Earth 8018: The Story of Tyler and Kristyn

Part 11: The Desert Trek (2 of 2)

Finally we reach the battle grounds deep in the night. The grounds don't seem very heavily guarded. As I see my comrades lying lifeless before my very eyes, I muster all the strength I can not to break down and cry. After sneaking around gathering things, we finally get all we need. We even find a truck with fuel in it. So Tyler and I load it with all we'd found. However Bor doesn't think we should take the truck.

"Hey... I've got a bad feeling about this... I think we should just have the super carry all this stuff. Don't take the truck."

"Why wouldn't we take the truck!?" I asked as quietly as I could.

"I've just got a feeling." He said.

But as he and I were having a discussion, Bull got in the truck with all our supplies and took off.

"DAD WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Yelled Bor. But Bull couldn't hear him.

Because of Bulls mental illness he was prone to sporadic behavioral changes... and unfortunately... this one costs him his life. As he was driving away the truck exploded. It would appear that the truck was a trap set by order of the queen. She knew we'd need that truck and those supplies to get out of that desert alive. Spot lights came on shining brightly in our faces. We couldn't see a thing.

"TYLER ARE YOU HEALED ENOUGH TO RUN!?" I shouted.

"YEAH!" he said, "HOLD ON TIGHT!!"

He then charges to State 2 and jets away as fast as he can with Bor and I holding on to him for dear life. Bor tells us to go a certain way.
"I know a place where we can hide! Head east of here!" Shortly thereafter we make it to an abandoned base near a small town. It's old and run down. It looks as if it's been here for hundreds of years. There are vines growing everywhere and its dirty. But it'll do for the night. We used lights and sleeping bags that Bor had grabbed at the battleground just before things went south.

Tyler and I are talking but Bor is quiet. Tyler tries to comfort him.

"Hey... I'm sorry about your father. He seemed like a...".

Before he could finish his sentence, Bor cuts him off, "He was a mean old man who used to beat mi mother and me constantly. He forced me to learn all his wisdom, and to apply all his skills to my own life... the only time he was mi father was when he lost his memory. By then mum had died. So I just told him stories about how it was always just he and I. And about how great things were, just the two of us. We ended up in prison for something horrible he had done long before he lost his memory. We had been there 3 years before you Lot showed up. And I'm grateful for that... that we were able to be free together one last time... but in all honesty... I'd rather have mi Pa with me now in that cell than to be out here alone without 'im."

He then walks away and leaves Tyler and I alone. Tyler went out to see if he could find him, but he couldn't, so he came back. We talked about what happened. He came to the conclusion that this was somehow his fault. I on the other hand knew this was solely the Queens doing. But the question neither of us could seem to answer... is where the hell did Bor go? Something didn't feel right. He couldn't have just vanished.