One thing the car rental company neglected to mention was that the
vehicle's previous owner was an eccentric old maniac. The man
had owned the car since his third month in the womb, and therefore
was very fond of it. He also had an affinity for muscle cars, so at
one point he had taken the worn-out motor out of the vehicle and
replaced it with that of a race car retired from the
Indy 500.
As a result of this, when I floored the vehicle, it
shot forward at an acceleration rate I wouldn't have thought possible
for the ancient car, or any other vehicle for that matter. For a
split second I wondered if a giant had picked the car up and loaded
it in his longbow without my realizing it.
Meanwhile, the police officer, or the escaped
convict posing as one, was rather infuriated at my feat. He was
hopping up and down, making threatening gestures and yelling at me. I didn't catch what he was saying, but I suspect it consisted of many unprintable words which
would melt your eyeballs and give you nightmares for the rest of your
days if I wrote them down here. After a few moments of this frenzied
dance, I heard terrible sounds which was either the machine
gun being fired or the car's engine begging for mercy, I may never be
certain. Afraid I was being shot at, I began driving in a zigzag,
which is what you're supposed to do when you are running from someone
who is shooting at you. The car, which at that point was going at
approximately 500 MPH, screeched deafeningly, and I probably lost
about half the tread on the tires during this time.
I heard a siren, and realized that
the policeman had got back into his car and was chasing me. I
also noticed the pavement was torn up, and chunks of half-melted
rubber lay among the rubble. Turning back to the road ahead, I saw
that I was about to go downhill. It was a rather steep grade, and my
500 MPH soon turned into 700,000,000 MPH. I heard the car break the
sound barrier, and a few parts break off the car.
I then became dimly
aware that the steering no longer worked. What was worse, there was a
milk cow standing in the middle of the road for some unfathomable
reason. She gazed up at me nonchalantly and kept chewing her cud as
though nothing special or worrisome was about to occur. I shut my
eyes, braced for the impact and the ground beef, but to my utter
surprise, the car went neatly over the cow's head without even
touching her. Looking around, I realized the vehicle was no
longer on the road, but somewhere above it. Flames flickered from
what little was left of the wheels. The cow watched me go, the
expression in her eyes suggesting she thought I was the craziest
person she had ever seen.
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