40 Hey John, How Are You Doing Again? (1/2)

The next SUV they saw was a Mercedes, and the house seemed to be empty as well. However, they couldn't find the key. So, after about ten minutes of searching around, the group decided to move onto the next one.

And there it is, a classic Ram pickup truck. Although this thing chugs on oil, this monstrosity could make a reliable transportation tool with its big body and big wheels, especially since they were planning to go offroad.

”Nice, it's 8-cylinder and 4-wheel-drive. It's a 2018 model, so the fuel economy isn't that awful.”

They went into the house and quickly located the key to the truck on a hanger by the door connecting the house and the garage.

”Uh... We might need to fill it up at the guess station across from the market, there's only about half a tank,” Alex said after he started the car.

They quickly drove by their house, loaded all the essentials they would be bringing onto the trip.

Seeing Elon typing something into his laptop, Jay asked, ”What are you doing there?”

Elon replied without lifting his head up, ”Just programming in a voice message for the speaker to play if someone breaks in.” Then, he started recording the message, ”The owners will be back in a few hours. Please leave immediately, or any further motion detected within the house five seconds after this message is played will trigger the alarm.”

Jay: ”Wait, wouldn't it be a little too late to play that after they broke in?”

Elon: ”Yeah, that's why I gave them the extra five seconds to back the f*ck out. Don't worry, everything's programmed. I'm just going to get this message printed and posted on our front gate to save people some time.”

It's a great feeling to have a tech-savvy member on the squad, taking care of stuff like this and making their life so much easier.

Jay made sure the doors and windows were locked, Elon turned on the alarm, and the group drove off and headed for the bridge to exit the Sunset Island Community.

Jay: ”Hopefully no one robs us.”

Elon: ”Yeah, don't worry, we can see the status of our front door, the outdoor cameras and the sensors inside the house all from our phone. Plus, the alarm is also set. If someone's going to barge into our house, we might as well make the alarm go off and attract any wandering zombies in the area.”