Social Distancing Police (SDP) had their ways of finding us: cell signals; surveillance cams and drones; infrared heat signals. The Elites funded the SDP. Survivors were hunted as if lives depended on it – which they did.
Some of us Mutts carried immunity – discerned through (fatal) brain collection and biopsy analysis.
The right brains had eluded them. The Elites were dying. They needed the cure.
We hid in plain sight, climbing up through the hollow iron column from the abandoned subway.
We scavenged at night to eat.
We prayed one wouldn’t be found — until they were all gone.
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the steadfast host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Great use of the prompt and merging it into today’s circumstances.
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Thank you, Sadje.
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You’re welcome Li.
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You are good at just desserts. Bail out the little guys this time! (K)
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Yeppers. It’s about time we got bailed out.
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This situation has taken over!
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Uh-huh!
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Scary stuff. Just have to survive long enough for the Elites to die off. Nice one!
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Thank you, Ali!
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An excellent piece of dystopia there. Nice one.
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Thank you, Anthony.
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The elites tend to discover during epidemics that they share the planet with the rest of us and that their health depends on ours
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Amen! You got what I was getting at.
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type A blood are rumoured to be more susceptible, just saying, it was the first thing that came to mind after I read your story, again you take me to a world I want to know more about, this is a great tease!
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Thanks for that bit of info on Type A. If they know that it should make it easier to develop a vaccine I would think. Glad you were teased by the story. Hoping there never has to be another chapter!
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Ooooooh. I want more!
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:) Thanks!
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Nice use of current events
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Thanks, Larry. It’s difficult not to think about it right now.
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Overthrow the Elites
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:) Don’t you think that would be a good place to hide? As long as they don’t find the hatch leading to it from the subway, they have a fair shot at it. I wonder how they avoid the infrared sensors on the drones at night…
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You would almost have to stay underground.
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Interesting and sinister take on the prompt, well done
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Thank you, Michael.
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i guess once all the current elites are gone, they become the new elites. like they say, history repeats itself.
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Plaridel, your comment reminded me of this song:
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Thank the good Lord for mutts.
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<3
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A little selfish, but maybe they deserved it…!
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Oh boy and how, buddy, they deserved it. Can you imagine hunting people down and taking their brains, trying to keep yourself alive? Modern day zombies!
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What part of that’s fiction? I just heard today that tax preparation has been deemed essential. They can’t provide toilet tissue, but they can still take our money, so they can bail out airlines and oil companies. Cannibalization, for cures or food, is the next logical step.
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Can’t argue with anything you said, Nobbin.
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Dear Lisa,
May it never come to that. Bleak story. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, we are of like minds on that. Thank you.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Too real. I love it!
Word on the street is that my government is taking bids for the delivery of “contagion shacks” to be delivered….somewhere…??? and Cabela’s is sold out of guns and ammo. So yeah…the things, they are a happening!
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This is awesome! Believable, relatable, and scary. Well done!
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Susan, thank you! Sorry, again on the late response. There were 43 messages in my spam folder and 3 of them were yours!
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This concept would make a great movie, or an even better book!
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It would be a fun story to write even though the topic is pretty grim. Thanks, Russell, glad you like it.
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Brrr! Now you’ve got me worried! If I’m not immune, I die. If I am immune they suck out my brains. Ugh! Good luck, Mutts!
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It is a grim scenario for sure. Thank you for reading and commenting, Penny.
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By definition there are a lot more Mutts and there are Elites. Thing is, once the Elites all die off, the Mutts will become the Elites, and the cycle starts all over again. . .
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Alas, yes, the cycle is inescapable :(
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*a lot more mutts THAN there are Elites :)
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Dark thoughts for dark times. I’ve dismissed our butler and maid as they may be carriers. Without notice or pay, of course. Bloody Mutts.
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Thank you for your insightful comment.
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The SDP is already in operation. I knew there was something more behind all this.
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LOL
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A scary thought here.
Well done… you’re creeping me out
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I know! It is a scary thought! Right now there are probably a large number of people who are homeless, or will be soon because they can’t pay their rent…
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So true. Just horrible
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I hope all my blogger friends are doing well and looking after the needy, in these exceptionally difficult and trying times.
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A powerful and topical story… Yes many who I used to see each week are now in hiding. So sad
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brilliant! Loving this one xoxo
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Thank you!
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