EXT. PLATEAU - NIGHT Two GUARDS, RICOCHET and MISSILE, are at their posts. RICOCHET This is one of the few stories I remember. MISSILE Hit me. RICOCHET Some guy named Moses. He's a Jew in Egypt, during a time and place where things aren't very good for the Jews in Egypt. MISSILE Sucks for him. RICOCHET So he goes to the Egyptian king, and he's like, "I'm going to take my people out of this crummy place. And if you don't like it, a whole bunch of bad things are going to happen to you." He knew this because he was doing what God wanted. MISSILE Ah, jeez. RICOCHET I told you, this is a biblical story. MISSILE Go on. RICOCHET So the Egyptian king laughs in Moses' face. "You and the Jews? Leaving? Good luck." So then all these bad things start happening... MISSILE Bombs start fallin' from the sky? RICOCHET There weren't any bombs in these times. I'm talking like, rivers turn to blood, neverending darkness, and swarms of bugs that eat anything and everything. MISSILE So what happens to the Jews? RICOCHET The king releases them. But only after God decided to kill the king's firstborn son. Rivers of blood and swarms of bugs didn't phase this guy, apparently. MISSILE And where did the Jews go once they left? RICOCHET To the middle of the fucking desert. MISSILE That was a terrible story. Behind them, BOMBER sets IEDs in the dirt. He shoots Richochet and Missile a dirty look. BOMBER Can you shut up for a second? I need peace and quiet to time these properly! MISSILE Just do your fucking job, Bomber. RICOCHET (to Missile) This better be the real thing. I'm steamed thinking how much fuel we've wasted to get here. Nearby, no-nonsense leader CLUTCH checks the engine on the rusted-out four-wheeler they drove out here. LOCKSMITH swigs from a canteen as he taps on a laptop in the front seat. MISSILE Clutch thinks there will be chocolate. RICHOCHET You can forget soap, clothing, wrenches, guns, all the things that make a man a man. You mention chocolate and I'm done for. (seriously) I'd kill someone. BOMBER Bombs are set! Clutch calls from the four-wheeler: CLUTCH Let's go! Ricochet, Missile, and Bomber come stand behind the four- wheeler. Locksmith logs a few more keystrokes on the computer. LOCKSMITH All good to go. Ready when you are, Clutch. Clutch takes a long look at the empty, scorched earth that stretches out before them. Like the rest of his crew, Clutch is a hardened veteran of this landscape, and has suffered for too long in whatever circumstances have led to setting nighttime bombs in the middle of nowhere. CLUTCH Let 'er rip. Locksmith enters a final command. A timer appears on the laptop's screen. LOCKSMITH Sixty seconds. He takes the laptop and his canteen, and joins the rest of the crew on the side of the car opposite the IEDs. They wait. MISSILE I was thinkin'. BOMBER Oh, here we go. MISSILE I don't know any stories at all. Bibilical or otherwise. My mother used the sound a computer makes when it's running to help me fall asleep. I'm not going to be able to share that with anyone. CLUTCH A big piece of your soul you didn't know you were missing. MISSILE Yeah. Thanks again for that awful story, Ricochet. RICOCHET My pleasure. CLUTCH Missile, with any luck, you'll get to create some stories of your own before you die of disease or starvation. LOCKSMITH You killed those Locusts from a hundred yards away. That's somethin'. Missile pulls out some gilded trinkets from under his shirt. MISSILE Took their daddy's jewelery too. Was gonna hang the next Locust from a tree with these. But they're growing on me. BOMBER Guys! Shut up. The countdown's stopped. Sure enough, on Bomber's laptop, the countdown has reached zero. BOMBER Something's not right. (trying to contain his panic) Maybe I got my wires crossed. There was nothing I could do. I didn't have enough time to work with this batch before leaving base camp. It's all-- BOOM! The ground ripples with the force of the explosion. The four-wheeler tips slightly on its tires. Sand and rock shoot high into the air and rain down on the crew. When all is quiet, Clutch moves from behind the barricade and returns to the detonation site. His comrades follow. There's a hole in the ground the size of a child's swimming pool. Its near-perfect circular shape indicates a detonation of impressive precision and accuracy. A set of stairs lead downward into the hole. CLUTCH (to Bomber) Need to have a little more faith in yourself. Good job. EXT. UNDERGROUND CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS The crew inches down the stairs with guns drawn. CLUTCH Keep an eye out for anything suspicious. LOCKSMITH Like what? CLUTCH Evidence that someone's been here within the last fifty years. Above them, a camera embedded into the rock records their every move. Lights and small computers on their rifles are the only sources of illumination in the passageway. The crew comes to a fork in the road. RICOCHET Which way do we go? Instructions said this was a straight walk. BOMBER Look. Bombers points to the right with his rifle light. Something gleams. Out of the shadows emerge the ghostly silohuettes of three white commercial trucks. BOMBER Oh man. The sides of the trucks bear the red, white, and blue logo of The Winston Corporation. They look as if they could have been parked here yesterday. LOCKSMITH How'd all this get down here? CLUTCH Because there was a time when the earth wasn't made of chemcial ash and smoke. When the planet was good for human life and industry. When there would have been roadways, and parks, and clean water to drink. Recalling this overwhelms Clutch, but he regains his composure quickly. CLUTCH If we find what we're looking for, what we'll essentially be doing is stepping back into the past. And I want you guys to respect that. A door is open on one of the cabs. Ricochet rummages through the glove compartment and under the seats. RICOCHET No food. Nothing. For a truck that hasn't been driven in hundreds of years, the interior is surprisingly clean. This strikes Ricochet as odd, but before he can fully process this -- LOCKSMITH Guys! Look! Ricochet, Missile, and Clutch join Locksmith by the door. Locksmith already has an encryption device running on the adjacent panel. He shines his rifle light around a corner. LOCKSMITH We missed it in the dark. A skeleton lays against the wall, wearing the tattered remains of a workman's uniform. There's an ancient-looking gun in his outstretched hand. RICOCHET Must've been trying to get in. A beat as everyone takes in the sight of the skeleton. CLUTCH How long before decryption, Locksmith? LOCKSMITH Should be about now. Locksmith's laptop beeps. The door slides open. CLUTCH Let's grab what we can and get out. Missile and Ricochet rush inside. MISSILE I'm. So. Hungry! CLUTCH Where the hell is Bomber? Bomber stands at the back of one of the trucks, trying to lift the steel door. It won't budge. He inspects the lock - the bolt and locking mechanism appear to be fused together. BOMBER (contemplative) How did this happen? CLUTCH Bomber! BOMBER Coming, Clutch! INT. BUNKER - DAY A switch is flicked. The lights and electronics buzz to life. There's a bunk bed. A small kitchenette. A computer console. Security monitors. Dusty books in a pile on a small dresser. The crew tries not to gape at the bounty of civilization before them. Instead, they enter rooms and corridors and secure the bunker. One by one, they shout the all clear. Missile and Ricochet kick open the door to the pantry. MISSILE & RICOCHET Clear!! The they promptly stuff their faces with energy bars and survival meals. Bomber place