I stared down the barrel of Ben’s pistol. Why wasn’t I dead?
“Where is it?” He jabbed with the gun.
So, Ben was double-crossing Mr. Ng.
“It’s in Canada.”
“Canada? That’s an awfully big country.”
I smiled. “That’s why you need me. Partners?” I held out a hand.
“Partners.” Ben shook my hand.
I reached for my gun. “No, you stay unarmed.” I shrugged. He needed me.
48 hours later we landed at Mirabel. We hit the suburbs by midnight.
It was snowing; from sweating to shivering in 2 days.
The house contained my real partner, not the attaché case.
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Word count = 100
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s prompt is here and uses a photo provided by © Dale Rogerson. Read more or join in by following the InLinkz “linky“.
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Note – This is a continuation of last week’s story, On the Run. Come on Rochelle, why did you have to make it so hard with this choice of photos? ;)
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Note 2 – I used to be an Air Traffic Controller and handed planes off to Montreal. At that time, we called the airport Mirabel. When I looked it up, the name had changed! OK, so I still call DCA “National” and will never call it “Reagan”, so I will always call Montreal “Mirabel”…
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Ah – I did wonder – I didn’t read yours last week!
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I did want to have it make sense as a stand alone, but I guess I missed the mark there. Although I sometimes make other flash fiction into a series, that is the problem with the micro-length Friday Fictioneers – so few words to make it work both as stand alone and fit into the broader narrative.
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Oh, well played :)
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Thanks :)
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Nicely done, Trent. I went back and read your piece from last week also. You should develop this storyline.
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Thanks. I have thought a little bit about the story line and back story. i think I might have to pull it out of Friday Fictioneers at some point, though. I might use it as the kernel of an idea for a “real” short dtory.
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That was a tough stretch for you Trent, but you can always depend on Canada to get you snow I guess :-)
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I had promised too many people I would continue. Little did I know I would have to go from jungle to snow in 100 words! Canada was a safe bet for finding snow. besides, I know that Dale, whose picture was used, is Canadian, so Canada was the obvious choice, though Patagonia might have been closer ;)
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Uh-oh. Things are about to take a dramatic turn! Nicely done and I want to know what happens next!
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Thanks! Yes, there may be a showdown coming up. On the other hand, I may stretch this out for weeks ;)
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Very slickly managed! Chase narrative is often the most dramatic. I enjoyed your taut, spare dialogue, and I’m hoping for more next week!
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Thanks! It seems I too often get caught up in these serials, though this is the first time for Friday Fictioneers.
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Ben’s had it.
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Most likely, but too early to tell yet.
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Real partner for some real action!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Exactly – the partner in the house is the MC’s “partner” in many senses of that word.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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I don’t think this is going to turn out well for Ben.
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Maybe not… But then, the MC obviously knows Ben, so perhaps a deal can be made. But then.. We’ll find out next week, after I see the prompt and can figure out what to do with it ;)
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Nice to see a continuation from last week’s story! And quite a difference indeed, from Jungle to Snow.
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Thanks. yes, going from jungle to snow in 100 left me with another cliff hanger. Oh well, hopefully I’ll get to finish it up next week!
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I would laugh so much (but in a friendly way) if next week’s prompt was an underwater picture. :P
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I was wondering what the worst possible photo could be. I’m glad nobody on FF is an astronaut ;)
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Let’s hope nobody has a high-powered camera capable of capturing lunar features :D
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That would be difficult. but then, Austin Powers could do it, so can my hero.
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Oh, wait a minute: “Urban Spaceman” – I hope you don’t have any out of this world photos Rochelle can use…
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;)
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Dear Trent,
I’ll see what I can do about the prompt next week. ;) No promises. Intriguing piece.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle. No matter what you choose, I’ll come up with something. But then, if I can finish the story or not really depends on if I have to spend the entire 100 words to change location or not ;)
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Interesting, I am curious to see what happens next.
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I’m interested too! We’ll have to see what Rochelle posts ;) Truthfully, I wanted to wrap this one up, but it took me my 100 words to get from the jungle of last week’s photo to the snowy suburbs of this week’s photo…
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Haha, well whatever happens I am sure something good will come of it.
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