At it again! (A drabble and an unrelated link.)

[thistlechaser]

I've not written a drabble since I left hp100 long long ago. When I first found lost100 I figured I'd just lurk, but this week's challenge had just too much potential.

We could write a Lost drabble about anything we liked, but we had to use a Beatles song title somewhere in it. (List of titles here.) At first that seemed like a silly idea, but man! So many titles and so any good ideas! So I wrote one, and I suspect I may write more before the week's done.

Title: Not Alone ("Beatles Song Titles" Challenge.)
Character: Walt, Vincent, and something in the jungle.
Words: 100.
Song Title: The last line of dialogue is the song title. It would spoil it to put it here.



Something was moving through the trees.

"V-Vincent?"

Rustling overhead. Movement on either side. Eyes widening, Walt tried not to breathe.

Suddenly a crashing was coming straight at him! Bursting through the green!

"Vincent!"

Tail between his legs, the dog fled by without stopping. Walt blinked at... what was that stuff on his dog? Before he could get a second look, the boy was hit by... something. It splattered against his head and dripped down onto his left shoulder.

"Ewwww!"

Hooting and screeching replied, the monkeys growing bolder and throwing more rotten fruit.

Walt ran, following Vincent. "Too much monkey business!"


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I had forgotten how fun and challenging it was to shoot for exactly 100 words! To get a (hopefully) good story told and to have some sort of twist in it. :)


Link: A woman in New Zealand says she is breastfeeding her pet puppy because she wants it to protect her baby daughter as they both grow up.

Comments

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

Heheheheheheh, I thought that was an amusing drabble, but it also leads to a question. Why are there so few animals on Lost? You'd think an island would be teeming with life at least, wouldn't you?

Still, I think it had a very fitting choice of lyrics and the story was enjoyable, no matter how short.

As for the link, that's a bit...off to put it mildly. I'm all for cross-species cooperation, but that's ridiculous.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And maybe we'll see them hunting more things... unless the whatever-it-is on the island ate all the animals.

And yes, fully agreed! Blech!

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

[keeps mouth shut for spoilers] Let's just say that this one will surprise you. ^__^