Squirrels From Outer Space
by Andrew Watts


I woke up one morning to the sound of a crash. It sounded as if all the trees on the west side of my house fell down. When I came out to investigate, I was astonished to find a large unearthly craft resting on the trees.

I came closer, and out of the woods came a creature which appeared to be a very large squirrel. "Greetings, earth man," said the creature. "I am Cheegora, of the Eesk-Nret alliance."

"I am Andrew," I replied nervously, "nice to meet you."

"Please come to my ship," Cheegora said.

"I'd love to!" Then Cheegora took me to her ship. She took a device from her belt and pressed a button which opened a hatch on the bottom of the ship. When we came up into the interior, I was greeted by a smaller squirrel-like creature. "Hello there," I said.

"I am Reechi," he replied. "In your earth terms, I would be considered to be Cheegora's husband."

"Cool! So the males of your species are smaller than your females?" I asked considering the size comparison between the two.

"Correct," answered Reechi. "We were as astonished as you were when we found out your females are smaller. We are going to take you to a planet which has humanoid females that are probably to your liking."

I liked that idea a lot. I sat down for a while and looked out the window. Stars started accelerating by, then decelerated, showing an earth-like planet. "We have reached the destination," Cheegora told me. "A planet called Plectoria."

Then Reechi took me to a pad, and we were transported to the surface. All of a sudden, a beautiful woman ran towards where Reechi and I appeared and she said, "he's perfect!" I thought I had a date. But instead, the woman picked up Reechi and ran.

With Reechi gone, I was enjoying the scenery on Plectoria. I could hear strange animal noises, and swaying trees, while still wondering what that woman did with Reechi. I was under the impression that she brought him to her house to eat him.

When Cheegora was wondering why she hasn't heard from me or Reechi, she beamed down to my location. "Where is Reechi?" she asked. "Why is there no woman with you?"

"You will not like it," I answered. "The woman that was supposed to fall in love with me took Reechi away. I guess she thought he was the male she was looking for."

"I will get even with that woman!" Cheegora exclaimed. "I will use my sonic blaster. She better not hurt my Reechi."

"I doubt she will," I said. "She loves him, you know. Oh yeah, she went that way," I said pointing to the direction the woman took Reechi.

Cheegora suddenly ran for that direction. She took out a scanning device and searched the area for the woman. When the woman saw Cheegora, she asked, "who are you?"

"I am Cheegora, Reechi's wife," answered Cheegora. "I want him back, or else you're atomic dust!"

"But Reechi is my husband," said the woman.

"What gives you the right to take my mate like that and claim him as yours?" Cheegora asked angrily.

"He is cute," replied the woman. "You can't prove he's really your husband."

"You don't need any proof," said Cheegora. Then she zapped the woman to an unconscient state.

"Cheegora," said Reechi from a distant room, "is that you?"

"I am coming," said Cheegora.

As she was moving towards where Reechi was calling from, she noticed that the room was marked Love Dungeon for Cute Little Creatures.

"I knew it," she said. She walked into the room finding many adorable furry creatures, and her husband who was glad to see her.

When they used the device to return us to their ship, I asked Reechi, "so how was it?"

"Humiliating," he said as we appeared on the ship. "Where would you like to go?"

"I want to pick up some chicks back on earth," I answered. "They are probably not interested in furry little creatures like the women on Plectoria are, so you won't have to worry."

When the ship arrived orbiting earth, I beamed down and saw my friends Danielle Spiker and Bushra Turba talking. "Hi girls," I said to them. "Would you two like to go out with me?

"I thought only I was your girlfriend," Danielle said.

"You both can be for now," I replied. "I just have to see how it works out."

"Okay," both girls agreed.

"So girls," I said. "How would you like to meet my friends? You will not believe this, but they are squirrels from outer space."

"Really?" asked Bushra.

"You're kidding," said Danielle skeptically.

I took out the communicator Cheegora gave me and said, "three to beam up, Reechi."

The three of us beamed on to the ship. "Uh, now we believe you," said Danielle once she saw Reechi.

"Cheegora and Reechi have designed crew quarters for you two," I said to the girls.

"Do we have to share a room?" asked Bushra.

"No," I answered.

"How long will we live here?" asked Danielle.

"As long as you wish," I answered.


...To be continued
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