the jeep back and forth.
“Lost the target” solider 26 said. “That thing came out of nowhere and hit us”
The General looked up at the saucer flying out of control “There must be a smart alien flying it, making it look as though it’s dumb, interesting trick”
“What happened” Sam yelled out. “How did we shoot backwards like that?”
“I don’t know “Timmy answered “It felt as though the ship flew itself at that moment”
“Maybe you just pushed a wrong button,” Sam said.
Bobby looked out the window. He noticed the supergun was pointing up on a seventy-degree angle. He looked back at the other three boys with fear “Guys it looks as though the supergun is ready to fire”
Solider 26 sat inside a large tank looking at a glowing radar screen. “Sir the gun is powered up and I have a lock on the mother ship now”
The General smiled “Well done. Now we turn the war to our advantage. Today we make history. The aliens believed they we’re smarter then us. Well today will send them a massage” He leaned forward with his hands on the top windshield of the jeep and smiled “Now we will see the mother ship with our own eyes and rid the earth of the evil intruder. Fire”
Solider 21 pushed the red button.
A massive green laser bean shot out from the supergun into the blue sky. It sounded louder then any tank blast in the past. Everyone in town held their breath in shock and looked up in amazement and watched. It traveled up to the clouds and hit an invisible object. Electricity bolts flashed about as lighting filled the sky in all directions, brighter then the sun. Rapping around a massive object. Something enormous was being hit.
The supergun stopped firing as everyone looked up and pointed.
All the other cannons on the jeeps and armored vehicles fell silent as well as the soldiers looked to the sky.
The town started getting darker as is if an eclipse was blocking the sun. Something in the sky started flashing like a light switch being turn off and on by little kids. A moment if stillness filled the town as a huge bright sliver ship appeared out of nowhere, big enough to cover the entire town. The town was now covered in darkness. Car headlights automatically came on. Owls would soon wake up thinking it was night.
Everyone in town came out from under their hiding spots and out of their houses. They looked up at the incredible sight. Not a word was spoken, as no one knew what to say. They couldn’t believe their eyes.
All the other smaller saucers flew back up towards the mother ship.
Bobby walked towards the large window at the front of the saucer “Its so dark out there” he looked up into the sky and nearly fell backwards from shock. “Look at that thing. It’s the mother ship,” he pointed to it.
The other kids didn’t know what to say, they just stared at the massive object.
Without realizing it Timmy took his hands away from the control panel. It disappeared, however the saucer remand in the air.
What felt like an eternity passed before the General spoke. He always knew it existed, but never actually saw it. Now it was right above him. “Well done boys,” he said softly. With the silence in the town, his voice was the only thing heard. He knew he have to give the most important order ever given by any General before him. “Now, shoot it down” He knew with that order the massive mother ship would come crashing down on the town, wiping out everyone and everything, including himself, but it had to be done, in order to save the earth.
The soldiers gave their heads a shake and got back into their vehicles, solider 21 looked back at the radar and had the mother ship in his sights. It wasn’t hard to line the thing up. It took up the entire radar screen.
Timmy looked back down to the earth and could see the solider getting ready to fire. “Looks like the General wants to bring it down right now”
“We’re to late” Kyle called out. “The town will be destroyed”
“We failed” Sam said. “Everything we care about will be lost”
“Not unless I can help it” Timmy called out. “I will have to crash this saucer into the supergun. It will cost us our lives, but at least we will save the town”
The other boys looked at each other and slowly nodded. They knew what had to be done.
“Hopefully the aliens will not attack the earth after seeing what we have done. Maybe they will see the sacrifice we’ve made and they will respect it and leave. By destroying the supergun we save the aliens lives, and they will spare the earth”
They each looked at Timmy and nodded in agreement.
Timmy nodded back and tired his best to match the saucer right at the supergun.
The General looked up with a smile “And now it’s time for the dawning of a new day. Today we send a message to the aliens, this is our world and we like it keep it” he looked down to the solider at the helm of the supergun. “Fire”
Timmy moved the ship right at the supergun. He tried making it fly faster before the gun could fire. The saucer moved faster and faster right at the center of the supergun.
The kids were bracing for the hit.
At the last moment the saucer pulled off to the side and back up into the sky, missing the gun.
“What, I don’t understand” Timmy called out “How? I didn’t touch any buttons”
Solider 21 took a deep breath, closed his eyes and pushed the red button. Nothing happened. The solider opened his eyes and looked down at the button. He pushed the button another time. Again the gun failed to fire. “Sir the supergun is failing to fire” he called out.
“What?” the General turned around inside the jeep and looked back at the solider “What do you mean?”
“Sir, I’m pressing the fire button, but it is not responding”
The solider next to the General in the diver seat lowered the phone from his ear. “Sir, where getting reports from all the soldiers their guns are not working either. It appears something has turned all the lasers off”
“Impossible” The General yelled out. “Keep trying,” His voice echoed up and down Main Street.
All the soldiers pushed the fire buttons on their guns, nothing happened.
The General nodded, lowered his arms to his side and in the darkness from the mother ship shadow looked up at the massive ship itself. “Well, it looks as though the aliens have a weapon that can knock out our weapons. Now they will attack us and there’s nothing we can do to stop them. The earth is done for. The aliens will take us out, just like how man has taken out other cultures and species who were weaker”
“What happened to the saucer? We didn’t crash into the gun,” Sam asked.
“I don’t know what happened. I had it flying right at the supergun, but something took over and made the saucer fly off to the side” Timmy tried remaining calm moving his fingers on the control panel left and right.
The ship responded by moving left and right, up and down, at incredible speeds. Timmy found himself panicking as he started losing control of it. The speed started increasing faster and faster headed towards the town hall.
Sam yelled out “Timmy get more control over this thing”
“I’m trying” Timmy called back.
“Why are we losing control?” Kyle called out “We had control before”
Bobby screamed out “Look out for the town hall”
Timmy panicked and started pushing all the buttons and the saucer fired straight up into sky by hundreds of feet, it paused for a moment and dropped back down again towards Main Street at full speed. The kids could see the town coming at them through the window and screamed out.
Timmy tired pushing every button as fast as he could. Hoping something would work. They continued to drop like a rock with the road getting closer with each passing second.
“Oh no, were going to crash, its all over” Kyle yelled out as they covered their eyes.
The ship was out of control headed straight down.
“This is the end” Sam called out.
The kids braced for impact
. They each thought of there families and wished they had a second more to say goodbye. The earth was getting closer and closer. The kids screamed out. They closed their eyes. The ship’s noise was a few inches from crashing on Main Street, when it stopped.
The kids slowly opened there eyes and looked out the front window. They could see the road an inch from the tip of the ship, but the ship just floated in air. It slowly tinted down and leveled off with the ground.
The kids gradually looked at each other in confusion. Silence filled the saucer.
“Ok, this is odd” Bobby whispered, “I was sure we were going to crash.”
Sam turned to Timmy “How did you stop it from crashing?”
“I don’t know.” Timmy said quietly “I took my hands off the control panel”
Suddenly, the ship started lifting into the air.
The kids started to panic. They looked out the window and could see the ship lifting up higher in the sky. Moving away from Springbrook Gardens towards the mother ship in the sky.
“How are you flying this thing?” Sam called out to Timmy “Why are you lifting up us so high?”
Timmy shook his head with his hands at his side. “The control panel I’ve been using has disappeared ever since the saucer started dive bombing towards the ground. I’m not flying this thing at all, it’s flying itself”
Bobby looked over his shoulder at the three aliens and quickly looked back towards the other boys “Guys, don’t look now, but those aliens who were lying on the floor of the ship. Well, they’re getting up”
The three boys quickly looked over
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