Thanks to Diana Wallace Peach of Myths of the Mirror for our May photoprompt.
For visually challenged writers, this is an image of a man who is part human and part machine. Behind him are gears and wires as well as a hint of fire or electricity.
Pixabay image by Brigitte Werner
The Awakening
He had nothing when he volunteered for the program.
No family, no prospects, no home, no ties. He was perfect.
They had tapped into his memory and deleted all knowledge of his former life.
Over the years, they had removed, improved and replaced vital components of his body.
By trial and error, he was practically indestructible now, one of a hundred ‘ideal soldiers’ of the future who would obey their superiors without question or conscience.
Each stood sedated in the ranks ready to strike when the time was right.
No-one noticed when he woke up and, flexing his golden muscles, began to test his new power.
‘Nice…………..’ flashed up on his mind monitor and was gone in an instant.
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I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes!
In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too.
On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts.
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pensitivity101 
Oh, nice one! Sci-fi works perfectly. I like the little twist there as he wakes up, has a thought, and then it’s gone. Thanks for playing!
Do you want to give it a title? 😀 If so, I’ll change the title on the reblog and in the round-up
I forgot again! DUH!!!
Title: “The Awakening”.
I’ll change mine too. What a numpty I am!!!
I did get a laugh. I’ll change it. 🙂
Thanks Diana.
Good picture prompt again. Have given you a title now (oops) 🙂
Great story and I have to say, I love the word “numpty” 🙂
It does have a lovely ring to it doesn’t it. Thanks for commenting.
Reblogged this on Myths of the Mirror and commented:
The first story in! A little sci-fi from Pensivity.
Very interesting story. What happens next?
I have no idea!
You should have a second part.
I might………………
Good! Waiting
Interesting. It sort of made me think of current civilization – the more advance we proclaim to be, the more powerful we profess to be the more fleeting the thoughts of being nice. I love when I read something that leaves me lost in thought – wonderful!
Thank you very much!
Brilliant Di
thanks!
A rogue maybe? I like it!
Thanks Jackie
Dude is swole! Very nice response!
Thanks!
I would love to read more of this story! Perfect for the image. 🙂
Thank you.
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Reblogged this on pensitivity101 and commented:
Fandango has a thing going about flashback posts, and this is one I wrote on May 1st last year. Reading it now, I don’t think it was too bad!!
I remember doing this one too 💜
It was a good picture
It’s brilliant isn’t it 💜💜💜
🙂 Yep.