a date to a local lover's lane in the desert. When their car battery died miles from their dorms they found themselves stranded. Thinking their luck was changing when strangers drove by their secluded location the unsuspecting couple accepted help from the three men in the passing car. The strangers took Darlene and Rick on a ride they would never forget. After hours of terror they were finally abandoned, separately, in the middle of nowhere and had to find their way back to safety. Torn apart by this traumatic event the two came together for an emotional reunion more than 25 years later.