TftW: Taxi Of Terror.

TftW: Taxi Of Terror.
Donald Trump TF/Twilight Zone theme

NOTE:
This is based on two recent dreams i've had about my character becoming Trump or being mistaken for him,  it is inspired by shows like Tales From The Crypt and of course the Twilight Zone and as such it has an intro in the style of the latter.   Dawn Bellwether of course features in this one and the recurring element is of chasing and being viewed as a monster by others.     The transformation is made to be as grotesque as possible.  The taxi explosion is a nod to the famous Twilight Zone: The Movie accident that happened behind the scenes.
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You are about to enter a dimension unlike that of any other,  for it is a dimension of sight, sound,  mind and of wonders beyond your imagination.   A place where humans and monsters co-exist together and almost anything can happen,   a dimension you have probably heard of,  a place simply known as the Supernatural Zone.

Our protagonist Nathan Forester was on the run for what seemed like hours from a crowd of people who were treating him unfairly,  it seemed they were under the impression that he was an absolute monster that should have hunted down,  it may have been only a few hours but to him it felt like weeks.   He didn't think it was fair they were treating him like this and as such it made him afraid and paranoid,  and made him wonder such things as 'what if there were others who thought the same thing about him?'.    He was also wondering if he might end up running out of breath but luckily he found a place to rest,   that's where he saw Dawn sitting there as well.

"Dawn...what are you doing here?"

"You might think this is crazy but..."

"Yes?"
"A bunch of insane people who don't like me for some reason are chasing me and they think I am some kind of monster who should be hunted down.  They're after me,  and I don't know what to do...i'm frightened and out of luck."

"What a coincidence,  those people are after me as well..."

"Why are they after us?"

"Possibly it's because they don't like that I am protecting you..."

"That's terrible..."

"And also because they think well..."

"Well...what?"

"That we're like Trump..."

"WHAT?"

"It's unfortunate,  yes..."

The two of them sat together and thought for a few seconds,  but not before a taxi materialized of thin air and floated in a spectral manner.   The driver gestured to the two as he opened the door,   Nathan thought that this was a little bit suspicious but went along with it as he held Dawn's half hoof-like hand.

Upon getting inside the taxi,  they buckled up and closed the doors,  sighing with relief - maybe this wasn't going to be so bad after all,  the driver did seem like a friendly sort of guy and there wasn't any problem with the ride down that highway,   until he reared his head around from the front seat next to the driver.   This was Ethan,  a very rude and aggressive sort who  attacked people for stupid reasons and was a bit of a brute.

Nathan had encountered Ethan before,  as he was a recurring antagonist.  He was the one who always mooched off him,  asking to borrow video games but never giving them back and he was known for manipulating people into making them do as he told them.   The half vampire hissed at him a few times.

"YOU..."

"Hellooooo there..."

"Ethan?  You're alive?"

"Yes..."

"But that isn't technically possible,  you were killed off last time.  I remember seeing you being attacked by those mutants that used to be your former allies and then just being left there in the graveyard."

"True,  but you see...after I was attacked by those Chud-like mutants and I was left to lay there in the grave,  I was mutated myself...and slowly became one of them.  And there is nothing anyone can do about it..."

"What do you want this time?"

"Oh nothing..."

"That's what you always say,  right before you try to con me into lending you one of my video games or music CDs.    I know your game.  I know all too well what you are capable for,  you may have got me that one time but it will NEVER happen again."

"Oh I don't want your video games this time..."

"Oh...what is it then?"

"I want to know your secret...and what's with you and that sheep.."

"First of all,  if you knew my secret I would have to kill you and second...Dawn is my friend and I am protecting her from those scary predators out there.   Now,  unless you want to end up as The First Kill."

"That's alright,  I already know what you are..."

"Oh do you know?"

"Yeah...you like Dawn because she's like Trump,  you're a Trump supporter.."

"What? I am NOT a Trump supporter."

Dawn couldn't believe this,  Ethan was accusing Nathan of being something he wasn't and that something was a Trump supporter.   She grunted a few times as she raised an eyebrow in response to his insults,  she didn't want to have to see her best friend of all people being attacked by this utter prick.

"Mr driver...could you please tell Ethan to stop being mean to my friend?"

"Sorry miss,  no can do.."

"But you simply must do something about this..."

"No can do.."

She panicked as she tried numerous times to get Ethan to stop harassing her friend,  but no matter how hard she tried,  Ethan just made things worse for her and she couldn't help but yell at him and scold him.  She disliked how he was acting and had just about had all she could take take of him.

"ETHAN!  IF YOU DON'T STOP TALKING TO MY FRIEND LIKE THAT I AM GOING TO ASK THE DRIVER TO KICK YOU OUT!  THIS BEHAVIOR SIMPLY WILL NOT DO!  Leave my friend alone, please.."

"You know I've been wondering why the two of you are such good friends."

"Nathan is NOT a Trump supporter.."

"The two of you are so much like...it's like..."

"Don't say it..."

"It's like both of them are kind of Trump-like.."

"What?  No!  We're NOT Trump-like."

"You tell him Dawn."

"Oh that is so like you to respond like that,  Nate..or should I say Donald?"

"WHAT?"

"Aaaaw come on,   you're not fooling anyone...I know you are."

"For pete's sake I am NOT Donald Trump.."

Nathan growled a little as he rolled his eyes,   his skin becoming mottled as his brow became more monstrous in appearance,  black veins appearing on his forehead as his eyes turned from hazel brown to crimson,  his teeth lengthening and sharpening as he snarled at Ethan, he wasn't going to let him get away with those insults.

"Come now,  we know that you are him..."

"If you don't cut it out right now i'm gonna be drinking YOUR blood next."

"Ethan...what you are doing is horribly wrong.  For one thing you think that Nathan is Trump..really?  Look at him and tell me that he is NOT Trump-like in the slightest,  Nathan is 5'7,  Trump is 6'2 and 236lbs of stupid."

"Oh but he is...look at him.."

"That's ridiculous and so are you..."

"What are you going to do about it,   little lamb?"

Dawn started to yell at Ethan a few more times as she then called to the driver and asked him to put a stop to the hooligan's antics,  but the driver kept on driving , the cab going down that highway in a continuous pattern before going through the woods.   Nathan held his head in agony as that manipulative fiend's voice echoed in his mind,  he tried not to let Ethan's words get to him but he couldn't help but break down and cry.

"No...no...what you are saying about me isn't true.."

"Oh yes it is,   Trump...I know it's you in there..."

"For the love of Sam Raimi,   STOP calling me Trump!  Do I look like Donald Trump to you? Of course not.   Now kindly please leave the two of us alone.   Ethan,  you're just glad that you're alive,  because if it was up to me,  I would have let your former friends turned mutants feast on your flesh."

"Now now Trump...temper temper..."

"Stop calling me that,  you've been warned."

"Mr Driver,  please please do something about Ethan.  I can't take any more of this."

"I'm trying but what do you want me to do?"

"Tell him to behave himself.."

She shook her head as she tried to get the driver to tell Ethan to stop but she wasn't having any luck,  she couldn't stand seeing this happen to her friend and she started to cry as well, she was terrified and didn't know whether or not this was going to end well.   Nathan meanwhile was continuously being berated by that manipulative prick,  who was pretty much still going at it.

It got even worse once they made it to what appeared to be a golf-course,  which made Ethan's behavior towards him even more horrifying,   because it now seemed like he was trying to brainwash him.   He groaned as he held his head in agony,  trying to keep the man's words from getting to him but it was no use.

"It's coming back to you now isn't it?"

"No...it's not..."

"Aaaw come on,   don't you remember?  You like golfing..."

"No I don't..."

"You're denying your true nature again,  Trumpnstuff.."

"For pete's sake not this again.."

He groaned several times as his heartbeat started to rapidly increase,  holding his head a few times as he tried to ignore his words.  He knew that he shouldn't listen to Ethan and that he was manipulating him , and even brainwashing him so to speak.  Assaulting his mind with his words and making it difficult for him to even fight back.

Dawn was trying her best to get the driver to stop him but to no avail and she started to break down and cry,  sobbing repetitively as she did so,  she sobbed numerous times and covered her ears, blocking out Ethan's yells.  Nathan was beginning to feel quite uncomfortable and almost ill even though he wasn't physically ill,  crunching sounds were heard as he began to clutch his stomach.

"Ugh....I feel so....ill..."

"Nathan?  Are you alright?"

"I don't know Dawn...I don't feel so good.."

He didn't know how or why but he felt rather ill,  almost like he had come down with a bad illness of some kind and it was starting to hurt all over for him,  in particular his stomach even though he hadn't eaten anything.   Gurgling sounds emitted from it as he groaned in agony,   the pain surging through his entire body as some sort of negative reaction,  more cracking and crunching sounds were heard as this happened.

His furred gloves were starting to strain a little as the skin on his hands bubbled,  his hands themselves enlarging with a crunching and pumping sound as his normally quite unkempt looking skin was being drained of imperfections and glistening a bit,   his gloves tearing apart with a rip sound to reveal his new hands.   He squirmed as he noticed his skintone changing color,  becoming a slightly tanned but not entirely tan-gerine in color.

"Please Mr Driver...you've got to do something.."

"I wish I could but I can't..."


"Can't you see Ethan is treating my friend horribly and my friend is pain?"

Dawn watched as she saw her friend struggling and groaning,  she was horrified and yey she wanted to do something about this,  she wanted to tell him it was going to be alright but it was no use...she feared she'd be outed by Ethan again.   Nathan himself was struggling to keep his transformation under control as more crunching sounds were heard,  it felt and sounded like he was being crushed.

That gurgling sound from earlier became slightly louder as his chest and torso slowly started to broaden with a loud pumping sound,  it felt like he was blowing up just like Thunder from Big Trouble In Little China.   His stomach broadened next, swelling a bit and straining against his From Dusk Till Dawn replica crew shirt until the shirt's buttons popped off while his arms expanded with a crack,  his skin bubbling even more so as the changes progressed.  He groaned several times as this happened.

With a slight tearing sound the shirt gave way to reveal a formation swelling and developing on his body,  that formation morphing itself into half of a business suit,  one half covering one side of him while his pants stayed normal for the most part.  He squirmed a little as his legs lengthened,  his feet enlarging a bit as the black formation fused with his sneakers, morphing them into a pair of black shoes.

"Hold in there,  everything's gonna be fine..."

"Dawn....if the driver doesn't stop this...i'm afraid that we're both doomed."

"I know,  I know..."

She panicked as she went back and forth between trying to help her friend and convincing the driver to stop,  screaming loudly as she did so while using her resourcefulness to figure out a way to get his attention.   She pulled on the 'emergency' switch and alerted the driver of Ethan's behavior,  but it was already nearly too late,  for the taxi itself was getting faster and faster,  going through many different locations.

Nathan -  who was already in intense agony,  was in even more pain than before,  grunting a few more times as his back broadened with a loud stretching sound,  in generally he began to feel like everything was getting smaller but he was in actuality getting bigger,  he was growing to 6'2 in height as his shoulders broadened with a loud crunch.  His neckline altering with a slight grinding sound as his skin bubbled a bit more.   

Thinking quickly though,  he managed to get back at Ethan before turning to the driver and asking him to slow down,  unfortunately though there didn't seem to be any signs of slowing down or stopping.  In terms of his build he was 6'2 and around 236lbs of not quite fat, but not quite muscle.  But he sure was big and bulky.

The cab whizzed around several times,  and still there weren't any signs of slowing but at least that pest Ethan had quieted down.  Nathan held onto Dawn as he groaned a few more times,  the pain increasing even more to the point that it was almost unbearable,  and in an American Werewolf in London type way.   Just then a thought came to him,  he used his inhuman strength to break free of his seatbelt and then reached over and started to take control of the wheel.

"Yes...yes,  that's it..."

"Oh thank goodness...I was worried that Ethan wouldn't shut up.."

"Don't worry,  he's quiet now.."

He groaned a few times as he swung the wheel around,  being carefully as to not go too fast, he then asked the driver for assistance and both of them took turns piloting the taxi,  trying to pick up the pace and navigate around.   There was an uncomfortable pulling sensation in his scalp as his hair started to fluff up a bit,  blonde hairs fusing with the natural brown ones and lightening them.   Now making it look like half of his hair was blonde while the other half was its normal brown color.

The sheep-girl held on for dear life as her friend continued,  trying to fight his transformation or to find a means to put an end to it.  Luckily he did manage to get the taxi to slow down a bit,  just enough to break open the door,  his skin bubbling a bit as his brow altered to become a bit more pronounced,  his eyebrows slowly bushing up a bit as they turned blonde like half of his hair,   his eyes widening as they turned from hazel brown to a piercing icy blue.

She pressed a button near the window which activated an emergency exit located on the roof,  she broke her seatbelt off as she stood up,  leaping through the roof and exiting the taxi.   Nathan held her by her hoof-hand and counted to three before the two of them made a run for it just in time. 

"Come on,  let's go.."

"Yeah.  That was a close one!"

"I was wondering if we were ever going to escape..."

"Same here..."

The two of them made a run for it as the taxi spun around,  spiraling out of control several times,  going round and round in a frenzied manner as the driver struggled to take control of the wheel,   swirling around in a 180 degree angle before spiraling out of control a few additional times,  going on the bumpy pavement and crashing directly into a pyrotechnic sign that fell on top of the taxi.   Luckily though,  the taxi phased out of sight but then crashed and finally exploded,  as Ethan's seat was set on fire causing him to jump into the backseat, he yelped as the flames increased.

Finally...with a loud fiery explosion,  the taxi exploded in a million pieces as the front seat was burned to ashes,  the driver was safe and so was Ethan but the extra passengers that were hiding out in the back weren't so lucky,  some of them had been wounded and others had been decapitated.   Meanwhile,  our two fortunate heroes escaped safely,  although by now Nathan's transformation wasn't done,  his nose broadened a little bit as the skin on his face bubbled even more.

He groaned a few times as his lips puckered a bit,  his teeth brightened a bit while his two canine teeth still remained as fangs as his hair was now completely platinum blonde and in a signature 'fluffy' style as his cheekbones sharpened to villainous level with a loud crunch, his jawline broadening a bit too...making him look less like himself and more like he was half Trump.   Sobbing a few times as the changes progressed,  he could barely recognize his own face anymore and it was really upsetting for him.   

"Eeew...I look so horrible...and so monstrous..."

"Don't say that..."

"Dawn,  look at me,  i'm half me and half Donald Trump.."

"I know but you're still my best friend."

Dawn comforted him,  she hated to see her best friend like this.  Even if he was at this point more Trump than well Nathan,  he was still her friend and guardian and she had a bond with him that could never be broken.   He  looked at her and sighed,  crying a little as his face finished morphing -  until he looked like a perfect double of 90's/2000's era Donald Trump, he covered his face up.

"How can you stand to see me like this?"

"Nathan...I know that you are a shapeshifter and you can be anyone or anything.  But I know that deep down no matter who or what you are you will always be you.   Even if you are Trump-like now. You are my best friend, and nothing can change that."

"I know but it still horrifies me that this keeps happening.  Is this how it feels for you?  To be viewed as  a monster?  To be hated?  To be compared to Trump?  I know it must be,  and I feel your pain.  That man scares me and you as well and to have the unfortunate problem of his presidency and last year's election in general messing with my visions AND my powers - makes me wonder how much worse is this going to get for me."

"You can change forms,  you can turn into another form or if you can,  find a way to turn back into yourself.    It doesn't matter what form you're in,  you can do it.  I know you can,  I have faith in you."

"Dawn...don't you think i've told myself that?  Night after sleepless night,  vision after vision and plagued with this unfortunate problem.  I normally would be able to become my normal self again and everything would be alright,  I could hide my face behind a mask and you'd still like me for who I am on the inside.   It's just a form i'm stuck in it doesn't matter,  but as the visions got worse,  my allies turned on me and their perception of me became wrong...a monster."

"Nathan..."

"I can live with it now,  but I don't you or anyone else can..."

Dawn sobbed as Nathan held her in his arms,  she was trying to comfort him in the best way that she could,  just as he had been comforting her.   Even if he was now practically Trump in appearance,  he was himself on the inside and he was still her best friend and one of the only people who defended her and cared for her.   And so with that,  the two cuddled up and shared a quiet moment together.

A couple of hours later,  the two of them woke up in their beds,  safe and sound.  Nathan awoke to see that he had turned back to normal and that Dawn was alright with only a few minor scars,  she hugged him.   But both of them wondered if what just happened was a dream or vision or was it one of Dawn's nightmares.   

"Dawn!  I'm so glad you're alright..."

"Nathan?  Is that you?"

"Yeah,  it's me..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes..."

She felt his face for a second and was glad to see he was back to his normal self,  but she liked him no matter what form he was in.  Nathan smiled at her as he got out of bed, he scratched his head as he thought to himself...was everything that happened real? Or was it a vision?   Or was it a dream/nightmare?  He didn't know exactly but he wanted to know the answers to that question that was going around in his mind.

Thinking for a few seconds she turned on the tv and there on the news channel was a special bulletin of some kind,   she sat on the bed and listened to it.   The news anchor was standing in the middle of a wreck.

"Julia here reporting live from what appears to be the location of a very violent explosion,   from what I hear a taxi was going through this very highway and spiraling out of control, spinning around before bursting into flames and exploding.   Luckily though the passengers had left before the explosion could happen but a few of the other passengers have been reported as deceased,  some of them even missing their heads."

"Wait a minute...that sounds exactly like.."

"Exactly like what?"

"Exactly like the crash that happened to the taxi we were in.."

"You mean it was real?"

"I believe it is.."

"That's interesting because..."

"And there's more...listen."

"While no one can clarify who or what was responsible for this crash,  our camera crew managed to catch what appeared to be current president Donald Trump walking away from it, he didn't say anything but our camera crew managed to catch this glimpse."

"Aaaaw man...that's so embarrassing.  Not only did I actual become Trump but they caught it on camera too?  Oh that's just great,  now everyone is going to know about the little incident I had involving Ethan..."

"And he appeared to be with what appears to be a sheep-girl with white hair,  green eyes and glasses.   The two of them were seen walking away from the explosion and also were seen together..neither of them were available for comment."

"Aaaaah!"

"Dawn...what is it?"

"That's me!  Oh that's just great...now people are going to start thinking i've lost my mind and that i'm going out with Trump.    That's all I needed.  To be paired up with THAT orange monster..I feel even more terrified now."

"Yeah...and I don't think it's gonna be easy for me to explain that 'Donald' there is me - in his form,  and not the real thing and that we are NOT a pair.   I mean you would have to be pretty daft to think that a sweet thing like you would fall for THAT creature from the Ick lagoon."

"You're right...I would never do that.  Because for one thing,  you're not him...well you were, but you were still you on the inside and I know it's you.  After all,  no matter what form you're in,  you are still my friend."

"I know...and you..."

"Yes?"

"You're my best friend too.  Dawn..can I ask you something?"

"Sure..."

"Do you think that Ethan and all my former allies were right?"

"I don't think they were right at all,  I think they were wrong.  I think they didn't know better than to pick on us and view us as the monsters when it was clearly them.   They act like we're the ones to blame when it was them..."

"Was Ethan right though?  Am I really a monster?  Am I really Trump-like?"

"Of course not.  He was manipulating you and tormenting you like that as a means at trying to make himself seem like the bigger man.  I could clearly see that he was the one who started it in the first place.   You're not a monster at all,  well..you kind of are but you are good monster. "

"Are we Trump-like though?"

"No..we are not.  Especially not me and also not you.  I mean we practically went through hell back there and we both stayed by eachother's side and did some pretty heroic things, I mean we got out of there just before the taxi crashed and exploded like that.   You practically saved the both of us from dying.   That's not Trump-like at all,  that's more like something a hero would do."

"Once again Dawn,  you are right. For we are not monsters by any means,  you're not a total monster either.  As I have said time and time again.  A monster is someone or something that is physically or mentally detestable.  Neither of us are like that."

"Yeah...that's right.."

"And also a monster is an aberration in both appearance and behavior.  The word monster in general is associated with the concept of evil both in thought and actions,  normal people who behave in vile and reprehensible ways are also referred to as monsters.   We are not like that.  Because we are good."

"That's right.."

And so with that Dawn hugged her friend as the two of them watched the rest of the news report,  both of them of course still in shock that it turned out to be real after all.   The accident was wide-spread and soon everyone knew about it but there was no clear culprit behind it as most people blamed the driver,   of course we pretty much know it would be more than likely Ethan's fault.

As a matter of fact,  Ethan did get put on trial for the accident but there was definite verdict, but we can all safely say that he definitely must have been 'guilty' and you can bet that now he himself is paying the price for what he said,  by being stuck in his current mutant form and now permanently residing in that zone where anything happens,  that zone of course being The Supernatural Zone.   But as for what happened to our two friends later,  well...they spent a lot of time recovering from what they had both went through and bonding.

Remember my friends,  we all love a good monster story.  Sometimes though we forget that monsters are sometimes very real and are in plain sight,  it's all to do with the 'other side' and why we fear that side.  Whether it be the other team,  the other group,  the other political party,  the other fandom,  the other organization,  the other tribe,  the other family and such -  whatever that 'other side' is, we fear them because they are strange and frightening to us so we perceive them as 'monsters' and vice versa with them.   It is all about two types of fear,  from the outside and from within.  The latter having something to do with our inner demons,  our nightmares,  and our own problems so to speak like what others will think of you and such,  very much -  our own madness so to speak.

So next time...remember,  that sometimes the horrifying things we see in movies and tv may in fact be based on things that are very real themselves.   As much as we try to hide away from our inner demons and the like,  sometimes there isn't anything we can do about those creatures that come after you.   Those creatures that come after us in our nightmares howling, prowling, growling and frowling,  those are the ones that always want to get us, and sometimes you just gotta face it,  things do bump in the night - wherever you run and wherever you hide,  you just gotta face it - things go bump,  bump,  bump in the night. And those things may in fact be in plain sight and we don't realize it.

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