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By eight o&039;clock the autuone and the world had been s I had watched the last minutes of the day disappear frohts to be seen anywhere caines of the countless alien lide silently through the skies overhead

Through the long hours just passed both Clare and I had finally accepted that whatever we chose to do next didn&039;t matter The ultimate fate of our friends, families and, most probably, our own lives had been predeter that either of us could do to alter the course of events It was now just a question of finding so as possible The alien had warned that if we kept out of the e ht about it, the er than I&039;d dared to iain we could evade the alien hordes and live in hiding for the next seventy years With the realisation that all o on slowly began to return Clare remained unconvinced but as far as I was concerned there was still a faint gliht, it was a chance that I wasI went outside when, without warning, the overpowering and all-consu silence had been shattered by the dull sound of hundreds of nisable as the sa, I stood at the end of Clare&039;s road and watched as yet another orderly file of e away froone in minutes and I ran back to the house, concerned and unnerved

&039;We should move,&039; I said breathlessly as I let et out of here&039;

&039;Why?&039; she asked

&039;The people I saw earlier are leaving the village&039;

&039;So?&039;

&039;So I don&039;t feel safe here What if the aliens are about to start work on the village? Theyplace and I don&039;t want to be sat here when they&039;

&039;Where are we going to go?&039; she interrupted

&039;Don&039;t know The alien told me that we&039;d be safe if we kept out of the way They&039;re not interested in us&039;

&039;And where exactly is out of the way? Bloody hell, those ships are everywhere There&039;s nowhere they can&039;t get to&039;

&039;I know,&039; I snapped, frightened and trying hard to think

&039;What we need,&039; Clare said quietly, &039;is somewhere remote We need a bloody island in thethey could want Nothing there for theical and it led me to an answer

&039;What about the Devil&039;s Peak?&039; I said, re the small collection of water-worn rocks just off the coast &039;If we could get out there we should be safe for a while Joe Porter told me there&039;s a cove round the back where you can o there when he was a lad&039;

&039;But is there any point?&039;

&039;Probably not It&039;s worth a try though&039;

&039;Suppose, but how are we going to get there?&039;

&039;I can think of at least three places down the coastal path where there are usually boats moored at this time of year&039;

&039;Can you sail?&039;