Thanking the Woman Who Saved My Life

It was a cold day

The woman was pretty good with the chilly weather.

“Hey, you, bluish jelly one. You are shaking.”

Fish turned and replied, “Ahhhh. Uh. Noh. Uhm, I’m not bluish jelly,” and jumped up the stairs.

The woman was still approaching.

“Hey, it’s okay,” she said.

“I was not supposed to be seen by humans like this. I got my skills. To be invisible, and how….”

“ I don’t know. Probably you are weakening.”

She picked up the newspaper on the way and came close to the stairs. She hummed some music for a few seconds.

Shahhhhhhhhhhh.

She sat behind on the concrete surface.

And she set a small fire in the middle of the newspaper. She did it while holding it and opened it widely.

It was like an instant shelter for Fish.

“Ohhh.”

“Don’t worry. I do it all the time. This fire won’t get any bigger.”

“Thanks. It’s so warm.”

“No problem. You can show your color if you want.”

“I fell asleep right away. When I woke up, I couldn’t find her there. I was disguised in the hallway. The hallway around the room where I met Buddy. That’s my story.”

Flint & Steel writing prompt… a woman sitting on the concrete stairs and setting the middle part of the newspaper on fire.

Thanks, Ellie Jacobson for this prompt!

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