When Agent Sarah Swallows came to, she was horrified to find
herself in near-total darkness. The only light she could see was the pale blue
light of her android companion Norman’s eyes and the bright white light shining
from his fingertip as he examined her pupils.
“Norman, stop, I think I’m okay,” Sarah commanded. “Could
you shine your light around so I can see where we are?”
There were cans of solvents, paints, and other construction
materials on dusty shelves. Sarah asked Norman to shine his light on a rusty
can of kerosene. She wondered if the blow to her head was more serious than she
initially thought. The expiration date on the can made no sense.
“One twelve twelve thirty-two,” Sarah read. “Perhaps part of
the numbers is worn off. Can you read it, Norman?”
“The numbers are accurate, Sarah. We have passed through a
wrinkle in time.”
“What do you mean ‘a wrinkle in time?’”
“We are no longer on Dimension 6 Earth in the time period
that you know as the twenty-first century.”
“Perhaps you have damage to your circuits. Whatever the
case, I am not happy being in this confined space. Let’s get out of here.”
~Cie for Naughty Netherworld Press~
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Aha..that's an adventurous stay away from home. lovely.
ReplyDeleteAdventurous is one word for it!
DeleteThere are worse places to teleport to, but of course the big problem is getting back home again. Hopefully they won't have too much trouble with the locals in this time period.
ReplyDeleteWell, not many of them anyway!
DeleteLOL. Just reading your Post a Comment note to trolls. Cackle. I enjoyed this story, very imaginative and congrats on the book. Wow!
ReplyDeleteThank you. :-)
DeleteAs you might expect, Agent Sarah Swallows' name made me giggle. What an image. The scene is a lovely hook. I suspect more than one reader now wants to know when the characters come from, the process of getting to where they are, and how they will get back (if they want to). Thanks a bunch for sharing.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I apologize in advance, but I will remove the link. The Pantry of Prose is for new stories. We will probably have prompts in the future that ask for snippets of existing works, but this is not the case yet. Thanks again for joining in.
That's all right. I'm sorry I misunderstood. I can be dumb as bricks on my best day. Am extremely ashamed of myself now.
DeleteIf this is a sign of dumbness, we shall claim the title together. Since I, too, have done it! Shame is a waste of time. :-D
DeleteRight you are. I hope I eventually internalize that! I wouldn't give it a second thought if it was anyone else who did it. I'm always very harsh with myself.
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ReplyDeleteThank you. That's good to know!
DeleteTrust the android Sarah...
ReplyDeleteHe's a good one, it's true.
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