look at all the army vehicles up and down the street. This is amazing,” he said as he looked in both directions at the endless row of army vehicles of all types. “This is so amazing. It’s a good thing this isn’t an invasion, we would be in trouble” he said and laughed.
Kyle looked over to Timmy and called out “And the jeeps look so cool. They look so different then the ones I’ve seen in movies. They look like they were designed in a top-secret laboratory. Not the type you would see in a war. They look like they’re from a science fiction movie”
Bobby nodded in agreement and yelled out as he was lost in the of cheering people “The army in real life is just as cool as in any of my comics books” he said as the other boys laughed “Lets get some pictures” he yelled out as he took off running from the sidewalk and out onto the street.
The other kids agreed and took off following him, along with everyone else in town.
The next hour was spent with everyone walking up and down Main Street talking with as many soldiers as they could about military life and the guns they use. Countless pictures where taken all over the place.
Kids of all ages asked all sorts of questions and given a chance to sit in the driver seat of the jeeps and have their picture taken.
Venders traveled up and down the street selling popcorn and hotdogs.
Every vehicle had countless adults and kids surrounding them under the warm sun.
Even the weather was perfect.
Bobby and Kyle had a chance to sit in the driver seat of a jeep and put military helmets on. Timmy and Sam posed in front of the armored vehicles giving the thumbs up as their pictures were taken.
Bobby made silly faces in his pictures as Kyle tried to look cool in his.
The lineup to meet the General went on forever for blocks on end. It seemed everyone in town wanted his autograph.
The Mayor stood at the top of the podium watching from above. He stood back and smiled, as he knew the weekend would be a success. Everything was running smoothly. The military was in town, what could possible go wrong?
Main Street was shoulder to shoulder with kids and adults. Some of the kids ate ice cream as they listen to the soldiers speak about life in the military.
Bobby glanced up at the sky and saw a bright blue sky with flew clouds. There was nothing in the skies over the town.
As they walked along Main Street Timmy pointed to a bright yellow sign on the street post with black writing. “What’s that sign read?”
Kyle turned around and read it out loud. “It’s another sign telling us to stay out of the forest tomorrow because of the dusting for the dangerous insect which is harming the trees.”
Timmy nodded “Thought that’s what it said”
“That won’t be a problem for me” Bobby called out “I don’t like going into the forest at night anyway. You can get hurt out there. You never know what’s out there”
“I know how you feel,” Timmy said as he glanced over to the grey empty building at the top of Main Street. For the longest time the building had been empty, what was it used for? The windows were painted over with black paint and the large wooden doors at the front were closed off. He shook it off and went back to enjoying the day.
A few feet away Sam stood on the sidewalk and was about to take a picture of an army jeep when Timmy who was a few yards back noticed a strange, old man in rags making his way through the crowd behind Sam. The man’s hair was long and messy with a few strains hanging in front of his eyes. His eyes looked crazed. Before Timmy could warn Sam the old creepy man grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around.
Sam noticed the old man up close and saw a nametag on his shirt reading John Smith. His voice was raspy and dry “They know about the visitors. They have their own ship out in the desert. It crashed decades ago. They have known about visitors for a long time, a war is coming. What you believe now is not what it seems. You must ask the real questions, look for the real truth. Seek for me in the darkness when you’re ready to talk”
Sam stepped back in shock “Woe, dude, you okay there? What’s your deal?”
Before the crazy man could say another word he noticed the town’s new police officer Daniel Reed walking towards him. He quickly turned and ran off into the crowd.
The officer walked by the kids and noticed their distress on there face “You kids all right there? You look as though something is bothering you on this fine afternoon”
Timmy nodded “Oh it’s nothing, just some weird old guy acting who grabbed Sam”
“Really, was he bothering you? What happened?” Officer Reed.
Sam shook his head “I have no idea what the guys deal was he just grab me and started rambling away about something that didn’t make sense. I guess it was nothing.”
“I will keep a look out for him.” Officer Reed said, “What did he look like?”
“A weird looking guy” Timmy said “With long grey hair, crazy looking eyes. We’ve never seen him before, must be new”
Officer Reed looked down the street for him. “I’ll head in the direction he walked to hoping I can find him. You kids go one having a good time here. I don’t want this guy messing up your day. I’ll make sure he doesn’t bother anyone else.”
“Thanks officer” Sam said as officer Reed walked away through the crowd.
Timmy looked over at Sam “What was that old man all about?” he gave a little nervous laugh while looking over his shoulder.
Sam shook his head and laughed a bit as well “I have no idea what just happened. Talk about odd”
Charles King quickly came running through the crowds over to Sam “What just happened? I saw the policeman talking to you. Did I just miss a cool story?”
“No” Sam said and smiled a bit “Just a nut-case old man grabbed me saying something about, visitors”
“Visitors? Charles asked “Really? Did he mean the army?”
Sam shook his head “I have no idea what he meant. I wasn’t about to ask him”
Timmy looked to Charles “Said something about a ship in the desert, I have no idea what that means?”
Charles nodded to himself “Maybe I should track down the man and try talking to him, find out what on earth he’s going on about” he joked. “Then again, maybe its better to let the police deal with him” He noticed a soldier standing by a jeep with a couple of kids “That looks like a great photo opportunity, I need to grab it while I have the chance” he took off running to get a picture.
Timmy watched as Charles ran off and turned back to Sam “I’ve never seen that crazy old man around here before. Looking the way he did I would’ve remembered him”
Sam shook it off “Ah, who cares, let’s go back to enjoying the afternoon, don’t let it bother us”
Timmy agreed. “Can’t let anything ruin this weekend.”
The afternoon wore on into evening with kids having a great time, the constant sound of chatter and laughter filling the streets. The smell of hot dogs from vendors rising up in the air as they cooked up some treats that everyone enjoyed along with an assortment of ice-cold colored popsicles from the variety stores. A ton of photos of the vehicles and soldiers we’re taken by everyone.
By the time the meet and greet was over the four cry wolves kids had about a hundred pictures snapped.
Everyone in town stood back on the sidewalk and watched as the military men fired up the jeeps and armored vehicles and rolled back down Main Street towards Forest Road.
The soldiers waved and honked as the little kids waved back as the vehicles rolled along.
The cry wolves’ gang decided to head home for the night. They turned off Main Street and onto Bauler Street. As they walked down the sidewalk they passed huge Victorian two story houses with rap around porch. It was the only small town in which all the houses were built in the Victorian style. The houses stood longer then anyone alive in town. Locking away all their passed secrets. Massive oak trees stood on the front lawns like guards. The trees growing since time began stood high en
ough to touch the clouds. Raking the leaves off the lawns in the fall would take the homeowner all day, but time was something people in the town liked having. “No need to rush like a mad man as they do in the city.” Everyone said.
The houses on every street sat what felt like a mile back from the sidewalk with massive green lawns. Cutting the grass would’ve taken as long as raking the leaves.
Seniors would sit out their front porch as kids played baseball in the parks across the streets. No speed limits were posted on any road; everyone drove slowly because they wanted to.
Families in the town liked keeping things quiet. The town’s history went back before anyone can remember. Even great grandparents couldn’t recall how or when the town came to be. It’s as if the town just appeared one day a long time ago. Most people outside the town had never heard of it and never will. You only came here if you had to.
“Wow, that was fun.” Timmy said as he walked along. “The military is cool”
“And that was only day one,” Bobby added “I can’t wait for the music festival and fireworks tomorrow, followed up by the variety show on Saturday. This is turning into the best weekend ever. I bet people living in the city don’t have it this good”
“And our show earlier at the senior center rocked. I was sure we were going to mess up the ending, but it all worked out,” Kyle said.
They all looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Sam spoke up “I had no idea so many seniors were planning on showing up to watch today. It
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