She laughed when she saw the first one transform. It was just so ridiculous, a trick of the eyes. The laugh died in her throat when the second one hit the side of the car hard enough to put it on two wheels. Without thought, she accelerated. She was able to outrace them because they gave up eventually, but others joined the chase along the route so there seemed to be a never-ending supply. Small trees and shrubs somehow changed into running beasts. Leaves turned to fingers, thorns to talons, roots to legs, all trying to kill her.