Hungry
Incoming transmission from unidentified source on frequency 11713.3 “Captain Ryan Whalen, you have entered a restricted zone. Turn back now or you will be boarded.”
“Turn back? Preposterous!” The fishing boat captain muttered to himself. This was his favorite route and he needed one more good haul. Whoever was trying to scare him off should do better than mess with an Irish with a mission. He pushed deeper into the dark waters and…
… screamed when the soldiers all dressed in black appeared out of nowhere to commandeer his vessel. Up ahead, he saw a silver crystal hovering above the rippling surface and said,
“What the fuck?”
“Captain, it’s not safe out here,” one of the soldiers said. “We need to go now before she wakes up again.”
“What are you talking abo… Oh!”
All the men aboard watched in awe and horror as the crystal irradiated a pulsating wave of light and the alien humanoid entity in its center stretched her arms and smiled. She was hungry once more and there were too many fresh thoughts to choose from. Might as well feast on them all.
The fishing boat began to levitate…