100wc#18 Season 3 -The Gadget

There was a deafening silence after the war of thunder and lightning. The orange sky became darker and darker as minutes passed.

Despite the hazards of thunder and lightning, Melton was still swimming. He was trying out his new gadget – a t-shirt, a pair of track pants, and a helmet. These items of clothing were very special. They could be worn as day clothes or pyjamas. In fact, they could be worn all day, every day. The clothes could clean themselves and were fire-proof and could repel electricity.

As Melton swam, a bolt of lightning had zapped him. He barely felt anything, only a light tap on the shoulder.

Prompt: Words -Silence   Orange    Thunder    Pyjamas    Swam”

100wc#16 Season 3 – The last ‘Baaa’

It stalked its prey. It crept up behind the sheep. It sauntered just a few feet behind its evening meal. The sheep was oblivious. He just grazed the grass he came upon. The sheep never found out the truth – who killed it, why it killed him. One moment it was there, the next it was gone; no life could have been left in it after the tiger ripped it apart. The sheep didn’t feel anything. It never got hurt. It just uttered its last ‘Baaa’ as if it were a prayer, then, suddenly, it was pounced upon by the vicious tiger.

Prompt: Word – … suddenly…

Alex Rider: Eagle Strike

 

Book: Alex Rider: Eagle Strike

Author: Anthony Horowitz

My thoughts:

Sir Damian Cray is a peace activist, a socialist, an environmentalist and a former world-famous pop-star. Cray looks like a hero, but behind the scenes he is responsible for many murders; one instance is when he didn’t want a Japanese ship to kill whales, so he locked them in their own deep freezer.
Cray wants to destroy drugs. He believes that if you blow-up all the worlds poppy fields, heroin factories, and cocaine refineries, there won’t be any more drugs to sell. To do this he will go to any extent. Cray creates a company called CST (Cray Software Technology), which is supposedly making a video-game called Game- slayer. What no one knows is that the Game-slayer is just a cover up. What they actually are doing is hacking into the American nuclear program. Cray plans to launch 25 missiles to different drug-producing nations worldwide.
Alex Rider, a teenage superspy, suspects something is wrong. He goes to MI6, but they won’t listen. So he goes by himself and investigates. He figures out Cray’s plan, and steals a flash drive, that gives Cray all the codes to launch the missiles. Alex’s friend, Sabina, is kidnapped by Cray, and Alex is threatened to give the flash drive back, or else Cray will kill his friend. Alex returns it.
Cray takes Alex and Sabina and hijacks the Air-force One with the help of his trusty guards. But while taking off, Alex pushes Cray out of the door and Cray is shredded by the engine. Sabina ungently goes up to the control center, from where Cray has already launched the devastating nuclear the missiles, and blew them up. The world was saved from a tragedy, a nuclear fallout, and who knows what else?

100wc#14 Season 3 – Gladiator Arena

400 AD

I went to battle again today. This match could be the turning point in my career as a gladiator. Petrifying!
The crucial ‘Weapon Picking Ceremony’ was about to begin. The manager wheeled a big box to the center of the arena and asked me to pick my weapon first. I put my hand in the box and felt a cold and sharp blade. I was praying that it would be lethal. I grabbed it and pulled it out of the box. The audience gasped – it was a massive gladius, possibly the best weapon available. It was a sign that I was destined for glory.

Prompt – phrase “I put my hand in the box and felt…”

100wc#12 Season 3 – The Drone Race

After having a row with my brother, I was eating some chips and a sweet when I saw that there was a drone racing competition on TV. I immediately chose which candidate I would support. I watched the guy that I was supporting press some buttons on his remote-control. 3…2…1…Let the Race Begin. A whirring sound came from the rotors. I needed to know who was going to win! As I watched the drones fly up in the air, I lost count of how many chips I was eating. Soon I realized that I had eaten a whole ‘Family Size’ pack. I was feeling queasy, so I decided to lie down. Quickly, I fell asleep and never knew who won the race.

Prompt: “Words – Row, chips, sweet, fly, lie”

100wc#11 Season 3 – The Sudden Commander

We were at the battlefield, receiving orders from HQ. As they were telling us some vital information about the opponent, a faint crackle came from our walkie talkie and it went dead. When the connection broke we were petrified. We were all used to having orders! I took up the lead since I was the most experienced in our group. I dispatched a platoon to man the missile launchers and another to erect defensive barricades. I and a few others fought on the front line. As sweat poured from our faces, we fought for what we were told to fight for – victory.

100wc#6 Season 3 – The Criminal Mastermind

CAT1509, a master criminal, was one of the most wanted robbers in the world. This criminal mastermind has robbed more than 20 banks, and stolen a massive sum of $15 million.

CAT1509 was messaging her side kick, Boler, in a very well encrypted code. She was planning to rob a massive bank.

A government spy intercepted this message. He used a robot to decrypt the code. The authorities were informed and under-cover cops were placed at the bank, waiting.

CAT1509 walked into the bank.

“You’re under arrest!” shouted a police officer, having identified her. She was shocked to see a whole SWAT team holding her on gunpoint!   

 Prompt: phrase – “She was shocked to see”

100wc#5 Season 3 – The Engulfing Flames

Red flames engulfed the building as the alarm yelled. A large truck screeched around the bend and halted. A dozen firemen flew from the truck and soared above the building. They turned on their hoses and jets of water smashed onto the destructive flames.

Suddenly, there was an explosion, sending glass and concrete high up into the sky. A fireman was hit and plummeted into the lake. The firefighters called for back-up, and they tried, in vain, to extinguish the fire. Gallons of water were dumped onto the dancing flames, yet there was no change – no change to the misery.

Prompt: Picture – https://100wc.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Aerial-firemen.jpg

 

 

 

 

Alex Rider :Stormbreaker

Book: Alex Rider: Stormbreaker

Author: Anthony Horowitz

My Thoughts:

Alex rider is an orphan who has grown up with his uncle, Ian Rider. Ian works for Royal & General, a bank. One night, Ian is killed in a car crash. All Ian Rider’s money and property is now controlled by Ian’s employer. However, Royal & General is not a bank; it is the Secret Operations Division of MI6.

Herod Sayle has invented a new computer, named Stormbreaker. It is amazing for learning any subject. He is planning to give a Stormbreaker to each school in Brittan. MI6 want to investigate this because they are suspicious about Herod Sayle’s intentions. So, MI6 send Ian Rider to investigate. He finds out some vital information, but is ambushed by Yassen Gregorovich, a contract killer. Alan Blunt, the head of the Secret Operations Division of MI6, now sends Alex to investigate further.

Alex goes under the name of Felix, a boy that won a competition that allowed him to go to Sayle Enterprises and test a Stormbreaker. He finds out that the Stormbreakers are filled with a deadly vapor of smallpox, which is genetically modified so it can kill a person in just under 10 hours. But, suddenly, he is an inch away from being eaten by a giant octopus. Alex uses a cream, which burns metal, to burn the rivets that held together the tank. Alex survives. He hops onto a plane and destroys the trigger that can start up the Stormbreakers. He is thanked profusely by the Prime Minister.

I really liked this book because there was so much action and gripping cliff hangers. I enjoyed this book a ton, and plan to read the next book in the series.

 

 

 

 

100WC#3 Season 3 The Downpour

The streets are flooding with water as I sit on my red couch. To add to the misery, there is a landslide from a  nearby mountain. Plastic boxes, clothes, and even an umbrella floated past my house as the raindrops are coming down hard on them like bullets. Slowly, the water level is rising, inch by inch.

I had rations for six days and, fortunately,  by that time  help will arrive and I will be evacuated.

It is not usual to have such heavy rain here. The rain just came, and doesn’t look like it is going to leave. Not now at least.

Prompt: Words – ” Red, Mountain, Umbrella, Floated, Hard