[Write the Story] A Hostage Situation

Prompt: A Hostage Situation

Words: Hawaiian, growl, kazoo, pledge, licorice, karate, lapel, plug, terracotta, trickle

Story

“OMG. Kill me now.”

“Alice! How could you! Those guys have weapons!”

“Oh, come on.” Alice’s voice a growl. “If they were taking robbery seriously they’d’ve picked someplace other than a Hawaiian Ice franchise. What are they getting? A hundred bucks, two kids fresh out of karate class and us.”

“Well, we have to do something!” Sophia said, tugging at Alice’s lapel. “We can’t just wait for one of them to plug us.”

“You’ve seen too many movies, Soph. But I have an idea. I’m going to need some licorice, a kazoo, and a terracotta flowerpot. Go! Go!”

Sophia slithered off to find the ridiculous list of items I asked for. Hopefully no one would notice her. Or if they did, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad…

“Here you go.” Sophia was back in record time. She had everything. “Now what’re you going to do with all this stuff?”

“Well, first, a snack.” I grabbed the licorice. “Now you play the kazoo, and I’ll bash one of them on the head with the pot.”

“Really? That’s it? No making a flame thrower out of a can of Pledge?” Sophia snorted. “McGuyver.”

“I was an A-Team fan and the aerosol can was empty. No come on. Show time.”

Word Count: 207

Written: 12/10/2020

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