-1Yay, one review. *semi-sarcastic clap*
Here's the next installment anyway.
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Walking to her job one morning, the sight of one particular car from across a crowded street gave her what could almost be construed as the fright of her life. It wasn't anything special, really… Just a simple little yellow car with a pair of black racing stripes along the top. But there was something about it; she wasn't really sure what. Somehow she just got the feeling that she was looking at a car that was as far from ordinary as she was. Swiftly ducking down a side street, she took a longer route to her job and breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing she was not being followed. Picking up a wrench, she drove all thought of the incident from her mind as she began to work on her first vehicle of the day.
As it turned out, the little yellow car was only the beginning. A sleek little silver sports car showed up not long after, followed by a positively enormous black pickup truck and what looked to be an ambulance colored the most ungodly shade of yellow-green she could possibly imagine. However, the red and blue flame-painted big rig topped them all. And that jet… always that jet. There was hardly a day where it didn't sweep across the sky at least once. Thus far she had avoided them all, but things were starting to get creepy. What was with those vehicles? Why were they after her? Why did some part of her urge her toward them, as if they held the key to literally everything? Her curiosity would get her killed if she wasn't careful; she was sure of it. It would be safer to stay away, urges or not.
Every time the thing appeared in her dreams she could see it more and more clearly, and she found herself fearing it less and less. Its voice was becoming clearer too, finally allowing her to hear what it had to say. "Don't go. Please." This time she chose not to run as she had done each time before. "Ah, good, good. I won't hurt you. I want to help you." The realization that she wasn't running calmed it significantly. "I have the answers you seek. I've been trying so hard to reach you, but you kept running away…" She interrupted it, speaking up for the first time in the whole exchange. "Wait a minute. You're saying you know everything?" The monster looked a little bit smug as it nodded. "Indeed I do. All of it." She crossed her arms and gave a slight sneer as she took a step backward, unsure how to respond to that. "Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be one heck of a story?" Though the comment had been made in jest, it was taken in all seriousness. "Because it is. Were I one of your species, I doubt I would believe it myself." She stepped a little closer, feeling kind of nervous. "All right, let's just start at the beginning. First off, who are you?" The thing smiled at the realization that she wasn't going to run off as she had done all the previous times it had tried to reach her. "I am…"
The sound of a honking horn startled her awake with a loud yelp that contained a hint of frustration. The yellow car from before was parked at the end of the alley, just idling quietly, and it honked again as if realizing it had gotten her attention. Looking through the driver's side window, she saw that there was no one in the driver's seat. Then how in the heck did it honk at her? A third honk broke her out of her reverie and she turned to run. As she dashed down the alley, she took a moment to wonder how in the world it had managed to find her. She'd thought she'd left no trace behind, sneaking right past her pursuers with no one the wiser. "Looks like I didn't do that after all," she said to herself.
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We're starting to get toward more action, folks. Read and review, please.