Aliens! ... by Francis

David walked home from school like any other day. Everything seemed normal but what happened that Friday night was far from normal. He opened the door with his key and entered the house at around 3.30 like he always did and sat down to do his homework from his books.

At around 4pm his father returned home and surprised the entire family. He was holding in his hands 5 tickets to the St Kilda-Collingwood football game on that night. An invitation to a fantastic evening. His entire family were fanatical Saints supporters, and were overjoyed to hear the news. They got out the Saints flags and scarves and entered the car. 

Once they arrived at the colossal arena the sheer quantity of people going there amazed him. The stadium contained around 95,000 eager spectators. The ball bounced and the game began.

The half time siren blasted out around the stadium, and the St Kilda Football club was down by 4 points. David went to the bathroom while his father got drinks. His mother and sisters were going to get food. As David washed his hands he heard a thunderous noise erupt outside. It sounded like some sort of huge engine, but somehow not quite, like a parrot was stuck in it. He heard a rattling, like stones in a blender and realized the ground was shaking. Then he heard the people screaming and he bolted outside. He couldn't see anything. But then, a huge spacecraft flew across, its sheer size not even slightly comprehendible. The lights illuminated the entire stadium as though it were day. David could not tell the shape of the craft, for the lights nearly blinded him. He looked across and saw people getting up and running.

Then came the abductions. He watched as huge probing wires came down and picked people up with a claw with three pincers. He saw Nick Dal Santo and Dane Swan get picked up and pulled back to the ship. That's when he ran. He had a brief idea of where to go, but in the confusion, with people rushing everywhere, he had no idea what to do. Then the gargantuan machine pulled off. It was over.

Everyone was shaken the next morning. The TV was on and the story came up. The newsreader stated: "Last night a huge ship flew over Etihad Stadium and abducted the St Kilda and Collingwood AFL teams. Federal agents have informed us this was not aliens, but a rather unlikely culprit. The Port Adelaide football club have issued a press release taking full responsibility of the abduction shortly after an accusation." The screen showed the CEO of the club. "We apologize, last night we did in fact abduct two teams of football players, they will be returned as soon as possible. Our actions were reckless and..." It switched back to the newsreader, "The club will be fined and investigation is pending about NASA's involvement with the incident."

Sigh...