Chapter Two: Aliens Invading!

I followed after him and walked into the kitchen for a snack and something to drink. Tom and Jake were in there too, with Mr. and Mrs. Pearson. Beth and Ricky came in after me. Wow, party in the kitchen. Ricky handed them some flowers, I scoffed quietly and rolled my eyes as Beth squealed about how sweet he was. I popped open a Pepsi and joined Tom's side, perching on the counter.

"Well, I've gotta get going. My parents have a house Oaks Town and I need to get there before dark in case my car breaks down again." Ricky sighed. My Aunt and Uncle didn't have property up here…. They had some everywhere else… But not here… At least not that I can remember. But I'm pretty positive they didn't have a house here... That dirty liar.

"Your car acting up?" Mr. P asked, clearly buying my cousin's horrible acting skills, Ricky nodded.

"Yeah Dad. Why don't you go check it out?" Tom asked. Oh, he's got a plan. I like plans, plans are good. Especially evil ones… Oh… The irony of good evil plans… Haha.

"Yeah, I mean it can't be too bad." I added, quickly catching onto his idea. Ricky shot us glare. I smiled cheekily at him.

"Well let's go check it out." Mr. P said. Ah! There may just be a God! I fell into line behind Tom and in front of Jake as we followed everyone outside. Mrs. P stayed in the kitchen, Nate and Nana sat in the living room watching some game show. I don't know where Hannah and the twins were. We got outside and Mr. P popped open the hood of the car, while Ricky sat in the drivers seat. After 5 minutes of starting the car then stopping it over and over again, I got annoyed.

"It's gotta be something obvious Mr. P." I piped up, glaring at my cousin, he glared back

"Well Ricky, I'm no mechanic. If this were a spread sheet or a ledger I'd be all over it, but I can't find the problem. So how bout you stay here tonight and in the morning we'll take your car into the shop." Mr. P declared finally, ignoring my statement completely.

"Really? Thanks Mr. P!" Ricky said. He turned to Tom and I and started doing some full body dance type thing with that stupid grin of his. Jake, Tom, and I rolled our eyes.

"Really? He can stay?" Beth exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes… In the den and just for the night." Mr. P said, she squealed and hugged him. He nodded and pulled out of her grasp and walked inside. Tom, Jake and I followed him and walked up the stairs.

"What a gaspipe!" Jake said as we walked into our room.

"I know! Why can't they see that?" Tom exclaimed. I crossed the room, and sat on my bed Indian-style.

"Dude parents brains are wired differently. They're old, mushy… Fried from too much bad 80's music!" Jake declared. "That's why it's up to you Thomas… You must defend your family's honor. Like a man." He continued, setting a huge metal case down at the foot of the bed. Curiosity got the best of me and I walked over to see what it was. Maybe a weapon of mass destruction. That's usually what big metal cases contain… In movies at least.

"What?" Tom asked. Jake didn't respond, he just opened the case to reveal the most amazing paintball gun I had ever seen in my life.

"Now this is The Punisher." He continued dramatically, Tom picked it up and the sound of laughter caught our attention, we spun to face the window to see Beth and Ricky acting all couple-ish. Actually, Beth was giggling and Ricky was trying to dance and failing epically.

"Your dad bought you this?" I asked in awe and slight envy.

"Perks of divorce. Never underestimate the power of a grown man's guilt, my friend. If we even mention mom, Nate drives us straight to the mall!" He said proudly. Jake looked out the window and smirked slightly.

"Look at that guy." He said, pointing to the older couple.

"Oh gross." I muttered, looking away.

"Do you really want that as you brother in law?" Jake asked.

"NO!" Tom shouted instantly.

"Then let's go prune the family tree!" Jake laughed, he walked away and returned in a...gully suit? Wtf? Who carries those? I mean really? I sighed and went to change from my sweats and tank top to something for the poolside. I dress in my black bikini and a pair of short shorts. I walked out to get a shirt and saw the boys still in the room.

"Looking good!" Jake laughed, I felt my face heat up, as I searched through my bag.

Was I blushing? Because of Jacob Pearson? Wtf is going on in the world? I thought frantically. I grabbed a tank top and put it on. Then I noticed the eye black on Jake's bed. I reached over and took it and went to the bathroom and put some on. After I was done, we walked outside and found the perfect spot. We set up the gun and hid. Tom's breathing had quickened to the point I thought he was going to pass out or something

"I'm starting to think that shooting my sister's boyfriend isn't such a good idea.." He muttered. Jake and I popped our heads up and looked at him.

"Don't worry Tommy." I sighed. I honestly couldn't wait to see my cousin shot up with paintballs. It was going to be amazing. I brought my video camera.

"Yeah, c'mon. It's time. You have to do this, it's too late to turn back now." Jake said

"Yep, he's right, we've come too far for you to run away….Holy shnap. Why did I just say that?" I exclaimed, mentally slapping myself for agreeing with my enemy. Jake smirked at me.

"Ugh. Why am I even listening to you 2, you're dressed like a shrub and you have a severe dislike for him!" He exclaimed, looking at each of us in turn. We shrugged and pointed back at the couple, I started to record. He watched silently as Ricky took off his shirt in front of a practically drooling Beth, he sat down and she began rubbing lotion on his back.

"C'mon Tom! He's going for it!" Jake exclaimed.

"Yeah! Take him out before he reaches 2nd base!" I exclaimed in agreement, I seriously had to stop doing that. When Tom didn't start shooting, Jake got aggravated and clamped his hand onto the trigger and began shooting. Ricky took one to the shoulder, 3 to the abdomen and like 4 where the sun don't shine. Both he and Beth screamed loudly, Ricky doubled over in pain. And then Beth noticed us.

"We've given away our position!" I whispered frantically. I shut off my camera.

"Chill! Just hunker down and blend." Jake whispered, I did just that. Beth stormed closer and Tom started yelling:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Over and over again.

"You shot my boyfriend! Sorry can't even touch that! God Tom, when are you gonna grow up?" She exclaimed, I heard her grab the paintball gun and storm away.

"And that's why we wear camo!" Jake said, causing me to bust out laughing

"Shut up you 2!" Tom muttered annoyed getting up off the ground and walking into the house, Jake and I followed after him. A few minutes later, we were in the dining room being scolded by Mr. P.

"You 3 are just lucky Ricky wasn't seriously injured! I mean seriously Aurora, he's your cousin!" Mr. P exclaimed at us, Tom just scoffed and rolled his eyes

"He should've been seriously injured. May knock some sense of human emotion into him." I muttered too low for anyone but me, Jake, and Tom to hear, Jake held in a laugh and Tom smiled.

"Look! We came up here to fish, not to hunt your sister's boyfriend or in you're case cousin. Now, we're going fishing tomorrow. 7 O'clock sharp. Got it?" Mr. P asked, glaring down at all of us.

"Seriously!" I yelled. Two mornings in a row getting up early for summer break? I don't freaking think so!

"You gotta be kidding me!" Tom agreed,

"Doesn't work for me either! NATE!" Jake exclaimed,

"C'mon Stu. How bout this? 10 o'clock, on the dock. End of story!" Nate exclaimed

"Nice job cracking the whip Nate." Mr. P muttered at his brother. Suddenly a loud crack of thunder sounded and I spazzed out. The TV bugged out and got all static-y. Nana promptly began beating with her cane.

"Stu! Stu! The TV has gone haywire!" She shouted.

"Stu! The TV's gone haywire!" Nate yelled, Mr. P walked over and pried his mother from beating up the TV anymore.

"It's just the dish! I'll go up on the roof and fix it after the storm." Mr. P said, all of a sudden Ricky popped up next to me, I jumped yet again, I could have sworn he was in the kitchen..

"No Mr. P. I'll fix it!" He exclaimed, I gave him a skeptical look, I didn't trust my cousin one bit.

"Ricky, you're hurt!" Beth protested.

"No, go ahead Richard!" Nana exclaimed,

"Yeah, it's okay. But, I could use a helper. Tom, would you mind?" He asked smacking Tom on the shoulder, Tom glared at him, Mr. P didn't protest to this. The 2 boys disappeared, as I stood up to leave, someone yanked me by the arm

"AHH!" I yelled, I spun to see Jake, I glared and turned back around

"Shh. C'mon Rory! Let's go scare them!" He whispered in my ear, I felt his breath on my neck and I shuddered involuntarily. I shrugged and he lead me up the stairs. We crawled through the window and scaled the house, despite my fear of heights.

"I've got ya." Jake said, I nodded shakily and continued, we made it up there and hid behind some plant thing. Tom suddenly flew out of the window. He walked to the opposite side of the deck and I made a noise, and Tom started to inch towards us, as soon as he was close enough we jumped out at him.

"AH!" He yelled, Jake and I laughed and high fived.

"Oh man! You're too easy!" Jake exclaimed through his laughter. I nodded in agreement. Tom glared at us and we all looked around, I noticed the dish in the corner all busted up and broken,

"Dude. What the hell happened to the dish?" I asked

"I can't do a whole summer here without TV!" Jake exclaimed

"I can't do a whole summer here period." Tom agreed. We all sighed when another noise caught our attention. We spun around to see a little knee high type thing jump from behind the bushes.

"AHHHH!" I yelled grabbing onto Jake as he grabbed onto me. We both realized what happened and we instantly jumped apart.

"Hello hu-mans." It stuttered out. It had 4 arms and a tool belt.

"Please tell me you see that too." I muttered to them over my shoulder, not taking my eyes off the creature in front of me.

"Not sure I want to." Tom said, the little thing smiled up at us. He was cute and innocent looking, and for a second I wanted to reach down and hug him.

"We come from upstairs." It started again, but another, a lot fatter and uglier came out and pushed him away.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I handle human contact!" He scolded him, then turned to us. He whipped out a book and looked at us. He pulled out a dictionary looking thing.

"Hello humans! No need to notification army! We come in pieces" He said, holding up his hand in a peace sign type of way, I arched an eyebrow at him and inched away, which was unfortunately into Jake's arms. He kept one arm protectively around my shoulders.

"It's peace…" The original one hissed at him, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Argh! Forget it! ATTACK THE HUMANS!" The second one shouted throwing down the dictionary and pointing at us angrily. One, a girl, came out hissing:

"With pleasure." Another voice sounded from above, we looked up and one pointed a gun at us

"HOLY SHIT!" I screamed loudly, we all backed away and Ricky came climbing out of the window.

"What is going on out here?" He asked, walking towards us.

"No! No! Don't!" We all protested, attempting to stop him but it was too late. The last alien with the gun shot at him and got him straight in the neck. He spazzed and fell onto the floor. I held in a giggle.

"Ricky!" Tom exclaimed

"What's happening to him?" Jake asked as my cousin twitched, the second alien walked up and put in an ear piece.

"Now the fun begins." He murmured with a grin, we all backed away closer to the edge. The little alien started turning a knob on a control while Ricky twitched on the ground. All of a sudden, Ricky stood up straight and looked at us.

"Attention humanoid subjects…. We are the Zerkonian species, and we are here to claim your planet as our own!" My cousin spoke, but he definitely wasn't Ricky. We all looked at the alien, horrified. We continued walking backwards until we hit the edge and then started to climb over

"You have the choice of eternal enslavement…" Controlled Ricky started. Then I felt my self being yanked backwards. "Or instantaneous death." He finished, lifting the three of us up and setting us down. We all looked at each other.

"Run?" I asked them.

"We're good with run." They agreed. We all kicked Ricky and ran for the window.

"You have chosen: Instantaneous death!" The Ricky/Alien said. I reached the window first and tried opening it. Locked. I kept struggling with it, but it wouldn't budge.

"Oh move!" The two boys groaned, and shoved me out of the way. They started attempting to get it open but it didn't work for them either.

"They're getting away!" The second one yelled.

"Not from me!" Another said. He began shooting at us.

"AHHHH!" I screamed, covering my head. Jake grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the way. We ran to the edge of the roof, behind a vine thing as Ricky began chasing after us.

"We're trapped!" Tom exclaimed.

"We're DEAD!" I exclaimed.

"DUCK!" Jake yelled, since he hadn't let go of my arm he pulled me out of the way. Ricky crashed through the vine thing and straight over the edge.

"HAHA! YES! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN!" I exclaimed jumping up from my position next to Jake. The remains of the plant thing crashed, the alien with it.

"UNBELIEVABLE!" The fat one cried. Jake ran to the window and Tom followed. They left me behind...Those bastards!

"RAZOR! ATTACK THE FEMALE!" The leader yelled.

"My pleasure!" She screeched and jumped at me. I grabbed a crate thing and blocked her attack.

"Oh Hannah! Thank God!" I heard Jake exclaim

"No! No! COME BACK!" Tom yelled. The alien took used my distraction and swiped my face. It scraped down my cheek and neck.

"SHIT!" I screamed, pain coarsing through me. The two looked back and their eyes grew wide. Jake ran over and smacked the alien away then shoved me to the window. I saw Art and Lee, who's eyes grew wide at the sight of me.

"OPEN THE GODDAMN WINDOW!" I exclaimed. The two began nudging each other, finally Lee(I think...) walked and opened it. I was holding my neck to stop the bleeding and we jumped into the window.

"Everybody downstairs NOW!" Tom demanded.

"Why!" Art asked.

"What happened to your neck Rory?" Lee asked.

"Time for questions later! JUST MOVE!" I exclaimed. Just then, the window shattered, we all spun to see the aliens. Good God...

"Creepy crawley..." Hannah shuddered. They stalked towards us.

"Creepy." The tallest one said. We rushed the younger kids before us and ran after them. All of a sudden I felt pain in my neck, I fell down the stairs and landed on my side/ stomach. I felt like I was being shocked, Tom landed on my left side, Jake on my right both twitching like me. Lee shut the attic door, and the twitching stopped. We all sat up and looked at each other, the same look on each of our faces.

"Are you a zombie?" I asked them.

"No." They answered.

"You?" Tom asked.

"No." I replied.

"Prove it." Jake hissed. Tom and I gave him a weirded out look. Was he serious right now?

"Huh?" I asked.

"I mean prove it!" He exclaimed, rolling over and pinning me beneath him.

"Y-y-you wet the b-b-bed until you w-w-were 10! A-a z-zombie wouldn't know th-th-that!" I exclaimed, using one of the many blackmail files I had against him, but also my stutter came out. His eyes grew wide and he released me. I laughed silently. The door to the attic started to open. The boys shot up and began trying to close it. I was a little too short to help with that, so I went to help Lee tie the rope.


Chapter 2,,, Finisheddd.. Sorry it took so long, I hurt my wrist and I typed about half of this one handed. I feel awesome! Reviews are love ppl!. I do NOT own Aliens in the Attic. I own Rory though. Next chapter to come.

Much Love,,

Rhey .