Photo Prompt: Dawn M. Miller
“Stop it!”
Harry’s voice ricocheted off the cliffs. He could feel reverberations from his running traveling through the wooden trestles underneath his feet. Other thuds shook the bridge as well.
The figures didn’t even pause. Gordon swiped a leg under Thomas and the larger man went to the rails but grabbed hold of Gordon’s clothing. They rolled and the men would’ve tumbled off the tracks if it weren’t for Gordon’s belt catching on a spike.
Harry bent mid-stride to grab a stout stick.
It seemed he’d have to knock the two unconscious to stop them from killing each other.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
A desperate solution but seems as though it’s the only sensible thing to be done.
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Yep, in lieu of a cold water hose, it seems his options were sparse … 🙂 Thanks, Jilly!
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But maybe then the train will come and worse could follow?
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If that happens they will certainly be in even bigger trouble!
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When i first read it thats how I read the situation!! Good stuff.
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🙂 Thank you! 🙂
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Some days, a stout stick might be the only savior.
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Indeed so, Magaly! Thank you for stopping by and for the comment! I hope you visit again! Na’ama
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You dropped us right into the thick of things.
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LOL, I guess so, eh? 🙂 Thank you for the comment!
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Hopefully for Harry they won’t turn around, take a break from each other and swing at him instead. Here’s hoping he has good aim with that stick!
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I hope so, too!!! 🙂
Great comment!
Na’ama
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You certainly built up the tension! Brilliant.
Click to read my FriFic tale!
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Thank you Keith! Will do!
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Excellent short story. Says a great deal about dilemma and necessity.
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Yes … sometimes there are no good options … only lesser-of-two-evils options … Thanks for the comment!
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Bit like a quote about Democracy….’A poor form of government, but all the alternatives are so much worse’
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Good analogy … 😉
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Maybe he should have just let hem have at it… of course, if they are brothers, that would not be an option 😉
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Not many options available. Great read.
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🙂 Thank you!
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Why are they fighting – Gordon and Thomas?
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I wish I knew! Though it does seem like Harry isn’t surprised that they are … (What do people fight over? Pride, greed, shame, misunderstanding, immaturity, hate?)
Thanks for the comment and the question! 🙂
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Not many options. Tense scene. Good writing.
Chanukah Samayach,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle! Hanukkah Same’ach to you, too! 🙂
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You created a tense, action-packed scene. I guess sometimes knocking someone senseless is the only way for sanity to be restored.
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Or … to help them stick around (pun and all?) till sanity can perhaps return … 😉
Thank you, Brenda, for the comment! 🙂
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Lovely descriptive writing (I particularly liked ‘ricocheted off the cliffs’), excellent pace, taut construction. Kudos!
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Yay! Thank you for this generous feedback! 🙂 Evocative photo, this one, so it certainly helped! 🙂
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I felt like doing that to my three sons a time or two. . .
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LOL! I remember when my eldest sister had two boys and they tussled on the carpet like puppies … She looked at them in consternation (we’re all girls, so this was a novelty…) as her husband — who has a brother — shrugged that: “That’s what boys do, and if they get too rowdy we can always pour cold water over them…” 😉 Thankfully, they didn’t quite have to resort to that … 🙂
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I kicked mine outdoors. We lived in central Minnesota. Didn’t take them long to burn up the energy 🙂
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🙂 That’s good creative thinking that doesn’t involve stout sticks or ER visits! 🙂
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…and hope like h*ll a train didn’t come before they regained consciousness!!! excellent write!
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Thank you! I sure hope so, too!!!!
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