Mr. Jacks: A Short Story

The crunching of leaves ,the heart beats and breathing of Kate ,Mr. jacks and his old bulldog are the only things that could be heard. Mr jacks and his dog need a rest they were not the athletic type Kate was. As they rested suddenly the dog's head popped up and he start to growl Kate and Mr jacks quickly looked around the woods and see nothing but thick bare trees and a slight glow in the distance which they believed or hoped was the city light. ''do you see or hear something'' Kate asked ''shh'' Mr jacks respond the small group of three were silent for several moments. Out of nowhere footstep could be heard very easily because the fall season and its mess of leaves all the tree have let the leaves drop and wither on the cool ground. This
She saw something instantly hiding behind a tree with the bulldog in her arms she wasn't sure if it was Mr. Jacks or someone or something else, She was not willing to take that chance not again she held her breath once the footsteps continued and came closer to her she felt as if heart was about to leap out of her chest suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turn to look at what ever had grab her and was about to scream but didn't because when she looked up she saw a smiling Mr. Jacks with a piece mirror held up in his hand then he said ''found it.'' “You scared me!” Kate said acting upset but she was relieved that it was Mr. Jacks not someone else “I apologize Kate here you can open the force field.” Mr. Jacks handed the mirror piece to Kate she used the mirror to open the force field the three of them went through the gap as they walk towards the city they see what the were hoping for. The army, soldiers, police and what looked like sciences. Mr. Jacks and Kate walked up to man who seemed to be giving orders as politely asked he “excuse me could you tell me what's going on?” The man looked them and answered “well its hard to believe but we have some visitors we were able to contact them and all they want is a certain mineral the can only be found on earth the force field were put up to make sure we would meet each other they should be down soon” hearing this Kate and Mr. Jacks were very thankful to know that that this would all end soon. “that's great.” Mr. Jacks said “is there a place we can stay?” “those tents” the soldier said and then point to the tents behind them. They walked toward the