Jethro's World

I was awakened last night by the sound of what I thought was a WWII era bomber. I quickly ran to the window to discover that the aircraft in question was not a bomber, but some strange space-going craft; the likes of which I have only seen on Star Wars. As the spacecraft circled around the neighborhood, it suddenly lost altitude and slammed into a grove of trees; sending a huge fireball into the air.

I quickly jumped into my car to investigate what had happened; but before I could get close, I was met with a strange force that would let me go no further. From the center of the crash site came a purple-hued energy field with such heat that I was forced to duck under the dashboard to keep from being incinerated. The radiating heat was almost unbearable, but at least I was still alive... and then everything went black.

I woke up in my bed this morning wondering if it was all a dream. One moment I'm in my car battling some alien force, and the next minute I'm waking up in my bed. I decided to go out into the back yard to investigate further, and everything seemed normal... that is until Noah noticed something unusual on the ground. He bent down and picked up a piece of red-hot metal and instantly burned his hands. The metal must have come from some sort of aircraft wreckage... so was it real? Or just a dream?

I had to go ask some of my neighbors if they had experienced anything strange that night. Mike, who lives next door, was standing out in front of his garage, smoking a cigarette -- as he usually is. I asked him if he had heard anything about a UFO crashing in the area, or if I had only dreamt it. He replied, "Look at your windshield. It's all melted; of course it really happened."

Just then a swarm of emergency vehicles went flying past our houses. As I turned to the east to follow them, I noticed a crowd of people gathering along the sides of the street; trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening. Lasers began flashing all around us -- all emanating from the point of impact. Police and military personnel returned fire, but their bullets were no match for the laser beams shooting out of the serpentine cannons that rose above the crash sight. I couldn't believe my eyes... I was witnessing The War of the Worlds in my own backyard. Just then an 'army man' with a rocket pack and a large machine gun swooped in and took out the alien being... and it was all over.

And then I really woke up. I'm not sure if I have ever had a dream within a dream before... surely none that I have remembered so vividly. It makes for a strange feeling when you really do wake up...