The grey smoke that billowed out from underneath the hood caused her to curse loudly and pull off to the side of the old country back road. Flipping on her hazard lights and turning off the car she rested her forehead against the worn leather steering wheel.

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‘Oh great the flashlight’s dying, of course because nothing can go right today’ she thought to herself while slapping the sputtering flashlight into the palm of her hand. Sighing in relief when it stopped flickering she quickly shone it over the still smoking engine and groaned when she saw that it wasn’t just going to be a simple fix and she could just be on her way.

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The phone light up brightly when she picked it up causing her to smile in relief until she realized that she had absolutely no service. She was just about to give up before she heard a low rumble of a truck coming down the road towards her. Quickly grabbing her flashlight she turned it on and started waving it around wildly trying to get the drivers attention.

As the truck grew closer she got this overwhelming feeling that this probably wasn’t a good idea. Shaking her head she pushed the feeling down and continued waving her flashlight.

“Hey do you need a ride into town?” The man rumbled out as he pulled up next to her still smoking car. Nodding she said, “Yeah my car just broke down and I don’t have any service out here, if you could take me into town I swear I’ll pay you back but all I have is $5 on me right now.”

Laughing at her long winded explanation the man shook his head, “Don’t worry about it, it’s not any trouble I was heading into town anyways.”

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As we drove down the road the uncomfortable feeling she’d had before came back in full force when she realized that they should have gotten into town already. “How long to you think it’ll take to get into town?” She asked as her heart began beating faster and faster. Not replying the man stared straight ahead.

“You know what I’ll just walk into town you can just drop me off here, I’ll be fine,” pulling on the the door handle she sighed in relief when he pulled off to the side of the road. Turning to thank him she gasped as the man wrapped a metal chain around her throat causing her to claw desperately at her throat as he continued to wrap the chain around her and increase the pressure. “Please...stop,” she gasped out as the chain grew tighter and tighter.

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The world grew black around the edges of her vision and just before she passed out the man leaned in and kissed her on the lips whispering, “We’re gonna have so much fun darling.” Letting out a strangled scream the last thing she saw before her world faded to black was the man’s terrifying smile.

The End