It was almost midnight in the small texan town of Little Hanson. The town's civic center, which had been converted into a lab by NASA, housed only two people at the moment: A coffee sipping scientist named Raymond, and his wife, Henrietta. Ray was leaning against one of the server towers, staring at a large metallic ring. He sighed. "Henrietta?" he asked his wife.

"What is it, Raymond?" she responded.

"Why do I pay so much attention to this blasted ring? I mean, there is literally a 0.00562 percent chance that it will even turn on." he said, placing his coffee onto the machine. "There's also the fact that NASA hired us to work on the Capella Drive. If we don't finish building that, we're out of business."

"We've still got three months until Capella is due. We have time." Henrietta reassured her husband. "Besides, Capella is almost done anyway." Ray turned and looked at his wife.

"Alright." He turned back to the ring, sighing again. "I'm going to take this down." He stood up and banged his knee on the ring, causing his precariously balanced coffee to fall over. The hot beverage spilled all over Ray and the server he was leaning against. "Shit!" he yelled, jumping backward, as it is not fun at all to spill hot coffee on your crotch. His elbow bumped the server behind him, causing it to slowly lean over. "Shit shit shit shit shit…" Ray moaned in pain, forgetting the situation.

"Ray!" his wife shouted, dashing over to him. "Are you alright?" Ray painfully looked back at her.

"No!" he moaned. "I spilled coffee on myself! It freaking burns!" Then the server fell over. It smashed into the ground loudly, sending sparks flying. The lights flickered, then went out. A sudden surge of power caused them all to come back on, then explode as far more power then they were meant to handle was coursed through them. Then the fallen server burst into flames. "Gyah!" Ray shouted, jumping backward. His elbow hit a button labeled WORLDJUMPER STARTUP. The large metal ring sparked violently. Then the power surge hit it, causing it to seemingly explode. When the smoke and light cleared (mostly), the building was almost entirely on fire. The large ring, however, had fallen from it's supports, revealing an entire world behind it. Ray stared in equal parts fear and awe.

"It- It worked…" Henrietta muttered, putting words to Ray's feelings. They both moved back… and remembered the building was on fire. Henrietta quickly pulled out her phone and called the emergency operator. "Hello operator? The civic center is on fire. With me and my husband in it." she told the operator calmly, before hanging up. "Ray, we need to get out of-" And then the first being came through. It was tall and black, and fairly humanoid. Although Ray and Henrietta saw the being out of the corner of their sight, they had a deep urge not to look directly at it. And then it spoke.

"YΣƧ…" it said to itself. "ƬΉIƧ ЩӨЯᄂD ЩIᄂᄂ DӨ ПIᄃΣᄂY." it said. "ΛᄂƬΉӨЦGΉ I ЩΛƧ ƬӨᄂD ƬΉΣЯΣ ЩӨЦᄂD BΣ ᄂΣƧƧ FIЯΣ ƬΉΛП ƬΉΣ ПΣƬΉΣЯ, ПӨƬ MӨЯΣ!" With that statement, it turned around and left through the portal.

"Henrietta…" Ray said, staring at the glowing hole in spacetime. "Please tell me i'm dreaming…" She reached over and smacked him. "Agh, hey! What was that for?"

"Nope, i'm still here so you're not dreaming." she said. "What are we going to-" And then the sirens started. Henrietta's eyes widened. "Oh god… the fire department is here." After a few seconds of staring at the door, a team of firemen burst into the room, carrying a firehose.

"Where's the fire?!" one yelled. Then he noticed that the whole room was on fire. "Oh."

"Ignore him, he's new to this." another fireman said, aiming the hose.

"Wait!" Ray yelled. "This is an electrical fire!" The fireman holding the hose stopped himself.

"One of you go get a fire extinguisher!" he shouted. One of the firemen rushed out the door. Then the roof collapsed behind him.

"Great." Henrietta moaned. "We're trapped." One of the firefighters gave her a look.

"This might be an electrical fire, but we can still put out the non-electrical parts of it." he said. Then the alien from before came back.

"ӨΉ GЯΣΛƬ. ƬΉΣЯΣ'Ƨ MӨЯΣ ӨF ƬΉΣM." it sighed. "ΉӨЩ ЩIᄂᄂ I ΣVΣЯ DΣΛᄂ ЩIƬΉ Λᄂᄂ ӨF YӨЦ?" it said, sarcasm dripping from its voice. Then it sarcastically mimed having an idea. "I KПӨЩ! I'ᄂᄂ KIᄂᄂ YӨЦ!" And on that note, several more beings stepped through the portal. They slowly started to approach them, when the new fireman happened to look one of them in the eye. It unhinged a previously hidden jaw and flew at him. It brutally smashed it's long arm into the side of his head, sending him flying. He hit the wall and slumped down. His head was coated in blood, and it appeared that he was dead.

"HOLY FUCK!" one of the other firemen screeched. "THEY KILLED HIM!" The other creatures approached slowly.

"ΉӨᄂD ӨП. DӨП'Ƭ KIᄂᄂ ƬΉΣM Λᄂᄂ. ƬΉΣY MIGΉƬ MΛKΣ GӨӨD ƧᄂΛVΣƧ. JЦƧƬ KПӨᄃK ƬΉΣM Λᄂᄂ ӨЦƬ." the leader said, and paused. Then he gestured to Henrietta and Raymond. "Σ(X)ᄃΣPƬ ƬΉӨƧΣ ƬЩӨ. I ЩӨЦᄂD ᄂIKΣ ƬӨ ƬΛᄂK ƬӨ ƬΉΣM." He waited. The aliens advanced, swiftly knocking everyone but Henrietta and Raymond out. Then the bodies (except the dead fireman) were carried through the portal. The lead alien turned to Henrietta and Raymond. "YӨЦ ƬЩӨ." it began, before noticing they weren't looking at him. "DӨП'Ƭ YӨЦ KПӨЩ IƬ'Ƨ ЯЦDΣ ƬӨ ПӨƬ ᄂӨӨK ƧӨMΣӨПΣ IП ƬΉΣ ΣYΣ ЩΉΣП ƬΉΣY'ЯΣ ƧPΣΛKIПG?" It forced them to look into it's deep purple eyes. It visibly trembled under their gaze.

"Wh-What do you want with us?" Henrietta asked. The creature laughed. It was a strange laugh, clearly forced through anger.

"ПӨƬΉIПG! I ӨПᄂY ЩΛПƬΣD ƬӨ MΣΣƬ ƬΉΣ IПVΣПƬӨЯƧ ӨF ƬΉIƧ MΛGПIFIᄃΣПƬ DΣVIᄃΣ!" it said. There it was again; that fury hidden behind it's voice. It was as if it was fighting itself to not kill them. Then it sighed. A very furious kind of sigh, with all of the anger in the world behind it. "I'M GӨIПG ƬӨ ᄂΣƬ YӨЦ GӨ. ПӨƬ ӨЦƬ ӨF ƬΉΣ KIПDПΣƧƧ ӨF MY… ΉΣΛЯƬ, ΛƧ I ΉΛƬΣ YӨЦ ΛПD ЩΛПƬ ПӨƬΉIПG MӨЯΣ ƬΉΛП ƬӨ ЯIP YӨЦЯ FΛᄃΣƧ ӨFF," At that, it's eyes pulsed red and it gripped them tightly enough to crack bone. Then it's eyes returned to purple and it's grip shallowed. It continued. "BЦƬ FӨЯ MЦᄃΉ MӨЯΣ… ᄃӨMPᄂIᄃΛƬΣD ЯΣΛƧӨПƧ." It then let them go. "ПӨЩ GӨ! BΣFӨЯΣ I ᄃΉΛПGΣ MY MIПD!"

The two thoroughly terrified scientists left the room at top speed. They left through the emergency exit. Raymond got in his car so fast, he forgot to grab his wife. He shot out of town, 30 miles over the speed limit, and didn't stop until he was in the next city. He coasted for a bit, until he ended up in a hotel parking lot. He stopped and contemplated getting out. He decided it would be better to wait a bit.