Sunday, May 11, 2014

Warning: Low Battery


Today's muse: First 50 Words

Write the first 50 words of your story, using the word Warning: Low Battery.

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Warning: Low Battery

Everyone watched in mute terror as the hooded figure paced the front row of the movie theatre, an AK47 dangling over his right shoulder.

In the back row, Jeremy Ackerton punched nine one one into his cell phone.

“Fuck me,” he muttered, when the screen flashed its warning: Low Battery.