Link to previous chapters The next morning, I eased out of the tent after what might have been the most amazing night of my life. My mind was reeling and I needed some alone time to process everything. I hoped to make it back to my tent without seeing anyone. Maybe it was stupid, but …
Chapter 8 Link to previous chapters Things didn’t end with Powell’s psyop. The brass wasn’t about to let the Skinnies get away and as we cleaned up and caught our breath, they launched a counterattack. Artillery started pounding them again as the armored forces streamed toward the ridgeline. And, while we learned a lot in …
Link to previous chapters Chapter 7 Hang ‘Em High I walked the line, making sure my troops were dug in and ready in case the Arvenoid assault came early. It was a formality, really, as my platoon sergeant, César Hurtado, had already seen to the deployment. But they had hammered it into us in OCS …
Link to Chapter 5 Chapter 6 You’d think the news that there’s a massive alien invasion fleet on the way to subjugate Earth would be a wake-up call to humanity and that we’d finally get out shit together. And it was, it just took longer for us to wake up than you’d hope. The first …
Link to Chapter 4 Chapter 5 The news that the Arvenoid were on their way kicked things into high gear… eventually. At the moment, however, I was sitting in yet another interminable meeting. This one was about setting up a press conference to reveal Xav’s existence to the world. It was going about as well …
Links to Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3 Chapter 4 We paused for a moment outside the SCIF that had become Xav’s home away from home and Becca said, “Are you all right?” I realized we’d been standing there as my mouth opened and closed like a fish gasping for air on a dock. And …
Links to Parts 1 and 2 Chapter 3 After I recovered from the shock of Xav’s announcement. I blurted out, “Invasion!?” “I am afraid so, Robert. A race known as the Arvenoid are preparing their forces as we speak.” “But why us?” I said. “Why Earth?” Xav thought for a moment. “We, both the Llesote …
Link to Chapter 1 Chapter 2 As I tried to get my head around the fact that I was talking to a living, breathing alien, Xav spoke. “We would like you, Robert Burchmann, to be our liaison to the governments of Earth.” Things got a little crazy after that. So much so, that Chuck had …
Chapter 1 The stupidest invasion in the history of the world, maybe even the galaxy, started in a remarkably low-key way. Air defense systems all over the world began noticing an uptick in unidentified flying objects, many of them skirting U. S. airspace. Eventually, several were downed and examined. An odd mix of both advanced …
Oh shit, my head hurts. This may be the worst hangover I’ve ever had. Why the fuck am I hungover? I remember going to work yesterday, taking my lunch break, and pretty much everything else. Until I left the office, anyway. Must have gone out drinking, but who did I go with? And, where did …