Nostrum Monumentum - The Fatal Enemy
Title: The Fatal Enemy
Author: pearly_eyes
Rating: G
Word Count: 110
Prompt: challenge #139, enemy, from ncisdrabble100
Character(s): Ducky Mallard
Summary: What brought down the doc?
Nobody could have predicted that this was how he was going to die. The predictable method would be in the line of duty. If one could ignore the perversity, then he would say that there was a sense of romanticism in going out in the blaze of glory. The unpleasant way ... well one should not dwell on the possibilities.
Through his line of work, he had become quite intimate with the language of the dead, always conscious about the imminence of death. But not even the knowledge about human mortality could have prepare for this prognosis, for the unseen enemy that would contribute to Dr. Ducky Mallard’s demise was dementia.
Author: pearly_eyes
Rating: G
Word Count: 110
Prompt: challenge #139, enemy, from ncisdrabble100
Character(s): Ducky Mallard
Summary: What brought down the doc?
Nobody could have predicted that this was how he was going to die. The predictable method would be in the line of duty. If one could ignore the perversity, then he would say that there was a sense of romanticism in going out in the blaze of glory. The unpleasant way ... well one should not dwell on the possibilities.
Through his line of work, he had become quite intimate with the language of the dead, always conscious about the imminence of death. But not even the knowledge about human mortality could have prepare for this prognosis, for the unseen enemy that would contribute to Dr. Ducky Mallard’s demise was dementia.