Drabble: Shadow Box

[czarina_kitty]

Title: Shadow Box
Author:  czarina_kitty
Characters:  Jack, the Doctor
Challenge:  tw100 # 184 – shadow  play
Rating:  PG
Notes: post COE                                                                             

 

“I don’t get it, Doc.  How were they able to hold the entire world hostage?”

“Surely you, Jack, of all people, understand the value of projecting a strong image.”

“But if we’d known…”

“Did you ever see them up close?  In the open?”

“No…”

“Just inside the tank, right?”

“Yeah.”

“And they spoke through the children or with a synthesizer?”

“Yes.”

“Classic deception—smoke and mirrors, really.  Like making shadow puppets.  Aim the light source correctly, stand back from the screen and voila:  big, scary alien.”

“But they’re not even a foot tall.  We could have just stepped on them.”

 

Comments

[scifiangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is sad and funny at the same time. Well done.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

wonderful twist! That's really a horrible reality considering what happened.

[jolinarjackson.livejournal.com]

How horrible to consider what happened. And they could have just STEPPED on them. Mean twist, but I like it.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. You managed to write a poignant vignette and capture the Jack/Ten rhythm perfectly.

[jo02]

Oh, that's - that's - very sad indeed !

[bk_forever]

So sad, makes it seem that everything they went through, all the sacrifice, was for nothing.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, great use of the prompt, and the idea really hits you in the gut. Wow.

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

wow... that is scary