SHORT STORY
Abducted
By Naomi Gibert
It was a beautiful sunset in the town of Lakeside Valley when teeanager Rebecca Simpson was taking a leisurely stroll with her boyfriend, Dave, in the soybean fields. The evening was quiet, the sky was cloudless and painted with orange, purple, and pink, and centered in the sky was the sun like a white glowing orb. The day seemed too perfect and Dave leaned in for a kiss… Later that day, the entire town was buzzing with curiosity about the proclaimed abduction of Rebecca Simpson. Meanwhile Dave, her boyfriend, was being interrogated at the police station. “I leaned in for a kiss and the poof! I saw her being carried in mid air by this flying, hovering disc. In the disc peered out a little head. It was green, pale green, and out reached two regular sized arms with four webbed little fingers with little balls at the end of each. The green thing grabbed her body and took off into outer space,’’ Dave exclaimed. As he was explaining this to the unimpressed police. “Drop it boy, drop the act, we know you’re lying,’’ said Officer Peterson furrowing his eyebrow. “Yeah, whatever things you are coming up with are bogus,’’ said Officer Daniels, obviously tag teaming the good cop and bad cop act with Officer Peterson. Tragically, Dave was arrested and was sentenced to a night at prison until further notice. After that word spread around about all sorts of crazy things. Things such as Dave murdered Rebecca and dropped the body in the woods, that Rebecca was kidnapped and being held hostage at Dave’s secret cabin, or Rebecca simply just ran away. But there were skeptics out there that thought that this all was just a hoax. In any situation, Rebecca was still missing and the town of Lakeside Valley was embroiled in a deep mystery. At 9:00 PM that night there was a man hunt organized by the people themselves. Torches were lit, guns were loaded, and the glare of flashlights were blinding. “Rebecca, Rebecca, Rebecca Simpson,” the townspeople cried for hours but it was no use. With sorrowful hearts and raspy voices, the residents of Lakeside Valley returned home exhausted at promptly, 12:00 p.m.
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August/September 2020
