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Abandoned
I woke with a light shining into my eyes from outside the tent. "What the...?"
I struggled to get out of my sleeping bag, crawl over my shoes, and poke my head out. The night was cool on my bald spot, but I didn't notice. Up above me, I saw... Wait, what the hell is that?... an alien ship.
"Marge!" I stage whispered to my wife, pulling my head back into the tent as I held the flaps closed for dear life. My wife didn't stir; she could sleep through a freight train.
"Marge!" I said again, as loud as I dared, which wasn't much louder than before.
"What!" she said, sitting bolt upright, confused about where she was. She looked at me with a blank expression on her face. Her red hair was wild, almost creating a look of flames around her like a halo.
"Marge, there's an alien spaceship outside the tent. What do we do?"
"Charlie... a spaceship? Really?" She came to her senses and looked at me as if I were an idiot. In this case, I was not.
"Come see for yourself." I watched as she poked her head through the tent flap.
"Holy crap. That... that really is a flying saucer. They're here!" Marge, being the braver of the two of us, clambered out of the tent to stand there, neck craned back, and watched what the ship was going to do. I felt obligated, though not at all enthused, to scramble out after her. I brandished the flashlight... you know, for protection. Just in case.
