《RUSH》Chapter 5 Tightening
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Fresh forest morning after night raining. Sunny morning. Birds are live. Bugs flying around. Beautiful scents are spreading around. Live forest without lumberjacks, without sound of woodcutters, or people´s noise, just real intact nature. Autumn is near with own colors already painting leaves of deciduous trees. On higher altitude where becoming evergreen forest, old pinus nigras already changed needles, and trees are ready for hard winter with a lot snow. Pinus nigras look like gather branches one to each other and this forests look like much more bushy in this season.
-Hey guys what's up!
-Waiting for you.
-Why are you did not just knock?
-We think you are sleeping.
-No man, I woke up hour before, but I was quiet because Larisa was slept, she woke up now. Old Is come half hour ago from Zerizamini.
-Beautiful cabin on great place.
-Thanks Nathe, I builded all alone.
-You´re real expert.
-How did you come here? Oh...Look at this, you bought pick up truck.
-Yeah.
-I wasn't much think, I bought when I saw it.
-Man. You should have taken smaller one.
-This is in my style.
-I have no doubt. Come on in.
-Well, well, well. Look who came here. I think you was get white hair on that summit, but seems you are rejuvenate.
-Come on, how is been?
-Hardly. Idiots have agitators to take on every way votes when they need.
-I know, always has been right like that.
-There is one serious thing. Someone making false financial reports for companies here on this planet.
-Nothing strange for me, I already saw that, when they want to get planet they make report as that planet is in bankruptcy. Do you doubt somebody?
-Someone from Congressman's office or he personally done that. I have files on this chip, but I have not solid proof yet. Someone make same thing for our museum, they said museum has not exposition for years.
-Yes, for museum that is true.
-How, or why?
-I don't understand, when I asked new menager why we do not work he always find excuse, or he said you are working, you making collections, restaurations, you have a lot of work, one day when collection be filled. Our new manager is there about seven years. Seems he digging our grave.
-I think so.
-We have great permanent collection of the museum, about 1 000 000 pictures, 50.000 cars from Earth, a lot weapons, big collection of animals and other artifacts from Earth, we have potential to be open 24 hours. This is great condition, our curators, 50 of them, do not work nothing. Great location for something useless for us citizens. One day they will come here with their horrible music and clothes, and that is end for us, you know one day someone from council will come and shot down museum.
-They have idea to shut down whole planet and make resorts for high class, course without museums, theatres and other cultural objects. Just resort and fun, nothing else.
That is summit for.
-Nothing weird, and when they ruin this planet they will go to another, and that is this.
-We can done much more for us, but I don't know how.
-Just like in song you love, I heard you listening every day: "I´d love to change the world, but I don't know what to do, so I'll leave it up to you".
-Yeah, he leaves up to me, but not even me know what to do.
-He leaves that to all humanity, but years and millenniums past, always same thing.
-Homo homini lupus est.
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-Everyday you impress me. You are good in Latin.
-I was learn sometimes.
-I can't figure why they doing that, closing planet we all lose first of all food and water, than other resources, and worst thing is they killing people.
-You never saw old Ayenchowan study.
-Never heard.
-That study says humanity without excuse should be reduced on smallest possible number of population. This target will be achieved on that way they should leave enough number low class population for heavy and servant jobs, other humans will be executed on any way. On that way they will get more space for high classes.
-Are not this three galaxies enough for all humanity? Look, as I can figure they have own planets, and low class have no access there.
-This theory want make luxury world up. Quantity of humanity will be reduced on five planets.
-Seems President is follower of the Ayenchowan study.
-Yes, first in own campaign he was democrat, then after he became president he said terrible words about classes, and everyone can see where we wrong in our votes. We had complain on his predecessor, he was sopor man, without interests in life other people, but this man is evil.
-Do we have some chance to make extraordinary voting. People to say that they are not satisfied with government?
-Nothing about that. Nothing until his death.
-Hey, enough with politics, you are never heard that talking about politics harm cheerful spirit.
-Yeah, you don't talking about this so you are so full of beans.
-Always ready on counter response. I'm glad you are not lost your spirit.
-Liam is always in mood to make jests.
-You look tired.
-This rush about summit was exhausting, also I got crashed few time.
-Here you are like in heaven, tomorrow you will be like new born.
-Autumn coming slowly, warm colors are already on plants.
-We should use this time for walk through woods, until winter come.
-Right. I can´t wait winter, love winter funs.
-Yeah, I love winter to, but in front of fireplace.
-You are not winter sport lover, arent you?
-Liam love winter sports.
-Of course, on screen.
-Lets go outside.
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-Sir, you have message: it's me, Colin. I have some live clues about those things we talked two days ago. Come to me whenever you like.
-Colin found something.
-This guy is incredible.
-Tomorrow on work. This is incredible how time passes here.
-This is great place for vacation, you are not conscious about time while looking in this beauty, or have good time with friend.
-You was get some task to Colin.
-Yeah. Think he found source of false reports.
Day is over, and time to everyone go home. Tomorrow is working day. Monday, bloody monday. Liam and Nathan going straight to bar to found Colin, and see what about false reports.
-Have you seen Colin?
-Sure, he is in separe. Want some drink?
-Three beers please.
-Hey Colin whatsapp?
-Sit down, be quiet, here is some strange guys, think they figured somebody stole information from database. My luck is I have own software for removal access trace, they will check five different places through which I am drag datas. Look. One of them have device for network check.
-Are they datas tricky? Look. Look at source.
-Man. This is Congressman himself.
-I found call record, whole call. Listen this, take this headphones:
"-Mr. Congressman?
-Yes Mr. President.
-Listen. I'm looking your planet. You have great potential for class one resort.
-Yes this planet is ideal, but I can't do anything...
-How. What's your problem?
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-This planet have a lot farms, suburbs, industrial zones, and low class people.
-That's nothing, we will move out everything.
-But, council, what about council? They will never give permission.
-Don't wary. Council is my problem.
-Trouble is this planet operate with high revenues. Companies contributes enormously.
-Listen. This is your task. You and company leaders will make false report for past ten years. Look on this future map, this yellow marked apartments are for them, I think they will like it. Red marked apartment is for you.
-This is wonderful.
-You have only one task, to make false report, only you can sign final report. I will crash council in few words. Good Bye.
-Good Bye."
-Listen this, call after summit. This is very interesting, shit will happens here soon:
"-Mr. President I done everything... I'm disappointed...
-Take it easy. We are not done yet. Maybe we lost battle, but war we will win. We will wait one year to new summit, for that time we will engage Law Enforcements to make intimidation of tenants. Now you will call Sargent of L.E. and tell him to order to officers to start with vehicle checking, this is first step, after we will start with arrestings and beating, then after half year we will induct curfew and start with house checkings. They have to sign whatever we ask for.
-Great. I will call now.
-Call him, and said he will get higher status and apartment here..."
-Man, bull shit!
-You wanna hear conversation with Sargent?
-No thanks, I already heard enough.
Two suspicious guys walking from table to table, with stare in every man, then they came to separe:
-What is this?
-What?-Liam stand up a little.
-That thing in your hand.
-I don't want show you.
-Give me that now!
-Fuck you.
-Show me what you got on that device. You are violate law about rude speech...
-Get fuck are here! How dare you to come here, do you know who I am?
-We are L..E., you are under arrest...
Liam hit one cop in head with beer bottle, then hit uppercut to other cop´s head. Impact of high force knock down on the floor both of them with noisy drop like in boxing match. Present folks in bar make exclamation and stand up on legs. They are happily surprised. Liam leg kick in stomach both guys on floor. They howling in pain.
-What you said, someone is under arrest?
-Call for reinforcement!
Other one try to take communication device, but Liam strike out device from hand. With other hand he tried to take own blaster. Liam pull his gun, make fast insert bullet in chamber, sound of metal heard, then five shots and smell of powder´s gases. Everyone in room was puts hand on ears earlier, that horrible sound was known. Other guy stand up on legs, and he was tried to escape, some of the people hits him, and he falls down again.
-Please, don't kill me! Please, you are king here, you have powerful blaster.
-This is not blaster, this is gun, and Im not king, I´m just not idiot like you. You pisssed me off, but I will not kill you. Nathan give me syringe!
-What?
-Inject that if you want to live. Now, take your blaster, slowly, without fast moves, shoot in this death body. Now, take your body and go on back door, move, hurry, run!
Liam taken blaster and make few shots on street. He shot few dustbin can and make fire.
Liam take communicator:
-Emergency mesage for L.E. I saw two men in dispute, they start with fight, and they take weapon, now there is real weapon fight. Showing location automatically.
Few men do it same thing.
In short time whole neighbourhood was full of Law Enforcements, two skyships patrolled on sky.
-Hey, Reamon sorry on mess.
-That's nothing, another time just call me when you wanna shoot. Just kidding, one fucker less.
-Folks! Listen to me. Bad luck crashed on us. Our extermination is being prepared, L.E.s will start with killing in this neighbourhoods. Our task is to be concentrated and calm. I will try to find way to get funds for defense and training. We have not much time.
-Sir, you have a call. Its me Imran. I´m in front your house, what's happening here, cops are everywhere in this neighbor?
-We had noisy party.
-You did not shoot someone again aren't you?
-I'm not sure I'm not.
-Man, two guys in few day, you are dangerous. Listen, I´m here to take drugs for those members of council.
-I´m on way. I´m coming in minute. Nathan listen, you have to go home, on Konran, I'll give you money, a lot money. Buy drug, buy medicaments, bandages and other stuff you think we will need, for beginning buy fifty assault rifles and ten thousant bullets, buy same number pistols and bullets for that. You see war is coming here.
-I´m on way. Take care yourself.
-Take care yourself you to, take this blaster. You wanna take you truck back on Sarhan?
-Yes. Sure.
-Come on let's go.
-I´m here in two months.
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Depressed rainy monday morning, Liam driving with wipers on, empty streets in city, sleepiness make torture. Temperature falling down a little bit.
Liam was parked on his usual place, and going in to museum. Security officer looking in him with amazing.
He step in to hall and hear known voice, yelling on someone. He opened door:
-Hello there how are you doing?
-Great, morning after long pause, hard to work out.
-Aaiki what is that?
-This is 1970 Armalite AR-18, best sample I ever had in mine hand. This thing just needed good cleaning, it was in preservative for ages, may be few milleniums. I already shooted in target, look.
-Great, this rifle was new when it was canned. I learned something about that rifle on university, that rifle was mark one historical period on Earth, of course bad period of history.
-Old Is brought that thing in rusty canister, full of strange liquid, and rifle was wrapped with greasy cloth in nylon bag. I read something, this was never officially adopted by any country as their standard service rifle, but this thing found way into the hands of terrorist or paramilitary groups.
-You know song: I don't want to spend the rest of my life, looking at the barrel of an Armalite.
-Name of song is "Invisible Sun", I read that they think on AR-18.
-I never ask how you find bullet for this?
-Expensive thing, Old Is have friend in old part of town, he have workshop for historical things, we found a lot samples of old ammunition, so he can make any bullet from past. We should never talk about this, sometimes Eshirans give to us.
-Look, I heard some noise here, I thought someone of you got hassle, but I figure our security officer don´t working good job, seems he already sleep, give me that rifle I´m going to check in whats hapenning there. I'll take this full magazine.
-Hey, do not kill someone. I heard what happened yesterday.
-Dont worry its ok, I´m gonna check it out.
Liam going through adjacent room. Noise is closer and closer, he take rifle from shoulder, put bullet in chamber and open the door. He shot short burst above Max's head.
-Hey you, fag, I told you something about yelling!
-You, what, how dare... You escaped from jail, I´m gonna...-Max takes big iron stick, and go towards Liam.
Liam slapped Max. Power of hit and in reflex Max dropped iron stick. Sound of iron on tarmac flor. Max tries to hit Liam in face, but Liam makes one short uppercut and direct hit in Max's head. He fall down on floor. Liam makes one more leg hit in his abdomen. Then he pulled him by the hair on his legs.
-Listen to me you little cunt, I told you once if I heard your fagot´s voice one more time, just one more I´ll cut your head. Listen now you will work here, you will make this here, you have drawings, if you madew one more mestake I´ll blown your brain with this Armalite. Are you undersand me?!
Security officer run into room with taser in hand. Liam fired a long burst into the ceiling above his head. Plaster and dust from the ceiling fell on his head. because sound and dust, officer stopped on place in shock.
-Drop it! Hands up! Where have you been a few minutes ago?
Officer tried to take blasterm but Liam is faster, he hit him with gunstock in face.
-You acting some kind superhero now. Sleeping on duty is punishable!
-L.Es are on way, better come down...
-You are threaten to me?-Liam hit security officer again.
In one moment in room run in two L.E.s, Old Is, and menager of museum.
-Wel, wel, wel, good to see you all on one place. Officers, arrest this man on floor, he is security officer here I found him sleeping on working place.
L.E. officers are confused.
-I saw this man on security camera he shot here and beated CRM personal...
-Wait, wait a minute, Mr. Manager, you will have time to talk. Officers please make official record, starting now. Mr. Menager please tell me when was last exhibition in this museum?
-What for?
-I asking you, talk now.
-Last one was before eight or nine years, I don´t know when, but you made mistake here, you have no right...
-One expert question. When was French Revolution?
-What is French Revolution?
-Old IS tell him.
-5 May 1789 on Earth...
-Good thank you.
-When was D-day?
-Are you kidding me? This silly questions...
-This is general question which every employee in this museum must know. You mister, you are curator chief, do you know?
-Hm, D-day, I heard something...
-Larisa, do you know?
-6th June 1944, Earth in Normabdy, France.
-One more question for you Mr. Manager. Who was first president of US?
-I... You made big delict here, and do not try to avoid arrest...
-Shut up mother fucker, and answer question, I have more bullets, for all of you!
Liam fires one bullet above manager´s head. L.E.s try to take blasters from case, Liam fired two more shots between their legs.
-Careful, I have not much patience. So, Mr. Menager, I asked you something. Mr. Old IS tell him.
-George Washington.
-George Washington of course. So Mr. Menager tell us about your education and how one person like you can be menager of museum and to don´t know nothing?
-You are not competent to ask me something like that, and I am not obligatory to answer the question to persons like you.
-Good, good. Ok. from today you are new security manager, chief curator is your deputy. Old Is now you are new Menager, Larisa now you are new chief curator. Congratulations.
-How dare to talk like that. This is mine museum. Officers please end this farce.
L.E.s tried again attac, but Liam shot three bullets close to their heads. Both lay down on the floor.
-Let me to get straight something. I am mother fucking CRM No.1. From today I making rules here.
-You two motherfuckers go to security officers room, you are security here now. Officers stand up please, sorry I was rough, take this man to jail.
-Aye aye your excellency.
-Have anyone some questions? Max, you little cunt?-Liam point rifle tube to Max's head and make trigger click.-Your lucky, there is not bullets anymore, now I would blow your brain. Pick up this all empty bullet cases, there is 30 rounds, I wanna every case on my desk tomorrow. Are you understood? Good. Aaiki take this. This rifle is awesome.
-Good for your gunman style. Man, you are real Django.You like it?
-Yeah sure. Larisa, let me ask you something, what you think when we can have exposition. In few days, first we have to clean the mess, and than we can be open.
-Count on that, so we will get work seriously. Old Is can you make approval?
-Sure, It will be my pleasure.
-Old Is let's go on some quiet place, we have to talk about something.
-Lets go.
-You received my message?
-Yes.
-Nathan will procure some rifles and bullets, but I'm afraid we have not enough bullets if conflict persist, and what with air strikes. One more thing, those people don't know anything about guns or about army.
-You and Aaiki will go to Old Town, my friend will give you some ammo, you have to tell him caliber, and he will made, you will need truck, take from parking.,and don't worry for air and space, this morning I talked with Eshirans, they have rockets, they said they will make artillery support for us. They said they will make army training for our people. We have to find enough trucks for people, we must not be suspicious. They chose west mountain for training polygon. I´m going to talk with Reamon. We must start tomorrow.
-I have bullet sample. May be best for all is to we go immediately.
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Old Town is big island with area 16 993 133 km2. This island operate like own country . They have own resources, and they do not depend on whom. City and villages near city are connected with system of canals, so people must use boats. Water flow next to walls of stone buildings. Some people living in boats anchored in canals.
They have not commercial airports. This Island is on west side of planet, and only way one can go there is water. Only way to go there is drive to west on motorway to coast, two days driving, than take ship and sail one day to island. Ships docking in harbor on small peninsula.
Liam and Aaiki was driven on shift, after two days they had rest on ship.
-This is relaxing, sailing in canal between this buildings.
-We have 17 hours to enjoy.
-What ,17 hours?
-This is big city, that we was rented car we should drive 25 hours on north, then two on south, and then find water taxi to sail us two hours more.
-This is same like water cities was on Earth in past, I had book history of cities, and there was picture of Amsterdam, Venice, Bruges, people lived there on same way.
-Yeah, I learned from similar book, but this city is much more bigger than towns on Earth was, and villages here are same like Giethoorn village in Netherland. Normal villages are on north of island. Founder of this city is passionate in water and Earth History, he was army general , and after first intergalactic war he made own community without other galaxies. He made own defence system, own resources. This folks never participated in another conflict. They living neutral life. Idea of human unity and democracy living only on this place.
-Look at this boat, this is police.
-Yeah, police, thats name for L.E.s here, and a lot of low regulations are from past. Here CRM medal does not appreciate. Nobody can't come without invitation, Old Is called his friend, and his friend sent letter of guarantee to border patrol, on other way we can´t be here.
-Sounds complicated.
-Some kind a way to defend own border.
-Right. Still I can't figure some things about their existence here.
-Do not get angry, but I can't figure you are some kind history expert, you know better than some academician, but when we talk about history of our galaxy system, you don´t know nothing. You don't know about some now days things. Do not laughing, I'm serious. You don't know you have to check in at security officer when you come to work. Don't laugh, I forgot you have not sign because you are CRM No.1, all doors are open for you, and one day we figure you are CRM, how, what's point?
-Do you know swim?
-Swim, you kidding with me...
-Just kidding, you are my friend, I told you, I owe you an explanation. I feel tired, I have no energy to talk about some things now.
-Man, sometimes look like you fell down from some other galaxy.
-Seriously? Really I'm look like that?
-Yeah. I worked on restoration some Earth TV series, there is on comedy, British sitcom Mr. Bean, sometimes you look like main character.
-Don´t fuck me, I watched Mr. Bean in cinema...
-In cinema? Where? In whole three galaxies there is no cinema! You said so like that you are from past.
-Ok, there is one cinema not in this galaxy... I will show you one...
-Man, this will be long explanation.
-I Hope so. Once you said I have carisma like Django. I wonder from which muvie?
-Especially when you open fire on people. When you taken Armalite I heard song in my head: (Django) Django, have you always been alone
(Django) Django, have you never loved again
Love will live on, oh, oh
Life must go on, oh, oh
For you cannot spend your life regretting...
-You know that song?
-Soundtrack for Django from 1966, main starring Franco Nero.
-Man, that's one of my favourite movies!
-Have you ever watched 1967. Django, The Last Killer?
-Starring George Eastman and Anthony Ghidra, directed by Giuseppe Vari, original name is: "L'Ultimo Killer", I love that movie.
-I looked you yesterday when you driven truck, with hat on your head and your style, you are born actor, what a petty, there is no film production anymore, I'd suggest you main starring in some western.
-You look like character for romantic drama.
-Man, you are not serious, aren't you?
-Sometimes, when you are with Larisa, yes.
-Kidding me.
-You are present for years in her life and you made nothing. Few days ago, when I looked she was leaned on your desk, and I wanted to shout to you screw her. Stub, stub her, man can´t you see. Need camera in that moment to record your expression.
-Come on, we´re friends, just friends.
-Tall tales from tall mountain...
-Come on.
-You walking with her around for years, goes on that mountain in your cabin every time vacation, drink coffee every day, you have not girlfriend, and she have not boyfriend, and you said to me nothing.
-Maybe, I should ask her what she think.
-Don´t. Please.
-Why don't. Man. You are good person, worth man, good expert and good historian. There is not rest much people which knows about those technical things like you, and you made great restorations. You remind me of Nathan, he was same like you, but I changed him. You have to take advantage of the opportunity with women, they will not wait for you, especially if she gives you a lot time to do something. Very rarely happens to women take initiative, that's very rare since world exist, or is not but that womens which take own initiative have other aim with man, you think what I mean.
-I know, I read once about one women tribe in past on first colonies after think third or fourth Colonie war, on Planet Kepler, or planet with 74 tribes there was women tribe, and they would hijacked man from other tribe for extension of the species.
-Thats not funny. They were monsters, female child would stayed in tribe, but they were fed pigs with male children. Hijacked man were died on sufferance. Can you imagine man´s suffer when rape him group euphoric girls on acid, few days consecutive.
-I didn't know that.
-Maybe author of that note did not want to, or hi did not know about some upset facts. Hijacked man would be drugged with some strong aphrodisiacs, then would be tied on sacrificial table for 72 hours, for it lasts tribe ritual with music. I heard that music, horrible thing. Than ten or twenty horni girls start with raping that man, it lasts until man die. That girls would stab a knives in body and drink his blood, after they would take skull like souvenir, residues would eat pigs.
-Horrible.
-That is one of million upsetting stories from human past. Wonder yu don´t know about that period, that is second post apocalyptic period of humanity. Everyone know for first post apocalyptic period on earth, second was on Kepler. Humanity was returned in stone age for two times. After apocalypse on Earth people were need 3000 years to rise up again technological progress, after that 500 years to make colonies on other planets in Solar system. After Second apocalypse people neat 6000 years for recovery. Every time people make heaven on some places, seems after one period of prosperity people start to feel saturation of well-being, in that moment they find few idiots to make war and suffer, when the conflict crosses the line then there comes apocallipse like reset for humanity.
-In mine books there is no word about that.
-People sometimes forget bad things. Wait a minute, we was changed main theme, what is with you and Larisa?
-Me, and... Look we are floating to the Big canal, we will go faster, this canal is 110 m wide, and long 5km, boats in this canal...
-I see, pilot speeding up this boat, but we are not talking about float ways and boats, am I right Capitan?
-Yes sir, I heard that young man avoiding right answer. Young men, always same thing when they need serious talk with older.
-You hear me and Captain, come on talk, or I won't ask you again do you know to swim.
-Hm... Ok!... I promise i will do something... But...I'm afraid that I something, as you say fucked up.
-Don't worry, I saw her how she look at you. Believe in me, I know those things.
-Hm... Ok...
-Whoa, what is this? This thing on the square?
-Monument. Android Goliath, first made in Old Town, this city have army of this Goliaths, army have two millions, and if they need they can made another 500 000 in one month. Only this state in whole universeum can make android with 98% artificial intelligence. This robot can transform self in boat or combat vehicle when high speed movement needed. As you can see they have two blaster cannons, one rail gun and four small nuke rockets. This androids are main warranter this town can be state, and this people can sleep peacefully. Beside, every man in this state have weapon, and every man is reserve soldier, you can imagine army with 100 000 active plus 25 000 000 from reserve and this one android change 50 soldiers.
-I can't figure, how only them can made artificial intelligence, and why just 98 %?
-Well, 98% independently, but 2% is programmable because someone must to shot down this monsters when conflict ended. In past on Planet Sanuela one war was against artificial intelligence when machinines become self-aware and start killing people. You know about act in law against artificial intelligence, council made that act when they destroyed last rebellious machine, then they destroy literature about artificial intelligence, and in that time last stock of Kamnatolit in mines is consumed. Kamnatolit is main substance in processor chips for artificial intelligence, scientists tried make chips with standard materials, but do not work properly. One scientist found that material on this island, in desert on east central, so they made Goliath, and few combat airships with a.i.
-This people have violated the law for their safety.
-Yes, that can't be possible on other way.
-This place is gorgeous, after few buildings another square, look at this blue palace, that with stairway in water. Look, mosaic of ceramic tiles is all over, look this is lion, like Lion of Judah. This is real gold on handrails, and fountain inside court. I like it. That blue windows with murals...
-Owner of this palace was General Ras Jamsilin imu Maahidi, founder of this state.
-I did not succeed to read inscription on roof side.
-It says: Every human is equal here, and live in peace every day, but never forget on enemy from outside. This General was descendant from Endzela tribe. They believe in peace, believe in that is peace is possible sustainable condition, and every person must work on it, and one day when die their soul will come to Earth.
-I heard a lot about Endzela tribe, they were nomads in past, but their planet is destroyed in one of the intergalactical wars, some of them died, some goes to right side army. Means in that moment right side, but that right side was turned against own followers.
-You know something more than me about that. How you think that they turned against own people?
-They stopped war, Council made agreement with opponent side how shared resources , than they made strong cop service, and start disarm, arresting and killing own soldiers. Course, on some planets soldiers would not surrender, they made new army together with ex opponents. New war against the cops and the system lasted 20 years.
-Man...
-Guess who was president of the council in that time?
-Who?
-Kajane Manst, ancestor of this current president. Idea about everything of that was only his. Do not be surprised, family Manst is in council on dominant position for milleniums.
-I´m looking in mine books there is nothing about that, which book you was read ?
-You can't find that in that electronic books, this was real, paper book.
-Classbook for university, General Hystory of Humanity, this book have ten volumes, every volume 1000 pages. Author Dr. Sci. Mallreseelen Alich val Xohxuaa.
-There is no such a name in database, maybe I made incorrect spelling.
-No, you are not, you can't find that author or books here.
-Look on square on right side of canal.
-Whoa, what is this, The Planet Earth, is this King Elvis's statue? Look at this sphere on roof, that symbolizes Earth perhaps.
-Yeah, golden statue King of Rock n Roll. This Club have tematic nights, like music 1950s, 1960 or 70s or 80s, every night something different. Every night 2000 people is in there. Band from Bar had invitation to play there one night, after that they are live legends in our town. We should come here sometimes, we will asked Old Is to help us.
-Sure great.
-Now we are going in that third narrow canal, canals will be narrowed and narrowed, and we will come in one way canal, you will see a lot beautiful houses, trees above canal. This one way canals are not busy like this main.
-I like everything here, but I´m really tired, I had bad dream on ship, I slept just a bit, I´m sorry I can´t stay here and looking this.
-Ok. Man, we will come another time to enjoy here, maybe on few days.
-Hey Captain, you don't mind to I lie down here on deck?
-No problem.
-Thanks.
**********
-Good day, I expected you two, Aaiki how are you, and certainly you are Liam, arent you?
-Yes that's me.
-My name is Sane Ahit, this is my sister Anahita. Old Is told me a lot about you. I hope so you were enjoy in your trip.
-You are little far from harbour, and there is not road except water to come to you.
-As you can see this town is on whole on water.
-This is your house?
-Yes.
-I like it. I like this comics pics on your wall. Some strange language in speech balloons.
-I am colecionar, I have a lot comics from Earth. I bought this panels on auction for a bit pence, and a lot comics on same language, nobody wanted to buy it.
-This is from Earth?
-Yes. I don't know which country or part of Earth, I have two cars on countryside from same place. I found a lot books on same language and one movie wallpaper inside car´s trunk. I working on restorations on one car by drawings from one of the books. I bought that cars very cheap, everybody says that is worthless even on Earth. In documentation says that they found that two cars in London in front of some consulat, cars bought some buisnisman on some space colonie, then he gave it to some museom when he found this is worthless. Museum was on Planet Kepler, for millenums, under ruins not damaged, after that nobody knows how this cars were get here. There is no documentation, except about this I told you, they don't know even who produced this cars. U.K. is not producer, even that cars are left hand drive. Those cars are special for me, because first colectionar comic I got was on language of that people's from Earth. I finished one car, but I have problem with engine´s timing system.
-Can you show me maybe I can done something?
-We have to go to village, we have to three hours floating from this place, first to see your problem. Old IS told me what is happening. He told me you will find some good shape rifles.
-This song, I heard many times, long time ago...
-I found CD in good shape in that car with songs on this language, but somebody long time ago burned own MP3 compilation. CD was in one small bag below racing seat, so it was protected.
-You found year of burning?
- January 26th 2003.
-Whats wrong? Why you pensive in moment?
-Nothing, just... Look, you have a lot original comics Sergio Bonelli Editore.
-I have a lot to show you, many things are in house on village. I have bigger house and big garage there. I have just some things here.
-You have a lot weapons, how you are not museum?
-I have this historical weapons, sometimes I go to competition in long range shooting with this historicals, also every person here on this Island have blaster and blaster rifle. We finished two years active military service, then we caring our weapons to home, and than at home we are soldiers in reserve.
-Interesting. Let's go work. We need 50 tons bullets like this. Can you done this?
-Anahita can you see this?
-Look like... But... I must disassemble to take measures.
-What look like Eshiran´s 7,88x42 mm?
-Look like same design, but this is different measure. This is 6,33x39 mm.
-I never heard of that caliber.
-This is not classic gunpowder.
-Maybe cordite?
-No. Look chemical formula on screen, and look at atom structure. What is this? I never seen that kind propellant. As I know people on Earth did not known this kind structure.
-This bullet can't be from Earth, and old is just for 15 years.
-Hey, Liam where you found this?
-Long story pal.
-Can you something done?
-Let me think. If I put standard nitrocellulose powder this bullet have heavy projectile, this will ruin performances.
-You need Odygision element to mix with gunpowder.
-Sorry. Think... Oxygen?
-No. Odygision.
-I never heard of that, there is no such element in periodic table.
-My friend is full of surprises.
-Come on, Aaiki look on screen, I never in my life seen that kind of structure.
-Listen to me, you need 20 % Carbon, 5% Thallium, in mixture put 70% Ischyronit, and mix with 25 % water on 90 degree celsius, than warm up on 468 celsius, you will get solid thing, then heat up to 780, when you get sublimation take across gas in condenser. You have to cool down liquid od 20, that liquid is 100 % Odygision, than take gunpowder and mix 1:50.
-I figure...But, what is and where I can find Ischyronit?
-Take this coin, and slowly scrape surface.
-Republic...
-Come on Aaiki, give him that coin, I did not give to you to read something here. Ok. You got Ischyronit. You have all equipment here, I read about Constelat, this is best equipment for chemistry.
-Now I must found other elements. What if I use ... Let me think. Anahita give me yours deodorant. Now I can start...
-Same structure. Which type of primer this bullet use?
-Centerfire primers. Standard.
-Constelat give me simulation for bullet, this measures with this propellant, weapon is assault rifle.
-Danger for operator. Safe firing impossible, barrel explosion. Operator will died.
-Constelat which type of barrel is needed for safe operation?
-Oversize barrel on 20 centimeters, same thing for bolt. Impossible for operating, weapon too heavy. Weight 50 Kg.
-Whoaa...This is some scary bullet.
-I'd like to see weapon which pipe is strong to hold it pressure of this explosion.
-I will show you once.
-How heavy is that weapon?
-4.2 Kg.
-4 to 5...Wha...Which type of material used on this...
-Later.
-Ok. We have propellant, we need ten bottles of deodorants, and we can start production.
-Where is your factory?
-Here in basement.
-What, you producing bullets in settlement?
-Not just bullets, I producing every kind of ammunition for historical weapon. Don't worry, mine neighbour producing gasoline here in that house across canal. We are 100 % safe, maybe you saw technology from Earth, but this machines are something different. Everything is hermetically closed , on one side I put raw materials, on other side I get bullets. We need two days for 50 tons. This machines work automatically.
-You know what, is this bullet you call Eshiran?
-Yes Eshirans are one tribe...
-Sorry I interrupted you. Put that caliber, I need 20 tons, and I must not forget I saw those ati tank rockets for portable shoulder launcher on your window, I want 30 tons. Find 10 tons hand granades like this.
-Man. You are ready for real historical remake of war.
-Do you wanna show me that car you said just a little before, you got problem with?
-Sure, let's go in boat. We are all going to vilage.
**********
Village without roads, just canal system, kilometers of canals. Edges of canals are decorated with flowers and decoration trees. Although it is autumn, flowers still bloom, here on this place every plant stay same until start snow fall down. Every house is on own river island with big yard surrounded with hedgerow. Houses are wooden, and coloured in pleasant colors, in order to fit into the environment. There is no animals in this village, or crops. Primary purpose of this village is vacation. Every citizen or every farmer have house on such a place, Old Town´s constitution guarantee that.
-How you brought this cars here?
-I have bigger boat, but I have to sail slowly in this narrow canals.
-Graeat.
-What are you doing, you take off cylindar head.
-Something's wrong here, I found your five mistakes here. I just split it, here on table. Have you got lathe here?
-Yeah.
-Make new valve bucket tappet, this measure is not right. Valve clearance is not right. Check in that technical book you fing in that car.
-Right. That book was in car trunk, but first pages are burned, so that was last chance to figure what car is.
-This car was racing vehicle.
-You made good restoration on body, car is as new, roll bar is great mounted.
-I am puple still in this job, I´m chemistry expert, but my sister helping me a lot, and I am working three years on that car, I can't go to race, of course I don't have documentation and I can´t get homologation for historic race, so after I finish this I'll make one prototip same as this one, but I'll make a wider body, so I can built in V8 engine and four wheel drive. Then, I will take homologation for prototype class.
-I can't figure one thing, where you will find gasoline, and who will made that internal combustion engine?
-Here, on this Old Town state or this island we have cult of Earth things, so there is four manufactures they making car bodies, and six manufacturers making internal combustion engines. We have ten fuel manufacturers. We have ten different disciplines of car racing with internal combustion engine where all manufacturers are competitors one to each other in three clases, Earth car replicas, prototypes and people with real historic cars, and every class have subclass. Also we have race with modern cars, but their classes are not scored with internal combustion engine cars. Most popular race is 2825 Dirt City to Northforkl. Difficult endurance one way time trial. Route of first 300 kilometers is in plain, tarmac track with hard curves, than start to climbing on mountain 400 kilometers harder curves, after uphill on top going downhill 200 kilometers going on gravel for 600 kilometers in plain, than gravel uphill 350 killometers, than downhill 275 kilometers, than going desert and sand for anoher 600 kilometers, and last uphill 450 killometers. Me and sister were driving on that race before two years. After that we was exhausted for days.
-What you driven?
-I drove history class subclass 1.6 L, my car is Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex, my sister was in historic higher than me,subclass GT3, she drove Mazda Rx-7 FD. I will show you later. Cars are upstairs.
-You have second floor in this garage?
-Yes, I have upstairs one room for vacation and I parking cars there, this first floor we using for restoration.
-Look, here you got two valves made of wrong material.
-How?
-This is made of some bad aluminium alloy, you have to use steel alloys, and outlet valves filled with sodium to improve heat transport and transfer, or if you use aluminium you have to make better alloy.
-Are you compiled this engine?
-Yes.
-Someone this engine was disassemble and put five boxes in car trunk. This car was rust, when I finished body work I started with engine, but a lot of parts was missing.
-Look, you use poor plastic elast-mas for head gasket, this is wrong, this is race car you should find composite, or you should make multi layer steel gasket. When you making head gaske from plastic mass you should use EADPD 116.
-Also fuel pipe on mechanical injection pump is not fitted properly, you could have fire here soon.
-Man.
-You called me?
-Can you make this now?
-Let me see. Yes, I have all materials here.
-Make all eight valves, here is samples.
-I'm going to see what Aaiki doing.
Anahita sit in chair in front of monitor of laser lathe device, beauty dressed in white knitted dress. Her straight red hair fell down across her back and armchair. Girl in middle age with very gentle face, and white hands, no one believe what she can done with metal or other materials, simple her gentle look is not compatible with description of her work. She turn around and look in Liam with her beautiful green eyes.
-Sir. which is thickness for head gasket?
Liam was staring in her for awhile, he had something on mind.
-Hm... Don't call me sir...
-Why?
-In my eyes, I looking like some old scumbag.
-No, you are not.
-My friends call me just Liam.
-Ok. Liam. But, are we friends?
-We can be.
-Are you sure?
-Whatever you want.
-Don't be angry. I know to be rude sometimes.
-Sorry.
-Sorry to you.
-Right. Let start like friends, thickness is 1,59 mm.
-Ok. Liam. Friends. I was just kidding you, I´m not rude al all, but I'm not douchebag.
-Ok. Right. We are friends.
-Do you think about armed those people, that thing can have tragic end?
-Sure. Every conflict is tragic. I survived one war.
-Which war? When?
-Long story...I´ll talk...
-Do you know how strong is your opponent.
-I have not idea.
-As I can figure you think you have just L.E.s like opponents, but, if you humiliate cops, Council will sent army on you.
-Ok. Now we can get two to three hundred people, Old Is counting on all suburbs and villages, he counting on about minimum six to eight million people on our side in first year. Eshirans will give us artillery and anti aircraft support.
-Sorry, but don't be ridiculous.
-You have number of people for five days of conflict. First you know, blasters killing people, same as blaster rifle one rail gun can kill hundred people with one shot, blaster cannons same thing.
-They will not use rail guns, that thing have radioactive consequences.
-You are mistaken. Rail gun can shoot nuke shells, but main shells for railguns are torden grenades.
-What's that?
-Man, you don't know? Torden is type of generator inside shell, that generator make high electric energy, or explosion releases energy two time higher than lightning, everything organic within in 200 meters radius will be burned. Same thing if somebody have some conductor in hand which have connection with place of explosion for kilometers away. Explosion look like a lot lightnings from land to sky. Automatic rail guns shooting smaller shells but they have enormous rate of fire.
-I was read something about armour.
-Armour, good, but still stay on number of soldiers, listen this, Council have 50 million cops and 200 million active soldiers...
-They have to vote first against us. We was persuade half of council to vote against demolition of this planet...
-Wait. Listen to me. Supreme commandant of army is president.
-Ok. They will vote against, and president will recall troops, great. But, have you ever seen graveyard on this planets?
-Strange. Never.
-Have you ever asked yourself what they done with dead body.
-Never. But...
-Wait. Certainly you saw hearse sometimes in your neighborhood, but you never heard somebody goes to funeral. Right?
-Right.
-Listen to me. Council will vote recalling of troops, and troops will retreated from planet, after that president will play his ace.
-What ace?
-Army of Nekrolons. Human monsters. Fifteen years ago we had conflict on our second moon, we have army base there. Our luck is we have Goliaths and Anthropoeids. In third galaxy Planet 727 is property of president. That planet have three big moons, on one moon is laboratory for cloning, and army base, and on other two moons are army bases to. Dead body going to laboratory, doctors removing cause of death with new organs, in body implanting new bigger heart, and new brain. Body get better circulation. They alive that thing, and send to training. Training lasts for two years. They increase muscle mass and get stronger, two times than they been for their normal life, and after that that thing going to certain base on that moons to hibernate in tub with formaldehyde with low temperature, connected with devices for maintenance of life functions. In hibernate that things can live forever, in operation mode without hibernation 150 years. That kind of thing, if they use body od 20 to 35 year old man can carry automatic rail cannon, and run 20 kilometers an hour without pause for four hours. Bodies of older persons, 75 to 110 years old can carry equipment like normal soldier in best condition. Children's body 10 to 20 years carry just armour, blaster, blaster rifle and five torden hand grenades. President have army of 100 million Nekrolons, and that number raising every day. One day he will crushed council, and he will be apsolut emperor. Nobody have chance against that monsters.
-What a...
-Sit down. You have one more chance. You should make diplomatic relations with our government, now they wont help, because nobody helped to us when we made this state, except Eshirans. Eshirans won't help you directly, same reason, but you and Eshirans together have no chance against Nekrolons. One thing you can done, you have to set up people in real troops, than you must find Imran Usage, and convince him in that you are make respectable army, then find Eshiran´s supreme head and come here to our administrators. On that way maybe you can convince our government to make military intervention.
-I see. You said maybe.
-I said maybe, but 99% you will convince our government on this way.
-Right. I know for Goliaths, but what are Anthropoeids?
-Anthropoid is machine, humanoid, cyborg just like man, we have three millions here on Island and fifteen millions on our moon, also we have fifteen million Goliath on moon. Anthropoids are fifty times stronger than man.
-You said you had conflict on our second moon.
-Yes. Fifteen years ago. Our ancestors takes our moons for strategic defence place. That was smart move for us. Yours president was Congressman in that time, he was inherited his planet and army Nekrolons. Our moons are beautiful rich with with forests, lakes and rivers, untouched nature. We tried when we were made bases there to stay like that, so we made bases under surface. President had project for something else, he think there is our 100 % human army, so he attacked second moon. Continuous fightings are lasted three days. Strongly fights, everybody from here could seen flashes. Media of Three Galaxies said there is strong storm. Conflict stopped in night on third day. President lost 35 million Nekrolons, two thousand fighting vehicles and five hundred fighting spaceships. He will never try something like that against us.
-Great victory! Congratulations.
-Our losses was bigger.
-How bigger?
-One third of Second Mood was totally burned, the environment is polluted on that place. Trees was damaged. Today you can see consequences. We lost sixty five Goliaths, two hundred Anthropoids, ten fighting space ships, ten vehicles. Everything would be right, but our worst loss is that we lossed eight men. One commandant, five soldiers and two pilots. Hard to say, one of those pilots was mine boyfriend.
-I'm so sorry. Sorry if I am get your sadness now.
-Nothing, thing of past. Here new gasket and valves.
-Ok. I can compose cylinder head.
- Here you are new bucket tappet.
-Thanks.
-You saw measures in this book?
-Yes of course.
Liam started with assembling parts in cylinder head. Now he shut up, many things on mind tortured him . Look like some sadness come to him, something from past, something not regret it.
-Why you are silent now?
-Nothing, nothing.
-I'm gonna go if you wanna be alone.
-No, I Don't want, stay.
-Whats wrong? My story, or something else?
-Something from my past.
-Wanna share with me?
-Next time, I can't talk about.
-Please, don't be angry.
-Ok.
-Where have you learn to do that?
-Why you asking? That is my profession.
-Because there in your town nobody knows about historic vehicles.
-That town is not my town.
-You are not from this planet?
-I'm not.
-See.
-And... You drive races?
-Yes. Sometimes historical, sometimes current class.
-Your brother told me you have FD.
-Yes, I have two FDs, one in my living room and here in garage race car.
-I have one more historical car, if you saw like that. I have Subaru Impreza GC coupe Wrx Sti year production 1994. Also I drive GT 650 on current GT1.
-I have GT 650 to.
-Kidding me, you drive races?
-No, just daily drive.
-You are only one in that town.
-Yes, Im figure when I saw how people in town stare in me. What's your results?
-I´m champion in GT1 for this season. In historical class I'm in first five drivers.
-There are no races on this planet except on this Island?
-Legally not. We are only. There is some illegal races near your neighborhood.
-What?
-I driven once there. When you going on north, after 50th kilometer on mountain is small wrapped road on left side, beside wooden fence, then after one kilometer road is start line pf real uphill road. Racers made own ilegali race track. They worked at night. my friend hacked construction company, and they taken machines, building material and tarmac. They have friend civil engineer, racer just like them. They worked one year. On end of track they made big parking and building with big windows like restaurant or something. Place for resort.
-What´s name your friend hacker?
-He have strange old name, Colin.
-Did Colin drive orange ZTV R350?
-Yes.
-I know Colin, he is my friend, good friend, but I'm in shock, I did not know for races and for that he is one racer.
-I supposed that you know. Race track is initiative of one Taxi driver and Colin, other ten drivers are their friends.
-Here, head is finished, now I can mounting on engine, give me that torque wrench, please.
-Hey, you two. Whats happening?
-Look, Sane. I'll mounted this cylinder head, you find new timing belt. Find new belt tensioner.
-Think, I got one, here.
-Great.
-Where is Aaiki.
-He trying to fishing.
-Fishing. What a hell...
-I need my revolver, here it is. I heard this morning sensors registered that one sanguniumix come in to North bay, someone seen that fish in canals last hour.
-Fishes in canals, come on.
-This is clean fresh water, you can drink from canal.
Liam needed half hour to mount parts. Sane made great thing with other parts, everything's just fine. After timing belt checking they tried to start up engine. Starting overhaul engine is big trouble always.
-Sane come on, you wanna see first start?
-Right man.
-Spray that starter spray in that throttle body, just a little.
-I sprayed.
-Are you sure you have gasoline?
-Yes full tank.
-Spray it again, I will starting.
Finali, after couple times trying engine start to work with enormous noise. Liam pressed accelerator pedal few times, horrible noise and firing from exhaust pipe resound in garage. Anahita and Sane put their hands on eirs. Aaiki run into garage.
-What's happening? Whats that noise?
Liam pressed pedal again. Aaiki jumped in place and put hands on ears.
-What is this?
-You never saw race car?
-I saw a lot, but seems I did not know that historic race cars making that horrible noise.
-You should love this.
-Ok. Everything working, I can stop engine now.
-What kind of car is? I don't know. Everything I know about this car is that car was prepared for Group A 1100 cc circuit races.
-Is this a four carburetors?
-No.
-This are throttle bodies. This is mechanical injection system, producer was Kugelfisher. Here, on left side of cylinder head is mechanical high pressure pump. This on intake manifold every throttle body have own injector.
-Wow. But this is small engine.
-Yes, right. 1116 cc, engine with 4 cylinder, 8 valves, or like you love to said 2 valves per cylinder. Power is 164 BHP or 120 KW. Gearbox is as you can see manual 4 speed. Max speed is 225 Km/h. Car with front wheel drive. This is written in this half-burnt technical documentation
-I think regular road car like this was slower.
-I think same. Maybe regular car had about 48 of 53 BHP, max speed about 120 Km/h.
-What you think what is this?
-I don't know. Strange hatchback with more subtle rear side. Just like designers want to be something different, front side cube, rear rounded. I think this is 1970s era. Sane how do you know how painting on this car was look like?
-I saw in comics. In that comic was drawn racing and normal road car, in fact main hero have both cars.
-Somewhere I saw car just like that, think in my literature at home.
-This is other car you bought there.
-Yes, I don't know what is and for that . That car have not tech documentation.
-Rear engine,rear wheel drive. Rust everywhere, horrible condition.
-I know, I have a lot of work on that thing.
-Good luck. I will help you when ever I could. Thanks man, you done great thing here. Just to find race tyres and I´m going on race track to try this.
-Now, I wanna see what are you two fishing?
-Kidding me?
-No!
Guys sitting on wooden mol, stories about historical shooting challenge league. Liam is imagined again, he looking in water. Anahita come behind his back and she interrupted sequence of his mind.
-Imagined again?
-No.
-I saw you.
-Little bit.
-What is now?
-You never quit.
-I´m insistent girl. Tell me what about song you heard this morning, and you played that song on boat on way here. While you playing I saw some melancholy in your eyes.
-Beautiful song, It binds me for a one part of my life.
-Beautiful melody, I like, but I don't understand any word of that strange language.
-I knowed all translation fifteen years ago, but Im forgot. I remember just meaning of title, means talking with dark.
-How do you know, and don't know which is language.
-I had friend, he was like my brother, he was historian, expert for earth cultures and languages, we studied in university together. Infact in that time we were just acquaintances, he had own pals, I had own. He was happy guy, always in mood to play guitar and go to party. He started to work in museum, and I started in school. Somehow we start with more intense friendship. First day beginning of war he come to my street with four AK-47 rifles, one PKM machine gun, and two M-16, few pistols, just as much he can carried. His settlement was fallen into enemy hands, so he ran out across river, and broke into the museum, and he knows where they holded never used weapons. He was bent spine to the ground looks funny in that moment, he walked two kilometers to our settlement. Two times someone was shooted on him, once was sniper rifle, other time some patrol shooted, he has just own pistol with bullets, other weapons were empty, so he answered the fire second time, and menged to escape. We had no weapons, just few sport and hunting rifles, and own pistols, as if he knew, he brought to us great things. in that time we was defending our settlements, month after we become army, and me and my pals went to special forces. We passed worst battlefields in whole our country. Month until end of war we were on one mountain, beautiful peaceful sunshine spring morning, I heard guitar, came out from barrack. They found guitar in some abandoned house. Strange shape acoustic guitar with coat of arms sticker of our army. He told me some joke between two verses, and continue to play and sing. I was walked to cantin to get some eat. Suddenly alarmed, shots in the distance. Everybody running, attack, line was broken on one side, mine squad must went to there. I got in truck, in cargo area, he was with other 30 guys from squad, he wore guitar. I sit on floor next to him, while we were driven to battlefield he played that song, two times, someone asked him to play another time. On battlefield was horrible, fierce attack, we backed line. Two and half hour of a frenzied fight. Tank grenade explode near me, and detonation threw me few meters, I fell down on ground it and lose conscience. I woke up in helicopter, I was wounded just a bit in right hand, and my head was bleeding. I heard pilot yell on someone, he asked to prepare 80 more hospital beds, and operating room, to found a lot surgents. He yelled there is 46 killed and 90 wounded. He mentioned my squad, someone asked him. I heard 20 wounded, 15 death. I stand up a little bit, seen full helicopter wounded and dead bodies covered with blankets. Nurses overwhelmed one of my pals. I raised blanket from dead buddy near to me just out of curiosity, and I saw him. He look like alive. His face was white, clean like first snow, he was looking at me with smile on face, just little drop of blood from his mouth rattled on his neck. I could not believe that is he. I saw wound in his chest, small wound as finger. In that moment in shock I lose conscience again.
-I´m sorry, sad story.
-What kind of war you talking about? Helicopters, mortars, tanks, don't get me wrong look like you come from past.
-Aaiki, I said don't ask. I will talk to you later, sometimes, about that.
-What a...
Fishing rod yank once, then fiercely withdraw whole boat. Sane grabbed fishing rod, and try to pull, but fish is strong. Fish jump out two times and make hard circumvolution every time endanger danger to tear off boat berth. He grabbed revolver, but hard tug threw it on boat deck, revolver fall down on berth, berth rope is cracked and boat start moving in high speed. Anahita grabbed revolver, she stands on corner of berth, and wait a second to get clear view. Fish jumped off again. A strong bullet shot sound. One shot, then after second she shot four times. Boat stop.
Sound of police siren and blue flashing light, police boat came immediately.
-What's happening here? Sane, Anahita, are you allright?
-Hey guys. We have fishing, and I shot something.
-Let me see, give me laser. Oh...I can't... your luck, you could be dead. This is sanguniumix, 300 kg weight, 3 meters length. This monsters are strong and fast. Wow, all five shots in fish, your sister is sharp shooter.
-Congratulations. Revolver with 15 cm barell, and magnum .357 caliber, hollow point bullet, great choice. Earth's iconic caliber. Very loud weapon. One steady, than four fast shots, and one bullet left in revolver just in case.You should take her with us on competition sometimes.
-I love car racing, I'm shooting in moving targets just for fun.
-How you get this fish, this fish is not stupid. This is real predator.
-I don't know I tried to catch river trout, and if I could, I´ll never tried to catch this, this monsters are dangerous. Two years ago in West sea monster tow fisherman in his boat and roll over boat. Never found fisherman. This monsters are responsible for hundred deads.
-I heard that this monster can bisect wooden boat on two pieces with dorsal fins.
-Look, you was catch river trout, but this trout was bait for big fish.
-Coincidence.
-You are lucky as some old fisherman. Thanks to your sister you are live now. She shooting like Dirty Harry.
-No, Dirty Harry used Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver with .44 Magnum caliber. She shooting like John Wayne.
-John Wayne never used .357 Magnum, I don't know but she shoot like...
Liam start to play and sing song on guitar:
-"Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun
What did her daddy do?
What did he put you through?
They said when Janie was arrested
they found him underneath a train
But man, he had it comin' Now that Janie's got a gun
she ain't never gonna be the same..."
-Great, Janie got a gun, we can play Anahita got a gun.
-A real big one.
-This is not my gun, and I never said how I got this gun in my hand.
-Sane, don't tell me, you throw away your gun?
-Ok., I dropped it, when I fell to my back.
-Shame. When commandant heare for this...
-Ok. Guys. Im buying drinks this month, just don't tell anyone. If commandant heard for this, I should never leave the house, that man is first class joker. I can imagine his jokes about me on this situation.
-If you and your friends don't stop, he will heard from me.
-So what, you shot the fish.
-Yes, but I don't want to anybody imagine that I´m fish killer, only you and your friends can like that epity.
-Ok. Ok. done.
-Who are your friends?
-This is Aaiki, and this is Liam, they come from other side of planet, from union of galaxies.
-Thanks to meat you I am Sens, this is Haxs, we are Sane´s best friends.
-Guys, don't get me wrong, but I never speak with cops friendly like this.
-Look Aaiki, you are come from different system, name for your cops is L.E.s and they are bunch of drugged idiots with brainwashes. They are system defenders, and tomorrow when you will not be suitable for someone from system they will kill you. When you will said good day to L.E., he will answer why you talk to me good day. We cops, here in Old Town, we are Police, we serving and protecting our people, all this folks are our friends, parents, family. In Old Town State is no criminals, why, everyone is happy, everybody doing own job right.
-Old Town is my land from dreams.
-I know, everybody like who come once here.
-Guys, what you think how this fish come here?
-Relax Sane, we will never kidding you anymore for this, because we know this fish is not kids game. This is second time to come in our waters.
-This kind fish is from South sea, but people digging last ten years in South sea, and they destroy natural habitat for this fishes, so this fishes wander to all seas.
-Some big diggings?
-According our intelligence service they digging some elements for new kind of mass destruction weapon, on this, and on two more planets.
-Man, who need mass destruction weapons in this kind situation.
-Council don't know nothing about digging, this is President's private thing. ou know that he working on that one day he will be absolute ruler of all galaxies.
-Time to go, we must continue with patrol. What you will done with this fish?
-I don't know, this monster is ruined my appetite, call for some museum or something like that.
-Ok. We will take that and bring to museum. See you tomorrow night, we are free two days.
-See ya, take care yourself.
**********
On West Mountain Old is started with training of first group. In group is 80 people. He taken museum´s bus to transport people on mountain. Most important thing is that valley absorb sound of shots. Training must be done in strict secretly. When they arrived Old Is lined them up like real army.
-Folks listen to me. Everybody knows me. I´m not your general or commandant, I'm here to help you. This will not going easy, training, especially conflict, if a conflict arises. I was soldier, and I have army experience, and I will try to assign to you my knowledge, if you wanna survive, your task is to listen to me carefully .
Conflicts are not kids game, in conflicts people dieing or be wounded, so everything I will show to you will be useful for you to survive tomorrow on battlefield. Are you understand me?
-Yes sir!
-Good. First thing I wanna show you is this thing and that thing on table. Did anybody know what is this? You!
-That is blaster, and blaster rifle sir.
-No man. Anybody watch historical movies?
-I, sir but not that kind...
-Ok. Man... This thing will go more difficult than I thought. This is pistol, and other thing is assault rifle. Both things firing bullets. First I will take rifle to show you, first you have to take bullets and load magazine, than put magazine in rifle. Now weapon is loaded. First lesson for today, remember this for whole life, never point weapon bolt in your friend! When you have to shoot, you have to put bullet in chamber or lock and load like this.-Metal sound of rifle´s bolt upset the mas.
-Now! We are ready to fire. Here is selector Safe, at which the rifle cannot be fired, next is full automatic, and next semi automatic or one by one round. First I show you how look like full automatic fire.
Old Is put rifle stock on shoulder. Long burst fire shot blast air. Some people start to run, and some lay down on ground. Old Is put other magazin and select semi auto. With precision shots hit the ground in front runner´s legs, so they stopped immediately in place.
-Wait! Where you think you going? You should lost here in this mountain, this is dangerous place! Back in line! What's wrong with you guys?
-That sound, that horrible sound.
-Sound. You should get used to immediately, right now. This will be your sound, when you will fired in same time that will be scary for your enemy! Now, everybody will get one bullet to try. Soon you will get your first rifles, I think very similar like this, but much more lighter. Come on in line to shoot, than we go to home. I'm disappointed, enough for today.
One more thing! If anybody think this is not for him to do not come here. Just think about that.
**********
-Liam, can I ask you something?
-Yeah sure.
-How you think to transport 110 tons through canals.
-Man. I didn't... I´my mind.
-Great, Mr. Maestro. Now we should make ten tour up and down.
-Maybe you think like that, I see maybe now when you and Anahita...
-Enough! You wanna swim?
-Guys. Wait I have solution, I was thought you knew. You need five small cargo boats, goods is packed in bags, you have to find who will carry bags from boats to ship. I already called them. I was silent for a while, to see what will happen. Guys, sometimes you looking like comedia.
-I had quiet life while he was frightened of me.
-Frightened of yo? Come on.
-You see now.
-Here your boats.
-We have to load 2200 bags.
-I will help you guys.
-Don't, this bags are too heavy.
-I´m strong woman.
-Liam. See you. Think I will see you again.
-Nice to meat you.
-Take care yourself.
Long sailing can be exhausting with tricky cargo, especially if cargo is illegally coming to destination. Most difficult thing is transshipment cargo from ship to truck semi- trailer, because whole cargo is in bags, and Liam dont want to use transhipment machinery because he had fear someone can get figure what is in bags.
Thanks to Old Is there is twelve strong guys from suburb waiting in harbour to help. Loading of truck semi-trailer was ended ih hour, guys was properly placed to add bags one to other.
-Let's go man, we come here in two days, now we will drive three days to home, now we are fully loaded.
-Unable set in motion vehicle, vehicle is overloaded, please reload your semi-trailer...
-What is this? This vehicle can carry 200 tons.
-You don't know, max load of cargo vehicles is 50 tons, by law in all three galaxies.
-Sir, unable to move, you violating law, you have 60 tons extra cargo. Reload your vehicle please...
-I don't care, start your engine, movie, give me power...
-Unable moving, reload semi-trailer, unload all cargo, then load cargo in semi-trailer properly...
-Fuck!
-Do not cursing, by the law of three...
-Fuck you, screw you, you ugly dick head!
-Liam don't do that, this dickhead will call us cops.
-You are cursing now?
-It's gone from you to me.
-Think, transferred minds.
-I'm tired, this bags broke my back, and I wanna go home, I don't want fucking with cops.
-Man, you seriously cursing. Hey dickhead you heard my friend, give us power, we wanna go home! Hey, now I'm gonna take crowbar and show you how you gonna respect superiors.
-Violent driver, danger, violent driver. Nervous driver detected, nervous 99 %, law about violent, law about load, law about cursing violated. Vehicle shutdown, calling Law Enforcement and paramedics.
-Call the Colin. What's up man, how you doing? Listen, I have problem with truck, Im overloaded, can you connected and shot up this stupid set ups?
-Hey, great. Good. Let me see. Done. Better you start moving, you have caps on way to you. This mother fucker call cops, I can't make cancellation, its to late for recall.
-Great, We have 110 tons of ammo here, if they found we are fucked. Late. Great, here are fuckers and paramedics. I will try do something. See ya.
-Hands up! Get out from your vehicle both of you!
-Dont shoot anyone here, please.
-I have not my pistol here, but if I have I´ll make masacre here, here is four men, and I have fifteen bullets...
-Shut up! Stop talking, hands in the air and go out slowly!
-Turn around and hands on back.
-Wait. This is some mistake. Listen, I am CRM No.1, here is my badge. He is my friend, he have trouble with truck, and I came to help.
-Sorry, your excellency. We got automatic call from truck multimedia system there is some psycho behind steering wheel.
-This system made mistakes.
-We also have notification that this truck is overloaded, we should check that.
-No, this truck is not overloaded,oh, this tiers, hey Aaik, you should pump up this tiers, look.
-Sir, this tires have not air.
-Air, haven't air... Something is definitely wrong with this tires.
-Ok. Sir, I will make in note that you guarantee that this truck is not overloaded, and system is broke.
-Good day, your excellency.
-Good bye.
-Get in the truck.
-Fuck, where have you seen tiers pumped with air? On those relikvies in museum.
-I said I don't know about this things, what to do with tires? We are bait for those fuckers now.
-Look at this. Multimedia, high up tiers level for maximum load. See.
-What a fuck? Is this for trucks or ...
-Just this heavy trucks with semi-trailer have this system. Lets go. Drive.
-What a... I have no power to accelerate.
-Multimedia, engage maximum power for engines, engage brake and suspension settings on transporting oversize load.
-Man, you have not commercial driving licence, and you know those things.
-Don't be, I read few pages of instruction manual before sleep.
-Colin done great thing, this options are not available without permission, this truck car carry up to 1000 tons, but with special semi-trailer, for our 110 tons legally by law we need semi- trailer with five axels.
-Can you explain me tires.
-Yeah, tyres are filled with special gumi-magnetic mass. Thanks to this, tyres changing shape all time, and increase heavy cargo load, and at that achieve minimum wear. Every car have same tyre, you have same on your GT.
-I never looked in tyres.
-See. Django ride horse.
-You starting again, what if I said to L.E.s that you have not driving licence for this shit.
-You always going to the board, when I'm kidding with you.
-So it's settled like that.
-Great.
-Go to sleep, I will wake up you in 12 hours.
-Can you drive 12 hours?
-I will make an effort, I´m tired a little bit, but we must drive three days like that.
-Ok. See ya. I'll found some movie until get sleep.
-Pull that curtains behind my back, make dark in bunker.
-Yeah.
-Multimedia give me random playlist from Earth period 1950s to 1990s
-Sir, yes sir:
"Une pluie d'été au tout petit matin
Et dans la ville vieille oû l'on est déjà demain
Un jour va commencer et je me sens perdu
Comme un jouet cassé que tu aurais déjà trop vu
Dont tes grands yeux d'enfant ne voudraient plus
Et l'amour est là, et l'amour s'en va
Tu pars avec lui, il meurt avec moi
On a beau prier, on a beau crier
L'amour nous oublie, comment l'oublier?
Ça ne sert à rien de s'user le coeur
À chercher la main qui se tend ailleurs
De tenir bien haut, la tête hors de l'eau
Quand on est déjà si loin du bateau
Et l'amour est là, et l'amour s'en va
Comme un ouragan qu'on n'arrête pas
Comme un cheval fou qui court n'importe oû
Piétinant le temps, se foutant de tout
On a dépassé de vol des oiseaux
On s'est écrasé le coeur en morceaux
Dans la ronde folle des jours qui s'envolent
L'amour était là, et l'amour s'en va
Et dans la ville vieille qui en a tant vu passer
Un monde indifférent fait semblant d'exister
Mais je sais bien qu'il ment
Depuis que tu l'as décidé
Il s'est brisé, la vie s'est arrêtée
Et l'amour est là, et l'amour s'en va
Tu pars avec lui, il meurt avec moi
On a beau prier, on a beau crier
L'amour nous oublie, comment l'oublier?
Ça ne sert à rien de s'user le coeur
À chercher la main qui se tend ailleurs
De tenir bien haut, la tête hors de l'eau
Quand on est déjà si loin du bateau
Et l'amour est là, et l'amour s'en va
Comme un ouragan qu'on n'arrête pas
Comme un cheval fou qui court n'importe oû
Piétinant le temps, se foutant de tout
On a dépassé de vol des oiseaux
On s'est écrasé le coeur en morceaux
Dans la ronde folle des jours qui s'envolent
L'amour était là, et l'amour s'en va
Et l'amour s'en va...
L'amour s'en va..."
-You are wake.
-Man, I slept like bear. I watched some movie, and slept on half, I can't remember what I saw.
-Take a coffee.
-This is not coffee.
-I know, those fucking surogat...
-This is healthy than real coffee.
-Have you ever drink coffee?
-No.
-How you know what is healthy?
-I readed in one tabloid there is one planet in Second Galaxy, and there people drink a lot coffee, so they have heart troubles.
-Bull sheet.
-Think so.
-True.
-What kind of music you listening now, what is this, this language?
-Earth.
-I said random from year to year, and system found French music Chanson , Italian music canzone.
-Listen now, this is same language as song you played yesterday on boat.
-Yeah. I heard ten to fifteen songs on that language, but system have not datas about country, only data in system is year, autor and who uploaded song in system, Seems uploader did not know nothing as you and I.
--There is a lot of stuffs without classification in our museum, a lot we don't know how we got, or from which era belong.
-Come on, your turn to drive.
-Right.
-I'm gonna sleep now. You drive, this plain is long about 400 Km, than you will go up hill on mountain 350 Km, be careful there is a lot curves with counter slope, when you come on top to mountain pass wake me up.
-Keep moving at speed 160 Km/h, do not speed up, keep big distance between other vehicles. Be careful. We are overloaded, we should not drive fast like this.
-You have big inertion. Worst thing on road at speed is when you must brake hard, and you have not time to brake safe enough, and you lose control, your semi-trailer goes in jackknifed, just like on icy road should be, then you going in rolling over.
-I read in manual this truck have stability system when...
-Bull sheet. Example, when you so close car in trouble, car suddenly break, you hit brake pedal to, in that moment inertia pushing you, you will try to avoid collision and instinctively steer in one side, and in that moment brake and steering wheel will be combination like ice on road. 160 Km/h is speed limit on motorways for trucks with normal load, we are overload now, and this speed is enough fast to come safely to home.
**********
-What's happening here, what bouncing here?
-I falled down from bed, gently with steering wheel, you don't drive potatoes. Brake smell like shit.
-What is potato?
-Fuuuck. Why didn't you wake me up?
Liam runned out from sleeper compartment behind when he figure that they are going down hill.
-Man, fuck we are speeding. Watch out on that car!
-Brake, brake!
-I´m braking!
-What. We are going 260 Km/h.
-Turn on retarder brake, turn on extra magnetic retarder, Aaiki step on brake. Oh, my we are going in to curve! Watch on that van!
-Emergency, emergency. Overheating occurred. Overheating. Brake is overheated. Engine brake is overheated. Coolant media is overheated. Stop the vehicle immediately.
-Man, we have not brakes!
-Emergency, brakes on semi-trailer are overheated.
-Left curve! Maaaan, correct semi-trailer, we will gonna spin!
-What to do, driving 300 Km/h! We gonna die.
-Let me think, now going straight down hill 15 kilometers long, after that is curve on right, very long, if we can't stop... We are 110 ton bomb.
-Turn off engine, turn off brakes. Leave on cooling fans on high speed.
-Aye, aye sir.
-Liam? What are you doing we are speeding up, 345 Km/h, 364 Km/h...
-Take it easy. Watch on that truck. Watch on trailer! Listen, work with steering wheel gently!
-Multimedia, give me temperatures of vital braking parts.
-Brake pads and brake discs 2600 celsius, brake calipers 2000, electromagnetic brake retarder 5100 celsius, retarder 6000, cooling pending...
-Man, we gonna crashed, 377 Km/h. If we can engage electromagnetic brake stopper.
-Don't be silly, electromagnetic brake stoper working uned 30 Km/h, if we block wheels on this speed we are dead. Calm down and Get concentrate yourself, we have 110 tons explosive, full weight of this truck is 128 tons, we have to stop this, overheated brake will not braking.
-Multimedia what is with temperature, give me fast reading?
-Coolant media temperature 100 celsius, brake discs and calipers 80, extra brakes medium temperature 100...
-Ok. We are speeding, luck is there is no cars ahead of us.
-All temperatures normal!
-Fast air flow will cool down vital parts, so calm down man, watch on that car, wath on trailer! Wait a minute.
-We are speeding up!
-Calm, calm, wait a minute to cool down completely, as on parked truck.
-What, you wanna freeze brake?
-Don´t fuck!
-Man...
-Now! Multimedia engine on, coupled engine in drive.
-Why you coupled engine?
-For engine braking. Because when you take off foot from accelerator, engine start with braking, you should know!
-Now I don't know nothing!
-Concentrate and listen!
-Multimedia, open windows in sleeping compartment. Engage retarder on 54 %, engage electromagnetic brake retarder on 45 %.
-Right man, we are slowing down.
-Calm. Listen! Step on brake gently, one, with,press two times gently, press three times easy. Wait. Go on right side, gently. Press brake easy to hard.
-Ok. We are going 238 Km/h.
-Ok, I will open my door, you open your door, just a little, it will be hard, then press a brake gently four times. Now!
-Multimedia, increase all retarders on 63 %. Aaiki step on brake hard, but easy. Good.
-You can close your door.
-Gently, step on brake, step five to ten times. Multimedia drop the tires for 20 %.
-Why are you doing that?
-Making additional resistance. Go with steering wheel much more in right, gently go on. You need to get down with right tires on sand! Good! Step on brake again, gently.
-Look we have one kilometer to sandy road expansion, prepare to hard steer on right. Multimedia, set power for all retarders on 100 %! Aaiki step on brake gently.
Step hard once.
-Bouncy... Speed it falls!
-Emergency. High temperature of brake components. Multimedia, open the all windows, drop the tires on 20 %, prepare electromagnetic brake stopper.
-Aaiki take off foot from brake. Here. Prepare to steer on that expansion.
-Overheating, emergency, overheating of all retarders, brake temperature is high!
-Wait! Step off foot.
-That sound again, think retarders will explode now.
-OK. Now! Steer! Hit the brake! Stop! Steering wheel in full left! Fast!
-Overheating! Overheating! Overheating! Overheating!
-Great, we are stop now.
-I must go out, I'm gonna puke! Horrible, dust!
-Are you alright?
-No! My whole life was flashed in front my eyes.
-I told you wake me up. Why did not wake me up?
-Sorry. I was thinking you are much tired and it's good to got sleep. I drove behind on trucks, and everything was good until I got on fourth curve under the pass, in that moment I started to lose brakes.
-You pass that curves with enormous speed for this cargo, you forgot our weight. This truck you follow was loaded by low, I told you we are overloaded. Yes, this truck is powerful and companies use this kind of truck for special transports, but this truck need experienced driver. It's not enough to sit and read manuals, you should know something. When you come on that pass you should engage retarder on 65%, and electromagnetic retarder on 47%, then press brake and drop speed on 45 Km/h. Than you should go in to that curve slowly, where I fell from bed. Then, you should command to multimedia to keep speed on 60 Km/h.
-Sorry.
-Nothing, for me, I'm sorry for you, you are young man, whole life is in front of you, you should take care of yourself.
-Thanks man.
-Let me see what's happening with truck. Multimedia, make checks.
-Coolant media level low. Coolant media for brake retarders low. Retarder liquid low. Temperature high.
-Great where have we will found this shits?
-I know, in this bunker we have all spare parts.
-Look at this tyers, hell.
-Here. This is spray for tyre regeneration, you should open this valve and spray in.
-Thanks.
-Can you ask you something? Why you dropped this tiers?
-Same reason as I opened windows. To make bigger resistance, and to help braking. Come on we are done, drive.
-Me?
-Yes, you. For penalty you will drive extra 12 hours.
-I can't, I'm frightened...
-I don't care, get in truck, drive or stay here and try, maybe of those fuckers will stopped.
-Ok. Whats happening with front wheels?
-Easy. Easy with accelerator, you will dig wheels in sand. Look. If fee dig wheels, we will never go from this place. Multimedia, engage drive reduction on third low. Now, easy step on accelerator. Watch left side, and go on road. Drive 70 Km/h, when you come to next curve slow down on 55 Km/h. Now, I will tech you how to drive.
-Liam. Thank you, I appreciate things you do for me.
-I just remember one thing, I was young just like you, in many situation I have not older brother to help me so I was done things just on my way.
**********
-Old Is how are you how's going?
-I'm tired, training of this humbles is exhausting. Half of them are scared when heard firing, one idiot was dropped rifle from hand when shot one bullet. Ramon and his group from bar are good but extremely crazy. Reamon shooted whole magazine from rifle on burst in target, then pull the pistol and make fast shot 15 rounds, then he pull bloody blaster, I don´t know where he can founded blaster, and burned wholle target.
-I gave him blaster, this is dead cop's blaster.
-I assumed that. He is crazy mother fucker, but he and his group are best. Tomorrow we will start practicing with his group moving in combat.
-Where have you found weapons?
-I borrowed from museum, we have surplus some assault rifle, about hundred, and pistols same number. Weapons in good condition, just need good cleaning.
-What with Eshirans?
-They will send to us weapon, but we have to show to have trained people like real army, then they will come with delegation and give us weapon.
-Old Is, we are in town, we have 110 tons, where have we to go with this?
-Go to Reamon´s bar, he know what to do, there is same guys which helped you with loading.
-Thanks Old Is.
-Bye.
-Aaiki, you heard, drive in front bar.
**********
-Liam my man! Come on! Is that Aaiki drive?
-Yeah, this kid is great. Whats up?
-Listen, we must be quick, such a big truck like that, with inscription Museum, not coming every day at me.
-Go, and try entrance with trailer at reverse in dead end street behind, where is my second entrance for goods, guys are already here.
-Aaiki can you?
-No problem, just to engage backward camera.
Dead end street between so close two buildings, street just wide enough to entrance supply van, slowly on backward. On right side of street is back entrance of bar for supplies. When open the door hallway connecting room behind bar, and staircase for down stairs bar room with elegant chairs and tables, and one more tight staircase, way to secret underground system of tunels and rooms. Isolation of walls, ceilings and floor is red small bricks, same bricks as it is buildings made in this block.
Down the hallway is a lot rooms from left and right side. Rooms are rounded like cave. First room with chairs and tables, just like bar on left side have low ceiling, 3,5 meter, and mezzanine on which people can sit low on sitting pillow, between pillows are low tables. Waiter only can bring drinks with bent back. On walls are pics from Earth. Motives from some parties from jazz and rock n roll bars. Three machine guns hung on a nail next to pictures. Second room next to is big with big bar, there is no chairs and tables, and one small cave hole in ceiling is place for DJ. This is dancing hall. Next room across the road is room with video games, big room with a lot different machines modern and historic. Another room is billiard hall. Few meters down the hallway are rooms for food plant producing, with special lights, incubators and arable land, rooms for metalworking and bullet production. On right wall of hall walls are pics rare person pictured here, period of construction, many parties here, when you looking in pictures you can see very happy people. Left side of wall is full random pics from Earth, musicians, actors, and rare movie wallpapers.
Same guys from harbour with other guys from bar, without any word run out to through bar´s back door on dead end street and start to taking bags from semi-trailer. They are moving very fast and very organised add bags one to each other. Hour and half, and job is done.
-Aaiki drive this truck in service, think brakes need replacement. Can you drive alone?
-Yeah, sure,service is two blocks away.
-Come here to drink after you leave that truck.
-I'm going after him with my car, we will be soon here.
-Thanks Colin.
-Hey Colin, tomorrow we gonna talk.
-Sure, I have something for you.
-Reamon, what is this?
-See. This neighborhood have secrets. Secret place for survivings.
-What for? This is old thing.
-Yeah. My grandfather's father was one of constructors. Hundred years before, nobody knows why, authorities are command curfew 12AM to 8AM next day, that shit was last for year, so first neighbour digging tunnel to the bar. Here was five people, bar was working with locked door, but other people make connections with same tunnel and bar is full again, but there is risk of arresting and killing. To avoid risk they take power tools from near construction company, and start making real small city underground. Whole neighborhood worked here for three years. Surplus of land they taken away to own gardens. Some of those folks are got idea on mind to start producing food, drinks and drugs here. Think that was Colin´s ancestor, he said what if authorities decide to kill em all. They start with food, but and with guns, as you seen few submachine guns here on walls. Curfew was suspended after fifteen year, and this place was empty, but every neighbour had task to clean and maintain this place one day in year. After five years normal life, authorities are command totally blockade, and this place lived again. This period was lasts five years. We are never forget our obligation to maintain this place, and keep our secret.
-Do I have connection with this?
-Yes man. When you get down i your basement, in one corner on floor should be secret small concrete cover. You need remote controller to open the cover, and stairs going straight in bad room of school, behind bedroom is library, and in front classroom. In your house lived old professor. He made school here.
-What a... Now and I have obligation to participate in this.
-Why not. You are our pal.
-Sure. There is great room with video games.
-You see one, but there is five big rooms for video games. There is a lot various games, some are replica from Earth, some modern before prohibition.
-What kind prohibition?
-Prohibition on video game every kind was two hundred years ago, including and chas.
-Why?
-Excuse for baking games was that games become intelligent, and that is part of fighting against artificial intelligence. Stupid explanation, but seems chess game, and this modern game helping in develop gyres in brain. When prohibition started owner of video game hall should consigned all game machines to Law Enforcements on destroying. He was take it away machines to basement in building next to mine, and made fire in playroom. He saved every machine. His grandson made this playroom, and there on this wal is picture of his grandfather, he was his hero.
--I can't figure, how people lived without daylight here, I saw inscription solarium there, but people after one time become nervous on one place.
-Yes we have solarium, but we have our village. Look this is tunnel route map, here is north railway tunnel. This is Old Is grandfather´s idea. Tunnel going 500 kilometers from here on north in mountain. They made village on one mountain top. Village is on one clearing surrender by 1000 kilometers of virgin forest from each side. When we go there we use small railway cart, people made those things here, and car reach speed ou to 120 Km/h. That village is secondary place, or place for escape if L.E.s this place be uncovered.
-Army satellite with deep underground camerawork can find this place, how they ensure that?
-Our old people knows that, so when they build tunnel they put in concrete small pieces league tricium with halfaroniuom. Small quantity of that legure is not dangerous for people, but when satellite recording got interference and register like radioactive ore.
-Smart.
-Eshirans said them for this trick.
-Come on upstairs, think Aaiki and Colin are already here. We gonna have party tonight.
Bar is already full of crowd. Folks start to drink. Band is on stage and preparing instruments for play. Reamon jump on stage:
-What's up folks? Are you thirsty? Sure you are, so tnght drink is free, house honor! You know, I have good reason! There is my friend, crazy mother fucker just like I am, I call him 110 ton mother fucking ammo. We gonna drink for your first shipment, in honour of our friends with iron balls, this two fuckers drove 110 tons explossive to here! Drink for al l!!! Come on play!
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Lizardventures
A girl dies from natural causes, but reincarnates as a baby lizard! - - - Inspired by Kumo Desu Ga Nani Ka? cause that series' goddamn amazing. Please let me know if I screw up on the grammar/tenses. I don't have much experience writing in first person present so please if you spot me swapping tenses point it out! Thank you! - - - Amazing fancover by FlauscheSoeckchen! Check 'em out here: https://www.deviantart.com/flauschesoeckchen
8 172The Legendary Hoarder (VRMMORPG)
Synopsis: With his families debt accruing more interest than he can pay off, Axel decides to put on the VR helmet in a desperate attempt to pay it off. He soon realises that making money illegally in a game is far easier than real life. With his experience in accounting, he tries almost anything to fill his pockets with gold without drawing too much attention. However, his young, joyful self who enjoyed playing in VR, is no longer around. He's rude, crude, and his name is Axel Smudge, AKA The Hoarder; he's going to shake the pockets of every player he passes.
8 115Inner Light
My life is rudely interrupted by something called the system rearing its ugly head and turning my world upside down. Or at least into a game like scenario. Did my brother's dog try to kill me immediately? Yes it did. Did I gain a unique class for being the first to kill in this zone? That's what the system is telling me. When I step out my door does everything out there want to kill me too? That seems to be the case. Am I royally screwed over? ... I'll let you know.
8 101DXD: Rical Phenex ( Gamer Gacha )
Reborn in DxD as Rical Phenex the fourth son of Lord and Lady Phenex with a quest and gacha system. Will contain multiverse traveling and summoning of peerage members from other worlds. Patreon.com/purecrow (I am new to RoyalRoad and writing stories in general so please be easy on me I do hope to improve as I post more and more. I also can't promise super high-quality updates and my chapters may be hard to read. Also, feel free to give me possible ideas in the comments.) *I DO NOT OWN HIGH SCHOOL DXD OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS WITHIN THE SERIES EXCEPT FOR MY MC AND POTENTIAL FUTURE OC'S, ALSO NONE OF THE ARTWORK SHOWN OR USED IS MINE.*
8 182Saints and Suffering: A Naruto Fanfiction
Synopsis: Naruto and Sasuke were unable to defeat Kaguya the first time around, and suffer immensely for their failure. They travel back in time to right their wrongs, but struggle with the repercussions of their failure and the unintended consequences of their actions. Author's Note: This is fanfiction, I am a first time author, and I make no claims nor guarantees to quality. I have another story floating around in my head, but I am writing this first in order to practice my skills and gain feedback. Please feel free to give constructive criticism, I will try to read and respond. No guarantees to upload schedule or speed will be made. I work a full time job, and I am not particularly fast at writing, though maybe speed will increase as I become more practiced with my storytelling. This work will essentially be my playground moving forward; I'm going to write about scenarios that tickle my fancy, and the overall story may suffer from it. I will endeavor to keep continuity though. I have an outline that I am working on, and there is an overall arc to the story already. Furthermore, as of the beginning of this novel, my intention with this novel is to explore negative emotions and use my writing as a form of meditation/therapy. When I am sad, I will write sad things, and when I'm happy, the story will be happy. Lastly, there will be religious undertones every once in a while. Hopefully nothing too heavy handed though.
8 90Adventures in Planus
Mal finds himself trapped in a VRMMORPG and must make his way forward and through this dangerous land. What friends and enemies will he find? Will he find a way out and ever see his family again? An LitRPG or GameLit story about a young man and his Adventures in the game world Planus. [additional tags= village,kingdom,empire building once you get deep enough in]
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