Shaping Stars

Broken Doors

The time of "new man kind"  has been centuries ago by now. Concurring new planets and joining or murdering such creatures living on these.

It's the year of 5033. Every social system needs a place where all the criminals are left to rot for.

This place was earth.  A prison and trash bin for the rest of the solar system in the Milkyway.

In todays time we're fighting for survival here on earth.
Between cannibals and murders there have been a long generations of poor souls getting born here on earth and somehow surviving.

Citys and small groups has scrapped themselves together to make an okay going socially acceptable with eachother.

I am 21. Current time of course.

I personally don't hold anything of this.
I wish I could go to any other place than this.

I'll see you soon

- paru

He closed the pen and leaned back in his chair starring at the yellowish ceeling
Where gasmasks and other thing hang.

He tried to blow his bit of hair out of his face.
»Paru! Paru dear dinner is ready!«

He heard his mother yell from downstairs.

As he walked down the little hallway to the kitchen his stomach already turned by the smell.
On the wooden table on a silver plate there he was. Or what was remaining of him.

Parus neighbour Jefferson parkiz
His eyelids where half closed
And staring back at paru who had a face as he almost vomited.

»I made you soup«

Marie, his mother said. And pointed to the bowl of stew. Veggy stew.

Paru looked a little disappointed. He was by no means a cannibal or a vegan. Both seem drastic in his living situation. But he can't eat his neighbour. Even if he wanted to, his stomach already turned just by the thought of it.

Conner, his father was scrolling through the news on his holographic newsletter.
It was already old back from 2096. Paru thought about that he only reads these to feel a sense of nostalgia.

As he eats Together with them Conner spoke up

»Son, you need to drive to the city. The delivery for the store will arrive soon. I packed up the location and my signature into your bag«
he said ripping out parts of  Jefferson.
Paru nodded and kept eating.

After dinner he made himself ready. Driving between citys is dangerous. Paru knows that. The dead lands filled with the creatures left here to rot and kill love to attack when the sun sets.
So paru was in the hurry to go.
Swinging onto his motorcycle he started driving.

Hours in he watched the dead lands that weirdly seemed empty. No dasher, no sand dog or anything.

Paru kept his eyes back on the road and already saw the city. Where France used to be. Paru read a lot about the city. He always wanted to see the "city of love" however now it's the main city for supplies since the last station where the prisoner gets sent from is here.
It's guarded and controlled by the Zoll. The dumb name for the government that controls the Milkyway.

Paru reached the city and a tall tower of a man approaching Paru slowly
Pulling off his helmet Paru searched for the little paper scratch that said he awaits a delivery here.
The face  of the man wasn't much visible. Hidden under fabric. He seems like a Victim of the drugs here. The ones that melt your face and make you dammed to be shamed with your actions.

He lets Paru pass. With dark eyes he looks after him.
Paru hurried to get into the streets of the city.
Reaching the last pharmacy, the small "ding dong dang" of the bell shocked an elderly lady looking creature
Her skin was pink-ish green. She had alot of wrinkles and grey put up hair that had flowers grow out of it.
»yes??« she asked confused  squishing her eyes to see Paru
» I'm here for a delivery arrival?«
He asked looking around

The lady nodded
» delivery! Yes yes of course..«
She went Into the back of the shop

As she came back out with a little baggy of medicine Paru raised his eyebrows
» is that all?« he asked confused
   » that is all young man. I'm sorry «
The lady said.

Back on the road over the dead lands paru noticed two cars which he knew just a little to well.
It was Jacob, Larry and Ivan. The twins and Larry.

He went off road to the two cars to say hello

All they did was threw grenades out of the car window at dashers that weren't fast enough to get out of range.
Paru yelled but they didn't hear him
Until he tried driving in circles around them to be noticed they stopped driving

» Paru! It's been a little while? « Ivan asked getting out of the car walking towards Paru as he pulled off his helmet

They made that weird handshake of smacking their hands together and bumping their shoulders.
»i was in the mid city to pick up meds. « Paru explained.
Ivan nodded
» what are you doing here? « Paru asked looking at Jacob and Larry also now getting out of the cars since no other except them was on the ground now.

» our usual golfing « Jacob said
   » golfing? « Paru laughed

» Yuh, nothing else to do around here. The old sacks keep worrying bout them shites so we here to clean up« Jacob explained grinning

He knew like they all did that it was highly dangerous to stay in the dead lands so long.

The other creature that if showing up would fuck em up would be an ground breaker.
And gigantic worm reptile feeding itself through earth's layers to eat trash and dirt to reform it back to it's original form. Like a rain worm. Just bigger. And with more teeth.
They got original sent down here to vanish the rest of humanity left but it just vanished into the ground and only seen rarely.

Ivan scratched his stomach and looked around
»well?«
   »what are we waiting for?«
He asked and pointed out to the cars as an indicator to go home since the sun was almost gone now.

Paru nodded and they all went back to their cars / motorcycle.

And hour into driving, Paru noticed an car driving in circles in the mids of the dead lands.

»wich fucking idiot would be This stupid??«
He thought to himself however kept driving home.

He reached the shop where the apartment was above over.
Paru noticed that the glass doors of the electric door where broken and the shop was a mess.
He sighs annoyed and went in through the broken part of the door.