The Alien Shadow People: The Return of the Alien Shadow People

By Maurice Brandon

We met the Victor Smart family in The Shadow People. They thought that the Alien situation had been solved, considering the terrible consequencies that had occured during previous encounters. Working nearby, Vic heard the approaching Space Ship, saw it land, and fearing the worst, stood watching an Alien exit and approach. This visit was not destined to be friendly. Very quickly his concern was justified.
The President, a General, the Smarts and acquaintances would be involved. Would this visit end peaceably or horribly wrong?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514437360

Maurice Brandon

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The Alien

Shadow People

The Return of the Alien Shadow

Sequel of The Alien Shadow People

Maurice Brandon

Copyright © 2016 by Maurice Brandon.

Copyedited by Chris Anthony Ferrer

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5144-3735-3

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Contents

1 Casey’s Nagging Feeling

2 Casey Taken Captive

3 They Returned For The Slave

4 Federal Involvement Begins

5 Acceptance Finally?

6 Film, The Convincing Argument

7 Evasion Needed, Situation Critical, Destruction Occurs

8 Find Professor Smithe

9 A New Message

10 Captive Creature Improved, Time To Trade For Casey

11 Retaliation Plan

12 Alien Spaceship Survivors, To Save Or Not?

13 General Terrell’s Conclusions

14 Fact-Finding And More Restrictions

15 Alien Situation Suddenly Critical

16 The General’s Next Attempt

17 Discovery—Help To Injured Aliens

18 The Final Decision

Epilogue

1

Casey’s Nagging Feeling

T ime passed seemingly fast for the Smart family. Vic Senior finished the harvesting of his corn and had it stored in the corn storage section of his barn. Vic Junior was back in school every day, and on weekends, he often went fishing at the lake. Sometimes he even talked his mother into accompanying him. On those occasions, they would sit, usually not even talking, just enjoying the quietness of the lakeside and listening to the wind in the pine trees. When the wind stirred the pines enough to make a sound, they often became alert, remembering the times when those alien shadow people had visited them. Casey, Little Vic’s mother, was just as happy that it was only the natural wind that moved the pines. Some of her memories were not pleasant. Then again, there were times when the memories were very interesting, and the challenges made her day-to-day world memor able.

One day on such an outing with Little Vic, Casey began reminiscing about the last episodes of the alien’s visit. It had been months since the last time they had heard from those visitors. They now knew that they were from some alien planet, just not where in the universe. Casey began to think about that last time, which reminded her that they had not heard from Professor Smithe, the scientist, or Professor Cacique, the anthropologist, since that time.

Therefore, this day, as she sat with Vic Junior on the bank of the lake, the wind began to stir the pines, and that sound caused her to wonder what had happened to the little alien creature that they had helped capture. She remembered the episode quite clearly, and as a mother, her instincts came to the fore, causing her concern to grow with a strong nagging feeling. Now why, she wondered, should she so suddenly have the feeling that she needed to know what had happened to it. Without saying anything to her son, Little Vic, she resolved to approach his father that night to find out about the little alien’s fate.

It is a curious thing. Why, after many months, have my instincts caused me to become concerned about the little alien? She resolved to follow up on her question to Vic Senior.

That night, after the evening meal was completed and the kitchen put back into the proper condition that suited Casey, they had gone into the living room to watch an evening news program. It was a typical evening at home, with the old dog lying curled up to the side of the front door as usual, occasionally whimpering and flailing his feet as if running. The humans who watched and heard his sounds understood that the rabbit he was dreaming about would never be caught, not by him. He had long ago passed the time of life when he could have run down a rabbit. He continued to lay dreaming about it. During a lull in the dog’s activities, Casey brought up the subject of her nagging feeling.

Vic, whatever happened to that little alien creature that we helped capture? Have you ever heard anything from those scientists or that army captain Chatterton? she asked.

Now whatever caused you to get concerned about that? Vic asked.

Well, Little Vic and I were fishing down at the lake today. The wind began blowing in the pines, and the sound reminded me of the time when we were looking for that shadow person or creature. For some reason, it has become something that is stuck in my mind, and I cannot get past it. Couldn’t you give that Professor Simon a call and see if he has any information?

Casey, if it will ease your mind and put this subject out of it, I will make a call to him first thing in the morning, OK?

The subject was dropped for the night.

Early the next morning, as he had promised her, Vic made the call to Professor Smithe. When he had answered Vic, they exchanged greetings, and Vic launched directly into the question Casey had asked.

Professor, I am sure you remember my wife, Casey, from your visit with us. Sir, when we were sitting watching the news on the TV last night, she asked me to contact you. She has developed some concern—sort of like a mother’s, I think—about the status of that small alien creature we captured. Can you tell me anything about what has occurred with it since you had it shipped to your laboratory? Is it still alive, and have you learned anything about it that you could tell me?

"Mr. Smart, Vic, the creature is still alive. We did learn that it ate local vegetation just as we had surmised from that bare field near where that ship parked before. The aliens do not eat as we know eating is done. We learned that it must have a solution prepared of the plants, more like what we know as tea or coffee solutions. We know now that it has no digestive tracts such as we know humans do. It has to absorb the nutrients much as we absorb chemicals and like our oxygen and other air products. We inhale them, which is not much different from the way the creature gets its energy. Remember that it had no mouth, as we know it, neither hands nor feet, as we know them. Yet it can navigate quite well on those pads we call feet, and the claw clamp appendages we call hands work well in their uses. We still have not been successful in decoding or developing a language that it or we can use to converse with. We are working steadily on that aspect.

"Finally, Vic, tell Casey that the little creature is being treated with utmost care, comparable to what a super-dignitary might receive. It has actually gained a little weight. We have discovered that under certain situations it can be disturbed to the point it can discharge a ray or sorts from that one eye. That ray is most dangerous—even deadly—if it is directed at a person who was not equipped to handle the electron charge. The charge is of unknown origin, but we feel it is actually an electron of some type. If we can determine how they generate and focus it, we might have a revolutionary new tool or even a weapon. Imagine an army equipped with such a ray. It is beyond comprehension what would or could be done.

Please give my regards to your wife and Little Vic. I promise to do better in informing you about any findings with the little creature. The professor ended the call with Vic, having to go to a meeting.

Casey had been present while Vic had been on the phone so had some idea of what was said. Now Vic filled in the voids and answered her questions. He suggested that, together, they sit Little Vic down when he had returned from school and tell him about the little creature. After all, his curiosity had begun the whole episode of the alien shadow people.

After this informative conversation with Professor Smithe, the subject was somewhat put to rest in Casey’s mind. For some reason, she could not erase the subject totally. It was as if some mental block was preventing her from moving on.

So things went back to normal for her, and Vic Senior was talked into going fishing with Little Vic. Winter weather began somewhat early, so Vic Senior was busy with keeping his barn winterized, the animals taken care of, and he began to repair his tools in preparation for the coming springtime.

The Cause of Casey’s Nagging Feeling

Little Vic was busy with his schoolwork, and Casey was too busy to pay much attention to how the time was quickly passing. It was springtime before she realized it fully. Vic Senior needed her help with some planting effort one day, so to the field she went to give him her help. Near noon that day, they were working in a field that was quite a distance east of their home. Vic Senior was handling the team of horses plowing up a section of the field in preparation for planting a field of corn. He was at the far end of the area while Casey was at the other end, where she had been removing debris from the plowed area. She noticed a shadow racing along the ground. The shadow fast approached where she stood. She had been watching it with interest, for it was a strange thing, seeing the shadow race across the field and suddenly stop. She looked upward to see what might have caused the shadow and with a shock, saw the same spaceship that had appeared nearly a year ago hovering over the roadway near their home.

With some alarm, she gave a loud yell for Vic. He heard her yell and stopped where he was. Gazing toward her, he too saw the spaceship then quickly threw down the reins of the horses and began running to her. The ship continued to hover over Casey, and suddenly, it was lowering itself to the ground. There was a lot of dust stirring, created by its action, yet neither Casey nor Vic remembered hearing a noise like you would have expected with such actions. Vic likened the lowering action to be similar to how the modern helicopters navigate up and down. The difference was the absence of noise.

When the ship had completed its landing maneuver, it just sat still. No actions that they saw were taking place. Vic and Casey remained standing, as if in shock, and after Vic had remained so for a few minutes, he decided to move himself closer to the ship. He started to take the first step and suddenly found that he was unable to move his legs. Now alarmed, he tried again with the same result—no ability to move them. Then he tried to move his arms and they too were as if frozen. Looking with alarm and concern at Casey, he discovered that she was walking toward the ship. He opened his mouth to call to her to stop, but he could not speak. It appeared to him at that time that he had been immobilized except for his ability to think. Casey continued to walk toward the ship until she was within a few feet of it. There had still been no movement from any visible part of the ship.

Casey stood near the ship for some few minutes, he guessed, when suddenly, a section of the side opened. It looked like the usual doorway in a home, except the section opened as if by magic. You would expect to see someone opening a doorway with a section either going left, right, or as is done sometimes in a plane, lifting upward to expose the opening. In this case, there was no section seen that went any direction. It was just suddenly an opening. Where the section went, only the operator knew.

Casey now walked to the opening, where she stopped and lifted her right hand as if to greet someone by grasping his or her hand. Vic saw no one that she could be greeting. Then, remembering how Little Vic had taught them to look for the alien shadow people, he tried the trick, and it worked. He saw the tall creature that they had seen several times. Along close to that creature stood a second creature. They stepped out of the ship and stood in front of Casey. The new creature he saw was certainly scanning Casey with some device. When the scan had been completed, she was lifted by some force and appeared to float into the ship. Vic had not seen either creature touch her. She was just floated into the ship. He was powerless to do anything. He was raging inside, but it was a wasted rage. He could only think about what he wanted to do. Now his thoughts quickly turned to fear. He was powerless to prevent them from taking Casey away in the spaceship. He well remembered the scientist’s assistants that had not heeded the warning of that tall alien and had been destroyed by that ray. Suddenly he was aware of the fact that she was in very serious trouble, and only his strong faith in God could help.

2

Casey Taken Captive

M eanwhile, Casey was well aware of what was happening. She had been drawn, as if by some unforeseen power, to the ship where, for some reason, she had been compelled to stop and stand before it. When she had been standing for what seemed like several minutes, she saw a section of the side suddenly open, like magic. For some reason, she wanted to extend her hand in greeting, as she lifted her hand toward the opening she was able to clearly see the approaching tall creature. It was toward the creature that she extended her hand as if in welcome. Her hand was not recognized, so she was lowering it to her side when she saw the second creature. It was essentially a carbon copy of the first one, except this one was definitely, in her opinion, old. The structure they had named its head was covered with those objects the scientists had thought were scales just like the other. The difference was these coverings were not lying smoothly on the head or the body of the creature. This creature was not moving as quickly as the other tall one. Casey’s impression of the