The boy bobbed his head and pulled a badly folded piece of paper from the rear pocket of his jeans. He placed it on the edge of the table. The alien retrieved it and read.
“This is a transfer of ownership form. Why did you bring it to me?”
“It says so on the bottom? See?" #lookinmybriefs #shortstory

They exchanged glances, and then the boy spoke.
“We’re here to turn in our homework.”
The translating database took a second to find the definition of the word “homework” in this context. The meaning did not enlighten the alien.
“Your homework?”
#lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion

Let her wait, was its annoyed inhuman thought. A petty thought it admitted, but it was irritated by the difficulty of using a human computer keyboard. After a short time, it glanced to the side and saw the two human children. It gave a quick scan of the room. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alien

“This must be it,” the boy whispered when he saw the huge alien sitting at a massive desk.
When the girl saw the pseudo-lizard, she grabbed her companion’s hand and squeezed. They entered the room, sat down on a sofa, and waited to be noticed. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion #alien

At the end of the hallway, they found another staircase, and they climbed it. On the second floor was another hallway, but some of the doors were open. In one room they saw a teenaged boy who threw them a hostile glare. In a room without a door, they saw a woman cleaning a sink. #lookinmybriefs

The alien guard was looking away as they approached, but when it spied the kids, it did not perceive them as a threat, so it ignored them. After entering through the double glass doors, they passed a staircase and walked down the empty hallway. Shut doors lined both sides. #lookinmybriefs #alien

The teens at the rear of the line were too tired from picking up trash along the roadside to ask why the kids had followed them. On the way to the barracks, the line passed a two-story building, and the kids broke away.
“It must be in there,” the boy said, pointing. #lookinmybriefs #alieninvasion

A group of teenagers were approaching the gates, dressed in white shorts, white t-shirts, and pink vests, and accompanied by one of the massive pseudo-lizards known as the Ragoon. The alien did not notice the kids when they fell into line behind the teenagers. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon

“Be careful,” he said, and then he grabbed the lever and closed the folding door. The vehicle rolled away.
“I’m scared,” the girl said.
The boy was scared, too, but he replied, “We have to do this. They said.”
A group of teenagers were approaching the gates. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alien

The older ones marched through the gates, their heads lowered as if despondent. The bus driver, who had been occupied with paperwork, saw the kids and blanched.
“Hey, why did you kids get off here?”
The kids turned, and the boy spoke. “We have to turn in homework.”
“Here?”
“Yes.”
#lookinmybriefs

The Ten Dollar Girl

“There it is.” The boy pointed to the massive walled complex.
The bus came to a halt by the gates, and the boy and girl exited the vehicle, followed by an adult female and two teenagers. The boy and girl stood by the bus door, hesitant to continue. #lookinmybriefs #alieninvasion

"As their representative, it is my duty to place you in a new abode, but you will continue in your present position. Keys to your new abode will be delivered shortly. Transportation will be provided to your old abode. You may identify and retrieve items belonging to you.” #lookinmybriefs #shortstory

“What will you do to him?”
“He will leave this planet. He will be placed in a position where he cannot harm anyone; probably in the Kuiper belt. His assets are forfeit. You now belong to the Ragoon.”
“To you?”
“No, you belong to our conglomerate." #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion

Jane said with a hint of defiance, “It’s overstated. And he’s not my owner; he’s my husband.”
“The person who caused these injuries to your body is your husband?”
A long hesitation ensured before she whispered, “Yes. But he wasn’t always like that.” #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion

"And in two locations, old burns from the sticks human call cigarettes, are evident. Our conclusion is that the subject has been repeatedly injured by her owner’.”
The alien raised its massive head. “Is this report inaccurate?”
Jane said with a hint of defiance, “It’s overstated." #lookinmybriefs

She was directed to lie on a plastic table that slid through a machine which looked similar to a magnetic resonance imager. Afterward, she was allowed to return to work. She worried about the results of the test for the rest of the day. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion #shortstory

But the next time she wore the sunglasses, it said, “Remove them.”
Her reluctance was obvious by the slow manner in which she complied. The next time she wore a long sleeve blouse it ordered her to remove the blouse. It could tell that the command startled her. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon

“What happened to your eyes?” it asked.
“I had an accident. I bumped into a door.”
The lizard stared at her face, but it didn’t comment. For a human, her work was superior, so it was satisfied. The Ragoon were not encouraged to interfere in the affairs of the subject species.
#lookinmybriefs #alien

A week later she wore them again. Her apparel was unimportant to her job, so the District Supervisor did not comment. She wore a variety of clothing, though the frequency with which she wore sleeveless dresses suggested she favored that style. #lookinmybriefs #talesoftheragoon #alieninvasion #alien

“Do these lights hurt your eyes?” it asked. “I can have them replaced.
“No,” she stammered. “I just… I like the way they look.”
It rolled its massive shoulders; the Ragoon equivalent of a shrug. Jane wore the sunglasses the following two days, and then she left them home. #lookinmybriefs #shortstory