Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:12:51 +1200
From: Arthur <artcart65@vodafone.co.nz>
Subject: Elios Chapter 13

ELIOS
CHAPTER 13
BY ARTHUR
THE PASS TO LIFE


More than an hour passed the next morning before the boys found what they
hoped was the way up and over the mountains in the hope of finding the next
bunker, as yet they had had no trouble, any signs of Renegs being around
were not apparent, but the group knew better than to let their guard down,
their lives always depended on their vigilance.

The two quads took up their position at the head of the convoy and about
100 metres ahead of the others, the valley floor was unnaturally flat and
was bordered by very steep and straight rock sides, they looked to
unnatural to be normal nature. The flat area wound its way ahead of them
with only the occassional rock fall to break up the flatness.

It was another hour before the group noticed they were starting to slowly
climb, the flat area which Elios called the roadway, was now narrowing
until it rose only on one side of the steep edges, sometimes the road
forward was partially blocked with fallen stones and rocks, at these times
the convoy had to stop and all except the chosen guards, would start to
clear a way through.

For the next three hours the convoy wound its way slowly up the steepening
road, they were now well into the mountains and at times felt as though the
tall sides were pressing in on them as they drove higher and higher, the
air had cooled and the drivers of the quads were now starting to feel a
little cold, especially their bare hands.

Elios tried to look forward to try and see the end of the climb but the
road wound back on itself so often he had no view, slowly they climbed
until at last in the distance Elios saw what he hoped was the top of the
pass, there was still some way to go but now he could see, hopefully the
end of the claustrophobic feeling he had had all the time.

Half an hour later and there was only a long steep climb to the top, about
half way along the climb they could see another large rock fall, it had
covered too much of the road for them to be able to go around it and they
would have to stop and clear as much as they could, as the convoy slowed
almost to a halt, there was a sudden loud yell from somewhere in the rock
pile ahead of them, with startling swiftness, Elios saw the guard boy on
the back of the leading Quad suddenly fly backwards off the quad, there was
a crossbow bolt sticking out of his slim chest, when he hit the ground he
didn't move.

The driver of the quad came to a speedy halt and dived off the seat and
behind the quad; his rifle was in his hands as all the others found cover
when the air was filled with crossbow bolts filling the space around them,
Mita was the first to react to this sudden ambush threat, he pulled the big
eight wheeler as far forward as he could and gave the order for the boy on
the double guns to open fire at the rock slide in front of them from where
the bolts were coming from.

The ambushers were hard to spot and it was difficult for the boys to pick
out targets but the boy on the guns soon decided enough was enough and
opened up in the general direction of the rock slide, the large brass
cartridges tumbled out of a slot in the side of the vehicle as the multi
barrels fired in a very loud hum that sounded like a million bees all
flying together.

Rocks and debris flew high into the air as the bullets peppered the rock
slide, some of the bullets were what the boys called, 'fire bullets' they
lit up the ground and air as they whizzed and bounced around. This display
of firepower was new to the attackers, when they had first seen the strange
boxes on wheels they didn't have the faintest idea of what they were, all
they knew was that they did not belong in their territory and so they
attacked.

When the first boy had been killed they thought it was going to be easy,
when the bees started to hum around their heads and bodies they were not
quite so sure, suddenly cries and shouts erupted from the hiding points as
the strange bees began to find targets amongst the Renegs, this as well
began to bring worry to the attackers, they could see no bolts only large
holes that appeared from nowhere and their fellow gang members fell like
toppled trees.

The leader of the Renegs started to get worried about the loss of so many
men so quickly, shouting over the humming sound, he called his men to
charge and kill every boy on the flat stretch, the last bolts flew and then
the Renegs rose as one and charged down the slope, jumping rocks and
boulders as they went, as the leader made it close to the funny four wheel
thing they had first attacked he saw one dead boy and another hiding behind
the thing, the boy didn't look as scared as he should in the face of a
large group of charging Renegs.

The boy lifted the black pipe he was holding and pointed it at the leader
just as the same man suddenly realised there was not much noise coming from
behind him where his men should be, as he turned to look for his men he
felt a stinging pain in his leg that knocked him back a step, before he
could turn back to the boy he felt another pain in his shoulder, this one
spun him around to face the boy again but it also sat him on his butt, the
boy was still standing in front of him with a calm look of hate on his
young face.

The leader tried to turn his head to look for the rest of his men but all
he could see were lifeless bodies all over the rock slide and on the flat
just behind him, with a look of surprise on his face, it finally dawned on
the leader that he was alone, all four plus ten of his men were gone, what
sort of weapons did these boys have that they could defeat such a force as
he had led, he didn't hear the last shot fired, you never do hear the one
that finishes your miserable life.

Elios and the others looked around at the devastation caused by the double
gun backed up by the rifles of the boys, there was not a tear amongst the
boys as they looked at the bodies lying on the rock slide, only the front
driver of the quad was the first to move towards the boy on the ground, at
least the boy had died instantly and did not have to linger like so often
happened with a crossbow bolt, it had pierced his heart and he did not even
feel anything as he was thrown backwards onto the ground, a small tear
slipped from the drivers eyes as he looked down at the first boy he had
seen die since joining the bunker boys.

Mita walked over to the boy and put a comforting arm over his shoulder,
they would bury the boy here by the side of the road and leave a marker so
that anyone coming after them would know he was there and had been a part
of the expedition that found a new bunker, for the Renegs he gave orders
that they were to be tossed over the side and left to rot in the sun down
in the far off valley floor, the boys then got to work on clearing a way
through the big slide.

Everybody except five guards, worked tirelessly on moving rocks and stones,
by nightfall they had only gone about halfway and while they did not want
to stay out in the open in such an exposed place, they had no other option,
setting out guards they stopped to eat and rest, as the boys were so tired,
Mita set the guards for only one hour each, they would need to be as rested
as possible for the next days labour.

It was late the next day before the road was finally clear enough for the
wider vehicles to pass the rock slide, they had noticed the previous night
that it was a lot colder at night now that they were high up in the
mountains, Mita decided to push on until dark in the hope they would be
lower before they had to stop.

From the top of the pass, they could see far away below them, what appeared
to be an unusual stretch of green but it was so far away they were not at
first sure of what they saw. They only had two hours of driving before it
was too dark to continue and again, they had come to another large slip,
the convoy pulled to a stop and they set about getting ready for a meal and
sleep, the temperature had not noticeably warmed and so they rolled up
inside the vehicles in their sleeping bags after they had refuelled the
vehicles and eaten, the next morning was going to be another repetition of
the previous two days.

Midday found them once again on the slow descent, smaller slips were driven
around whenever possible, others had to be cleared but, by late afternoon
they could see below them, a small green valley, this alone caused a lot of
speculation from the boys as they gathered for a midday meal, they had all
heard about green valley's but none of the boys had ever seen one.

Through his binoculars, Elios could make out what he knew to be trees, not
just one or two but lots of them, also the ground appeared to be marked out
in even lines with dry dirt tracks between them, as they went lower, Elios
was sure he could make out what he thought was a large wooden dwelling. As
they came to the last stretch before the bottom of the now warmer road,
Mita saw the road was again blocked by rocks but, looking closer, he saw
that the blockage was more man made than any rock fall they had seen so
far.

The rocks appeared to be more of a tall wall, there was no rubble mixed in
with the rocks like a natural slip, these rocks had been carefully stacked
for maximum strength, as the first quad pulled up short of the fall, a
grown man with a crossbow stood up from behind the rocks, he was tall and
well tanned by the sun but he also looked to be well fed, not like most
Renegs, looking closer, Mita could see the faint outline of other men and
boys hiding along the top of the rocks.

Mita called a halt just out of crossbow range, slowly he and Elios stepped
out and began to walk towards the rock wall, when they were well within
calling distance, Mita let Elios take over, the man had held up a hand in
the universal stop motion, the boys waited for the man to speak first, it
didn't take long for the fear and curiosity to take over the mans better
judgement, he called out to the two boys standing patiently in the open,
and, the man noticed, just out of effective range of their weapons.

"What do you boys want, who are you and where do you come from in those
boxes with wheels?"

"We've come from over the mountains, we are searching for a special place
that the ancients made, we don't mean any harm as long as you're not
Renegs." Elios replied to the questions.

"And if we are Renegs?"

"Then we would have to kill you, all we want is a way to pass down onto the
plains and continue our search."

"Well boy, there's no way for you to kill us if we were Renegs but, as far
as passing here, you can't, you have top go back, we don't like strange
boys or Renegs here, this is our valley."

"We're not after your valley, we only want to pass through, if you let us
pass we promise not to cause you any problems."

The man looked down at Elios, he saw that the smaller boy was a Bred Boy
and he could not work out why this boy was doing all the talking, it should
be his man that was doing the negotiating, everything about the group in
front of him was strange, the clothing, the like of which he had never
seen, the odd looking pipes they all carried, the scary boxes that made
growling noises, everything was like a mans worst nightmare, he and his
group were not sure what they were looking at but, one thing for sure,
these strangers were not Renegs, the commune had been fighting those
thieves and killers for way too long not to be able to recognise them on
sight and these boys were not them.

No if these boys were not Renegs, could their outlandish story be true,
unlikely, but then there was all the new and strange things they had,
nothing had ever been seen like all the things they had, maybe they really
were from the ancient times, the confusion seemed to run over his face as
he looked down on the two boys along with a larger group standing back by
the wheeled boxes.

Elios looked up at the man on top of the wall, while the wall looked solid
enough to stop any man or haws, he was sure their eight wheel vehicle could
drive through it enough to make a clear pass but, Elios didn't want to make
enemies of these people but he did want to find the next bunker, there had
to be a way for them to get through, Elios stepped back and began to try
and think it through while the man watched from above.

Finally, after talking over his plan with Mita, Elios turned and walked
back to the man but this time he walked well within the range of their
weapons, he kept his hands well clear of his own weapons and went to stand
directly below the man on the wall, if they didn't believe him he would be
an easy target for their crossbows, it was a show of faith.

"We've come from the other side of the mountains, down on the sand wastes,
some time ago two of my friends and I discovered a place long hidden by the
ancients, we found out it was called a Bunker, after a lot of time we found
out about others they had made, now we have two of them and are looking for
a third one over on this side, we believe there are many others and we are
trying to open them up for other boys to use as a home. As you can see, the
ancients had a lot of things we lost a long time ago, we now have more than
four tens plus ten boys with us and more are coming to us for safety every
day, all we want is to pass, we don't want to destroy any of your valley,
in fact, if you let us pass we may be able to help you with protecting your
valley and then trade with you for your goods if you have any for that
purpose, we are not Renegs, in fact we hate them and destroy them at every
chance, all we ask of you is to let us pass without causing you any losses
or fighting."

"I don't see how you could hurt us, you have no weapons and you can't get
past this wall, many Renegs have tried to beat us and always failed, that's
why we guard this pass, it's the only way down into the valley, we have
been here growing plants to eat for more yarn than I can remember, we have
nearly ten plus ten folk here so your few boys stand no chance to win a
fight with us, now why don't you turn around and go back to your own
place?"

Elios looked up at the man sadly, it appeared that, if they wanted to move
forward and find the next bunker, they would have to either fight or put on
a demonstration that would either scare or convince the man that they could
go through if they wanted to, Elios spoke up.

"Well you leave us no choice, if that's your final answer; we are sorry
that you feel this way and would not see the benefit we could be to your
home and your boys."

Elios turned his back on the man and walked back to Mita, with a nod of his
head Mita followed him back to the small convoy, once there, Mita took his
place in the drivers seat and Usof sat at the firing panel of the double
guns, Elios went back to his Humvee and waited for the eight wheeler to
take up position at the front of the convoy, all the others stayed back
from the front two vehicles, this was a show of force in the hope that the
man blocking their way would see sense and let them through without further
problems.

Mita drove close enough for the defenders to be within crossbow range, he
sat there for a short time and then told Usof to fire at the rocks about
half a mans height from the top, immediately the two guns hummed for a few
seconds, chips of rock and small stones flew into the air as the echo of
the guns ran down the quiet valley below them, for a few seconds nothing
happened, it appeared the defenders were stunned by the sudden display of
firepower but it didn't last, as if a signal had been given, the air was
filled with crossbow bolts and small stones from hand slings.

The small ping sound of the missiles bouncing off the armour of the vehicle
could be clearly heard by everyone, the sudden barrage stopped as the
defenders saw that their weapons made no impact on the boxes, again the
guns hummed and again chips and stones flew into the air then, when Usof
had finished firing, Mita put the eight wheeler into low gear and pushed
his foot hard to the floor, the loud angry rumble of the motor rang
throughout the valley as it began to gain speed and headed towards the
center of the stone wall.

The loud crashing of metal on stone could be heard all over as the vehicle
hit the wall and pushed through as well as climbed up over what had not
been knocked down, behind the wall boys and men ran for their lives as the
metal monster pushed through their best defences leaving them in the open,
try as they might they couldn't penetrate the metal skin of the box thing.

Mita pulled to a halt and waited for the scattering folk to get to a safe
distance, he then called Elios on their com units and the rest of the
convoy rolled slowly forward until they were at the opening in the wall,
with skill, Elios drove up and over what remained of the wall until he was
behind Mita, taking a chance, Elios stepped from his Humvee and, with his
rifle in his hands, began to walk towards where the other group was now
standing and watching, Elios raised his voice to reach the group.

"As you can see, we could have avoided this way had you been more helpful,
we don't want to hurt you, in fact we want to help but we won't be stopped
from finding the ancients bunkers, they hold to many things that could help
all of us defeat the Renegs and then we can live our lives in peace, we
don't want to conquer you or make you slaves, we want you to be as free as
you always were, but we will go looking for our bunker, it's up to you, you
can be our friends and have the benefits of the ancients knowledge or you
can fight us and lose."

Elios waited as he saw the group of defenders gather into a circle and
start to discuss their limited options, it took some time as it seemed all
of them were allowed to have their say, after half an hour, the original
leader slowly walked forward, his head was down a little and a look of
defeat was on his face as he came closer to Elios.

"We all agree, there's nothing we can do against you and your things, we
will let you pass as long as you let us stay free, but now we have to
rebuild our wall or the Renegs will be back and destroy our valley, we've
all worked to hard over the yarn to let them have it, but it takes a long
time to repair the wall, we are going to be an open target for them now."

"We can help you if you like, I can ask some of the boys to stay and guard
the road for you while you rebuild, but we are coming back this way after
we find the bunker, why not make a big gate here so you can close off the
road but still be able to let our vehicles pass back and forth, because
there will be other vehicles some time in the future, this way you are
still protected and we can train some of your boys to defend you with the
ancients weapons, we have plenty of them to spare and as long as we keep
them from the Renegs then we will always be safe from them."

The man thought for a short time and then, with an almost helpless gesture
of defeat, he nodded his head in acceptance of his situation, all he could
hope for now was that the boy was telling the truth and they could stay
free in their valley, his idea of a large gate did sound better than having
to rebuild the wall each time one of their metal boxes came along.

At the acceptance of his position, the man appeared to lighten up a little,
he then invited the new boys to stay for the rest of the afternoon and
evening at their compound where they could talk more about the things the
ancients had left behind, Elios sighed with relief, he really didn't want
to hurt the people of this valley, they were only trying to live their very
precarious lives without the danger of the Renegs murdering ways, Elios
accepted the invitation and, leaving four boys to help guard the broken
wall, he invited the man to travel with him in the Humvee.

The look on the mans face almost made Elios laugh but he kept his face
turned towards the front of the Humvee so as not to embarrass the man too
much, as the man got in Elios could feel him shaking with fear but the man
was determined to brave the unknown, if these new boys could travel inside
these boxes then he could, besides it would not look good to his own men
and boys if he was afraid, no man could stay leader of the commune if he
was scared or afraid of every new thing that came along.

The sound and smell of the Humvee took the man by surprise; it was not the
fresh air of the open valley and clean fresh smell of the mountains but a
thick oily smell that constricted the lungs and the noise was like thunder
as the motor drove the vehicle down the short road to the base of the
mountains, the sight that greeted the convoy boys took their breath away,
they had never seen anything like the view in front of them.

All around was the green like they had never seen before, trees and plants,
and even the ground in most places was covered in so many different colours
of green they could not take it all in at the same time and the fresh smell
of the place could be detected even in the confines of the vehicles, it was
a heady mix of freshness and something that made their heads spin with the
alien sights and sounds around them.

When they had at last pulled to a halt in the center of the commune, Mita
told their boys to set up relief guards for the road block, he then went
with Elios and the leader to the largest house in the commune, this was the
meeting hall for all of the members of the valley community, there was a
subdued bustle about the small commune, everything appeared to be made here
and the valley residents seemed to be self sufficient.

The leader led the boys into the large meeting house to be presented to the
rest of the committee that ran the valley, there were five of them, three
older men in their thirties and two younger men in their late teens, these
five men along with the leader were responsible for all that went on in the
valley, each had his own area of concern and would report to the others at
the end of each days work, this way they kept order and allotted work for
all the others.

Elios and his boys were amazed at what had been achieved in the green
valley, it worked in a well oiled way that only a lot of time and hard work
could have accomplished, they were also impressed with the happy looks on
everyones face as they went about their days work. Elios and the others
were soon seated at a long table and within a short time there was fresh
food being put on the table.

To the boys from the bunkers, the freshness of the food was a new
sensation, they had been so used to the food of the bunkers that they
didn't realise what they had been missing, the vegetables were the best
they had ever eaten and the meat had flavours that left their mouths
watering for more, they were told that everything was grown here in the
valley and the only reason for their existence was a small stream of fresh
clear water that ran from a large crack in the mountain side and down into
the center of the valley.

From this stream they syphoned off water for the fields and the rest was
left to flow naturally, it was because of the water that the Renegs wanted
to take over the valley, the leaders explained that they thought there
could be other streams but this one was too good to leave just to go
searching for something that may not be there in the end.

The meeting hall slowly filled with boys and men as they gathered for their
evening meal, the hum of conversation filled the room, Elios saw that many
of the boys were Bred Boys and the obvious partnerships looked to be happy,
they sat and talked far into the night as they exchanged stories and
information, Elios learned that the end of the valley was also blocked off
with a large rock wall but it had a small gateway built into it so the
people could go out into the wastes below them and to let any new boys into
the commune but keep out the Renegs from the plains.

It appeared that those boys and men that were not bonded slept in one of
three large halls, they were built from the trunks of small trees, the gaps
in the walls filled with mud to stop any wind and sand from entering, the
bred couples had their own small houses that were spread out in the trees,
almost hidden from sight to give them some privacy, when a new boy was Bred
he and his man were given a new house of their own to live in, Elios was
impressed with the thought and leadership of the commune.

The next morning the boys rose to the fresh smell of more food, while
eating he asked the leader of they knew of any bunkers although he
described them as large caves with metal over the openings, much to his
surprise, the leader told him of one strange cave about a days walk away,
it was a huge cave that went back into the mountain and then ended in the
blank metal wall, no one knew what it was and so had left it alone as
something from the old days of the ancients, why the ancients had put a
metal wall on a rock face they never considered, it was just there and that
was that.

Elios asked if he could take a boy from the commune with them to show them
the way, he promised to bring the boy back once they had looked at the
cave, when asked how long they would be away, Elios told him they would be
back before the afternoon sun had set as their 'vehicles' could travel a
lot faster than any man could walk, with a little reservation, the man
finally agreed and called for a volunteer from the assembled boys, the
leader was surprised at the reaction, ten boys jumped to their feet waving
their arms and showing huge grins on their faces, the leader shook his head
at the enthusiasm of some of his boys.

Turning to Elios he could only smile and shrug his shoulders at the
reaction, Elios and his boys chuckled at the sight of so many boys wanting
to experience the new things these boys from the wastes had with them, even
the growling 'vehicles' as they now knew them, could not scare them from a
new adventure, it was the natural inquisitiveness of young boys taking
over.

Elios pointed to one boy in the smiling crowd and gestured for him to join
them at the table, after introducing himself a Mika, the boy sat down with
the others and listened to what was wanted from him, he knew the large cave
well as he had stayed in it when he came looking for the commune, he told
Elios that the metal wall had once had some type of painting on it but it
was now mostly faded and very hard to see, the cave went back into the
mountain for quite a distance and when you got to the metal wall, the light
from outside was very dim.

When asked how big the cave was, Mika tried to describe it but he had no
real gauge of the size to compare with, from what Elios and the others
could understand, the cave mouth was very large and oval in shape with a
flat stone floor, it sounded much like the other bunkers and the boys were
hopeful of finishing the quest that same day but, what the cave or bunker
held was an unknown to them, there had been no description on Elios
computer back at home bunker on what could be in the new one, the boys made
to get ready for the next short leg of their journey.

The leader set out a new work order for the boys and men staying behind,
the day would be filled with designing and making a large gateway up on the
pass, Elios would leave six of his boys behind to act as guards for the
working crew, the new palisade would be entirely of tree trunks and
anchored to the wall of the mountain, it would then allow any of Elios or
other vehicles to pass through but be big and strong enough to keep out any
Renegs that wanted to try and attack the commune as they had in the past.

With exact directions the boys made the opening to the bunker in only an
hour and a half, their first sight of the cave convinced them they had
found the opening to their new bunker, it was way bigger than they
expected, it was a wonder that it had not been used by the Renegs as a home
base, the convoy had now trouble driving right into and up to the metal
wall and, with the use of their vehicle lights, they saw, what to them was
an obvious doorway into the bunker itself.

Elios got out of his Humvee along with the boy Mika, and walked to the
doorway, looking around d he soon found the control panel, it was covered
in years of grime and almost unrecognisable but he soon wiped it clean with
his shirt and proceeded to swipe his card and enter the code numbers, for a
minute or two there was no response, then, deep under the floor he heard a
low whine start up, his activation of the panel had somehow caused the
power plant to activate and soon he heard the door start to lift up into
the high ceiling above them, the boy, Mika jumped in surprise as he saw the
metal wall begin to move and then his boyish inquisitiveness took over and
he waited with Elios as the hole got bigger and bigger until the whole wall
had disappeared into the roof, ahead of them was a long dark tunnel.

Using the lights from the vehicles, Elios stepped fearlessly into the
tunnel and looked around for the panel he knew would be there, with a flick
of the many switches on the panel, the tunnel began to light up as the
power went into the glass tubes in the ceiling high above them, this bunker
was even bigger than the last one, Elios tried to remember the words that
were under the picture on the outside of the door.

The faded picture had been of a large bird, the colours were faded and hard
to make out but the bird looked like one that would hunt for prey, the
words under it were very hard to read and in some places total gone but
Elios worked out that they read, "US G VE MENT R PO ITO Y NO E T Y" none of
the words made any sense but he knew that it was the bunker they were
looking for.

The passage ahead of them went on for a long distance, it was clean and dry
and had no dust or dirt in it, they left their vehicles parked at the
entrance and, leaving two guards just in case they had visitors, the rest
of the boys began the long slow walk down the long passage, it was about 10
metres wide and the ceiling was also about 10 metres high, as they walked
along they came to a side passage leading to the right, the sign above said
"US TREASURY" it meant nothing to the boys so they kept moving, they would
look at it later, the next side passage led off on the left, the sign read
"HISTORICAL LIBRARY" this also meant nothing to the boys and so they
continued to move on, the next passage was the one Elios had been looking
for "ADMIN CONTROL" this is what Elios wanted, turning down the passage he
led the group down it until they came to a familiar glass door, using his
card and code he led the boys into the control room and switched on the
nearest computer.

For the next ten minutes Elios worked at the computer he never noticed the
awed look on the young boy Mika's face as the boy's head snapped left and
right at all the ancient artifacts surrounding him, he was surprised that
these boys looked as though it was all normal, to his eyes it was a magical
place, he tried to watch what the boy Elios was doing but the boy's hands
and fingers moved to fast for him to understand what was going on.

Elios looked for and found the details of the bunker system; it was even
larger than any of the others but it did not seem to have the weapons rooms
of the home bunkers, most of what he saw was almost meaningless to him,
there were the usual common rooms with kitchen sleeping rooms and wash
rooms, they were all on this level but all the others were down under the
mountain on lower levels, each item had a different level and were very
large areas, Elios printed a copy of the levels and then closed the
computer, he would investigate them further after they took the boy Mika
back to the valley.

Elios got up and they all returned once again to their vehicles, after
leaving and closing the door again they returned to the valley, the
reception was a little muted by the valley boys until they saw that Mika
was safe and happy, he was soon in the middle of a throng of other boys
retelling his adventure into the ancients cave system and all the wondrous
things he had seen there, Mika was an instant hero and he loved it, for the
first time in his life he was the center of attention.

That evening Elios and the committee members sat and discussed what was to
be done next, Elios passed on their plan to return to their bunker the next
morning, they would leave eight boys to help defend the valley until they
returned but would take ten of the valley boys with them to be trained in
the ancient weapons, when they returned to investigate the new bunker more
thoroughly, they would bring extra weapons for the rest of the valley along
with the boys to train them all.

The committee agreed willingly to the plan and promised they would have the
new gateway ready for them, once all the ite4ms had been finished with,
they were given the same space again to sleep as well as another big feast
of fresh meat and vegetables, with their bellies full, they went off to
sleep, the next morning would see the start of their return home.

The convoy had left the pass behind, now that they did not have to stop and
clear a passage through the rock falls, the trip was faster, Elios
estimated they would be back home in two days, in the back of the truck,
the new boys from the valley were perpetually trying to hang outside the
back of the truck to watch the new lands pass by, after a short time, when
all they saw was the endless wastes of arid sand, they settled down to the
long trip, it was not long before the boredom of the travelling set in and
they began to doze off in a light sleep, only the occassional bump or
shudder of the truck waking them from time to time.

That night, while they were camped out, some of Elios boys began to
describe to the new boys, what the weapons were and how to hold them, what
to do to check if they were ready to fire and how to aim them but the
valley boys were too tired from the long day of travel and found it hard to
take in everything they were being told, finally it was too much and they
began to curl up and fall asleep.

The next day was much the same, the convoy moved forward at a reasonable
pace and by nightfall they were only a few hours away from the home bunker,
Elios decided to call another halt for the night, it had been a long trip
and everyone was tired, it would not be good to travel during the night
only to have an accident because they were too tired to be alert, the camp
that night was subdued and everyone was glad to just curl up and go to
sleep except the guards, it would only be a few hours to go in the morning
and they could all rest properly, the valley boys were beginning to see
that travelling in these ancient vehicles was not all fun and games, they
were the first ones to fall asleep.

Mid morning of the next day found the convoy approaching the mouth of the
bunker, the first thing Elios and the other boys noticed was the two
Humvee's parked outside the open door, they were from the lower level and
each had a single weapon mounted on the roof, they were parked one each
side of the doorway, further up the sand hill were four small stone walls,
evenly spaced just below the top of the ridge, two boys could be seen in
each small pocket, Elam had created a new sentry system while they were
gone.

From one of the Humvee's a boy stood up and waved at the returning convoy,
Elios tooted the horn on his Humvee and continued to drive straight into
the bunker followed by the rest of the convoy, Elam stood in the center of
the garage waiting for his friends to return, Elios noticed that there were
a lot more boys around than when they had left, he would have to ask Elam
about them.

As the rumble of the engines died, Elios and the others got out and
stretched their aching bodies, it had been a long drive and they were all
ready for a soft bed and hot water shower as well as some private time with
Mita, Usof and Elios had been too busy to have time with their man but,
even as tired as they were, they were not going to miss out tonight.

The valley boys were soon paired off with some of the convoy boys and taken
to the washing rooms, they would then be given a big meal and a place to
sleep, Elios, Usof, Mita and Elam went to the common room to discuss the
trip to the new bunker, it was four hours later before they had caught up
on all the news and innovations that Elam had instituted, he now had boys
in training to drive the other trucks, two of which were already carrying
boys back from the home bunker along with two more drivers who were good in
the Humvee's with the single weapon on the roof for escorts as well as the
two outside guarding the door during the day, at night all the outer guards
came inside as there was no way for any Renegs to enter in the dark.

At last it was all over, all the information had been exchanged, the valley
boys were clean and well fed and were now settling down on the new soft
beds, Elios and Usof were in the shower helping Mita to wash, although
there was not a lot of washing going on, their need for each other was to
great and Mita's desire for both his Bred Boys knew no limits, by the time
they went to their room to rest, both boys were well filled and slightly
unsteady on their feet but they were happy, Mita had treated both of them
equally and both boys felt full and well bred.

Over the next week or two there would have to be a lot of plans made for
the search of the new bunker and the training of the valley boys as well as
sorting out new equipment to be taken back to the people in the valley when
they returned, Elios snuggled back into Mita's stomach, his mans large rod
buried deeply inside him, Usof was curled up facing Elios, their smaller
rods pressing against each other as their lips gently touched, it seemed
only seconds before all three were asleep, Mita still buried deeply into
his number one boy.





TBC.



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