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Monday, January 19, 2015

Today's #flashfiction #TheWrongKindOfMonster

“Live long and prosper.”
Dracula* #quote


Today I had hamburgers. When will they ever be made of ham?


The Wrong Kind Of Monster


          Doctor Smith laughed an evil cackle he practiced for several hours while watching the popular Doctor Muahaha's How Laugh Evilly videos on the Internet. “Soon I will rule the world!” he proclaimed to an empty room since he didn't have the budget to hire any evil minions. He lacked a lab coat and merely wore t-shirt and jeans and his glasses were cracked since he'd rather not pay for replacements as long as he could see through them. His black hair looked nice at least as shampoo and showers could fit in the budget. Though he forced himself to use his fingers so he didn't have to pay for a comb.
          All the money went into creating his ultimate creation. The Universe Breaker. (He spent a whole day making up the name, he didn't care if it conveyed the function clearly, it sounded cool.) It didn't destroy universes, but broke the boundaries between them. It would bind anything that came through to his control. He targeted a universe where he detected powerful energies and life(he just stole the device to do that, he never ran so fast in his life. Other mad scientists have much better security systems with very, very nasty guard dogs. The scar from the mutant chihuahua still wraps up half his leg.)
         “Yes, yes...come to me monster from another universe! Show me your otherworldly biology and strike fear into my enemies!” Doctor Smith smiled and the portal opened.
A dragon stepped through and the doctor's smile instantly became a frown.
        His stomach lurched. He dreamed of a creature with tentacles and appendages unknown to mankind. Instead the creature that came through was a dragon.
         The dragon blew a puff of smoke then spoke, “What strange magic you have. I can feel I am bound to you.”
          Doctor Smith yelled at the dragon, “No! You're all wrong! You're supposed to be an alien! Your not incomprehensible...just...no.” The monster the Doctor got would not help him conquer any worlds.
          “My new master, might I suggest that you use me for something else? Perhaps seek a new endeavor than whatever your original task was?” The dragon used his usual trait of wisdom to suggest something to the Doctor.
           Doctor Smith hatched another evil scheme as the dragon reminded him of a theme park ride he saw as a child. Perhaps desperation for a new path allowed creativity to flow easier to him. “You may not assist me in global domination, but I think I can make a profit!”
          The dragon cracked a small smile of its own. It had the power for conquest as the scientist desired, as the Universe Breaker was programmed to find. It could magically manipulate minds. But the dragon desired to hoard wealth and collect things, and if it manipulated the Doctor Smith so be it. The Universe Breaker gave Doctor Smith the ability to command the dragon, but the mad scientist may never know if he was giving the commands.

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