Challenge Word: Clip

Warnings/Spoilers: Fifth season story, oblique reference to The End and/or Swan Song

100 words per MS Word Count

Highway to Hell

By Swellison

Dean's gaze ticked from the Impala's rear view mirror, to the side mirror, then straight ahead. He was surrounded by four other heavily-clogged lanes of traffic. It was unnerving, cars of all shapes—SUVs, Hummers, Corollas, Cadillacs, Mustangs, Ford trucks and non-vintage Impalas of all stripes—roaring past, heedless of the 55 mph speed limit. Not that Dean was obeying it, either, which made the other cars' speeds downright reckless.

An SUV entered the freeway, zipping across three lanes of traffic, nearly clipping the Impala as Dean slammed on the brakes. He smacked the wheel. "I hate driving in Detroit!"