Tuesday, July 22, 2025

"Traffic Stop" a short story by Craig Zimmerman

State Trooper Russ Maxwell was parked in his usual spot on the old Sumner highway watching for speeders and trying to stay awake. So far, it had been a boring night with only one minor infraction.

Around 2:00 in the morning that all changed when a yellow Porsche blew past him at 120 miles an hour. Trooper Russ quickly turned on his cruiser's lights and siren and took chase of the speeding vehicle.

The Sumner highway wound through farms and ranches and the Porsche had no problem negotiating even difficult curves at high speed. Russ was doing his best to keep up, but his old police car was severely outclassed by the yellow Porsche.

Trooper Russ was about to give up the chase when the fleeing yellow car unexpectedly slowed down and pulled over onto the side of the road. Russ pulled over slightly behind the car and called in the license plate to dispatch.

Unfortunately, there was no information whatsoever about the speeding car and Russ suspected theft and an altered license plate. Russ exited his own vehicle and yelled at the other driver to come out with their hands in the air.

To his great surprise, a small teen-age girl stepped out of the Porsche with her hands up. Russ found it hard to believe that a teen girl could drive like a professional, but there was no one else in the yellow car.

The young girl somewhat resembled his own daughter and for an instant Russ let his guard down. In that brief moment, the teen girl transformed into something huge and monstrous and pulled Trooper Russ into the Porsche.

With a burning of tires, the yellow car accelerated onto the highway until it was just a blur on the horizon.



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