July 26, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about what happens next to a stranded suitcase. Go where the prompt leads you, but consider the different perspectives you can take to tell the tale.
The calls for the next flight were met with mass movement. Beside us sat a black suitcase. We waited for the traveller to return but the longer it sat there all alone, the more on edge we became.
My sister alerted the airport security and immediate there was a clearing of the area. We were questioned to make sure it was not ours.
Within minutes the area was cordoned off, security barriers erected and everyone moved back. Then there was an explosion, and the suitcase was no more.
We often wondered if the man returned to retrieve his underwear.
Written for: https://carrotranch.com/2018/07/27/july-26-flash-fiction-challenge/
Morpethroad 
Hilarious, I loved it😂
So happy you did Shreya
Let’s hope he’d done his laundry beforehand..
I think it’s been done for him.
I can’t stand that a stranded suitcase is cause for concern, but there it is, everyone’s underwear in a twist.
It happens.
LOL! I like this piece, Michael. You added humor at the end to expel the tension! Love it! ❤
Thanks so much. In part this actually happened to my SIL at an airport in Paris. She witnessed something similar.
Yikes! That’s scary.
It’s an interesting point to ponder, methinks 🙂
Thanks I thought so too.
A great ending, Michael.
Thanks Robbie.
That is hilarious, Michael! Great use of tension between the modern fear of a lone suitcase at the airport and the old adage to bring clean underwear.
Thanks Charli, based in part on a true story.
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