pesticides from the forest were going to make their way into town, that’s all. But we told him he had nothing to worry about”
“That’s all it is? Because you boys look more stressed then that?” Charles asked sounding concern, as he looked at them “You don’t have to worry about the pesticides reaching here. They dusted deep in the forest. It would take a ton of the dust to fall on the town to hurt anyone”
“That’s all it is” Sam said with an innocent smile. He tired to talk quicker “Its good to hear about the pesticides not reaching here. Sounds like we all be safe. You know how Bobby is, always worrying about something.” he paused and smiled a little, making it seem everything was all right “We need to head off now anyways. It’s late and we need to be ready for the variety show tomorrow.”
“Oh yes the variety show tomorrow, can’t wait for that.” Charles said, “I’ll be sure to take great pictures of the show”
“Great to hear” Sam said, “We’ll be headed off now. Time to get some rest. Isn’t that right guys, need to get some rest?” he turned to the others.
The other boys looked at him and smiled and nodded, they didn’t know what else to do.
“Ok, well have a good night kids” Charles said as the kids quickly started walking away.
As they moved further away from Forest Road something within the dark forest watched the kids walk away.
A few blocks up Main Street a black car drove towards them. The driver turned down a side failing to see the kids. The kids failed to notice the car as well.
Half a block later Kyle turned to Sam as they walked along “We could’ve told Charles. He works for the paper, maybe he could’ve used his connections to help us out.”
Sam nodded “I know what you mean, but what do we say to him? We can’t just tell him about aliens. You saw how Norris reacted. Do you really think adults are going to believe a bunch of kids talking about an alien invasion? We need a better plain on how to warn everyone. He might’ve called a doctor and had us locked up for sounding crazy.”
Kyle agreed, he knew Sam was right. What could they say that would convince adults of the truth?
They turned down a residential street and walked a few more blocks passing under large trees and Victorian houses, some of them still having the living room lights on. The kids were all lost in thought.
“We can’t just live with this in our heads. Who can we tell about this? Bobby asked, sounding nervous. “We need adults with guns to take over and solve this problem. Where just kids”
The boys looked at each other and slowly agreed by nodding as they walked along under the quiet night sky.
Sam spoke up “What we need to do now is, head home and try to act as though everything is cool. Are parents might be out looking for us. Don’t give them any reason to think anything is wrong. We can’t have them panic. I know it’s hard, knowing that our town and everyone we care about are in danger, but if we act strange they will question us. If we tell them what we know they will think were crazy and we’ll be locked up. Then no one will save Springbrook Gardens. We will come up with some type of plan”
They quietly nodded and made their way back to their houses with a million thoughts running through each of their minds. None of them were in a joking mode anymore. Stress was running through each of their veins. Each boy felt faint from the fear and anxiety.
They made there way down the sidewalk lost in the own thoughts. A minute later they passed by the front of Sandy’s large Victorian house.
“Hey boys how are you tonight?”
They heard a female voice coming from the top window on the right hand side of the Victorian house. They each looked up and noticed Sandy waving from her bedroom window.
“We’re having a sleep over” she called out. “We saw you walking by and wanting to say hi,” she said with a smile as a few more girls came to the window and waved.
Bobby only had one thought run through his mind. Of all the nights to run into a group of girls, didn’t anyone sleep in this town? He looked up to the window. “Oh, hi girls.” As of this moment he was lucky if he could remember his own name much less know what to say to a group of girls having a sleep over. This should be a dream come true for him, but right now all he could think about was what the town would look like after the aliens finished destroying it.
“Hey girls” Timmy called back, trying to act as though nothing was wrong. Somehow the stress of the alien attack was cancelling out the stress of talking to any girls. Who knew the one thing to make him less nervous around girls was the fear of having aliens attack. “Hope your night is going well” it was the best he could think if.
“You guys look a little stress” Jane called from the window.
Sam could only laugh inside. If only she knew the truth. Of course there was no way of telling her. It was bad enough they were laughed at school for putting on shows for seniors, but the last thing he needed was to be laughed at for telling her about aliens, of course every word would be the truth, but how would he convince her of it. He figured the best thing to do was lie, the less she knew the better. Telling her the truth would only cause her to panic. Nothing good would ever come of it, besides she would either laugh or just stare at him if he told her. “Oh, were not stressed, just getting ready for the show tomorrow. Have to make sure we’re ready”
“You guys practice to much” Jane called out “You need to find something else to take your mind off the show”
Oh they found something all right, Timmy thought. The funniest thing came to his mind. In the last few hours he hadn’t thought of the variety show at all. Finding out your town was about to be destroyed has a funny way of putting everything else on the back burner. “Well, we’re done practicing now, we need to head home to get some sleep” he said with a fake smile, hoping she would fall for it.
“Of course, its late” Sandy called out. “Have a good night”
“See you at the variety show tomorrow” She called out and closed the window.
Great the boys all thought at once, even Sandy and Jane will be at the show. Just knowing they will be there makes them more stressed.
The boys waved and continued to walk forward, there minds a million miles away.
How were they going to save everyone in the town they grew up in?
Timmy approached the side door of his house. He could feel his head spinning inside. He didn’t know if he was just tired or stressed from everything that happen throughout the day. He felt over tired. He didn’t know if he should tell his parents about what he knew or hold it in. He knew his parents were in danger but what could he say to make them believe. What parent in their right mind would believe a kid if they were told their life was in danger from an alien attack? There’s no way to break such news to anyone much less your parents.
He walked into the living room and stood by the door. His parents were still awake; he thought they would be in bed by now. They were sitting close to the radio, looking very concerned.
A male voice cracked from the speakers “The towns people of Springbrook Gardens are being told not to drive down Forest Road towards the highway until Sunday morning. The military is politely asking everyone to avoid the highway. There’re has been a train accident along side the highway close to the exit of Forest Road. Not a serious accident, a train has jumped the tracks. As a precaution they are asking everyone to avoid the road. Nothing to be concerned over it’s just a simple, safety precaution. There are no health risks from the derailment. There is no need to worry. It will be cleared up in less then a day, it’s just a simple precaution”
Timmy’s blood shot cold. He took a step back in fear and bumped into the doorframe. It was all happening. The military was closing off the town. Stopping everyone from getting out.
“Well how do you like that?” his dad said as he leaned back in his chair with his pipe in hand. He unfolded the newspaper and went back to reading. “I’m glad the military is visiting our town this weekend. They’re helping out with the clean
up, how nice of them. They will help put the train back onto the tracks. That’s why I always liked the military. It’s a good thing we don’t have to leave town tonight. Just gives us more time to spend as a family. Isn’t the right dear?”
Timmy’s mom nodded. “Yes dear we can have family time, tomorrow we’ll go to the concert and watch all the performances, no need to leave town. I don’t think anyone has to leave town tonight anyway, everyone will be at the show. Of all the nights for the accident to happen this was the best one. Everyone will be in one location at one time, isn’t that right Timmy?”
Timmy didn’t know what to say. He just looked back at her with a fake smile. “Right mom” How was he to act knowing his family and everyone else was being set up by the military to be handed over to aliens. A fake story over the radio and he was the only in the house who knew the truth.
He slowly left the room and made his way to the front door with his head spinning. He opened it and stepped out as quietly as possible.
He crossed the front lawn. He made his way over to Kyle’s house. He saw Kyle sneaking out of his house with the same look of shock and disbelief. They both met up at the top of Kyle’s front driveway.
“Guess you heard the same reports on the radio” Timmy said.
Kyle nodded “I sure did. Can’t believe everyone in my house just bought the story
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