The Cerebral Heist
Micro Heist Challenge Entry
"We're stuck! There's no way to escape..."
"What do you mean, stuck, Frank?" I asked as the colour quickly faded from my face.
"I mean...we’e stuck here. There’s no way out. The device must’ve malfunctioned back at the spleen."
"You better be joking. This better be one of your hilarious jokes." I knew from his expression Frank was not joking. We were stuck and it would only be a matter of time before our oxygen tanks and our protective suits gave out. Sorry mum, I tried.
- 24 Hours Earlier -
We were all set to pull off the most daring heist ever attempted. That is not some lame trumpet-blowing. To my recollection, and I researched this heavily, no-one had successfully stolen the amygdala, neocortex and hippocampus, from the inside.
The target was codenamed The Viper and a man wanted by most of the mainstream and less-known intelligence agencies around the world.
I could lie and say it was just for the money, but for me, it was personal. He had answers to my past. So, in exchange for stealing his memories and information, I would get a large lump sum and would find out what happened to my mother.
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Comments (11)
Very creative! Interesting form. Love it
Very clever. Great concept and well written.
Oooo, this was such a fascinating concept! Very brilliant take on the challenge!
Tragically awesome.
Yes, it's good. But it would be better with a full stop after spleen.
Wow. Interesting perspective.
Clever idea, Paul. And excellent execution! Very fun read. Well-done!
Oooh I want more!! I like the start actually being the end of it. And the idea of the greatest heist being the stealing of memories is a great concept. Great job!
That's an interesting story. Very nice concept for the short story. And I like how you almost implicitly built the word of this story. Very nice! It reminds me of an old cartoon I used to watch when I saw younger that kind of personalised the different functions of the body and made it into kind of an internal world (it taught me quite a lot actually).
Is there a part 2
Oh I want more. This is so beautifully bizarre.