The Legend Lives

Tex and Tinker

Mindy paced back and forth on the porch becoming more nervous by the minute. It was almost 10pm and none of the boys were back yet. She wondered what they were doing and what was taking them so long to get back.

"Mindy, sit down dear", Mama Sawyer said. "I'm sure they'll be back soon."

"If none of them come back in the next 10 minutes, I'm going to look for them", Mindy said. "I can't take this anymore."

"Give them time."

"Tommy's been gone for over four hours! How am I supposed to know if he's okay?"

"Mindy, calm down", Mama Sawyer said. "Think of the baby. Tommy will be back soon."

"Hey, is anyone home?"

Mindy rushed to the front door to see who it was. She was slightly relieved but disappointed to see it was Tex.

"Where have you been?" she asked. "Do you know how long I've been waiting?"

"Sorry", Tex said. "I had to hitchhike back to the gas station."

"And?"

"Then I stole the truck from the garage", he continued. "Alfredo's probably still walking home."

"What did you do that it took this long?" Mindy asked. "Where's Tommy?"

"Tommy and I got ourselves a small crowd of meals on their way here."

"How many?" Mama Sawyer asked.

"Three", Tex answered. "Oh Mindy, I got that thing you wanted."

"Finally!" Mindy said as she took the small bag from him.

"What is it?" Mama Sawyer asked.

"It's a pregnancy test", Mindy said. "Now I'll know for sure if I'm pregnant or not."

Mama Sawyer and Tex watched as she ran upstairs to the bathroom.

"They still do that?" Tex asked.

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Tinker began lighting road flares along the dirt road. Thomas put his damaged chainsaw in the back of the truck and got another one. He was going to climb down the cliff to see if he could find any bodies. Both men hoped the car wrecks hadn't completely ruined them.

Tinker saw movement from the corner of his eye. He could see a man coming up from over the edge of the cliff.

"Looks like you had a little mishap", Tinker said.

"Hey, mister I'm glad you came along", the man said. "My jeep and this car, we had an-"

"Accident" Tinker said raising his claw. "I know that."

He turned and walked back to the truck getting more flares.

"So pretty", he said as he lit another one. "So beautiful, the glow. Technology is our friend, you know?"

"Yeah, right", the man said not caring. "Listen mister, I got some people who are hurt down here, and I need your help."

"We got the means", Tinker said. "We got the machine."

"Look buddy, I need you to help me turn my jeep up."

"Make it upright?"

"Yeah", the man said. "Right side up."

"What do you think all these fucking flares are for, stupid?" Tinker asked.

He turned to walk back to the truck.

"Thanks a lot, buddy", the man said following him.

Tinker got into the truck and started the engine. He looked in the side view mirror to see the man looking in the back of the truck. He must've seen the chainsaw.

"Listen buddy, I got to get something first."

Tinker watched as the man ran back to the cliff.

"Rock it, brother", he murmured.

He sat in the truck watching the man pull something from his car.

"You ready to roll, young Newman?" Tinker yelled through the window.

"Just 15 seconds!" the man yelled back.

Tinker watched as the man kept looking back at him and then looked back at something else. Each of them had a feeling they were up to something. Tinker revved the engine and turned on the headlights. He started driving toward the man ready to hit him. Instead, the man jumped out of the way and rolled down the hill into the woods. Tinker watched amused after he crashed into the wrecked car.