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10 year High School Reunion | gspfan84 | 4

 

"I'm not yet ready for this night to end," you tell Marie. "Would you like to take a walk."

She smiles at you. "I would like that. Do you mind if I make a quick phone call?"

"Go right ahead."

She departs momentarily, and you remain to plan your strategy for getting Marie back to your hotel room.

"Ready to go?" she asks brightly.

"Always," you answer.

She takes your arm and you walk outside. She has been asking about your work life, your friends, hungrily pumping you for every detail of your life.

"What about you," you ask. "You've hardly told me anything about you. Even back in high school you were basically an unknown."

She smiles mysteriously at you. "You'll learn more, soon enough."

"Yeah?"

A stiff wind gusts up suddenly and bright lights illuminate the field. You look up and are stunned to see a spaceship!

"Run!" you tell Marie.

You take a few steps, glance behind, and see that Marie is not following you. She's waving up at the spaceship.

"Marie," you say, "we should get out of here."

And then everything goes black.

When you come to you find yourself strapped to a table with lots of shiny objects around you. Marie is in a chair nearby, not moving.

"Marie," you whisper. A little louder, "Marie."

She remains unmoving. You'll have to get untied yourself. You test the binds on you. They feel pretty solid.

A small panel in the wall opens up, and two tiny aliens walk through. You're pretty sure your eyes are bulging out of your face.

One of them points a small device at Marie. You hear a slight whirring noise and the top of Marie's skull lifts away. One of the tiny aliens clambers up and into Marie's skull. You can see blinking lights and shiny metal surfaces inside the skull.

It closes and a moment later Marie blinks and looks around.

She says something in a language you don't recognize to the other little alien who goes over and begins operating a miniature control panel.

"What have you done with Marie," you demand.

Fake Marie looks at you sadly.

"Sorry Andy."

"What have you done with her," you yell.

"I'm afraid it has always been me," fake Marie answers. "At least for the past 14 years."

"You're lying," you snarl.

Marie shakes her head.

"I'm sorry Andy. I really do like you. But you had to go and became famous and powerful in your world."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

She comes forward and brushes the hair off your forehead.

"We're beginning the second stage of the invasion. I was part of the vanguard, learning about your people. In the next stage we take over your businessmen, your politicians, your elite. We will rule your kind from the inside out. We'll bring peace and new technology and your kind will be better off with our benevolent rule."

"And me?"

"We'll extract your brain and install our devices in your skull. Krull over here will become your pilot. If you prefer, we'll do this in your sleep."

Maybe if they keep you awake you can still find some way to escape.

"I would prefer to experience my last moments, thank you," you reply.

She strokes your cheek sadly.

You try to keep her talking so she'll be distracted as you fiddle with your wrist locks.

"What really happened to Bill?"

"I loved Billy," she says, tears welling in her eyes. "Unfortunately one night Billy caught me transmitting to the mothership. I had to stage his death. It was very sad for me. I truly did love Billy. He taught me so much about your people and the pleasures of your people."

You can feel the wrist lock giving slightly, but unfortunately you have run out of time. A machine whirs up and the last thing you see is a bright light aimed at your head.

~ The END ~

 
 

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