Astronaut Jimmy Lee Moore stood side by side with his other colleagues, Astronaut Donny Feldman, Astronaut Benny Griffith, and Astronaut Deirdre McClellan. They were bound together, and they had to protect themselves from the aliens from the Black Eye Galaxy.
“Thanks for defreezing us!” exclaimed Astronaut Benny Griffith.
“No problem, Benny. The robot defroze you,” said Astronaut Jimmy Lee Moore.
“Now, where did those aliens run off to?” asked Astronaut Deirdre McClellan.
“Let’s ask my robot friend,” said Astronaut Jimmy Lee Moore. “Robot, please tell us where the aliens vanished to. What kind of danger are we in?”
“Friends, you are all in very grave danger! The aliens are now back on their own ship. But you must arm yourselves with ray guns, laser guns, and Alchemist-3 spray guns and sub-atomic guns. Alert the Atomic Soldiers that we might be hijacked off to the Black Eye Galaxy where these aliens hail from. Tell them to send for help to rescue us as soon as possible! Danger! Danger! Grab your weapons! The aliens have returned!” warned the robot, flinging his arms all about him.
And indeed, the aliens had returned. Two of the really tall, ugly aliens, grabbed Deirdre and were putting a huge net around her. Benny grabbed his Alchemist 3 spray gun and aimed it at them. They both froze on the spot. Donny and Jimmy Lee got Deirdre free from the net. The robot flung his arms about. And he started to recite information.
“Aliens will not stay frozen long. Tie them up quickly and keep your weapons aimed at them,” warned the robot. “Quickly! Danger! Danger! They are awakening! Spray them with the Alchemist 3 spray gun!”
Quickly, Astronaut Jimmy-Lee Moore picked up the Alchemist-3 spray gun and aimed it at the aliens freezing them in place again. Jimmy-Lee shook his head. “It won’t be long before they awaken. What do we do? Granted, there has to be a lot more of them in their spaceship. I think we’re totally surrounded by them. What did the Atomic Soldiers tell you, Deirdre?”
“They said they’re on their way to help us but it might take a couple of months for them to get here so the Explorer-12 which is now on Mars is also on its way to help us. Serena told us to use our laser guns and all our weapons to protect ourselves from the aliens.”
“We have to come up with a plan to get ourselves free of their spaceship which has sucked us in. We have to maybe shoot out some of our missiles and attack them from inside so we can get out of here,” said Astronaut Donny Feldman.
“Let’s use our sub-atomic guns and melt these two aliens,” instructed Astronaut Benny Griffith.
“Good idea,” agreed Donny. So Astronaut Donny Feldman used the sub-atomic gun on the aliens and they melted away. A puddle of water was all that remained. They closed and secured the spaceship and made the robot stand guard for them while they came up with a plan to set themselves free from the alien spaceship. Deirdre decided it was a perfect time for them to have their dinner so they could discuss what they had to do. She got out the frozen packets of peas, mashed potatoes, and ground beef. She also got out the little packets to make coffee.
The four astronauts ate their dinner and made their plans to free the ship from the aliens of the Black Eye Galaxy. The robot continued to stand guard for them.
“We have our air to space missiles to protect our ship. I know we were told not to use them unless we were caught up in an intergalactic war, but I think this is a form of war. We are being held hostage by these aliens of the Black Eye Galaxy. It’s only a matter of time before they try to kill us or destroy our ship or try to steal our technology. So I say as the captain of this ship, that we use our air to space missiles. Let’s put it to a vote. Benny?”
“I say yes.”
“Jimmy-Lee?”
“Definitely yes.”
“Deirdre?”
“Without a doubt, use the missiles!”
“Do I get a vote?” asked the robot.
“Yes of course.”
“I vote to use the missiles and free us from this alien ship.”
“Okay, then. Let’s go fire off those missiles!” exclaimed Donny.
Astronaut Donny Feldman fired off the air to space missiles targeting the opening of the alien spaceship. The missiles flew right through to the door of the alien spaceship and blew the cargo door right off and out they went into the blackness of the universe only to be met by seven more alien ships of the Black Eye Galaxy. Their space ship was now surrounded and they were being locked into a magnetic force field.
Deirdre got on to radio the Atomic Soldiers. “Serena, this is Capricorn-29! We freed ourselves of the alien ship but now we are surrounded by seven more alien ships of the Black Eye Galaxy and we are locked into a magnetic force field. Please, send help our way! We need you!”
Back on Earth, President Reagan held a press conference.
“Good evening, everyone. As you know, the Capricorn-29 spaceship which was headed to Saturn was attacked by aliens from the Black Eye Galaxy. Our Atomic Soldiers are on the job and heading to Saturn to free our Capricorn-29 spaceship. I won’t let anything happen to our wonderful crew on the Capricorn-29. No one scares us as we are the United States of America, and we will fight these aliens. That’s all for now. Thank you.
To Be Continued
About the Author
Cel
ine Rose Mariotti is an accomplished writer whose work has appeared in magazines all over the USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia and India. Some of those magazines include: Night Roses, Green’s Magazine, Poet’s Review, Poet’s Art, Tombigbee, Offerings, Poets at Work, Hindu Young World, Magnolia Quarterly, Lone Stars Magazine, Pablo Lennis, Poetsespresso, Artifacts, Quantum Leap, Frost Fire Worlds, Children’s Magazine of India, Tigershark Publishing, Atlantean Publishing, Pink Chameleon, FreeXpression, Northern Stars Magazine, Creative Inspirations, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Poesis, Rainy Day Poems, and many more.
Bewildering Stories has accepted some of her poems for publication and Shemom has accepted two of her poems. Altered Reality Magazine has published several of her poems. She has had several books published. The books are: “Olivia MacAllister, Who Are You?” Another book is “I’m Too Young to be President” published by Clayborn Press of AZ. “Leapy the Frog” was published by Magbooks of HongKong. WriteWords.com published “I Have a Friend on Jupiter”; “Minister’s Shoes” and “Minister’s Corporate Escapades.” And some other books she self-published: “Through Celine’s Eyes,” “Words of Inspiration,” and “Red, White and Blue,” all poetry books and a nonfiction book, “What Corporate America is Really All About.” She has also self-published “I Hear The Banjo Playing,” a ghost story. Her newest book is “The Return of George Bowman,” a sequel to “I Hear the Banjo Playing.” Hierath Publishing has published her book “Atomic Soldiers.” He has also accepted her other two books-“Out There in Space” and “The Rebellion.” Celine has a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a minor in English from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. She plays the guitar and banjo; has her own home business, CRM Enterprises and her own online newsletter she publishes. She lives with her family in Shelton, CT. She loves Las Vegas and she loves to watch the soap operas.
