assembled on the other side of the main tent. Hard to tell what it was being so far back, it had most of the soldier’s attention. He needed to get closer. He wasn’t going to get any pictures of the mysterious object this far back.
He was about to move towards the tent when he heard vehicles coming up behind him on the highway. For a brief moment he almost panicked, but he knew it wouldn’t help. He needed to stay calm and find a place to hind before the vehicles got any closer. He was well hidden from the soldiers on the base, but wide open to anyone on the highway passing by.
He knew the cars approaching had to be with the military. He hadn’t seen any cars in the last half hour pass by. The military probably didn’t want anyone driving by to see military vehicles with weapons on them. He quickly moved back into the forest and watch the highway from behind a tree. With the countless branches everywhere it was completely hidden.
He watched as a group of black cars with black tinted windows approached in a row and pulled into the base one after the other and moved towards the holding cell.
Through the branches he could just make out what was happening. He had to make sure to stay hidden though.
The driver of the first black car got out and to Charles surprise was dressed all in black as well. Was there a new fashion movement going on around the world he didn’t know about, were everything you owned was now the color black?
The driver of each of the cars opened up the back doors and from each car adults and a few kids where taken out.
Well, what do we have here? He thought. Prisoners?
They looked like citizens from town. Why would they be prisoners? The military only came by this weekend for a meet and greet and now there detaining people?
They looked like they could’ve been some kids parents. Whoever they were they seemed very concerned about wanting to speak to someone in charge. They looked like they were asking a lot of questions, but not getting any answers. It was clear they were looking over to the main tent wanting to go over to it, but the soldiers were guiding them towards the holding cell.
He was too far away to hear what was going on, but why was this group picked up in the first place? They didn’t look like troublemakers. They sure didn’t have the anti-government, anti-military look to them, in fact they looked like your average parents next door with a few teenage kids in the mix, not the average person the military would have to detain. There looked to be ten of them altogether. They were moved into the holding cell and the door closed behind them.
A few soldiers moved the black cars away from the holding cell and over to the parking lot along with the rest of the cars. He looked around for the men in black and couldn’t find them; ok what just happened to them? One minute they were getting out of the black cars, now they’re gone? That doesn’t make sense, how?
He wanted pictures, but had to get closer for them. From where he was he’d only get blurry pictures with leaves in the way. He moved out from behind the trees and quickly moved over to the armored vehicles. He stayed low and peaked around the lead vehicle, making sure no one could see him.
He swiftly moved to the next vehicle and leaned against the metal bumper. He wanted pictures of the holding cell and who was being held inside, but the mysterious object being assembled behind the main tent caught his attention. It appeared to be massive in scale. It rested on a flat bed truck, big enough that it would’ve taken up both sides of the highway if pulled along. He needed to get a few more feet closer to get a really good look at it. The main tent with the satellite dishes was blocking a clear view. He had to be careful, there was a lot of activity around the building as soldiers were coming and going from the front door at any given second. Anyone one of them could’ve seen him. The countless armored vehicles in the way didn’t help with his view either.
He checked over his shoulder and quickly snuck over from the armored vehicle to the back of the main tent. Luckily he had made it this far. No one had seen him. He leaned against the building, directly in front of him was the empty highway and train line, He knew around the corner of the tent was the mysterious massive object being constructed. A picture of it could be worth millions. Every news agency around the world would want to know about this. Based on the sound of the tools being used by the soldiers it sounded like a monster was being constructed. He needed to know what it was. He lowered down and peaked around the corner as his eyes widened. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Impossible, he thought. No one on earth would build such a thing. What was the military going to do with it? He knew he had get a few pictures and get back to town. Everyone had to know about this. The world would be shocked to see this.
“What are you doing here?” a deep voice echoed from behind him.
Charles turned around and saw a solider pointing gun at him.
The kids were down in the dirt, keeping a low profile at the entrance of hole in the tree as the sun rose in the early morning sky. Each one of them was scanning the roads like hawks. Looking for any sign of black cars with tinted windows.
Sam whispered, “I haven’t seen one for hours. Maybe they gave up”
Kyle looked out onto the road “Or they’re out there hiding in the shadows. Waiting for us to come out of our hiding spots and show are faces. Then bam, they grab us, take us prisoner”
Timmy shook his head “We can’t stay here all day. We need to warn everyone in town. Every second that passes is a second gone. The attack is just a few hours away”
“I know how you feel,” Sam said “But how do we warn them of something that sounds impossible”
Bobby spoke up “Maybe we can make a mad run for it back home, our parents maybe looking for us. We have been out all night”
Sam nodded “Your right, we can’t solve anything hiding here. We need to move. We’ll have to be aware of everything around us though.” Sam said “Any sign of danger and we run as fast we can back into the woods to regroup”
“Make sure one of us gets away.” Timmy said, “Can’t let all of us get caught. Someone needs to warn the town”
They all nodded pushed the branches aside and slowly climbed through the entrance to hole in the tree. They stood up from the dirt and brushed themselves off and checked their surroundings. They watched the road that was a few yards away. None of them could see anything out of the ordinary.
Sam looked to the others “Looks as though the coast is clear. Now, lets get out of here”
They nodded and took off running down the sidewalk towards their street. Headed straight to there houses. Each one not slowly down for anything. They moved like lighting. A few months ago they failed to make the track team, if the coach could see them move now, they would make the all-star team. At the rate they were moving if they were being followed by a black car they could probably would’ve out ran it.
They reached their street in record time and didn’t slow down. Sam was the first to run inside his house. He pushed the front door open and ran room-to-room looking for his parents. Something weird caught his attention; they were nowhere to be found. What’s was going on? Where could they be? He checked the bedrooms and ran down into the basement. Fear ran through his veins like ice water. What happened? Were they out looking for him, or did something bad happen? He couldn’t see a note anywhere.
Timmy went through his house faster then he ran home. His parents should’ve been up by now. He ran up the stairs and back down. He checked every room twice and looked outside the living room window into the backyard. He started calling out there names. Wondering if they would answer. No one could be found. This was getting to weird. What happened to them?
Bobby came running out the back door of his house. He figured he look in the backyard, seeing as how no one was inside the house. There were a million times he wished his brother was never home, but now that his house was empty he was nervous. Even his parents were gone. They would’ve left a note. They always do. Maybe they took the car and went looking for him, but that doesn’t make sense. The car was still in the dr
iveway. Would they have walked around the neighborhood to find him? This was getting weirder by the second.
Kyle came running over to Bobby’s backyard “My parents and sister are nowhere to be found” Kyle yelled out in a panic. “What’s going on here?”
Bobby looked over to Kyle “Same with mine. I looked all over my house and I can’t find them or my brother” he looked around in confusion.
Sam came running out the front door and noticed Kyle in Bobby’s backyard and ran over to them. “Your family missing as well?” he called out as he made his way back.
They both quickly nodded in terror.
Timmy looked out his back window in the living room and saw the three of them and ran out the back door. “This can’t be right. All of our families are gone. It had to be the men in black who took them; it can be no one else. They wanted to get us, failed to do so, so they came after our families.”
Sam nodded “It appears so.”
“Why go after our parents?” Kyle asked
Sam looked over to him “Cause they know we will come out of our hiding places to look for them. They know we will wander the streets looking everywhere, that’s when they will grab us. Instead of wondering around looking for kids who are hiding they decided to force us to come out”
“This is war.” Kyle said “I say we find
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