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I’m sitting here in shock with my hands still gripping the steering wheel, hidden under the leaves and branches of the dying tree.
What do I do?
The pungent smell of gasoline hits my nose.
You move. Now!
I yank off my seatbelt, open the door, and rush out of the car.
It’s even scarier out here with the warm rain coming down and the whistling wind whipping through the trees.
But I back away, keeping my eye on the car while expecting an explosion any second. Maybe I read too many books or watch too many movies, because an explosion never comes. Just rain, rain, and more freaking rain.
My hair is drenched. My cute new dress I bought is soaked and plastered to my body. Even my underwear is wet.
I take a step back and my foot sinks into mud. My favorite shoes are ruined.
“What am I supposed to do now?” I mutter out loud.
Maybe someone will come along…
I look up and down the dark secluded road and immediately know that’s not going to happen.
No one but me is going to blindly follow their GPS into the dark mountains during the worst rainstorm in history.
I run back to the car, grab my phone, and then hurry away to avoid the explosion that I still feel is imminent.
I try to call the local police, but the reception keeps cutting out. It’s not connecting to anything.
“Oh, come on!” I shout when my phone shuts down. I forgot it’s not waterproof. “No, no, no. Please no!”
The screen goes black.
Another streak of lightning cracks over my head.
Oh god…
This is so bad. It’s starting to hit me how incredibly bad this situation is.
I’m lost in the mountains with no car, no phone, no rain jacket, and the long cold night is just about to start.
At least, the rain is warm. It’s like a hot bath, but I know it’s going to get cold in the mountains overnight. I can’t shelter in my car. I can’t walk in this mud. Oh man, I might freeze to death.
“What was that?” I gasp when I hear an animal snarling.
Goosebumps crawl along my skin as I scan the dark forest, trying to find the source.
“No… Please no…”
An angry roar rips through the darkness and I whip around, staring in the direction of the horrifying sound.
I’m praying it doesn’t come this way as the warm rain pours down.
“Oh god!” I gasp when a big brown mass of something appears between the trees. “What is that?”
Whatever it is, it’s big. And it’s coming this way.
It hesitates and then stops.
