swayed back and forth over Forest Road.
“Is this how you drove the go-cart?” Bobby yelled out.
“No, the race track had safety barriers which I used a lot” Timmy answered.
Sam hid behind the rock next to Charles. They watched as the soldiers looking for them on the mountainside were called down and sent to their vehicles. Sam knew they were being called down because it was time for them to head into town.
They both watched as one by one the jeeps with the silver cannons mounted on the back, rolled out onto the highway heading toward Forest Road. The armored vehicles rolled out afterwards. The last thing to move was the massive supergun with the sun reflecting off of the metal. It started up slowly and picked up speed. It rumbled along the road as it moved along, sounding like thunder and looking like a demon with no eyes. A massive truck looking like a fright train engine was used to pull the supergun along.
Sam knew if the gun were successful at its mission his whole town would be wiped out.
Charles turned to Sam “Looks like only a few guards were left behind. The whole place is now quiet. We need to grab a car and chase after the supergun. Hopefully we can stop them before they bring down the mother ship.”
“I sure hope so. Pretty much everyone in Springbrook Gardens is in the town hall. If the mother ship comes down, we will loose everyone at once”
“Here’s the plan. You go down and distract the guards. I will free your parents. The guards will have their hands full trying to round them back up again. The whole time that’s happening, I’ll grab a car and we can get out of here”
Sam nodded “I like the idea, trust me my parents will be a massive nag to the soldiers, demanding to talk to the General” He got up from behind the rock and made his way down the hill.
He approached the holding cell from the side making sure no one could see him. He peaked around the corner and could now see two guards posted at the front door staring straight ahead. He moved forward and causally walked passed them a few yards away “Hi soldiers. How are you, nice day isn’t it?” he smiled and kept walking.
One of the soldiers was shocked to see a kid walking around the complex. He looked at the other solider and back at Sam. “Hey your not suppose to be here. Get back here” he yelled out.
The two guards took off after him as Sam darted around the side of the building and back up the hill into the forest. The soldiers followed behind. Sam knew how to move in the forest better then anyone. He spent his whole childhood playing in the forest.
Charles quietly made his way down the hill and over to the holding cell. He opened the main door and ran down the hall.
“What’s going on out there?” Sam’s father asked. We heard the loudest rumbling in here. Sounded like a large vehicle was moving. We want to talk to the General”
“And that you shall.” Charles started to pick the lock. A few seconds later the door open “Ok, if you want to talk to the General, you’ll have to come with me. The General is in his tent right now and he would like to answer all of your questions” he open the cell door all the way. “but he will only be there for a few minutes, so you’ll have to act quickly”
“Well it’s about time” Sam’s father said and they all walked out of the cell and down the hall.
“Just watch out for the two front guards out there. They don’t know you’re aloud to talk to the General, if you have any problems with them just let them know you’re aloud to and make your way over.” He turned to the Fly by Night music group in the other cell. “I can free you as well”
“No way man” the bass player said “Were working on a song called aliens in the sky”
The other members nodded.
The lead singer looked at the other band members “Who knew being locked in a cell would help our song writing. We should do this more often dude. Great way to focus”
The other band members agreed and went back to working on there melodies.
A minute later the two soldiers came walking back down the mountainside tired from all the running “I don’t know who that kid was, but he got away” Solider 31 said.
“If he comes back we’ll get him” solider 16 said, “I have to say. He moved fast in the forest.”
Solider 31 nodded “He’s just a kid wondering around, what can he do?”
As they approached the holding cell the front doors opened and out walked the cry wolves gang parents.
The soldiers looked at the group and were shocked to see them all outside the building’.
“What are you doing? How did you get out of your cell?” Solider 31 demanded.
Sam’s father approached one of the soldiers. “Sir, I want to talk to the General, I want to know what’s going on around here. I want answers. Can you take us over to see him now, he’s expecting us”
The other parents started approaching the soldiers as well demanding answers as the two soldiers tried to retain order and get them back into there cells. Bobby’s parents started walking towards the Generals main tent and the soldiers tried to go after them as Sam’s father continued to demanded answers.
Charles waited inside the building and peeked out the front door. He made sure the area was clear. When he knew the guards couldn’t see him he quietly slipped out the holding cells doors and made his way across the open field, over to a jeep and without drawing attention to himself climbed inside and started to hotwire it.
Sam watched Charles and knew he had to move. He silently slid down the side of the hill. He stayed low and made his way over to Charles. He climbed inside the passenger side. “I feel sorry for those soldiers, when my parents get going, it never ends. I’ve seen it happen at PTA meetings. Those soldiers will be there all night.”
“Well I’m just about done here.” Charles sat up in the driver side of the jeep. It started up and took off towards the highway.
In all the confusion with the parents chatting away the soldiers could just hear the sound of the jeep starting up and looked over to see what was happening
“Hey, what was that? What’s going on over there?” Soldier 31 said. Before he could take a step forward to find out what it was, the parents stood in front of them and continued to demand to see the General. The soldier couldn’t move an inch much less find out why a jeep was starting up.
Charles drove down the highway as fast as the jeep could move.
Sam hoped it wasn’t too late. What would the town look like when he arrived? Would there even be a town?
The sun was bright over Springbrook Gardens as birds gently flew in the blue sky. The streets were empty, stores closed. The town was motionless and quiet. Only one building was in use. Everyone was in the town hall seated in the auditorium.
The stillness outside was broken by the sound of a police car firing out of control off of Forest Road onto Main Street. Veering left and right, switching from lane to lane, barley missing the sidewalks on both sides of the street. The only thing louder then the tries screeching were the kids in the backseat screaming out of fear.
Timmy held the steering wheel like vice grips as his forehead and eyes peaked over the dashboard. He was still trying to figure out how to control the car. He gunned the gas pedal too much, confusing it with the break. He tried staying in his lane the best he could. He spent more time in oncoming traffic lane, then the right one. He pulled the steering wheel side to side too sharply. Bobby and Kyle screamed in the back seat as they were thrown back and forth, convinced their lives were going to end.
Bobby was able to sit up for a second and poked his head up over the seat. He pointed and yelled out “Look out for the post office”
Timmy screamed and swerved the steering wheel to the left and the car shot left just missing the building.
Bobby fell back into his seat by the momentum. He lifted his head back up and yelled out “Look out for the street lamp. Look out for everything”
Timmy barley kept the car on the road. Swerving out of control down the middle.
“I see the town ha
ll.” Kyle yelled out. “Timmy, drive to the town hall”
“I’m lucky I can keep it on the road.” Timmy steered the car in the direction of the building and hit the brakes. The car skidded for half a block and came to a stop right at the front steps of the building.
Kyle slowly sat up and looked out the window. “Are we still alive?”
Timmy took his hands off the steering wheel and looked over to the town hall “I think so”
Bobby tried opening the back door; “We need to get into the town hall” the door wouldn’t open. “Hey, my door is stuck. I’m trapped”
“It’s a police car. The back door never opens from the inside”. Timmy called out. He got out and opened the backdoor and Kyle and Bobby quickly got out.
Bobby looked up at the sky “I can’t see the aliens. At least we know they haven’t starting attacking yet.”
“I wonder how much time we have left?” Kyle asked.
Kyle turned to Timmy “We need to get inside and warn everyone. We need to clear the building, not a second to loose, any moment now the aliens start the invasion or just as bad the General will start shooting at them”
The building was massive, with a large glass front. Two long hallways ran up and down the length of the building with the huge auditorium in the middle with countless seats and a stage. At both ends of the hallway were multiple rooms for storage.
They ran up the steps towards the glass doors. Pushed the door open and ran inside.
Before they
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