
Photo by: Al Forbes
Hieronymus Greenwich stood beside the lighthouse at Wellington Bay. Generals called him, “Remover of Problems.”
A mile away in a specially fortified position, Member of Parliament Roger Cogsworth gazed through binoculars at Greenwich. “That’s it?” he grumbled. “Our defense against nigh indestructible aliens is one man?”
“He’s our best weapon, sir,” said General Perkins.
Out to sea, the alien machines approached. Torpedoes, mines, missiles all had failed to scratch the heavily shielded weapons.
Greenwich’s mind couldn’t see people/anything like anyone else. It’s why he lived alone. When seeing a person he didn’t see flesh, he saw a hyperspace communications node, a nexus of wires connected to thousands of realities. As Greenwich stared at the machines, his began pulling at the wires he perceived. Realities that cared nothing for the machine’s impervious fields, responded.
First one machine blew up, then another. In minutes, 28 machines lay in ruins. The invasion collapsed.
“I did it!” crowed MP Cogsworth. “I stopped the invasion.”
“Seems Greenwich did it, sir,” noted Perkins.
“I coddled him!”
“You’ve never met him.”
“Time for a photo op!”
Cogsworth dashed off. A staffer turned to recover him.
Perkins held him back. “Let him go.”
“But sir! Greenwich might do something without realizing it.”
“I know. With any luck, he’ll remove another problem.”
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Written for Sunday Photo Fiction: https://sundayphotofictioner.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/sunday-photo-fiction-november-26th-2017/
A politician remover. What could be better?
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Haha! Put that ability in a convenient spray bottle. Then Janitors could save the world. 😉
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True. Bye-bye Congress.
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let him go…..
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Haha! Yep. Maybe Greenwich’s true talent is underutilized… 😉
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What an asset Greenwich is! I wouldn’t mind having him pay a visit to Canberra. Combine his abilities with nanotechnology and the world could be a much better place. Turn them loose on the PC BSers. 😀
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He certainly is, but far more dangerous than fire. He can alter the very fabric of reality, so no armor is proof against him. Just don’t let him anywhere people who are overly selfish or self-centered. He thinks they’re “funny things” to play with. 😉
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“overly selfish or self-centred?” that just about covers every politician past, present and future 😀
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Yep, for politicians that’s a more important trait than knowing how the government works.
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I know a couple of people he could remove. I know OF a couple as well 🙂 Good story as usual Eric.
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Hehe. Same here. I’ve got a long list. 😉 Thanks Al!
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Mine seems to get longer every day at the moment lol
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Everyone thinks they’re immune. It rarely fails. Hilarious, Eric. 😀 — Suzanne
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Right? There’s always someone who thinks rules don’t apply to him. Glad you had fun. Thanks Suzanne!
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