Primeval drabble: The Future

[knitekat]

Title: The Future

Author: knitekat

Word Count: 100

Characters: Helen Cutter

Rating: 12

Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures. Certainly not me. Writing for fun and will replace.

A/N: For P100 Challenge 164: Bones. Thanks to Fred for the beta.

Helen gasped as she stepped through the anomaly.

Buildings stretched their ruined fingers towards the sky.

Broken, gnawed upon by sun, wind and rain.

Helen had always understood that humanity would one day fall.

Lost and forgotten, not mourned.

Helen's feet took her deeper inside the carcass of the once thriving city, seeking answers to what had befallen it.

But looking upon the remains, all she could see was the bones of some long dead civilisation, killed before its time.

The silence began to gnaw at her, no birdsong filled the air.

What had humanity done?

Could she stop it?

Comments

[ebonyfeather.livejournal.com]

Eerie, but great imagery.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that was what I was going for.

[fredbassett]

Fabulously evocative!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and thanks again for the beta.

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Great take on the prompt!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

It is what you get after watching 'life after people' (I think it is called that, any way).

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh.... very eerie, nicely done.

goldam, get away Sarah!archaeologist!in-the-future bunnies...

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

(feeds the bunnies *eg*)

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

*wails and tries to hide the bunnies*

*g*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

*no one can hide from the bunnies!*

[bella-farfalla.livejournal.com]

Ooooh fantastic use of the prompt, and gorgeous imagery.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Fab! Very spooky and really evocative . . .

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was aiming for that.

[talliw.livejournal.com]

Very vivid.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Glad it worked OK.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

this is 100% pure Helen.

*applauds you*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it is good to know I can write Helen.

[misura.livejournal.com]

Loved this still-life as seen by Helen of the future, and how it influenced her choices.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it. I think Helen must have seen something like this to make her make those decisions.

[nietie.livejournal.com]

HELEN! is not my favourite character, but she must feelvery lonely and almost desperate now.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

This prompt just yelled out for Helen. Helen's OK, just not in season 3! Thanks for reading.

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Nice look inside Helen's head.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you think so.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

eek! Very atmospheric and visual.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think finding that on the other side of an anomaly would be very eek!