The Perfect Weapon

Five, four, three, two, one.

Take off.

War.

My father taught me what that word meant today.

He says its what we will have without the State protecting us.

Without the State, humanity will be lost.

The crime rate is close to our zero tolerance goal.

The State is your friend in a dark night like this,

watching over you and your family.

Our great State is stronger than ever.

Our leader, the Director, wishes to thank you for your hard work and dedication.

Together, we will overcome.

Together, we are rebuilding the world.

The Director sees all your hard work, and will reward all good deeds

and punish anyone who threatens the State or its citizens.

Why is this taking so long?

Would you relax?

We've been planning this for months.

Everything's gonna be fine, so relax.

I'm relaxed. I'm relaxed.

Good. Once the transaction goes through, we've got to leave the country immediately.

State will hunt us.

I've made the arrangements.

There are still some places cameras cannot reach.

I hope you're right.

Well, my friend?

Pleasure doing business with you.

Large crowds are expected for the upcoming celebration of Federation Day.

Don't forget, you must ensure that all travel permits are obtained,

all whereabouts accounted for.

Safety of all civilians is of paramount importance.

Hello, my fellow people and God bless you.

Many years ago we survived a horrible war.

They were hard times.

Many of those close to us perished.

Measures were made to make sure that this kind of apocalypse did not happen again.

But let me ask you this.

What happened to our souls?

The right to practice religion, the right not be monitored

every single second of our lives.

The State has done its job.

The human race survived, but now it's time to trust.

It's time to get us back to Democracy.

It's time for freedom, it's time for living.

We apologize for that short disturbance.

The broadcast you've just witnessed is illegal

and should not, I repeat not be confused with the State's official broadcast.

What the fuck?

An extraordinary woman.

Beauty is power.

Woman's shape, smile, eyes that can cut right through a man.

And is she for sale?

In this country my friend, everything is for sale.

Exactly my point, gentleman,

and as it stands, the State can see it all

and soon they will own it all.

Children born today will never know what it's like

having a moment to themselves.

Or a private conversation.

I hear there are some

that do not have such restrictions.

That are immune to such surveillance.

You mean the rumored State operatives?

Licensed to kill, moving amongst us,

trained to kill any enemy of the state?

Look, we have a small window.

We can take action now or we can continue

to allow the State take away our liberty.

You are on very shaky ground.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil

is if good men do nothing.

Too many of us are

sucking anything up without thought.

In,

out.

In,

out.

I won't do that.

Not anymore.

Now if you will excuse me,

I'd like to take advantage of some of the perks

being in the public eye affords me.

Hey, honey, where are you?

Come on.

Poppy's waiting.

Poppy ain't got all day, now.

Just a minute, baby.

Just getting ready for you.

Waiting for that Chola.

Put all of that makeup on.

A lot of eye liner, mascara.

All of that shit.

I think anything he does is kind of...

No, no, no, no!

Hey, baby, what's taking so long?

Hurry up.

I'm here.

Bring that fine Chica ass to Poppy.

Oh, sh...

What's this?

No need to kill us both.

Let the young woman go.

Do you mind if I...

if I take a smoke?

You know why I became a politician?

Because I thought I could make a difference.

I realize now that people in power

all they want is more power.

I see that now.

You standing here,

pointing that gun at me.

I'm not afraid.

I feel young again.

Isn't it ironic?

That when the end is here,

you go back to what it was like in the beginning.

Pull the trigger.

This is 159.

Stardust.

Operational.

Target?

En route.

Welcome home, Axon.

I hope you had a nice day.

You have no messages.

Today's headline brought to you by, State Farm.

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One of the State's biggest supporters, Balthazar White,

was found dead in his home tonight.

The police report indicated heart trouble.

White died peacefully in his bed.

His dedication to over 30 years serving the State

lives on as an example for us all.

You have an incoming message from the Controller.

Play message.

Meet me at the usual place at 3:35.

You're late.

You're never late.

There's a problem.

Your mission.

What problem?

You were ordered to eliminate everyone.

Yes, sir.

There was a woman.

She was irrelevant.

I didn't think it mattered.

Operators don't think.

They follow orders.

I'm going to need your weapons and then you need to report.

- Report? - Mmm.

I'm reporting now.

I've known you a long time Condor.

But I have to take you in.

Is it a loyalty thing?

I don't know.

All I know is the Director wants to see you because

you didn't follow orders and he wants to know why.

The only time

anybody ever goes and sees the Director

is when they have to be re-programmed.

Trust me.

The first thing you ever taught me was this.

- Trust no one. - No, the first thing I ever taught you

was to follow orders.

Put your weapon on the ground.

Right now.

No, sir.

Yes, sir.

Go, go, go, go!

If re-conditioning takes place,

it won't take that long.

Assuming you cooperate, of course.

You will be like new.

All of your old memories and feelings gone.

Like they never existed.

Almost like a rebirth.

That's right, like a rebirth.

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.

I almost envy you.

You could do the same. I mean, maybe you get rid of all those

nagging betrayals that are always on your conscious.

If I had a conscience.

This is what I would call inexcusable.

You're the Controller right?

This is your responsibility here.

Agreed.

This Axon Rey.

He's one of yours?

One of mine.

Code name Condor, war veteran,

Medals of Courage, Valor, wounded three times,

honorable discharge, no surviving family,

38 successful sanctions.

Y'all been busy, I'm impressed.

The State has many enemies.

Yeah well,

we're gonna see if we can lessen that a little bit.

I will keep the water warm for you.

We can't let shit get the way it was before the war.