Welcome to the Steemit Story Chain
Good evening Steemers, I hope you are all doing well this Monday evening. Welcome to the 6th Steemit Story Chain contest where you write the story. There is a prize of 100 Whaleshares for the Steemer who writes the most engaging and original part of the story. My contest is sponsored by the amazing Whaleshares project, which is doing some very good things in the Steemit community to help boost exposure for minnows and improve their post rewards.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the last Steemit Story Chain, your contributions were fantastic. I would like to thank 
A very original and ambitious continuation of the story and well written also, thank you very much for your contribution. You have won 100 Whaleshares. Please reply with your Bitshares account information and I will send the Whaleshares to your account immediately. Enjoy! If you don't have an account don't worry it's very simple and completely free to set one up here - https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=akrid-1.
Here is a reminder of
KRACCK! I was startled back into the moment as the night sky filled with the shimmer of lightning. Just then, it was as if the skies opened up, pouring down sheets of water and I laughed. I screamed at the sky " Is this the best you got?". I could make out headlights in the distance as I just stood there by my car get soaking wet. The lights got closer and the car stopped. The driver rolled down the window . The driver was about my age , with dark hair and had a kind face that reminded me of my brother Billy. " Car trouble he shouted over the rain" . I nodded my head. " Can I give you a ride, there is a gas station about 5 miles up the road from here". I said " Sure, give me a minuite let me just close the hood." I made sure to see that he wasnt paying attention and removed the bundel from inside my hood and hid it in my jacket. It was hot and throbbing and I felt it might burn a hole through my chest. I hated having that thing this close to me. I had that quesy , slimy feeling i get whenever i got close to it.I got in the car and let out a sigh, well at least I was dry. " I don't offen see pretty girls like you out here in the middle of nowhere" Great, he was fliritng with me. This must be some kind of cosmic joke. It just keeps getting better and better. Well at least I was moving, going somewhere. "So I'm Jeff, what your name?" "umm a, my name is Sara. Hey listen Jeff, is there a motel nearby ? I need to dry off and its late. I can look into fixing the car tomorrow." He sat quite for a moment. I looked at him closely and I didnt get any bad vibes from him. I am usually a good judge of character. He was actually kinda cute. " The nearest hotel is about an hour from here. I was just on my way home from work. I live about 15 minutes from here. Your are welcome to stay with me until morning" He said with a sly smile. I looked up at the roof of the car and thought to myself, " Ok this is how this is gonna go. Keep testing me" I turned to Jeff and said " Wow , thats so nice of you. that would be awesome. "It was strange because at that moment the package stopped throbbing and became cool. I felt slightly less queasy. I took this as a good sign.I was probably gonna be safe here for the night. They might find the car but they will have no idea where I disappeared to.
Now on to this week's new story - Away From The Night. If you wish to submit an entry please ensure that you firstly upvote and resteem this post. The first part of the story I will write below and then all you need to do is let your creative juices flow and take the stroy in whatever direction you wish to take it in. Be ambitious and original. Change the genre if you wish to. And of course have fun with it. A short paragraph is all we're looking for. Don't forget to number your part of the story.
This contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and I owe a big thank you to 
The inimitable
- A strong sense of imagination
- Creative intelligence
- Originality
- Narrative fluidity (ensuring the story chain links smoothly)
- Use of language, grammar and syntax (we need to understand what you're saying!)
The winner will be announced in a week's time. A new post will be published then announcing the winner along with a new story chain. So without any further delay here is part one of Away From The Night.
It had been a very long and arduous day at work. I was more than pleased to get home and sink into the sofa with a beer. I thought I would just quickly catch some news first so I flicked over to my local station, barely news but it was better than the big networks. The reporter was clearly excited. She was trying to convince me that a group of unidentified individuals were in the area causing chaos, by interfering with the electricity supply. I had no idea what the fuck she was talking about and I was just too tired to care, when suddenly an extremely bright light flickered outside. I got up and looked out the window and I could not see the source of the white beam of light which was clearly coming from the sky. I put my shoes back on and went out to investigate. As I got closer to the beam I thought I must be dreaming. Surely this couldn't be happening. I refused to believe what I was looking at.