clear case – friday fictioneers
This story is prompted for Friday Fictioneers – kindly hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Come try your hand at a 100 word story where each word counts. Here is today’s photo prompt
Silent, everyone concentrating, weapons drawn loaded, deadly.
Three, softly, two just a whisper….
The door exploded inward, black clad men followed an irresistible tide.
“Freeze”, under arrest”, reverberated through the house as furniture crashed down.
They found them in the kitchen. Mom, huddled in the corner weeping softly. Eddie in his booster seat mouth agape as partially chewed cereal dripped down. Only Susie was unperturbed, entirely focused in her high chair, removing a dry cheerio from a nostril.
Dad, boot on his neck, rasped “What charge?”
The chief glanced to his right. “Book him Dano, clear case of battery.”
bwfiction 
Well, what can I add that hasn’t already been said except … **groan** – great pun by the way 😉
One of the best things about being late is reading all the comments. You really garnered a basket full of groans and eye rolls this week. Well done, Bill. I congratulate you, sir.
thanks! I am always glad when you stop by
Very clever. Loved it.
thanks Claire — appreciate your stopping by
Ba-da-bing! And why not?
I’ll give you a boo, a hiss and a groan! Nice job!
Dear Bill,
I like how you got us to where you you were going. Well done and worthy of all of the comments that have gone before, especially the groans.
Aloha,
Doug
Groan… loved it!
multiple counts. badum bumm.
thanks Rich — I admit my weakness is for puns, although I have many others as well. I had originally started this as illegal search and seizure but “assault and battery kept popping up.
That is a truly AWFUL pun. I congratulate you! 🙂
thanks! Music to my ears!
I sweated, I laughed, I groan. What a wild ride. Well done.
thanks, I appreciate. I think that kind invasion invokes a special fear.
Couldn’t figure out where you were going with this until the very end. Adorable.
good one, made me laugh at the end.
thanks, laughter is the perfect reward!
Really good setup, right down to red herring Susie, and then of course, the pun-ch line. Very successful.
thanks vb, I am always glad when you stop by
Hi Bill,
You built this to a perfect pitch before springing that brilliant ending on us! Ron
thanks Ron… I appreciate it.
Oh! The perfect pun. Brilliant work. 🙂
What a chuckle, having grown up with a punning family it feels strangely familiar!
Hehe, I’d never thought of that use of the word at all! Well done 😉
thanks! I am always glad when you stop by.
Aw, thanks 🙂
Oooooh, groaner! Thanks for the laugh!
thank you for stopping by… and double thanks for groaning. We punsters live for that.
LOL. Ba dum ching.
Great job! Nice laugh.
thanks for stopping by
Ha, watch out for the battery.
thanks — safe travels!
Some of the stories have been so full of sorrow. Thank you kindly for ending yours with a laugh. Well done.
Thanks — I agree laughter is much needed in the world.
I am always glad when you stop by and comment.
And the hits keep coming! Grooooooooaaaaaannnnnn! Funny Bill. To the back of the bus with ye.
I’d be speaking less than truthfully if I said I wasn’t smiling.
There is something about a bad pun that delights the punster beyond all rational understanding. ( smile )
A pun is the lowest form of pastry. It takes a punter to know and appreciate one.
( smile )
Oh boo, hiss! 😀 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Great!
thanks! The perfect response!
Great take on the prompt, would never have thought along these lines. Nice one.
Thanks Sandra
Groan… Good one!
thanks!
Brilliant!!! I would never have thought of this…just brilliant!
Everyready, I presume?
Good one!!!!!!
Randy
thanks… that was a hard prompt!
Better than Everclear, Randy. There might have been a salt as well as battery, you know.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk… said the stooge – Mo’ to come, I’m sure.
🙂