An Alien Event

An Alien Event

“ Whee jinben uga dou? Si dene balu vonk

“Orach, you must speak in Americanese. This is why you were trained. We could run into a human at any moment now. As soon as we store the hoverer in the place of burial, we will begin our journey into the world of the humans.”

“I know Senese, I will comply. What is our next spot of exploration?” 

“We start tonight in the dark to look at where the common man lives. Tomorrow, we will maybe move to the heavy population. Now let’s travel toward the homesteads, but try and conceal yourself. Our appearance will disturb the human-kinds.”

“They are the strange ones, Senese, with all that hair on their heads, and the sickly skin with no glow.And the short fingers and feet.No wonder they are so limited.” 

“Look ahead of us Orach, there are huts and white fences around the land, but look! Standing in front of the huts it looks like a group of…aliens? Did someone come here before us? I have not witnessed such strange figures before. They are dressed, not customary! Look at that one, it appears to be wearing only bandages over horrible wounds! Hurry, get behind a tree, they are looking to us.”

“Senese, they seem to be walking toward us. Each is holding a huge cloth bag and they are shouting at one another. Wait, they are approaching a hut and all are knocking on its door very loudly and yelling some strange word!  Let’s move closer while they are looking at the strange, ugly figure in the doorway. It is wearing a red cape and…has horns upon it’s skull!”

“It appears to be putting something into the bags of the creatures, maybe a ransom or bribe,” mutters Senese. “They look fearfully mean despite their miniature size!  Oh, now they come toward us, we must stay in the bush.Oh no, the purple one with spikes on its head is pointing at us. They have spotted us!  They are looking to us with great interest! They have identified our location. We must come out and speak to these aliens. If they arrived before us, they will note our purpose in exploring this destination. “

“Hey you guys! “Screams a purple monster. “You guys look cool, where did you come up with that git-up? I wish I could’ve gottin a good one like you.” 

“You can’t hide in those glowing outfits anyway, yells a small figure cloaked in black with a green face and pointed black head. You might as well come out and maybe go with us.We still have an hour left. When do you have to be home? “

“We are catching a rest only now; our home is not for a while.” Senese slowly replies, as he and Orach crawl out of the bushes “

Let’s go! Shouts a fur draped talking animal with a long gray tail and huge yellow teeth. Its claws are two inches in length and it’s piercing red eyes bore into them.

“Remind us where you are from,” Orach reluctantly inquires.

A taller alien with red and blue arms and legs and a bald blue head with black lines, shrieks, “come on you guys, we have only an hour before it all blows up! Stop talking, we have to run!” 

One of the group grabs Senese’s arm, dragging him along as they sprint toward another hut. Orach scrambles in the rear, as he struggles to keep up. The hut is huge and there are orange and purple specks flashing all over the exterior of the hut. A lighted figure darts across the exterior, moving and changing shape as the lights shift.  A huge skeleton grins down upon them, telling them that they should stay away. He laughs and it makes everyone tremble and take deep breaths, trying to swallow their fear. 

“Where are your bags? Yells the wounded alien to the two of them. “Never-mind, I will make sure that you’re taken care of. Don’t leave though, cause you’ll be screwed!  You have to stay with us or you’ll be out in the cold. You never can tell how crazy and insane things get on Halloween!There are evil forces everywhere.They will come for you. Last night Charley got his socks knocked off. We still don’t know who did it. Probably a monster!”

The air on earth is thinner than Orach and Senese are used to. They begin gasping and choking, as they try to pacify and keep up with these strange and aggressive creatures!  Up to another house they go, Huge white and orange monsters in the front wave their arms, and a 12-foot snake winds around the porch.  It hisses as the group approaches. Another creature made only of bones with shining eyeballs begin laughing in a terrible voice and taunts them as they approach. The aliens continue on their mission and climb onto a porch where they push a button on the side of the door. It slowly opens.Huge claws reach out toward them as the aliens chant “Trick or Treat.”

“That must be some type of incantation”, Senese whispers to Orach, as they try and hang back, out of harm’s way. 

 A monster of epic proportions then peers out through the opening in the hut, and with one mottled hand, drops the allotted ransom into the bags being held by the creatures. The aliens scream something back at the monster, one at a time and whirl around. Staying together, the group takes off toward the next hut.

“One extra for our friends,” cries the red and blue spider man at each hut they visit, “Or you’ll pay the price!”

Orach and Senese follow helplessly along behind the strange group as it moves forward down the street from hut to hut. The chant is repeated many times until the 59th minute. The Aliens stop in the middle of the street, reach into their bags and hand Orach and Senese a handful of ransom. The pair realizes that they have been spared. They are not out in the cold.  They are not screwed. They watch the strangely dressed miniature aliens disperse. The aliens scatter in multiple directions and vanish into the darkness. In the distance other strangely attired beings seem to be repeating this bizarre and frightful ritual: all the while crying out to one another, laughing and banging on the doors of each hut. 

Senese and Orach turn and run down the dark street, hurriedly scurrying back to the safety of their hoverer.It remains concealed in the dark forest surrounding the land of the dead. They climb in and it starts up silently. The craft rises quickly into the air, escaping the violent malevolence of the foreboding planet. 

 Orach and Seneses simultaneously take a deep breath, trying to acclimate to the thin, wispy air of the planet that they have decided to leave behind.It is obvious that this planet is much too violent and dangerous for their people to share.   

Janna L. Benkelman

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Lakewood CO 80228

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