I'd felt that feeling and tasted that taste before as I quickly realized I had been stunned by a police gun. Instantly, everything went black. And being that I was pretty damn drunk, I wasn't surprised that I didn't see it coming. After an unspecified time of unconsciousness, I found myself in some small, poorly-lit room being interrogated and bitched out at the same time. At first I thought I was in trouble for vaporizing the robot. But it turns out they weren't interested in that. Good, cause that fucker had it coming. No, it was the alien. Dammit, I can't even get shitfaced anymore without pissing off someone. And it's not even my fault… this time. Well, the authorities let me know a few things about what I'd done, you know, the trouble I caused. Seems that the alien in question was performing some kind of a 'first contact' ritual. It was something peaceful and special. Fine, but I couldn't understand a damn thing it was saying. 'But what about the massive shit storm on the floor?', I asked. 'How do you explain that?'. Actually it wasn't shit. The alien was pregnant and had decided that in an act of beauty and kindness, it would deliver its brood right here on Earth. And for some reason, it picked the very spot that I just happened to be in. Oh, wonderful. They told me that I needed to consider the fact that in the customs of this alien's species, it's a blessing to give birth like that. Fine, but those police guys never actually got to see it happen, or smell it either. It was fucking repulsive! Again, I responded with my usual 'how was I supposed to know'. The next hour really sucked. I was still feeling the effects of being stunned. On top of that my buzz was wearing off. Not to mention the fact that those authority guys were in my face bitching about how I had started some intergalactic event. Then they hit me with the punchline: I was now on the hook for 50 years of hard labor on some shithole planet in the middle of nowhere. Actually, considering what I had just experienced, that might be an improvement. email: [email protected] web: www.michaeloster.com