The Howling

Driving back from Las Vegas had always been a lengthy process. Nevertheless, for Scott and his girlfriend, Cathy, it would be a drive that they would never forget.
Cathy’s mother’s had called them in their hotel room the previous night to tell them that Cathy’s father was dying and that she wanted them to come home immediately. They packed the car an got underway.
Scott had been driving the better part of seven hours and he was exhausted. He leaned over to Cathy and asked “Hey, babes can you drive for awhile, I’m really getting tired and my foot is falling asleep.” Her reply was a half moan “I’m sleeping, Go away.”
Scott slammed on the brakes, pulling over to the side of the road. He turned to Cathy and yelled “Look, I am doing all this driving for you, damn it. The least you could do is your fair share. I am just as tired as you are and I want a break, so you are going to drive.” She was upset by his outburst, but she knew that he was right.
Cathy slowly came awake. When she finally woke up she said to Scott “Oh,
all right.... I’ll drive...... But only on one condition. You have to tell me one of your scary stories.”
Scott said, “You know Cathy that I am very tired and really don’t feel like telling you a story right now.”
After some protest he agree to tell his story. So they switched places. Cathy reached down between her legs and grasped the metal bar, inching the black leather seat forward so she could reach the petals.
As Cathy put the car into gear, Scott's words began to echo through the car.
His tale began with an exhausted couple who were driving back late on a starlight night. They had been camping in Yosemite and had decided that one more
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night was just too much. After all, they were out of food and other staples. They were driving down this long stretch of deserted highway. When their small red car began to sputter and gag, finally stopping. Their was no sign of a town or even a farm house along the road.
The weary travelers, were a mild mannered young man named Kevin and his girlfriend Randi, that’s Randi with an i. Their trip had been plagued by many mishaps. “Shit !” Kevin exclaimed “Not another thing.... What the fuck else can go wrong? Ok, so I’ll go check this out. You stay in the car.” He got out and immediately reopened the car door, yelling “Fuck, it’s cold out here. Where is my jacket:?” He reached into the back seat for his jacket and a flashlight before stepping out into the clear cold night.
He lifted the hood and started to wiggle things around, like the wires connecting the spark plugs to the distributor cap. Then he checked the battery connection.
Cathy interrupted Scott by asking “Hey, this isn’t going to be about cars is it? You know how I hate cars”. Scott's answer was, “just shut up and listen.”
“Now back to the story” Scott said... “ So Kevin was at the hood wiggling things around. He yelled to Randi.... Hey will you try to start the car?” There was no response from the car, not even a whine, nothing seemed to be working.
After a few minutes of moving things around, Kevin gave up. He got back in
slamming the door. “So I don’t exactly know what is wrong with the car.”
Randi knew all about Kevin’s lack of mechanical knowledge, but she didn’t want to say anything for fear that she would burst his precious ego. So she said “That’s
okay, Kevin, you did the best that you could.”
Long moments of silence passed between them, until Kevin came up with an idea.
“This is not as exciting as most of your stories, Scott. Where is the suspense,
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the thrill?”
“Kevin turned to Randi and said, so here is what we are going to do, I’m going to leave the hood up, then we are going to setup the tent, in that flat area over there. “ He pointed to an area near some trees. So they grabbed their things and made their way to the area that Kevin had indicate.
While Kevin began to setup the tent, Randi unrolled the sleeping bags zipping them together into one big bag so that they could snuggle together throughout the night. Kevin returned to the car to make sure that it was locked, although he was unsure of why he did this. When Kevin returned to the tent he leaned over to Randi and said “Hey Booboo, I’m really horney. Do you feel up to making love?” Her reply was, “Only if you promise to fulfill my every desire.”
Kevin began to kiss her tender flesh along her sleek neck, nibbling on her ear, sucking ever so gently. He unbuttoned her shirt, slipping it off her shoulders. He then unhooked the front clasper of her wonder bra. He moved his mouth to her small pert breast. While massaging one, his tongue flicked over the other, pulling at the taut erect nipple with his teeth. She moaned in excasty as his teeth scraped against her nipple.
He asked “So are you excited yet?” Her only reply was to reposition his mouth on her nipple. Kevin knew that she wanted him, but he also knew that she was not ready yet. So he raised her skirt, bunching it up ever so slightly, till he could see the tops of her black lace panties. He slowly took off those panties and began to prey upon her lower body in the same way that he had her upper body.
When she was ready, he entered her, giving her plenty of time to achieve her third orgasm.
She exclaimed, “Now it’s your turn to cum, you massive stud.”
His movements grew stronger and his body became rigid . He gave a few more
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thrust and exclaimed “Oh, Baby, I love you so much, this feels ssssooooooo gggggooooooooddddd!”
When he was finished, he rolled off of Randi. He said “Good night, Booboo, I love you.”
Her response was “Okay, good night.”
“Scott, could we stop for awhile? Just hearing you talk about them making love has gotten me hot.” Cathy asked.
Scott answered, “I’m not sure if it’s really safe for us to stop alongside the road and just do it. After all you did forget to take your pill last night.”
Cathy’s responded, “Fine just finish your story.”
So Scott began his tale again . “Kevin, woke up to the sounds of buzzing in his ear.
He said “Shit, there must be a mosquito in here.” He turned the light back on, searching for the small creature that would ultimately find the tip of his nose, if he didn’t find and kill it now.....
He said “There you are you little blood sucker.” He killed it with fell swoop of his shoe.
Sometime later both Kevin and Randi were awakened by a strange sound, it seemed to be a howl, yet it was off in the distance. However, there it was again, getting closer and closer. Both had been camping many times before, but never did an animals cry bring such fear to them both.
Randi said to Kevin “I would feel a lot safer if we would get back into the car.” She was really frightened, however, Kevin said, “Don’t worry, it’s only some wolves or something and I am here to protect you.”
Under her breath Randi said “Yeah, that s what I was afraid of.”
Kevin said “What did you say?”
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“Oh Nothing.” she said.
He told her to go back to sleep, and she laid down in the crook of his arm. Kevin stayed awake for some time listening to the sounds of the night.
He was unsure of what was out there, but after all was said and done he had to admit to himself, he was actually frightened as well.
“Hey, what’s going to happen next?” pleaded Cathy, like an aniouxs child.
“Just be quiet and listen” Scott said.
“Kevin again heard the cry of the wolves, but it seemed a lot clasper, like next to the tent.
He said, “What the hell is going on now?” So he opened the window of the tent to find that the entire area was surrounded by growling, snarling wolves. He could see the beady red eyes of one that was looking right into the tent.
He quickly rezipped the window, thinking maybe if they don't see me, they’ll think I disappeared.
He woke up Randi saying “Honey, wake up, Honey. We may have a big problem here our tent is surrounded by wolves.” He was really scared. He remembered being mauled as a child by a dog, so that might help to explain his all consuming fear of wolves.
He had no means of defense, but he did have his pocket knife. Yet, in a pinch would he he really be able to protect Randi?
He, however, told Randi “Don’t worry, we’ll make it through this.”
All she could say was, “I told you I would feel safer in the car, but no you wanted to be in the tent so you could get laid.”
He was shocked at her outburst, but he knew she was lashing out at him because she was afraid.
He turned to her calmly and said “Okay, here is what we are going to do. I’ll try
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to get their attention, you run to the car. On the count of three we’ll do this, okay.”
He gave her one last passionate kiss and told her “I Love You.” She repeated the words with all of heart.
He unzipped the door of the tent and stepped out. Randi stepped out as well.
Kevin said “Okay, 1, 2, 3, GO!”
Kevin yell, “Don’t just stand there, I said RUN!” at Kevin's pleadings she began to run towards the car.
Kevin then began to yell at the wolves “Hey, over here you miserable sons of bitches.” He was jumping up and down, waving his arms. The wolves saw him and started moving towards him. Their heads crouched low, snarling.... Luckily they seemed to be coming towards Kevin instead of Randi.
Randi ran as she heard Kevin's screams of pain as the wolves tore at his flesh.
She tripped on a rock falling hitting her head on the ground... Stunning herself for a moment. As she fell, the keys flew into the air, landing about fifteen feet away.
After shaking herself and getting up she was able to focus on where the keys had fallen.
As she go up, she turned to see the horror unfolding behind her. She saw one of the wolves yanking on Kevin's arm, finally pulling it off. She screamed, “KEVIN!”
She kept running finally making it to the car. In her confusion and tears she was able to fumble and open the car door.
She could hear the whimpered cries of Kevin, but she could do nothing.
As she slammed the door, the wolves were coming towards her.....
All of a sudden one of the wolves jumped on the roof of the car, another against the window.
She screamed, but hoped that she was safe. She knew Kevin was dead. She didn’t see anymore movement from him.
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“Hey, Scott this is really getting good. Tell me more.”
“She began to cry and scream again, but she realized that there wasn’t one thing that she could do. She finally fainted and remained unconscious until the next morning, when a passing highway patrol car stopped to see if he could be of any assistance.
What greeted him when he got out of his car was a horrific collage of blood and body parts....
“Gross” Cathy said.
“The highway patrol officer moved over to the car, looking in he saw a small form of a women. She seemed to be unconscious.
He went back to his car and got a slim jim to unlock the door.
Randi slowly woke up. She began mumbling and shaking. She was Mumbling about being attacked by wolves. She started again to scream “KEVIN, KEVIN, KEVIN Why did you leave me?” The officer wrapped a warm blanket around Randi, speaking to her slowly as if she were a child. He helped her up shielding her face from the view of the carnage.
The officer called for an ambulance, while he gave Randi a warm cup of coffee. She mumbled “Thank you”
As the Sirens of the ambulance came into hearing distance, she lowered her eyelids, blocking out the memory of what had happed.”
Scott said “The End. How was that ?”
Cathy’s response was “Yeah, I really got into it. I think that was one of your best.”
All of a sudden, as they came around a bend in the road, a lone wolf was standing in the middle of the road. Cathy screamed, causing the car to swerve. She lost control of the car. It began to flip over and over down into a canyon. She was
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thrust into the steering wheel, her head cracking under the pressure.
When the car stopped rolling down the hill, Scott leaned over to Cathy to ask if she was all right. He was unable to see if she was still breathing.
Unfortunately, he was not able to get out of the car before it burst into flames.

The End......