Alien Hell

by waddledee1013

This story tells of a supposed Martian invasion set in the 21st century, in the eyes and viewings of a young boy who is traumatized by the chaos, to the point that as the world converts itself to giving up itself and as the old order is slowly dying off, he questions of which gods to believe in. This work also borrows from the film adaptation and uses satanic undertones.

10. Chapter 9

Chapter 9- Nightmare

Joey is fast asleep in Carl's bed. He snoozes peacefully instead of tossing and turning. He slept on the right, with Carl on the left, peaking at the snoring Carl and the alarm clock. He closes his eyes and begins to dream. Through the dark void of his subconscious, he sees a bright light. Houses and people come into its view. People walked dogs or walked gleefully by themselves. A sunny day was on the horizon. The sun shined over the houses. The humans' shadows seemed huge in the distance, but there were very little up close. The camera of his dreams focuses on a single house, the Kinley house. Joey yawns after arising from his bed. He goesto change his clothes and brush his teeth before coming downstairs for breakfast. "Morning, mom! What's for dinner?" "Just your favorite, offspring. Flat edible circular burnt discs covered with a brown sweet oozing substance." "You mean pancakes?" "Yes, my dear, pancakes, a favorite delicacy susceptible and surprisingly delectable to your puny appetite. You earthlings disgust us. Why must you eat these strange foods? These "pancakes" will be the bane of your race's puny existence. Now do not defy us and lower your gluteus maximus and lay in this provided four legged wooden structure to perform the morning ritual." "You mean a chair?" "Yes, Joseph, a chair where you are to sit down and consume said pancakes from these circular porcelain discs." "You mean plates? Mom, I don't know what's gotten into you. Why are you acting so strange? Where's dad?" "The male paternal unit of the family is susceptible within fifteen earth feet." "Greetings, son unit. Must you have finished your pancakes already? For if you back sass, we parental units will grab you and slap your posterior in a spiteful manner." "You mean spanking? Dad, snap out of it. You're not my dad at all…you're …. no….." Joey pushes the verbose father, but he doesn't budge, as if he were made of metal. "Why must you touch me, earth offspring? You are spreading your disgusting germs through my organic organs of my internal chassis. Defensive mode activated." Dad's right arm transformed into a ray gun. His eyes turned red, as did the mother. The guns made a whirring sound as they lighted up their plasma-like ammo holders. Joey became visible in their crosshairs through their heat-vision scanners. "You're robots," Joey stammered. "Precisely, Joseph, Series II Infiltrator class Xarcinex division troop 2716 B numbers 0061 and 0062 androids of the Garlock race of planet Quexcor. Since you did not perform the breakfast ritual under our command, we, as loyal androids, will be forced to vaporize you, as you have uncovered our plans. You are the pest that must be eradicated. You know, so you must perish like your entire puny race. Resistance is futile. Escape is useless, as our Quarcinexian assault rifles will kill you with deadly accuracy. Destroying us is only a speck of what hell will be brought upon you. Our fleet is waiting; prompting for cleansing your filthy race off the face of your 'Earth' for us to conquer, claim another planet for the Quexcor Empire." Joey begins to run away from the two androids. "You have chosen option escape. Death will await you within three Earth minutes," said the father android. Joey runs out the door. His pursuers run at the door, knocking it off of its entrance, feeling no pain. The two androids gained on Joey, "2.13 Earth minutes," the mother uttered. Joey threw a rock at the androids. The powerful arm of the father grabbed the rock and crushed it into small pieces of dust. Joey was quickly slowing down. He noticed a parked car and crawled under it. He watched the androids searching him, slowly breathing. The androids turned their heads, making a whirring sound. The mother transformed its right arm to a strange communication device and talked into it, "The Joey cannot be found. It has already been three Earth minutes. He must have died already. In need of the use of an abductor-class 276 cruiser deployed in this area. We must destroy the town. We must find the boy. He must not live to tell the tale." The device turned off, and the laser gun became operational. The androids moved away from Joey's sight. He was relieved. He started to get back up on his feet again and tried to go find some help. Joey discovered a nearby police station amongst a throng of people. Inside, at the front desk, he sees a police lieutenant, speaking with his fake parents. "Have you seen our boy, Joseph," they said as they handed the lieutenant a picture. "The offspring left his nest this morning and never came back to us. Can you please find him? We'll offer you a reward of three hundred earth currency in flat green decorations with portraits of Earth's past leaders." "You mean dollars? Anyways, we'll help you find your boy. Heck, we'll have the whole force search the town. We'll search every nook and cranny. Then we'll find your boy. Don't you worry." "Splendid! With a force of that caliber, we'll certainly not be able to require the use of the abductor class 276 cruiser ship. But still, with its four Xecronion plasma cannons, heavy Lebrapolkian energy shielding, and two deployable escort ships, this puny town and its inhabitants will show petty resistance towards the death of the son." "What now?" "Nothing, my wife is very ecstatic in the successful support in the search for the boy." "Whatever, we don't need this mumbo jumbo to help find your son. We'll start notifying our officers. We'll tell you if we have made any progress. Happy doing business with you two. Have a nice day," The androids turn and walk in a normal, yet robotic motion out of the station. Joey did not see the parents look at him as he bolted out of the door. He pushed through the crowd outside the station, glancing at his pursuer asking the people of witnessing him recently. He walked up out of the city limits. Suddenly, the sky turned black. Papers started flying in the wind. Lightning flashed as the mighty wind blew. He started to walk back but bumped into the two stiff androids. "Joey, we have you now. The abductor class 276 cruiser is coming out of its light speed rift. It is here. It will take you to the mother ship where you will be captured along with your original parental units. You will be the first to watch the destruction of everything you know and love. Your puny planet is nothing to our might." The cruiser flew out of its rift, spinning slowly, resembling a flying saucer. Its four large plasma cannons mounted on the sides of the hull gleamed and surged bright bolts of light. The ship flew closer to Joey until he gazed at its massive underbelly. The hatch opened up slowly, and a short alien that resembled a three eyed beast with three suction cup fingers descended from the glowing hatch. The alien and the androids did a strange salute and moved into the invisible tractor beam. The four beings gaze at the light as they were levitated to the ship. The hatch closed, the ship spun faster and faster until it quickly escaped into space, following in the opposite direction towards its approaching fleet at light speed. Joey suddenly awoke from the dream. Carl was out of bed, and looked at the clock. It was 7:30 A.M. As Joey went downstairs, he thought nothing about the nightmare and prayed that Carl and his parents weren't under alien control. He knew that the Earth was under the threat of an alien invasion, but not his friends and family, as they wouldn't believe him. Still, he saw nothing to frighten him, as it was just another nightmare that will never come again.