Before I am Famous

Sonny turned on the television and watched the Inauguration Ceremony of the new president. The small man smiled and waved to the camera. Something didn’t sit right with Sonny could sniff extra terrestrial life forms out like a blood hound sniffing for drugs. When he first the saw this man, he didn’t personally like him but he was human. Something changed this January day, Sonny watched the man and knew that there was something controlling him. This was bad and he had to tell his commanding officer about this if he already didn’t know.

Sonny worked for the elite and secret group, the Men in Black. The movies got it all wrong, they didn’t wear suits or dark glasses, the real Men in Black blended in with everyone else, seemingly had everyday jobs. Will Smith made the job look good but in reality no one on the outside would ever know that he worked for the Men in Black. Sonny had a wife and a couple of kids and worked supposedly in a lab at the university. His main job for the Men in Black was to locate extra terrestrials and place them in a suitable habitat or send them back home. Big Foot, Sasquatch or whatever he is called by the locals does really exist and there is a whole planet of them out in another galaxy. The same holds true for the gigantic lake monsters like Nessie and the lake monster of Lake Erie. Sonny made sure when there was a report of Yeti or Nessie; he would discredit any evidence.

He phoned his boss from the car and they agreed to meet at a diner where people mind their own business and the waitresses left a pot of coffee on the table and didn’t come back around. Sitting in the corner booth, he waited for his boss to come in. His boss, Jeff, a mid-fifties man with little hair and round stomach came in shortly after Sonny. To everyone else Jeff sold life insurance. To do this day, he never sold life insurance yet.

They shook hands, “okay Sonny, what’s going on? You sounded frantic on the phone.”

“The new president, he is from another planet,” Sonny explained, “I met him before when he came to the university during the primaries. I didn’t like him but we shook hands. He was human then but today when I watched the Inauguration, I noticed something. I felt something was wrong. He is no longer human.”

Jeff splashed some whiskey in his coffee and took a long drink of his coffee, “tell me you are sure because this is very serious. We can’t do anything if you are not a 100% sure that an alien is using the president’s body.”

“Jeff, have I ever been wrong before? Come on, you know I am good that is why you hired me. This is a matter of national security and Earth security. This creature can destroy the whole planet. You know our job is to protect the planet. He holds one of the most powerful positions on the planet. I don’t want to begin to imagine what he can do. It could even result in War World 3. We have enough problems of our own to worry about.”

“Sonny, how do you know he is bad, maybe is he a good alien sent here to mend our ways.”

“Jeff, I just know. What are we going to do?”

“I want you to be sure. I will set up a meeting with you and him. After the meeting, we will talk again,” Jeff told him. With that Jeff, threw some bills on the table and left.

***

In late February, Sonny boarded a plan to Washington, D.C. to meet the president on global warming. All Sonny had to do was talk about one on one with the president about global warming. The meeting should last only an hour or less.

The president shook his hand, a shake that made Sonny squirm, he knew for sure. The handshake felt different from before. He then led Sonny into the Oval office and showed him to a seat. The president sat at his desk. Sonny made eye contact and the eyes were vacant, in fact the pupils never dilated.

After a few minutes of rambling the president interrupted him, “I am untouchable you know. There is nothing you can or your organization can do about it. I am the President of the United States. I have got big plans for this planet by the next election there will be no Earthlings left.” He smiled.

Sonny froze; he never encountered a hostile alien before. The president pushed a button and Secret Service rushed in and whisked him away. They had a hold his hands and practically dragged him out the back and into the basement of the white house. Sonny had no weapons just his phone that the Secret Service took away upon discovering it. A man with a wire in his ear slammed the barred door.

Sitting on the bed, he wondered how long he would be there until Jeff knew something was wrong until anyone knew was wrong. His wife, she would worry when he didn’t call that night or didn’t come home when he was supposed to. Once the sun dissipated into the horizon, one of the president’s men came in with some water. Sonny concocted a plan in his solitude. He lunged for the man and applied enough pressure to his artery that he passed out.

Sonny slowly went up a stairwell, the hallway stood empty. He felt around the darkness until he saw light from a door crack. He had one only chance and he had to make it to a phone before someone caught him. Taking several large breaths then pushed open the door, an alarm blared through the basement, he dashed off into the night. While he was running away from the white house, he noticed someone talking on the cell phone. Sonny snatched the phone, the woman yelled and Sonny mumbled something about being a government official. Washington was a dangerous place at night but so was the White House.

He called Jeff from a dark alley. Jeff gave him directions to place where someone in a yellow hummer will be waiting for him. Sonny ran through alleys and bumped into homeless. He heard screeching wheels behind him. Finally, he saw the hummer, the door opened and he jumped. The woman behind the wheel sped off.

“Tina, CIA” she said as he sat and buckled up

“Sonny, MIB”

“You are safe now.”

As she drove him back to Connecticut, they heard breaking news, “I’m sorry to say but the President has died in his sleep. Such sad news, his wife came in and went to kiss him good night and he was cold. We will now have a moment of silence to honor this man who was jilted life and the presidency,” the Dee-jay announced sadly.

Sonny felt satisfied, the planet is safe at least for another day.

A special thanks to eCreativa Media at Cool Videos with help for this story!!

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