to go up on stage. He looked around and realized that no one else in the crowd had noticed the van. He knew this was the perfect chance to make his way over and grab a few pictures without anyone getting in the way. He reached into his pocket for his camera and shook his head in disappointment. He realized he’d forgotten it home. “Great.” He whispered to himself. He turned to the other guys. “I forgot my camera at home on the living room table. I wanted pictures of Fly by Night. I’ll have to run home to pick it up”
“Don’t be to long or you’ll miss seeing them on stage” Timmy said as he moved to the music.
“Oh don’t worry I won’t miss them. I’ll be back faster then you can blink,” he said as he turned to run home.
He ran along Main Street’s sidewalk and quickly turned down Shepard Street. He started to slow down after his legs and lungs started hurting. He was a few blocks from his house and knew he had time to spare. He started singing Fly by Night latest single “runaway”. As he approached a Victorian house with a large oak tree a foot away from the sidewalk he jumped back in fear as a creepy looking old man stepped out from behind and grabbed him by the shoulders.
Bobby’s eyes widen in fear, he recognized the old man as the one who approached Sam yesterday.
The man had wild crazy eyes with long silver messy hair. He clothes looked like rags. A named tag on his shirt reading “John Smith” he stared into Bobby’s eyes. “I know the truth. I am the truth. I don’t have a lot of time, so much to tell you. I can see through the world’s lies. You and your friends have been chosen. Soon you will see them hiding in the sky. What you cannot see is there. When you look up they see you, and you will soon see them. They know you. They want you to do a job. They have been watching you and your friends they know about you. You are the chosen ones for something bigger in life. The world will know your names. They’ve planned this for so long. The toys being made will convince society they exist in time. They’re getting us used to them over time. They have a master plan. The day is coming for them to show themselves to the world. They will choose people to awaken the world to there arrival. When you are ready to talk look for me in the darkness.”
Bobby pull away and fell back on the lawn in shock “What? Who are you?” Before Bobby could figure out what was happening he noticed a black car with tinted windows pulling up along side the two of them. The tinted window on the passenger side rolled down.
The crazy man turned and looked at the car.
Bobby saw a pale face man sitting in the passenger seat staring back at him with big blue eyes, no eyebrows, a cold stare and a baldhead under a black fedora. The eyes never blinked. They looked colder then a robot. He couldn’t tell if the man was human or ….what.
“They know the truth as well, they will silence us all” the crazy man yelled out and took off running down the sidewalk.
The black car sped up right behind him.
Bobby sat up and watched the black car catch up to the crazy man as the driver and passenger got out of the car. They were the exact same height wearing the same black suits with black gloves and black fedoras. They tried to grab the old man. However he was a step quicker and managed to pull away and ran further down the street. The men in black ran back to their car and took off after him. The man turned right on to Shaver Street as the black car followed.
Bobby stood up and remained motionless for a moment, stunned. He looked at the houses wondering if anyone nearby witnessed any of it. Of course everyone in town was at the park. He knew he had to get back to his gang and tell them what just happened. There’s no way any of them would believe him. He wasn’t even sure what just happened. He looked around and took off running back to the park. Who knows maybe the men in black will come back up the road and come after him. The faster he got out of the area the better.
A minute later of running he located the cry wolves’ gang standing on the grass by the sidewalk and ran up to them in a panic.
“Wow that was fast.” Timmy said as he saw Bobby running towards them.
Bobby was out of breath “You’ll never believe what happened while I was walking home. You remember the weird creepy old man who grabbed Sam yesterday? Well, he jumped out from behind a tree and grabbed me as well”
Kyle quickly looked at him in disbelief “What? No way” he yelled out.
“Are you serious?” Timmy asked in shock.
Bobby nodded “He rambled on about how were all chosen for something bigger, how were being watched”
“Chosen?” Sam asked, “Chosen for what?”
Bobby shook his head and tired to catch his breath. “He said we’re being watched by something from above and when we’re ready to talk find him in the darkness”
“Clearly the guy is insane” Timmy said, “The police need to arrest this guy”
Kyle quickly agreed.
“But that’s not the weird part” Bobby said trying to calm down “Before I knew what was happening two men in black with weird creepy big blue eyes and no hair, driving in a black car tired pulling the crazy man into their car. He took off running and they chased after him”
The three boys all looked at each other for a moment and shook their heads.
“Oh common now,” Kyle said, “Men in black? You can’t expect us to believe that?”
Sam shook his head “Your just being silly now. You’re trying to trick us. Weird people like that are only found in your comic books”
“I swear it happened.” Bobby placed his hand on his heart “I still can’t believe it. They tried taking the crazy man away. These men in black never blinked once. They didn’t speak a word. They just stared at me and went after the crazy man”
Timmy looked over to Sam “This weekend is getting weird”
The kids all looked at each other feeling very uneasy.
Sam looked at the others “What I want to know is, what did the crazy man mean when he said we were chosen? Look him up in the darkness when were ready to talk? What does that mean?”
The kids were looking at each other confused as police officer Daniel Reed came running over to Bobby “You kids all right? I got a call of a concerned citizen. They saw an older man grabbing a little child on Shepard Street. You fit the description of the boy.”
Bobby looked up to the officer. “You got that right. I’m glad someone saw what happened, even though I didn’t see anyone looking from their windows. Some crazy old man grabbed me as I was walking home. He jumped out from behind a tree and grabbed my shoulders. It was the same man who grabbed Sam yesterday”
“We’ll have him picked up right away. This guy is getting out of hand,” the officer said.
“Look out for the two men in black as well” Bobby said.
Officer Reed seemed confused “Men in black? The neighbors who called the police didn’t saw anything about men in black”
Bobby nodded “Oh they were out there all right. It all happened so quick. The crazy man was holding me yelling and before I knew what was happening he took off running from a black car with tinted windows. I have no idea who the two men where, but they sure looked creepy with there big blue eyes and pale lifeless skin. They tried grabbing the crazy man, but he took off running down Shaver Street.” Bobby was talking a mile a minute, after he finished speaking he needed to take a deep breath in.
“What was the old man yelling to you?” officer Reed asked.
“Hard to make sense of it” Bobby tried to collect his thoughts “Something about we have been chosen and they’re watching us”
“They’re, watching us? Who are they?” officer Reed asked.
Bobby shook his head “The crazy man didn’t say. Nothing he said made sense. He said we all have a job to do. They’re watching us from the sky.”
Officer Reed looked troubled “I’m going to find this man and the black car right now and get to the bottom of this; we can’t have anybody grabbing kids. Not in this town. This isn’t the big city. Be safe kids” Officer Reed left and took out his radio to contact the chief.
Sam looked over to Bobby “Wow, what a night. Hope nothing else happens. We just came here for the music not all this silliness”
“You got that right,” Bobby said as he nodded “I hope to never see that old crazy guy again”
Warren lean back against the brick wall of a store a few blocks away from the music festival.
“Look at all those losers listening to the boring music” Brad said.
“They should be playing gothic thrash music, then I’d listen.” Cindy said while chewing gum.
“Hey looked,” Brad pointed into the sea of people “It’s the losers from the cry wolves gang. No surprise to see those losers listening to the dumb music” he said and laughed. He looked over to Warren “We’re going to deal with them right?”
Warren nodded slowly “Oh yeah, they’ll be taught a lesson”
“Why don’t we just get them now. Get it over with.” Martin said while rubbing his hands together.
Warren shook his head “Soon, they’ll get what’s coming to them. There’s no way they’ll end up one stage tomorrow”
The other kids next to warren laughed and nodded.
Solider 14 walked into the tent at Operation Stand Ground and saluted the General
“Sir, soldier 45 called in from town. He reporting of a crazy man running around town talking to people especially kids about the aliens. He knows details about this operation”
The General quickly looked up from his desk “Impossible. No one on earth
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