29 Palms

A Judge will soon be ruling on the case of the expansion request by the Native American owned and operated Devil's Playground Casino located in the Mojave Desert. Despite the technical evidence to support the expansion - a fact pointed out to him by one of his clerks (hereafter referred to as the "Drifter") - the Judge will be ruling against it solely because of the payola he is receiving from the Las Vegas lobby against it. As such, the Judge decides to tell the band Chief that he has learned that the Drifter is truly an FBI undercover agent, and as he has no power against the FBI, the only solution to solve the problem is to eliminate the Drifter. As the Drifter's girlfriend is murdered in the process of the Chief's men trying to "solve the problem", the Chief decides to hire a Hitman to finish the job, as the Drifter is now on the run on the assumption that he may be the next target for whatever reason. The payment given to the Hitman is in a black duffel bag with the casino's distinctive logo and a red pine car air freshener on the bag. Several people become aware of the bag with the money, they all, with a little larceny or greed in their hearts, trying to abscond with the money. They include: the Drifter himself; a perverted casino Security Guard who is more interested in spying on the women in the restroom via the security camera than doing his job; a masochistic Cop from a nearby town; a down on her luck diner Waitress; and an outwardly slow bus depot Ticket Clerk. Thrown into the mix is the local no nonsense Sheriff who is only investigating the report of stolen money. As they all try to get their hands on the bag with the money, the motivation for some may turn from greed to revenge and justice.