Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind

Weekly Centina Prompt

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Flint, the infamous bandit was exploring the prairie when two aliens appeared. The little green beings were installing a planet-destroying machinery called ‘Big Bang’.

‘And how you’ll escape?’

‘It’s remote controlled.’

They showed a black box with a red button.

‘Aha.’

Flint pulled out his gun and shot — the controller flew away.

‘Get lost! Take your blow-up thing, too!’

A few minutes later the aliens left the Solar System.

‘Krax, did we forget something?’

‘Gosh, the remote…’

Flint examined the box and pressed the red button. Nothing. He didn’t know that somewhere in the galaxy a spaceship exploded.

Thank you Bill Adler Editor for this prompt (‘Remote Control’).

If you like my character, Flint, check out his other story:

A Fistful of Teeth