Spark (Bumblebee Love Story)

Chapter 12

Danielle grimaces, feeling her legs grow sore from her rapid bike pedaling as she drifts down the street, Sam right beside her. Her focus was strictly on her brother and her bike, not wanting to get distracted enough to be sent flying over her handlebars, like her brother just about 10 minutes ago.

Sam analyzes every possible spot for both him and Danielle to escape the Camaro, trying to find a secluded spot to hide away. Sam finally adverts his gaze to a crowded parking lot, and looks over to his sister, Danielle, reaching over to tap her shoulder.

"Hey, Danny!" Sam yells at her, catching her attention.

He carefully points over to the parking lot, his sister nodding in confirmation. It was almost a synchronization for them to switch gears and pedal over to the parking lot. It was a smart choice, with the hundreds of empty broken down cars strewn about in the lot, making it easy to get lost in, a perfect strategy to get rid of a stalker- well, in this case, a Camaro.

"Follow me closely" Danielle whispers to her brother, slowing down her bike as her and Sam veer over to the multiple cars lining up the parking lot.

They slow their bikes to where the small click from their bike chain was the only sound coming from the both of them. Danielle hears the familiar roar coming from the Camaro, holding her breath hoping to cause less noise. She and Sam slowly walk their way to the other side of the parking lot, towards the exit opening, away from the Camaro. However, as they get near the exit, a siren reaches their ears.

Danielle and Sam turn around, seeing a cop car pull up to them, its red and blue lights flashing, almost blinding the twins. Sam sighs, nearly cheering, heading over to the police vehicle.

"Oh, great," Danielle mumbles, "Cops".

Sam strolls over to the driver's side of the police car, Danielle slowly following behind. She glances at the man inside the car. He was a middle-aged man, with a prominent dark brown mustache and a full head of hair. He has a stoic expression on his face, as he doesn't even glance over at Sam when he approaches the car.

"Hey, Sam, I don't think we should-"

"Officer!" Sam interrupts Danielle, speaking to the officer. But, as he gets to the officer's drivers side of the door, said officer harshly opens it, making Sam hitting the ground, his bike a few inches away from him. Danielle yells Sam's name, hopping off of her bike, running over to Sam, helping him up, dragging him away from the car, around the hood instead of the officer's door.

"Officer! Listen to me!" Sam repeats, letting himself put most of his weight on the hood of the car, staring directly at the officer, "Thank God you're here! We had the worst day ever! I've been...I've been followed here on my mother's bike, right? And my car's right there, and it's been following us here! So- So get out of the car!"

Danielle flinches and gasps in shock, as the cop's car engine revs forward, topping Sam to the ground, a few feet away from the hood. And the officer wouldn't stop revving his engine, making the car rev forward harshly, making Sam and Danielle nearly go into a panic mode, as both of them yell for the officer to stop.

"Okay! Look, look, look! Stop, stop!" Sam yells out to the officer.

It was almost as if Sam telling him to stop was a safe word, as the car stops moving, but the next moment makes Danielle go pale in horror. The headlights of the car popped out of the car, little spikes around the light rim, the headlights inching forward to Sam. Sam exclaims, scooting himself backward, reaching for Danielle's hand.

"Please! Okay, what do you want from us!?" Danielle yells, her hands nearly shaking from horror as she stares at the popped out headlights.

The car stops the grotesque-like headlights inching back towards its original spot in the car. Danielle sighs in relief, but then her eyes trail forward to the officer who was in the car, but she visibly pales and holds her breath. There was no driver in the car. He vanished.