An ex-marine, in search of some defining life direction, unexpectedly faces a hurdle when his jeep breaks down in a sparsely populated Wyoming town. While waiting for parts to repair the vehicle he takes a temporary job as a rest area attendant and moves onto a ranch run by a one-legged widow with a mentally handicapped son. When an abandoned Vietnamese girl joins the group, the scene is ready for confrontation and tragedy.

17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder, and now both the police and the killers want to find her. In her search, Kyle ends up on the streets until renegade cop Sgt. Teffler takes her in. Now he must protect her while also trying to stop a white slavery ring from abducting more young girls.