This is the 129th in a series of 365 Flash Fiction stories I’m writing. You can find out more about the challenge here.
Survivor, by Jonathan L. Lawrence, 8th April 2013
Word count: 908
The story:
“So,” the psychiatrist said.
“So,” Chris repeated.
“Why are you here?”
“I don’t know. It’s not my choice. I figured I’d be in prison by now,” Chris said.
“Under normal circumstances you would be,” the psychiatrist said, “However the admiral managed to talk down the Achilles Alliance ambassador. The ambassador didn’t want you arrested you know, he wanted your head on a platter. So tell me what happened?”
“I’m here because I acted inappropriately,” Chris said.
“What you did was a symptom, not the cause Chris,” the psychiatrist turned over a page in the file, “Why are you here?”
“I locked the Achilles Ambassador in a cupboard, and wouldn’t let him out, and I fought with security to stop them helping him,” Chris said frankly.
“Why?”
“Politics,” Chris said frankly.
“No, it wasn’t politics. Does politics involve locking people up in cupboards?”
“More than you realise, what do you think prisons are for?”
“Okay, fair point,” the psychiatrist said, “But it was more personal than that, wasn’t it?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Chris said.
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