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I awoke startled to Atom laying beside me shaking me hard... "Wake up! Get Phealon! Something's happeneing!!!" I blinked the sleep and confusion out of my eye when off to the distance behind him I could see the giant cloud of fire illuminating the sky. I jumped to my knees and pulled back the blinds, scared I said... "Whoa... What is that?" I shook off the initial shock of what I had seen and ran to my daughter's room. I couldnt shake the image.. It had to have been at least 3 miles wide and far away but...

I began walking faster toward my daughter's room, it seemed like my feet woudlnt take me there fast enough. I finally made it to her room and threw the door open. The second I saw my baby lying there sleeping soundly, a feeling of relief flooded my body. I ran to her side and picked her up in my arms and moved quickly to the livingroom to turn on the TV. I know we were not the only ones who had seen this.

I quickly arranged the pillows and on the couch and made sure my daughter was secure and turned the TV. Every channal was talking about it. "Unidentified Flying Objects! A giant ball of fire in the sky... Nothing to fear..." Nothing to fear?

I glanced outside again and saw my neighbors running through my yard screaming to eachother.

Suddenly my house begain to rattle. A low deep humming sound began to grow louder and louder appearing to get closer. "What the fuck is that?!?!" I screamed while Alex and Cierra came running down the stairs. Atom was in front of the door on his knees getting his shoes on, "Stay inside I am gonna go out and see this for a second!"

"No way!!! Don't go outside! Don't open the door!!!"

I ran to the door to try to convince him not to open it when to my right out of our picture window something odd caught my attention. Our house was huge, and had maybe 100 windows which was great when the weather was nice.... But now, I'd wished we'd chosen a different location.

I heard the TV rambling in the background, "So far 16 recorded sitings. Military units are preparing to set flight... STAY INSIDE."

I couldnt take my eyes off it... It was like I was stuck in a hypnotic state.. Alex stood behind me as Atom gathered himself to his feet, in shock just as I was. Right before our eyes was something I had been taunted with for years, refusing to believe there may have been the possibility that they really existed.. Was an airecraft like nothing I had ever seen before. It was big, not as big as the burning cloud but definately bigger than any planes we owns. The shape was like an inflated frisby and it emitted white lights in every direction. It was close enough now for the light to burn your eyes.

I backed away from the window covering my face, trying to remind myself how to breath. Alex leaned forward, "Holy shit..." as he locked the door. I felt as though my chest would collapse, I had to focus hard reminding myself to take deep breaths. My house was lite up like it was noon hour and it was only 4:47 in the morning according to the television.

I shook away the initial terror and quickly ran around the house making sure every window, every door, every curtain was locked up tight and shut. I didn't think it would really help, but I was going to buy myself any amount of time that I could. My chest was pounding and my fingers were numb. It was difficult to turn the latches with my sweaty hands. I ran, half tripping up the stairs and locked all the windows as fast as I could. Back downstairs, I stood beside my daughter and scanned the room looking for some sort of weapon.

Alex ran to his room and came back with a sword and Cierra was frantically dialing on her phone with tears straming down her face trying to contact her family. "No one's answering!!!!"

Atom was standing in front of the picture window, the only window in the house we hadn't bought a curtain for, silent, watching. There was a fast knock at the door, over and over, knock knock knock knock. I looked out the peephole and saw Cierras mom, "Open the door hurry!!" I unlocked the door as Todd, holding Gunner came flying inside, their mother close behind them.

Cierra ran to her family in tears, freaking out. Gunner was screaming and they're mom was trying to calm him down. Todd was repeating over and over, "Gunner calm down, everything is going to be fine! Gunner!! Stop screaming!!"

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I said as loud as I could as Phealon sat up, her eyes swollen with sleep. The noise died down and I held her close to me. Alex picked her up and held her. I took a step closer to Atom and stood beside him watching.

I coulnd't tell if the object was coming in our direction or not, but it was definitely getting bigger.

Then out of nowhere the sky was illuminated once again with streams of fire as military units swarmed the ship blasting it blow after blow. The lights suddenly died down and the giant UFO began to slowly shrink, disappearing in a flash.

We had all dropped to our knees when the first bullet touched the sky. The chaos inside the house was nothing compared to the screams and noise that was going on outside. Phealon and Gunner were both screaming. Cierra and her brother and mom were crying.

Atom and I covered our heads and crawled quick to Phealon and Alex as we all huddled together. You could hear the Knights of the Sky zipping around and circling back. Suddenly all was quiet...

The distant sound of the TV in the background was saying something about securing the president. A shudder violently shook through my spine. We sat, we waited. It was like it hadn't ever happened.

My phone started going off, breaking the silence. I jolted back to my senses and quickly pressed answer, "Hello?" The first voice conjured after the chaos was calm and solemn.

My mother of course was on the other line screaming her head off. I clinched with fear, "Is Kyle and Kenneth alright? GOD DAMN IT JUST TELL ME ARE MY BROTHERS OKAY???" She said they were fine and they were on their way to my house as soon as they loaded everything into the van... Great.. They act like they're packing for a vacation.. That was the last time I had heard from my mother.

I stood up cauciously and approached the window. Outside the sky was still, the aircraft was gone, as well as all the military planes.. I looked at Atom and asked.. "What's the date?" He responded... "May 1st, 2012." He took my phone and began dialing numbers.

I heard him call his family and stepped a little closer to the window. The giant red cloud was still lingering over our heads. I didn't see any people running around, but neighbors lights were definately glowing all around. I checked the clock, 6:02... It was still dark outside.

I took my daughter from Alex, who was hadn't said a word since everything went down. "Are you okay?" I asked him.. He nodded his head. I looked over at Cierra and her family huddled together. I handed Phealon to Cierra, I'll go look at the thermostate and get some blankets, it was suddenly really cold in out house for May...

While I was gathering blankets and pillows, Atom came to talk to me, "Well, Heather wants me to come get Elizabeth. Her and Scott and Logan are gonna go to her grandma's house and hide out for a while. Alex jumped up and looked at Atom, "I'm going with you..." I didn't say anything as I followed them to the door. "Be careful.. The news is telling people to stay off the road." Atom looked me in the eye, "I gotta get Lizzie." I locked the door behind them.

I tried calling my mom back, no answer... I swallowed hard and sat waiting, holding Phealon tight. An hour maybe had passed... I was dozing off and on. Phealon was getting restless and wanting to go play. I went into her room and grabbed a few toys, then headed to the kitchen to get the kids something to eat.

I saw headlights in the kitchen window, it startled me and I dropped what was in my hands and ducked down, only to realize the lights were this time coming from Atom's car. I regatherd my supplies as Cierra let them in. For the next three days, all of us sat in front of the TV watching the news, leaving only to pee or get food. We sat there together. Scared, paranoid, and helpless.

And then there was darkness...

A nightmare... I awoke. Everything was exactly the same... There were air mattresses and the fouton matress sprawled all over the floor. Atom and Lizzie were talking and playing with flashlights, Phealon asleep in my lap. Cierra sat silently while her mom rocked Gunner, who was sleeping back and fourth on the couch. Todd and Alex were still staring at the TV waiting for something to happen. Todd said, "37 reports of UFOs... Pictures... Videos... Military firearms... What the fuck is going to happen."

I had to stretch my legs. I stood up and went over to the futon mattress and layed down with Phealon. I was so tired... Atom and Lizzie laid down beside me. Alex laid down on the couch curled so Cierra's mom could still sit beside him. Cierra and Todd shared at air mattress, leaving the other one for their mom. Eventually, I think we all fell asleep.

I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought I was just being paranoid but I thought I heard the sound of the grass russling as though someone was running through out yard. Then there was a VERY loud knock at the door. KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, "Open the fucking door!!! HURRY!" It was my brother, Kenneth. I tried to hurry to my feet to let him in but Atom had rolled the blanket in a way that wrapped me so I couldn't get up. I tried pushing him off the blanket and scrambling to my feet when I heard my brother scream, "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME YOU FUCKING FREAK!!!" and then he was gone...

I punched Atom in the back of the shoulder blade and he woke up and untangled the blanket so I could get up, "OW! What are you doing!?"

I ran to the door and looked out the peephole. Nothing. I pulled the blanket off the picture window... Nothing. Atom ran to me and tucked the blanket back over the window trying to console me, "Did you have a bad dream?"

"No! You didn't hear that knock at the door?!?! My brother was out here! He was screamin for help! They were supposed to be here! The first day this shit started happening my mom called me and it's been THREE DAYS!"

He hugged me tightly and said, "No one is out there..." I cried... For the first time in a room full of people, I sobbed and cried.

The next day I woke up before anyone else. It seemed like sunlight was peeking through the curtains so I quietly got to my feet, trying not to wake everyone and checked. Sure enough, the darkness was gone. I turned the TV up a little, still at a low volume, "The clouds have parted, however authorities feel that the crisis is not yet over.."

I clenched my teeth. I looked around at the sleeping room, they were so exhausted. I looked outside again and could see my neighbors emerging from their hiding places and staring up at the sky, probably craving sunlight. I turned the latch on the door and went outside.

I looked at the sky... The very place the giant red cloud had been was now a very distant tiny pink ball of smoke. I looked around to see if there were any signs of my brother.

No signs, I checked my phone, no calls. The first neighbor to approach me was Tiffany, our next door neighbor, a childcare worker. I noticed she was walking kind of funny, not like she had been hurt or anything, but kind of like she was lost. When I saw her face I inhaled sharply. She was very pale, eyes wide, with a blank expression. She spoke very slowly, "Are... you... guys... al..right?" I nodded and turned to go back inside. Alex was standing in the doorway.

"Hi..."

"Hi.."

He stepped down from the doorway and looked around as well. "Is it just me... Or is this really weird," he asked, "After what just happened, why is everyone walking around outside.. The news reporter said it wasn't over.." I looked around at our neighbors who were walking up and down the streets slowly, all looking around seeming as if they might be lost.

It was kind of weird.. They were walking all over like zombies. No expressions, no life... "They are probably just in shock.. ya know?"

Our neighbor Tiffany was just standing there with the same expression, staring in the same place she had been after I had talked to her the first time, " Hey.. I know this question is a little bit odd.. But did you happen to hear anything funny last night? Like a boy yelling... Or any type of struggling?"

She looked up at me still without expression and said calmly and pleasently, "No."

Alex and I, both a little creeped out, went back into the house, shutting and locking the door behind us. When we got back, the room was starting to come alive again. Cierra sat up quick and demanded, "Did you go outside?! Why?? What's happening?"

"The sun is out... News says we are not in the clear... Something about mass panic... The darkness cleared.. The red clous is gone........................... Neighbors... are acting.. funny."

"What do you mean?"

"They're in shock or something. I don't know. I wouldn't go running around out there if I were you."

Several days passed as we stayed locked up, only emerging once or twice to see what was happening outside. Every night I still made my rounds around the house making sure every window and every door was locked up and shut tight. Then eventually... weeks later.. Things seemed to return to normal. The new's report said they hadn't had any reports for weeks and things seemed to be back to the usual norm.

Cierra's family packed up and decided they would go back to their house, where they felt more comfortable. Atom said he was taking Lizzie back to her mom as soon as the traffic cleared. I still hadn't heard from my family, but they hadn't really reported anyone dying on the news, aside from the hundreds who had commited suicide... so I hoped they were okay. I had forced myself to believe I was dreaming the night I thought I heard my brother.

Months had passed and there was no sign of any UFO activity or giant fireballs in the sky. Military airforce still heavily patrolled the areas that reported sightings, and I really didn't want Phealon going outside unless it was a have to. I hadn't gone to my mom's house or heard anything from her, but after speaking with my grandma, I knew the rest of my family hadn't heard anything either. I filed a missing person's report over the phone, but I'm pretty sure they had bigger things to deal with and were not entirely concerned.

The outside world still seemed very strange to me. Maybe this was how everyone was going to be after being mass terrified and nearly abducted. Maybe people were still scared. You didn't really hear of much crime taking place. I guess the thought of the world ending was more pressing that the desire to use drugs or rob a bank.

I had started to let my gaurd down and assume things were back to normal. Of course, only too soon. I was sleeping, there was a loud bellowing growl that shook the house, waking myself and Atom. I flew to Phealons room and pulled her downstairs into our room. Atom sat up grabbing his head screaming in pain, "Aaaah! Do you hear that??? Do you hear it?!"

"Hear what???" I didnt know what he was talking about. I heard to growling, who couldn't have... Phealon was screaming, I could see the fear in her eyes. I looked around the room... Wait a minute... All the windows were open. I slammed the windows in our bedroom shut. Alex and Cierra came running into our room. I put Phealon in Cierra's arms, "Help me guys! Help me shut all the windows! Who the fuck opened them?" The house was rattling like an earthquake was happneing.

I began running from room to room as fast as I could shutting all the windows and locking them. I looked outside... The red cloud was back except 10 times bigger than before and growling in the sky louder than ever. It was almost like someone was groaning in agony. I scanned the sky with my eyes. This time no one was outside. Alex turned the TV on... watching a sleepy reporter shake while she spoke... "Whatever it is... is back."

There were no sign of alien aircrafts in the sky... yet. I grabbed Phealon and shut my eyes tight while she screamed, I told myself, "It's not real, it's not real, you're dreaming." I looked outside again and starred. Unexpectedly and surprisingly a face sprung into the window scaring the piss outta me. It was my brother and he was pounding on the window. Alex was terrified, "Don't open the door! What if it's not him???"

"Fuck you! What if it is!" I tore the door open and pulled my brother inside. He was scared and crying and I grabbed him by the shoulder's and shook him and yelled at him, "WHAT HAPPENED!?? WHERE'S MOM AND KYLE?? ARE YOU OKAY?!??!"

After several minutes of the back and fourth he finally told me that he couldn't remember when he had seen them last..."The last thing I remember is getting my stuff ready in the van and then waking up inside of the van that was empty. Then I was scared, I didn't know what to do... That red thing was in the sky and I was alone so I tried to get off the road and run to your house. When I got here, there was a guy outside that I thought was following me.

He kept walking faster toward me and when he caught up to me I was already at the door. He grabbed me and threw me down on the ground and said that this was the end of the world. He said he escaped form prison, and he needed someone to help him live before it ended. He wanted me to be his get away driver while he robbed a bank... But when we got the the bank... He went in.. and never came back out. I remember a very bright light coming from the bank blinging my sight. Then I guess I passed out.. And I don't remember anything after that"

I didn't know what to make of his story.. By the time he had finished telling it the growling had mellowed out to a low rumble and the house was still shaking, not as violently as before, but definitely noticable. He seemed fine and unharmed. I got him some food and took his temperature. He was fine.

I watched the news as a breaking report came in. Several calls were made to the police this round about waking up and finding missing family members. Something rumored about mass abductions.

Abductions? Fuck... So this wasn't just a bad weather mishap like they had tried to originally make us believe. It wasn't enemy countries attacking. It wasn't accidents... The rest of the world was just as confused as I was.. Probably even the government... Because quite frankly.. Nobody knew what the fuck was happening.

The bellow was back GAAAWNG it said in a loud low pitch. The walls shook and decor fell to the floor. Atom grabbed Phealon and Alex and Cierra huddled around him in panic. It felt like the house was being lifted off the ground. That or the roof was being ripped off.

Fear enveloped me from head to toe. I felt as though I would go crazy. I couldn't fight it, I didn't know what it was. I didn't even know if it had a weapon. I didn't know if it would hurt my child.. Or the others around me in the room that I loved. All I knew is if this were the end of the world.. If I were dying.. I wasn't going down without some kind of fight. The front door ripped off it's hinges and flew at an angle off into the distance of the red sky and everything was illuminated with overpowering light. I saw the ship through the window. Where the fuck were the military planes?!?! Where were all the guns?! They scared them off last time!

The screams were only making my hysteria worse. I ran out the front door. I stood in front of the giant space ship and dropped to my knees. The blinding light was not only bright but super hot. I felt as though the blood in my veins would boil on the spot. No one else was around me. I screamed as loud as I could scream, "C'MON!!! LET'S FUCKING DO THIS! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANNNT??"

The next thing I knew I was climbing up a latter. It wasn't a wooden ladder or a metal ladder... It looked like it was made of sparkles reflecting off eachother and the air. I was so scared, terrified. But for whatever reason, I kept climbing. I was determined to find out what they wanted, and if I could make them go away. It was like my body was in autopilot. Step after step I climbed the latter. I peered around and noticed that there was no darkness, no cloud of fire... Just light and maybe white clouds, and the sparkle ladder.

I got closer and closer the the ship, and I heard a voice. A very loud, but kind voice. "You cannot enter here."

I stopped... "Who are you!?"

Silence, "We are those who go unseen."

I didn't know how to respond. "What do you want???!"

"We are here for change."

I felt like I was in an insane Never Ending Story, "What change?! What is it that you want??!"

"We want you. All of you."

I climbed faster and said under my breath, "Well you're not gonna fuck get us without a fight."

"Do not be afraid. Wait. You cannot enter here," it repeated.

I climbed further and closer to the ship. The voice sounded alarmed, "There is too much pressure for you to enter the ship."

I took a step further continuing to climb, when I notived a tingle through

out my hand. It felt like maybe my hand had fallen asleep. The tingle crept down the rest of my arm and throughout my body. I continued to climb. Suddenly the tingle became a burn. Then it felt like I was in a vacuum almost. It was like I was someone else watching myself... The closer I got.. The hotter my skin became. Within a blink of an eye.. My body was torn into a thousand microscopic pieced with the sound rrrrriiiip. It hurt so bad...



Reality: I woke up and looked out my window. I looked in Phealons room and saw her sleeping. I layed back in my bed next to Atom who was sleeping soundly.. And Gambit kept me company until I fell back asleep. Right before I shut my eyes I checked the clock on my phone... 4:47.. Nice.