For many generations , a massive generator has sustained the needs of Ember. The city is located underground, and the generator was only supposed to last 200 years.Their food supplies runs out, and they don't have the things they used to such as pineapples, corn etc. A young boy works at the pipe works , and finds what he never thought he would.

“ It's like I am in a dream“
She sees pirate creatures in her room late at night and all the sudden she is getting kidnapped by them , and taken back to the pirate creatures ship for doing “The Deed“.