Commander Benson looked at the alien that the U N S F types called the new guy, he was not sure which of the two surviving aliens this was or the man that the alien was holding hostage, or who was that woman with the kid off to the alien’s left side were. Too many unknowns at this time and time seemed to be running out. He could feel that Peck was still behind him, he didn’t turn to face Lopez but from the corner of his left eye he could see Lopez was slowly hitting the deck and was attempting to fire from a prone position. Carvalho on the other hand was still in the shadows and out of the way.
He was noticing that the alien was holding a weapon with his right hand, he could see that alien’s right hand had three fingers and the alien’s left arm was draped across the man’s waist, and he did notice that the alien’s left hand had three fingers and a thumb.
Commander Benson quickly scanned the room, and noticed that the blood trails that lead the team here was coming from the alien’s right leg. It wasn’t gushing blood but it was slowly oozing blood from the calf. He had no idea how that happen. Equally as strange was the weapon the alien it was holding up against the man’s right temple. It was not the laser hand guns that they was using against them a few minutes ago, but rather this seemed to be an U N S F issued A P one hand gun. How did this alien managed to get one of those he did not know. At point blank range, the A P one could kill the man the alien was holding hostage.
He wasn’t paying attention to what the man was saying but he did when the alien said “Silence! Surrender, I will give you to the count of ten or I swear to god I will kill lover boy here. One!”
“Sir are you all right?” asked Commander Benson to the man
“Who me?” replied the man “Peachy keen, it’s not every day I get taken hostage by an alien from outer space who wants to take over the world, while my ex-wife over there” as he points to the woman to the left holding a boy away from the two, she then attempted to move away but could not “wants sole custody of our son. Yep, today is not my day and things couldn’t get any worse than this.”
“We will try to resolve this situation peacefully sir, just hang on.” said Commander Benson
“You hear that Ashlo” said the man “The marines are here, so you might as well give up while you still can.”
“We are Navy Seals” said Commander Benson “and I am Lieutenant Commander Ben Benson.”
“Sorry about that” said the man “I can’t tell the difference myself.”
“Silence!” said the alien
Commander Benson noticed from the corner of his left eye, Carvalho was coming out of the shadows and coming forward into the light.
“Howzit Jack” said Carvalho with her pointing the A P twenty one hand gun at the alien and the man using both her hands. “Long time no see! Who is your friend there?”
“Karen!” said the man who Commander Benson noticed was not trilled to see Carvalho.
“So today is not your day huh” said Carvalho
“Yeah, go figure” said the man “Say Commander Benson, I take it that back, my day just got even worse.”
“Enough of this nonsense, all of you” said the alien “Two!”
Posted by Helen at November 30, 2004 09:23 PM