Aliens! by R. McGeddon

Author:R. McGeddon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250090898
Publisher: Imprint

She raised the lid and brought it down with a clang on the ET’s helmet. It staggered for a moment, too dazed to dodge as Emmie drew back her foot and punted it over the heads of its fellow invaders.

“Arty, look out!” cried Sam, as another of the aliens opened fire. With a flick of his wrist, Sam hurled his trash-can lid. It sliced toward his friend, and Arty snatched it from the air just as the energy beam reached him.

The blast bounced off the makeshift shield, back the way it had come. The alien gunman’s eyes went wide and it gave a little whimper, before exploding in a shower of glittery sparks.

The aliens hesitated. It was just for a moment, but it was long enough for Sam and Emmie to throw themselves over a wall, dragging Arty along behind them. They heard the aliens chitter angrily, but they were too small to follow, and by the time they had hopped up onto one another’s shoulders, Sam and the others had vanished.

“It’s not safe out on the streets,” Sam whispered. They were pressed up together behind a small garden shed, watching the invaders scuttle off in search of someone else to shoot at.

“Oh, you think so?” said Emmie. “What gave you that idea?”

“The aliens and stuff,” said Sam, who had never really gotten the hang of sarcasm. “Let’s go to my house. We’ll be safe there.”

“How come we always go to your house when we’re running for our lives?” asked Emmie. “Why do we never go to my house?”

Sam shrugged. “We can if you want. You probably want to check on Doris, I’d imagine.”

Emmie flinched. “Let’s go to your house,” she said. “We’ll be safe there.”

“I hope Jesse hasn’t been vaporized,” Arty said.

Sam rested a hand on his friend’s shoulder. “Don’t worry. He’ll be fine.”

“Oh, I’m not worried,” Arty said. “It’s just that if he’s going to be blown to bits I’d like to see it, is all.”

“Er … right,” said Sam.

“In slow motion, ideally.”

“You have a deeply unhealthy relationship with your brother,” Sam told him. From somewhere nearby they heard the chattering of more aliens. “Now come on, let’s get out of here while we still can.”

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