Episode 02: Kill The Messenger -

"They're cleaning house," Mira continued, her eyes fixed on the horizon where the jagged teeth of the colony walls were beginning to emerge from the dust. "The Spire is cutting off the bloodlines that aren't pure enough. If you deliver that tube, she’s dead by sunset. Along with anyone who shares her air."

"That's when the bodies start piling up to make room for the plot." The gunshot swallowed the howling of the wind. To continue this story or explore a different angle, Want to explore the origins? Prefer to see this turned into a script format ? Episode 02: Kill the Messenger

Elias unbuckled his harness. The weight of the metal tube felt like a mountain in his lap. He looked at the captain, then back at Mira, who was staring straight ahead at the dashboard, her knuckles white on the steering wheel. "They're cleaning house," Mira continued, her eyes fixed

"Twenty clicks to the perimeter," Mira said from the driver’s seat. Her voice was too calm for a woman driving a leaking rig through a dead zone. "You still haven't looked at it." Along with anyone who shares her air

Elias stood up, stepped to the open door, and looked down at the captain. "I can't do that," Elias said.

This is an original short story expanding on the prompt "Episode 02: Kill the Messenger."

"We could just... lose it. Tell them the dust storms took the rig. That we barely made it out."