Roderick clenched his fist in the rage of being traded. “And signals are back again.” a military man looked at his beeping device. “You can’t be this much of a douchebag.” Roderick shouted, “I risked my life to get in here.” “How did you risk your life? By riding a baby duck?” “Fathering would be an exact word for it.” …

Mitchell, Eduwardoand the rest of the gang members were sitting at the same spot ever since the eagle attack had happened. Soldiers had gunned down some hawks trying to breach in, which made birds stay away from the area for a while. Despite of having lesser chances of another invasion, they were not allowed to be inside tents. Perhaps they were being kept …

Stupid birds. Roderick scoffed when the eagles were lost in the blue tone of the sky. Roderick’s descent began from there. The climb down would have been tough even for a professional climber with harnesses.  Roderick had found plenty of cracks to keep holding, but the heat of the cliff was unbearable. Roderick’s hands had started turning red after a minute of climb. And still he …

Eduwardo had nothing other than acceptance for the command which had come from inside. His men also had the same intention. Their boss taking the same decision they themselves would have taken saved them from embarrassment. Surrender to the unknown enemy. The walk to the camp felt long for Roderick. His shaking legs told him not to go in there but …

Time passed, but none of them could bring anything wise in their heads. Eduwardo complained they could have covered a good distance if they had been walking for the last hour- which had gone in vain while brainstorming. “You can stay here as long as you want.” Eduwardo said, “We are going around this s***.” Behind him, Roderick saw dust rising from horizon. “Storm?” …

Roderick held the long metal detector with his sweating palm. It was slipping and sometimes touching the ground, but it was showing signals, regardless. “Signals are strong.” Roderick smiled in discomfort. “Hey!” one mob pointed at the metal detector, “What’s wrong with this s***?” “Are you missing rust in this?” Roderick raised his eyebrows. “What?” “Nevermind. The detector you had was really …

Quiet a time had passed since Mitchell and the other guys had decided to go along with Car Bandits. They had nothing to talk about throughout the drive. The journey did not become less awkward at any point. Same silent ride took Mitchell infront of a house where they got off their cars and entered inside the house. A man was sitting in his …

The walk was horter than they had expected. Roderick and Eduwardo’s gang reached near the house in less than an hour. The house was in the middle of nowhere. It appeared if the house would not survive a sandstorm but the house was there, nevertheless. “Moffet’s house.” Eduwardo told him where they were. “Is he your friend?” Roderick glanced at …

Fatigue hit them hard. Even the machines gave up with the fight with the burning sun. It was not beeping anymore. For a while they had been thinking the signals had gotten weak, but soon they realized it was the machine’s fault. “Pipe was straight till now.” Eduwardo said, “Rest must be straight as well.” Nobody had doubt on what he said. They walked …

Biker gang’s men checked the rig. They discovered the Car Gang was right. Nothing was left there to fight for.  The car gang giggled and drove from there, leaving Eduwardo with nothing but a headache. Everyone lowered their guns and sat on their bikes. They strapped their sacks tight to their seats then started their bikes, “Even they left it. We should also …