Flickr Fiction
Nobody knew where The Factory came from. It was just there, steadily taking things in through a gate that opened once a week. Trucks lines up around the block waiting their turn to unload then drove away empty, to return the next week full again.
No one ever saw what the trucks unloaded. The drivers didn’t stop, dour looking men, high in their cabs they drove to the factory and drove away. For months nothing ever came out of The Factory. No sounds, no smells, nothing. Stories spread that late at night when everyone was asleep a small gate opened in the side of the wall and things came out. Nobody knew for certain though.
One day the deliveries stopped. There was no line of trucks, no open gate. People began to forget about the mystery of The Factory. Life went on.
It was about a year later that the Dolls started to appear. Tall, and slim their arms and legs wobbled as they walked. Bodies sexless, covered in latex with faces that had no features except for a pair of silver-irised eyes that shone like jewels from their sockets. The first Doll that appeared was found sitting on a park bench by some children. Their parents heard the screams but by the time they ran outside it was too late. The children had pulled the Doll apart, ripping arms from torso. There was a short report on the news about it. The children were in hospital, suffering shock. The remains of the Doll were taken away by the authorities, but nothing could be ascertained. There were no manufacturing marks, no clue as to where the Doll had come from or what its purpose might be.
A week later two more Dolls were found wandering the streets. A crowd gathered, staring. As one, the crowd tore the Dolls to pieces. When asked about it later no one could give a clear answer. Observers - those who had not seen the Dolls before the attack - claimed that the crowd had gone berserk. Others claimed that the Dolls were the instigators. No one could prove anything.
Reports began to flood in. Other cities, other unexplained attacks. And after each, the people left drained, in shock.
No one ever thought to link The Factory with the appearance of the Dolls.
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Damn, I have no idea where I was going with this. Ahh well, this weeks flicktion effort inspired by as far as the eye(s) can see By Flickr user phantom kitty. Check out the rest of the flicktioneers: The Gurrier, Chris, Tadmack, TeaandCakes, Aquafortis, Valsha and Neil.
