July 1 2008, Mojave Desert, Nevada, 7:43 P.M.

"Hey, Chester, got a three?"

"Go, fish."

Timmy picked up the card on top of the deck and placed it among his other eight cards. Unbeknownst to the other card players, Timmy's three goldfish winced at the card. The mobile home went over another bump on the dry Nevada road, almost causing the ten year olds to lose their Go-Fish game.

"Hey, Dad? Do you think you could drive a little slower?"

"Sorry, son, but if we're going to get to where were going by tomorrow, we're gonna need to go as fast as we're going now, which is the speed limit. I hear they have one heck of a night sky. Lotsa stars. Man, I can't wait!"

He went back to concentrating on the road and the three boys went back to their game.

As he pondered over what to do next, A.J. asked, "So, Chester, where exactly are we going again?"

"Only the greatest place in Nevada! It's a haven for all those who use mobile homes. It's pretty awesome! I personally want to play in the giant mud pit that they supposedly have there. It's gonna be mud-tastic!"

A.J. lowered his voice and asked Timmy, "Ugh! Why did we want to come in the first place?"

"Because our parents are going to be away for the Fourth of July weekend and this is going to be a more pleasant experience that Vicky, don't you think?"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that."

Timmy noticed that A.J. was staring out the window, a blank expression on his face. Wondering if anything was wrong with his friend, Timmy asked, "A.J., are you all right? You seem distant. Everything ok with you, bud?"

A.J. shook his head. "Oh, sorry. Just a bit tired is all. Couldn't get to sleep last night."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I am. Chester, your turn."

Timmy didn't press the matter. They were silent for the rest of the game. After their game was done (which, coincidentally, A.J won), they sat in their chairs, watching the desert go by. A couple of farms passed here and there. The lights of Las Vegas were clearly visible on the horizon. They soon fell asleep

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The three kids were dozing when Mr. McBadbat pulled in to the side road that led to the mobile home campsite. An especially big bump woke the three kids. By the time they had pulled into a parking spot, it was 10:23 P.M.

"Hey boys, can you help me and Chester hook up the hoses?"

"Sure thing, Mr. McBadbat."

About fifteen minutes later they were finished. They were exhausted from the long trip, so they set up their sleeping bags outside and got in them.

As Timmy began to fall asleep next to his goldfish, he whispered to them, "This is going to be one boring weekend…"

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July 1 2008, Dimmsdale, California, 10:47 P.M.

"Trixie, where are you?"

Trixie Tang, the most popular ten year old girl in Dimmsdale, began to panic. Her bed was covered in Skull Squisher, Crash Nebula and Crimson Chin comic books. She quickly pulled out a snow shovel from under her bed and began to shovel the comic books into a hidden chamber located in her closet. She had just gotten the last comics shoveled in and had just managed to hide her shovel and grab a magazine for popular girls when her father walked in.

"And how is my ever popular rich daughter tonight?"

"Oh, uh, just fine dad without whom I would be a worthless nothing." She spat out the sentence, hating every word, but, if she wanted to stay popular, she had to say it.

"Trixie, shouldn't you be getting your beauty sleep?"

"Oh! Well, I was catching up on some reading here," and she showed her father the popular girls magazine. "I'll go to bed in a while, dad, don't worry."

"Okay, dear. Oh! I almost forgot. Daddy has to go to Los Angeles on a business trip tomorrow. The First Lady is supposed to be there and I have to do some business with her."

"Oh…" Trixie was a bit disappointed.

"Hey, don't worry about it, pumpkin. I'll be home in time for the Popular Fourth of July party. Good night!"

"Good night," she replied. He shut the door and turned off the ceiling light. Trixie's reading lamp was still on. She shut that off as soon as she heard her parent's door close. She opened her window and climbed out onto the roof. She lay down and looked up at the sky.

"My life is so boring. I can't do a thing I want," she whispered to the night. "I wish my life would get exciting really fast." She then climbed back into her room, closed her window and went to bed.

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The probe began its descent towards Neptune's moon, Triton. On its side, the Tang logo and the name of the craft, Trixie 1. Mr. Tang had had the probe named after his daughter.

The probe's objective: to find a rare mineral not found anywhere on Earth: Tritonuim. It was going to be used in the new make-up product for girls.

It landed. The wheels began to turn and slide off the landing platform. It touched Triton's surface and began the search. It slowly crawled over to a rock and opened its digging arm. It found nothing in the rock. It moved on.

It was so busy looking for Tritonuim that it didn't notice the small spacecraft as it approached from Neptune's general direction. It landed only a few meters away from Trixie 1. The craft's top opened, revealing a large bipedal being with slithering tail-like appendages coming out of its back. It approached Trixie 1. It stared at it and touched it. It then raised its long arm and smashed it with one hit. It walked back to its ship and entered the top again. It lifted off and left.

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That small ship was just part of a larger ship, which in turn was a pert of the huge mother-ship. The small craft was captured by the mother-ship's tractor beam and led inside the triangle-shaped entrance and through the interior of the ship. It passed large spires which housed the many beings who were traveling to their new home planet. It moved in toward the funnel-shaped command center, where its top was grabbed by a pair of clamps.

Life on the great mother-ship continued as it slowly moved to its final destination: a blue-green marble against the backdrop of the darkness of space, a planet with one moon, a planet that the current inhabitants called Earth.

Hope you like this new story. Try and guess what sci-fi movie this is going to be based off of! Mwuhahahaha! (and it's not Star Trek)

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