“Who are they?
What planet do they come from?
What kind of empire do they have?
Why are they here?
What do they want from us?”
Get ready for another great mystery challenge. Cade Mayson and his friends face an overwhelming challenge-a system that is incredibly unfair, run by a superior force. The aliens seem impossible to defeat, but are they? Are there any clues that reveal how they might be defeated? There just might be. The mystery challenge for this post is that there is one question about the aliens that is key to beginning to figure out how to defeat them. This question leads to a key clue. The previous post:
DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: ALIENS IN THE SCHOOLS
offers some clues for what the answer is. Pay close attention to this post and the story that will begin soon about the time Cade and Blake saw a mysterious vision in the sky over the mountains west of Cashes Dade before the aliens arrived. The answer will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts feature. Leave a comment below if you have a guess. Can you figure it out? Can you help Cade in the fight?
Several years ago the kingdoms of DarkCorner Land were invaded by aliens who used their great advances in technology and weaponry to quickly take power over the kingdoms. They watch everything closely-every business must be run the way they want and they get a pretty large share of the profits, but they seem much more concerned about the schools. That’s why two aliens run every school-in other words the principal and assistant principal in every school is an alien. Every classroom is overseen by an alien who sits in the back. Every student knows the eerie feeling of being watched by an alien all too well, especially when they’re dancing.
THE MYSTERIOUS SHOW IN THE SKY
Moonlight fell across the rough mountain slope like curtains rolling across. Blake slowed down approaching the large dark stones ahead.
“Cade, we might have to go around.”
“Never, I’ll die first,” he said. Holding out an invisible sword he dramatically pretended to stab himself before falling back dramatically. Blake shook his head then looked up the stones intensely.
“They’re pretty smooth,” he said pointing to the the two stacks of steep, smooth stones lined up close together leading up to a wide, flat top. “I don’t see a way over.” Cade stepped up, took one look, then turned to Blake and slowly broke a smile. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Cade shrugged, then wedged himself between the two stone towers and worked his way up between them. Blake just sighed and shook his head. “You’re crazy, Cade.”
“So you’re going around?” Cade asked from the top.
“No way.” Blake then worked his way up to Cade. They gazed out at the final slope to the long, flat mountain top. A slow moving wave of dark clouds approached from the far left. “That’s bizarre.”
“Look at all the dark spirits milling around at the top.”
“They’re all looking at the sky past the top.”
“We need to get there.”
“I don’t know…”
“Let’s go.” Cade took off up the slope.
“Don’t we need a plan?” Blake asked running after him.
“We’ll just blend in.”
“Because we look like dark spirits?”
“Not yet.”
“Not yet?”
“You’ll see.”
“This should be good,” Blake muttered under his breath as they drew near to the top. A massive dark shadow slowly stretched over them. The dark wave slowly rolled across the sky past them. Cade stopped just short of the top reaching into his backpack. Blake watched perplexed while he fumbled around for what seemed like hours until finally he pulled out two large black sheets. Blake raised his eyes. “This is your plan?”
“Yeah. We wrap these sheets around us. We’ll look just like them.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“It’ll work. Besides, we’ll hang in the back. If any of them recognizes us we’ll turn and run.” Blake sighed several times as they wrapped the black sheets around themselves, then slowly crept up to the crowd of dark spirits just standing still watching the sky. The kids stared out at the smooth dark sky over the rolling mountains on the other side. The soft winds died down completely. They waited and watched in dead silence. Blake looked over at Cade who stared ahead with a solemn, empty expression with wide eyes.
“What’s wrong with you?” he whispered.
“Nothing.”
“Why are you staring like that?”
“I’m just trying to look like one of them.”
“But you’re scaring me.”
“We’re standing a few feet behind a crowd of ghosts but you’re scared of me?”
“Actually yeah.”
“Wow.” Just then a small distant light appeared far above the clouds. Slowly the neon green light grew larger and clearer in the shape of a narrow triangle. Then a green light flashed out in slow circle across the sky as a visual of a stadium appeared with a crowd of people sitting still in the stadium. Cade and Blake exchanged highly intrigued looks before turning back to see a bright golden light beam shoot out down to the stadium. Then it slowly roamed around the stadium like a ticking clock across the dark citizens. It dragged around several times before stopping where a small group of citizens in a dark corner were dancing. The light grew brighter and held there for several long moments before in a sudden flash the entire sky went dark.
Want to see these kids try to pull off an impossible mission? Check out the first book in the series which is out now on Amazon by following the link below:
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0892HQTMN
Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894CYGK2
What did Cade and Blake just see?
Why were the dark spirits there?
Was this an early visit of the aliens?
How many planets have they conquered?
How do they live?
What is their plan with DarkCorner Land?
What do they want?
Why haven’t they destroyed everyone?
What are they looking for?
What is the new weapon they’ve created?
How can Cade and Blake possibly reach it?
Can they pull off this mission?
If they can get in, will they be able to get out?
