Alien Invasion: and the origins of mankind
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won’t be able to stop them. He looked over his shoulder and saw the supergun “Look at that thing. It has to be two blocks long,” he whispered to himself.
The other boys looked back and were just as amazed.
“We need to stop this war before it begins” Bobby whispered as he walked along “We need to figure something out”
The others nodded. They all knew what was on the line.
They were escorted towards the one story holding cell building close to the forest. Sam looked the place over. The walls of the building were bear of any color. It looked like it was assembled it a few days ago. The bars on the window and only one door. Getting out wasn’t going to be easy.
They heard a vehicle driving along and looked over their shoulders and noticed a jeep pulling up in front of the General’s tent. After the General got inside it headed off onto the highway.
One of the soldiers standing next to the kids stepped forward and approached the front door of the holding cell and pulled it open. The kids where lead inside.
Kyle looked around the place as he walked in. It lacked color, bright lights where on the ceiling, lighting the place up. Cells lined both sides of the long hallway.
The guards marched them down the hall.
The kids looked to their left at the last cell and noticed their families inside.
“Mom, dad” all four of them call out and ran down the hall and stood at the cell door.
Timmy noticed his sister and Kyle’s brother in the cell as well.
They also noticed the band Fly by Night and their manager in a cell across from their parents.
“Where were you all night?” Timmy’s mom called out as she moved towards the front of the cell “We were so worried about you”.
“We were being chased by men in black cars” Timmy called out has he placed his hands on the bars.
“Men in black?” Timmy’s dad said in shock “We had black cars come to the house yesterday night. Men in black suits came to our door, they told us you were in danger. They said we should go with them to find you. They brought us here and locked us up. They wouldn’t tell us anything.”
The soldiers stepped in-between them unlocked the cell door as the kids ran in and hugged their parents as the door was closed behind them.
Sam’s father looked at the guards “Where’s the General” He demanded, “ I want out of here. Why were we brought here in the first place? And now are children are here, this isn’t right. I want answers. We were worried for our children for the longest time”
The solider walked back down the hallway without saying a word.
“Hey, solider I’m talking to you, bring the General to me. I have something to say to him” Sam’s father called out. “I want him to explain to us why were locked up”
The solider walked out of the building and closed the main doors behind him.
Bobby’s mother hugged her son “Everything will be alright as long as you are safe.”
Bobby pulled away “But were not safe, the military plains on bringing down the mother ship on our town. Everything will be crushed, there will be nothing left”
“What are you talking about?” his mother asked while reaching for him “Is this one of your comic books?”
Bobby felt frustrated “No this is real”
Kyle answered, “He’s right, the truth is aliens are planning an invasion. They’re going to start right here in our town and spread out, The General has a powerful weapon that will stop the aliens, but it means crashing a huge mother ship right on top if our town”
Timmy’s father called out “This is crazy talk. We all know aliens don’t exist.”
Sam’s father agreed, “We need to stop talking about aliens and start talking about the truth”
Kyle’s brother laughed, “Still believing in aliens, what a waste of time,” he laughed to himself.
Timmy’s father looked at his son “Clearly something else is going on here, and it’s not alien related. Now, I don’t want to hear anymore talk about aliens. I will speak to the General calmly and get to the bottom if this silliness and he will let us go”
Sam mother looked at her son “Where did you get such an idea from? Talking about aliens”
Timmy’s sister looked at the color of her fingernails while chewing bubble gum “All this talk of aliens is boring me”
Sam turned to Timmy “Looks like were not going to be convincing our parents anytime soon with the truth”
Timmy nodded “They could have an alien walk right up to them and they still wouldn’t believe. Looks like we have to solve this problem ourselves.”
Sam turned to the other boys “Try to look the cell over and see if there’s anyway out”
The three others nodded and moved about the cell trying to find any weakness. They tired pulling on the bars and tried climbing up to the small window. It was to high up and covered with metal bars.
Kyle’s brother laughed to himself as he watched the kids’ waste there time.
A few moments later they were back standing in the middle of the cell.
“That produced nothing” Sam said.
The kids’ felt depressed and stood around for the longest time trying to think of a way to get out. They had to listen to there parents chatting away to each other about why they where being held.
Bobby leaned against the cell wall. “Looks like our town is going to be destroyed and there’s nothing we can do to stop it”
Kyle looked at the others “We can’t give up. Hero’s in action movies never give up, they always find a way out”
“But how?” Timmy asked “Its not like someone is going to walk through the front door of this building and let us out of this cell.”
They heard the front door opening and they all turned and looked in surprise as they watched Charles King quietly sneak inside.
Bobby pointed at him as he looked over to Sam “Hey it’s the reporter from the newspaper. What on earth are you doing here?”
Sam shook his head in wonder not having a clue.
Charles quickly made his way down the corridor and over to the cell door. The cry wolves’ kids and their parents quickly moved towards him.
“Why are you here? Thought you’d be in town covering the variety show” Sam asked.
“Lets just say I was on an assignment. I came down here for pictures and stumbled across something bigger”
Kyle looked confused “How are you able to move around without any of the guards catching you? There’s a ton of security guards walking around”
Charles laughed a little “I have my ways of not being seen. Even when they’ve caught me, I was still able to get away. Enough about me, it’s time to get you guys out of that cell” He took out a little kit and pulled out two thin black wires and started to pick the lock.
“Cool” Bobby said, “He knows how to picks locks like in the movies”
Kyle agreed “I saw something like this on the Internet”
Bobby looked over to the band Fly by Night “How did you end up in here?”
The lead singer answered, “Dude, we were like driving along or something in our limo on the highway when like, army trucks pulled us over. They asked us how we got passed the security gate leading onto Forest Road”
“How did you?” Sam asked.
The bass player answered “Our manager moved the hole gate to the side, all by herself. Dude it was cool to see, nothing can stop her.”
The drummer spoke up “So like the army dude was saying to us, like did you see anything in the forest? And we were like no way, then we remembered what you said about aliens and we like joked around saying we saw aliens out there. So they like brought us here to this cell”
The bass player spoke “We tried telling them it was only a joke dude, but they wouldn’t have it. They said we would be held until later. Like when will that be?”
A few seconds later the door unlocked and Charles pulled the door open.
The kids were about to run out when Sam’s
father stopped them “Where did you learn to pick a lock like that? You’re just a reporter for the paper. It takes great skill to pick a cell door lock”
Charles smiled “Lets say I have some skills most don’t know about”
Kyle’s father stepped forward “Hold on kids, this is no game. We need to stay here. The General will come by and we will have a proper discussion with him. Then we will be set free. We cannot provoke this by escaping”
Kyle shook his head “There’s no time to stand around, we need to save the town. The aliens are going to attack”
“Now son, I don’t know why you keep going on about aliens.”
Kyle’s mother spoke “I don’t like the idea of us going out there where we can get hurt”
Kyle looked at his “We need to head out. There is no time to waste”
Kyle father spoke “I think you need to listen to your mother son and stay here”
Charles looked at Kyle dad “Your son is right. We all need to move quickly. Its very important we leave this cell and get out of here”
Kyle’s dad looked to Charles “Hold on now, we can’t send the kids into danger. Its important that they stay in here where its safe.”
“But were not safe” Sam called out. “The town will be lost, if we stay here”
“Why do you keep going on about the town being lost?” Sam’s mother said, “The town isn’t going anywhere, especially because of your silly story of aliens. We need to stay in the cell until the comes in here to talk. Then we can have everything explained to us”
Bobby spoke up “The General isn’t walking in here. The mother ship will crash on the town and destroy everything”
“This is crazy talk” Bobby’s father said