Phoenix 9

Come-on-come-on-come-on-come-on.

What the hell, man?! I've been trying get in... SHIT...

Agh. God. Jes...

Do you see what's going on down here?!

And they don't even know what's really coming.

You gotta take me with you.

Just go to a shelter, like everybody else.

Come on, Doug. Don't play me.

What are you talking about?

I know where you're going.

Sarah told me about your little secret.

Then you know I can't help you.

You're k...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Sarah...!

We can't leave him behind.

You can't DO this to me, Doug.

Would you just, for once... I'm your BROTHER.

Good bye.

What are you DOING?!

Arriving at target destination in five minutes.

You want to survive, you're gonna have to make some hard...

The signs were everywhere.

Hunger. Pollution. Epidemics.

After a century of reckless consumption,

civilization was about to collapse under its own weight.

Still, I had faith humanity would finally work together,

hand in hand, to overcome the greed and selfishness that was tearing us apart.

But in the end, those in power chose a different path.

The same they always had...

War.

And when it was over, all we had left was...

each other.

For a year now, we've been heading toward a survivor colony out West.

But it's still a long way to go...

Are you sure you're okay?

I'm fine.

How's she doing?

Not good.

We're gonna have to slow down.

Not a chance.

We'll barely make it to the next town. And that's if we keep our pace.

What is it Henry?

Thank you.

Alright.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Wall-Street's rising star...

Hey, Warren. Get your head out of your ass, man. It's dinner time.

What's with the mystery meal?

Well, I know this journey's been longer than

a son-of-a-bitch, but today's actually an auspicious occasion.

One-thousand miles. Half-way point.

Voila.

Where did you get a cake?

Actually, Gus here did.

He thought it would be a good way to cheer you all up.

Gus, is... is that a heart-beat I'm hearing?

Now, before we dig in, I thought... I thought it would be good to have a couple of words.

Claire? Why don't you say something?

Come on.

Come on.

I can't believe everything that has happened sometimes.

A thousand miles...

We are... we are far better off than we were a thousand miles ago.

All of us.

All we have to do is just keep putting one foot in front of the other. That's it.

And with a little help of our north star here,

I have hope that we'll find our way to the colony.

We're gonna find our way.

To hope.

Amen.

You okay over there?

Hope? Hope?!

You really think holding hands and singing Kumbaya is gonna make a difference?

Did anybody actually LOOK at what's out there?

Hey. We're in here, celebrating, man. Just have some cake.

What are we celebrating?!

What... That we're stranded in the middle of

fucking nowhere, with all our food buried under fifty feet of sand?

Tell me, Henry... What's on the menu once the cake is gone?

Warren. I know you've been through it.

And I know getting to the colony seems like an impossibility.

But it's completely viable that we will make it there.

Right. The colony.