[Write the Story] Something Bad is About to Happen, But Nobody Believes the Main Character
Prompt: Something Bad is About to Happen, But Nobody Believes the Main Character
Words: Andromeda, stop sign, dandelion, iceberg, spectacle, poet, candle lit, keyboard, bumble, robotic
Story
Marty paused at the stop sign. He needed a moment before going into the Dandelion Club. “Do I really have to do this?”
“You’re posing as a poet, Marty. The worst that can happen is a pissed off hippie.” His boss’s voice crackled in the earpiece. “Just do your best.”
“Right.” Marty parked his car and went inside. He bumbled after the robotic greeter in the candle lit darkness.
“Marty! There you are!” Andromeda, the club’s owner swooped down on him. “I’m so glad you decided to perform after all. It’ll be a great spectacle.”
Marty felt the iceberg coming closer. “Fern,” he hissed. “Don’t make me do this.”
“Buck up, Marty. It’s just a job. Not even national security level. Get to the office. Establish the uplink. Do some free verse, get your beatnik on. Easy peasy.”
Easy peasy. Easy for Fern to say. She didn’t have to wear the turtleneck and beret.
“Come have tea with me, Marty.” Andromeda pulled him to the back office. Too easy. He didn’t like it. He perched on the desk while she made tea. He felt for the keyboard and slipped a flash drive into a USB port.
“We’re in.” Fern’s voice seemed too loud.
“Marty, Marty. What are we going to do with you?” Andromeda turned with a knife in her hand. “I didn’t want to kill you.”
“I told you so, Fern.”
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Written: 5/28/18
Note: NCIS LA Marathon watching