Invasion

The alien invasion happened so quickly that even our top space agencies were taken by complete surprise. They arrived in vast mother-ships and disgorged their soldiers into all our major cities.

Our weapons appeared to be completely ineffective and our military were decimated where they stood. We regrouped and tried to look for weaknesses in their defenses but to no avail.

With our government in hiding and those who were able to fleeing to the uninhabited areas of our lands it was only a matter of a few days before the visitors had control of most of the planet.

We lived in a remote equatorial village and mistakenly thought that we’d be safe, but how wrong could we be.

We’d just finished lunch on a warm Sunday afternoon when one of the aliens appeared in the back yard. Panic set in as I realised that my daughter was missing from the house.

I watched from the window as she approached the murderous beast from across the galaxy and saw that the pair appeared to be communicating with each other. My fears started to subside and I allowed myself to breathe.

Then completely without provocation the three foot harmless looking fleshy creature tore my daughter into a pile of useless scrap metal before turning around and leaving.