Chapter Seven: “A Long Day Of Driving”



Everything was ready. They were all set to go to South Carrotlina. “Well, here we go.” Batty Buddy said. They all started up their go-carts. A little while later, they were out of the wreckage of the city, and into the wreckage of the long broken road, which stretched ahead of them for miles. Because of the war, there was no green anywhere. Any plants or trees that were once alive and beautiful were now gone, with dirt, dust, rocks, and never eternally destroyable weeds. Nothing but brown and gray as far as the eye could see. Because the go-carts did not have windshields, the group (except for Grath) got dust in their eyes from the speed they were going. It wasn’t to bad, but after a while it got annoying. They just had to deal with it though. The sky was a grayish-blue. It never quite recovered from the smoke and all other things that happen when there’s a war like the one, which took place. It was a hot day, but as they road on, the cool breeze blew against them, cooling them off. “So at this rate, when do you guys think we’ll get there?” Shinyso asked them. “I don’t know. It may take days!” Batty replied. “What do we do about gas and that sort of thing?” “Surely we will find gas stations along the way. I don’t think this trip will be all that hard.” But Batty didn’t know, was that it was going to get a worse……A lot worse.



Nighttime:

“So, where will we sleep tonight?” Claw said. “I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll sleep anywhere I can hang upside-down.” BB laughed. “No, we can probably find a place in this upcoming city ahead of us.” Sure enough, through the dark, there were the shapes of buildings, and faint lights in the distance. “Alright! A city! We’ve only seen two cities along the way this entire trip!” Shinyso said relieved that he didn’t have to sleep in the dirt that night. They entered the city through a back alleyway, knowing well to stay clear of any main roads, which robots walked on. They traveled along the backs of buildings, and down dark areas, looking out for robots, and place to sleep. “There!” Grath whispered, pointing to a tall old building across the large street from them. “It’s a motel. Let’s stay there.” The group slowly pulled up to the road, looked both ways for robots, and then, seeing none, they zoomed across, and pulled up to the motel. They parked the cars behind some bushes, and entered in. They place was dimly lit, even with the lights turned on. They went up some stairs, and down a hall with rooms on each side. All the doors were locked, so they had to go back downstairs and find some keys. A little later, they were all settled into their own rooms. Little did they know… They were not alone.