Flash Grenade

Jack Candlewick was a Faun with a simple life and a heart of gold- until a new friend comes and shakes everything up.

"Get in!" yelled a voice, snapping me out of my trance. I clambered up and jumped in as the car drove away, bumping over the streets.
"Buckle up! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!" the driver yelled. I buckled myself in and turned to my rescuer.
"Thank you so much-" Phoenix sat in the driver's seat, unbuckled and hair flying as she drove us away from the city, into the woods. I held tight to my seat as she drove through the scraggly trees. She pulled over to the mountainside and stopped. A huge explosion echoed off the mountain along with the creature's final screech.
"If you want to survive you need to keep this secret for me. You can trust me. Can I trust you?" I was stunned. She thought she couldn't trust me! Obviously she can. Unless she asks about my family. Or asks me to hide a body. Those are off-limits.
"Of course, we're friends. And you just saved my butt back there, so I've gotta repay you somehow."
"Great! Hold on tight!" She backed up-and drove straight at the mountainside. I started screaming and yelled at her.
"Are you crazy!? WE'RE GONNA DIE!" The words dissolved into a scream as we drove straight into a solid wall of dirt.