Wherever you see, you would see only sand and sand.  It was a deadly world now, called Desert World.  Five hundred years ago, the sixth world war turned this beautiful green and blue planet into a deadly desert.  The world was now divided into two parts: Salty Waters and Desert Land. Only one sixth of the world was now dry land, rest of the world had only water and water, salty waters.  The people lived their life like ancient world again.  However, there were no more countries dividing the world now.  Now the whole world was a single country.

No body knew from where he came, but every one knew that he walked in the hot and wild desert.  He was six feet and three inches tall.  He wore black shirt, black pant and he wore a black hat.  It was not a good dress to wear in that hot wild weather. He looked so attractive and handsome, but his eyes were small and his personality seemed so much powerful.

 The new world had no country, no more boundaries.  Whole world was now just called as a wasteland world, nothing else.  People lived so much tough and painful life.  They lived in different colonies.  Food and drinking water was the main need for the human.

One of colony looked nearer.  Colony’s security protectors alerted him.  He came near to the colony.  The head security protector came towards him.

 The head security protector asked him,” Who are you?”

 He did not answer.  He put his hand into his shirt’s pocket.  All security protectors looked at him; their laser guns were targeting him.  However, he did not care.  He took out a cigarette to his pocket and started smoking.

The head security protector again asked,” What do you want, Man?”

However, he again did not say any thing.  Slowly he smoked and then finished smoking.  Then he asked, “Do you know a person called Rashkan?”

 The head security protector replied, “No!  We don’t know him.”

 He looked worried. Then he requested, “Can I live in your Colony tonight?”

 The head security protector said, “Wait here!  I need to talk out head of the colony.”

After few minutes later the head security protector came.  “You can stay.”  He said, “We can give you food and a bottle of water, isn’t it okay for you?”

“That will be enough.” He asked, “How much money do you want?”

The head security protector replied, “Five hundred Red Money.”

He gave the head security protector five hundred red money.  Then the head security protector allowed him to enter the colony.  He got a small cottage in that colony.  One security protector led him to that cottage.

 “Could you kindly give me some food and water, please?”  He requested, “I am so much hungry and thirsty.” 

The security protector went, “Okay!  Wait few minutes!”

After few minutes later, that security protector came with dry foods and a bottle of drinking water. He was very hungry and started eating. While eating, he saw the security protector was still standing there.

“Could you please give me a bottle of drinking water?”  He again requested to the security protector.

“I can’t!”  The security protector refused, “I’m sorry!”

He smiled and gave one hundred red money to the security protector.  He knew it would work.  The security protector gladly went out and came back soon with a big bottle of drinking water.

The security protector said, “Our head security protector wants to talk to you.”

“I am so tired!”  He said, “I want to sleep.”

The security protector felt like a fool by the manner of him.  He came out from the cottage.  There were many children outside of the cottage and few young women.  The children were very much interested about that man because he was new to them.  Moreover, the young women liked him because he was a dream man for them.

The next morning he woke up quite early.  No one among the colony people woke up so much early that morning.  He got ready and got out from the colony.  There was no one out there.  All the security protectors were sleeping.  He walked out to the colony and went to the desert.

He walked for a few moments, and then he heard voice of the head of the security protector.  He stopped walking and waited for the head of security protector.

“Here is your five hundred red money.”  The head of security protector said, “Our head of the colony said to return you that.”

“It’s okay!”  He said, “Take that money.”

“But…”  The head of security protector was hesitating.

“Take that money!  I don’t need that money back.”  He asked, “By the way can you tell me where I can find a man named Rashkan?”

“I heard that name before, but I can’t remember.”  The head of security protector replied, “However, after passing two colonies you can find a market, where there is an old cloth shop.  The shop owner is an old woman, named Lusiana.  May be she knows about that man?”

“Okay!  Thank you very much!”  He said.

“But your money...!”  The head of security protector was still hesitating.

He walked fast without saying anything.

He walked a long way after passing one colony, and then he stopped by the second colony. The sun set and night fell.  He stayed in that colony by five hundred red money.  The early of next morning he left that colony and tried to find the market.

The market was so big. He was tired to find some clothes shop. He went to a cloth shop; there was an attractive young sales girl.  She looked at him much eagerly.  He was so much handsome and manly.  The sales girl felt so much interested about him.

“Hello there!  Do you want some cloth?”  She said with sensual smile, “I have some beautiful cloths for you.  It will suit you.”

“No!  I’m not here to buy cloths.”  He asked, “Could you tell me, where, is the shop of an old lady, named Lusiana?”

“Why?  You don’t like young girls.”  She again asked with a sensual smile, “Or you are interested about older woman?”

His eyes became red.  He turned angry and his face looked like so much gnome type.  The sales girl became frightened.

“Don’t talk bullshit!” He angrily responded, “Tell me, Where I can find Lusiana!  Understand young lady!”

“Her shop is the last one of my row.”  She said with much fright.

He took two black shirts. “How much is this two shirts?”  He asked.

“You take that shirt. You don’t need to pay for that,” she answered with much fright.

He smiled, and then he gave her one hundred black money and got out of the shop.  The sales girl never saw black money before in her entire life.  She saw white money and little red money.  Black money was now so much valuable.  Moreover, one hundred black money was too much valuable; it made her too wealthy.

He walked slowly to the market and found the shop of Lusiana.  He just watched clothes.  The old woman Lusiana came to him and said, “Do you want to buy some clothes?  I have some rear cloths which are costly, mind it.”

“No!  Thank you Madam!”  He replied, “I don’t want to buy any cloth.”

“So!  What do you want?”  She asked.

He gave her five thousand Black money.  She became surprised and said, “Sorry!  I don’t want to sell my shop.”

“I don’t want to buy your shop.”  He replied.

“So then, what you want?” She asked.

“I am looking for a man, named Rashkan.”  He asked, “Do you know where he is?”

Lusiana’s face became white with fear.  She slowly responded, “Sorry!  I don’t know him.”

“Don’t tell me lie.  I know that you know where he is.”  He said in a husky voice.

Lusiana was speechless for a moment.  Then she sadly said “Please!  Let him live. He became too much old and waiting for death.”

“Look I have been looking for him for last ten years.  I need to talk to him.”  He requested, “Please!  Tell me, where he is?”

“Do you want to kill him?” She sadly asked.

“It doesn’t matter!”  He again not answered but asked in annoyance, “Just tell me, where he is?”

She was noiseless few moments.  “Rashkan is my elder brother.  He lives in the next colony out of this market.”  She said much sorrow.

“Thank you very much.” He gladly said.

“Please!  Don’t hurt him.  He is innocent.”  She again said.

“It will be seen.”  He said cruelly.

Lusiana was now crying.  “Take your money!”  She handed over five thousand black money to him.  However, he did not take it.

“I never take back money which I give.  Okay!  Goodbye!  Take care!” He said and ran away from the shop.

He walked few miles and then he found a small colony.  There were no security protectors.  He entered that colony without any restriction.  Few children were following him.  He walked in that colony freely.  After few moments, a middle-aged man came to him.

“Who are you?”  The middle-aged man asked.

“I am here to talk to a man” He replied.

“Who is he?”  The middle-aged man again asked.

“Rashkan.”  He replied.

“Oh!  Rashkan!  Here is his cottage on the opposite side.”  The middle-aged man replied.

“Thank you very much,” he said.

“You are welcome!”  The middle-aged man said.

He walked to the cottage of Rashkan. “Rashkan! Are you there?”  He asked.

“Who is there?”  An angry old man asked.

“You don’t know me.”  He replied, “But I know you, Rashkan.”

“I don’t want to talk to you.”  Rashkan angrily said, “Get out!  Leave me alone!”

“Look Rashkan, I was looking for you for last ten years.”  He politely said, “You know, why I came here.”

“Hmm!  Wait a moment!”  Rashkan said.

After few moments, a grubby old man came out from the cottage.  He was Rashkan.  He asked, “What do you want?”

“You know why I come here, Rashkan.”  He replied.

“Hmm!  However, do you think it will work?”  Rashkan worriedly said, “You can’t finish that work.”

“It is not important to finish that work.”  He wisely said, “It is more important to start that work.”

“Do you think that book will change the world?”  Rashkan asked.

He smiled and said, “Yes, Rashkan!  The book has all solutions of the problems.”

“Hmm!  So you think the world will become again green and beautiful.”  Rashkan confusingly said.

“I don’t think, but I believe that.”  He confidently said.

“Hmm!  So you want that book!”  Rashkan said.

“Yes!  Do you have that book?”  He confusingly asked.

“Yes!  I kept that book so much carefully.  Wait here!”  Rashkan went in his cottage and came back with a gigantic book.  He took the book from Rashkan and opened it.  Then he closed it.

“Thank you, Rashkan!  The whole human race will be grateful to you.”  He gratefully said.

“It’s okay!”  Rashkan replied.

“Take this.”  He gave Rashkan fifty thousand black money.

Rashkan stunned, “What will I do with that money?  It is too much!'

“This is not the price of that book.  The book is priceless.”  He gratefully said, “No one is able to buy this book.  But live a good life or give some one who needs money.”

“By the way, who are you?” At last, Rashkan asked him.

He was smiling.  “I am… just think I am he who can start work on this book.”  Then he walked away.  He had to do lots of work.  After long years, Rashkan was smiling.  He knew that he gave that book to the right person.

(Note: There are many divisions of Science Fiction made by critics and specialties.  Those are: Hard, Soft, Time Travels, Space, Military, Medical, Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic, New space opera, New Wave, Cyberpunk, Biopunk, Post cyberpunk, Environmental etc.  The Apocalyptic Science Fiction, “If the possibility of world-ending meteor crashes, global warming or environmental disasters events, alien attacks and mutant’s attacks; which, can destroys the world.”  Some of the best Apocalyptic Science Fiction is: Mary Shelley's 1826 “The Last Man,” Sir H. G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds” David Brin’s “The Postman”etc.)