The Net: Nightmare On The Highway: Chapter 4
Gritting her teeth to keep her mind off the pain in her hand, she grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and continued down the highway at a breakneck speed. The pain slowly lessened, but Sean's hitting her bumper surely did not. Angela and Jacob were jerked forward smore times than they could possibly count.
A new sound suddenly rent through that of her engine pushing itself to the limits. There was a loud bang and a bullet came whizzing through her back window! It sped between them and right out the windshield, causing it to crack all over the place.
"Jacob, I can't see where we're going!"
Jacob ducked in his seat so that he could look through a portion of the glass that didn't have any cracks.
"Just keep going straight! You're doing fine! OK, turn ahead! Turn slightly to the right!"
Jacob gave her directions and she followed through, keeping them on the road. Though mostly, the road was straight, there were, on rare occasions, slight turns. Even through those turns, Sean managed to keep up with them and to keep hitting her bumper. One particular time, he rammed into them pretty hard; harder than usual. Angela and Jacob both lurched forward, but whereas Jacob had nothing immediately in front of him save his seatbelt, Angela was thrown into the steering wheel. She let out a scream of pain. Jacob jerked his head to look worriedly at her.
"I'm OK, I'm OK," she breathed, sitting up straighter and pushing the gas pedal all the way to the floor, making them go even faster.
Jacob was thrown back in his seat from the force of their speeding, though he still managed to direct her which way to go. Another shot rang out, and this time the whole back window was gone when Jacob chanced a look. The bullet buried itself into the back of Jacob's seat. He advised Angela to stay low in her seat so Sean Trelawney couldn't see them very well.
"Where is this road taking us!" Jacob asked out loud.
"I don't know, but wherever it is, it had better be better than where we are now!"
The car lurched forward again, and this time there was another strange sound accompanying the one of her car being rear-ended constantly. She looked in the rearview mirror and saw to her horror that the whole back end of her vehicle had been smashed in! There was a huge dent the size of both her and Jacob's bodies put together underneath what used to be the back window. Angela's face was already white and Jacob's was growing paler by the second.
"Oh my God! Jacob we're running out of gas! I forgot to fill it after work today! We're almost empty!"
"SHIT!" the teen shouted. He looked back quickly, to see that Sean wasn't going to be losing them anytime soon. He looked through the glass again. "I see something!" he shouted in excitement. "Something's up ahead!"
"How far!"
"Maybe, well, I'm not sure. All I can see is a faint light. Maybe a mile or two."
"I don't know if I can make it!"
"Try Angel! Just try! That's all we can hope for!"
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