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Dr Chen was tired after a long day at the hospital. As
he was driving home late that night, he saw a bright
light in the sky. The light was moving about rapidly. At
first, the doctor did not give very much thought to what
he had seen. A little later, he realized that the light
seemed to be following Dr Chen pulled up to the side
of the road. He got out of his car to take a better look
at the light. When he looked up, he was amazed to see a
large circular object above him. The object was spinning
very quickly as it hovered about 20 meters from the
ground. Not knowing what the object was, Dr Chen felt
apprehensive. He rushed into his car and drove off in a
hurry. He became more nervous when he noticed that the
object continued to follow him. He stepped on the
accelerator in an attempt to shake off the object but it
too began to move faster. Dr Chen panicked when he found
his car slowing down all of a sudden, for no apparent
reason. Then it came to a halt. He turned the key in the
ignition i order to restart the car but it was all in
vain. The car just would not start ! He popped his head
out of the window and saw that the flying object was
above his car.
Dr Chen could not believe his eyes when he saw five
aliens descending from the object which was bathed in a
brilliant beam of light. He was paralysed with fear as
they marched towards him. The aliens were rather small
creatures, each less than a meter tall. they had rough,
grey skin and small triangular heads. their eyes were
large and slated. their mouths were but mere slits.
In a dazed state, Dr Chen found himself getting out
of his car. the aliens gathered around the astonished
man and spoke excitedly to him. However, he did not
understand their language which sounded like gibberish
to him. He made some hand signals indicating that he did
not comprehend what they were trying to communicate. One
of the aliens gave him a device to wear over his ears.
It turned out to be a translator for Dr Chen discovered
that he could understand the aliens speech now. He was
requested to follow the aliens to the circular object
which was their spacecraft.
In the spacecraft, Dr Chen was brought before the
leader of the aliens.
"Your planet is in immense danger," the leader
warned. "It is a matter of time before Earth is blown to
pieces," he continued. "Countries will be at war with
each other. Millions of people will perish when a
devastating bomb is detonated. Survivors will suffer
agonizing pain until death too claims them."
"How .. how do you know these things ?" Dr Chen
asked, aghast. "How can I be sure that you are telling
the truth ?"
"You are a good man, Dr Chen. My mission was to warn you
of the imminent danger that will befall Earth. Whether
you choose to believe me or not is of no interest to me.
You can either help save your planet and your fellow
men, or you can perish along with them. we will not
interfere. It is not our battle. Remember, time is
running out for Earth.
Before Dr Chen could say anything further, he found
himself standing beside his car. How he got there
without being aware of it was a mystery. he didn't know
what to make out of the experience. When he looked the
sky, he was shocked to see that the spacecraft had
vanished without a trace.
"I must be more exhausted than I realized. Perhaps it
was just a hallucination," he mumbled to himself as he
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