Contacting Space

Chapter 31

The now group of nine continued on murdering the aliens who crossed their path to try to get to the leader to create negotiations. "Hey has anyone noticed that there's more aliens around than before?" Eli asked.
"Yeah, it feels like every group we come across there's a few more than the last." Finn responded.
"That's probably why." Michelle pointed in front of her at an archway into a room which had the gun symbol that was on the map they had found.
"Alright kids, stay behind me." Ms.Moor said. She led them into the room which was stocked high with guns and armor on the walls.
"HEY! Where do you think you're going?" An alien shouted. "GET EM!" The aliens began blasting at the nine who crouched behind their shields and returned with their own hail of fire. Every once in a while an alien would get too close for comfort but they managed to fend them off.
"Alright this is taking too long. LIGHTS OUT!" The room darkened impairing their vision.
"What are we gonna do?" Dan asked.
"Wait look." They watched as a green ring illuminated the area around it as it moved towards them, including all the aliens who were shooting at them. "It's like laser tag, but deadly." Jessica said. They aimed towards the aliens who were shooting them and shot back at them, taking out each alien that attempted to kill them. Eventually the rings of light had stopped being launched making the once green illuminated room become pitch black.
"Look," Mr.Moor pointed at the crown shape that was glowing on the wall opposite the entrance.
"Should we make a run for it?" Dan asked.
"I'd say so." Wendy prepared.
"It's now or never I guess." Ms.Moor moved from her position. She whisper yelled, "Three, two, one, go!" They all rose up and moved towards the sign being cautious to not give away their location to any aliens which might still be alive. With stealth and a few trips they had made it to the archway, making their stealthy crawl become a high paced run to get to the room with the most important alien who would dictate if they would be able to live a happy life on Earth.

"I've been expecting you." A voice boomed and echoed across the throne room.
"Show your self." Ms.Moor commanded the mysterious voice.
"It is I who you are looking for, isn't it puny human." The giant empty wall which sat in front of the group began to rotate, revealing a gorgeous throne made out of the reddest red any human has seen. The silver, gold, and emerald framing sparked as the sun's light came through a window on the ceiling. In the center of the throne, the Queen Alien sat. "Why doth thy want to seeith me?"
"Umm. What are you saying? I don't speak 17th century lingo." Wendy said.
"Oh fuck it I'll speak normal." The Queen Alien rolled her eyes. "Why y'all wanna see me?"
"That's so much better." Wendy replied.
"We are here to ask to go return us to Earth, and to stop the invasion." Ms.Moor sternly answered.
"And what if I don't?"
"You'll find out."
"Guards, come handle these humans. They need a little correcting so they're willing to be our food source." Troops of aliens began to file into the room through hidden doors, circling the nine.
"Everyone, we have prepared for this moment." Ms.Moor whispered to them. "We've fought dozens of humans and dozens of other aliens to this point. This is the one time we can't fail."
"But-" Wendy started.
"Shut the fuck up, she's trying to motivate us." Jessica said.
"You can frame it nicer than that." Ms.Moor told Jessica.
"Sorry."
"Enough with the dilly dallying. Guards, seize them."
The human like creatures ran towards them with their guns cocked and ready.
"FIRE!" Ms.Moor commanded the group to unleash the glowing green rings from their guns, taking down the aliens one by one as they dropped to the ground when the rings penetrated them. They managed to thin out the group of aliens causing the Queen to say, "Very well humans. You have proved very strong in power. I think I should eat you to grow mine too! MORE GUARDS COME, WE NEED EVERYONE ON HAND SO I CAN EAT THESE PUNY BUT STRONG HUMANS." The throne room flooded with hundreds more of soldiers who continued being killed without laying a single hand on the nine. "This can't be. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE REST OF THE SOLDIERS?" The Queen exclaimed as there were a hundred or so left. "Then I'll have to get involved." She rose from her throne and began to descend it, following close behind the soldiers. Every step she took another soldier was knocked down in front of her until she, Dan, Wendy, Jessica, Michelle, Finn, Eli, Mr.Moor, Dan's dad, and Ms.Moor were facing her head on. "So you humans." She began circling them. "You must think you've all outsmarted me. You must think you're stronger than me, because you took out my entire army. You must feel like you're the best of the best throughout the whole galaxy, universe too maybe? Well to that I say HA! If you had known what's good for you, you would've stayed in those breeding pods. You would've submitted to our commands. You may have outsmarted my workers, and you may have killed my army, but no one. And I mean no one, gets through me." She began to secrete a colorful gas, filling the entire room with it and obstructing everyone's view.
"Everyone, link hands." Ms.Moor said. They all connected with each other, and when all nine were accounted for she commanded, "Raise your guns and launch them forward, turning enough to get the entire room but not shooting at each other." They watched as the smoke turned green from the rings passing through them.
"Look!" Dan said. "Look through the rings! When they're in the fog they show everything!" They began using the rings to try to spot the Queen alien when all of a sudden they heard a cry of pain as the fog dissipated.
"How could you, beat me. I-" She began to start moving her body in a strange way as if she were glitching.
"What's happening?" Mr.Moor asked his wife as all their vision went dark.