THEY CAME PART 8
Before I knew what I was doing, my hand flew forward. My fist made contact with its oxygen mask and kept going until it smashed into scaled flesh.
One of the alien’s hands grasped me around my throat while the other searched its bio suit for something. In moments, it produced another mask and tried to fit it over its bleeding mouth. That was something I just couldn’t allow.
The voice in my head that was also mine whispered, “I’ve got this.” My body began moving on its own. My legs rose and flipped me over until I sat on the alien’s back, taking its grasp away from my throat. It continued to try and put the mask back on, but my hands reached down and yanked it away. I smashed it against a nearby wall and tightened my legs around its throat. Slowly, it began to stumble and finally fall. When it did, my legs made a quick jerking movement, snapping its neck.
A tingling sensation crept all over my body as I regained control. It felt as if a limb had gone to sleep but was now getting blood flow back to it. Instead of a limb, however, it was my entire body. For a moment, I lay limply on the floor, letting it pass, taking deep breaths.
I was finally able to stand, and when I did, Doug and the other three left alive stared at me with wide eyes. I opened my mouth to speak, but it snapped shut on its own. The voice whispered again inside of my head, “do not tell them. They would not understand.” With that, my lips parted. “I took classes in college before they came.”
“You must have had one hell of a teacher.” Doug took a step forward. His eyes searched mine. After a painful minute, he turned to the others. “Grab what you can. Let’s go before more show up. This was clearly a trap.”
When the others went about their tasks, Doug approached me. “You have the gift. Why didn’t you tell me?”
When my voice didn’t seize up, I realized this topic was ok to discuss. “I didn’t know until now. Do the others see visions as well?”
“Visions? What kind of visions?”
“I saw a huge ship out in space. I saw the aliens killing people.” A tear rolled down my face. “That ship. Is it where they took my sister and my brother-in-law?”
Remorse flooded Doug’s features. “They were taken, weren’t they?”
“Yeah, but I am going to get them back. I just need to get to that ship.”
He started to shake his head, but I held up a hand. “If you can’t help me that’s fine. I’ll go alone but don’t stand here and tell me it’s impossible. We all used to think it was impossible to fight the mind maimers.” I stared daggers into his eyes. “I am saving them!”
Doug continued to look into my eyes. Finally, he said, “You can really see visions from the mind maimers?”
“If seeing that ship is what it means, then yes, I can.”
A smile spread across Doug’s face. He hadn’t done that since I met him. “I do believe we can help each other.”
“As long as I get my family back, I don’t care what you get out of it.”
“Calm down. I don’t have anything sinister in mind. If you can believe it, I also have friends and family up there as well.” He glanced back as the three returned with their bags full of supplies. “Let me ask you a question, though.”
“Sure, what is it?”
“What did you plan to do after you save your family?”
