Great Being Five gazed up at the three Superior Beings in Interview Chamber 4. She didn’t have to be told why she was here.
She had contravened the non-interference protocol¹, deleted one of her planets² and banished a fellow Being to the furthest corner of the universe³.
There was silence in the Chamber.
Five reflected on her transgressions. She must justify her actions.
She flung out a mind-picture of how she’d saved her lovely blue Planet Earth. One US president accidentally falling from the top of his own building had prevented the outbreak a third world war. It had only been a tiny tweak.
She visualized the moment when, years later, she’d reluctantly activated the total destruction of Planet Earth. It had been for the Greater Good. Those wicked little humans were about to infect another planet.
As for the fate of the odious Great Being Nineteen: who’d missed him with his destructive ways? Probably someone he owed money to. If anyone had contravened…
ENOUGH!
The thought-wave almost knocked her out of her chair.
The room vibrated as the Supreme Beings mind-melded.
Five gripped the arms of her chair.
Great Being Five, we are filing a guilty verdict.
Five braced herself.
However, your justifications are accepted.
You are assigned to the Academy for Wisdom.
* * * * * * *
Five sat expectantly in the big red chair in her shiny new office. Her screen flashed.
Assignment:
Great Being Nineteen – Re-education. Take all the time you need.
Five smiled. This was going to be fun!
Written in response to a prompt from Susan T. Braithwaite
Genre Scribes Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #29
The challenge this week was interview.
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¹ Accident on Earth
² And Finally She’d Pulled the Plug
³ A New Dawn
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Yay! She so deserved a promotion after all that hard work!
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Onward and upward for Five!
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A means to an end, Chris. Nineteen should learn a few good lessons!
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Part education, part revenge. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes!
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Exactly… a steep learning curve!😰
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She was guilty, but I accept her justifications… as the other Great Beings.
Nice one Chris!
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All for the Greater Good. What next for Five, our favourite Great Being?
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The re-education of Nineteen will be like a paid vacation for her. For him it will be like summer school. 😅
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Great charming twist ending! 😀 New horizons for for Five. Cool how you’ve added footnotes to other chapters too – would be interesting to try it out myself.
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I think we might see more of Five’s adventures!
On the footnotes – I originally put in links to the other stories, but it occurred to me that footnotes would be less distracting. It would work well with your animal tales.
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I love this piece, Chris! Superb opening line: “Great Being Five gazed up at the three Superior Beings in Interview Chamber 4.” It pulled me right into the story and had me hooked–I’ll catch up with the other chapters soon. Amazing writing! 👏🤩
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Thanks Susan 🙂 She’s a great character, I love finding out what she’ll do next 😉
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She certainly got my attention. It’s great when you find a character like that.
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