Scorched Earth

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In the middle of the 21st century,

Mother Nature finally unleashed her fury in a cataclysmic event

known as the Cloud Fall.

Ice caps melted so quickly that entire cities

were wiped out within months.

Once the rains began, it was flooding on a biblical scale.

It destroyed almost the entire planet.

Pockets of respite on high ground

allowed those few who survived to start again.

50 years after the Cloud Fall, two things

essential for survival that had been taken for granted for so

long are now rare commodities--

Air and water.

In this new barter economy, there were two currencies--

Water tabs to purify poisonous rainwater and pure, powdered

silver, an essential component in air filters

that can delay eventual death, like black lung.

New and rudimentary authorities began to keep

people safe as possible.

Vehicles that burned fossil fuels, or belchers,

were illegal.

Those that drove them were guilty of the most

heinous crime possible.

The new authority offered rewards to bring these outlaws

to justice and bounty hunters roamed the wasteland

looking to claim those rewards.

Ah!

No!

What are you doing?

I can't survive out here without-- ugh, ugh.

Sometimes I think you don't even like me.

She's picking me up and dragging my ass across the wilderness

Seriously, what the fuck is up with a coffin?

Whoa, Womack, when did you get so sensitive?

Oh.

OK, OK, just take me in.

Just take me in.

I've had it.

Just take me in.

Come on.

Chavo, where's Chavo?

East, east, they're on the east.

She got wind of some pilgrims down by the docks.

See you next time.

No.

There's no next time, Gage.

That is the point.

Hey, where are you going?

Aw, look at that.

It stopped raining.

Drinking water?

That's it?

But I helped you.

Gage, I'm going to die out here.

Looks like you're going to need it.

There's a burner on the way.

But I helped you!

I helped you, Gage!

Where are you going?

I'm going to die out here.

Gage!

Suck wind and die, Gage.

Damn it.

Look at you.

Who have we got here?

Aw.

Look at how pretty you are.

Sh.

Look, we have an advance permit,

issued by the territorial authority,

guaranteeing us safe passage.

We are on a pilgrimage.

And if we don't make our destination,

a bounty will be issued for your head.

Oh I'm sorry.

I didn't know.

I feel stupid.

Forgive me.

Well, I bid you all a good day and wish you a safe journey.

Thing is, if you all disappear without a trace,

how they going to know who to put that bounty on?

There's no authority out here.

Now if the rest of you cooperate,

you just might live to see another day.

And you-- what's this?

Silver.

Well, that's an unexpected surprise.

I'm going to grind this up and put it

in my own personal air filter.

And I'm going to think of you every time

I suck a fresh breath.

Get the usual-- Filters, water, tabs.

I know someone paying top dollar for able bodies.

Hey, who's out there?

Hey, Chavo.

God damn it.

Go to hell, Gage.

I will, I promise.

There's two ways we could do this.

That's one of them.

Hey, hey-- she's over there.

Go around.

Go!

Where the hell are you going?

Oh, big mistake.

Nobody runs out on you, right, Chavo?

Look, scumbag, I'm just trying to get by like everybody else.

Thing is, you've been a really bag girl, Chavo,

and that makes you very attractive to a scumbag

like me.

Listen, I'll let them all go if you give me a walk, Gage.

Nothing compared to what I could get for you.

You know that.

I'll blow her head off, and then

I'll kill the rest of them.

I'll do it, you know I will.

And then you can tell that to the Authority.

You hear me?

Loud and clear.

Thank you so much.

I'm really going to need you to stay out of my way.

Not necessary.

Damn it.

No, I just lost half a bounty.

Well, I'm sure once we tell your employer what

you did here, they will reinstate

the full value of the reward.

Wow, man, you really are as naive as you look.

Where are you going?

You've got to help us get him to medical assistance.

Not my problem.

A warm welcome to the two newest members of the community of New

Montana.

There are viable hempseed that's going to be critical for us

in the years to come.

Is saying that there will be no spike in toxin levels expected

this week, but that's still no excuse

to be leaving a sealed environment

without a backup breather.

So one last thing, we've been getting

reports of increased outlaw activity

in the surrounding areas.

So keep an eye out for strangers,

not just for yourself, but for your neighbors.

The Territorial Authority wants us

to report potential activity--

Meeting adjourned.

Gage.

You can count it, if you want.

There's only water tabs in here.

Where's the powdered silver?

Yeah, the Authority didn't send any.

I don't know why.

Water and air scrubbers running for the rest of the month.

Right, so the Authorities set the bounty

at 300 tabs and two grams of silver for Chavo,

and then doesn't send the silver.

I mean, you could tell me the truth.

You'll get what's owed.

I just need a little more time.

You've got enough to get by.

And health of the hardworking people of this town.

Really?

Tell me, what are you going to do when all

the belchers have been retired?

I'll come looking for you.

You're just trash like the rest of them.

What makes you so different than the bounties you drag in here?

I'm still above ground.

Well, would you look at that?

They did send the silver after all.

Hm.

I taught you never to sit with your back to the door,

especially when you're breaking into someone's home.

Yeah, you also taught me collecting bounties

was a noble profession.

I wouldn't play with that, if I were you.

It's concentrated acid.

That'll cut through you like--

Well, concentrated acid.

I saw what was left of Chavo.

Nice shooting.

My aim will never be as good as yours, Doc.

Aw, that's all in the past.

Since this, I'm happy just being a simple country doctor.

It was fun though--

Taking down fossil abusers with you.

You seen the latest bulletin?

Sure, Tom Jackson, 5,000 tabs.

Biggest bounty the Authorities ever offered.

Even Grubbs is talking about raising a posse

and taking a shot at it.

Jackson's nothing special.

I taught you better than that.

He's consolidating.

He took over this settlement.

Place called Defiance, built from the ground

Made it a safe haven for lawbreakers, most of them

Someone with your talents could clean up.