Breaking Up
How long had he been held a prisoner? Jeb just did not know – he knew that once he had escaped, but had found himself in a alien world. That he had been brought back to some kind of laboratory. He knew that he was in some way invisibly connected to a image creating machine. He was being kept alive, encourged to dream, but he was not free. Last time he had managed to get free by imaging death -‘a pitch black void’. This time he intended to find pure blinding light. Instead he found himself entering his family home at Christmas.
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Dear Michael,
Abducted and home for Christmas? Considerate of the aliens, isn’t it? Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
If only,
If all we had to do was imagine…
I’m guessing the aliens feed on his dreams.
That’s how it seemed at first, he was like a TV station, choose a different alien race a day. but now he is not sure,
That’s a thought – but there would be no opportunity to write …
There’s still a worry that images of home would pacify him enough to not try escaping again.
That is true, but he is alert to them now so he is going to play a different game, Santa is coming!
Plenty of intrigue here, like what do the aliens want with him in the first place. Still, home for Christmas seems like a happy ending!
They are using him like a TV station! They collect differing races from all around the universe – it is TV gone mad.
Still, being paid to dream isn’t all bad. That’s what writers hope for
This made me smile, if only,
As I understand it, ‘they’ (whoever they are) learn about him/us through his dreams. Very imaginative story.
It may be so, but they are keeping their cards close to their form what ever that is.
Dreams always offer such a storytelling bounty. And for alien studies, it seems. 🙂
So it seems, but it is impossible to find out.
Such entertainment for the aliens. It sounds like he has happy memories of family Christmases.
He is hoping to use the magic of christmas against the aliens – time will tell.
Nice ending. I can see the decorations and smell the turkey.
Ha Christmas its magical, thank you for your comment it was good to get your feed back.
An interesting story, Mike. I like the idea behind it. Good ending! I could feel the “freedom” in his homecoming.
So pleased to get your comments. Thank you.
Interesting how they are using him for his memories and dreams. Perhaps to learn about humans perhaps? Or maybe they are siphoning them for something? Depends how scifi the story is I guess. Great write!
If my muse would let me, this story has the potential to be expanded and be a deep sci-fi story. There is quite a lot of back story floating around in my head!
Oh… I sense he’s being lulled for upcoming ordeals…
That is certainly one interpretation, it was good to hear from you.
Wonderfully imaginative.
That is kind of you, thank you, Dawn.
A chilling write – I read it more as the story of a person whose mind is playing tricks with him, perhaps he escaped from a hospital, perhaps he was drugged to alter his thinking…
Thank you for reading and your comments, it always helps to know how a story comes across. I was good to hear two of the possibilities that I envisaged.