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The Car Comes to Middleton
Chapter 4
Practice makes easy targets
Ron and Kim were sitting in the station; both had shocked and worried looks on their faces.
Just seconds ago they witnessed that maniac kill the Chief of Police, whose body was being carried into the back of a coroner van outside.
"Why, why here?" Kim asked as she buried her head into her hands
Ron put his arm on her shoulder; he was thinking the exact same thing.
"Kim, Ron?"
Both teens turned to see Dr. Director standing by them.
"I want to here it from you two, was that the same car?"
Both teens nodded their head.
Dr. Director slowly made her way back to the front doors of the station; several cruisers were blocking the street as Hubble was being rushed away by the Coroner van.
Drakken and Shego were in their cells at the station, they weren't to be moved till this maniac was apprehended and brought to justice.
Some of the officers who were still at the station gathered around the main hall of the station, all were looking towards Dr. Director.
Betty knew they were there, and she knew why.
She sighed, and turned to face the assembly of officers and GJ agents.
"For now I'm taking charge of this investigation, we will bring Chief Hubble's murderer to justice. I want all of you to go rest up, and be here early tomorrow morning." Betty said.
The group of men bowed their heads low and slowly made their way towards the locker room.
Kim and Ron still sat there on the bench in the reception area, neither of them moving.
"That goes for you two as well, go home and get some rest. We'll do our best to put an end to this" Betty said, forcing a smile on her face.
Both teens slowly got up from their seats.
"I guess so Betty" Ron said.
Kim just stared blankly into nothing; Dr. Director could see how shook up she was.
"Take her home Ron, stay with her if you have to" Betty said.
Ron nodded and led Kim towards the front doors.
"Oh, Betty?" Ron asked as he reached the door.
Dr. Director turned towards the teens.
"What about the practice the school's having tomorrow? We're supposed to be there." Ron asked.
"Don't worry, I've talked with Mr. Barkin, it's been rescheduled for the afternoon, you two could still go."
Ron nodded and led Kim through the doors.
Betty heard Ron start his bike and head off towards Kim's house.
She shook her head.
'What a day' she thought as she made her way over to Hubble's desk.
She paused and looked at the bulletin board behind it. On it were the various locations of all set up roadblocks in the area, in hopes of catching the car.
She sat behind Hubble's desk; she looked over the chief's stuff.
Family pictures, pens, papers, all standard stuff. But Betty noticed something; right in front of her was a manila folder.
It was an old folder; on it was a stamped something.
Betty leaned in to get a better look at what it said.
Santa Ynez, 1977
What was this doing here?
Betty opened the folder and began to read.
Ron pulled the bike into Kim's driveway; he shut it down and walked with Kim to the front door.
"KP, you going to be alright?" Ron asked concerned
"I don't know Ron, all this, it's just so much to take in" Kim said, rubbing her face.
They were both exhausted, after dealing with the 3 deaths then fighting Drakken and Shego, only to have that damned Car show up and practically kill them.
Then watching the same Car kill Chief Hubble, it was so much for the two teens to handle.
"Ron," Kim turned to Ron as she opened the door to her house.
Ron looked at Kim; her green eyes were red from crying.
"Could you stay with me tonight?"
Ron started rubbing the back of his neck nervously as he tried to think of something to say.
"I…uh," Ron wasn't sure what to do; Kim's question caught him of guard.
"Not like that Ron, just to keep me company" Kim said, smirking at what she thought Ron thought she meant.
"Oh, sure KP. You know I would" Ron said, relaxing.
Kim grabbed his arm and pulled him into the dark house. Kim's family was asleep more than likely.
Ron made his way to the couch in the den, he sat down and yawned. Soon Kim sat next to him, curling up in his arms.
"What are we going to do Ron?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean about that Car, it's already taken 4 people away. How are we supposed to stop him?" Kim's voice was filled with worry, and Ron sensed it.
"Let Dr. Director handle things, she is more than able to catch the guy. Now let's get some sleep, we have the practice tomorrow."
"Yeah, I totally forgot about that" Kim said as she snuggled closer to Ron.
She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek.
"Night Ron" Kim said resting her head on his shoulder.
Ron ran his hand through Kim's hair as she closed her eyes.
"Night Kim" He whispered.
Wade Load rubbed his eyes; he was up all night so far.
He was reading through the 1977 report Chief Hubble told him to go through.
Wade couldn't believe what he was reading, even for a 10 year old super genius it was just too weird to believe.
But there it was, in black and white.
Wade had thought the analysis he ran when the Car was facing Sadie went haywire. But after reading the report Wade saw that his instruments were correct.
We are all on borrowed time
Wade remembered Hubble telling him that when he saw the video Sadie streamed to them, seconds before she was ripped to shreds by that Car.
Chief Hubble was a rooky deputy for a small New Mexico town in the late 70s called Santa Ynez; it was a quiet town similar to Middleton, just a little smaller.
One day the sleepy little town had 3 murders happen in exactly the same fashion that had happened in Middleton earlier that day.
2 Cyclists run off the road and down the mountain, the hitchhiker, everything was the same.
Only change was the encounter that Ron and Kim had at Drakkens lair. Wade figured the Car saw an opportunity to rack up its kill list and jumped at the chance.
Wade had just gotten to the part where the Car had run down the Sheriff of the small police force when he got a call from Dr. Director.
In a coincidental timing, Dr. Director said that Chief Hubble was run down in the street just in front of the station.
A Car apparently from another world that can't be destroyed, how do we stop it?
Wade rubbed his face as he yawned, he would tell Kim and Ron tomorrow before they head to their practice. For now Wade had to get some sleep, and try and think of a way to stop this Car from hell.
Betty Director put the folder down on the desk; she had been reading it throughout the night.
Now it was morning, and she still couldn't believe what she was reading.
Hubble was a deputy on the original case with the Car
She flipped through the report again
How was it able to survive that?
Betty stopped when she came to the last page of the report; there was a black and white picture of a horseshoe canyon, the floor covered with tons of rocks from the cliff face.
It was the acting Sheriffs grand plan to bury the Car once and for all. He gathered a local explosives expert and they planted dynamite all around the horseshoe canyon. Then the sheriff led the Car to the area and when he faked it into driving off the cliff face into the canyon, they threw the switch and buried the car under 100 tons of rock.
There was one thing that they were never able to solve though, and that was the demon like creature they saw in the ensuing explosion that buried the Car in the canyon.
It truly wasn't from this world then
Betty wasn't a religious person per say, but the thought of a Car being driven by some demon from hell was enough to turn an atheist into a full blown Priest.
Betty rubbed her eyes and glanced at the clock
10:30
Betty's eyes went wide when she read the time
The Practice!
Ron and Kim had the cheerleading practice in 10 minutes, and even though she had an agent assigned to watch the practice she remembered something else.
She quickly flipped through the folder till she reached the page she was looking for.
Oh God
The day after the Car arrived in Santa Ynez it showed up at the local schools practice with hopes of killing some children, it was all similar to the event the high school was putting on,
This starts any minute
She had to warn them, she ran over to the dispatcher.
"Since when do we have horses?" Ron asked as he made his way onto the field with Kim, both of them in their cheer outfits.
"I don't know Ron, I guess they were one of the secluded school clubs" Kim said as she looked to the large amount of horses on the track surrounding the football field.
"Mm, don't know" Rufus squeaked out of Ron's pocket.
It was a beautiful day for the practice, it would be the cheer team, the football team, the school band, and the mysterious horse club that would be here to practice for next weeks pep rally.
Kim and Ron waved over to Monique, who was part of the school band. She waved back holding a trumpet in one hand.
Over on the small incline leading to the field was a large observation area, on it was a lone Global Justice agent, keeping watch.
The squad was all waiting in the center of the field as Kim and Ron approached.
"All right listen up people!" Mr. Barkin yelled.
"Today we practice for the up coming pep rally, I want all of you to do treat it like the real thing, now lets get to it!"
With the blow of a whistle the whole assembly went into action.
The horses were being led around the dirt track by several students, the football team stood around looking happy, and the cheer team did their usual routine.
Everything was going smoothly; the Global Justice agent was watching the practice intently.
He didn't even notice the glint of metal on the horizon.
The squad was just about to finish their routine with the human pyramid, everyone started to get into their places for the ending back flips, putting them all in the correct position.
The Agent turned to look out on the surroundings, another glint of metal, only closer and followed by a dust cloud went unnoticed by the agent.
They Pyramid was all set as Kim flipped into her spot at the top of the pyramid. No sooner did she land on top when a violent wind picked up, causing her to lose her balance.
"Kim! What are you doing?" Bonnie called from the lower part of the pyramid.
Kim jumped off the pyramid before she and the rest of the squad fell to the ground.
The band stopped playing and was frantically trying to hold onto their music. The horses started to go crazy and tried to run.
"Hold onto them people! Backs to the wind!" Barkin yelled as Ron ran over to Kim and the rest of the squad.
"What is this?" Ron asked
Kim shook her head; she didn't know what this was either.
"Quiet!" the Agent on the look out called down.
The winds calmed down a little bit.
Over the winds they heard a rumble of an engine, and something faint hanging in the air.
Baaaaaaaa babababaaaaaaaaa!
Kim's eyes went wide,
"No, it can't be" Ron said
Now the rumble grew louder as the agent looked out in the distance, then the same sound was heard again, only closer and louder
Baaaaaaaa baaabaaabaaaaa!
"Get everyone off of the field!" The agent screamed
"You heard the man, let move!" Barkin screamed as he motioned for everyone to run up towards the hills over looking the track.
The horses were let go and they started into a panic run.
The Agent made his way off of the lookout post and made a run for his car, hoping to get to the radio.
The now panicked horses ran directly at him,
"Ahh!" The agent screamed as he was trampled by the horses, much to everyone's horror.
"Come on guys run!" Kim yelled as she and Ron joined with the rest of the fleeing student body, heading up to the hills.
The roar of the Car's engine came closer as it raced alongside the track, dust kicked up as it started circling around the track.
"Get to the Wall!" Mr. Barkin yelled as the group of frightened horses ran straight towards them.
Everyone got out of the way just in time as the horses raced by, their wranglers in pursuit.
They continued up to the tracks exit when they heard that horn again,
Everyone stopped and turned around to see where it was.
Bababaaaaaa babaaaaaaaaa!
The Car launched itself through a makeshift tent and landed on the dirt track circling the field.
The Car whipped itself around, doing 2 dounuts before it took off towards the crowd of students.
It focused in on a couple of stragglers as it closed in.
Just before it struck them a wrangler on horseback came and cut between the stragglers and the car, soon more wranglers joined in distracting the car.
This allowed for the students to run up and get away.
They started running again as the Car whipped itself into more dounuts, spooking the horses and having them throw their riders, who fell under the Car's massive tires.
Wade woke up at the sound of an incoming call; he groggily answered it expecting to see Kim.
Unexpectedly he saw Dr. Director.
"Dr. Director?" Wade said surprised.
"Wade, Chief Hubble left this report on his desk, apparently he dealt with this Car before"
Wade nodded
"He contacted me and told me to read the file, you know before he was" Wade trailed off.
"Wade, I need you to contact Kim. She and Ron are in great danger" Dr. Director was worried, it wasn't a good sign.
"May I ask what she is endangering from?" Wade asked as he dialed up the Kimmunicator.
"I have reason to believe that the Car is heading to their practice, just like it crashed the practice 30 years ago."
Wade's face went blank
"Oh God, I totally forgot about that! I need to warn Kim!" Wade turned his focus to the screen that he dialed the Kimmunicator on, no one was picking up.
"I can't get an answer" Wade said panicking.
"Do you know where she is?" Dr. Director asked
"I got a link on the Kimmunicator, it's at the school" Wade realized she must have left it with her regular clothes.
Wade dug up the chip that he had on Ron.
"I got Ron! He's on the school track, running up towards the hills!"
"Dammit, Wade try to contact them. I'm getting every available unit to head over there; I just pray we aren't too late" With that the screen went out.
"Come on guys hang in there" Wade said as he furiously typed on the computers, trying to get to the Kimmunicator, and get it over to Kim and Ron.
The group of students ran up the small access road that lead them away from the field.
Kim and Ron had found Monique in the mass panic as they ran away.
A small yelp was heard behind them as the last wrangler was killed by the car, which now made a beeline towards the students.
As they ran up the road they came to the old church that was on the edge of the track, it had long since been abandoned.
"Hey, Get in there! Go, Go!" Mr. Barkin yelled as he motioned for the students to run into the churches cemetery grounds.
The Car was closing in, the roar of its engine was deafening.
Everyone ran into the cemetery and ducked behind the tombstones, Kim and Ron got behind one with Monique and Bonnie, both of whom were panicking.
The Car was just about to run over the last students when they entered the cemetery, the Car came to a sudden halt at the entrance to the cemetery.
It sat there as the dust it kicked up swirled around it, sticking to its black paint in spots.
Everyone's eyes were on the car, as it sat there, revving its engine, its body twisting with each rev, showing off the cars massive power.
"Oh God what do we do?" Monique cried as she watched the Car, as it bucked in place. Revving its engine with each lurching action.
Kim and Ron stared at the car as it sat there in the gateway to the cemetery, not moving.
Rufus ran out of Ron's pocket and up to his shoulder, watching the car with the rest of them.
"Oh no" He squeaked as he watched the Car buck again, like it was trying to get in, but something was keeping it back.
They were trapped in the cemetery by the Car, and no one knew they were there
Sorry for the delay on this chapter, school work is starting to pile up.
I've also come to a conclusion, this will have a sequel.
That's right folks, since we are at the halfway point in the movie, there isn't much left to write till we hit the end of the movie.
So a sequel is in order, which will pick up where the movie left off. I'll explain everything later in the coming chapters.
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Hope you're enjoying it.