It was nearer three in the morning, after the moon had set and the desert had grown quiet again, the only sound the gentle creaking of the rusty sign advertising the day's special. The stars twinkled softly in the sky, the faint red streak of a meteorite adding a touch of contrast. One star moved. A light in the sky getting closer and closer. Soon a strange, almost unearthly sound punctuates the stillness.<i>Whuppa-whuppa-whuppa-whuppa.</i>.. The sound grows and the bright white light is joined by three others, one red, one green and one orange, these three lesser lights flash rhythmically. The dust is blown up in whirls and devils, as the craft comes in to land. It's white search light extinguished, the dim starlight reveals it to be a a Bell 407 helicopter, painted a matt black. The rotors slow and two figures wearing dark clothing and carrying what look a lot like machine guns clamber out.<br/><br/>The helicopter has landed in what was probably either the diner's overspill parking lot, or maybe even a drive-in theatre, a large area of concrete behind the building. The black clad figures sweep the area, fortunately failing to check around the front of the building, or the story might have been rather short. One signals to the helicopter by waving a flashlight. Another figure, also clad in black but moving in a far more assured way, slips from the copter. This one is clearly female by her figure. A flashlight beam sweeps across her face, briefly revealing straight golden-blonde hair and a slightly aged face, lips pursed in annoyance as a hand lifts to shield her eyes. "Watch it, you fool!" The voice is crisp, clear and definitely female. Also clearly used to giving orders and having them obeyed.<br/><br/>She beckons the two guards back and together they pull the third occupant from the copter. Again, clearly female, this woman has long flowing dark hair and a full yet athletic figure. That is all that can be seen of her because she is wrapped from head to toe in s white shimmering substance, that almost resembles an insects pupa. The woman trapped within is wriggling slightly and faint muffled noises can be heard, as she is lowered gently to the ground. "Careful," the woman in charge cautions. "Do not damage her. My niece will not be pleased if you do."<br/><br/>She lifts an object to her mouth. Her voice now is to soft to hear, but there is a strange clicking and crackling sound. Maybe she is eating something that is crispy or has a crinkly wrapper?<br/><br/>It is about ten minutes later that the strangest thing so far happens. It is almost as if a piece of the sky lowers itself to the ground. Whatever the object is, and it's shape is almost impossible to make out, it is as black as the desert sky at night. Even the guards' flashlights have no effect on it. And then suddenly, there is light. A soft pale green light, spilling from an opening. Like a special effect from a cheap Spielberg knock off, three tall, almost willowy figures stride down out of what is quite clearly a space craft. They are easily well over two metres tall, with jointed legs, and two sets of arms ending in claw-like digits. The creature appears to have no eyes, unless you count the myriad tiny holes in the front of its head. It's skin glistens like polished leather, and it is wrapped in what looks like a cloth of fine, shimmering silk.<br/><br/>It emits a crackling, clicking noise, and the three people from the helicopter respond in kind. The creature turns to the figure tightly bound in the silk, a claw reaches out and splits the cocoon. The young woman within, barely more than a teenager, is revealed to be the daughter of  a local businessman who was kidnapped a week ago and is being held to ransom. She is stark naked. apart fro bindings that remain on her wrists and ankles and across her mouth. She sets eyes on the creature and screams, or tries to, her cry muffled by the gag. The other two creatures, similar but slightly shorter than the first, move swiftly, catching the girl and holding her. The first creature sheds it's robe, handing it to the woman from the helicopter, and steps towards the girl, who is now held off the ground by the two alien guards. They release her feet, but pull her legs wide. The taller alien moves in and something moves where it's belly is touching the teenager's crotch. The girl cries out again and this time her scream is heard, as the alien has removed her gag. She tries to turn her face away as the creater's mouth moves in, strange teeth glistening. It's mouth cover's hers, and the girl freeze. The monster thrusts its hips a few times and then, almost without warning, collapses. The body shrivels and quickly becomes nothing more than a pile of brown dust that begins to blow away.<br/><br/>The teenage girl wriggles and takes a deep breath "Ohh, An exhilarating experience, Aunt. That is the correct term?" The two aliens lower her to the ground, one accepts the silk robe and they head back into the almost invisible space craft.<br/><br/>"Indeed, dear, but you may not call me that..." Her voice is drowned out by the sound of the helicopter starting up. The pale green light shuts off and the dark spaceship rises and vanishes as if it had never been there. The four "humans" now climb into the copter, it's rotors dispersing the pile of dust completely as it heads back into the sky.