The day had faded out and twilight was burning a brilliant orange on the horizon. The light from the sun was almost gone and the real moon had emerged up into the sky. Raven sat in her lawn looking up with a concearned frown. It was now obvious that it wasn't the real moon because it still remained in the same spot in the sky just next to the real moon. And with the sun's light almost gone, it was dark and hard to see against the twilight sky. It bothered her that she didn't know what exactly it was. It had to be something big to be the size of a moon.

The news wasn't able to tell her anything new about it. Unfortunately, they didn't even know it was a disguise; everyone was convinced that it was a second moon that has appeared in the Earth's gravity pull.

Raven sighed and got up from the grass and went back into her house. She sat down in the same spot on the couch as earlier before, tipping her head back. It wasn't even all that late, but Raven was beginning to feel weary. She slowly closed her eyes, breathing in deeply and thinking about this strange mystery.

"Kssssht... how about this one?"

Raven's eyes fluttered open again. There was a strange voice. Almost unreal and electronic.

"Ksssht.. I'm not sure, how many do we already have?"

Raven tilted her head to the side. It sounded like it was coming through the wall. Must be the neighbors next door, watching a really loud movie.

"We only have two from this country. I guess this one will do."

"Yessir."

Raven began to feel her eye lids slide shut again. Pretty soon, the voices became slurred and meshed together. They couldn't be understood, but the mellow pitch of them lulled her into deep sleep. She was just about to go into a dream, when a smell filled her noise. A strong smell that was so irritating and uncomfortable. It made her feel dizzy. And next she knew, she was out into darkness. No dreams, no nothing.

The floor felt cold on her face. She didn't remember how she ended up on the ground. But her head hurt too much to move or anything. The awful smell from before was still floating around her nose. It was what was making her dizzy. She tried to open her eyes, but closed them shut again. Everything looked twice as bright and was overwhelming for her pounding head. A noise was heard. It sounded like a high pitch beep. She gave a low groan, trying to focus on clearing her head.

"One of them is waking up.."

It was the electronic voices from before. But they were much louder and closer than before. Raven slowly and painfully shift on to her back and tried again to open her eyes.

"Make sure she doesn't hurt herself."

Raven stared up at the ceiling and waited for her vision to clear. It was all fuzzy and still very bright. Her vision became clear and she frowned up at what she saw. The ceiling was made of metal and wires; not the same as the ceiling in her livingroom. Where was she? Raven sat up and looked around. She was in a room completely made out of metal and shiny coating. Her eyes slowly traced the room and stopped suddenly when she noticed the figures in the room next to her. Two tall people in white armor about five feet away stared down at her. At first, they looked like robots, but the way they shifted their weight on each foot revealed them to be human. Raven opened her mouth to ask them a question but stopped herself when she noticed the guns they held in their hands. They weren't your average hand-held pistol, but large rifles held with both hands. A sudden rush of fear shot through her. Was she being held hostige?

They both remained silent and stared down at her. Raven started to quiver in this uncomfortable environment.

"Are you alright, miss?" one of them asked her.

Raven slowly nodded her head, not taking her eyes away. She could not see or read their faces for they were covered by helmets. Their eyes and mouth were dark slits on the masks, giving them an intimidating look. Someone next to her groaned loudly and movement caught the corner of her eye. Raven turned to see three other people laying on the floor, out cold. One of them stood up and looked at her with a confussed expression. It was a boy, prehaps much younger than she. He had redish brown hair and dark eyes. He too looked around and became instantly afraid when he saw the two persons in the white armor with guns. He was trembling. Raven wanted to help him, but she would be no help at all, as she was shaking too. The situtation was still very unclear to her. She had no idea who these people were and why she and these other three people were being held in hostile. The awkward silence returned to the small space and engolfed them all. It was broken once the other two people awoke and one of the men in white armor started to speak, "Citizens from the United States of the planet Earth.."

Something struck Raven that told her something was very wrong. The way they addressed them from their planet; as if they weren't from Earth themselves. This began to make her wonder if they actually were human.

"We are very sorry to be the ones to tell you this. But you will not be returning to your home planet." Raven could hear the boy give a quiet sqeak. He too did not like the sound of this situation.

"In fact, our Lord has ordered that your planet is to be destroyed. You four were choosen from your country to be the only ones to leave before its destruction. I would consider yourselves very lucky."

What the bloodly hell was he going on about? Earth's destruction? But how was that even possible? No weapon has ever been created with such power.

Another beeping noise came from somewhere inside the small space. A voice came from a speaker. This voice was different from the two men, more human and clear.

"The rest of the pods have left the planet's orbit. Start your return back to the port base."

"Yessir," replied one of the men in white armor.

Raven heard the boy next to her give out a small yelp in fright. Raven glanced over at him and saw his face was covered in fear. He was looking out at something behind her. Raven slowly turned her head, afraid of what she was about to see. She gasped as she stared out a large and thick window to her planet. They weren't in a room, but a small space pod that was slowly floating away from Earth's orbit. Out to the left of Earth, much closer to them, she saw the moon. No, the disguised moon. And now that she was so close to it, she could see that it was fake. A large metal handmade station. Huge. On the side of it was a large crater and a hole in the center, which was facing the direction of Earth.

"The beam is ready to fire." the voice said from the speaker.

The hole in the middle of the station's crater began to glow a bright green. The glow began to get larger and larger, as so did Raven's eyes. Her mouth was dropped as her heart beat was dangerously accelerating.

The glow shot out a long and single beam that went hurtling down to Earth. It's glow got brighter and intence. A scream filled Raven's ears. It rang so loud as the beam got bigger and brighter. It took her a while to realize that the scream was coming from her own mouth. As the scream continued, time stood still. Raven's heart stopped beating in a split second.

Earth exploded into a million pieces.