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Kallor’s cabin.”
    “The power in the diner just went out.”
    “Grab the flashlights out of the glove box.  Hopefully, those are still working.”
    Damian grabbed the flashlights and handed one to Hal who smiled when it actually lit up.  They got out of the car and headed for the dirt trail leading into the forest.
    “Be on guard.  We have no idea what that was,” Hal warned.
    “I would be more concerned about being shot by a drunken Kallor.  He doesn’t respond too well to trespassers.”
    They cautiously continued forward.  The forest was extremely quiet.  They didn’t hear any crickets chirping, making Damian nervous.  Up ahead, they could see the cabin. 
    “Hal, we better stop by and let him know we’re out here.”
    “Probably not a bad idea.”
    As they drew closer to the cabin, they could see a body lying face first on the porch.  They quickly ran for the porch.  Hal kneeled down by Kallor’s body.  He rolled the body over and dropped his flashlight in horror.  Kallor’s face was completely ripped off exposing his skull.  The top of it was ripped open and the brain was missing.
    “Hal, excuse me,” Damian said and bent over the porch railing and puked.
    “Damian, whatever did this may still be out here?  Regain your composure.”
    Damian grabbed his handkerchief and wiped his chin.  “How long has he been dead?”
    “I’m no coroner.  He’s still bleeding.  This just happened.”
    “Where’s his shotgun?”
    Hal shined his flashlight all over the porch and then on the ground in front of the cabin.  The shotgun lay on the ground a few feet away from the porch broken into several pieces.
    Damian walked over and collected all of the pieces.  He laid them on the porch away from the body and inspected each piece, shaking his head in disbelief.
    “What?”
    “I can’t make any sense of this.  It looks like something just ripped it apart.”
    “An animal?”
    “Do you think this and the fireball we saw earlier are related?”
    Hal walked over the body and grabbed one of the pieces from the ground and inspected it.  “If that is the case, then we are in serious trouble.  We better get back to the squad car.  We are going to need backup.”
    Damian pulled out his gun as he heard a branch snap nearby.  Hal stood up.  He could see something dark hunched down in the bushes.  He grabbed Damian’s arm and pulled him backward toward the cabin’s front door. As the dark figure walked out from behind the bushes, he slammed the front door and locked the deadbolt.
    “What did you see?”  Damian asked.
    “I don’t think you would believe me.”
    “What was it?”
    “An alien.”
    “A little green man?”
    “It wasn’t little and it wasn’t green.  Its head was shaped like one, but it was grotesque.”
    They jumped backward as something hit the door so hard the door shook.
    “I don’t think the door is going to hold.  Don’t hesitate.  Shoot when it breaks through,” Hal ordered.
    The door forcibly burst inward.  A large, grey creature with an overgrown round head and glowing blue eyes rushed into the room so fast it was on top of Hal within seconds, ripping his face off with its razor-sharp claws.  Before Damian could fire his gun, the creature ripped his hand completely off.  As he screamed, it ripped his face off, as well.  It returned its focus on Hal and grabbed the top of his skull and ripped out his brain followed by Damian’s.  It walked out of the cabin carrying both of their brains.  It stopped by the bushes outside the cabin and grabbed Kallor’s brain it had dropped on the ground. 
     
    The lights came back on in the diner.  Alice could see the panic on all the diners’ faces.
    “Are we safe here?”  Tara asked, grabbing Alice’s right hand.
    “My watch stopped working.”  Dean showed them his digital watch, which wasn’t displaying any numbers.  “I bought this on Amazon recently.”
    One of the diners walked outside toward his