Hey all! Finals are done and the break has started! I decided that I will post what I wrote in response to a prompt. These written pieces will be unedited, short, and most likely a fragment of a story rather than a complete one. Normally, it would make sense to turn a prompt into a short story but I really struggle with writing short stories so my goal is to just write. If it ends up being a short story, great!

The prompt I randomly picked is, "write about an assassin who gets hired to kill a man who doesn't exist." Here goes:

I stand in front of the tidy motel room, a compact gun in my hand and two more inside my long jacket. It has taken me two months to get to this point but I know that I can't rest easy. The man inside is known to have killed anyone that has gone after him. However, those are probably rumors that he spread to make himself seem untouchable. I've killed over a hundred people that were known to be cruel killers so this can't be any different.

I take a deep breath and check the doorknob to find that the door is unlocked. He is either really cocky, really stupid, or really smart to leave the door open. I firmly push the door open and aim my gun at the entrance. My eyes scan the room, checking for any sign of traps but nothing appears to be on the worn walls or in the dark corners. However, the sounds of a television program sound from somewhere in the open room.

Slowly, I step lightly into the room. No one appears so I close the door behind me as my heart speeds up. I don't like how easy this is. I step past the beds and aim my gun at the television. No one is in front of the brightly lit screen and I lower my arm.

I am about to scout the bathroom when a character on the TV screen says, "I'm George Was and I love playing with toy cars."

I stare at the screen with my mouth open and my eyes wide. George Was is a fictional character? Two months I spent in contact with my client to get information about George and he isn't real? I am about to scream when I see a note on the corner of the screen.

We missed you.

- Marie

The door to the bathroom opens and I spin around to find Marie standing in the room with Michael standing next to her.

"Daddy!"

I quickly put away the gun as he runs up to me and I wrap my arms around him, tears falling down my face.

"Welcome back."

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Let me know what you all think! At first I thought that I wasn't going to be able to come up with anything interesting when I picked this prompt but I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. If you know of any good prompts, feel free to message me and I will try to use it for a future post.

Next week I will be posting a poem. I'm not sure if I will just write something that comes to me or if I will pick a form and topic to try.

Also, I realized that there was a problem with my blog that made it difficult to follow. However, it should be fixed now so feel free to follow the blog!

I hope that you all have a good week!