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EXT DESERT TOWN - “No Social”
A small street market is eerily quiet in the evening when ZERO arrives. He walks over to one of the few shops open. The BARTENDER is happy to see him. ZERO sits down.
ZERO
Always this quiet around here?
BARTENDER
Welcome Englishman! Yes, it has been like this lately.
The BARTENDER pours him a drink. ZERO digs in his pocket for a silver coin but the proprietor declines payment.
ZERO
I'm American. Where did everyone go? Are the Germans scaring them away?
BARTENDER
The Germans? No. They are evil but they are still men. These past few nights our town has been attacked by monsters.
ZERO
Monsters? You can't be serious.
BARTENDER
They were once men like you and I. Once German soldiers but they turned into animals out there deep in the Sahara. They terrorize us and there is nothing we can do. The Germans don't believe us and even if they did I don't think they would want to help.
ZERO
That's a rough position to be in.
BARTENDER
It has only been a week but we are at our wit's end. I know who you are. You must help us.
ZERO
How could you know who I am?
BARTENDER
Well, you're no tourist that's for sure. The only Englishman out here in the middle of a war would have to be a deserter or a spy. And right now I wouldn't mind having either help us.
ZERO
You must be mistaken. I have no business in this war.
BARTENDER
Whatever your business, you are armed. I spotted your pistol and saw how you carry yourself. They will be here tonight and you tell me you will do nothing?
ZERO
I would rather not get involved, sorry.
BARTENDER
Hmpf! Maybe you are a deserter after all.
The BARTENDER takes back the drink and slams his shutters closed on his bar. ZERO gets up and walks away.
Out in the darkness down the road a glow of torches creeps toward him. A young girl runs out of an alley and tries to escape the invaders. The Cult of the Destroyer, Six horsemen dressed in black adorned with gazelle skulls, tear through the street.
ZERO reaches for his gun as one of the RIDERS grabs the girl and pulls her onto the horse. The RIDERS screech and aim their rifles back at ZERO but he hesitates and stands down. The RIDERS cackle and gallop away back into the desert.
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