1988

The Oldsmobile pulled in front of the hospital and came to a halt as the headlights turned off. The child in the backseat looked out of the window staring at the dimly lit hospital.

"Why are we here mom?" The child asked curiously. In the passenger seat the mother turned around and looked at her daughter through her tearful eyes, putting on a smile.

"Everything is fine, Jen. Your friend Peter is inside waiting to see you," Jen's mother said with her voice cracking. Jennifer smiled and eagerly opened her door walking to the double doors of the hospital with her parents coming behind her. She pushed the door open and walked down the hallway hearing crying somewhere, her small head looked down one hallway and she caught sight of her brown haired friend. He was listening to his cassette player, one of the things he would always have with him. As Jennifer got closer, the sobbing grew louder and across from Peter was a room filled with people including Peter's grandfather. Jennifer took the chair next to Peter while her parents went into the hospital room joining the many people that surrounded the single bed. She looked at Peter who was staring at the ground with his music playing loudly.

"Hey, Pete." Jennifer said breaking the silence. Peter acknowledged her by giving a small grin but quickly returned back to his music. He listened to I'm Not In Love by 10cc as his grandfather walked out of the room and kneeled in front of Peter.

"Hey Jen," Peter's grandfather said smiling at her. She smiled back watching his grandfather take off his headphones. Peter looked up at him with an expressionless face.

"Peter, your mother wants to see you." Peter nodded his head and put his cassette player in his backpack and walked next to his grandfather.

"I'll wait here Peter," Jennifer said and Peter looked back at his friend and smiled. She watched Peter standing directly next to the bed with his grandfather behind him. The person lying down handed him as small present which his grandfather took and placed in his backpack. A beeping came from the room and Jennifer watched her mother burst into tears along with Peter who was grabbing at the bed. His grandfather then hoisted Peter up into his arms and carried the struggling Peter out of the room.

"Peter?" Jennifer asked confused. As soon as his grandfather set him down Peter ran down the hallway with Jennifer running behind him.

"Peter!" She called looking for him. She pushed through the double doors and ran past her parents' car looking for him.

"Pete! Where are you?" She shouted searching the area for him. A loud whirring sound filled the air and Jennifer looked where the sound was coming from and saw a spaceship directing a light on Peter.

"Peter!" Jennifer shouted running towards the light as Peter was lifted up. "Peter!" Jennifer repeated and when she reached the light a bright flash blinded her vision and then blackness.

10 Minutes Later…

"Jen? Jen! Wake up!" Peter's voice cried. Jennifer's eyes quickly opened with the sight of Peter's face over hers.

"Pete, what happened?" She asked dazedly.

"I could ask the same thing," a voice said joining in.

"Take us back!" Peter demanded. She slowly sat up and saw a blue headed man standing in front of them.

"I just saved you both! Now get out of my face!" He spat walking away as two men walked toward Jennifer and Peter. Their large hands wrapped around their arms as they carried them away.

"Let us go!" Jennifer shouted struggling against her captor's grasp. She elbowed the man right in his stomach and dropped her onto the metal floor. He immediately took her back in his grasped and brought her to a cell where Peter was already inside. The man closed the door and locked it as Jennifer began to slam her fists on it.

"Let us out!" She shouted.

"Jen!" Peter said. "It's no use; even if we did get out they could kill us." Jennifer stopped and slid down on the door.

"I'm scared Peter," Jennifer said quietly. Peter looked over at his best friend and opened his backpack pulling out his cassette player and walked next to Jennifer.

"I'm scared too," he said sitting next to her. "It'll be okay." He said placing the headphones on her head and playing a song. Hooked on a Feeling began to play and at that moment it seemed the world had stopped and all the fear had slipped away.