[ WP ] The Little Black Box

I found the [ Little Black Box ] ( http: //www.apogeekits.com/images/din_rail_project_box_vpb108.jpg ) while checking the inflation on the left front tire. 
 
 Somebody had slapped up it inside the wheel well, and a heavy-duty rare earth magnet kept the box in place. 
 
 Leaving it undisturbed, I aired up the tire—with at least enough air to make the dashboard idiot light go out. *Until I figured out the box, it seemed best to leave it be. * 
 
 The box had a shop built look to it, not something slick from a lab or factory. That thing began life in somebody's basement. *Whose basement? * 
 
 In size, the box came in midway between an orange and a grapefruit. And its location ruled out a bomb. *A bomb belongs under the driver's seat — or on the fuel tank. * 
 
 The box did n't have any wires feeding into it, so it had to be self-powered. And it did n't have anything like an antenna, so it was n't an RF bug or GPS tracker. 
 
 Popping the tire gauge into the console cup holder, I turned the ignition key—and the other box, the grey one hidden in the airbag recess, fired. 
 
 *I'd missed the fucking Claymore mine. *
