Underestimating anyone, especially an enemy, is never a good idea.
Untrustworthy and evil, The Command had fooled the One Minuters into leaving Keith unsafe at home
Unexpectedly though, Quincy’s tears had flown onto the playground making a smiley face symbol as a cue.
Until that moment, Beth had believed that keeping Keith happy at all times was the best way to save him as The Command fed on anxiety, fear and sorrow; but after seeing the smiley symbol she realised that her assumption was wrong.
“Utter mistake! We got it all wrong! As of now, Quincy is the host for The Command and it feeds on her fear and sorrow. It is not Keith who we need to keep happy all the time, it should be Quincy. If she is happy, content and relaxed, The Command just cannot survive, or at least it could become weak. But how do you make a mom feel happy when her kid’s life is in danger and an evil power is using her to do the worst?” Beth sounded confident, yet scared.
“Understood! I have an idea. Let’s trick The Command then. All of you go to the farmhouse and try to keep The Command and Quincy’s shadow away from Keith. Meanwhile, I will try to take Quincy back in time, to each of her happy moments. I won’t give her a break to think about all this and be upset even for a second. As of now, The Command is busy trying to use only the shadow and it won’t notice that Quincy is missing. If Quincy is happy for long, The Command will not be able to feed off her sorrow, let alone her shadow!” A Minute dropped everyone at the farmhouse and headed back to Quincy in a millisecond.
The story continues tomorrow in the next post. Did you notice that I managed to start each sentence (paragraph in case of long conversations) of this chapter of the story with the letter U (I have managed to do the same from the B letter post)! This is my 21st post for this year’s A to Z Challenge (#atozchallenge). Head to my previous posts to read the entire story.
Read all my posts for the challenge in the A to Z links below:
A ➡ B ➡ C ➡ D ➡ E ➡ F ➡ G ➡ H ➡ I ➡ J ➡ K ➡ L ➡ M ➡ N ➡ O ➡ P ➡ Q ➡ R ➡ S ➡ T ➡ U ➡ V ➡ W ➡ X ➡Y ➡ Z
MOM AND IDEAS 
Short and super fast this one. Maybe because I am reading all of the letters and the continued posts as a story, I am able to move along faster! Getting very interesting, now I want to race to the climax and see how you end it. This reminds me of waiting for a season to end on TV so you can just binge watch it all together.
Read my A-Z at FictionPies
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Nice one! I can see the tension building up 🙂
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You’re on a roll! I was literally at the edge of my seat reading it! Can you just finish with all the remaining letters today.. pretty please .. Can’t wait to know the end!
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Hey thank you so much. Just posted V… The end is near… Or maybe not!
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practical – don’t give her time to think. Mom’s in general can use that rule we worry and think way too much.
U
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Tricky. Hopefully it’ll work.
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Stay tuned for today’s post!
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Waiting for it, eagerly.
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Messing with a mom’s children is sure to bring out the hidden bear in a person. Nice job!
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Oh yes… We all moms have that hidden bear that will come out after a limit is crossed
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U managed this letter well. Nice!
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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Thank you Arlee!!!
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Interesting..quincys shadows remind me of Harry Potters horcruxes…i hope the minutes plan works. 🙂
Dropping by from a to z “The Pensive”
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Ah that’s a lovely compliment. Thank you!
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I’m confident the trick is going to work out 🙂
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Hey Tamara! Thank you for your comment. Heading to your blog!
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OMG! This is nail-biting suspense. Will one-minuters be able to make Quincy happy? Will the Command be defeated in his own game? You rock atta girl. You sure do.
I am on the edge of my seat and can’t wait to read the end now.
Dropping in from deeptechwriter.wordpress.com
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You rock Swati in keeping me excited to write the next chapter. I should have ended my posts with the kind of questions you asked. Will do that! Builds the drama
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Thank you
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