I thank December Slientvale and Whirlpool24 of Deviantart for helping me. The creatures are based on Digimon. One Canon and one OC.

It's something we always think about, looking up at the night sky. The endless questions of if we are alone in the galaxy, in the universe even. There are countless questions attached to the first. If the answer is yes, how advanced is this alien race? Are they exploring and making their way to our planet even as we speak? What do they look like? Are they friendly? Are they dangerous? How far away are they from us?

Sometimes, these things are closer than we think. That is what one nine-year-old boy found out for himself. He found the answers to all those questions. But first, how was the first contact established?

As one can expect, our story took place on the planet Earth. The year, 1957. In the space around the third planet from the sun, the Sputnik orbited above the inhabitants heads. Down below, a storm brewed around the side of the North American continent. From the vast beyond, what could have been mistaken as a comet headed directly towards the eye of the storm.

As if in response to its approach, elsewhere, from the depths of the ocean, two orbs began to rise to the surface. A welcoming committee.

On the surface, Mother nature raged on as the storm thrashed somewhere off the coast of Maine.

At the mercy of the sky and sea, the fishing ship Annabelle and her captain were lost at sea. The Captain, a elder man by the name of Earl Stutz wore a raincoat and hat. His face wrinkled and weathered down by age and the elements. His teeth crooked and many were simply missing. Standing at the helm, he was desperately radioing in for help.

"Mayday! Mayday! This is the Annabelle. I've lost my bearings! I'm taking on water." Earl informed anyone who was listening as lightning flashed in the skies. "My last good reading is 44 degrees north, 68 degrees..." Earl trained off as he began to notice the comet crashing into the ocean some distance away. The water glowing on the surface of the turbulent ocean. The shock of it all having caused him to drop the radio receiver.

"Portland Station to Annabelle. What is your current position?" A voice over the radio addressed him.

Broken out of his daze, Earl grabbed the radio to reply. "I don't know exactly, Portland. Off the coast somewhere near Rockwell! Wait." He said as he noticed a light beam in the distance. "The lighthouse! I see it!" Earl shouted, hope filling him as he steered the ship towards the light. Eager to return to safe harbor and to his home.

But as the supposed light from the lighthouse turned, Earl noticed there were two light beams. The smile on his face crumpling away as the waves rose. When it was gone, it was too late to turn the boat away as it crashed into a metallic structure, causing the hull to break apart and Earl to fall through the window and on deck.

Rolling to a stop, Earl looked up and gasped to see the silhouette of a giant robot with glowing white eyes outlined by the lighting.

Rising to his feet, Earl slowly backs away, but the waves engulf the entire boat and him along with it. Washing him off the boat. Disoriented, Earl desperately began swimming up to the surface. The Annabelle lost to the waves as it took on more water from the crash, sinking down forever. With nothing to keep him afloat, Earl was at the mercy of the storm. Luckily for him, Mother nature spared him. The waves crashed into the rocky cliff and the waves receded back, Earl clung onto one of the rocks for his life.

Despite the rain and salt water in his eyes, he opened them to look up and see two small shadows.

Trying to regain his breath, Earl panted as he croaked out words, trying to raise his voice above the storm.

"What are you two kids doing in this storm?" Earl asked. "It's dangerous out here! You kids should be home!"

It was difficult to see them in the darkness of the night, the rain and saltwater not helping visibility as his old eyes strained to see them. They seemed like the size of kids, but he could make out that there was something different about them. In a brief flash of lightning he could have sworn he saw tails as they jumped away and vanished. Looking further up the cliff, he could see an actual lighthouse.

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The next morning, the storm was long gone. The dockworkers and fishermen going about their daily duty and whatever else they had to do due to the storm. Going about unseen and unnoticed by the inhabitants of Rockwell, the two creatures stayed hidden in the shadows and alleyways. Doing their best to remain unseen. It was a pretty nice place. The fall air was a bit nippy, but still pleasant with the early morning sunshine.

Growing hungry, the two creatures snuck around behind the local dinner, the smells attracting their noses and their stomachs. The sign above the establishment reading: Chat 'n' Chew Diner. Hiding in the bushes, the creatures wondered how they would get food. They didn't exactly want to go through the dumpsters.

Through the open windows, the two could hear a familiar voice. Inside, Earl Stutz was telling his friends what he had seen. Peeking through the windows, they watched what was going on.

"I'm telling the truth, dang it! It came from outer space. I saw it. And it was headed toward land." Earl claimed. "That's not all! Then, there were these two kids! No bigger than your average child. They were aliens! These weren't little green men you hear about. They had tails!"

Grasping his suspenders, Earl puffed up proudly inside the dinner. "I called the government in Washington about it. Maybe-maybe it was a Sputnik or invaders from Mars. Yeah. That's-that's what it is. It's an invader from Mars! What I hit musta been a spaceship of some kind. An unidentified flying object. Those little guys musta come from it." He concluded energetically.

"Unidentified?" a friend of Earl's asked. "Knowing you, Earl, I'd say it was either whiskey or beer."

The patron and the other three men sharing the table with him laughed. Earl shifted uncomfortably, looking sad and embarrassed. Upset his friends didn't believe him.

From the other side of the divided tables, a man named Dean spoke up. "Hey. I saw it too. And those kids."

Outside, the two creatures shared a confused look. They didn't recognize that voice. They thought they had been pretty careful about making sure no one else anyone saw them, were they spotted without realizing it?

For a moment, the men were silent until the man spoke up again. "I rest my case."

As the rest of the men laughed again, Dean sighed in annoyance. Throwing an arm up as he turned back to the boy in front of him.

"I believe you. What if it is Sputnik? Or a flying saucer from Mars? I bet we could find it." The nine-year-old boy, Hogarth suggested excitedly.

"Sorry, kid." Dean apologized as he took off his sunglasses. "I didn't really see anything. But if we don't stick up for the kooks, who will?"

Tuning out the rest of the conversation, the two creatures ducked back into the bushes and turned to each other.

"Hmm, that's pretty nice of him. Sticking up for him knowing that he would be ridiculed as well." The blue one commented. "And I think that guy over there did see us." Gesturing towards the directing Earl had gone.

"I think he was wearing different clothing, but I agree." The red one spoke. "But what about that big thing? Where did it go?"

The blue one shrugged. After deciding to get their breakfast elsewhere, the two decided to leave. But as they were leaving, they heard something.

"I'd like to apologize to everyone in advance for this." Dean spoke, followed by the sound of a zipper.

Inside, there was a commotion. People were screaming as food and plates were tossed into the air. Drinks were spilled and spat out. Someone screamed it was a rat. Startled by the harsh sounds, the two leaped through the trees.

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Hours later, the two creatures had searched everywhere they could for the Giant. Night had fallen, making it easier for the two to go undetected. It was under the cover of darkness that they spotted the giant. They were amazed no one had found or spotted something so big wandering around randomly. Especially with the way its eyes acted like spotlights.

Staying out of sight, the two creatures observed the giant as he grabbed the antenna atop a particular house. In one quick bite, the giant had eaten the antenna, leaving only the metal rod that had held it up and the wire it was once connected to.

Turning, the giant turned away from the house and headed into the forest, breaking a wooden fence along the way. Without even having to look at one another, the two creatures knew they would be following him into the forest.

It wasn't hard to follow the giant, though he was quieter than they thought a metal giant could ever be. Moving through the forest, the giant had damaged many trees, from branches above being snapped or broken. The minimum damage being the bark scratched off and jagged cuts ripped from the bark. The worst of the damage was entire trees being uprooted and laying on their sides. There was even a type of tunnel in the shape of the giant where it had walked through the trees.

They were amazed at the giant's strength until they noticed a light coming somewhere behind them. Jumping into the trees, they spotted a human boy following the same trail they were. The creatures assumed he was from the house from before.

On his head, he wore a green airplane fighter helmet with goggles. Covering a stripped shirt, he wore a brown fighter jacket that was a little big for him. On his feet were a pair of army boots. The light came from a flashlight taped to his BB gun.

As they watched the boy, both creatures were a bit cautious of him. They didn't want to be seen and if they were seen, they didn't want to scare him like they did with that other guy. For the moment, they followed the boy in silence since they were all going in the same direction.

It was then the boy turned around and saw a light emanating from something besides his flashlight. The boy approached and stopped behind a rock to catch his breath before engaging. Steeling himself and readying his BB gun, the kid whipped around the rock, only to find a power station instead of the giant.

The two creatures had a different reaction than the child. The two were amazed by it. Glowing brighter than any luminescent jellyfish they had seen in the depths of the ocean.

As the boy looked around, the giant came out of the forest, stomping towards the power station as it held his full attention. The boy ran in fear and nearly got stomped on as he hit the dirt, instead his gun was smashed. Stepping on the metal fence designed to keep others out, the giant stepped on it and raised both arms out in front of it. Almost clapping as it caged the metal in its hands. The giant oddly enough having only three fingers and a thumb instead of four fingers.

Squeezing the metal, the giant ripped it off the rest of the power station. Squeezing it to make it easier to eat, the giant brought it up to his mouth and started to eat. Its gear like teeth making quick work of the 'meal'. Making sure to properly chew the last remnants, the giant moved to get more metal.

As the giant reached for the glowing spires with discs upon them, the boy's eyes grew wide in fear. Laying his iron hands on the spires, electricity ran up the giants limbs, shocking him. The brief contact causing an explosion of light and power as the force and the sheer surprise of it all caused the giant to release the spires and stumble away. Twisting and turning as he fell into the cables attached to the power station.

The wires zapping his already weakened form all over. Trying to free himself, the giant turned only to get more caught up in the cables and unleashed a roar of pain. Pulling at the cables, sparks were unleashed from the giant's struggle, the boy hunkered down and the two creatures took cover themselves.

Due to the giant's attempts to escape, unknown to any at the power station, power to the town and the boy's house were cut off.

The roaring seemed to be endless as he continued on in pain. With a sharp pull, one of the cables connected to the power station was ripped off, two of the metal towers they were connected with falling down towards the ground.

Seeing this, the creatures tried to escape. Easily making it back to the safety of the tree line.

The boy had the same idea as he ran from the first tower only to backpedal as the other loomed over his path. Running the other direction, the terrified boy made it into the forest.

Jumping over logs, the boy, Hogarth, couldn't help but stop and look back. The sounds of the giant's wails haunting him. Looking back towards the safety of his home, Hogarth thought about it. Steeling himself, turned right back around and went back to the power station.

As for the creatures, they hid in the trees, their eyes unable to look away from the giant as he no longer had the strength to remain standing, falling to his knees. The blue creature couldn't help but wish to help the Giant.

As the giant fell forward, the cables being the only thing holding his torso up, Hogarth ran to the power station. Running under the metal towers, Hogarth searched for the power cut-off switch. Spotting it, Hogarth tried to pull it down. Seeing that the boy had come back and was trying to help the giant, the blue creature ran out of its hiding spot in the trees.

"Wait!" Her companion cried, worried the blue one would get hurt.

But the blue creature did not listen as it rushed over and jumped to the wall. The boy hardly paid attention to the creature as he focused on the task at hand. Getting on top of the switch, the creature braced its legs against the wall and put its hands on the switch. Used its weight to push the switch down as Hogarth pulled, bracing him feet as well.

As the switch gave in to their combined efforts, the boy fell backwards. The creature landed from her hands to her feet, like a cat. Their labor bore fruit as the power turned off. As the power station grew dark and silent, so did the giant. Its roars silenced and its eyes grew dark. Bits of smoke coming off the metal as the giant fell backwards to the ground, snapping the wires with its descent and toppling trees as it landed.

Hogarth's eyes were locked on the giant, he couldn't help but feel shocked about what happened. Steam still rising from the giant. Unnoticed by the boy, the red creature rushed to his companion, making sure she was okay before they began to try and back away from the boy.

The first creature appeared to be male. This one had a tan hue to its skin tone. Its spiky hair which extended down its back was a shade of flaming red as horns poked through the mess. The horns were small round circles that did not come to a point, instead they seemed to have been cut off leaving perfectly even and flat bases. Its ears on the sides of its head were pointed as golden hoop earrings decorated the creature's earlobes.

Its eyes were a shade of light green, like an open grassland. The creature's nose was triangular and catlike. On its cheeks were white markings that looked like a backwards capital letter "J" on the left cheek while the right side looked like a normal "J". Fangs poked out of his mouth.

Going down to its neck to the torso, there were red bands on its shoulders, almost like shoulder-pads. On its arms were black markings that looked like a circle and arrows underneath it. Going lower, the creature wore a pair of red gloves upon its five fingered hands. The back of the hand having two metal studs and studded cuff at the end.

Decorating the left side of the torso, reaching just below its collarbone, was a white marking that began like a crescent moon growing from a stalk. Like corn. The marking disappearing underneath a pair of red pants. Attached to the pants was a studded metal belt that had an enlarged, hanging belt buckle holding it in place. Close to the bottom of the buckle was two straps that wrapped around connected to the belt. A red ring was around each ankle. Poking out of the pants was a tail with red and orange fur mixed together that it looked like a flame.

Peeking out of the pants was the same white markings from the torso. Only these looked more like the ones on his arms than the one on his torso. Its feet only had three toes, but were clawed and red.

The other creature looked more feminine to its counterpart. It's skin tone a light blue. The second creature's hair reached past its waist and was gathered at the very bottom by a dark blue ring. A shade of pale faded sky blue and as smooth as the waves on a calm sunny day. Two white feelers came through the blue hair, reaching nearly to its elbows in length. Its elvish ears were decorated with fine sapphire earrings. Its eyes were a deep brown. The creature's nose was triangular and catlike just like her companions. White markings mimicking tear tracks were below her eyes. Wrapped around its neck was a strand of small white pearls with a matching bracelet on both wrists. Above the bracelets were white markings that looked like waves rising to a crest and lowering back down.

A dark blue halter top while dark blue gypsy pants bore a black band that housed a large white sand dollar like a belt buckle clothed her from. Like her companion, it too had a tail. It was the same color as the rest of her blue skin until it turned a dark royal blue at the forked finned end protruded from its lower back. Her feet her had only three toes and clawed with blue nails.

Standing up, Hogarth crawled up the broken tree limb closest to the giant. Reaching the head, Hogarth hid behind the tree and threw a rock, ducking behind the wood as he waited for a reaction or for the giant to wake up. But it had no effect.

Growing curious themselves, the creatures came closer and climbed up the giant to get a better look. Climbing up on the giant as well, Hogarth was on the giant's head as he peered down its mouth and threw the stone into the robot's mouth.

The rock clanking against the metal inside. It seemed that was enough to awaken the giant as his eyes began to glow once again. Seeing this, Hogarth screamed. Sliding down the tree limb and rolling over the ground, Hogarth ran in fright.

Sitting up, the giant looked down at the two creatures before him. Staring down at them, the giant turned his head sideways in curiosity as they looked up at him in amazement.

"Are you ok?" The blue one asks him and looked him over.

"That was a nasty shock you got," The red one says as they move closer to him, "I'm surprised you're alive at all."

The giant didn't answer as he looked down at his hands.

"Do you think he simply can't talk or he can, but doesn't understand us?" The red one asked.

"I'm not sure. Could be either one. Or it could be whatever caused him pain rendered him unable to. " The blue one replied.

Placing his hands on the ground, the giant then slowly stands. His limbs slightly aching as they groaned.

"Hey wait a minute? Uh, could we possibly ride on your shoulders? We won't be a problem, we promise." The blue one asks him and smiled.

Looking at them and then his shoulders, the giant crouched down and held out his hands for them to climb onto.

They climbed onto his hands and then up his arms to the shoulders.

"Even though you're not talking, it seems like you understand us at the very least." The red one said.

"Can you? A simple "yes" or "no" will do. Can you say those and know what you're saying?" The blue one asked.

The giant tilted his head, seeming to take a moment to understand before letting out a creaky and metallic voice from his mouth, saying a simple, "Yes."

Smiling at him, the blue one patted him gentle for doing a good job. "You're kind of quick learner."

"Sounds a little rusty if you ask me. Maybe with some practice he'll get better." The red one commented.

Atop the giant, the creatures saw a flash of light. Turning towards it, the three saw a car driving away.

In the car, as Annie drove Hogarth home, Hogarth was disappointed that his mother didn't believe him. Seeing something out the window, Hogarth turned in his seat to look out the back of the car window. In the distance among the trees, the robot and the creatures watched him leave. The Giant tilting his head.

"That boy saw us for sure." The red one muttered, crossing his arms in displeasure.

"True. But he wasn't as scared of us as he was our metal friend here." The blue one pointed out.

"Yeah, but looking at the size and strength difference here, I would be more scared of comet here than us if I was that boy." The Red one gestured to themselves and back to the giant before looking back to when the boy went. "But he did come back to save the big guy's life. He was the one that knew to pull that switch down there to stop what was hurting him. If it wasn't for the boy, we wouldn't have known what to do." The red creature said as he pointed back at the switch.

Looking at the switch, the giant ripped it off the tower to get a closer look at it. Turning it over in his hands, the giant then looked to where the car disappeared.