Jasper, Elaine’s black and white cat, slept, curled up on the sofa. He opened one eye and spoke to her telepathically. ‘’Are you going to feed me soon?’’
‘’After supper, five more minutes. Okay?’’ Elaine said, forcing a small smile to her lips.
‘’Wake me up when you do,’’ Jasper answered, closing his eye again.
The snow fell outside. Tick, tick, tick went the clock. The lights overhead began to flicker. ‘’Stupid electricity.''
Someone started knocking on the front door. When Elaine answered the door, she found her long lost son Jeremy standing before her. ‘’Jeremy?’’ Her eyes moistened.
‘’Yeah, mom. It’s me,’’ Jeremy replied.
‘’Come in, so I can get a better look at you,’’ Elaine said.
Her son did so. Shutting the door behind her boy, she admired her son. ‘’It’s been eight years. Where have you been?’’
‘’I was abducted by aliens,’’ Jeremy admitted.
Elaine was taken aback. ‘’What?’’
‘’Aliens abducted me,’’ Jeremy stated.
‘’You must be joking,’’ Elaine bit her lower lip nervously.
Jeremy’s green eyes bore into his mother’s own. ‘’Eight years ago, I was kidnapped and taken on an alien space craft. I was probed, experimented on and eventually dissected.’’
‘’But you’re still alive,’’ Elaine answered. ‘’That’s impossible.’’
He grinned, ripping his face off. Underneath he was a green creature with tentacles. Wrapping his slimy appendage around her neck and squeezing it until she went limp.