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Having to fight to keep calm and stay in control I bundled Clare back indoors and slammed the door shut behind me

&039;Why are those ships here?&039; she de roo my words out between deep, nervous breaths &039;There are loads of the fucking things out there&039;

&039;But why?&039;

Ignoring her questions I instinctively grabbed at the phone again and held it to rily threw it back down to the table

&039;Are they here to pick up the aliens?&039; she asked, pressing ive

&039;Don&039;t know They could be&039;

&039;But what else could they be doing?&039;

&039;I&039;ve told you,&039; I snapped &039;I don&039;t know For Christ&039;s sake, I don&039;t know any ht of a hundred and one reasons why the ships ht have arrived, but none of theht Whatever the reason, I kneere in trouble Each one of the ships on their oould have been sufficient to hold the three hundred and sixty-eight original aliens so ere there so many here? And from the time they&039;d first made contact with us we had been told that it would take at least ten et here Less than half that time had so far elapsed

&039;We should wait here,&039; Clare rambled nervously &039;Wait here and&039;

&039;Why? We&039;ve done all our waiting, haven&039;t we? We waited here all last night for the power to come back on and for Penny to&039;

&039;Well what else are we going to do?&039; she screamed

I didn&039;t knoalked away I had to think

The only logical explanation I could find - although it sounded bizarre and coical - was that the behaviour of the population had been controlled and manipulated by the aliens And the ships we had just seen s had enslaved the whole bloody planet right under our noses So why hadn&039;t Clare and I succumbed? Why e different?

&039;Stay here and keep out of sight,&039; I said suddenly &039;Don&039;t go out and don&039;t let anyone in&039;

&039;Where you going?&039; she asked anxiously