Appearing in "The Trail To Scarmen's Burn"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Thompson Richards (First appearance)
- Molly
- Police Department
- Lt. Alex Sinclair
- Detective Langstrom
- Paul
Villains:
- Hilts (Only appearance; dies)
- Sillca Blain (Only appearance; dies)
- Ramsey (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Scarmen (In flashback only)
Locations:
- New Gelaph
- Antari Alley
- Antari Apts
- Wastelands
Synopsis for "The Trail To Scarmen's Burn"
A notorious and very dangerous criminal has escaped from New Gelaph in an attempt to reach a historical location known as Scarmen's Burn in the Wastelands outside of New Gelaph. Mercy is looking to capture the criminal and claim the reward, but she has no clue how to reach Scarmen's Burn in the Wastelands. One of her neighbors, an unemployed history professor called Thompson Richards learns of Mercy's predicament and in an attempt to impress her, he tells her about the story of Scarmen's burn and provides her with a rough map to locate the place. In a further attempt to gain Mercy's affection, Thompson borrows Mercy his car to reach the location, but when he suggests he should go with her, Mercy laughs and leaves the place.
At that moment, the criminal called Hilts arrives to a gas station between New Gelaph and the Wastelands, much to the misfortune of the owners of the place. Back in New Gelaph, Lt. Alex Sinclair tries to get the Police Department involved in the search and capture of Hilts, but the Police Chief denies any request and forbids him from taking action. Meanwhile, Paul visits Molly after he couldn't find Mercy in her apartment. Paul wanted to go on a date with Mercy, but she is always busy with her other affairs.
Later, Trekker arrives to the gas station, but finds that the place has been burned to the ground with the owners still inside. Trekker is then attacked by a group of bandits and she is injured in the arm. Trekker then takes them down and steals their vehicle, as Thompson's car has run out of gas.
Following the map towards Scarmen's Burn, Trekker makes her way inside the Wastelands until she finds Hilt's trail and starts hunting him down. The criminal has noticed Trekker and he prepares a trap that destroys her car and causes her to crash against the ground, injuring her further. A brief skirmish takes place, but Trekker finds a hiding spot to recover some of her strength and uses a couple of pills to mantain her conscious.
The roles have reversed and now, it is Hilts who is hunting Trekker. She makes it to a swamp area, where she prepares a trap for Hilts, which gives her the upper hand for a brief time during the ensuing struggle, but her injuries are weakening her, allowing Hilts to recover and overcome Trekker. Before he could deliver the final blow however, he is dragged into the water by a creature of the swamp. Hilts eventually kills the animal, but the effort has weakened him and he starts making hiw way to Scarmen's Burn.
After recovering, Trekker follows Hilts all the way to the marked location in the map. There, Hilts is reunited with his lover, who anticipated his arrival with a vehicle for them to escape. However, Hilts and his lover are confronted by Trekker, who immediately realizes Hilt's partner is also a wanted criminal. Hilts attempts to use his partner as a hostage, but he then tosses her against Trekker, causing Mercy to fire her weapon, seriously injuring the woman. Hilts runs away from Trekker, who is distracted as she tries to prevent the woman she shot from dying. By the time she starts following Hilts, she realizes that the wanted criminal has climbed to the location of Scarmen's Burn and she starts climbing, despite her utterly tired body and ruined outfit.
Trekker barely makes it to the top, but as she attempts to climb the last ledge, Hilts shows up and threatens to cause her to fall to her death. Trekker uses her last resort, grabbing Hilt by his coat with her grappling hook and the two of them start rolling down the side of the steep rock. Hilts manages to stop his fall, but Trekker is not so lucky and rolls all the way down. Hilts makes his way down as well and when he reaches the bottom, he goes straight to his partner's vehicle to get the gun, but as he tries to get inside, he is shot by his partner, who was helped by Trekker into the car. Hilts dies in a matter of minutes and is followed by his partner, leaving a very exhausted Trekker to take their corpses back to New Gelaph in their own vehicle.
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