Part 1: Welcome to Roswell
"Will you guys hurry up!" called Jess.
"I'm sorry I don't have insanely long legs like you do!" Emma called back.
"Well, I'm sorry you're only a little kid." Jess replied.
"I'll have you know I'm in 7th grade, K? That's hardly what you would call 'little'." Emma angrily said.
"If you two don't stop bickering, I'll take you both home!" David put in.
Lucy Baker followed her fighting friends silently in the darkness. She hated getting dragged on Jess's late night explorations. He knew that she had to work the next day, but did that stop Jess from dragging her out of bed at 2 in the morning? Nope. But, Lucy was the only one of her friends that actually had to work. She was 17, turning 18 in the fall, and she needed that money badly. Her parents had died in a fire eight years ago and she was forced to move to Roswell, New Mexico so she could live with an aunt and an uncle she never knew, and she wanted to get out of their house and away from freaky Roswell as fast as she can. Lucy was not tall, but not short either. She had short dark brown, almost black hair. She had taken the liberty to piss off her aunt and uncle by bleaching half of her hair and dying it bright purple and pink. She always wore dark colored clothes, even in 90 degree weather. But, dark clothes were the only thing that would make her feel comfortable. And her dark clothes and wild hair were what lead her to meet Jess. Jess, David, and Emma went to Lucy's school. They were what people would call the "freaks clique". Jess wore a lot of dark clothes and heavy eyeliner and always wore his hair up in spikes. David was more of a medieval kind of "freak". He liked to wear fantasy t-shirts and baggy pants. And then there was Emma. She was David's younger sister. She was blond and always wore what she could grab out of a Goodwill store. Lucy reckoned that she was the only one of the group who actually looked like she could make something of herself. Who actually wanted to have a good life, and wanted to make something of herself. But, she wanted friends and she knew that she could never run with the "in" crowd. Emma just wasn't as rich as those other kids were. That was life for ya.
Lucy finally caught up to Jess and the others. They were leaning on the wire fence separating them from one of the biggest attractions in Roswell…Area 51. It was a miracle that they had gotten this close. There were sings everywhere that read "No Trespassing. Will Be Shot On Site." But here they were. Jess's eyes shone in the darkness. He had a thing for aliens and the unknown. He had been talking for months about how he was going to find the alien bodies that had been supposedly autopsied here. He was going to show that world that the government was hiding something…something big. No one spoke for a while and then Jess broke the silence.
"I'm goin' in."
"To hell you're not!" David cried.
"To hell I am!" Jess replied. "I didn't plan for months, risked getting shot, and come all this way just to look at it from the outside!"
"What if we get caught? What if we get arrested?" Emma said worriedly.
"Then we'll calmly explain to the police that Jess wasn't taking his medication." Lucy replied.
Jess shot her a look, but Lucy didn't falter. She knew Jess. She knew he was stupid and impulsive. And she would gladly let him go look for his "little green men", find out there aren't any here, and then go on his merry way. This was the only way for Jess to be somewhat satisfied. Lucy gave him a mocking smile, and Jess continued.
"Alright, fine. If nobody is going to come, then I'll take all the glory for myself when I find those aliens!" and with that, Jess put his long legs to good use and climbed up the wire fence and hopped onto the ground on the other side. David let out a sigh and followed.
"I'd never forgive myself if you got seriously hurt." He said as he landed besides Jess.
Jess looked at the girls on the other side of the fence. "You guys commin?"
Lucy looked at Emma and gave a half hearted smile. Emma returned it and they both climbed up the fence.
"If we get shot, I'm gonna kill you!" Emma whispered as they quickly walked to one of the buildings.
"How can you kill me if we're already dead?" Jess replied.
Emma fell silent. Lucy grabbed her hand and squeezed. "We're not gonna die, I promise."
Emma didn't seem to believe Lucy; she just stared at her with wide eyes.
"Where is this supposed 'alien freezer' located?" David interrupted.
Jess peeked around the corner of a half demolished building. "If my calculations are correct, it should be right over…there!"
Jess pointed to a large building near the back of the half demolished shed. Jess looked around and motioned for the others to follow. They walked quickly to the opening of the building. Jess checked to see if the coast was clear, and then he motioned again. The group closely followed together.
"And the freezer should be right….here!" Jess pointed to a large metal door.
It looked a bit odd. A large, stainless steel door in a run down old deserted building. But this was Roswell. So anything was possible.
"Ok, you found your freezer, now can we leave?" pleaded Emma.
"I wanna see what's inside." Jess said.
"Oh, come on, Jess. Can we please go? I have work tomorrow." Lucy stressed.
"Just a sec." Jess replied, still captivated by the shiny metal door.
He slowly put both hands on the door handle. He started to pull the door. Slowly it started to open, and with one last hard pull the door swung open and a brilliant, bright white light illuminated the run down building.
"Oi! What are you doing!" cried an unfamiliar voice.
The group spun around. There in the white beam of light stood a tall, thin figure with spiky hair. But, because the light was so bright, it was hard for any of them to make out who, or what, the being was.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" the group cried. They ran as fast as they could to the wire fence. Jess almost flew over it, followed by David and then Emma. Lucy kept checking behind her shoulder for the tall being. Then something caught her eye. Near another abandoned building stood a strange, box like shape. And it was a dark color. Almost like a blue color…
"Lucy! Come on!" Emma cried.
Lucy snapped back to reality. She quickly, but carefully climbed the fence and landed on the other side. The four kids ran as quickly as they could. But, Lucy couldn't shake the feeling that they're curiousness had got them into big trouble.
