The Last Assassins

We'd tell the children stories of the Old World.

Before "the event".

The fog.

The endless winter...

when summer still bloomed and the old kings reigned.

A world of endless technology.

Until the event.

It decimated cities,

crippled technology,

thrust us into darkness.

A once-powerful civilization reduced to squalor,

with only traces of technology

from before the chaos and the famine.

We tell the children to take back what's theirs.

To bring honor to their families.

We tell them this is their destiny.

Motion detected. Warning.

Perimeter breach.

What's happening?

Come. Now!

So sorry.

There are things I should have told you.

Dad?

Anybody comes, kill them.

I love you. - I love you too.

Wait. Wait!

Where is she?

Go to hell.

Where is she? Your friend?

Hey.

Nobel.

Shh.

Come on.

Where are we going?

Countryside.

Outside the city?

Get in.

You can come out.

- I'll raise an army. - Hmm.

- The cartels were loyal to my family

and my vengeance will be-- - Listen to me.

Your father's dead.

There is no loyalty outside this car.

It's just you and me, Kid.

Vengeance?

It's endless and it's empty.

Swear the oath.

Swear the oath.

Or do those words no longer matter?

I pledged my sword

to your father and to your family

and all the shit that comes with it.

And I do not need you to remind me of what that means.

Check engine. Check engine.

Where are we going exactly?

It's just an old scavenge run.

There's not too many eyes on this road,

and just a few locals who are too stupid to move.

And then what?

And then, I don't know.

Try the engine.

There's a switch under the wheel.

Under the wheel.

Okay. Okay.

All right, try it again.

Why is the dash blinking?

- Nobel, if you're seeing this message,

then I have fallen victim to our enemy's blades.

Their reach is long, but it must never

find my daughter.

You have been a trusted friend and protector.

There is something should have told you long ago.I

Metiseaya is alive.

That isn't possible.

- She hides at the old flowing house

deep in the Foglands.

I trust you still remember the way.

Bring Athena to Metiseaya. She will protect her.

Goodbye.

Who's Metiseaya?

Your aunt.

I have an aunt?

How far is the house?

It's beyond the fog.

Get in.

Eat.

Rations?

- Not much fresh outside the city.

- Why was I never told about my aunt?

Metiseaya...

You knew her?

Very well.

Very... well?

She died a long time ago.

Sounds like she didn't.

What else aren't you telling me?

Check engine.

We need a repair.

Is there anybody out here?

There used to be an old machine shop out this way.

What if there isn't?

Will it make us sick?

Eventually.

You're gonna want that when it gets heavier.

Stay here.

Hmm.

You want gas, you gotta pay first.

- These... will encrypt ham radios. Huh?

Eh?

What are you playing at?

No games. Car needs fixing.

We don't need your money.

- I just need to get her back on the road.

Pull it in the garage.

We're staying.

- That's an old car. - Yeah, it gets me around.

- Well, I can take a look at it.

Parts are pretty scarce around here.

I got a little bunk out back.

Make yourselves comfortable.

Come on.

Hey.

- Ugh. - You'll develop a taste for it.

I won't.

Huh.

- Last night, I heard the guy say, "Where is she?"

They were looking for me.

Why?

I don't know.

Well, clan rivalry?

I'm the only heir.

Get me outta the way, there's no one to compete with.

- Look, doesn't make sense to me, okay?

Your father was useful. He built tech.

You don't kill people who are useful.

- Then we hire more people like you.

Soldiers.

I want revenge.

Revenge is gonna lead nowhere.

All right, look, we are gonna find your aunt,

and if she's still alive, you're gonna have

a new life with her.

I had a life.

Don't go out there.

Why?

- Because everything outside the city is death.

That's absurd.

We didn't see a single car on the highway.

Oh.

- My father planned for me to be a great leader.

My family is nobility.

From the old kings.

Before the event.

Back when they had summer. - Kid, shut up.

Get some rest.

- I've had rest. - Then suit yourself.

- Do you think they have a daughter?

Hello?

It's open.

Sit where you want.

You hungry? - Yeah.

- We can make you runny eggs and toast.

Got anything else?

Nope.

- Then I suppose I'm having runny eggs on toast.

Runny eggs on toast!

Ahem!

Coffee? - Yeah.

- There. - Thanks.

Mm-hmm.

- You guys seem really nice. - Heh.

Why do you live here?

- It's not much, but it's ours, and...

and it's a lot more than most people have now.

Where are you all from?

- East. - City?

You have family there?

No.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Good, isn't it?

Mm-hmm.

- Uh, your friend's asleep in the garage.

Yeah. He had a day.

Fix the car.

Some water? - Yeah.

- There's a proper bathroom out back.

You can wash up there. It's clean.

Thank you.

Open the door!

Friggin' right.

Yeah, don't mind if I do.

Mm.

Mm! Mm! Ah!

Fabulous.

Hey!!

Come on, let's go!

Ah!

There she is.

Is she okay? I have money.

Oh, do you?