Prompt: 046. chain link fence

1. All he had to do was climb the chain link fence and cross over to the tree nearby. From there it would be easy to reach the tool shed and use the bolt cutters in his backpack to cut through the lock.

A. All he had to do was climb the chain link fence and cross over to the tree nearby. From there it would be easy to reach the tool shed and use the bolt cutters in his backpack to cut through the lock.

He was getting his little sister back tonight. And together they were going to run far away from this horrible place and the horrible people their parents had turned into.

He would get a job while continuing to go to school, and he would give his sister all the things she’d missed out on during her years of captivity.

He wasn’t leaving without her. (Not again.)

2. Standing close to the chain link fence, she stared toward the dormitory on the north end of the military base. It took a long moment before she spotted the light flashing on and off in one of the windows.

A. Standing close to the chain link fence, she stared toward the dormitory on the north end of the military base. It took a long moment before she spotted the light flashing on and off in one of the windows, signaling that it was safe for her to jump the fence.

She hesitated a moment longer, picturing her body arching in uncontrollable agony as thousands of volts of current pinned her in place. Then she drew in a deep breath and hesitantly touched the fence with her left hand.

3. Quarantine was nothing like the movies had suggested it would be. It was mostly being bored out of his mind and staring through the chain link fence at the freedom on the other side.

A. Quarantine was nothing like the movies had suggested it would be. It was mostly being bored out of his mind and staring through the chain link fence at the freedom on the other side.

Sometimes he imagined what it would be like to hop the fence and run and run and run… until nobody could find him. Then he’d remember the guns the guards carried. Then he’d remember that he had nowhere to go and no money to use once he got there. And he’d return to his assigned tent and huddle on his cot, staring at nothing until he fell asleep and it was another day of boredom as he waited to start feeling sick.

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Prompt: 045. a break out

1. She kept her head down and her eyes open. She’d been locked up too long. She was ready to break out of jail.

A. She kept her head down and her eyes open. She’d been locked up too long. She was ready to break out of jail. Her focus was on spotting an opportunity.

They were running her papers as she sat in this cell. It was only a matter of time before all the dots were connected and the security tightened.

2. This hadn’t always been their life. Brother and Sister had been real people once–before they were stolen. Brother urged Sister to remember, and spoke of breaking out of the house.

A. This hadn’t always been their life. Brother and Sister had been real people once–before they were stolen. Brother urged Sister to remember, and spoke of breaking out of the house.

She loved him and so she listened. And at night in her bed, she closed her eyes with her face uplifted to the darkness and made herself remember.

She’d had a different family once. Before she’d been given to Mother and Father. Brother had already been here when she arrived. He was the only good to have come from her time here.

3. The movie would have been forgotten if one of the actors hadn’t later become a break out star.

A. The movie would have been forgotten if one of the actors hadn’t later become a break out star. Then without a warning to the actors the movie was made available for digital streaming and the project that most of them would have happily seen buried forever was being watched and talked about.

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