Kim stepped out of the parachute wearily. After having traveled nearly 500
miles to reach this place, she was slightly out of breath.
Ron followed her, a little less gracefully. Kim winced as he landed in a tree. "Ow! Oof!...AH!!!!!!!!!"
She ran over to him as he hit the ground. "Ron, are you all right?" Ron looked up dizzily, and asked, "Why's there two of you?"
Kim helped him up, and said, "All right, let's go." "Right behind ya, KP," Ron said, then fell down. "As soon as I can see again."
Kim left him there, and looked in the farm house's dirty windows. She rubbed the glass, trying to clear the fog. No doubt about it, someone was in there.
She sniffed the air, trying to detect any smells, but none were there. As Ron followed behind her, she circled the house, trying to find another way in. Finally, she found another window.
"Kim!" Ron said, sounding a little ill, "what's that plant thingie?" "Plant thingie?" Kim repeated, turning to him. "Yeah." Ron pointed to the ground. A green, okra shaped pod lay on the ground, pulsing as if it had a heartbeat.
The color drained out of Kim's face as her thoughts turned to a movie she had seen years ago.
"Ron," she gulped. "Have you ever seen 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'?" "Yeah," he replied. "Man, that movie was awesome-"then it hit home.
"Kim, is that thing-what I think it is?" Kim nodded slowly. "I think so. I'll have Wade run a computer analysis on it."
"Hey, Wade, will you analyze this for us?" "Sure thing, Kim," Wade answered, and the Kimmunicator beeped quickly, and Wade's face appeared on the screen, looking a bit concerned.
"Guys, this almost resembles-""The pods from that old movie," Kim finished. "Yeah," Wade said. "At this point, it looks harmless...but if it's exactly like the ones in the movie, you'd better destroy it...now."
"No problem," Kim said, turning to Ron. "Hey, Ron, can you-"
But he was asleep.
Ron followed her, a little less gracefully. Kim winced as he landed in a tree. "Ow! Oof!...AH!!!!!!!!!"
She ran over to him as he hit the ground. "Ron, are you all right?" Ron looked up dizzily, and asked, "Why's there two of you?"
Kim helped him up, and said, "All right, let's go." "Right behind ya, KP," Ron said, then fell down. "As soon as I can see again."
Kim left him there, and looked in the farm house's dirty windows. She rubbed the glass, trying to clear the fog. No doubt about it, someone was in there.
She sniffed the air, trying to detect any smells, but none were there. As Ron followed behind her, she circled the house, trying to find another way in. Finally, she found another window.
"Kim!" Ron said, sounding a little ill, "what's that plant thingie?" "Plant thingie?" Kim repeated, turning to him. "Yeah." Ron pointed to the ground. A green, okra shaped pod lay on the ground, pulsing as if it had a heartbeat.
The color drained out of Kim's face as her thoughts turned to a movie she had seen years ago.
"Ron," she gulped. "Have you ever seen 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'?" "Yeah," he replied. "Man, that movie was awesome-"then it hit home.
"Kim, is that thing-what I think it is?" Kim nodded slowly. "I think so. I'll have Wade run a computer analysis on it."
"Hey, Wade, will you analyze this for us?" "Sure thing, Kim," Wade answered, and the Kimmunicator beeped quickly, and Wade's face appeared on the screen, looking a bit concerned.
"Guys, this almost resembles-""The pods from that old movie," Kim finished. "Yeah," Wade said. "At this point, it looks harmless...but if it's exactly like the ones in the movie, you'd better destroy it...now."
"No problem," Kim said, turning to Ron. "Hey, Ron, can you-"
But he was asleep.