Tunnel of Light: Fantasy

He was ahead of the pack when the hissing, sputtering tunnel of light appeared ahead of him, spinning around the underpass like it had always been there. Kids setting off firecrackers? Maybe. Cops? Nah. Dangerous? Maybe. Fun? Hells yeah! The thoughts flitted through his mind in a fraction of a second and he pressed the accelerator down to the floor--well, he *would* have pressed the accelerator down to the floor if it wasn't already there. You never knew what might happen when you were racing through the streets at 3 AM, and this fireworks show sure and hell looked a lot more fun than when a cat ran out into the road in front of him. He'd lost that race, limped in last, but he'd almost managed to avoid hitting the cat at all, and the vet had fixed the cat's leg up real good. Damnfool thing decided it loved him, and loved racing cars, and right now it sat in the back of his racer in its special crash cage, purring contentedly as they broke several local and state laws. He figured it liked him because he'd never had much sense about loving things that weren't good for him either.


Inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaikophoto/6791501665/
Story Potential: Medium-high
Notes: Just another mundane-gets-sucked-into-fairyland sort of story, but I do like the character. Could be kinda xXx (starring Vin Diesel) meets Tam Lin.