Hankered for a bucket of fries and a Coke light in the early hours. I took the car to get some from the fast food joint the town over. Never made it there. I was driving and that black car came up from behind. It started to overtake. As that was happening, I noticed the headlights of an oncoming car and slowed down to let the black Audi pass. But it slowed down too. I got nervous and looked over at the driver. He was staring right at me, a shitfaced grin and irreverent twinkle in his eyes, one hand casually on the wheel. The oncoming car was pretty close now and I slowed down further but that fucker followed suit. At that point I got startled when the guy winked at me and hit the gas; there was just enough time for him to merge in front to avoid a collision. But he didn’t. His car lurched ahead and deliberately sniped that oncoming car that desperately tried to avoid him. Of what came next, I only remember bits and pieces.
The soft cushion of the airbag, watching a tire launched way up into the darkness, the taste of wet asphalt and blood as I tumbled out of my car and fell flat on my face. I don’t know how long I lay on the ground, but it was before the paramedics arrived that I got up.
I remember the smells, burning plastic and hair. “Hello?” I shouted as I staggered towards the hissing and smoking ball of twisted metal. Somewhere inside, I could hear a person wail in agony, the screams churned my stomach. I tried to shuffle over and help them but something caught my foot. I toppled over and landed right on top of it, a hairy wet ball of some sort, and bruised my already aching sternum. Groaning I pulled it out from underneath me and saw what it was. A detached head, bloody and mangled, with that shitfaced grin. It winked.