[ WP ] Aliens arrive on Earth , but worship US as gods .

The boom was deafening and seemed to shake Jack to his bones. 
 
 He sat up immediately and listened to the night, but there was nothing to hear. His animals were silent. It seemed almost too quiet. He laid back. *It must ’ ve been a bad dream. * 
 
 The Screech was even louder, finally frightening the animals and whinnies and moans filled his ears. *I couldn ’ t have imagined that. * 
 
 Jack slipped on his boots as he got out of bed and cautiously pulled back a curtain, afraid of what he might find. 
 
 Where his driveway had been was a crater, its bottom glowing bright through the smoke and dust. 
 
 The shotgun his father had given him did nothing to calm the wild beating of his heart, but it felt good nonetheless. He grabbed a hand full of extra shells as he crept towards the door, gun at the ready. 
 
 *One, two... three. * Jack opened the door 
 
 Smoke clouded in his face when he went through and into the night. Jack frantically wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, but it seemed to do no good. He knelt in the grass, hoping to give his eyes time to adjust. As his eyes adjusted so too did his ears and he realized the frantic sound of scratching beneath the terrified sounds of the animals. 
 
 The crater was not at large as it had seemed, maybe six feet across and ten feet deep. He knelt again at its edge and leveled his gun. 
 
 A high pitched squeak burst out of the pit. “ HAIL! ” His finger almost slipped. 
 
 “ All hail the true and all-powerful being! ” 
 
 A gust of wind came through the yard. Jack squinted and tried to hold his father ’ s gun steady. Finally, the smoke cleared and he looked back in the pit. *I must be asleep. * 
 
 In the center of the crater was a three-foot-tall metal egg glowing red with heat. A door of some sort had opened on its side and beneath it stood three dozen tiny five-legged creatures, nearly as red as the capsule they had emerged from. The largest of the stood in front, leaning on its back three legs and holding the other two legs out wide in a greeting. 
 
 It spoke with a high-pitched, clear voice. “ Oh Lord, we are humbled to be in your sight. ” It turned and faced its companions. “ My brothers, we have made it! ” 
 
 The group cheered in a way the Earth had never heard. 
 
 Their leader turned back to Jack and bowed, the others followed its lead. 
 “ We have prophesied this moment for all eternity, ” the large red being raised its head slightly to look at him. “ We are your faithful servants, yours always to do with as wish. ” 
 
 Jack did not remember pulling the trigger, but the screams the red creatures let out in their death would haunt his dreams for the rest of his life.
