"Street Cowboy" Storyline
This is a storyline I wrote for a story that I may write as a comic book and/or as a script. Tell me what you think of the story and if you'd like to read what happens next because it's going to be a three part series. This is the first part.
Act I:
Jack Stone (Tentative) is a preacher in a small town in Nevada. Most people live in the center of the town;however, those who don't live in the wastelands (former nuclear test sites). He sits in his church office listening to a radio that plays songs from the 1950 and 1960's. After a few moments the radio goes static and sirens from a small gambling city about fifteen miles away can be heard. Jack leaves the church and runs to his house nearby. He goes into the the basement and sees his wife crying. She asks if they're dropping nuclear bombs. Jack says he doesn't know. The sirens aburptly stop and are replaced with a low howling that gradually gets louder. As the howling becomes louder, the sand hitting against the house becomes more intense until the howling sounds like a train. Everything begins to shake, the house begins collapsing. The noise is deafening. Everything goes dark.
A Few Hours Later:
Jack and Priscilla (tentative) dig themselves out from the rubble. Jack notices that every building in town has been destroyed. He goes to where the master bedroom was and finds his safe. He opens it and takes out an old dog-tag, two .357 Colt Pythons, and a holster. He tells his wife they should go to the city. She objects and asks about the neighbors. He says there's not much they can do for them and that once they make it to the city they'll send help back. She asks "Is this the apocalypse?" He replies "No... This is only the beginning." They decide the fastest way to the city on foot is by the highway, and maybe they'll find working cars. In order to get to the highway, they have to go through the wastelands.
They venture on foot through the wastelands on the road that leads to the highway. After an hour or two of walking they are approached by a man who introduces himself as Iglesias. He resembles Steve Buscemi. He is dirty and wearing only an oversized trench coat, underwear, and boots. He insists that they buy dried lizard jerky from him now that the end has come. Jack says no thanks. Iglesias pulls out a knife on them. Jack agrees to buy the jerky to make Iglesias content. Iglesias now satisfied runs off towards the town [Ellis] (tentative).
Jack and Priscilla reach the highway before the evening and see a group of people camped out on the highway in the distance. They walk faster and reach the group before nightfall. In the group is one child, a few adults, and a mysterious man with a flat rimmed hat. He stands up, he is tall with long white hair, wearing black jeans, black vest and a black trenchcoat. He introduces himself as Mortimer (resembles Christopher Lloyd) and says he was a Priest in the neighboring town of Baker.The group has a radio that is broadcasting a religious talkshow from a man who calls himself "The Rapture". As they talk through the night with Mortimer, Jack notices his views are strict, conservative, and very disciplined. They hear gun shots and see large fires coming from the city in the distance. They are about to turn off the radio to go to sleep when "The Rapture" says that Jack and Mortimer must find him because he is a messanger. A voice from God. The group debates for the rest of the night whether or not to find the Rapture, and when.
The next morning Mortimer and the group decide to find the Rapture and find out what he wants. Jack and Priscilla decide to go to the city. Upon entering the city, they notice men with semi-automatics fighting with men carrying pistols. Because of this, Jack and Priscilla decide to sneak into the city.