Ava lives in Brooklyn and she likes reading and writing interesting stories.
“Now it looked like his hair was shrinking back into his head, and his teeth were growing sharper. It also looked like his eyes were turning completely white. That’s when I realized that everything that I thought was happening was actually happening!”
A UFO was spotted yesterday on June 7th over Brooklyn NY.
Meanwhile, mysterios MIBs (men in black) have been popping up all over Brooklyn.
Nobody knows where they have come from. On a side note, local pigeons have gone missing.
Here are some precautions to keep in mind:
1: Try to have nothing to do with MIBs (men in black).
2: If you see a UFO, STAY AWAY, and call 911.
3: If anyone you know, their pets, or their children disappear, call 911.
4: If you notice a family member acting strangely, call 911.
5: If you see anything weird JUST CALL 911!
Here, Mrs Jane Landrish, 46, tells us about a UFO she spotted; she was one of the first to see them:
“It was 8:00 at night, and I was out for a walk. I was on 11th street and 6th avenue. I saw a shape in the sky. At first I thought it was an airplane, but then it lit up with a blinding white light. I closed my eyes, and felt it whoosh past. I opened my eyes. It was a strange, saucer shaped object, and it was hovering over a stray cat. I watched, as some sort of tractor beam pulled the cat into the ship. (I’ll just call that thing a ship.) I ran, terrified, back home, and locked the door.”
The interview ended there, with Mrs Landrish breaking into a cold sweat.
That’s what the newspaper said this morning. Yes, I read the newspaper, but only because my grandfather leaves it lying around. Anyways, I found that pretty intriguing. UFOs in Brooklyn! I put down the newspaper and turned to lie on my back. Ahhhh, Saturdays. I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. No school. As I lie in bed and I stare up at the ceiling, I wonder if there really are UFOs in Brooklyn, or if it’s just a hoax.
I heard my door open. I look towards it. My dad’s standing in the doorway.
“You okay, kiddo?” He asked.
“Yup.” I replied.
“Phew,” he said. “I was starting to think that you would never wake up!”
With that, he closed the door. I rested my arm on my night stand and knocked over my glass of water. I screamed. The water was still freezing. I heard footsteps. My door burst open. My grandpa was standing there. He took in the scene and then closed the door.
“False alarm!” I heard him yell to my mom and dad. I heard them run back down the stairs.
I sighed. It wasn’t enough that I was unpopular, I had to be clumsy. Plus I lost my favorite manga yesterday. And I was pretty sure I was coming down with a cold. AND a dog bit me yesterday. Thankfully, it was not a stray, it had been spayed. Yay, I didn’t have rabies. Still, stuff was pretty bad for me. I grabbed my phone. It was time to text my best friend, Amelia.
Hey! Amelia!
What?
U free for laser tag at 1?
Of course, it’s Saturday!
I don’t have any other plans!
Oh yeah, how could I forget? LOL
See ya at 1!
I will so beat u today!
That’s what u think!
I turned off my phone. Well, at least now I had something to do. To be honest, just lying here in bed on my back was pretty boring. I got up, went to my closet, and pulled out some clothes: a turquoise size 12 t-shirt, a midnight blue hoodie, and some jeans. Then I checked my apple watch. It was 10:07. I had exactly one hour and fifty three minutes before I had to be at Lighting Lasers, the laser tag place. I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a blueberry muffin. I ate it, then poured some orange juice into a cup, and took a swig. Nice and refreshing. Then I pulled on my turquoise converse high tops, and tied them. Then I grabbed my turquoise water bottle. Okay, you can say it. I like turquoise. Nearly everything I own is turquoise or blue. I ran outside and started my morning run.
I stepped outside and felt a warm, fresh breeze. It was a warm, sunny spring day. As I went to close the door, my pomeranian puppy, Emory, came through the open door, running, and jumped on me.
“Whoa!” I shouted, my arms flailing as I tried to regain my balance. Then I fell on my butt. “Ow!” I yelped. I stood up, trying to act as though that hadn’t just happened.
I heard someone say, “That looked painful.”
I whirled around, trying to find the person who had spoken. It was my brother, who was standing in the doorway. He was fifteen, three years older than I am. He smirked at me, and I could see that he had his phone in his hand, which was replaying a video of what had just happened.
“You *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored*!” I screamed. “You’d better not post that!”
“Okay, okay, I won’t post it.” he said.
“Good.” I said, turning away.
“Oops!” I heard him exclaim. I turned around, and he was smiling at me. “Posted it!”
“Aaghhh!” I yelled. I ran at him, my fists clenched, and punched him in the face.
“Ouch!” he yelled. It didn’t stop with one punch, though. I had been taking taekwondo lessons, and I was a black belt. I punched him again, hit him with roundhouse and snap kicks, hit him with a neck chop, and punched him some more. By the time I was done, he was sporting a bloody nose and lip, a black eye, several bruises, and a broken arm.
He lay on the ground, curled into a fetal position. He had no idea that I had been taking taekwondo, and he had no idea how good I was.
“You know what?” I said. “I think that’s enough exercise for now. I’m going inside.”
I stepped over his trembling body, and into the house. I set down my water bottle, and picked up my phone.
At that very moment, my phone rang. It was Amelia. Funny, I was just about to call her. I answered the call and heard her voice on the other line.
“Maia! Come quick! We’ve got a situation at laser tag.”
My dad drove me to laser tag. When I stepped inside, I saw Amelia arguing with two boys. The owner of Lightning Lasers, Josh, was sitting in the corner, reading a book.
“You can’t be here right now!” I heard Amelia saying. “We made a reservation!”
“We?” One of the boys said. “I don’t see anyone else with you. Who are you talking about, your imaginary friend?”
I could see Amelia getting angry. I decided that now would be a good time to step in.
“Oh, hi Amelia. Want to tell me what this is?” I asked, gesturing at the two boys.
“Maia! Thank goodness you’re here! I’ve been trying to tell these two that they can’t be here, because we made a reservation, but they won’t listen to me, and Josh has not done us a whit of good!”
“Huh?” Josh asked, looking up from his book.
“Don’t just sit there like it’s tea time, help us out!” Amelia screamed.
Okay, I should probably explain all the British-y stuff. See, Amelia’s mom is from England, and whenever Amelia gets angry, she starts talking like she’s British. Including a British accent. But the accent is only when she’s really mad, so it probably won’t come up now, over a thing like laser t-oh, the accent has kicked in.
“Listen, we were here first, so just leave and nobody get’s hurt.” She said, now with a British accent. To show that it wasn’t an idle threat, she punched one of the boys in the stomach.
“Hey!” he exclaimed. That’s when a full fledged fight broke out. Fists and feet flying everywhere.
That’s when I heard a voice.
“Ahem.” I looked toward the sound of the voice. It was Josh. He had finally looked up from his book. “If it helps, we have a new version of laser tag. It’s a four person game.”
“Why didn’t you tell us this earlier?” I demanded.
“I was occupied.” He held up his book and pointed at it.
“Ugh. You are SO annoying,” I said. “But yes, we will play the four person game, IF we get to be against them.” I pointed at the two boys.
“Sure, whatever you want,” he said. “I don’t care.”
I turned to look at the boys. It was payback time!
As I stepped into the huge, darkened room, designed for laser tag, I noticed that it had changed a bit. The walls were taller, and there were a few more power ups on the walls. I strapped on my gear and grabbed my laser tag gun. Then I was ready to go.
The five minute timer started, and it was time to play. I hid in my favorite spot, in the corner behind the wall with a hole for a window. I saw the boys sneaking around, staying close to the walls. I jumped out from behind the wall.
“Payback time!” I yelled. Then I noticed the laser tag guns in their hands. They looked like something you would see in a sci-fi movie.
“Whoa.” I said. “Where did you get those? Did you bribe Josh?”
“No, foolish human.” One of the boys laughed. “These are ours. And they are real.”
“Wait, I’m sorry, what? A, you’re not allowed to have real guns in here. B, you’re not allowed to scare your opponents on purpose. And C, we’re all humans.”
“Those rules do not apply to us,” he said. Now he and his friend were walking towards me. The lighting was making their skin look grayish.
“Um, yes they do. They apply to everybody.” I said.
“But not to us.” he replied. Now it looked like his hair was shrinking back into his head, and his teeth were growing sharper. It also looked like his eyes were turning completely white. That’s when I realized that everything that I thought was happening was actually happening!
“Y-you’re aliens!” I stammered.
“Yes. We knew that you would make that connection eventually. You, of all people, believe that we might be real. And we are. However, we are planning to conquer Earth, and if you had figured out that we were real, then you would have been a serious threat to our plan. So, we must stop you from figuring out that we are real. And there is only one way to do that.”
I started backing up. “W-what are you t-talking about?” I asked, fearing that I already knew the answer. I kept backing up, and then tripped and fell on my butt. I kept backing up, using my hands to pull and my feet to push. I felt my back hit the wall.
The aliens were still walking towards me. I covered my face with my arms. The last thing I saw before I closed my eyes was one of the aliens pointing their gun at me.
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