Approaching Cain City, the three grave robbers had a lot more to think about than the value of their loot. The little silver case had opened a Pandora's box of rage inside the young men. Looking out at Cain City, "Look at this shit, a 100 mile wind wall had to be built because those idiots back in 2012 f***ed up the whole earth," Deece angrily said. The western wind wall was 240 feet high and built with a slope in front to deflect storms of 300 mph winds. Only one building stood above the wall. It was a massive 70 story pyramid type structure. All other buildings were plasticrete domes.
The city was located abbot 500 miles above the Cryozone. The Cryozone is a 60 mile wide band of a space debris shadow that formed constantly around the earth. To look at earth from space now would be like seeing a blue Saturn. The temperature inside the Cryozone fluctuates from -60 degrees F to -120 degrees.
Mostly north and south of the Cryozone, the temps are fairly stable at around 70degrees. Plants and many animals had come back from the nuclear devastation largely due to dome farmers. The closer you get to the Cryozone, the less life there is. There are no changing seasons. The rain storms are vicious but last only minutes. A screaming rip has replaced thunder. Lightning bolts like reddish jagged spears up into the Cryozone debris field.
Deece, Tony and T Bar grew up in a hostile environment. You have to be either good at kissing up to the King or a survivor of the cast lands. Cast lands are considered to be off limits to all citizens of Cain City. They are undeveloped areas of earth that are covered with nuke holes, trashed towns and cities of the old war.
These lands are patrolled by Police drones and sometimes manned craft. There are thousands of these drones but most were built 30 years ago. Grave robbers and treasure hunters often battle with the drones which are armed with plasma guns but are a tad slow to fire. The drones look like the old Gillette razors with a shark fin on the handle. The emblem of the King is on each side of the fin. The emblem is a gray circle with a red jagged cross in the center.
Deece flew the Huvtruck low by the south wall and entered the city. Tony asked, "Deece, can we stop at Dara's to get some eats, I'm starving?" T Bar laughed and said," You just like looking at her tud for brains." (tud is the word for penis) Tony blasted back, “At least my tud is longer than my f***ing ear lobe.
Deece shouted as he turned into the Sky Track, "Guys, shut up, we got Mecrolights behind us!" The Sky Track is a zone where craft can travel N speed which is about 70mph. A Mecro Police craft is a manned hovering vehicle. Deece brought the Huvtruck to a slow speed at a microwave voice called out, “Number identification please!" Deece punched the number 7416988 on the send screen of the dash. The voice called out again," Is that you Deece, pull down admit!"
T Bar nudged Deece and said," Want me to off this Chuck Cherry?" Deece laughed and said, “No shithead, it's my cousin Daniel, anyway you can't be blowing shit up here, we wouldn't stand a chance!" Tony added, Yeah dumbass, its Daniel, you need to get a grip on the gun shit!" Deece dropped the Huvtruck to the ground and the Mecro Police craft landed beside it. Both vehicles raised their windows.
Daniel gave Deece a grin and said," Robbing graves again huh, I got reports that we are minus 4 drones, and would you know anything about that?" T Bar shouted out the widow," Hey, where can I get one of those MAC 1000s?" Deece pushed him back and shouted," Dimmit T Bar, No Daniel, what makes you think we were robbing graves?" Daniel replied angrily, “Because there is an f***ing skull on your left fork!" Deece sheepishly said, “Oh, uh, that's uh." Tony shouted," We were digging for old cars in A sector and one just happened to be occupied!" Deece grinned and said," Yeah that's it, it was a Ford so we just tossed it up and T Bar blasted it."
Daniel shouted," Bullshit, always bullshit, you are lucky that it is me, get that damn skull off your fork and get the hell home!" Deece smiled and shouted, “Will do Daniel, see yak!" Deece blasted the Huvtruck back up into traffic and Daniel turned to go the other way. Deece told the guys that he was headed for Tokey's to sell the Torlon and Titanium. Tony asked, “What about the box, we have to do something?"
Deece replied, “We will, Tokey will know what to do with it, he's a big history buff and he hates the government of the King." T Bar said,"Yeah, The toke will know what to do." Deece made a swift turn and headed for a rusty red dome near a heap of Huvcraft junks. As Deece parked the Huvtruck, the guys could see Tokey sitting under a bright green umbrella with a beautiful girl lighting his cigar. The girl was naked except for a small pink apron.
Tokey weighs about 300 pounds and wears a long red robe. He is the ultimate fence when it comes to illegal bartering. The guys got out carrying their loot and Tokey got a big smile on his face. Deece said, “Hey Toke, we got some good shit for ya." “Oh yeah, bag full of geriatric jewels huh," Tokey laughed. Tony and T bar dumped the bag a couple of feet away from Tokey.
Tony had the silver box in his right hand. Tokey looked at the pile and said, “That’s a good haul, what you got there Tony?" Tony handed the box to Tokey and as soon as Tokey saw the snake and missile emblem, he jumped up out of his chair and shouted, "Where in the f**k did you find that?" He grabbed it from Tony's hand and stumbled back in his chair while saying," I have looked for one of these all my life, this boys is the truth...I knew there had to be one out there!"
