JKWriter's 100-word story for October 29, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 29, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

They'd been adrift on the water for days. The boat's entire navigation system went kablooey about the same time the battery died the gas ran out...two teenagers with zero experience or any kind of knowledge about how to operate a sea vessel decided to hijack one of their dad's boats and go for a spin. "If we ever get back home, I am going to never going to do anything stupid ever again," Wyatt wailed. Then, to their surprise...in the distance they saw the loan light of a lighthouse in the darkness of early morning. They were saved.

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