[ WP ] A massive alien ship has been on the surface of the earth since the very beginning . Humans have lived with it and evolved with it for thousands of years and today it finally opens up ...

I was more sweat than clothes. Middle of summer and I thought it would be a good idea to step outside. Nope. The heat was n't even the worst part. The terrible part was all the recent earthquakes. If I wanted earthquakes and unbearable heat, I would have moved to California. All over the news was talk about the unprecedented number of earthquakes. I figured we would all die soon enough, not sure whether or not from the heat or the quakes. Until that day I still had to pay the bills. Off to my dead end of a job. 
 
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 I walked into the nursing home and intimidatingly felt a blast of heat come from INSIDE the building. These damn senile people always had the heat up. Another layer of sweat started to break out all over me. 
 
 `` How are you feeling today, Hubert?'' I asked my first patient of the day with with a smile that would scare a baby. 
 
 `` My balls itch.'' said Hubert, sipping a glass of apple juice. 
 
 I hated Hubert. He never made life easy. His balls *always* itched. It was all he ever said. He had dementia. I got his pills and tried to give them to him. In the last 3 years that I have worked here, Hubert never smiled or frowned, never said more than those 3 words, and he definitely never looked you in the eyes. `` Not today my old friend.'' He said with a menacing look. 
 
 I started to stammer a response when the ground shook again. I forgot about Hubert and tried to keep balance. I waited for the earthquake to stop, but it did n't. I looked up and saw Hubert, who only 30 seconds ago was a frail old man that need help getting to the bathroom, standing right in front of me. 
 
 `` It is time.'' Hubert announced to no one in particular in a voice so deep I felt my jaw shaking. Or was that because of the earthquake? I would have to think on that later. Right now the only thing I focus on was that all the patients were walking out side towards the parking lot. I chased after Hubert wanting some answers. He turned to me and said I better hold on. The ground was still shaking but Hubert and all the other people walked as if nothing was amiss. All the older people raised there hands to the sky and started chanting. Before I knew it, we were soaring straight up. 
 
 `` I fucking hate Florida.'' I said to myself 
 
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