I poked my head into the old car. The dashboard was covered with dust, and the back of the passenger seat was ripped and stained. "Why does Grandpa Ed keep this old wreck behind the garage?" I ask my sister Ashley.
"Ben you know why,"Grandpa thinks the car is haunted. He won't go near it ."
"Haunted? Cool," I said.I climbed behind the steering wheel.
"I'm outta here," Ashley said. "I don't like smelly,old cars -especially if they're haunted." She disappeared around the side of the garage.
As soon as she was gone,I heard a soft whisper. "Ben lets go, take me for a drive."
"Huh?" I gasped in surprise. I checked to make sure Ashley wasn't playing a joke on me.But my sister had left.
"Take me for a drive Ben. I'm so lonely behind the garage." The voice seemed to be coming from the radio. But the radio was turned off.
I let out a startled cry as the engine started up. The car rattled and clanked,and then the engine hummed smoothly. "step on the gas,Ben," the voice whispered. "Don't be afraid. Lets GO!"
My heart started to pound. I grabbed the door handle. Should I jump out of the car? I asked myself. Should I tell Ashley what's happening?
Or should I take the wheel? Step on the gas? take a chance? . . .
I decide to get out, but the door is locked, then the car starts moving slowly at first then faster and faster. I press the brake pedal down, but it doesn't work. As we drive out of the alley I can hear my sister yelling my name, then I see her run back into the house.
We are on the highway swerving between cars, and the ghost is screaming weee. The car is heading towards the south side of town. We drive for about ten more miles, the traffic starts thinning out and the road's gets a little more rough. I take a right turn on to this old dirt road, but then I remember this leads to a broken bridge over a thirty foot gorge. I only have a few seconds to think, then I see it, a telephone pole its weather beaten,and falling apart, but its my only option. I head the car in that direction just hoping its strong enough and WHAM!
We hit so hard the car seemed to crumble apart. I got out and looked at the wreck, the bumper fell off and the front of the car looks like a V, all of a sudden this little ghost ascends out of the engine into the sky, goodbye, I hear it whisper. "BEN! screams my sister, what happened?" I turn around and there she is with my grandpa and grandma, and five squad cars right behind them, and at that moment I realize I have a lot of explaining to do.
THE END
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Creepy Car
Mystery / Thrillerthis a story about boy who finds a broken down car and goes on the ride of his life
