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The police vehicle bounced and shuddered across the vast open expanse of desert. The headlights flickered crazily, like an old black and white silent movie, making it virtually impossible to spot any obstacles looming out of the darkness in front of the sturdy four-wheel-drive.
As one wheel, rode up over a hard clump of spinifex grass, it was followed immediately by another wheel, both Sam, and Foley were tossed about in their seats.
“Bloody hell, it’s rough!” Sam announced.
“It’s not exactly a freeway,” Foley added, as he struggled with the steering wheel which seemed to have developed a mind of its own.
“It’s interesting,” Sam said.
“Interesting, what’s interesting about it?” Foley asked through clenched teeth.
“This is probably the first time in the history of the planet a veh
