FLASH FIC FRIDAY - ROAD TRIP CUT SHORT

 

Flash Fic - a short, short story of exactly 100 words...posted on random Fridays!

This week - Road Trip Cut Short

"Almost there," Dad declared. We'd been on the road for hours, driving through desolate towns and endless stretches of wilderness.

Suddenly, the car jolted, tires skidding on the lonely road. In the rearview mirror, a pair of glaring headlights appeared. We hadn’t thought much of it. Just another family on a road trip, we assumed.

The deafening blare of a horn, the sickening crunch of metal. Our car spun wildly, flipped, and then silence. We scrambled to gain our senses. The predator had skillfully disabled our car. We couldn’t find our phones in the wreckage. Now, his work could begin.