Europa - A Banshee Story

7. Cat and Mouse

Thomas Zomers (Zevendorp, the Netherlands - October 13, 2020)

After a short while, the alien lights leave and things quiet down again. Erin and I carefully go upstairs to see where the noise came from. Ella and Jenna are sitting up in her room, which is in the back of the house, so the aliens couldn't have been alerted by them. Still, a warning wouldn't hurt anyone.

I peak my head in through Ella's door and see them sitting underneath a big, thick blanket, a dim light shining out from underneath it. The curtains are closed.

Well done sis... 

It appears that they are doing alright for now, so I close Ella's bedroom door again before taking Erin to my own room. Looking at my phone, which is somewhat useless right now due to the lack of any kind of signal, I suddenly remember the conversation I had yesterday. It is rather strange that an alien invasion takes place within 24 hours of me tweeting about what to do during an alien invasion. Grace...

Twitter Grace 

...will probably be running for the hills right now, while Ernst is likely looking for a way to bring all his guns with him. I have no idea what Kris would be doing right now though, although I'm seriously hoping that she hasn't been sucked into a ufo...

Or shot to pieces... 

Since the lights are all off in my room, I carefully peak through the curtain. I see a group of aliens gathering in the street, with even more of them appearing around the corner of the street.

"Grab your gun..." I whisper to Erin while grabbing my own.

I suddenly spot a small group of aliens walking up the path to my front door, holding what appears to be a battering ram in between them. They're gonna batter the door down! There won't be enough time to warn the others and make a clean getaway... I quickly take aim and take a shot at the alien walking in front. The shot punches right through its chest, and it slumps over the ram, dragging it down with it.

Erin joins me in the shooting now, not wanting to get caught by them any more than I do. We shoot down the battering ram team before pointing our guns at the others...

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Grace Borger

The shots alarm me and Lucius. We grab our weapons and make for the front window, where we see shots coming from above us, slamming into aliens coming up the front door. Without hesitation, Lucius takes cover by the side of the window before opening up on the aliens through said window. I take cover by the other side of the window before taking my own careful shots. Not a lot of them hit their targets, I've never shot a gun before in my life, so I really need practice before getting into a firefight like this one.

Ella and Jenna stumble into the living room, seemingly not caring about the noise they are making in the process of doing so. Shouts can be heard outside, then suddenly a loud thud against the front door.

How did they get to the door? 

As lights suddenly shine in, Ella and Jenna are discovered. The latter begins to shriek and cry and pulls Ella in front of her like a human shield.

"I don't want to die!" she cries. "I'm too pretty to die!!!"

Ella, undoubtedly feeling thrown under the bus by her friend begins to cry as well.

"Please don't shoot!" she yells. "I don't want to die either!"

She tries to break away from Jenna's grip on her but her friend is proving too strong for her.