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I don't know where they came from, but one thing was certain: they didn't come from earth. No one knew how to stop them. They came without warning. They blew up buildings and houses. They destroyed everthing and everybody in their sight. No one could stop them. Here's how it began:
It was a dark and stormy night. Not really, but we can pretend it was, right? By the way, my name is Up Chuck. Cool name huh? Anyway, I was in the family room watching my favorite soap opera when the power went out. I got really annoyed at that, I mean, who wants the television to go out in the middle of their favorite soap opera? I certainly didn't.
I picked up the phone and called the Power Place. They're in charge of fixing our power lines when needed. Someone picked it up on the third ring. "Hello, Power Place."
"Yes," I said, "the power went out in the middle of my favorite soap opera and I was wondering if you could come fix it."
"Where is your location?" the lady asked.
I quickly told her my location. After a moment of silence she told me that according to her computer, the power was just fine. They monitor every house to see when the power is actually off in case they get prank calls. I said, "That can't be. The lights and the television just flickered off like that." I snapped my fingers to demonstrate, but then realized I was on the phone and she couldn't see.
Then the phone went dead. Great, I thought, first the power, now the phone. I slammed down the reciever, hard. There was no way I was going to miss this show. It was an all new episode. I just couldn't miss it. So, I decided to take a trip to my aunt's house. She only lived a couple miles away. I could drive and get there shortly. I went into my room, grabbed my wallet and my keys. Then I climbed into my Toyota. I cranked the key again. It still wouldn't turn over. I slammed my head against the dashboard. "Why me?" I muttered.
When I looked up, I saw a light through my tears. What is that? I wondered. I slowly climbed out of my Toyota and stared at the toilet-shaped object, fascinated. That's when they attacked, pouring out of the toilet as fast as they could. Millions of rats from somewhere out in that vast universe, probably far out over the horizen and straight through the sun and a little to the left and....never mind. I don't really have any idea what I'm talking about. Anyways, all I knew was that the aliens had finally landed. Well, not exactly landed, but they were invading our world. There was no one to stop them.