The Arrival Part 6

“What do you mean you’re gonna nuke it!” yelled Dexer. “I mean, I’m gonna nuke it,” replied Jessie “You can’t do that! ” exclaimed Darren. Jessie was the head weapons officer at SEFER, and had an attitude that annoyed Darren. The ships that had been exposed to the blood red smoke, and had crash landed in the Nevada desert. The beings inside of the ship had not yet emerged. “The land will be uninhabitable for years!” said Darren. “You make a good point,” said Jessie. “Hold in, I’ve got to make an important phone call.” He pulled his pho be out of his pocket and dialed a number. “I’m glad your were able to change his mind,” said Dexter. “Otherwise he would have fired all of those nu-.” “FIRE THE NUKES!!!” Yelled Jessie into his phone.

      Five minutes later, the screen projecting the image from a satellite view of the targeted area lit up. As Darren, Dexter, and Jessie watched the explosion, they all knew hat there was no way that anything could have survived the damage caused by the nuke 🚀. As the smoke cleared, the inside of the ships began to brighten. “That’s it!” exclaimed Dexter. “That’s how the other ships in space died, so it worked!” “Ehhh, I’m gonna fire another one round, just to be sure.” Replied Jessie. “Good idea,” Dexter immediately said.

Bad idea, bad idea.

      came the voice inside of Darren’s head.

DON’T LET HIM DO THAT.

A Good Ending

I really enjoy reading books.    Even throughout the action of the book, I don’t enjoy it unless it has a good plot.  My favorite kind of books are the ones that have a variety of things going on, or  if there are several different stories that are coming from different perspectives.  The most important part though, is the ending.  If the protagonist worked so hard just to have his life ruined, then there was no point in  writing the book.  The bad endings are where the author leaves you hanging, or does something completely unexpected that is the exact opposite of what the plot has shown.  A good ending would be where the antagonist is gone, everything falls into place, and the protagonist is better, or the same as he was before.  If this not happen t the end of a story, then  I can guarantee that the ending isn’t good.   For instance, in the book Insignia, the antagonist was a poor, kid who was recruited into a high-tech army organization that was based on a lot of new technology.  The kid starts working, and becomes one of the top trainees in the project, but also starts a secret relationship with a recruit from the other side. The plot seems like it’s going extremely well, until in the very end, when the kid’s first real opponent is his “girlfriend” from the other side.  But in the ending, instead of uniting both sides, showing that neither is bad, he becomes vicious and mean to end the story and win.  What was really sad was that I was keeping my dad posted on what was happening in the book, and he was enjoying it as much as I was, and then when I told him how bad the ending was we were both very upset.  If you’re looking for a good ending, then I would recommend the Homelanders series.  Its a book about a teenager who wake’s up as a prisoner who is wanted dead by a terrorist group, and he cant remember the last year of his life.  He eventually escapes and finds the police, and ends up being arrested for a murder that he doesn’t remember doing.  Throughout the story, everything that’s going on is so confusing, but packed with action.  And when all seems lost, in the last (fourth) book, everything makes sense, and the main character ends up a hero.  Now that’s a good ending.