Legion

When I was a little girl...

my mother would remind me each night to open up my heart to God...

for he was kind, merciful and just.

Things changed when my father left a few years later, leaving her to raise...

me and my brothers in a little place on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

She never talked of a kind and merciful God again.

Instead, she spoke of a prophecy...

of a time when all the world would be covered in darkness...

and the fate of mankind would be decided.

I finally got up the courage to ask my mother why God had changed...

why he was so mad at his children.

"I don't know," she said, tucking the covers around me.

"I guess he just got tired of all the bullshit."

Respond to an MVA on the on-ramp of 10 East.

- You're the idiot! - Goddamn animals.

Nights like this, I'd like to take a match to this city...

just so I could watch all these motherfuckers burn.

Just a good-old-boy barbecue, huh?

A fresh start. That's what this place needs.

Jesus.

Shit!

What the fuck?

Stop! Drop the bag. Put your hands on your head.

Man down! I repeat, man down!

It's started.

There isn't much time.

Shut the fuck up and drop the bags now!

Hands on your head.

On your head!

Turn around! Turn the fuck around!

Don't! Let him go!

Take the shot, Burton.

Let him the fuck g...

What the...?

Burton!

What are you doing, Michael?

- These weren't your orders. - What are you saying?

No, I'm following my own orders now.

Then you will die along with the child.

Burton, you fucking know this guy? What the hell are you...?

You okay, Jeep?

Sorry I woke you, Charlie.

No. It wasn't you.

He's been kicking up a storm all night.

He must know something I don't.

Another bad dream?

It's just stress, Jeep. That's all.

I mean, you do too much worrying.

About this place, about your dad.

About me.

You're the only thing I like to worry about.

See what I mean?

You're worried about a girl that's eight months pregnant. Isn't even your baby.

It's enough to give anybody nightmares.

Go ahead and make fun of me. Everybody else does.

Come on.

You know how much I appreciate everything you and Bob do for me.

About a month from now, this baby's gonna have a new family.

I'm gonna have to start thinking about what the hell I'm gonna do with my life.

So you're still going through with it?

I'm not ready to be a mama.

Christ, I can barely take care of myself as it is.

Well, I could help you.

I mean, we could do it together, you know?

I want to.

You gotta stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, Jeep.

I haven't won my wings yet. That's why I'm an angel, Second Class.

I don't know whether I like it, being seen with an angel without any wings.

Oh, I've got to earn them. And you'll help me, won't you?

Sure, sure.

Lord as my witness, Bob, one of these days, that thing's gonna hit you back.

What are you talking about, Percy? We got a special relationship here.

Yeah, they got names for that kind of relationship.

It's disgusting.

You're right. It is disgusting.

Really, how can she go out in public looking like that?

I don't know. Why don't we just ask her?

No, Howard, don't. You'll embarrass me.

Audrey, your mother was wondering if you got dressed this morning...

with the specific intention of showing your ass off to the entire world.

Yeah, because I woke up hoping to get double-teamed...

by a couple of meth-head truckers in some bathroom of a desert shithole.

It's a good thing we got stuck here.

I feel satisfied with that answer. I really do.

I'm being punished for something, I know it.

Shit.

"Next service in 50 miles"?

Fifty miles?

Merry Christmas.

What's so merry about it?

You know, that shit ain't really good for the baby.

Guess I should think about quitting, then.

Before you quit, could I get one from you?

You can buy a whole pack inside.

How about I get one from you...

and give you two from the pack you're gonna sell me in there?

You know what? I'm kind of lost.

- Am I right here? - Not even close.

Son of a bitch.

Well, are there any phones around here that actually work?

Bob will probably let you use the diner phone if you ask him nice.

Maybe pay him a little something.

I think I can handle that.

They got anything in there to eat? Pancakes or...

Yep. Got a buttermilk stack for $3.75.

French toast for $4 if you're into that. Personally, I like the pancakes, though.

- You okay, Charlie? - Yeah.

I'm fine. This guy's just lost.

Who is that?

- This is what happens when you drive. - What? What do you want me to do?

Talk to him.

It was supposed to be ready two goddamn hours ago.

It hasn't been two hours.

Hope Salem Lights are all right. That's all we got.

Charlie, where you been?

It's not a resort. We got orders stacking up.

And you best not be smoking again.

A girl in your condition.

Bob, you see where I'm at right now? Can my condition really get any worse?

Besides, you ain't one to talk.

What? I quit two years ago.

Yeah? So why are you still carrying that fancy lighter around for, then?

It's a gift from my ex-wife. I'm sentimental.

I wanna remember how much I hate her guts.

Hey, man, you got a phone I can use?

My cell phone ain't got no reception. The phone booth outside is busted.

Excuse me. Is there any news about when our car might be fixed?

You said your boy would have us on the road two hours ago.

At the rate we're going, we'd be lucky to make it to Scottsdale by Christmas.

Hey.

The hood's up on this Beemer. Does that mean anything to you?

Yeah.

What are you working on that's so important you're not doing your job?

Nothing.

I found it under a bunch of stuff in the storage shed.

I know how you never like to throw anything away, so...

- What are you doing? - What?

Look, Jeep, I like Charlie. I do.

And I think it's real nice, you giving her a helping hand...

- Leave me alone. - She's not your responsibility.

Hey.

Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you.

How long you gonna follow her around like a puppy looking for hind tit?

You're gonna clean up her mess while she steps out with every other guy?

Don't say that about her! She's not like that.

Look...

I know it doesn't make much sense to you.

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to me, either.

I've been having these dreams about her.

Some of them so bad...

I wish I never had to sleep again.

I can't explain it, Dad.

I just feel like it's something I gotta do.

You know, your mother...

thought I was crazy for wanting to buy this place...

moving us all the way up here, middle of nowhere.

But I just knew it was something I had to do.

I couldn't explain it, either, just like you.

I told your mother, "Trust me. You just wait and see.

When they build that big old mall on 9 with all them superstores...

like they been planning for years, this place is gonna be a gold mine."

The only problem was, I was wrong.

They went and built the whole thing there in Mesa County...

and I look pretty damn stupid.

And I see you making the same damn mistake I made...

believing in something that's never gonna happen.

Now, you listen to me, son.

It's time for you to leave here.

I don't wanna see you wake up one day all old and pissed off...

realizing you're lost.

Just like everybody else that stops here.

Now, go on. Fix that car. I want these people out of here by nightfall.

He's about this close to wrapping it up.

What is wrong with you today?

I told you to get the satellite TV, but you didn't wanna listen.

- What the hell do I need that crap for? - The History Channel, man.

I got all the history I can take.

- That's for sure. - What's your beef now?

You don't need to be watching this, anyway.

All right, baby. Come on, this is gonna be it right here. Come on.

Clear as day.

What the hell's that?

It's one of them test things.

Yeah, that don't look like a test.

Hey, man, I need to use the phone.

In the back, past the kitchen.

Excuse me, but if this were an actual emergency...

wouldn't they be giving us instructions on what to do?

Why don't you check out that old radio, see if there's any news about the TV?

Eleven a.m. tomorrow at the courthouse, I know. I'll be there.

Put my little man on the phone.

Because a father's supposed to be able to talk to his son. That's why.

I don't care what your lawyer said. I got my own lawyer.

Now, put him on the goddamn phone.

Hello?

Your phone is breaking up. Do you hear me? Hello? Hello?

Shit.

Maybe there was an earthquake.

- A lot of people could be hurt. - Not if it was centered in the desert.

Exactly. Could be nothing to worry about.