An Accident

The wind roared and the dust rose into the sky as Mike drove out of the town. The road was barely visible due to the huge dust cloud. The trees were swaying wildly in the storm as a ferocious wind blew past them. Although it was just noon , the sky was pitch black and it appeared as it would rain at any time. Mike was an software engineer , in his early twenties , working in a well known firm with a great 7 digit salary. His sunshine hair was ruffled and , his jaw clenched while his emerald green eyes were fixed on the road constantly reminiscing the day's events. With his heart shaped face and well built body he had gained a nickname from his colleagues : Chick Magnet , but his destiny had different plans for him.
" What is this ? Some kind of sand storm ! " Mike yelled as he struggled to drive. Few minutes ago he had barely avoided a truck that was lost in the storm. The dust storm continued to roar as the rain poured with all it's might.


" Ha ! Perfect ! what else can go wrong now ?!" he exclaimed as he tried to get straight back on road.
 It was a terrible day. The turn of events since morning were horribly wrong. The road was was in total blur and Mike could not figure out where he was going.
His boss had yelled at him in the morning , ruining his chance to ask his all time crush out.
Moreover his Ex-girlfriend was texting him constantly , begging him to take her back and that she would not repeat her mistakes again. But this wasn't the only reason of his anger......... his dad had called him when he was cursing the office coffee machine for spilling the coffee on his presentation papers to inform him that his grand-dad had passed away on the very same day and that he had to drive all day long to attend the funeral which was about to be held the next day. Mike could not get his thoughts straight as the downpour increased.

                       

Driving in such weather was too risky but there were no inns nearby. Mike did not know the area too well and the new GPS system that he had installed last weekend wasn't working. It seemed as if everything was going against him as he shifted the gears and continued driving.
Mike felt a bump on the road followed by a little girl's scream. He stomped on the break and got off the car breathing heavily. The thought of having run over someone made him shiver as the heavy rain drenched him. He searched the place thoroughly but there was no sight of anyone. Nor could he find any dent on the bumper of the car. He leaned down to see if there was anyone under the car. But there was no one.
Great ! he thought , after a terrible day he was hallucinating. But the scream and the crash seemed so real that he could not have mistaken it.
Never mind ... he whispered as he climbed back into the car , his clothes soaking wet. He turned to turn the keys into ignition only to find them gone. Did he take them out with him and dropped them somewhere ? he pondered. He turned towards the door ready to get out of the car to search for his keys but when he tugged at the handle it wouldn't move.............he was locked inside his car with his keys lost somewhere. He leaned on the stair wheel letting out an heavy sigh. Mike closed his eyes and listened to the rain come down. The sound of the rain always seemed pleasant to him but not today , if it would've been some other day he would've loved to sit by the window sipping on his coffee. His thoughts were interrupted by a little girl's laugh from his backseat. Mike turned around instinctively to find no one .................. What was wrong with him ?
Mike regained his position and looked at himself in the rear view mirror as he ran fingers through his hair. But to his horror he could see a little girl drenched in blood sitting on the backseat smiling at him with her lifeless stare. He shot a look behind , but he could not see her, but when he checked the mirror she was still sitting there, now with a serious expression on her bruised face. Mike could not move as sweat beads formed on his forehead. The car engine roared back to life all of a sudden and the car sped up on its own. He stepped on the break with all his might but the car kept gaining speed .
The girl in the backseat was squealing with joy as the car headed towards a cliff. The windows were locked too and there was no other possible escape route for Mike. He was almost paralyzed with fear as the little girl moved to the passenger seat next to him and mouthed the words " Goodbye ".
The little girl vanished as the car along with Mike fell off the cliff into the angry ocean.