[Write the Story] Right Under Their Noses

Prompt: Right Under Their Noses

Words: catamaran, kaleidoscope, barter, sandcastle, divide, organ, formula, binocular, lecture, ivory

Story

“You don’t think we look too suspicious?” Patricia added another bucket of sand on the sandcastle.

“Not if you don’t keep asking questions like that.” Harry didn’t put down his binoculars. “Especially with that bikini. No one’s paying attention to me.”

Patricia tossed sand at him. “What’s going on out there?”

“The Ivory Kaleidoscope is sitting still. Party is in full swing. We should be good to go in about an hour.”

Patricia let the rest of Harry’s lecture wash over her. She knew the plan better than he did. She should. It was her plan to begin with, but it made him feel better. The party catamaran was a plumb mark. They’d take it quick and clean, and it would move their little team across the divide into the Big Leagues. Now, all they had to do was follow the formula.

“Here we go. Its starting to take effect.” Harry dropped the binoculars. “Let’s go.”

Less thana half hour later, they pulled themselves on to the boat’s deck. Young, rich partiers lay scattered about, unconscious. They made their way to the bridge. The crew was also slumped over instruments. They knocked still forms off controls and started the engines. Before their pretty woke up they’d be in the port. No one had brought this kind of organ haul in ever. They’d have plenty to barter with now.

Word Count: 228

Written: 11/27/2020

Tags: fiction, flash fiction, Piccadilly, short story, Write the Story