The Perfect Weapon

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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 f***?

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 sh*t.

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.

Supplying you with

your safe, germ free,

perfectly processed

food since 2019.

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 sh*t get the

way it was before the war.

We spent too much

time too much effort.

Too many lives were lost

to get this thing in order.

The balance is almost there now.

My biggest concern right now

are the illegal broadcasts.

We took out one of the

figure heads tonight.

But there will be someone

else to take his place.

We need somebody

that can really,

successfully, take out the

next owl that comes up.

Condor is the best.

His behavior in the

last 24 hours

would give me

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