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Trix leaned against the wall. His broken leg wrapped pointlessly with a shirt. Soraya looked around the tunnel, packed with grimy, injured survivors. Weary from fear.
“I was going to ask her to… marry me.”
“I’m sorry, Trix. But she’s gone. She wouldn’t have made it.”
“If she’s alive… she needs help.” Words dribbled out of his cracked lips.
She held a water bottle up to his lips. The thought of Mira alive, alone with those things, moved her.
“Fine. I’ll go back for her. But I’ll need weapons. Lots of them.”
He nodded to his gun, “Start with this.”
100 words
A hundred words was not enough to portray the scene. Settled on this version.
It’s been a while. Looking forward to mingling with you wonderful people once again!
Written for Friday Fictioneers. Write a story in 100 words or less. Click the blue frog to add yours or read more flash fiction based on this week’s image prompt provided by Dawn M. Miller.
FFW 
Sad that the only thing to be done is start with a gun. Tragic story.
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Sad and scary. Thank you, Jill.
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Atmospheric piece, Fatima. And, of course, I knew what was happening from the title. He’s unusually tooled up for a romantic reconciliation, but perfectly so for a zombie apocalypse
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Yes, I felt the title needed to be obvious to give the story context. Can’t have enough tools against the zombies!
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Nicely done! 🙂
The story does need more words …a sequel maybe?
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It actually comes from a dream (or should I say nightmare?) I had, that I developed into a story. Glad you liked it!
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Inspiring dreams/nightmares are a sign of brilliance! 🙂
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Very ‘Walking Dead’ 🙂
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And I have not even seen any of the walking dead series, because I don’t like zombie stuff. Yet this comes out when I write hahaha!
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I’m not a fan of zombies much either – too scary!
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Dear Fatima,
I can only imagine “those things.” Well written scene which feels like a snippet from a larger work. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle!
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The fear and horror and stark and believable. More words may not have left it quite so stark.
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Thank you, Granonine. Glad it worked for you.
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As a fan of The Walking Dead, I enjoyed this, Fatima!
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Thank you, Dale. I have not seen any of the walking dead episodes, yet. Because I hate zombies.
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I feel like I was flipping through the channels and tuned into this one, but there is no catch up channel where I can read the rest! Nice little segment that leaves the reader hungry for more, well done.
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What wonderful feedback! Well I’m glad you were looking for more. It’s a story I might write one day. Even though I don’t like zombies. Thanks for reading!
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