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Hostage Situation

“Mr. Griggs. I hear you’re a religious man. How much money would you value on a human life?”

Griggs grunted, snorted, and spit all at once. The effect came over as an interesting sound on the other end of the line. “I don’t play mind games with terrorists, terrorist. Nor do we negotiate with them.”

The voice at the other end tutted. “Well, that is a shame…namely for the skull at the end of my pistol.”

Griggs glanced over worriedly at the rest of his squad. They gestured for him to keep talking. “Don’t act so hasty, now – “

“Ah, repentant, are we now? You had your chance.” A sharp crack nearly blew out the receiver on the phone, and Griggs could hear a collective gasp. “Fifteen million. That’s all I ask.”

The line went dead.

Griggs sighed heavily and turned to his team.

“What are we gonna do?” Novua asked, looking up for once from his laptop. “We can’t go in there. They said what would happen.”

Griggs eyed the building.

Novua noticed the look. “No, they said what would happen. Griggs?”

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SKermitgorf
Posted 2 months ago

What would happen and what will are two different things.. I smell a very cool series Stovo, brilliant as usual, great dialogue and plotting. look forward to more of Griggs
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

When it first started I thought about your human slavery ficlet, but you took this in a completely different direction.
Very tense read, and brilliant as always. Plus, the name “Griggs” is awesome.
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Very tense, right there in the action but with a few little glimpses into this guy’s character.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

That was intense. Griggs really seems like a no-nonsense kind of guy. He’s probably rushing the building right now.
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ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫
Posted 2 months ago

Yip – i agree with all the above.. i think this will be a great series that i’ll just have to keep my eye on.

Awesome start.
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

I don’t know – I might sequel this or not. It’s time for people to climb out of their shells and start sequeling my stuff like they used to! I wanna see your stuff, guys!
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John Perkins – And yes. I was thinking about writing a whole something-or-other around the names Papa Griggs and Uncle Dusty. Poetry.
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

@Stovo, I just sequeled your Human For Sale ficlet like a month ago. Dang you’re needy.
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

Ask and you shall receive. It’s not great, but I didn’t really have an idea of what to do.
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Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

Stovohobo, you always create the most interesting characters. Not to mention names. I love “Griggs.” It matches him, somehow.
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Ridcully Calvert
Posted 2 months ago

I really enjoyed this one, Stovo. So much that I have tacked my own sequel on at the end of John’s.
Hope that I didn’t spoil your plans for Griggs :-D
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invisibility_disability
Posted 2 months ago

griggs. hah.