The Only Way

"Hey, John! Come check this out!" yelled Frank from the living room.

"What is it?" asked John asked walking in.

"Look! On the television!"

"Is that some sort airplane?"

"No you idiot! It's a UFO, you know: an Unidentified Flying Object," said Frank.

"Wait, but it says it's directly over our city..." stammered John.

"Hehe, what's wrong you scared? Scared of a little alien invasion?" chuckled Frank.

"Nah, nothing like that. I just hope whatever it is it goes away soon."

"Ah, things like this happen all the time, it'll probably be gone within the hour."

"Yah I sure ---," before John could finish his sentence there was a large earthquake completely shaking the house. The paintings of family portraits, priceless vases, and even their windows all shattering instantaneously.

"What the hell was that?" stuttered Frank.

"Hey, help me pick up the TV," yelled John already holding one side, "It's still working." Frank jogged over to help place the TV back on the counter it was resting.

"Holy..." was all either of them could say.

"What are those things?" asked Frank.

"You idiot! You jinxed us! Those are aliens!" yelled John frustrated. The TV showed the UFO flying over a large company building with thousands of small red beings tearing the building to shreds.

"We've got to get out of here!" Frank said already heading for the door.

"No man, we've got to get our parents! They live probably 3 miles from that building, they got it worse than us," John yelled back.

"Dammit, you're right! Grab the keys, I'll go grab some water and the first aid kit and meet you in the car," said Frank back. Both the brothers dashed to complete their tasks. John made it in the car first with the keys and silently began to pray. Frank, who was not far behind him, hopped in the car and yelled, "What the hell you doing?"

"Just tryna to get some extra help is all," replied John.

"Well if that God of yours wanted to help at all he would've blasted those aliens in orbit," stated Frank.

"Whatever, just be prepared cause we have no idea what the hell we're gonna be dealing with." The two brothers were silent for a short time until they saw hordes of people blocking the streets running towards them. "They must be running from those red demons," John pointed out.

"Yeah, and they're blocking the whole damn street. C'mon we gotta run from here," Frank said kicking his side door open. John did the same, and they both fought against the crowd of screaming people trying to go towards their parents' house.

"Hey bro watch out!" yelled John at Frank. He finally saw one of those red freaks of nature in person. They were small, thin enough to see their ribs, and eyes as wide as baseballs. They had the raw strength to rip humans in half, as Frank and John both saw right in front of them. "Frank come over here!" John screamed running into an alleyway. Frank was right behind him. They opened the dumpster and hopped in, both closing their eyes hoping the relentless creatures would pass them without a problem. They waited in there for what felt like hours, but John, who peridoically checked his smartphone, knew that only 5 minutes had passed.

"We should be good. I haven't heard anything in a little bit," said Frank pushing up the lid, "Let's go." They both hopped out and saw the destruction of all the cars, buildings, and even the street that the creatures had caused. "We need to hurry," stated Frank. Carefully they kept traveling towards their parents' house. Luckily they were undetected their entire way there. However, upon arriving at the house they once grew up in, they saw the door wide open. They both rushed to the door in fear for what may have happened.

"Mom! Dad!" both the brothers kept yelling. Everything seemed silent. This went on for a minute until the loud familiar sound of their mother's voice was heard from upstairs.

"Help! There is one right outside my closet!" yelled their mother. But both brothers could here her sobbing in fear.

"Be careful! There is a bat in your old room!" yelled their father also from within the closet. Frank dashed for the bat while John ran into the room with the merciless creature. He could see it ripping at the door tearing it to shreds.

"Hey you ugly freak!" John yelled. "Come at me instead!" John quickly grabbed a flower vase resting on a table beside the door and flung it at the creature. With a quick swipe of its claws, the creature shattered the vase without even trying. However, John succeeded in attracting its attention, the creature chose John as its new target. Charging at him, John quickly ran to his old room. The creature was not letting him get away. John quickly dived into the room he once grew up in and just as the creature entered Frank was waiting with the bat which he slammed into the face the demon. It was out cold.

"Good, you remembered what to do," Frank laughed helping John up.

"Good, you still have that legendary home run hit," also laughed John. They ran into the room of their parents where they hepled them out of the closet and ran outside the house. "We've got nowhere to go," said John out loud.

"It's alright, we just have to keep heading in the opposite direction of those freaks," Frank pointed towards the UFO in the sky. The four of them continued down the road for a couple hours before a helicopter landed in front of them.

"Are you guys from Blue Rock, Mississippi?" questioned the pilot.

"Yes we are, and we could use a lift if you have space," John answered.

"Get in," the pilot replied. They took off with the pilot circling over the city they tried to escape from. All of it, destroyed. Not a single building was standing. In the distance loud noises could be heard from every direction. The helicopter they were in began to fly away from the city. Both Frank and John could see from above all the innocents who were hiding. The loud noises soon materialized as bomber planes. At least 6 of them all dropping high powered bombs onto both survivors and aliens. Frank and John both looked on with horror as their once beloved city became a blur in the ashes.

Three months later the survivors of Blue Block were invited to Washington D.C. to meet the President, the one who ordered the bombing, to be recognized. When Frank and John came face to face with the President they asked, "Why'd you do it? There were still innocent people in that city! You could've saved them! Instead you blew up half the city!" The President laughed a little before he responded.

"Correction, I blew up the entire city. And nobody is gonna remember me as the President who killed innocents, as far as anyone knows, everyone in that city was already dead or on the brink of death. People will remember me as the man who took out the alien threat and I'll go down in history." A sinister smile began to form on the President's lips. "If you ask anyone, believe me they'll tell you, this was the only way."