Paula felt her feet strike the ground with each stride. It was getting late and a storm was brewing over head; it was....
invigorating!
She felt her pace quicken as her chest pounded with adrenaline. Thunder roared around her and she saw a streak of lightning illuminate the sky a far distance away. The wind picked up and pushed against her as she ran.
Paula was just thankful the wind was blowing her medium dirty blonde hair back behind her instead of in her face.
The 22 year old panted as sweat dripped down her body and soaked her clothes. The skin was heated but with the cold wind picking up it made the wetness of her clothes raise her skin with goose bumps.
'Just a little bit more, you're almost there!'
She urged on in her head. She was a local college girl trying to get back in shape. Her frame wasn't unpleasant and some would even argue it was down right out alluring.
With her medium sized ample chest, her thin waist with a softened tummy, her thick thighs that had a reasonable gap between them and most of all; her rounded rear with shapely hips.
However, like most women, she felt her body was inadequate and decided to aim for abs and an even bigger gap between her thighs.
Paula felt herself smile and pick up her feet as she saw her finish line; The tree that would mark her first mile long run.
She had never been an active girl and even though one mile was easy to most, to her, it was like climbing Mt. Everest!
Paula finally reached the tree and slapped it with vigor. The blonde laughed as she sat back down on the ground next to it in an exhausted heap.
She tried to catch her breath and slowly sipped her water bottle.
'Well...That was tiring.'
She mused as she watched the sky turn to night. She knew she should have probably made her way back to her apartment. It was about to rain and get dark in a matter of minutes but she was to tired to move.
'Just a few more minutes and then I'll make my way back to my apartment.'
She thought as she felt for her phone and mace in her pocket.
She had those two things, so, what was there to worry about?
Paula watched the sky as she admired the stars subtly peeking through the night.
Suddenly, she saw a twinkling in the sky, it slowly became brighter and she felt herself stare in awe.
Was that a falling star?
She watched as it became brighter, and brighter and brighter until she had to cover her eyes from it's glare.
'What the Hell is that?! Is it...Is it coming towards me?!'
She questioned with fear as the light became larger and she felt electricity rise in the air.
Panic set over her as she hurriedly stood and watched helplessly as the streak of light came barreling near her.
She let out a shriek as it came crashing down at the speed of light.
Paula covered her face and crouched low to the ground as she felt heat come from the sky and the ground shake.
She stayed in her position for a few moments, wondering if she was dead or not. But after a couple of seconds she uncovered her face to see she was perfectly fine if not a bit frazzled.
However, her surroundings, were not. The trees around her were aflame and there was a giant crater leading to whatever had crash landed.
Paula instantly went to her phone to call the police but soon realized her phone was dead.
'What?! It was fully charged when I left the house!'
She stuffed the useless device back in her pocket and looked around her.
....No one. Not even one other person was out. Sure she was in a more isolated part of town but surly someone had to have been home or in there car and saw the ball of light!
...What should she do? Should she go and see what had landed or try to run home?
Paula stood there and contemplated only for a few moments before feeling her sneaker clad feet draw near the source of the chaos.
All that could be heard were the flames on the trees and shrubbery sizzling and cracking, everything else was deathly silent.
She walked towards the crater and couldn't believe her blue eyes...There was a meteor the size of a pick up truck in the ground!
There was an eerie glow to it that lit the area around it in green and she felt a shiver run down her spine.
"What in the-" She felt herself utter before she gasped as she saw something move within the meteor.
She quickly grabbed her mace and backed away cautiously.
However, the thing that moved in the meteor shot out at her like a bullet and gripped her by her ankle. It was long and was shaped like a snake with warm wetness coming off of it's skin.
She let out a scream as she tried running and kicking the thing wrapped around her leg for it to only grip her tighter and jerk, making her fall to the ground.
Paula reached for the grass around her as she started to be dragged back down into the giant hole.
'NO! No, No, No this isn't real, it can't be!'
she exclaimed in her head as she was dragged across the rough ground.
She screamed for help the entire time but not an ounce of life showed itself in the empty and dark park.
Paula saw more slithering things coming from holes on the meteor. They looked like long thick...tentacles!
She stared in horror at her situation. The tentacles shot out much like the first one and griped each of her limbs. She kicked and swung her arms in an effort to pry them off to no avail.
Finally, she used the can of mace in her hand. She sprayed it directly at the tentacle and she heard a loud roaring noise coming from the meteor. It's now shriveled tentacle retreated into the meteor and she quickly went to spray it at the others.
However, a new tentacle, one that was bigger and with claw like spikes quickly came and slapped the can from her hand. It aggressively wrapped around her now empty arm and she hissed in pain as the needles pierced her arm through her jacket.
She trembled in fear at her helpless situation. Somehow the decision that seemed to be the wisest had been the most foolish as it pissed the...
thing
off.
Paula shrieked as it grabbed her jacket and started ripping it.
'What was it going to do?!'
Eat her? Probe her? kill her?
