Chapter Four: You Don't Understand! There's A Robot in the City!
An hour an many screaming passers-by later, the five women arrived in New Jersey. They dismounted from their vehicles and continued on foot, they were greeted with more speeding cars and a lot more screaming civilians going in the opposite direction.
"I'd say we're going close?" said Nat.
"Look over there!" pointed Roxy.
From a nearby electrical store were dozen's of TV's with the same channel on, the window was smashed and raiders were attempting to help themselves, then the heavy thud of giant feet caught their attention. They looked up to see Susan looking down on them with her hands on her hips, "Boo."
The thieves screamed like little girls and ran off, "Sheesh, an alien invasion nearby an people still try to commit crimes!"
They all crouched down and peered at the TV's, they bunched together as the volume was not on full. Sarah and Michelle got up and stood back so to make room for the others to watch and listen.
"…and the latest report on the giant robot is that it has disappeared off the radar. The military is trying to reacquire the target but many cannot see how they can stop it giving the punishment they received in the last attack. Thousands of the cities innocents are still waiting to be evacuated and are screaming at soldiers to reopen the tunnels, for now the only way out has been along the bridges to the east as the north of the city has been completely demolished, blocking all exits. Those still inside the city have been told to stay inside as the streets are no longer safe but it is hard to see how anywhere can be safe with this unstoppable menace hiding in the city…"
"All those people will be killed!" said Roxy, "We gotta get in there!"
"But how? We can't cross the bridges cause there're people crossing on them!" said Susan, remembering the Golden Gate Bridge incident, her appearance caused a massive accident.
"They said the tunnels were closed…" said Nat.
Meanwhile, Sarah and Michelle hung back whilst the older girls discussed how to get into the city. A loud whistle caught their ears and the two looked round, there on top of a small building were two guys. It looked as if they were living on the roof; it had couches, plants, a TV and even a small fridge. The two guys gave off wolf whistles towards the two girls.
"Alright ladies, enjoying the view?" one called.
Sarah had to admire them, these guys seemed totally unfazed by the fact that an alien machine was attacking and that five giant women were in their street.
They walked over to them and the guys got up and walked over to the edge of their roof, "I hear there's some alien bad dude out there, wanna stick with us?" one said to Michelle.
Michelle leaned over till she was right in front of them, "I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself, little man." She smirked.
The two guys stepped back but still acted as if this was an everyday thing, "Fair enough. What about you, Blondie?"
"Sorry guys," said Sarah, "I'm engaged."
Michelle nearly squeaked in surprise but decided to question this after the dealing with roof loungers, "What's up with you two? Alien robots, giant women, you act as if this is an everyday occurrence?"
"When the world seems to be coming to an end then there are two things you could do: either just mope around crying or live every moment to the full. Chatting up giant women such as yourselves is better than panicking about the 'end of the world'!"
"Giant-good lookin-women, I might add!" said the other guy.
Michelle was flattered, "Sorry guys, we're a little busy and we can't hang around here," she pressed off the wall and walked backwards away from them, but not before blowing them a kiss.
The guys high-fived, "We can officially die happy now!" they cheered.
Michelle re-joined Sarah and quickly grabbed her arm, "You're engaged?"
"Yep, getting married in several months. Matt Steel, love of my life." Smiled Sarah.
"Omigosh congratulations!" breathed Michelle, "Why didn't you say earlier?"
"Well," Sarah looked over to Natalie, "I didn't think talking about marriages would be a good idea in front of some."
Michelle knew what she meant, "Oh."
"Hey, you two," Susan called, "Come on, we gotta get goin!"
"How we getting there?" asked Sarah.
"The tunnels are closed so no one will be in them," said Roxy.
"Why were they closed? Cave in or something?" asked Michelle.
"Nah, the reports say the military wanted all civilians evacuated to the east and to avoid the tunnels in case of a cave in, so far there hasn't been one!" explained Nat.
"Heh, So far." Michelle laughed nervously.
"We got no choice, we need to get to the Lincoln tunnel right away, let's go!" said Susan.
"Make sure you kick those aliens' butts hard for us!" the guys on the roof called to them.
"I'll make sure of it!" Sarah called back.
"What were you two talking to those guys about?" asked Nat.
"Oh nothing." Said Michelle.
The five continued on to Weehawken, where the entrance to the tunnel would be.
The highway leading to the tunnel entrance was blocked by numerous Humvees and tanks. Soldiers were lined up along every tunnel entrance, each of them determined not to let anything in or out. From a dirt bank nearby, the five women peeked over to get a look of the entrance.
"There's no way we can get through without harming the soldiers, and these are people we were sent to save!" said Roxy.
"Maybe we should just ask them to let us pass?" suggested Sarah.
"Most likely they'll shoot us on the spot," said Nat, "And that does get irritating after a while."
"We gotta get them away from those tunnels, how?" asked Susan.
There was a pause as they all tried to think of how to get past the guards, then Roxanne snapped her fingers, "I got it!"
"What?" they asked.
"Simple, all those soldiers are men, and what do men love more than anything else in the world?" Roxy paused to let the others answer.
"Watching football and drinking beer?" said Susan.
"No…well yes, but not just that,"
"Hookers?" said Nat.
"No, well a large number do,"
"Burping and scratching their…"
"No, no! Boys love their toys!" Roxanne pointed to all the military vehicles lined up along the highway; many of them were out of soldier's line of vision.
The others finally understood what she meant.
The soldiers stayed positioned with their guns locked and loaded, ready to shoot anything, they were sure that nothing would get past them and that they could take on anything that was thrown at them.
"SOMEONES THROWING OUR TANKS!" cried a soldier.
The others looked to where he was pointing and some way away an unknown force was hurling tanks and Humvees off the road, they crashed and burst into flames.
"Them aliens are approaching on our position!" said another soldier.
"I thought they was in the city already?" another soldier scratched his head.
"Quick men, time to send ET home!" ordered the sergeant.
The soldiers abandoned their post in front of the tunnel and advanced towards whatever it was that was destroying their beloved vehicles.
The giantesses emerged from the side of the dirt bank; they had already finished their distraction and were waiting till the coast was clear, when they saw it was they walked over to the tunnel.
"It's gonna be a bit cramped, we're gonna have to crawl single file!" said Susan.
Just then a soldier returned, he had been ordered to go back and guard the entrance. What he saw made him drop his gun, the sound caught the girls' ears, they turned round and saw the pale faced soldier looking at them.
"B…b-b….bi…b-b-bi…b-b-bi-big…" he gibbered.
"Hi there," Sarah said innocently, "We need to go through this tunnel so we can get into the city and stop the alien robot, you don't mind do you?"
The soldier didn't answer; he just shook his head briefly.
"Thank you." Smiled Sarah, the soldier then fainted.
"After you," said Roxy.
Susan entered the tunnel first, crawling on all fours. Followed by Natalie, Michelle, Sarah and then Roxy.
They crawled along the mile and a half tunnel; its height of 12 feet restricted their movements and made it very claustrophobic. Fortunately there were no abandoned cars on the roads.
"Can't you go any faster?" Sarah called from further back.
"There's no such thing as a fast crawl!" Susan called back.
"Anyone else keep brushing their butt against the ceiling?" asked Nat.
"No." Roxy replied.
"Oh." Said Nat, feeling embarrassed.
"Don't worry, Nat," Michelle called behind her, "Anyone would kill for a butt like yours!"
Nat didn't know whether to feel embarrassed or flattered.
Finally they reached the end of the tunnel and emerged onto the empty streets of New York City. There were abandoned cars everywhere and evidence of mass panic, they looked around but couldn't see the robot.
"They said it had disappeared," said Roxy, "How can you lose a giant robot?"
"The better question is: How can we find a giant robot that can disappear?" asked Sarah.
"Maybe it has some sort of cloaking device?" said Michelle.
There was then an enormous explosion, it sent a shockwave that smashed all the windows around them, the girls covered their heads as the glass rained down. Once it was over they looked in the direction of the blast.
"That came from the down the road, close by given the size of the shockwave!" said Roxy.
"I bet it's reappeared near Broadway!" said Susan, "It's the most open space in this city, it was probably repositioning itself before attacking again, that's why it disappeared, parking without distractions!"
"So…lets hit Broadway then!" said Sarah.
"And that red alien right in the middle of its ugly face!" said Nat.