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kids. Rachael leaned over Samantha so she could reach the driver’s
side window, while Michelle reached over Samantha's left shoulder
so she could also get a better aim. But before the girls had the
chance to throw the stuff, they were bombarded by a storm of
raining eggs. The eggs shattered everywhere; the car was covered in
yellow yolk and bits of eggshell. Some of them even flew in through
the open window. One hit Samantha head on, sending slimy yolk down
her face, while others broke against the windshield, dashboard, and
rearview mirror. The girls screamed, and Samantha swerved back onto
the right side of the road. Immediately, they heard loud horns and
screeching tires. Samantha panicked and lost control of the wheel,
and the car swerved across the shoulder and down into a small
ravine, violently jolting to a halt mere inches away from a large
oak tree. Michelle’s head flew forward right into the back of
Samantha’s seat, than whip-lashed backwards. Rachael and Sam were
luckier; their seat belts prevented them from the same fate,
although the belts tightened and the pressure could be felt right
down into their bones.
    Michelle had never been so scared in her
entire life. Her heart was pounding so fast and loud that she
thought she was going to, or maybe had already had a heart attack.
Her body was shaking from the adrenaline, and she felt disoriented.
All three of them were stunned, and it was quiet because nobody
could muster up the courage to say anything. Finally, Samantha was
able to speak.
    “Oh my gosh!”
    “What happened?” Rachael asked, her voice
shaking.
    “There was no one on the road. I don't
understand.” Samantha said, and she was right. There was no other
vehicle coming up ahead towards them. But what Samantha had failed
to do was look behind to make sure that the road was clear for them
to merge back over safely.
    “I checked in the rearview mirror. I don’t
understand,” she said. Samantha looked up at the mirror and
realized that not only was it cracked and covered in yolk, but it
was also pointing in the wrong direction. The eggs must have hit it
with enough force to swivel it downwards. So when Samantha checked
the mirror to make sure that they were no headlights approaching
from behind, the blackness that she saw was not the empty road
behind them, but the interior of her own car. In reality, there was
already a car in the space that she was trying to swerve into, and
that driver had to slam on his brakes in order to avoid being
sideswiped by the VW. Luckily, the large semi-truck that was
traveling behind that car was far enough back to realize the
unfolding situation, and slowly came to a stop before ramming into
all of them.
    Slowly, Samantha stepped out of the car. She
wanted to see if there was any real damage done. But all she saw
was the goopy mess that the eggs had left. She heard movement in
the brush up above and turned to see an older man rushing towards
her. “Are you all right?” he asked. Michelle and Rachael watched
Samantha speak to him for a moment.
    Rachael was nervous. “Michelle, what do we
do? Should we get out of the car?” But Michelle was still in shock.
She could hear Rachael's voice, but it sounded like it was coming
from far away.
    The man peered in through the open window.
“Girls, are you ok?” Rachael nodded, but all Michelle did was look
at him, her eyes as large as saucers. “What about you back there?”
he asked. Michelle still felt like the man was talking to someone
else, maybe somebody seated next to her. Before she knew it, two
sturdy hands were pulling her out through the open car door. Once
outside, Michelle noticed another figure looking down at them from
the main road, but all she could make out was a shadowy silhouette,
as the bright streetlight behind obscured all detail. It looked as
if the figure itself was radiating beams of light, and she thought
that maybe she was dead and an angel was coming for her. She slowly
turned towards the