Friday Fictioneer: One Last Drink
“That’s disgusting,” Sherri said.
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Madison Woods
“It’s the last of the ingredients. Drink it.”
“I’ll vomit.”
“You prefer the alternative?”
Sherri closed her eyes and drank in one gulp.
Codere stooped to pick up her body and gently placed it in the coffin. He kissed her bruised cheek. “He’ll never harm you again.”
“Nothing happened,” Sherri complained.
Then she realized she was in the same room, but a hundred years newer.
“Who are you?” a young man demanded.
“I was sent.”
“By whom?”
“You. You said I was to think of where I wanted to go and I thought of you, Codere.”
The end
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Interesting take – sci-fi. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to travel in time to escape monsters? I think Codere is her one-time love and for some reason, their relationship didn’t grow. Going back in time (I think that’s what she did) will hopefully eliminate the jerk that keeps pounding her face. Poor woman. Nan 🙂
Nan, you got the story perfectly.
Phyllis
That’s one way to escape an abusive monster. I don’t think much of the ingredients, though!
Oh well. As long as you’re not planning on going back in time, I think you’re safe.
But I think this comes from a cluster of wine grapes. So it shouldn’t be too bad.
what a hard potion to swallow…but to escape physical harm would be worth the effort.
And to find true love.
Thanks for reading.
Phyllis, Good science fiction story. I guess you’d have to be desperate to escape to drink that stuff. I suppose she was if she was being beaten. Well written. 🙂 —Susan
Perhaps if she (and all of us writing stories where this glob is eaten) is lucky, it’s really a very small, disgusting blob that can be choked down with some effort but not having to chew it or anything like that. 🙂 I think she made the right choice.
janet
I have to say, unless I was truly desperate, I wouldn’t.
It’s good that things worked out for her. ;0)
What a wonderfully peaceful take on the prompt (except the abuse part). Well done.
Thank you.
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