BREAKDOWN 7. BREAKDOWN It got darker as I drove home, although I hadn't thought it possible. With the trees clasping their hands over me, what little gray light the sky gave off was almost completely obscured. The bushes and other vegetation just looked like black shadows on the side of the narrow road. I turned on the headlights, thanking my luck the downward journey would be easier on my old clunker than the drive up. As I bobbed along, the tires kicking out dirt and small pebbles, water drops began to splatter on the windshield. A sudden white flash leached everything of color and turned my surroundings bright for a split second. Lightning. I blinked and squinted, and that’s when I saw it: Two bright red orbs hidden in the bushes. They might’ve been an animals’ eyes, except the orbs were large, each almost as big as my fist. My heart leaped into my throat, my palms got instantly sweaty, and every hair on my arms stood up as the thrill of fear ran through me. But then I sped right past and the vision was gone.
