Photo by: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Brent glared at the metal box in the weeds. “I don’t understand. The DNA sniffer is reporting aliens nearby, but there’s only us.”
Beside him, his lab help, Devin, shook his head. “So many failures. Time for the Mark XXXIX?”
“We have to finish this,” said Brent, pacing. “Aliens have been infiltrating Earth at all levels. We need this DNA sniffer to track them.”
“Perhaps aliens were in these woods, and that’s what it’s detecting?”
“I suppose so. Let’s test elsewhere. Devin? Devin, where are you?”
Devin emerged from behind a tree, inconspicuously tucking his tail away. “Right, let’s go.”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers: https://rochellewisoff.com/2020/05/06/8-may-2020/
EagleAye
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I was gonna say…. something tells me one of them ain’t who he says he is!
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You know me so well. 😉
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🙂
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I certainly wasn’t expecting that! Hoping Brent lives to tell the tale. Good one!
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Oh he does. Despite Brent’s great intelligence, it takes ’til about the mark 47 before he works it out. 😉 Thanks much!
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lol You’re welcome.
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Dear Eric,
Brent better watch his own tail. 😉 Things aren’t always what they seem, are they? I can always count on you for something out of the…um…box. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Barrump-BUMP! pssshhh!
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They certainly are not. And I’m so glad you count on me to provide the ol’ switcheroo at the end. 😉
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It’s a whale of a tail 😀
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Ha! Well it’s not quite that big. It would be hard to fit one of them in your pants. 😉
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Oh dear, I reckon that DNA sniffer will be detecting aliens everywhere they go until someone decides it’s broken and bins it.
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Precisely. The other marks worked perfectly as well and they got binned. Brent really needs to wise up. 😉
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i did laugh, we humans somehow arrogantly believe we are the dominant species – we need to be careful. I enjoyed reading this piece of fantasy.
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So happy to hear that. We do need to be careful. We don’t have things nearly as under control as we think we do. Glad you laughed. 🙂
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Poor Brent. All those iterations of his machine and he still hasn’t suspected it’s actually been functioning correctly all the time and there really is an alien nearby 🙂
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Yup. you read this perfectly. All those marks worked just fine. The alien plan is working out exactly as planned. 🙂
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I had to laugh at the nomenclature — DNA Sniffer. I DID think of a dog, though. Obviously, the earth is filled with aliens. Fun read, Eric!
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Crazy as it seems, a “DNA sniffer” is an actual term. Some of this nutty stuff is not my own. Glad you had fun. Thanks much! 🙂
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A brilliant twist at the end. Love it!
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Much appreciated! 🙂
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His costume must be out of this world clever! This was a fun story to read and Thanks!
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It is, but it’s not too hard since the aliens “mostly” look like us. “Panspermia” anyone? 😉
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Well, as long as he tucked it away … 😉
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The aliens do have a sense of decency after all. 😉
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Whew … 😉
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