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hands up when it raised its laser rifle in his direction.
    It was about to squeeze the trigger when he was a foot away but Jack grabbed the barrel and lowered it forcefully.
    He spoke very slowly, hoping it would understand him. “Your people have all been executed because of what you’ve been doing. All the captives are already dead. There’s no one left to liberate.”
    The Grey stopped struggling to lift its rifle and then it took off its armored face shield. Jack couldn’t be sure, but something about the thing’s features suggested that it was a female.
    It held the head shield up to its mouth and pressed a button concealed on the inside. It spoke a guttural alien language into it. A moment later, the shield itself translated for it.
    It said, “I understand. But it changes nothing. Shaylo is coming and you’re all going to suffer.”
    Jack had heard the name before. Molly had dreamt of a monster named Shaylo who was coming to finish off the Earth.
    He nodded sadly. “Spread the word to your men. People are dying needlessly while you try to rescue the dead.”
    The Grey put its face shield back on and stood stock still, waiting for Jack to do something.
    He awkwardly said, “Oh yeah,” before grabbing its skinny arm and teleporting them both back to the base.
    Sally was crying, screaming, and slaughtering Greys from within her floating bubble. Even though she was protected by her force field, she’d somehow managed to get covered in copious amounts of their blood.
    Hank had already destroyed most of his own clothes from a previous blast. He let a burst of energy escape his body, knocking some of the Greys out of the sky, damaging the armor of some others.
    As soon as Jack reappeared, the other Greys turned their way and Hank and Sally took a breather. That was when the Grey leader took the opportunity to blast Jack point blank in the chest with her laser rifle. It was a total surprise and an unnecessary betrayal that shocked him.
    He felt the impact. It felt like his chest had been caved in. He started to feel wind on his face but it wasn’t the wind that was moving; he was falling out of the sky and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He hit the ground with a thud, his vision flickering and his senses failing him.
    He heard Sally yell out and then he saw a blood spattered body part of a Grey hit the ground near where he lay. She was cutting them down for what they’d done to him.
    Hank ran to him and crouched down. “ Are you alright, Jack?”
    He tried to respond but his mouth just opened and closed noiselessly, like a fish.
    Hank said, “I don’t know what you said to the leader, but it worked. They’re retreating.”
    Jack shook his head angrily. He knew his talk with the leader hadn’t had the desired effect. They would never stop killing people. Liberating their brethren was just a convenient excuse to slaughter human beings.
    He got to his feet but he collapsed right away. He got back up with Hank’s help and managed to say, “Don’t let them go. They’ll never stop trying to kill us.”
    Hank raised his eyebrows. “I can’t stop them from this far away.” He yelled to Sally, “Hey, stop them. Jack says we have to stop them.”
    Sally yelled back, “I can’t. They’re too fast for me to keep up and too far away for me to project a force field their way.”
    Jack said to Hank, “Hold me still. I’m going to try something.” Then he pivoted towards the rapidly diminishing Greys as Hank kept him steady on his feet.
    Sally floated to the ground inside her force field and joined them. She took Jack under the other arm and held him up on his feet.
    He focused on the retreating Grey forms. The pain in his chest lessened the harder he concentrated which made it much easier to focus since there was a physical payoff. His vision became crystal clear as it zoomed in on them.
    His anger at the needless betrayal fueled his resolve. And then he tried something he’d never done before. He