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Calibration 74: Chapter Twelve
Calibration 74 is a serial novel experiment, posted unedited as it is written. It is recommended you start at the beginning.
Chapter Twelve
When I was ten years old, I was abducted by aliens. Took me while I slept. Your basic alien abduction story.
Poked, prodded. Lost time.
And, of course, no one believed me. For a while, I didn’t believe myself. Not while I was a kid, but when I got older. After the therapy and the looks backward. Deep dives into the subconscious through meditation and herbal supplements.
As a kid though, I was convinced. Didn’t remember much of what happened, if anything at all. But I did know it happened. A dream that’s not a dream. The type your mommy and daddy tell you is just a dream go back to sleep no one’s out there and no there’s not a monster in your closet and no you’re not going to die if you don’t put a band-aid on that.
Taken. One night. Then two. Then three. Then a thousand.
A million.
And then they stopped.
For a while I wanted them to come back. But then, eventually, I realized it really was all a dream and that maybe just maybe I had something wrong in my head.
