The Edge of Town

Late night I wonder Where could they be The coldness of the silence Fills my head with screams Thirteen people missing Gone without a trace No footprints or signs of struggle took place Only a pretense from creeps in alleyways Whispers and murmurs, why did I take this case Then it came to me Pictures, like in a dream Fragments of the missing Like someone else's memories I hear a voice inside my head A language I don't comprehend I feel uneasy nausea My gut tells me where to go So I followed them to the woods at the edge of town And set up a perimeter to see whos Behind the tragedies The slightest movement caught on camera three It chilled my bones at the sight of what I saw Slender being Almond eyes Somehow it knew it was spotted and vanished My heart racing This is no mortal man Local investigation worthless Tell my wife I love her For tonight might be my last As I close in, To the Presumed cave, Where it Is taking refuge, Hiding The victim's bodies, Hopefully Alive and breathing, Not a chance I see a faint glow, Emanating From the cave entrance, Ominously A silhouette is, Waiting for me The stare down could have killed me from the tension, it moved so fast I couldn't even breath before it got to me, it struck without mercy Everything goes black All I feel now is cold As I awaken I'm petrified Blinding glow stings my eyes Encased in crystal cages Over a dozen missing people I somehow manage to free my legs Adrenaline and my pistol help me escape As I flee to the cave entrance A strange sound filled my head Gust of wind nearly knocked me off my feet The mothership arrived