Mortal

Chapter 4

We leave the restaurant and head back to the truck. Phareth seems to still be angry from dealing with that man. He gets into the driver's seat. Tsareth helps me get into the truck before climbing into his own seat.

Phareth looks frozen. I suddenly get a really bad feeling.

What is this? What is going to go wrong?

I know my vision can help me find the answer, but how do I ask?

"Vision, what's going to go wrong? " I try to ask, in my head.

My head starts feeling pressure. I feel my eyes close, but I can still see. I feel like I'm dreaming.

I sense that the car is going really fast. Out the window, I see that we are on a highway. I have a gut feeling that we are about to crash. Phareth looks almost possessed. How can I still see with my eyes closed?

My eyes open. Tsareth is trying to get my attention.

I look out the window and see that we are going at a normal speed. Did I just see the future?

"Shadow? Shadow!" Asks Tsareth.

I suddenly feel the car speed up. I look at the speedometer. It's accelerating at an alarming rate.

"Bro, slow down!" says Tsareth.

Phareth doesn't respond. He doesn't even seem like he can hear us.

"He's having a flashback!" screams Tsareth, out of panic.

"A flashback?" I ask.

"We've been through trauma. This is really bad...," says Tsareth.

"What do we do?!" I almost scream.

Now we are on the highway. Phareth's eyes are now closed. He seems to be breathing heavily. Whatever he is remembering, it must be really bad.

"BROTHER, SLOW DOWN!" screams Tsareth.

I unbuckle my seatbelt, and climb up front. If we crash, it won't matter if I'm wearing a seatbelt. We're going so fast that I would be killed instantly no matter what.

I climb onto Phareth's lap and grab his face.

"Master Phareth? Master Phareth, can you hear me?!" I ask.

I look out the windshield. We are headed right for a semi truck.

Somehow, I have this weird sense of what to do.

"Get his hands off the wheel!" I scream.

"What?!" Asks Tsareth.

"Trust me!" I ask.

"I guess we have nothing to lose," mumbles Tsareth.

He rips Phareth's hands off the steering wheel. I grab it.

I feel my eyes close again. I suddenly feel something take over my body. Almost like second nature, I steer us out of the way. It feels like something else is controlling my body. I use my hands to push Phareth's foot off of the gas pedal. Finally, we slow down. I lower the seat so that I can reach the pedals. For a few seconds, I panic. I have to choose between seeing where the car is going, or being able to reach the petals, since I'm so short.

My eyes close again.

Suddenly, I can see everything. I can see behind me, in front of me, and even the horror on Tsareth's face.

It's like having eyes everywhere. I can even see behind the car, and even the roads up ahead.

With this, comes another problem; I know literally nothing about driving a car, let alone a car designed for deities. What if the controls are all different?