The down side didn’t work. I wondered why but kept silent.
There were men with guns. Hard looking men. They didn’t seem the talking type.
Surely there would be someone on the upper level to explain. We were citizens and as such, deserved an explanation.
The escalator carried us up to where we slotted into lines. More hard-eyed, gun carrying men lined the walls.
Haz-mat suited figures scanned those at the head of the lines. They parted the subjects left and right.
A man screamed and ran. A dozen rifles appeared before him. He wept and parted to the left.
WC: 100
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At least it’s the up-side that’s working. I’m sure the men with guns are less polite on the down side
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I don’t know. Maybe.
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Dear Russell,
A rather disturbing story. I wouldn’t talk to the men either.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, I was going for disturbing this week! 🙂
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Very chilling, leaving me with the distinct feeling of my heart in my mouth. The visuals are powerful and strong.
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Thanks Tara, I’m glad you liked it!
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Good, clear story-telling leaving just enough to the reader’s imagination. I wonder how bad the plague would have to be before your story came true?
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Thanks Penny! And I hope we never have to find that out.
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Excellent write, Russell. Why the poor fool bothered to scream and run is beyond me. But humans do things like that, don’t they?
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They do. I imagine he got a bad result on the scan and was going to run for it before certain death presented itself in the form of bullets. Stranger things have happened. Thanks Dale!
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I’d rather be one of the ones with a gun than in the queue – left or right. Good story Russell.
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Thanks Iain! And yeah, being in the queue doesn’t seem like the in place to be.
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That’s too disturbingly realistic. That could play as a dystopian future or a scene out of the Holocaust. Nice take.
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Many thanks!
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A scary scene and one I wouldn’t wish to witness! Nice one Russell.
Here’s mine!
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Thanks Keith! Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be there either.
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We cull animals when there is an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, so why not humans too?
Good cheery stuff, Russell!
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What can I say, it was a cheery picture. Thanks C!
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Great take on the pic! Scary 😬
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Thanks Cathy!
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Good one, damn scary, believable.
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Thanks Ted! I wish it wasn’t so believable though.
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always left wondering why. Selection of people not unlike the Nazi concentration train arrivals. Disturbing idea.
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Thanks James! I was going for some sort of plague as the criteria in the story, but I see your point with the Nazis. None of that mess makes any sense.
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Nicely understated horror.
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Thanks Sandra!
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Sounds like a Nazi extermination camp reincarnated. Chilling story, well done.
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Thanks! Definitely sounds like a bad time.
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What a tough and terrifying place to find oneself. I cringe to think of what is in either direction at this point. Good setting of tension.
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Thanks so much!
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You’re welcome.
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