From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: 18 Nov 2007 00:23:44 -0000
Subject: NEW: "Turkey Shoot" (IWTB: 155 Word Thanksgiving Challenge)  by Paige Caldwell-Hunt
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TITLE:       Turkey Shoot
AUTHORS:     Paige Caldwell-Hunt 
RATING:      PG
CATS/KEYS:   S (155 words)
SUMMARY:     "An Opportunity Had Presented Itself..."
SPOILERS:    None
DISCLAIMER:  This is a not-for-profit undertaking
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             paigec38@yahoo.com
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NOTE:       Submitted for the IWTB List's 
            Thanksgiving 155 Word Challenge
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An opportunity had presented itself... 

Ordinarily, I wouldn't have joined my subordinates for 
a holiday celebration.  However, this was the FBI's 
annual turkey shoot.  How often did I get a chance to 
suit up in camouflage and break out my M24 sniper 
rifle?  

This year, I arranged the shoot to be held in the Pine 
Barrens to entice a certain special agent to 
participate in my private "Tally-Ho". The search for 
the legendary Jersey Devil soon had Agent Mulder 
running aimlessly through the woods with his gun 
waving in the air.  I hid behind a log, laughing with 
amused glee as I lined him up with my scope.

I felt a gun press into the back of my head. 

"But, I thought it was a fox hunt," I protested.

Agent Scully quickly disarmed me.

"Does my son give thanks for you, Miss Scully?"  

I saw doubt flicker in her eyes.

An opportunity had presented itself...