Maestas had really bad luck on this trip. On his way back, they ran into the ambush of bandits.
While they were driving past old ruins, strange desert rats with wings jumped out from the sandy buildings. They flew between the old, broken bridges, making big dust clouds.
Looking out, Maestas saw the tall old buildings and thought, "What a great time that must've been. What made it all end?"
The world now was sad. There wasn't much left: Machines were old, and almost everyone found it hard to live.
Deep in thought, Maestas saw a red light in a far-off broken building's window.
"There's someone there! It's a trap!" His heart raced. He tried to turn the car, but it was too late. They were stuck.
The bad guys had scary flags with skulls. Guns pointed out of every window, even big rocket guns. Maestas and his group couldn't fight back because they only had one hurt alpha with them.
