The end of the road

Vault resurfaces

The truck skidded as it negotiated a corner at
high speed. Mike drove like a bedlamite
pushing the pedal to the metal. At this moment
all that he cared about was saving the kids
and nothing else. The yellow school bus was
right ahead but he knew he had to close in fast before they got to the bridge.Two days
earlier the bridge was badly damaged due to a
violent storm.State contractors had taken
down half the bridge. "Why do you take
innocent kids you spineless coward!" he
shouted as he hit the dashboard with an open fist.
The bus was surprisingly fast for its size.
He could hear the frightened kids screaming
and it just made him go berzerk.
If only he could be in the bus to stop the
pandemonium. Finally the bus was right beside him. He
contemplated on a way to safely halt the bus
,no ideas popped.
"PULL OVER!" He shouted to the driver who
only stared at the road oblivious of everything
else. After years of living in the shadows Vault had
finally come out of hiding.Vault knew that Mike
was not letting him get away, not after what he
had done to him four years ago.Vault was
determined to make his escape , even if it
meant taking hostage a bus full of kids .
" Think Mike, Think!" he shouted to himself in
a state of despair.
Only few feet aways from the river he knew
he had to act quick. He overtook the bus and
positioned himself right infront of the bus. "Here goes nothing"
he said as he developed a sense of bravado.
screeeeechh!
Gently he decelerated until he was in contact
with the bus behind him.As hard as he could
he hit the brakes in a frantic effort to slow down the bus.
"who am i kidding"
"this is like putting off a volcano with a glass
of water"
Not only was he running out of options he was
running out of road.Mike did something he never thought he would ever do.
He positioned the truck beside the bus and as
hard as he could he tipped the bus.
The driver was cought unaware and he never
was able to control it again.
The bus swerved skidding almost turning over.Mike tried stopping his truck but the big
mettalic time bomb in form of a bus was right
behind him.Rubber started burning as the
friction between the tires and the tarmac
increased tenfold .Mike was concerned that
the tires would burst, but he never got to find that out.
It was the end of the road for him.His truck
went flying off the bridge.
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The school bus hit a heavy construction
equipment which distabilised it even more but tremendously reduced the speed almost to a
halt.Upon impact Vault hit the steering wheel
and blacked out.
"We are gonna die, what do we do Troy" said
Lionel with his eyes fixated on the gaping hole
fifteen or so feet ahead of them. "Calm down Lionel, we'll come out of this" The front wheels dangled off the road.The
metal beneath the bus came into contact with
the road causing even more panic in the bus.
"Everyone move to the back.Do it quick" Troy
commanded .
without hesitation everyone got off their seat and they headed to the back of the bus.
Hope was lost.Everyone knew that in a few
second s they would fall 183 feet into river
Nemor.
Miraculously the bus came into an abrupt
stop.They were finally safe every face lit wit immence joy.
Only half of the bus was resting on the bridge
the other half was dangling in the air.Troy
glanced at the door and his joy was short
lived.He realised that the only way out, the
door, was on the other side.The hanging side.Everyone else was joyful and glad they
are finally safe.
Little did they know that it was only the
begining of their terror.
*****
As the truck drove off the bridge Mike turned only to see the bus almost falling.The truck hit
the water causing Mike to hit his head on the
wheel due to the impact.He broke his
nose.Immediately water started gushing in.He
reached to open the door but the door wouldnt
burge.He went to the passenger door.It wouldn't open either.The door locks were
broken.Water pressure outside the truck
made it even harder to open.Soaked all the
way to the neck Mike was almost giving up.He
gave it one more shot.With both his legs he hit
the windshield with all his might.Again and again he hit it, nothing hapened.Not even a
crack.The thing was hard as pyrex.The truck
was almost filled with water.He went up
breathed in as much air as his lungs could
contain and watched every inch of the truck
get filled with water.