Alien Invasion: and the origins of mankind

by Mark Douglas Doran

lost for him to obtain the secret microfilm. He had to get it into the right hands. If he failed it would all be for nothing. He felt his body collapsing under its own weight. He fell to his knees a few feet from the contact agent his arm stretched out with the microfilm in his hands.

  The man on the bench slowly looked away from his newspaper and over his shoulder. He saw the clasped boy. When he knew no one in the park was looking he slowly reached down and picked up the secret microfilm from the boy’s hand.

  Timmy blinked his eyes and looked up to the sky and smiled. He knew he had just saved the world. His dream of being a hero was compete. It cost him his life, but it was worth it. Everyone living in small towns to the big cities would now be safe because of his sacrifice. The beautiful blonde model who walked into his office a few days ago and hired him for the job had gotten away safety on the midnight plane; he watched it leave a few hours ago before being hit with the poisonous dart. He knew he would never see her again, but her safety was paramount to his own emotions. As he closed his eyes for the last time he looked up to the heavens and said his last words “Let the truth be told, at any cost. Freedom for all” he closed his eyes for the final time and died a hero.

  The red curtain closed on the stage.

  The crowd of seniors at the Springbrook Gardens retirement center who sat in their seats throughout the show started to applaud his performance.

  Timmy Dalby jumped up from the stage floor and onto his feet. He stepped out from behind the red curtain and thanked them with a smile “Thank you for your applause. We enjoy being here and putting on a show for you”

  Sam Wilson who acted as the contact agent stood up from the bench and stepped out from behind the curtain. He took off the black sunglasses. He stood beside Timmy; smiled and waved to the applauding crowd.

  The hall was packed full of seniors citizens who enjoyed watching the kids put on their stage plays once a month for them. Some of the seniors turned to each other and commented on how much they enjoyed the show.

  Sam smiled “I loved playing the secret spy who now has the secret film safety in my pocket, which reminds me I need to get the film back to my mother or she will ring my neck”

  The crowd of seniors laughed as they slowly got up out of their chairs and made there way toward the exits.

  An old lady in a blue coat approached the stage. Timmy leaned down to talk to her. “You’re a really good actor Timmy. Say hi to your mom for me”

  “Thank you Miss Carter. I will say hi to her for you” he said with a smile. “We like putting on skits for everyone here at the retirement home”

  “How on earth do you memorize all those lines?” she asked.

  “We work hard at it and rehearse over and over again.” He said.

  “Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing your next show”

  “You won’t have to wait long. We’ll be performing at the variety show this Saturday at the town hall”

  “Oh yes, I look forward to the variety each year. Watching everyone in town act out their plays, it’s always so much fun. The variety show has been an annual event before you were born. Its been going on since I was a child. I know you guys will do well. I look forward to seeing you kids” she turned and walked away.

  Bobby Oliver pulled the curtains open and stepped out onto the stage to help with the clean up. Kyle Red came out from the back with the large wooden chest to put everything back inside until the next show. They both made there way over to Sam and Timmy at the front of the stage.

  “The show went well,” Kyle said with a smile as he placed the chest down.

  Bobby nodded to him. “I’m happy with the results. None of us messed up their lines and everything went according to script”

  The other three quickly agreed as the last of the seniors left the room. They started clearing the stage. They placed the chairs behind the black curtain at the back of the stage and placed the loose items in the wooden chest.

  After everything was away they made there way towards the exist of the seniors building and outside onto the sidewalk and stood under the afternoon sun. A few hours before they had finished the school day and made their way over to the senior center for their monthly show.

  Sam turned to the three others as he lifted his hand above his eyebrows to block out the sun. “I’m glad we were able to finish our show before the military arrived for the meet and greet” he looked at his watch “There due any minute now”

  Kyle nodded “That was a close call. Throughout our show I was hoping I wouldn’t hear them pulling into town. It would’ve been horrible to miss their arrival after all the anxious waiting we’ve done for the past few months”

  Timmy agreed “The whole time I was on stage saying my lines, I was listening for any sound coming from the outside that would’ve tipped me off of their arrival, maybe a military jeep honking or people cheering. The whole time I was thinking of what I would’ve done if they had arrived. Would have I stopped saying my lines and stop the show halfway through and run out to see them or finish the show and miss out on seeing the arrival?”

  Kyle laughed as he put his hands into his back pockets, “I know how you feel. I was wondering the same thing”

  Sam agreed, “It was a gamble we took, but the good news is, we pulled it off. We got the show in on time and the military hasn’t arrived yet. Count our lucky stars for that”

  Bobby looked up to the top of Main Street towards Forest Road where the military was expected to drive along making their way into town. He saw a massive crowd of people standing on both sides of the sidewalk for blocks on end eagerly waiting the arrival. “Looks as though everyone in town is already up they’re crowding around Forest Road waiting. Everyone wants to be the first person who spots the first military vehicle.”

  Kyle laughed a bit as he looked down at the other end of Main Street at all the empty streets and buildings. “Now that side looks like a ghost town at this moment. If our town were a boat it would be leaning to one side”

  Timmy nodded in agreement “So, what are we doing all the way at the empty side of Main Street? Lets get up there so we can see the military arrive as well”

  Without wasting a second the other three boys quickly agreed and started walking along the sidewalk towards the crowds.

  Four blocks later as they were approaching the drug store Kyle was the first to notice Sandy Clark and Jane Miles pushing open the glass front doors and walking down the three steps to the sidewalk.

  The four boys had been in the same class with the two girls since grade one. Of course none of the boys took an interest in the girls way back then because in grade one, girls had cooties, but in the last year the boys couldn’t help notice the two girls. However, talking to them wasn’t as easy as they would’ve liked. It seemed all the young boys in town wanted to talk to the two girls.

  To the boys surprise the two girls seem to take a liking to the four boys. It wouldn’t be a problem if the guys knew how to chill out and act relaxed around them. They’re where many things the boys could do, but talking to girls was not one of them.

  Kyle thought back to all the times he wanted to say high while in the hallways, but chicken out at the last moment. Being popular was something the four boys were not used to; in fact they were the school nerds. Anytime a girl did say anything to them it would catch them off guard.

  “Hi Sam how are you?” Sandy called as she walked by as her blonde hair blew in the wind.

  Sam heard his name and looked over his shoulder and noticed how pretty she looked in the red blouse. Right away he felt fear shoot through his veins like always. He quickly looked down to his feet as his shyness kicked in. He could never look her in the eye. If he did his mind would go blank. “Oh, hi Sandy…I’m doing fine” He didn’t know what to say. He had practiced talking to her in his mind a thousand times before, but with her right in front of him in real life, it was a different story. Somehow talking to her in his mind seemed a whole lot easier. He looked back at her and c
ould barley smile all the muscles in his face had frozen up from fear. He was quickly trying to think of anything to say.

  “Looking forward to the military coming into town?” She asked with a smile.

  “Oh…yeah… I guess so” He mind was going blank faster then ever before. He could count on one hand the number of times he had talked to Sandy in the past, but he was the one who started the conversations after hours of planning. Now out of the blue it was her doing the talking, catching him off guard. He wasn’t prepared. His mind was so blank at this point he wasn’t even sure of his own name.

  Jane looked to the other three boys “And how are you guys doing?”

  The three boys quickly looked at her with wide eyes. They weren’t expecting someone as pretty as her to ever talk to geeky guys like them. They were all caught off guard. At one point in their lives each of them had wished someone like her would say hi, but never actually thought it would happen. They looked at each other then back at her and hummed and hawed their answers while rubbing the back of their necks and looking down to the sidewalk. Each one started twisting their foot around on the ground while trying to act cool. It was something they never had much practice at.

  Jane looked to Bobby “Are you going to take pictures of all the military jeeps when they arrive? I know how you love taking pictures,” she asked in a cute voice and