In a far away land called Africo, no one has seen water for 10,000 years. The people have been living by eating plain sand. However, one boy longs to make a difference, and his name is Saladin.

One day, Saladin woke up and began eating his breakfast of sand. On the way, he found a baby crying for food. However, there was none.

Saladin cannot take the picture of the crying baby out of his head. On the way home, he decides he will group up with his friends and bring water to Africo

When Saladin went back home with his friends, he couldn’t stop picturing that poor, crying baby and it just wouldn’t leave his head, and he was in a daze because of how much empathy he had felt for the baby. Suddenly, his mom woke him back up and told him that his friends needed to leave as she had a surprise for him. Saladin begged his mom to let them stay as they were curious. After an hour of convincing, his mom let them stay and said in a mysterious manner “Come with me”. They went down to a mysterious sandstone basement with her, and she showed them a painting on the wall with drawings of how Africo used to be.

Suddenly, one of Saladin’s friends pointed out that there was a map within the painting. “This map might lead us to the water!!!” yelled Saladin happily, following up with a sadder, but genuine “I will save everyone, and make sure they all get water, all the babies and families will be happy, and no one will be sad as I will also become king of Africo!”. They proceeded to pick up the last remnant of old Africo, and his family’s proud heirloom, which was a gray rock with a shiny stone which no one knew what it was. With a massive grin drawing up on his face, he grabbed the heirloom and traced the map onto a piece of sandstone, and commanded his 3 best friends, “Ahmed Mohsen! Hamood! Omar! Tomorrow noon, we venture out and find the water if it means we never come back!”

Saladin and his friend began journeying across the hot sands, running uphill on seemingly endless sand dunes, when on the 17 day of journeying and following the map, they found a dark lair with a cave entry. Every few hours they would come across unknown bags filled with pieces of trash that seemed to be leading to  a destination.

Just as they were about to enter, they spotted a tall, muscular man outside the entrance and a fat, short, bald man outside the lair.  They immediately hid behind a rock and began to listen in on their conversation. "Mallum, is it okay if I sip water? I need drink some water as me thirsty." The tall, strong man, whose name appears to be Dagon, said. "No! I have repeatedly told you that the water that we have contaminated is unfit for human consumption! Remember that I am the operation's brains! You really are a brute with no brains! Know your place!" Mallum cried in an abusive way. They returned to their lair after their heated exchange.