[Write the Story] A Coup at a Secret Base

Prompt: A Coup at a Secret Base

Words: desert, waylay, pensive, gazillions, juniper, helicopter, lotus, captain, bandana, taco

Story
“Are we really doing this?” Magda crouched beneath the juniper tree, staring across the desert.

“We agreed. There has to be change. We are the change.” Toby pointed past the fencing. “We’re going in and we’re taking that place over.”

“Okay.” Magda pulled the bandana up and over her pensive expression. “Let’s go.”

“Then let’s go.” Toby leapt to his feet and waved to the others. A small wave of a a couple of dozen people in desert fatigues swarmed the fence. The headquarters building was next. Toby and Magda stormed the general’s office.

General Rachin choked on his taco. “What is all this Captain Cavenaugh? Ensign Ginsberg?”

“You’ve spent gazillions of dollars on a useless piece of equipment called the ‘Lotus Helicopter’. You’re not fit to run this base anymore. We’re taking over.”

“You’re trying to waylay this entire base and this project because you think I spent too much money?”

“Fiscal responsibility is our number one objective in the Bureau.”

“Do you know what we do here?” Rachin thumped his fist on the desk narrowly missing the guacamole. “This is a Top Secret and beyond. We are the future.”

“You’re done. Nothing is worth this much waste. You’re done.” Cavenaugh gestured toward his soldiers. “Take him away.”

Word Count: 209

Written: 6/11/2020

Tags: coup, fiction, flash fiction, Military, Piccadilly, secret base, short story, Write the Story