The team employed the use of Nightshade to get the information they wanted from their captive. “Anthony Becker, who do you work for?” The leader, Archer, spoke into a voice modifier.
Anthony groaned as the Nightshade took effect. It’s a special blend that only Archer knew of the ingredients. After all, he was the genius among this pathetic group of thugs. He glanced down at his watch. Exactly two hours left before the boss takes over.
He lightly tapped Anthony’s face, trying to wake him up. Anthony groaned again. “Anthony Becker, Who. Do. You. Work. For.”
Anthony suddenly perked awake. He looked around before realizing he was handcuffed. “Who the hell are you?”
“Who do you work for, Anthony?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
“Oh, I think you do.” He can’t lie, thought Archer. The special ingredient in his Nightshade: Sodium Pentothal. Anthony opened his mouth and just about to speak when a loud bang went off. “Damn it!” Anthony was dead.
(150 words)
Each week, Mondays Finish the Story challenges our minds by providing with a picture along with the first sentence for us to finish the flash fiction with 100 -150 words based on the picture above.
Who shot the man? Great story Yinglan! I want to read more…. Thanks for writing again for the MFtS challenge and be well… ^..^
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It was someone from Archer’s organization. Someone who wanted to terminate the interrogation before Archer found the answer. Thank you for reading and I’m looking forward to next week’s challenge. 🙂
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You could weave more in this story and maybe a future challenge will allow you to continue on with this… 😀
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Maybe, we’ll see. 😉
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🙂
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Oh no! He killed him and now he will never know who he works for. Great story Yinglan!
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Someone apparently didn’t want Archer to find out too much. Thank you for reading.
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I LOVE YOUR MIND
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I think “nightshade” was also the name given to a bomb which the retired and senior spies tried to get in the movie Red 2 starred by Bruce Willis. 🙂
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Didn’t know that. I didn’t even know what nightshade until I looked it up on wikipedia. Good to know. 🙂
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🙂
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Does appear to be a continuing story. Well done, was not expecting a shooting.
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It’s possible. Thank you for reading.
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Well done Yinglan ~ A very exciting take on the prompt ~ 🙂
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It’s not Archer’s day, is it? Nor Anthony’s either, to be honest 🙂
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