Seventeen
Alyce Green and the Men in Black
Okay, all five feet ten, one hundred twenty five pounds of my girlfriend Alyce Green were not supposed to be standing at my door. She should be up north with her parents until Sunday.
“I did not know you had company,” said Alyce as she stepped inside and planted a kiss on my cheek. She nodded acknowledging Judy and Stephen. Looking at the duo, I said, “Yeah, they were just leaving.”
Stephen had a disappointed look on his face. Judy, on the other hand, was angry. I had refused to save the Earth from the Prime.
Like I said, things were about to get interesting. Judy walked over and introduced herself. “I’m Judy Clark of the Extraterrestrial Investigators and that is my assistant Stephen Weiss.”
Stephen waved to Alyce. “Extraterrestrial investigators? Does this have to do with your disappearance?” Alyce asked with a smile. “What do you think?” I asked as I rolled my eyes.
Then Judy did something I did not see coming. Going to her bag, she produced the hand written letter I sent to the ETI and handed it to Alyce. Okay, the nanomachines could do many things, but they could not rearrange or erase ink.
Alyce slowly read both pages of the letters. I checked my watch as I waited for her to finish reading. It was not time for the men in black to make their daily round.
Looking at me with her piercing green eyes, Alyce asked, “Is it true?”
Judy was trying to force my hand. I still would not change my mind about trying to save the Earth from the Prime. Judy and the rest of the humans would have to fend for themselves when the Prime unleashed their deadly attack. I, on the other hand, would be just fine.
Calling Judy’s bluff, I looked Alyce square in her green eyes and nonchalantly said, “It’s true. Aliens abducted me.”
Alyce handed the letter back to Judy who was smiling. Glaring at Judy, I said, “I’m still not changing my mind.”
“What are you not changing your mind about sweetie?” Alyce asked curiously. Things are getting pretty interesting. Keeping my cool, I said, “Nothing really. Judy wants me to go public with my story and I just don’t think it’s safe.”
Stephen sighed heavily. “That is so not true. Show your girlfriend what you can do.”
“What is he talking about?” Alyce asked confusingly. I could not drag Alyce into this. I would have to lie to her which I did not like doing. Then the doorbell rang. Pizza! I guess it would be easier to tell her over pizza and beer.
Going to the door, I stopped. The nanomachines were going off! It was not a pizza delivery person on the other side of the door. It was the men in black on the other side of my door. They finally go the courage to come to my door.
“I need everyone in the kitchen,” I said silently. “Now!”
“What’s going on?” asked Alyce as she grabbed my right hand. She immediately got a low voltage shock. “Ouch! You shocked me!” exclaimed Alyce. “Quiet!” I said as the doorbell rang again.
I looked at Judy and said three words, “Men in black.” The field investigators quickly gathered their things and moved into the kitchen. “What’s going on?” asked Alyce as she rubbed her hand from the pain of the shock.
Putting my hand on the doorknob, I slowly twisted it then pulled the door open. Just like the movies, it creaked.
Standing at my door were two men in black. The whole dark suit and glasses. Both were average height, one sandy blonde and the other with jet black hair. They both looked to be in excellent physical condition.
“Mr. Morningstar, we’re agents Clary and Burns,” said the sandy blonde. “Who’s Clary and who’s Burn?” I asked trying to be a smart ass. The sandy blonde said in serious deep tone, “I’m Clary. We’re from the ATF. We have reason to believe that you have unregistered weapons in your possessions.”
I chuckled lightly, first because Clary said they were from the ATF and second because he said I had unregistered weapons. “Where’s your blue windbreaker?”
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” said Burns seriously as he motioned to another parked black SUV with two other agents. Looking into their minds, they wanted to take me in for questioning. Who knows what would happen after they got me into their facility?
Alyce moved closer to me. Judy and Stephen moved further into the kitchen, next to the door that led into the garage.
“Now, do you mind if we come in and search the premises?” asked Clary. Looks like this was going to be done the hard way. “Yes, I mind if you come in and search my premises,” I said angrily. “I do not even own a gun.”
Clary reached into his pocket. I took a step back, pushing Alyce out of the way. I could feel the energy charge up at my fingertips. I waited. Clary produced a piece of paper. It was a search warrant. He handed it to me, and I looked it over. The topping to their ruse. “I’m not letting you into my home.”
Clary motioned to Burns and the pair started forcing their way into my home. Putting up both my hands as if I were trying to push them back out the door, I released a full charge of electrical energy from the palms of my hand. Both men went down like a sack of potatoes. I looked at the palms of my hands as they smoked momentarily.
“What did you do to them?” asked Alyce frantically. I did not respond as I saw the other two agents immediately dismount their SUV with their weapons drawn. Two more white males, who looked just like Clary and Burns. Did they clone these guys? The Clary look-a-like was screaming into a wrist communicator.
Alyce grabbed my arm as I stepped out of my house to confront the Clary and Burns look-a-like. “Where are you going? What did you do to them?”
Breaking free of Alyce’s arm, I turned to her and screamed, “Stay inside!” Stepping outside, I could feel the nanomachines charge up. There would be no holding them back.
“Get down on the ground now!” yelled the Burns look-a-like. I continued moving towards them with my fists clenched like a boxer. “Down now!” yelled the Burns look-a-like.
I continued advancing towards the agents then put my hands up. “On your knees!” yelled the Burns look-a-like as he kept his gun trained on me. I dropped to my knees and placed my hands behind my head.
The Clary look-a-like was screaming into his wrist communicator. “We have agents down! Suspect has become hostile! Requesting immediate backup!”
Great! He was calling for backup. Things were getting beyond exciting. I did not know how many would respond to his backup request or how long it would take them to get here. I had to end this now.
Looking to my left, I could see my neighbor Mitch step onto his front porch. “What’s going on? What did he do?”
Mitch Patton, widower, grandfather of two little girls, Vietnam veteran and didn’t trust or care for the government. He once told me that the government was spying on us all. When he first said that to me, I thought it was just the ramblings of a bitter man. I now understand him.
“Back inside your home sir!” yelled the Clary look-a-alike. “If you do not comply, I will be forced to detain you.”
“I will not get back inside my home,” said Mitch defiantly. “I have the right to observe law enforcement operations. I’m a damn veteran! I nearly lost an arm and leg for this country.”
Three more of my neighbors, an elderly widow and the two single girls, across the street, were standing in their doorway. One of the girls held up her Genius phone. I had to end this now before someone got hurt.
I turned to see Alyce, Judy, and Stephen standing in the doorway. Stephen, holding his camera, recorded the entire incident. The Burns look-a-like, with handcuffs, cautiously approached me while the Clary look-a-like held his gun on me. Looking into their minds, I could see they were afraid. What did they know? Did the Prime know about me?
As the Burns look-a-like reached to handcuff me, I gave him the shock of his life. He instantly dropped to the ground. “What did you do to him?” asked the Clary look-a-like nervously. I stood up, turned and started to walk away. “St
op or I’ll use deadly force!”
As I turned the Clary look-a-like fired his weapon, hitting me in the right shoulder. He fired another round hitting me in my right side. It hurt like hell. I went down hard. I could hear Mitch curse and the old lady across the street scream.
One of the bastards shot me! It hurts like hell! I am pissed! I am going to kill every one of the Prime. I'm not doing it to save the Earth, but because one of the bastards fuckin’ shot me!
There was a flash of white light followed by gasps. Then the Clary look-a-like was on the ground next to me groaning and foaming at the mouth. The nanomachines quickly expelled the rounds and repaired the damaged tissue. Rolling over onto my back, I could see why everyone gasped.
Standing over me was a very tall pasty alien with long free flowing black hair. The alien extended a delicate hand to me. Taking the alien’s hand, which felt human, I pulled myself to my feet. “Who are you?” I asked as I got a complete look at the alien. This alien's features were more human than Vathian’s or Gandorans.
This alien had a human shaped nose, lips, ears and eyes. The alien had dark circles around deep seated sky blue piercing eyes. It wore a combination halter top and breechcloth with leggings and boots. It wore bands of midine around its neck, biceps, forearms and wrists. In its right hand was a whip type weapon.
“I am Tabiil Priestess Risra,” said the alien. Then there was another flash of light. “You know me as Alyce Green and we must be leaving.”
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