“Everything is
half off!”
King Solomon* #quote
Today I decided to do something then didn't do it. Then later I
decided to do something and did it. Then grandma came over for dinner
and much fun was had. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
Wake Up Or Die
“Hello Zack.”
“Who are you? What are you doing in my mansion? You're not one of
my butlers! Or my genius, celebrity, supermodel wife!”
“You have to wake up Zack.”
“I said who are you? Get off my estate or I'll call my private
security team! I'm also best friends with all the important people in
the world! Do you want me to put a bad word in with the President?”
“I'm your survival instinct Zack. You have to wake up Zack. You've
been dreaming too long. They'll unplug you and you'll die.”
“You're saying I'm dreaming?”
“Yes.”
“That some sort of joke?”
“If it's a joke Jack then how are we on the ceiling? It's a strange thing that only
happens in dreams that only a dreaming man would ignore so easily.
And only a dreaming man would ignore the fact I have twenty arms so
easily.”
“My survival instinct huh? Come to save me from my dreams?”
“Another part of your not dreaming subconcious heard them talking
about unplugging you. So I came to your dreams to save you. Wake up
so they won't kill you.”
“But if what you're saying is the truth then I will go back to an
imperfect world. More time here is better than out there.”
“Zack. I am your survival instinct. And one thing I can ask you to
make you think about living is this: How old are you?”
“At least old enough to marry my wife. Well I guess you said she's
not real. I don't remember now when I married her. Are they
unplugging me because I'm to old or too young? Did I imagine myself
being older? Do I have a lot to live for? Hey, you're messing with my
head!”
“Zack, wake up.”
“Maybe you're right. And I do need to wake up. I'm giving up a lot
for this.”
Zack awoke. His doctor shocked, his family shocked. The room was
bright. At least to him. Things slowly came into focus. He saw his
young hands. A teenager came into his vision. That's how old he was.
Not a man in a mansion with a genius, celebrity, supermodel wife. But
certainly someone with much more to live for.
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