elfkin greeted the latest arrival,“Hello glee , com’on in. You’re lucky. If it hadn’t been for the traffic, we wouldn’t have stopped.”
[English accent on (I hope)]"Oh weavly? Well, it’s jovy good then. Hello everyone, I’m glee "[/English accent on (I hope)]glee said, turning to the occupants in the bus.
Everyone welcomed him and he took a seat near the storage compartment of the bus. As he sat down, he noticed that everyone in the bus was staring at him. The muscualr guy looked like he either he had seen a ghost or he was going to faint. come to think of it, he had never seen a muscular person faint. The woman with the dark brown bangs seemed most at ease, while all others looked like they were expecting some reaction from him.
He cleared his throat, “Nice day for a twip, I say”
Meanwhile, as Rufus , Nightwatch and Zebra neared the bus, they were stopped by a policeman who had just arrived.
“Sir, could you step over here please,” he asked them.
“Listen officer, I’m glad you came, because on that bus, there is a man posing as me. He mugged me in the morning and took away my ID. And now, I am scared that he might harm the occupants of the bus as well.” Nightwatch spoke breathlessly to the policeman.
The policeman looked at the man jumping hysterically, and then at the bus with UFOs painted on it. He hated this route.
Patiently, he answered,“Yes, I’m believe you. But do you mind telling me where yo ugot all that money from? Were you going to assault the identity thief with that? Or were you going to buy your identity back?”
"Listen officer, I am telling the truth. Andthe money is not mine. Its all his,"Nightwatch answered, pointing to the still gaping Zebra.
Presently, Rufus stepped forward. “Let me explain everything officer. On that bus, there is, we fear, an impostor and even a possible murderer. There are people aboard that bus, and if we don’t do something about it, we’ll have more corpses, I fear” he said, biting his tongue on the last sentence.
“More corpses?” the policeman enquired.
He looked at Zebra and motioned him to come forward. Zebra stepped forward and spoke for the first time, “I don’t know anything officer, I just want to meet the owner of the carwash and morgue down the road.”
The policeman’s patience was being stretched to its limit. But this talk of more corpses and morgue down the road and all the money made him pay atention.
“Will all three of you please follow me” he said.
"But officer,…"Nightwatch and Rufus said together.
“NOW” he commanded.
All three obeyed.
Meanwhile, in the bus, the pleasantries completed, Ghanima spoke up, “Look, can we just move along? Its getting late”
"Yeah, we have more people to pick up. Very soon, the traffic will start filling up the highway, and we’ll be stuck here"Brahe said.
“Not to mention, there a cop nearby, and we have a corpse in the storage compartment,” CandidGamera added.
“A what?” glee asked, perking up.
“Uh, nothing” CandidGamera told him, looking uneasy.
glee noticed the latch of the storage compartment was loose, so he pried it open. When he saw the pekerless corpse, he let out a scream that was in parts, scared, astonished, and just freaky. It could be heard for a mile.
Elfkin hit the pedal, and the bus took off like a Ferari.
The scream and the skidding caught policeman’s attention. He was amazed at how fast a bus could take off. But what was the scream.
“Oh no, I hope it is not what I think it is” Nightwatch said, looking pale.
“What do you mean? You know what that was all about?” the policeman asked
Nightwatch rolled his eyes heavenwards,“What have I been saying all along? There is a possible murderer on the bus, officer. And the scream sounded like he got his first victim”. He sounded furious as he spoke.
“Why didn’t you say this before?” the policeman asked, as the other two looked on in disbelief.
“Let’s follow that bus!!” the policmean said. Suddenly, the thought of all that money did not seem too urgent. The idea that he can catch a serial killer could get him on the front pages of all the major newspapers. The fame, the book deals, the women…
“I’ll radio for assistance. Did anybody catch the number of that bus?” he asked
“Its a bus with UFOs painted on it. How many of those can there be?” Nightwatch asked, exasperated.
“Right, I forgot” the policman answered.
Presently, Rufus spoke, “Officer, I know where the party is headed. Perhaps I can be of help”
“Ok, but stay close to me,” the policeman said.
“Are we going ot meet the owner or not?” Zebra spoke out of annoyance.
Rufus and Nightwatch nodded, each thinking that they will hand over Zebra to the killer on the bus. Whoever among them dies, the world will be a beter place, no doubt.
Rufus, Nightwatch and Zebra got into their car and the policman got into his patrol car.
The cars burnt the asphalt as they raded the highway, the silhouette of teh bus began to emerge on the horizon. It was a long way off, but the ywere catching on it gradually. The policeman turned on his siren to warn them.
Elfkin heard the siren of the patrol car before she saw it. Weh she saw the car apporacing, she warned everyone in the car.
“Thats it, we’re done for. Rufus must have blabbed on us.” tick said.
“Maybe we should just stop and explain everything to the offier” elfkin said.
noname spoke up after a long time, “Are you crazy? You’ll get us all in deep trouble. I say you hit the gas”
"Yeah, do that"Brahe said,“Maybe we can lose him. Its not that they can trace us, cos this is not our vehicle in the first place.”
All this made sense to elfkin , and she hit the pedal even harder.
Meanwhile, in the patrol car, the policeman…
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