Demon Hunters - The Truck the Witch and the Blacksmith

Chapter Sixteen - The Theater

Chapter Sixteen - The Theater

In the truck going down the road Jim announced, "We have a problem. Suzan and I were talking to Benjamin when time stopped. If we start time to catch the Shelton gang. We'll disappear in front of Benjamin."

Albert insisted, "I'm hanging the bastards, shooting them makes me like them. If I had no choice it would be fine, but I do have a choice. I can walk up well there frozen and take their guns. Then they will be defenseless. I don't need to have time start and have a shootout with them."

Jim knew all Albert was thinking about was Rebecca, so he decided to teach him to drive the truck. This would take his mind off Rebecca and the Shelton gang. Jim stopped the truck and insisted Albert needs to learn to drive the truck. Then he made Albert get in the driver's seat and Jim scooted to the middle. This made Suzy by the door. Then Jim instructed how to push in the clutch and push on the gas, and that the pedal in the middle made it stop. Jim put Albert's hand on the shifter, and pushed it in first gear. Then instructed Albert to slowly let out the clutch and push on the gas at the same time.

The truck started to move then the engine started to race, and the truck leaped forward. This threw everyone back in the seat. Albert's foot came off the gas, and the engine wound down throwing everyone forward. This shoved Albert's foot back on the gas throwing everyone back in the seat again, and pulling Albert's foot off the gas. This made the engine wound down throwing Jim and Suzy up on the dash and Albert under Jim. With the truck idling along at about five miles per hour Jim got his hand on the steering-wheel.

Jim calmly insisted, "Ease back over Albert and don't touch any pedals. That was my fault."

Suzy complained, "Yah because you didn't put seat belts in this thing!"

Jim continued, "Put your hands back on the wheel, as I look out the back window. We're doing fine the Wagon is still back there. This crazy ride was because I should have had you start out in second gear. First gear has a lot of power, and that is the kind of thing that can happen. I jerked a car around like that when I learned to drive a stick. It just didn't have this much power, so it wasn't that bad."

Suzy added, "It happened to me to when grandpa was teaching me to drive one of the trucks on the farm. It looks like you're doing fine now. Are you going to teach him to shift into second gear Jim?"

Jim replied, "Sure, Now push that clutch pedal and put your hand on the shifting knob, and pull it straight back. Then slowly let out the clutch pedal, and don't touch the gas. Good now we're driving along at the right speed and all you have to do is steer the wheel. Just turn it the way you want to go."

Suzy assured, "You doing real good for your first time Albert."

Albert's hands gripped the wheel tight as he stared intensely at the road. Soon Albert started to relax a little and informed, "This isn't that hard once you get the hang of it."

Jim insisted, "Then let's try stopping. Put your hand on the shifter."

Then Jim put his hand on top of Alberts, and told Albert to push in the clutch. Then Jim pushed the shifter up and questioned, "You feel that?"

Moving the shifter side to side he explained that this was neutral. Then he had Albert let out the clutch, and Jim instructed push on the pedal in the middle and stop. Then Jim told Albert to push on the gas a little and let off. Albert did and the motor raced a little but nothing happened. Then Jim instructed, "Grab that lever and pull it back. Good you just set the break. Now you can get out and get in the other side. I'll drive from here."

Jim slipped over to the driver's seat, and Suzy opened the door to let Albert in. Jim drove off as he explained, "I'd teach you to start and stop, but it's easy to kill the truck doing that."