**********************************************This post is part of the Wednesday Blog Hop, a weekly hop aimed at creating flash fiction inspired by a photo and five words selected by one of the lovely hosts.
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I meant to post this entry yesterday but I've been struck down with the dreaded lurgy, so I apologise for it being a day late.
As requested by fellow hopper Chris Shawbell this weeks entry is a continuation of the story I posted in last weeks blog hop. If you missed it then you can read it here first.
This weeks picture:
This weeks words: pocket watch, cosmic, ghost, vegetable, train
And here it is!
Hope
The man who had spoken her name came
further into the barn, expanding his search while the other hung back
near the door. She bowed her head, praying for them to turn around
and leave. She wanted to find out a little more for before
she handed herself over to anyone.
The one by the door was growing
impatient, checking the time on his pocket watch.
'Sir, we really need to be going.'
The one in the
barn took another step towards me before sighing in defeat. 'Let's
go. Davis isn't going to be pleased though if we've lost another
one.'
Wendy's body sagged
with relief as he walked out and closed the doors behind him, and she
waited until the sound of the engine had completely died away before
emerging. It seemed she'd narrowly avoided capture, but was still in
the same predicament, trying to get out of the barn.
Trying the big
doors again was futile, there was nothing else she could do
except scramble over the hedge.
Settin off along
the road, picking off twigs and leaves from her clothes as she went. She
had no idea what the time was, only that the sun was shining high in
the sky now. Her stomach was rumbling, reminding her of how little she'd eaten.
The road was straddled either side by fields, but there wasn't
any sign of civilisation anywhere nearby. Looking over into the
neighbouring field there were some plants sprouting, growing
uniformly in lines leading of into the distance. A closer inspection
revealed they were carrots, and Wendy dug and ate three in earnest. They
tasted earthy and raw, but they were food. She pocketed a few more of
the vegetables for her journey.
She walked seemingly
all day, and now her feet were beginning to drag a little as she grew
weary. She almost didn't notice the train track intersecting the
road. The section that crossed the road was clear, but either side it
had become overgrown with bushes. It certainly hadn't been used for
transport for a long time. It extended in both directions for as far
as she could see, but in the east she noticed something else just visible
on the horizon. She was unsure at first if her eyes were deceiving her but it
looked like a city, way off in the distance. It had a hazy, almost
ghostly quality to it but she was sure it was real.
She started to head
in its direction, the faintest glimmer of hope beginning to tingle
within. She crossed my fingers, willing the vision to be real, and if
not then the world was playing some giant cosmic joke on her.
There was only one way to find out though, and she willed her feet to
keep moving.
Word count: 472
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