Hey mom, there's something in the back room.

2.

Rian could feel himself dozing.

It was late. Zack, Jack and him had spent all day unpacking, fooling around and stocking the shelves with food they'd brought. Thankfully the cabin already came stocked with plates and cutlery.

Now they were sitting around the fire pit outside and a little ways from the cabin. Drinking beer and listening to each other tell shitty ghost stories.

"I'm telling you dude, there has to be something out in these woods!" Jack exclaimed to Zack who just chuckled,

"Sure Jack and I'm the Queen of England"

"Hello your majesty" Jack said sarcastically before they all heard it, a loud whistling before something flew past them overhead, disappearing deep into the trees and they heard the loud thud and cracking of trees breaking and falling.

Rian was very much awake now, the three looking at each other,

"Should we go check that out?" Jack whispered and Zack looked to Rian who nodded,

"Yea...we should, what if someones hurt?"

Zack nodded and ran inside, presumably to grab flashlights and Jack stared into the woods. Rian's thoughts racing a mile a minute as Zack came back outside and handed each of them a flashlight. The three turning them on and heading out into the woods.

It took a while of them searching, the woods were dark and very creepy. The shadows were long and noises seemed too loud, Jack was sure he'd seen more than a few animals staring at them, thankfully curiously.

"dude there's nothing here!" Zack said, "we probably imagined the thing from being tired or some shit"

"We all hallucinated the same thing Zack? Really? Plus I'm pretty sure hallucinations from exhaustion takes longer than that" Rian said, walking a little deeper, listening to Jack start to agree with Zack before Rian stopped.

In front of him was a weirdly shaped pod. It looked sort of like an egg and the dark glass was cracked, Rian calling to Zack and Jack who ran over quickly.

"What the fuck is that thing?!" Jack exclaimed and Rian hesitantly walked over, looking at the glass. It was pretty badly smashed. Raising his arm, Rian brought the handle of the flashlight down on the glass which shattered and made Rian gasp in awe and fear.

Laying in the pod was an alien. It had light green hair, big closed eyes and dark skin with lighter green stripes, long claw-like nails and from it's mouth hanging open, Rian could see its sharp teeth. He could also see from multiple cuts on the aliens body that it bled blue.

Gently scooping the alien up into his arms, he walked back to Zack and Jack. The alien seemed to have a tail as well, almost like a cats however it hung limply.

The second their eyes landed on the alien, Zack and Jack pratically jumped back, staring with horrified fascination at the creature in Rian's arms.

"Dude the hell!?" Jack exclaimed and Rian hesitated, before he could say anything however, Zack spoke up,

"It's an alien!"

"yea...and its hurt" Rian said, looking down at the alien's face which was almost comical. A pointed purple tongue hanging from it's mouth. Rian was suddenly very thankful that the alien was wearing a jumpsuit.

"So what?" Jack asked, "are you suggesting we bring it back to the cabin?"

Rian stared at Jack apologetically, Jack shook his head,

"Rian that's an awful idea! What if the aliens hostile!?"

"Don't think it can do much damage with that gouge in its leg" Zack said, motioning with his flashlight at the aliens leg where from it's thigh to its calf was a long, jagged gash dripping with blue. As though someone had sliced into it with a knife.

"I'm not letting this...thing die Jack" Rian said, "please dude..."

Jack stared at the alien a little more before glancing at Zack who nodded, Jack making a noise of defeat and they walked back to the cabin. Once they got back, Rian headed to his room, laying the alien down on his bed and staring at it.

Thankfully it seemed to have pretty similar anatomy. Rian ran to the bathroom where he grabbed the first aid kit and headed back, doing his best to clean the alien up.

The alien laid still through the whole thing, perfectly comatose which made Rian worry. The alien had a fairly steady heartbeat however so he wouldn't worry too much.

"C'mon bud..." Rian muttered, turning around to put the gauze back in the first aid kit, when he turned back around however, there was two pitch black eyes staring at him.