PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll
When the phone finally rang, her muscles turned to jelly. Waiting for the designated fifth ring, she slid down the wall until she was sitting, trembling, on the floor.
“Agent 47.”
“You have failed. Miserably. We had such high hopes for you. Have you any explanation?”
“Nothing was where you said it would be,” she gasped, strangling on her own breath. “I tried. Really, I gave it everything I have.”
“Not quite. You will, though. Wait where you are. There is no place to run, no place to hide.”
And there wasn’t.
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Dear Linda,
This one had me trembling in my boots. Doesn’t sound like Agent 47 came to a good end.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks. That’s the effect I wanted 🙂 And no. Poor 47 didn’t have any more tasks to perform.
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I get the feeling it wasn’t her choice to become an agent either. Frightening stuff.
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Even more frightening than it was in the days of “Animal Farm” and “1984.”–because it’s much more of a reality now than it was then.
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Loved your story, Linda! Very awesome!
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Thanks 🙂
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Oooh! Keep writing this. It has promise!
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Thanks. Who knows—maybe someday 🙂
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yes keep on writing, give her an happy End!!!
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She’s going to need to e resourceful.
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Run. Hide!
When all else fails, blame the other agent. (Or so I’ve been told!)
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She tried to blame the guy on the phone, but that didn’t go too well 🙂
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Oh, that doesn’t sound nice that Agent 47 will now have to give everything. Intriguing story.
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Thanks, Sascha 🙂
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Eeek! It’s going to take all your talents as a writer to get her safely out of this one. 😉
Let’s see. Maybe the guy they send to assassinate her is really a double agent and he helps her to escape.
In another vain, remember Max Smart with the phone in his shoe?
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Who could forget Maxwell Not-So-Smart 🙂
I like your idea about the assassin becoming her halper.
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the guy will help her! The story will be better like this! : )
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Oops! Looks like Ms. Agent 47 couldn’t live up to her <a href="https://www.google.co.in/search?q=hitman+agent+47&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxxMSByKfVAhUJhrwKHTY9C2kQ_AUICygC&biw=1280&bih=611#imgrc=urX-G1FR5w3z8M:"male counterpart's reputation. Well written, Linda. Her desperation really comes through.
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Oops! the gibberish is my lame attempt on creating a clickable link. Sorry for that!
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It actually does bring you to pictures from the movie Hitman
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Thanks. And I have to admire anyone who can even come close to creating a link 🙂
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A great story! Makes you wonder what was not accomplished and what will happen to her. Whatever it is , it is not good. 😦
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Could be the start of a James Patterson novel 🙂
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Poor agent 47
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This prompt reminded me too of old spy stories. Enjoyed reading this.
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We’ll told and too scary to contemplate what happens next (although I’m hoping the two characters are a couple enjoying role play on their anniversary). ‘fraid to say I’m not speaking from experience.
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It is that sort of room. Poor thing.
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Uh oh!! She’s in trouble now!! Good job!! 😊
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Whoops!
Chilling! I take it this isn’t going to end well.
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No place to hide is a terrible threat. Did Agent 47 survive?
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She did if that’s how you decide to end the story 🙂
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Very intruiging! And well written!
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She was clearly right to be scared. Nice one.
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A good yarn. I liked the phrase ‘strangling on her own breath’.
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darn, i guess she’s history.
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Yeeks, poor Agent 47. That last line was awesome, really closed off the story and said it all!
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Penny had to write the last line like this! It´s more exciting…the prosecution is not influenced by the last sentence…I hope!
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That doesn’t bode well for 47.
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Nice cliffhanger, Linda. You left us thirsting for more.
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Thanks. Many others have said the same thing. Maybe I need to work this up into a longer story 🙂
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yes please, and don´t be so cruel please!:::. )
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Oh crap!
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Chilling! Not looking good for Agent 47.
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So well done, Linda. Methinks Agent 47’s days are numbered… unless she can outsmart them!
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Ooh, that doesn’t sound good for Agent 47. Great suspense here.
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