Expired

(50 word fiction)

Spinning tires smoked as vines ensnared the car and dragged it deep into the forest. Hungry auto-trolls leaped out from the boughs of gnarly trees gnashing their metallic fangs.

A tumultuous din.

Silence.

Erratic skid marks led back to an expired meter.

Above it stood a sign.

"Maximum parking 120 minutes only."