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Lauren Ripton: A Short Story

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Mohammad Alhesnawi Fri.,Feb.,24,2017

December, 23, 1847, Lauren Ripton running for her life trying to get away from the “doctors” and “scientists”, leaving her husband Phillip Ripton behind. She was 5 foot 8, with blue eyes and short curly blond hair. Lauren and Phillip were out together, the sun shining with the birds chirping, it was just the perfect weather for a relaxed day at the park. They walked to the park together, but when they reached there something felt strange. Nobody was at the park, maybe it was too early in the morning? Was the park getting closed down? All sorts of questions wandering through Lauren 's head, Lauren didn 't think much of it after she remembered that it was two days before …show more content…

“L…Let 's leave.” Lauren told Philip
“ We only just got here.” Philip responded
Lauren had to lie, “I f… forgot the stove on.” Lauren knew she shouldn 't had lied but that was only was they were getting out of the park. But it was too late, the “doctors” and “scientists” were watching their every move.They were about to leave but before they could the doctors and scientist had already advanced. An ambulance pulled over they both ran towards the ambulance Phillip had fell she looked back and yelled “Philip get up they 're right behind you.” While she was looking back at him and running at the same time, she was knocked out cold.

She woke up on a boat and there was a sign written in ink that sated “Boat to Canada” but there was something else Lauren couldn 't read. Lauren was scared and shaking nervously, she wanted to know where Philip was and what is happening to him. She was shaking so much that she thought the scientists and doctors would realize she 's awake, because she knew they didn 't want her awake at this time, so she had to force herself to sleep. When she woke up she felt strange in her own body, as she looked around her body disintegrated she had no idea what was going on and in the blink of an eye, Lauren

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