Noir Car, Episode 14

The red-blue flash in his eye on the roof of his retina, a siren, a blue flash, a mere episode in the life of cones, rods, and pounding blood-vessels, knocked a hole straight through into his brain like "RUN!," so run he did. Glad to be out of there even with glass on his boots, rapidly shuddering onto the street in tiny gemlike crystals crunch crunch, feet first out the window. Crack open a smile, he's out of there quicker than he can before he finds out what's wrong. Licking pavement with his chin after he trips, a stray dog along for the run for a moment, a playful bark that hearkens to the pleasure of stolen freedom.

Little does he know he just missed his boat.

TO BE CONTINUED
this episode written by Matt Fontaine