8

8
You start singing "Engine of the Night Time" as you outpace the old man. Before you disappear across the horizon, you notice his hunched shoulders turning about face. The man leaves you for good.
You are soon picked up by a patrol car. In handcuffs, you hover past the old man, who seems intent on his course.
The mystery begins to repeat itself as you approach Nashville. Your parents are waiting for you. You hear sirens, children imitating sirens, and cats imitating children while thinking back to the emergency itself.
[loophole. return to chapter 1]