“Hey there, which way you going?” The woman leaned casually against the side of Leonard’s car, as if she didn’t care what the answer was. She had come over to him as he was about to pull out of the gas station and he had, against his better judgment, rolled down the window for her.
“I’m heading to Pensacola,” he said, after a moment. Then, because it seemed expected of him, “Do you want a ride?”
“I’m not going that far, but maybe you could take me up the road a ways, just to the next truck stop. I really appreciate it.” She gave him a hungry smile, opened the door and got in.
This scene was caught on the gas station surveillance camera. Neither Leonard nor the woman were ever seen again. Leonard’s car was discovered three days later outside of Portland, Oregon, 2400 miles away from where it had been last seen. The doors were locked and the driver’s seat was severely burned, although no other damage was evident. No human remains were ever recovered.
When the car’s GPS showed that the car had driven the entire way without stopping once, the investigators closed the case as quickly and quietly as possible.
The Green-Walled Tower 
August 1st, 2012 at 2:38 am
Hmmmm.
August 1st, 2012 at 3:23 am
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August 1st, 2012 at 8:43 pm
thats creepy. well written one david, tight,
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:57 am
that’s just creepy..I also feel as if I’m missing something… what happened to them? Was she some kind of space alien? hmm..
Good story! 🙂
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 am
Yeah, I purposely left this one hanging since I figured I’d let the reader fill in the blanks. Should I do more? Maybe I’ll write another story, filling in what actually happened.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:38 am
You can if you want, but I like the hanging question. 🙂
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:38 am
Quite a cliffhanger!
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 am
Yeah, I’ll let you decide the ending of it.
August 2nd, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Three days later they found one of Leonard’s shoes on the roof of the gas station…
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:52 am
Ooh, I like it.
August 3rd, 2012 at 4:02 am
so where’s leonard??
kidding. quirky’ness promised, quirky’ness delivered.
August 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 am
I’m not sure where he is. You can decide. 🙂