Uglies

Tally leaves the empty bunkhouse to watch Special Circumstance hovercars touch down. She runs deeper into the village, stepping into chaos as Smokies try to escape or put out fires. Specials move among the buildings, knocking out Smokies. Near the mess hall, Smokies try to fight them off, and Tally finds herself separated from where her hoverboard is charging with the others. She tries to sneak toward the charging area but runs into Boss on her way. He claims that one of them can get away if the other provides a distraction, showing Tally dried pepper dust he keeps as a defense. He gives her a bag of Rusty magazines to take with her, but when he sees that she doesn’t have shoes on, he reverses his decision to act as bait. He shoves her in front of a Special. Tally, filled with rage at the collapse of the Smoke, rushes the woman and is tackled and handcuffed. The Special starts to follow Boss into the woods, but Tally kicks the pepper container and showers the woman with dust. While she screams, Tally runs, hiding in the forest. She suppresses pepper-induced coughs as Specials flood the area.