The Assignment [PIC2016]

AREA 52
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE WASHINGTON
0900 HRS
SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE

The Major walked into the briefing room and without any preamble started the briefing.
"Good morning gentlemen, lets get started. The slides you will now see are representations from our team of psychics. They have been cross-checked and verified by multiple sources. Let's take a look at slide one."



"This is a view of the rainforests in the Amazon Basin. They have been ravaged. there is several feet of ash on the ground and nothing but dead vegetation. There is no human life on the planet. This reading was interpreted from the Communist presidential candidate Boris Gromweld."

"Our next slide is from a reading from the Snowflake Party candidate, Betty Crampington."



"As you can see, the Angel of Death figures prominently in these visions. Again, no human life is detected on any continent of the planet."

"Our third slide is from a reading of the Greed Party candidate, Hubert Boastly."



"The interpretation of this candidate was of financial ruin and ultimately, global Armageddon. There was no human life detected on the planet."

"The final slide is an interpretation from the Foreign Country candidate, Gomer Gelato."



"The interpretation here was walls of the dead and dying. Massive suffering and finally total death across the entire planet."

The major paused for a minute, then looked at the assembled men in the briefing room.

"Your tasks as US Army trained snipers is clear. You know your jobs, you have your targets.



Get to work."


the Major left the briefing room the same way he came in.

a reply to: DBCowboy

Wow nice writing. Great photos.

a reply to: Quantum12

Thank you.

LOL - Brilliantly done Cowboy!!!
BigG

a reply to: Gordi The Drummer

Thank you! Coming from a champion, I am honored!

Oh my! Folks better hide!!

Fun interpretation of the pictures!

= AB

a reply to: AboveBoard

Thank you, tried a different twist.

LOL Very well done.

a reply to: Errollorre

Appreciate that.

a reply to: DBCowboy

Well, at least we're not the only ones with crappy candidate choices!

Love your story!

a reply to: DBCowboy

That was good! S&F
I don't know how I miss it earlier...I thought I had done the rounds, lol.

jacy

originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: DBCowboy

Well, at least we're not the only ones with crappy candidate choices!

Love your story!

Thank you!

a reply to: jacygirl

Thanks. So many writers, so many good stories.

I'm just glad to participate!

a reply to: DBCowboy

That was a really good interpretation of the photos and I love how you used them as photos, if you see what I mean.
You remind me of another writer on ATS a while ago, he was very good too.

Loved it, S&F

B x

a reply to: beansidhe

Thank you!