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window.
    Being held back by Matt, I peak around the group in front of me to see out the window too. What I see makes me gasp in surprise. The blaring horn is coming from a car imbedded into the side of a tree in the yard. From the looks of things, someone lost control of the car and rammed into all our parked ones. It must have been going fast, because it flipped and hit some of the other cars before crashing into the tree. No one moves in the living room, we’re all looking to Austin to make the first move, this being his house and all. Even though I don’t know him very well, I can see he’s torn. Wanting to make sure no one was seriously hurt.
    Then on the other hand not wanting to help so he won’t get busted, a minor drinking isn’t exactly legal.
    The group from outback must have heard the commotion, because they begin to migrate to the front lawn. They’re jumbled together in a group of twenty; they are still in swim suits and dripping wet. I don’t see Claire or Brian with them, and wonder if they are still outback. In front of me, Austin sighs and he beckons some of his friends to follow him. As they walk to the front door, a guy I remembers name being Kyle, calls over his shoulder for anyone to call 911. We all appear hesitant, not wanting the first person to be the nark. But then a guy in the back of our crowd gets out his cellphone.
    As soon as Austin opens the front door, the horn is almost defining. But under it you can almost hear another noise; it takes my brain a moment to place it. When I do, I realize it’s a scratching noise. As in someone from inside the car is scratching at the windows. That must mean whoever is in the car, is more hurt than anyone would think, and they’re trapped. Austin’s group must have realized this at the same time, because they rush out the door not even closing it behind them and down the front steps.
    I feel a light feathered touch on my arm not around Matt, and I jump.
    Looking beside me, it’s Dan with Maria.
    “ What’s going on out there?” he asks.
    I’m not really sure how to answer, and he knows as much as me, so I just shake my head. Maria leans around him, and gives me a nervous smile. I glance up at Matt, but he’s watching the guys outside, so I turn my attention back outside also.
     
     
     
    Chapter Six
    They made it too the car, Kyle and another guy Adam are at the driver’s side door. The windows are tinted and they can’t see inside. I can barely hear them call out to someone inside, and by their faces no one responds. Austin and his friend Alex, make their way to the passenger side, tapping the windows. Abruptly the horn goes silent. The scratching becomes more persistent, and someone can be heard from inside but the voice is inaudible. Instinctively they all step back and look at each other questioningly. Before anyone can stop him, Kyle sprints up to the driver’s side door and pulls it open. Something heavy falls to the ground, in a sickening clump.
    Kyle leaps back, and I get a good look at what it is.
    It’s a body, so badly mauled that I can’t tell if it’s male or female. There is blood everywhere, but it seems to ooze from a gaping hole in its chest. It’s so still, I don’t know if it’s alive or dead. I hear shouts of alarm and some screams of horror, but I’m too shocked to do anything. Matt holds me tighter, and I can feel him trembling. Dan pushes his way to the window, while Maria lingers closer to me, she’s pale.
    Quickly I look to the tree where the car is stuck, and I wonder how a small crash could cause the damage to the body. That’s when I hear the scratching again, or I should say a slither. Shifting my eyes to the body, I feel hope that maybe it’s alive, but it’s still. The guys around the car are looking inside. Kyle walks closer again, and he bends down to get a better look.
    Slowly an arm reaches over the driver’s seat followed by another with his head held low a man pushes across the seat. He must be