rcadrunner:

      He is waiting… Waiting for the opportune moment…
      It’s almost time… Almost…
      And… now–

      “Beep beep!”

“Augh!”

Marie leaped at the Repairman, knocking them both off of the road and sending the vacuum cleaner flying the other way.

They both tumbled and landed several yards away.

“What the heck, Marie?” the Repairman asked, taking off his headphones.

“There was a car incoming,” Marie explained, brushing the sand off of her bow. “I didn’t want either of us to get hit…”

The Repairman turned to look at the road, but all he saw was a large bird.

Wait.

Large bird, car incoming, desert road…?

The Repairman shot up, brushing himself off. He hoped he wasn’t interrupting a Toon celebrity.

“Sorry, didn’t know you were there,” he said, hastily. “Were we in your way?”

Marie turned to look as well, and gasped.

“Omigosh, is that the Roadrunner?” she asked, moving forward to take a closer look.