Plot: this is a novelized reboot of the classic film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". In 2014, alien eggs hit the earth and the impact hatches them. They control other's bodies by "snatching" them. A group of survivors need to survive together to be able to withstand the pressure of the snatchers. This will be a Horror/Suspense book and is not recommended for younger readers. Prologue releases tomorrow.
2014: Snatchers Prologue Elaine was walking around the once crowded, now desolate street. She was hoping none of the Snatchers were around. She walked, shotgun in hand, one shot remaining. She was walking in the barren wasteland that was once called Sodaville, Oregon. She heard a noise and quickly turned around, shotgun up, pointed at the direction the noise came from. She saw a rat run across the street. She sighed in relief and turned around. A snatcher was a yard away from her, it's cold eyes looking at her as if it was looking through her. It was a man, an old tall man. Maybe 6'5", 6'6". His eyes widened, wider than a human can. He slowly raised his finger till his index finger was centered on her eye. He opened his mouth wider than humanly possible and let out a terrifying scream. Elaine had to think quickly, she aimed the shotgun at his head and pulled the trigger. His head exploded and he fell down. Elaine started hearing Snatchers scream from all over the place. She threw her shotgun down and ran. She could hear their footsteps. Some came flying out of windows, others broke through doors to start chasing her. Some ran out of alleys. She ran into a supermarket, avoiding all the Snatchers that were already inside and went into the bathroom and locked the door. She washed the blood off of her face and started sobbing. She looked up in the mirror. The same old man staring at her. "****!" She shouted The Snatcher grabbed her by the shoulder and she could feel the intense burn of the Snatcher's hand and she could feel her skin drying at a fast rate. She felt the life being sucked out of her. She knew that soon, she would be nothing more than a pile of ash on the ground. Her skin started to flake rapidly. She felt herself falling apart. Finally, she was nothing more than a pile of ash. End of Prologue
My stories feature a lot of dialogue because I view them more as movies than stories, even though I type them. Here is Chapter One... Chapter One: Collision Jake, a 7 year old boy was crouching and sneaking around, terrified of being caught. He ran into the room and hid under the bed, hoping he wouldn't get caught. He heard footsteps in the hallway, he started breathing lighter breaths. Jake now saw the shoes, the dirt covered worn out sneakers the person was wearing. The person walked into the room and looked around. He started holding his breath. The person started crouching. Jake's heart was racing. The person lowered herself until she was at eye level with Jake. "Found you!" The person said. "Aww" Jake replied "how are you so good at this game mommy?" "Ha ha, I have played hide and seek a lot." "Ok your turn!" "Sorry Jake! I have to go out." She said "Your sister will take care of you" "Aww! I hate it when Jenny babysits!" "You can handle it." The woman walked out, put $30 on the table. "This is for pizza Jenny." "Fine!" Jenny said She walked to her car and drove away. "Jake! Make me some orange juice!" "Make it yourself!" "Make me some damn orange juice you little asshat!" "No!" Jenny stood up and walked to Jake's room. "Make me orange juice NOW!!" "Make me jerk!" Jenny walked up to Jake and slapped him. Jake started crying. Jenny felt no regret. "You are a monster Jenny!" ... The woman got out of her car and walked to the front door of her friend's house. She knocked on the door. A woman opened the door. "Elaine!" "Hey Susan" Elaine responded. "Can I come in?" "Of course!" Elaine walked into Susan's house. They sat in Susan's living room. "So how're the kids?" Susan asked. "Wonderful! They are amazing kids" Elaine responded "Yeah, Jenny is such a sweet young woman, Jake is such a great young man" "Susan, I had that dream again" "Which one?" "The one where I am running from strange people." "The one where you turn to ash?" "Yes." "I'm sorry, Elaine." "Yeah." "Want to watch some TV?" "I wouldn't mind" Elaine said "Let's see what's on the news." Susan said as she reached for the remote. Susan turned on the TV. "It has just been confirmed! There will be a meteor shower over southeastern Oregon within the hour" the news reporter said "Sweet!" Susan said. "Yeah, I better head home, I want Jake to see it." "Alright Elaine!" Susan replied "see ya later!" ... "You are really starting to piss me off." Jenny said as she threw a photo of Elaine and Jake, Jake's favorite photo, at Jake. The frame busted and glass broke on impact with the wall. Broken glass covered the floor and Jake was crying. Jenny turned around and saw Elaine standing behind her. Elaine slapped Jenny very hard, she started crying. "So this is what happens when I leave you alone for 15 minutes?" Elaine asked. "I leave and you act like a jerk to your brother? Funny, I was just talking to Susan about what a sweet girl you are. I am ashamed of you. Go to your room." Jenny cooperated. "You ok, Jake?" Jake sniffled "yes" "You want to see meteors?" "What are meteors?" "Falling rocks from space." "YES!" Jake said as he wiped away his final tear. "Follow me!" Elaine took Jake outside and saw that the meteor shower had already started. Meteors were falling, some of them were hitting earth, others weren't. "Beautiful, isn't it, Jake?" "Yes" "Too bad I didn't bring my camera!" Elaine said. End of Chapter One
This one may seem shorter, but it is actually longer. There is less dialogue and more action. Chapter Two: Arrival Elaine put her arm around Jake. Jake accepted it. He lay his head her arm. She felt his thick semi long blond hair brushing against her arm for a split second. This was Elaine's favorite feeling. Pretty soon, the meteors stopped falling and they went inside. Elaine put Jake to bed and grounded Jenny. Elaine stayed up and watched TV, because she didn't want to have another nightmare. She suddenly heard a noise from one of the bedrooms that sounded like glass breaking. She got up and ran to her room, no one. She checked Jake's room, no one. She opened the door to Jenny's room and saw this black tree type figure lifting up a half way disintegrated Jenny. Her long brown hair fell out quickly. Elaine could see her daughter's last face. Jenny almost got out a scream before she died. Elaine let out a huge scream of fear anger and mourning. The creature let out a louder and bloodcurdling scream. Elaine ran to Jake's room and found Jake in his closet. She took him and ran outside the front door. Right out the front door, there was another creature, but it didn't see them. Jake let out a huge scream. It saw them. The creature let out a worse scream. They ran around the creature. They were suddenly chased by hundreds of creatures. There were creatures that were in front of them, behind them and next to them. Now there were thousands of creatures. Around them there were screams of horror and death. The night was pitch black, making it to where the creatures could not be seen easily. There were other people running behind Elaine and Jake, some were quickly killed. People were in their houses either killing themselves or being killed. Elaine was getting worn out from running, she started looking for a car. Each car she came across, she checked if it was locked or not. She checked one car, locked. Another car, same. The third car, a black Ford F150, was unlocked. She put Jake in the back seat, raced to the driver seat and got in, then locked the door. She started looking through everything for spare keys. She found them in a hidden compartment in the dashboard. She turned on the ignition and drove away. She passed a lot of people most of them were throwing rocks, banging on the windows, or chasing the car. There was a blond haired little girl was in front of the car. Elaine slammed on the breaks. The little girl stared above Elaine. She lifter her finger, opened her mouth and let out a terrifying scream. A creature jumped from Elaine's car and killed the girl. The creature took the girl's shape. Elaine screamed and slammed on the acceleration. She hit the creature that started developing the hair, freckles and blue eyes that once made up the little girl. The creature hit the bumper and flew forward about twenty feet. Elaine drove forward, avoiding collision with any creatures that were in her way. Creatures were jumping off of houses and other buildings to get the car. There were less people throwing rocks now. Elaine and Jake crossed a sign that read "you are now leaving Sodaville, Oregon. End of Chapter Two
Chapter Three: Escape Things were quiet in the car; neither Elaine or Jake said anything. Both of them were upset and terrified. "Let's see if there is anything on the radio" Elaine said. Elaine turned on the radio, she heard nothing but static so she shut off the radio. All of a sudden, Elaine heard gunshots, Jake jumped and started crying and covering his ears in fear, out of shock, Elaine slammed on the brakes. Suddenly, two men jumped in the back, aimed their guns at Jake, who was too scared about the gunshot to realize it and one guy in the front of the truck with his gun aimed at Elaine. "Hey chick, get your ass out of the truck!" The man demanded. Elaine took her son's hand and slowly moved out of the car. Once Elaine and Jake got out of the car, the men wen inside the car and started driving away, within twenty seconds, a group of those creatures came and took the men out of the car and stole their looks. Elaine and Jake were watching the whole thing behind a shrub. "They look like Venom off of Spiderman 3." Jake whispered. "Shh" Now, the creatures have made themselves look like the three men. They were staring blankly. "What are they doing?" Elaine thought. They started turning their heads. Looking for humans. Their heads kept turning, till they went around in a circle. There were black figures walking towards Elaine and Jake from behind. The creatures went in the car and drove off. The black figures hit Elaine in the back of the head and they bagged Jake. The black figures dragged Elaine and Jake to their car and drove off.