Aliens in Sequoia National Park by Sally Ann Melia

Author:Sally Ann Melia [Melia, Sally Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

Crater

Jasmin stood over the fallen Alien.

All was silent in Converse Grove.No background chatter of bird sound, no low hum of communications, no banter amongst the soldiers. Just Jasmin standing protectively alongside the prone and groaning Alien. Blake crouched in the crater under the gangplank glaring up at her. She had disobeyed him. She too should be cowering in the mud, only she wasn’t.

She took stock.

One Alien was on board the ship, Jasmin glimpsed it looking out at her, then diving out of view. Soon a new low vibration emanated from engines, so they were preparing to leave, but…

The second Alien had emerged once again and worked with the equipment surrounding the Redwood, every other second it glanced at Jasmin, then at the men with weapons beyond.

The third alien…

Jasmin tiptoed forward to look, there was a long line of bullet holes from his shoulder to his hip. How many times had they shot this fallen creature?

“Cowards!” She shouted at the ring of armed men and women. “How dare you shoot when it’s already down.”

The creature moaned.

Was the alien alive? Jasmin started. She crept closer to the alien’s head. This would be her first touch of an alien body. Checking its vital signs. One of the creatures long paws was stretched ahead of its body and frozen even as it tried to claw its way back to the ship. Its outstretched claws were as long as her forearm.

She reached to pull back the lid of its eye, lashes long like a giraffe she thought and eyes that stared right back at her. Such sadness she thought, such defeat. Without thinking her hand was reaching to its jaw. Peeling back the lips, she looked at its teeth, the molars were almost as big as her hands.

Then she shuddered - why was she afraid? What now? Where should she go? Into the Alien ship? No. Back to the forest? No. Would they start shooting if she left the wounded alien’s side?

“He’s not dead!” she called out and was pleased to see looks of horror spread across the watching faces. Maybe now the military would help…

Only they weren’t looking at her.

She noticed the vibrations had increased.

What was…She turned.

Behind her, a vast Redwood floated through the air. The root ball intact, dripping soil and stones to the ground. The three gilt and red shields rotated as they carried the tree, from where it had dominated the forest into the hold of the asteroid ship.

A giant redwood was being stolen.

No, Jasmin thought. That’s not right. She had to…

Gasp!

Something had grabbed her from behind.

She had been picked up by the second alien, the one with the gold chain, who leapt out from the woods.

Now she was four-feet in the air as the alien brandished her aloft.

I’m a hostage, she thought in panic. Then with admiration: He figured out that they will not shoot me. And now he is using me as a human shield.

Huh. Okay.

But what if there were marksmen amongst the guards and army?

“Don’t shoot!” She cried throwing her arms wide.

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