In the darkness, I observe the creature making soft movements, I try to keep my breath as slow as possible. There is no time to lose, it is now or never.

I take a big rock and use what is left of my strength to throw it as far away as possible. I hear how it hits something and the noise attracts the creature who, after a grunt, runs in its direction.

I get up and run as fast as possible to the road, the wound in my leg is still bleeding but if I continue in that forest I will surely be dead at dawn. I take out the keys of the car and I prepare to start it, there is no time to lose.

The vehicle starts its engines and just before accelerating I see how the creature is rushing on the hood of the car. I scream in fear when I see her red eyes in front of me. Without thinking, I step on the accelerator and the creature is sent to the back of the car. Whatever is in that place is not human and will continue to wait for some other lost soul to succumb to its claws. Death awaits those who travel that 69th highway.