I did some investigating. There'd been a meteor fall two days before we
picked up the load of potatoes. I saw the farmer and asked him about
the meteors. But he merely insisted--vague as before--that something
had fallen into his barn, through the roof, from the sky.
Figure it got among the potatoes. A sentience of some kind. Figure it
was sleeping. Figure the motion of the truck stirred it to life. Figure
it could--well, take over things. Like the potatoes. It became the
girl, to keep me busy. Like Joe. It took over Joe so it could drive off
on the deserted beach. Like the truck. It took over--and changed the
truck into a, well, something--so it could get back where it started
from. Me? I must have been immune.
Or am I? Because a few minutes ago something crashed through the roof
of my new truck, into the van. I don't know what, but I'm afraid to go
look. What would you do?
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