The Deletion - 23rd Hour

Me and Michael got out of the house.

Sarah stayed behind but was behind us in a minute.

I thought I saw a small flash of lighting in the room. I also heard him snoring next.

No idea what happened there, even though I can guess. 

I had seen Men In Black five times. 

We got into the car.

Michael looked at me.

'I shouldn't be saying this, but things are starting to look grim.'

'I thought so.', I said.

Sarah looked at me through the mirror.

'We will find your body Kid. Before you turn into a partial.', she said.

'How can you be sure?'

'This ain't our first rodeo, Son.', it was Michael who answered.

'What?'

'Yeah, we have done this before', Michael said.

I looked at Michael.

'How many were saved?', I asked.

'Like... 10 percent?'

'That is the worst reassuring I have ever had in my life.'

'Hey. What's in a percentage?', he asked, laughing.

'It's death for me.'

He stopped laughing really quickly when he heard that.

'You know what. I will make you a deal.', he said, all serious now.

'What deal?', I asked.

'In case we are not able to find your body, I will personally put in a good word for you. You can become an agent like us.'

I looked up at the mirror. I thought I saw something dangerous flash there. Sarah did not approve.

'For real?', I asked.

'For real, Kid. I like you. Let's hope for the best though, allright?', Michael said.

I let it go as him just trying to make me feel better.

I smiled and nodded along, as if to make it look like I was enthusiastic about it.

We drove forward.

Sarah was just driving along, when she asked me about my phone.

I told her that it had gone missing with me as well.

I did not have it with me anymore.


'Can you track it?', she asked.

'I should probably be able to.'

We stopped at the next Electronics Store we saw.

I logged into my Gmail account and checked for my phone status.

Thankfully, it was still online.

It seemed to be located a bit farther from my home.

I was surprised. It was at Vins place.

Sarah looked at me.

We ran out of the store, taking the laptop with us.

The store cameras caught a young man running out with a laptop.

They couldn't catch my face properly, apparently. It was all blurred.

Sarah drove back to his home. She was going pretty fast. If we did not have special help, I am sure we would have gone back up there.

As we drove up to the place, we saw a hole forming above his home. There were sparks coming out of it. A humanoid shape was forming in the air.


'Agent Sarah, AE34 calling in. We have a One Oh One happening here. I am posting my location now.' she said into a device. She pressed a red button which started glowing green.


The humanoid shape was allmost done joining together.

It descended into the world, landing on the road, as if it weighed nothing much than a feather.

It turned its huge head in our direction. It seemed to be transparent, with vehicles crossing through its legs as if nothing blocked them. No one seemed to notice the huge hole in the sky either.
I wonder how many of these I had missed.

Sarah took the beaming device in her hand.

'Michael. Take the weapons. Kid. Take what all you can, but do not forget the bag in the back. And slowly, exit the vehicle.And whatever you do, do not shout. And do not make any fast, sharp movements.'


I reached back and took the bag. It sure was heavy for such a tiny one.

We all slowly got out from the vehicle, making sure not to make any sharp movement.

Suddenly, a sound spoke from the device.
'Teams AE34, 35, 36 Dispatch Confirm'


Sarah looked up at the being.

'Oh.... F...', Sarah was not able to complete the statement.

Before that, the being had started running towards us.

'RUN! IDIOTS!', Sarah screamed.


I threw the bag onto my shoulder and started running.

Michael took my hand.

'Hold on!', he said, as he disappeared into the air, sucking me along with him.

I could just barely make out Sarah jumping into the place where I had been.