Sorry for the long wait. I've been busy. Anyway, here's chapter 1.
Chapter 1: The Beginning.
At a small house at the outskirts of Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ayers have lived their whole lives in Pattersonn, San Salvacion. Sometimes, it feels like an eternity.
"That was a big one." Mr. Ayers said as he witnessed another lighting bolt.
"Sure was." Mrs. Ayers said.
"Another one."
"Yep."
"Honey?" Mrs. Ayers said.
"Yes, cupcake?" Mr. Ayers replied.
"We need to buy a T.V." Mrs. Ayers said.
"The Pastor said they're the work of the devil. Besides...we have each other."
"That's what I mean." Mrs. Ayers said.
Suddenly, a flying object flew past the Ayers house at high speed, followed by a loud boom. This surprises the Ayers.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!" Mr. Ayers asked.
Nearby, local farmer Charles Lee spends this night like any other...alone. Not that he minds. A book is as good a companion as any. Besides, books don't talk...people do. Suddenly, he hears a loud boom nearby.
"Whoa!" Charles said as he looks out his window. "Must have been the lighting."
Meanwhile, just over the ridge on Charles Lee's property, an alien craft has come to rest, and one of its passengers ventures out into the stormy night, injured and in shock. The dark shape takes a few unsure steps...and slips into darkness...unaware of what has started here tonight in the small Usean town of Patterson.
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[September 20, 1967]
The next evening, the day ends just like any other for Charles Lee and his 20 year old son Harrison Lee. With their chores tended to, they survey the land for anything strange...Today, they find it. A bright flash beyond the horizon beckons them.
"What was that?" Charles asked.
"Let's check it out." Harrison said.
And their curiosity wins over their better judgement. Charles looks at the strange debris that scatters his land. He pieces one of them with his hand. It's lighter and stronger than any metal he's ever hold, but it's the writing that strikes him. Not Osean. Not Yuktobanian. Not Belkan...Not Human.
Later that say, after running off to the sheriff, Charles Lee knows he's made a mistake as his land is now being visited by the San Salvacion military.
"Sheiff, do ALL these people have to be on my property?" Charles asked.
"Yes, Mr. Lee. Please come with me. Someone from the San Salvacion Army would like to speak to you." the Sheriff replied.
Meanwhile a San Salvacion Air Force reconnaissance EP-3 Orion is surveying the crash area. The pilot then contacts the commander once he is over the area.
"This is Lt. Davis. We have a visual just past the ridge. Over." the pilot said.
"Is it what the rancher saw? Over." the commander said.
"No. I repeat. No. This is something big." the pilot said as he spots the crashed alien ship.
Minutes later, many of San Salvacion's most powerful military officers have arrived to the crash site.
"Ever seen anything like it." an Amy Major asked.
"No, I haven't, Major. In fact, we still haven't. Let me demonstrate." an Army soldier said.
"What do we have here private?!" the Army Major asked.
"Three Aliens and their ship...Sir." the Army Private replied.
That reply sets off the Major.
"WHAT?! PRIVATE, ARE YOU STUPID?! DO YOU WANT TO CAUSE A PANIC? THAT'S JUST WHAT THE ERUSEANS WANT! A CONTINENTAL-WIDE HUYSTERIA! THIS IS A WEATHER BALLOON! UNDERSTOOD?!" the Major yelled at the poor Private.
"Yes, Major. A weather balloon...Sir." the nervous Private said.
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[September 22, 1967]
Two days later, Charles and Harrison are disappointed after seeing the newspaper article about the events that took place on his land. The title reads...
'UFO ACTUALLY DOWNED WEATHER BALLOON.'
"What a load of bullcrap." Charles said. "That wasn't a weather balloon." Charles said as he sets the newspaper over one of the recover alien debris that he decided to keep and hide.
Meanwhile, inside a top secret makeshift medical facility, a young doctor and his assistant work late into the night. Their test subjects don't even exist according to the government, but Doctor Thomas Church and his assistant know the truth.
"This one is still breathing, but I don't know how long it'll last." the assistant said.
"This one's shell seems like it's going to be tougher to remove than the first two." Doctor Church said.
"I can't believe it, Doc...I mean they breathe air, but that's all we got in common with these aliens." the assistant said.
"Hey, can you give me a hand here...I can't get through the skin. It's like trying to wedge open a giant clam." Doctor Church said.
The assisant helps Doctor Church break open the alien's shell in order to see the alien's true form. The doctor's know how their true form looks like when they observe the previous two. The aliens have a slender, quasi-humanoid body with three-jointed limbs. They have two arms with hands and two large fingers. Their feet are curved backwards with two toes or extra set of fingers. Their skin seems slimy and bony. The back of their heads is enlarged They also have no mouths. Their skin color appears dark brown. The aliens eyes are close.
"I wish we could crack their form of communication." the assistant said.
"Good luck. They don't have any vocal chords." Doctor Church said.
"Isn't there anything we cna do for the surviving alien?" the assistant asked.
"I'm afraid not. All we can do is observe it and hope ot doesn't die'-."
Suddenly, the surviving alien opens its eye lids, revealing its silver reflecting eyes. The first thing the alien saw was Doctor Church. Doctor Church meets the alien's gaze...Suddenly, two minds become one as a high-pitched whirring sound was heard through Church.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GET OUT! AHHHHHHHHH!"
Doctor Church feels his mind being probed. With each passing second, the pain grows more intense. A single word is repeated over and over as the fire in his brain spreads. Doctor Church closes his eyes tightly and puts his hands on his face trying to stop the pain. Then silence.
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Silence was all he heard. His eyes were close and he could still feel his hands covering his face.
'Where am I? Am I dead?'
These questions were on his mind. Doctor Church then slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was soil.
'Wait, how did I end up outside? The last thing I remember was seeing that alien creature and feeling pain. So, where am I, really?'
Doctor Church then suddenly look up and went wide-eyed. Everything is different. The sky wasn't sky blue, but a mixture of blue, bright pink and purple, and the clouds had a crimson color, but that's not the only thing he noticed. He also saw a very large city. However, it doesn't look like a ordinary city. The skyscrapers and buildings were odd looking and very tall. There was also a row of U-shaped towers lining some form of highway. It looked so...alien. This wasn't right for Church. Finally looking up at the sky, the Doctor's eyes widened on what he could see at the sky.
"A...planet?!" Doctor Church gasped.
There was indeed a huge ringed planet that can be seen at the sky, just like the Moon. However, this planet was so big that the Doctor can make out the smaller craters. It suddenly hit him. He was on another planet, but how? He then realized that his mind is being linked by the surviving alien's mind.
"Where am I?!" Doctor Church asked in shocked.
There was no response. The Doctor continued to look at this alien city and starts towards it. As he got closer, he can make out a number of large and small aircraft flying over it. They also look odd looking, and how can they even fly. The Doctor can also see the alien creatures that are living in this city. The alien creatures don't look like the three aliens he saw back at Earth. They were blue-skinned and humanroid. Doctor is now wondering what has happened to them. Doctor Church close his eyes once again, hoping that this is a dream. He opens his eyes again, only to see the same city, but he gasped as he sees a massive alien ship hovering over it. Seconds later, he can see a greem laser beam before a pulse hit a tall building, destroying it, killing the blue-skinned creatures. Doctor Church close his eyes once more. He opens them again. This time, he is seeing a massive air battle around the massive alien ship. He noticed the alien fighters that was seen back at the ranch. He also saw different alien fighters use by the different aliens as they tried to stop the invaders, but it's pointless since the invaders has shields and killing this other alien species. The Doctior once again close his eyes more tightly. Once he opened his eyes again, he realized he's standing at a street in the middle of a destroyed alien city. the sky was dark and gloomy due the clouds and the smoke. Only the rays from this planet's neighboring star can be seen. He also noticed bodies from the alien species that the invaders had kill. Guess there was a ground battle. Church then noticed the invaders using some form of devices that are dug in the ground. He also noticed the invaders slaughtering the remaining and captured blue-skinned creatures ruthlessly. Church then saw the invader civilization head for a more massive ship, assuming to be their Mothership, and leave the planet and did the same process to other planets with alien civilizations., including a jungle word where the Doctor suspects where the invaders shells came from. As the Doctor looked on, one invader noticed him and once again repeatly said "Kill." before he charged towards him. Doctor Church noticed the incoming alien, but before it can attack, the mind link is broken by the surviving alien's death.
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"Doctor Church, are you okay? What happened?" the assistant asked worriedly.
Doctor Church opened his eyes in shock and no longer in pain. He then looked at his assistant before saying...
"Yeah...I don't know what happened."
However, he lies because he's afraid of the truth. The alien entered his mind . It repeated one word over and over. He can still hear it echoing in his head. It said "Kill". And that thought chills Doctor Church to the bone because he has a feeling this is only the beginning.
And that's the end of chapter 1. What do you think? Seems like a certain ISAF pilot wasn't the only one who was mind linked. The Erusean part is a reference to the long time feud between Erusea and the Federation of Central Usea. Anyway, please review.
