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Elon's Space Force

For Lana's "I Want to Go Home!" Challenge

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 3 months ago 1 min read
Elon's Space Force
Photo by Leo_Visions on Unsplash

“You assured me that your Space Force would collect all intelligence on the latest space launches,” Elon spat.

“We-we’re trying!” Trump trembled.

“Then how do you explain China’s plans to make it to the moon by 2030?”

“I—”

“No more excuses! I want the plans for their ship on my desk by Monday, or else.”

“But—”

Elon’s eyes narrowed at Trump.

The larger, orange-skinned man began to convulse. Blood dripped down one of his nostrils. Suddenly, his body went limp and fell forward onto his desk.

Elon sighed and placed his fingers on Trump’s forehead.

“Oops, I did it again.”

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Word Count: 100 words

Author's Note: This drabble is for Lana V Lynx's fun "I Want to Go Home!" Unofficial Challenge, the link to which you can find below.

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About the Creator

Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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  • Andrea Corwin 2 months ago

    Love it! If he awakens he will claim he is the smartest ever.

  • ROTFL! Having a hard time thinking about Trump doing that, Stephanie. Will catch up with the rest!

  • Andrew C McDonald2 months ago

    I followed the links backwards to get to this one… Now I need links on these to go back forward to the next …😂😂

  • Lamar Wiggins2 months ago

    Ha! Loved the title and the ending. Now, the waiting begins, lol.

  • Antoni De'Leon3 months ago

    Wonder if it can be done that way. A great idea.

  • Pamela Williams3 months ago

    This is great, Stephanie!

  • Excellent fun, if only that happened 😁

  • Lana V Lynx3 months ago

    This indeed was great, Stephanie! I loved it!

  • K.B. Silver 3 months ago

    This gave a good laugh.

  • Paul Stewart3 months ago

    Ouch. lol. I loved this and had missed Lana's challenge, so thanks for that. This was very funny and achingly potentially so close to the possible truth lol. Well done, Stephanie!

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