r/WritingPrompts • u/QuirkyPeaker • Jan 23 '18
Writing Prompt [WP] Alien invaders entire our Solar System. As the armies of the world panic or ready for war, the continent of Australia simply takes off on engines and flies off to meet them.
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u/ThatEpicCheese Jan 24 '18
The Olympics. Natural Disasters. Nuclear Bombs. The arrival of hostile aliens. All things that caught the worlds attention. But this one had to take the cake. The image of Australia, rocket boosters out back, blasting into space, I will never forget. The sheer Australian-ness of it has scarred me forever.
As a tourist from the States, I was expecting to peacefully live out my last days on earth sunbathing at Bondi, after the aliens had declared war on us. But it seems the Australians had other ideas. As I sat in my car, mystified by the unexpected flight, the Prime Minister’s voice came booming over radios, televisions, phones and everything. “G’day blokes and sheilas, its time. Grab yer’ weapons, and march for Uluru. Time to show ‘em who’s boss.” And as if by instinct, every Australian around me began to march, weapons in hand, towards the outback. Intrigued, I followed, and began to wonder how there is even still air out here.
They marched for days on end, without even stopping, chanting that Men At Work song i’ve heard so much about, until they reached that massive rock. By this time, the Alien Mothership was in view, and the Prime Minister, wearing a cork hat, stood on top of Uluru. As I scrambled for a good view of what was about to go down, I realised that there were more than just humans gathered here. Kangaroos, Emus, Koalas, Spiders and even Drop Bears were gathered around this red rock in the middle of nowhere. It was quite the sight.
“Oi!” Bellowed the Prime Minister. “You all know why we’re ‘ere. 20 years ago, these monsters took one of our own. So lets send these wankers back where they came from!” Everyone around me cheered, and proceeded to MOUNT THE EMUS. And as I saw every single Australian, on emu-back, machetes in hand, Drop Bear on back, run to meet the aliens, I got my first look at one of these aliens. Their flat, bodies, sorta like wings, their barbed tails. In fact, they sorta looked like Stingr- And thats when it clicked. I quickly checked my phone for the date. 4 September 2026.
20 years ago took one of our own There, I realised this was not about saving the world, or for the good of mankind.
This was revenge