Chapter 84: A cat in a box.
A small convoy of four modified vehicles left Fortress Four. One tank led the way infront and another at the back. Sunshine had one good drone that she had repaired and coated in anti-corrosion paint. It was flying ahead, sending back footage of what lay ahead.
No surprise, the further down the mountain they went, the more bones they saw swimming in the running water. All the trees outside the bubble covering the forest had wilted. The cars they met had rusted and the rain had eaten away at everything. Only shells remained.
The group had masks over their faces so they could not smell the earth. If they could, they would not miss the metallic whiff in the air.
"Holy shit! Everything is dead out here." Major Elio’s voice came through the interior comm of the vehicle in which Sunshine was sitting. "I would hate to be one of the people caught out in this rain."
"You are one of those people Major. You just happen to be inside a vehicle." Nimo answered.
Steam evaporated from all the cars as the anti-corrosion paint and weather absorbent material fought back against the acid rain.
"What do we do if we meet someone out here" Major Elio asked.
"Run them over." O’Toole answered.
Sunshine spoke into a walkie-talkie. "We are approaching the first base. Everyone keep your masks on, keep in mind that the mist is more deadly than acid rain and we don’t know if there is some out here."
They came up on Jon’s base and the drone flew to the camera. Sunshine communicated with the men on the wall through the drone.
"This is Sunshine Quinn from Fortress four or the bigger and better base. We brought gel for the bubble. I am sure that some of you have noticed that it is thinning. You only have a minute to open your gates receive the package and then we will be on our way."
"That’s right, we are the bigger and better base." Major Elio bragged.