Code Red

Chapter 5

Lucia's mind was racing.

What were they doing to them?

Torturing them?

She stopped thinking about it.

"Lucia!" Lucia turned around. It was Chiara.

"I think I'm gonna stay here! Bye! Good luck!" she yelled at Lucia. Typical Chiara move, she thought. Tony walked up to them with a map of the old America. So calm and peaceful.

"Ok, so first we need to figure out where the Alien Base is because that is our best chance at finding them." He pointed to an area in New Mexico.

"Last time, the base was here. It could still be."

"Great then! Let's go!" said Lucia. He frowned.

"It won't be that easy. There are small bases and alien camps everywhere. We need to be prepared." He handed her a huge bag of weapons. "Here you go. Pass them out." Lucia opened the bag and took out knifes, guns, a bow and arrow, and things she didn't even know what they were. That one looked like an old fashioned grenade, but she wasn't sure. After passing everything around, and Daniel almost killing someone, they were ready to go.

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"I'm tired!" complained Beyonce. Lucia groaned.

"I told you not to come!" She said

"I didn't know it was gonna be so much work!" Lucia rolled her eyes. She was going to tune her out. They walked for another couple miles, until the sun set and they decided to set up camp.

"Arken, can you go set up the tents please?" Lucia handed him the tent supplies and he went off to build them. She looked at Daniel. He was sitting on a fallen tree.

"Um, hello?" She snapped at him. He blinked.

"What?"

"Aren't you gonna help?" she asked. He stood up.

"Yeah, ok." She handed him a small axe.

"Go start a fire." He wouldn't grab the axe. "Take it!"

He shook his head. "What's the magic word?" Lucia sighed.

"Please?" He laughed and took the axe. Arken was setting up the tents, Pamela was loading tue weapons, Daniel was starting a fire, and Tony was-

She looked around. Where was Tony?

"Tony? Tony? To-" Tony put a hand over her mouth and put his finger to his lips. Then he pointed to an area across the trees, a sort of clearing. And there was over three dozen alien soldiers there, drinking and laughing. He took his hand off her mouth.

"What do we do?" she asked him. He walked over the bag and pulled out a circular thing.

"Put this in the middle and activate it. It's sort of a dome-shield thing. It will hide us from them, but it makes a loud noise so you need to do it fast." She placed it near the middle where Daniel had started the fire, and pressed the button. A loud beep emitted from the machine. She saw the alien troops turn to where they were. A beam shot from the circle and spread out, closing them in a clear dome. She saw the aliens come right up to where they were.

"Please don't touch it." she whispered. If they figured out they were using an OmniDome, they would attack. She held in her breath as the alien got closer. He looked right at her.

She heard a muffled "Clear!" and the alien walked away. She let out a sigh.

"That was close." said Beyonce. Lucia nodded and sat next to the fire. It was starting to go out.

"Daniel, bring some more wood."

No response.

"Daniel?" She stood up and looked around.

Oh, no.

Daniel was there, standing on the outside of the dome.