Unfortunately for them, Xavier's intervention involves accidentally blowing the clerk's head off. The three panic and run, becoming bound by their unintentional crime. She denies it, the trio runs from flying bullets once again and the employee vows to track Amy down and kill her. That kind of thing happens to Amy a lot in the movie. On the surface, it may seem a ridiculous plot device, yet I've learned that Araki's films are always deeply symbolic.
Nothing is literal here.
Amy, an everyteen, is stalked by grown-ups who project their desires onto her and expect compliance, or worse, as later on, when a certain group of adults project their fears. Meanwhile, as all of these disasters are swirling around them, Xavier is slowly working on seducing Jordan, who is so blissfully naive that he's actually seducing back without knowing it. The Doom Generation may seem to be plotless, but that's an illusion. It's a story that's skillfully pulled off by his young performers, who hit all the right notes. And Duval, Araki's regular stand-in, limns the precise edge between preternaturally dense and too sweet to be in this situation, leaving it always uncertain exactly how much of what's going on he gets and how much has flown right over his head.