The slave awoke suddenly. He was in a cart being hauled by two Brahmin. Along the sides of it were strange looking slavers, all armed with assault rifles.
"Where the hell am I ?" He managed to say in an annoyed tone. He was beginning to feel the lump on his head were he was hit. "Well look who's alive back there!" Cooed one of the armed slavers. "I was beginin t'think" that were were gonna have to dump you off soon." The slave looked at the other passengers. Not exactly an impressive to see. There were five others none of them looked like the usual settlers or wanderers that got caught. There were was one ratty looking jet junky, trembling and muttering to herself, two raiders with the usual crazy hair and scared over bodies, and then the other two both stocky well built, almost like soldiers. One the the soldiers looked at him. "So...mister how's your head feeling". He said it with a crooked almost cruel smile. Not much of a question in other words. The slave appraised the soldier for a second before smiling then spitting in his face. The slaver laughed at this and pointed it out to the others. "Look at that guys, I must've lost count of how many times I've seen people spit in poor Tim's face now!" The soldier "Tim" glared at the slave but didn't do anything besides that. The slave looked over at the slavers. "You know that moron?"
"Course we do! Half the idiots up there with you were working with us up until they decided fuck with the merchandise one to many times!"
The slave sat and considered this for another moment. "So where are we going...Paradise Falls?"
"You wish" mumbled one of the raiders.
"Oh no, you have a much more special place to go." Smiled the slaver, seeming to enjoy himself thoroughly now. "You are taking a lovely trip to Rivet City!"
"I thought there weren't any slaves in Rivet City"
"Ah but that's the point, your all not slaves." The smiling slaver explained.
The man who apparently was not a slave just stared at the slaver. "Then what are we?"
This time Tim spoke up "We're fuckin cannon fodder, that's what."