STORY STARTER
Submitted by Ellipsis
'…and all they could do was cry.'
Write a short story that ends with this as the final line.
Red, Blue Gone
The reflection of colours red and blue blinked making a screeching sound as the four legged heavy mechanics dashed away past the alley. Their expressions lay blank with panic as they aggressively urged their car to fit in between a narrow path, desperate to avoid being found. On both the walls beside them, old red bricks were covered in vines and dozens of outdoor black industrial staircases leading to a place someone calls home.
A place they too had once known.
A place they lived in for years. Only to be taken by as quickly as the blink of two colours.
Now it was all gone.
They sat in the dimly lit car, and watched as their future got threatened into C-shaped metal rings and isolation behind bars almost invincible. They sat in silence. and all they could do was cry.