I stepped out of the car as silently as I could, although I was sure that my heart was so loud that it could be heard in the next state. A few yards away I could hear Zerek and the other creature arguing, but their voices were clear in my head it was as if they were only about a foot away.
Just tell us where the cube is and we may let you live as a controller. The one I had deemed Megatron, because of his cold, arrogant voice, said.
Oh how kind of you, Zerek replied Here let me just draw you a map. I smiled at this, it was good to see that sarcasm transcended planets. They continued to argue, but I paid no attention, I was trying to get to the large metal dumpsters outside of the school cafeteria. I would take cover behind them and from there, head to the two black sedans. But as I was kneeling, my knee hit the dumpsters side and let out a loud thump. Although I could not see them, I was sure that all eyes were drawn on my hiding spot. I held my breath for what seemed like hours until someone spoke.
"It was probably just a feral cat, my host tells me that there are quite a few of them here. I recognized the voice immediately. It was the same voice that addressed us over the intercom every morning to update us on the trivial going-ons at the school, fund raisers, rallies, whether our sports teams won or lost. It was Bob Murchison, our principal. This did not surprise me in the least, I always knew he was evil. What he had meant by his "host," I had no idea. When I could not feel there eyes on me any longer, I moved. The two cars were the exact same make, model and color, all windows were tinted, even the windshields, and they had no licenses plates or any other kinds of markings for that matter. They were the kinds of cars you would expect covert government agents to drive, not high school principals. I kneeled down between them and turned to the one on my left. I stabbed the back tire with my Swiss army knife, and pulled it out. It did not sink like I had expected it to, the small slit was not large enough to let a significant amount of air out. I stabbed the tire again and this time slashed it open. It was not easy, the blade wasn't very sharp and I had to use a sawing motion to get it to make a nice hole in the tough rubber. When I pulled it out, I could hear the signature hiss of air leaving. I repeated the process on the front tire, and the other two tires on the second car. After all four tires stopped their hissing I retreated to the dumpster and took a look at the two cars, now sagging greatly to their sides. Then I made my way back to my jeep.
"Great job, this way they can't follow us," Mike said as I reentered the drivers seat, "Now lets get out of hear." but I wasn't paying attention to him at all. Before my eyes I saw "Megatron" change from a mutated centaur/scorpion hybrid, into a red beast at least 9 feet tall with a long tail, horrible fanged jaws, and four arms with 6 wicked claws on each hand.
Very well, it said completing its transformation If you refuse to cooperate, then you must die! It picked up Zerek with one hand and opened its mouth. Just then I turned on the car and revved the engine. They all turned to look, well the red beast and the eight humans turned and Zerek, who was still being grasped stabbed the beast with its tail. It let out a howl of pain and dropped him. With that I put the car in drive and sped towards them. the eight humans dove to the side, out of the path of the speeding jeep, while the red beast stood still. I wasn't sure, but I hoped that a few tons of metal traveling at 40 miles per hour would be enough to deter the monster, but it held its ground. I kept my foot on the accelerator, faster and faster the car traveled, gaining speed with each passing second.
"Brett what are you doing?" I heard someone yell
"You know the answer to that question," I replied, the monster was 20 feet away, 10 feet, 5 feet, "SOMETHING STUPID!" I screamed and the red beast jumped high in the air, over the car, and we sped out of the parking lot, onto the street, and into the night with Zerek galloping along behind us.