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A long, straight stretch of highway and an
old favorite had just started on the radio. Vestibule cranked it up, but
still couldn't hear it. "All right you guys! Quit it!" She screamed to
the trio of passengers in the car. A bunch of old dogs she had hooked
up with a couple of years before. They were fighting over the last joint.
Supplies were low. They had been playing the bars for months but it had
been weeks since they had last seen a check. "Quit it right now or I'm
stopping the car!" "No quitting, no stopping, no looking back chick!"
Time screamed back in his deep manly voice. Vestibule could see Intuition
in the front seat next to her getting ready to make a dive for Monkey,
who was laughing and rolling around on his side of the back seat because
he had the joint. She let go of the wheel, reached behind her, and snatched
it away from him. Then she threw it out the window. "Don't worry, we'll
get a new stash." She said to the hard looks she was getting. "You guys
suck. This isn't fun anymore. I'm quitting." Intuition whined to the sullen
mood. "No quitting, no stopping, no looking back!" Time ranted to nobody
but himself. "Isn't ironic, don't you think?" Vestibule sang loudly, ignoring
them both. Then she slammed on the brakes because there was this guy on
the side of the road waving at them to stop. "Suit!" Shrieked Monkey.
"Don't stop!" Screamed Time. "It's a trap!" Scolded Intuition. "Come on
guys," Vestibule said, "We've been lost for hours. We can make a quick
stop to ask for directions." The guy outside came timidly over to Vestibule's
open window. The guys inside growled like a pack of rotties. "Don't mind
the mutts." She told the guy outside, "We're lost." "Are you looking for
Jesus?" The guy asked. "Oh no, Religious Right!" Vestibule shrieked, "You
better know we have friends in the White House!" "We're basically Satan
worshipers." Intuition stated. "Morally ambiguous." Time corrected. "A
bunch of dumb asses." Monkey said exuberantly. "All of the above." Vestibule
smilingly said. "Well, you'll always be lost unless you find Jesus." The
guy said. "I found It." Monkey exclaimed. "What? Religion?" Vestibule
asked. "No, the rear view mirror." Monkey said handing it to her. "No
quitting, no stopping, no looking back!" Vestibule called, throwing the
mirror out the window at the guy. She stepped on the gas. Off they went,
Vestibule, Time, Intuition, and Monkey down the highway towards their
destination . . . The End.
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