see the hands on his watch, but he knew they had been pushing through the forest for a long time. “So just what are we looking for?” He whispered as he brushed countless tree branches out of his face. Even the morning sunlight would’ve been blocked out at ground level. “We’ve been walking through this forest for a long time. We don’t even know where the military will be arresting the bad guys. We don’t even know how many bad guys there are. For all we know the arrest might be happening out on the main highway, nowhere close to town”
Sam nodded “Your right, this is silly. We could be out here all night and not see anything. I had an idea” he said while avoiding a tree branch and snapping it “We’ll move closer to Forest Road and wait until a military vehicles drives by, we’ll follow behind, far enough back so they can’t see us”
The others nodded.
“Better then what were doing now” Kyle said.
They turned towards Forest Road, each one looking out for military guards patrolling the area.
“Keep your eyes open guys” Timmy said, “Can’t let the guards see us”
A few minutes later they reached the edge of Forest Road and hid in the shadows behind a massive tree and waited.
For the next ten minutes they stayed lowed looking up and down the road waiting for any vehicle, each one hoping to be the first to spot a jeep with the General moving in position for the take down. From there hiding spot the road looked as thought it went on forever in both directions.
In the still of the night not a sound was heard anywhere. Nothing in the forest moved, no animal or breeze, as if time had stopped. All was quiet, for a long time.
Bobby looked at his watched. A half hour had passed and he could feel his knees cramping up. He leaned back on the tree behind him as the others sat around trying not to drift off to sleep from boredom. “Nothing is going on guys. We’ve been here forever. Not even the nighttime little critters are making a sound. Maybe the military changed their minds”
Kyle nodded as he rubbed his neck. “Yeah, we’ve been here long enough. Not one car has driven by, good guy or bad. Maybe we should head back” he said sounding disappointed.
Sam looked over to Timmy who nodded. They both wanted the chance to be heroes and have it lead to fame and fortune, but not tonight. This night was going to be a quiet one; nothing out of the ordinary was going to happen.
They all looked at each other disappointed and were about to stand up and head home when the area all around them suddenly lit up by a massive bright white light from above. All four kids freaked out and jumped to there feet in a heartbeat. They looked up and watched as a massive bright oval object passed above the trees blowing their hair around along with fallen leaves and dirt. The trees branches swirled around in all directions as the intense bright light cut through, lighting up their faces and the ground surrounding their feet.
The kids all leaned back and pointed upwards as there hair blew in their faces. Each one yelling out as they stepped back tripping over tree roots. They scrambled back up onto their feet still having their eyes locked on the unidentified flying object.
“What on earth is that?” Bobby yelled out as he got to his feet pushing his hair back from his eyes.
“A military helicopter?” Kyle yelled out, trying to get a better look.
“I know what it is.” Timmy yelled out “It’s the dusting. It’s real, they really are dusting the forest with pesticides”
The kids all look at each other in fear and started to panic.
“Were in for it now.” Bobby yelled out “We gotta get out of here. The dusting for the insect warning is real”
“It all makes senses” Kyle yelled out while lit up from the bright light as the tree branches and his hair blew in the wind “That’s what the military meant when they said they we’ll get the bad guys. They didn’t mean criminals, they meant insects harming the trees.” He turned to Sam “I bet it wasn’t even the military you saw in that building. You probably just saw the men who were brought in to dust the forest.”
“Lets not stand around chatting.” Timmy yelled out in terror “Lets get out of here. Before the pesticides gets into our lungs”
In the blink of an eye they took off running out onto the road. The light casted their shadows for yards away as fear moved their feet.
They took of running towards town as the bright light moved away from the road into the dark forest.
Timmy gave one last look over his shoulder hoping he wouldn’t see the poisonous gas falling towards them when he noticed the light no longer over the road. It was now beginning to lower towards the tree line deeper in the forest. The object looked just like what he saw when looking out his bedroom window the night before. It had to be the same thing. “Wait, stop running” he yelled out “It’s not spraying any pesticides” He stopped running “In fact it looks like its slowing down and lowering to an open patch in the forest. Why would an airplane dusting the forest want to land?”
The three others stopped running and looked back at Timmy. They realized the road was no longer lit up. They were back in darkness.
Kyle looked over to Sam confused.
“Maybe they need help,” Bobby said. “Maybe something went wrong with their plane”
Kyle nodded “You know, we can help them out and still be hero’s. This night doesn’t have to be a wash out.”
Sam’s eyes lit up “Good thinking, lets see where it lands”
The kids started running down the road towards the light.
“Have to admit thought,” Bobby said as he ran “That was a strange looking duster. Now that I think about it, it looked oval in shape, with no wings. Never seen anything like that before”
“Maybe it’s a new type of duster,” Kyle yelled out as he ran along “An experimental plane. Something the military is trying out this weekend”
“Cool” Bobby said “A new type of military duster in our town”
Timmy tried keeping an eye on the light that was deep into the woods off the road. Everything was the same from yesterday night. The brightness of the light and the shape and size of the mystery craft “Hard to see through all the trees” he called out.
Sam stood next to Timmy and tried to locate it in the dense woods. His eyes locked onto it. He pointed to it “Look I see it now. It’s about to land in the open field. Lets get closer”
The kids quickly cut off the road and into the forest. They pushed through the branches and bushes faster then they ever moved before. They never looked away from the light.
“I can kinda see it” Timmy said as he pushed the branches away. Stepping over tree roots. “Look at it, that has to be the weirdest looking helicopter I’ve ever seen. It’s oval, sliver and flat in size. ” Timmy said. “I’m telling you, that’s what I saw from my window”
“Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t a helicopter supposed to be loud?” Bobby asked has he moved around a tree with uneven ground under his feet. “It isn’t making any noise at all. Look at how bright it is. Never seen such a powerful light on a helicopter before”
“Could it be a search light?” Kyle asked, “Maybe our parents have noticed us gone. Now they’re out looking for us. That’s might be a search party looking for us” Kyle said.
The kids stopped moving and looked at each other worried.
“Oh, where in trouble now” Bobby shook his head while looking down.
“No, can’t be. We haven’t been gone for that long,” Sam said.
“He’s right.” Timmy said. “There’s no way our parents would’ve sent a helicopter after us”
“They would’ve driven down the road looking for us” Kyle said, “Not flying over the forest. Or they at least would’ve walked through the woods calling out our names”
“Good point” Bobby said, “I guess it really is a mysterious object. We need to check it out” he started to move towards it again.
Timmy slowly walked closer and continued to stare at the oval object that now rested on the forest floor, lightin
g up the tress for yards away not making a sound. He couldn’t help but think about the bright light he saw yesterday night. The object, which rose above his bedroom window, was identical to this one “Is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? Maybe this object isn’t man made. It sure looks different then anything I’ve ever seen before in books or movies”
“I sure hope it’s not Warren and his gang playing another prank?” Kyle said.
“This would be one insane hoax for them to be pulling off. Why would they go through all this work just to scare a bunch of kids who shouldn’t be in the forest anyways? How would they know we’re out here?” Sam said.
“This is getting weirder by the second.” Timmy whispered as he pushed branches out of his way, “Why is it just sitting there? If it’s a helicopter in trouble why is one is calling out for help, I can’t see anyone inside, in fact I can’t see any windows or doors. Even the landing gear is different. Three long dark, thin metal legs extending from the object touching the ground”
Bobby looked around through the intense thick tree branches “Has anyone else notice everything in the forest has fallen silent. Even the crickets are quiet.”
“We need to be careful” Sam whispered “Lets stay here for a second and get a better idea of what it is, then get closer”
The kids stopped moving and lowered themselves behind some thick bushes. They stared at the object holding their breath, it felt like time had stop. The open patch where the saucer rested
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