The Hillary Highway

Chapter Three: The Trouble Just Began

The car drove so fast that it was almost impossible to stop but fortunately, Mr. Stream was a professional driver. 'we should get out of here' Mr. Stream said with a lot of fear. 'what did i tell you' papa said victoriously even though he was also scared. 'papa was right, we shouldn't have gone through this road' Mrs. Stream added. 'I told you this is not the right time to get married' Peach said. 'Yeah, your ugly ass never deserved to get married anyway' James insulted while playing pop music. 'Screw you fucker, your ass never be saying something right, you bitch' Peach fired. 'ENOUGH you children, your asses have better stop cursing beside me or I'll smack you both' Papa interrupted. 'Let's just get out of here' Mrs. Stream said trying to end the conversation. 'we can never get out of here' James complained, hitting the seat with his fist then turning back to his music.

Is it the devil after the Stream family or is it the power of words that affected them. The car suddenly stopped after James's statement. Not only that but everything went off, the car and all electronic devices including James's music player. Mr. Stream went to check what went wrong with the car but he found out that the car had a mechanical problem however fortunately, the car still had fuel in it. Another bad news was that there was no mechanic for miles. They were in the middle of nowhere accompanied by ghosts and terror. To make matters worse, it was getting dark. It was the biggest fright of their lives. Mr. Stream tried to fix the problem but they needed the car to work in other to do so but the car battery was dead.

Mr.Stream went back inside the car because he feared that a ghost would come out take him away. That's suprising of a man who once didn't believe in ghosts. The car was a perfect shield for the stream family for a while, at least it protected them from the ghost. After 30 minutes, the car got too boring for a happy family like stream's, then they started a conversation starting from Peach. 'What are we going to do now?' she asked. 'We can't call a mechanic if our phones are not working'Papa explained. 'You guys are worried about a mechanic, I can't even text' James interfered foolishly. His words entered the hearts of everyone on the car sharply like an arrow meeting the target. The whole car went quiet like before but this time, all eyes were focused on James and mouths were open in astonishment. They were moving their bodies slowly like a time machine just slowed down the minutes. James was the eye focus. James felt uncomfortable with the attention, he broke the silence by saying,'hello'. 'Go to hell idiot' peach whispered to herself. No one wanted to talk again because they thought James would contribute one of his silly jokes to a serious matter. They were all infuriated and disgusted by James's brainless and rash words. According to papa, he believes that words like that shouldn't even come fron an illitrate.

I don't know if there is something special about Mr. Stream's side window but suddenly, a mechanic appeared from nowhere and pasted his face on their side window again. They all screamed even when his face looked funny. Mr. Stream didn't know who to trust, he did not know whether to converse with him or not but the mechanic observed that they were scared and tried to prove his innocence by bringing out his pocket , pricking himself a lot of times and assuring them that it's okay. Mr. Stream decided to give it a shot. He got down from the car, greeted the mechanic and even gave him a handshake. So the man wasen't bad at all, but who knows what the inside of him is like? The mechanic changed the battery of the car with a new one. No clue how he got it. Lo and behold, the car started working again, together with the phones and James's music player. 'I don't see how the phones connect to the car and who is this man and what is he doing in a place like this alone and still alive.' Papa thought to himself. His instincs is once again telling him that something is fishy here.

Without any further questions, the gullible Mr. Stream had already accepted the man(mechanic) and brought him into the car and driving off. 'What is your name anyway my friend' Mr. Stream asked smiling like a fool. Within the twinkle of an eye, they started discussing like childhood friends. Papa wanted to say his mind but he decided to do more investigation. He then broke into their conversation and asked the man some questions,'how long have you been in here Mr. mechanic?'he asked. 'About some months now'he answered. 'What do you know about this place?'papa asked again. 'All I know is that this place is no escape, there are lots of danger and ghosts. This place is haunted by the spirits that were killed in this highway by more superior ghosts they call illusion.'he paused then continued  'The worst part is that no one, not even the media knows about this, it's terrible.  You people can only get close to escaping, you can never escape from the ghosts. You haven't seen anything yet because THE TROUBLE JUST BEGAN. There's more to come.

If you want to know the next fate of the Streams, catch up in the next chapter and know if their next decision will bring them goodluck or badluck.