From my Flash Fiction Collection
And now there was nothing left of what had been her beautiful blue planet. Great Big Five sighed. She had given them chance after chance. She had very nearly deleted the entire human race in Earth Year 2018. Only that little message which flashed up after she had hit the big red button had given her pause.
Do you really want to DELETE?
No, she hadn’t. She’d cancelled the request. Sat back and watched and waited for fifteen Earth Years more. She’d watched the greedy, selfish humans squander more and more of the precious resources of her pretty planet. Barren soil blew away, the oceans turned to acid, the very atmosphere was toxic. Some of the little humans had tried to avert the crisis. They’d spoken out. Even important, influential ones had acted, added their voices. There were protests, social media campaigns, new policies agreed and implemented; the planet had staggered on, but it was all too little, too late.
Meanwhile others had been working on a plan. Done with the Earth, they would move on. Move to another planet. Their neighbour: the red planet. Clever little humans!
Never mind what they’d done to the animals and birds, the trees and flowers, the mountains and lakes. All her best work they’d left in tatters.
She had mind-melded with Great Being Nineteen. The red planet was under his jurisdiction. She had suspected he had plans. With Earth out of the way, he could move his smaller red planet nearer to its sun, into what her imaginative earthlings called the Goldilocks Zone, after one of their sweet little stories. Allow something new to evolve. He’d even let her collaborate on his project.
You have activated Planet Total Destruction. Are you sure you want to do this?
She did.
They couldn’t be allowed to spread their wicked ways.
©2019 Chris Hall
Great vivid story! 🙂
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Thanks, Tom!
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That’s a scary one! 😬
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Mmm. My thoughts were in a strange place today. I think I’ll pop in to see how my characters are doing. They usually cheer me up 😉
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As easy as pushing a button. Food for thought.
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Just a story, but will a serious message.
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Fantastic story 🙂
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Fighting back in a small way!
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Nice story my friend. Let’s hope that the old saying, “reality mimics fiction” is not right.
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Quite so. A cautionary tale nevertheless!
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Sounds like a solution 😀 Sadly, the story is all too close to reality. Well done.
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Our poor planet 😦
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Prescient, looming.
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Hoping not…
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Yes, hoping not
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Remind me never to tempt you with a red button… Or any other button for that matter. 😀
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Ha ha…very wise!
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Love it. Disturbing though. What if we DID push just that little bit too far? 😮
Oh … Great Big Five and Great Being Nineteen … Oops? 🙂
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I guess we’d have to move to Darwin before it was too late…loved that piece of yours!
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The way I’m envisioning Darwin, I don’t think emmigrating there would be a good idea. The name Darwin comes from the scientist, not the city … 😉
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Ah well, maybe not!
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Ha!
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“She had mind-melded with Great Being Nineteen. The red planet was under his jurisdiction”
A good introduction to the red planet here.
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I love a little sci fi mash-up 🙂
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Hello Chris. sorry late commenting but I recently noticed a few likes you left on my recent chats with my vintage mate The Atomic Mage and have come to have a look around your site! I have to say I too liked the “mind meld” reference…and the planet Vulcan also has a bit of a red tinge to it’s scenery with it’s craggy rock formations and sunsets! Am having fun reading through a few posts, thanks!
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A pleasure to welcome you, FT. Hope you enjoy your visit!
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