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seemed a whole lot bigger and more intimidating than it had froma safe distance.“Oh duukak… we’re so gonna die…” Gildiam whimperedas he gazed at the ominous sight of the gigantic extraterrestrial construct,smoke vapors still issuing from its jet engines.“D-D-Don-Don’t be such a hatchling Gildiam, it doesn’teven appear to have any weapon systems on board…” I stuttered,trying desperately to keep my own knees from shaking in fear, wantingso very badly to run home to my mother and father and curl upin the safety of their arms–all eight of them.“I’m not a hatchling! And at least I’m not shaking like aYargak afraid of its own shadow…oh duukak…” Gildiam gasped,as a door opened on the side of the spaceship and a metallic stairwaydescended to the ground, far too close to the two of us for comfort.“Don’t be scared Gildiam...I’ll-I’ll protect you...” I promised,hoping to sound braver than I looked or felt at that moment,extending my two right hands for him to hold.“That’s not very comforting…” he replied sarcastically, histeeth chattering in fear as he accepted my hands anyway, the two ofus both breaking out into a cold sweat.Our grips on each other’s hands grew tighter and tighter, asfrom the depths of the alien invasion ship, a tall, horrific figurestepped forth and began to descend down the steps of the stairway.It was freakish, like something out of Gildiam’s awful sci-fi holobooks.It only had two arms and was covered from head to toe insome sort of white and black exoskeleton, a big long tube sproutingforth from its head and connecting to its back. The creature had noface, just a huge black staring eyeball with no pupil or iris, so hugeI could see Gildiam’s and my own reflection in it. The creature tookits sweet time, treading closer and closer to us, neither of us able tomove a muscle, paralyzed by fear.64Curry College