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Rated: E · Fiction · Contest Entry · #2133674
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Lost

"Did you find them?"

"No, help me look."

"When did you see them last?"

"When I took them out of the ignition of my car... honestly, they have to be in plain sight. I drove home, I came in, we had dinner, watched that movie, went to bed. I've swear I've looked everyplace I went, no keys!"

"You have to think harder, this doesn't make sense, they're here somewhere. It's not like they disappeared off the face of the earth!"

"Funny. Now help me! I'm already going to be late for work!"
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Twelve miles above the surface of the earth, a ship resumes its journey:

"Krongt, honey, thank you for stopping to get that toy for the baby, he just loves it!"

"No problem, it's just a bunch of shiny metal shapes on a ring, the earthling will probably never miss it."

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