PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot
The elevator doors opened on the overgrown field overlooking the city full of decrepit buildings. Stan stepped out, inhaled deeply. The stench of rot permeated the air. He walked toward the fence surrounding the field and stopped at the gate.
“I have room for three,” he said to the masses of malnourished surface dwellers.
He opened the gate and three were chosen. They followed him back to the elevator and descended into the bowels of the Earth with the man they called Savior.
When the doors opened again, far below their wretched existence above, they knew he was anything but.
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Written for Friday Fictioneers.
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December 3rd, 2015 at 7:18 AM
I do love a good baddie - itching to know what was waiting for them, down there in the dark. Had to smile at “Stan”, too - very clever!
December 3rd, 2015 at 8:02 AM
Brilliant end. Good luck with the book.
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:13 AM
Slave labour or lunch, I wonder? Great story!
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:36 AM
I’m thinking lunch! 😉 Dark, well-done story. I think it’s one of my favorites so far.
December 3rd, 2015 at 10:19 AM
For some reason, the reminded me the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man”. I like your take on the prompt. It has me itching to read more.
December 4th, 2015 at 6:39 AM
Good, old Stan. Nicely done, Adam!
December 4th, 2015 at 2:30 PM
Good little dystopic story.
December 4th, 2015 at 3:00 PM
wicked….
Randy
Moral? Never trust a man in a descending elevator.
December 4th, 2015 at 5:41 PM
Preying on the hope of the poor, that’s pure horror. Good, and very creepy story.
December 6th, 2015 at 10:16 PM
The grass is not always greener!!
December 7th, 2015 at 5:47 AM
This is great. Stan, their saviour - clever.