Wednesday 5 February 2020

The End of Innocence


PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz

The End of Innocence


“Michael, I swear, I left the portal but a moment...”
That was sufficient. He diverted the latest group of new arrivals.”
How? They would have realised they weren't going up, have felt the rise in temperature, if nothing else, as they descended...”
Look at the footage here. The stairway was reversed. They were deceived. He was ever the Master of Lies and deceit.”
They are innocents, pure of heart, unsuited to his purposes, unlike his usual, vile, twisted, recruits. What use are they?”
The Enemy needs them for his pit; the pit needs bait dogs.”


(100 Words)


This story was written to the photo prompt above for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields' Friday Fictioneers. Check out other great takes on the prompt at https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/dd413a8e4d4f41b085dd131d822107be





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