Inside the pod, the Supply officers were being assaulted inside their restraint harnesses by the computer screaming warnings, and alarms. Lights were flashing, warning of failing integrity on the hull. Then the auto ejection system activated. Each of the Nozaedi were instantly covered in a impact sheild and jettisoned from the pod.

Paul was watching the craft as it shot out several smaller peices, probably escape pods. And then watched as the pod exploded in a blue fire ball. Strangely there wasnt anything left, must have been designed that way. They knew we would want it, he thought and they also knew there would be resistance. Theyve done this before he concluded. All four of them shared this knowledge, there would be no secrets from eachother anymore, no secret discoveries either. Paul watched the 15 smaller pods change direction and head for the park.

“I geuss its time to greet our uninvited Geusts” Paul said, no one laughed or even smiled. This was going to be interesting.

The pods landed, or rather planted themselves into the soft dry earth in the park. The fronts fell off to reveal the Nozaedi within, each was wearing a suit covering their enitre body except for the top of their heads, leaving their long fiber hairs exposed to the air. The short aliens proceeded to remove short solid weapons, these aliens had very similar hands, so the weapons were designed similar enough to human firearms to be recognized as such. They had a grayish green tint to them, with remarkably few controls on them. There were two buttons, a blue and a red one. The weapon looked like an energy weapon, it had a small dish at the end with a prong coming out the middle, several prongs at the edges all looking inward and a faint light coming from the base of the middle point. One of the aliens gripped his weapon tighter, he could feel the vibrations, the Demons were already here.

Paul was watching from accross the street, in plain sight. The others were hidden behind the sitting cars around the street. He wasnt armed he was just standing there watching expresionlessly. He took a breath, the reaction was immediate. The closest alien, thats all this creature could be, whipped around and looked right at him. They have a remarkable sense of hearing, or at least vibrations. The alien made a deep gutteral sound, modulating itself subtly. The rest of the aliens immediately threw up some sort of ball into the air. It made a spark and shot out a type of liquid that solidified almost instantly. Something to hide behind. The alien was staring right back at him, large black eyes, a long gaunt face and an elongated head covered with long feathery fibers standing straight up. Then it moved, Paul barely had time to react, these aliens were fast. It raised its weapon and squeezed the trigger, or button, Paul couldnt see it clearly. Paul lept to his left, a ball teh size of golf ball made of pure energy erupted from the end of his weapon and headed straight for where Paul had just been standing. A perfect shot. This one must be a soldier. James had been watching from behind one of the cheap economy cars lining the street. When he saw the soldier move, he stood instantly lined up his rifle over the aliens head and pulled the trigger. He had moved so fast that the alien didnt have time to move, he was still firing at Paul. The 30 ought 6 hunting round hit the alien above the aliens left eye and killed it instantly.