How did you get on with this week's writing prompts?
I chose prompt 3 - Heat
They ran to stand behind the grey double doors, listening to the sirens. Her heart was thudding, her breathing was erratic. She looked at her partner, Steve. They were ready. Suddenly she heard the boss in her earpiece,
'Team 1. GO GO GO!'
They nodded, their training kicked in. She opened the heavy door, he covered their entry. The hall was dark, but filled with noise. She hoped they would recognise their target. She heard shots, saw flashes. There was a body on the floor, face down. Steve gave her the signal. He lifted the torso of the body by the shoulders. It was their target. As their target shouted and raised his gun at her, she fired hers twice. There was a body on the floor, face down. Again.
The hall lights went on. The sirens stopped. The target got up and clapped,
'Well done, perfect'.
The rest of the team gathered round, grinning like Cheshire cats.
Sandy's hands were shaking. Was it adrenaline, exhilaration or shock? She felt the weight of the gun in her hands. She had fired it twice, without thinking. Apparently this was a replica of the gun that had killed Jill Dando. That didn't matter.
It felt good, packing heat. She felt ashamed, but - oh- it felt so good.
After lunch: diffusing a bomb.
Yep, folks, this was me on a team building course in the late '90's. We had spy training, then pretended to be agents. It was one of the best - and most appalling - experiences of my life.
They ran to stand behind the grey double doors, listening to the sirens. Her heart was thudding, her breathing was erratic. She looked at her partner, Steve. They were ready. Suddenly she heard the boss in her earpiece,
'Team 1. GO GO GO!'
They nodded, their training kicked in. She opened the heavy door, he covered their entry. The hall was dark, but filled with noise. She hoped they would recognise their target. She heard shots, saw flashes. There was a body on the floor, face down. Steve gave her the signal. He lifted the torso of the body by the shoulders. It was their target. As their target shouted and raised his gun at her, she fired hers twice. There was a body on the floor, face down. Again.
The hall lights went on. The sirens stopped. The target got up and clapped,
'Well done, perfect'.
The rest of the team gathered round, grinning like Cheshire cats.
Sandy's hands were shaking. Was it adrenaline, exhilaration or shock? She felt the weight of the gun in her hands. She had fired it twice, without thinking. Apparently this was a replica of the gun that had killed Jill Dando. That didn't matter.
It felt good, packing heat. She felt ashamed, but - oh- it felt so good.
After lunch: diffusing a bomb.
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Yep, folks, this was me on a team building course in the late '90's. We had spy training, then pretended to be agents. It was one of the best - and most appalling - experiences of my life.
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It is a really uncomfortable relationship that we have with our 'fight and flight' instinct and our supposedly 'civilised' selves. It's almost as if something takes over and you can't think straight until later on. Thanks for the writing prompts - I really enjoyed sitting down and challenging myself to write something totally different x
ReplyDelete@Damson Lane, yes, I'm not normally like that at all. I'm looking forward to reading your post x
DeleteAmazing! You really did that? How exciting!
ReplyDelete@Nikki, yes, it was exciting, but I'm rather ashamed as I'm really not a fan of guns...
DeleteYou did that? Very cool and exciting xx
ReplyDelete@Susan, I sure did. I liked it far more than I should have done! x
DeleteWhat an experience x
ReplyDelete@Carol, it certainly was. It was such a long time ago now, it's hard to believe it happened x
DeleteWow I can picture this so clearly, good writing! I can't believe you did that! What an experience! x
ReplyDelete@Hannah, thank you, it was such fun, shameful, but fun x
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