“See that thing?” Holly whispered.
“What thing?” Harold mumbled, eyes barely lifted from the miniature screen of his new smart-watch.
“That thing!” Holly covered her brother’s wrist with her hand. “Over there.”
Harold sighed and looked around. Old metal fences that once cordoned lines of people. Rotten concrete. Musty dankness. A deserted skating rink. What’s to see?
“Nothing,” he shrugged.
Holly exhaled exasperation. “That bird,” she hissed.
“Oh. A brown pigeon. Unusual coloring.”
His sister’s fingers tightened around his wrist and he grimaced at the pressure on his watch. It was new. She’d ruin it before he could show it off. “Hey, let go! What?!”
“I don’t care about its coloring. It is staring at us!”
“It’s just a bird.” He scrutinized the gate. His friends were very late.
“Yeah? Bet you won’t say that when it calls millions of its friends to dive in and peck us to death!”
For Crispina‘s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Woah, I have heard of how pigeons are capable of revenge, but training to assassinate? Woah.
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Ah, who knows, eh? They’ve been watching people long enough to learn, probably … OY!
Thanks for the comment!
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They are extremely intelligent birds, so I’d keep an eye in it, were I him… 😉
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Yep! They sure is! (If taking any clues from the pigeons who won the battle for my AC years ago, and got me as a butler that changes their diaper pad … 😉 )
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Tell me about it. My dad used to call seagulls “shithawks” coz they sullied his boat. I’m thinking pigeons trump them!
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Yep. Pigeons are street-smart … 😉
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Buahaha!
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🙂
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Someone’s been watching Hitchcock! Nice one. 🙂
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Ah … yeah … and the pigeons who watched the movie got SO MANY IDEAS! 😉
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😃😄
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😀
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Somehow she’s wise to be wary…
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Yep, me think she is!
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