AJRMAN
Strange Happenings
Today was an odd day for me. My neighbors, two doors away from me, have always seemed very nice. A man and woman, probably husband and wife, have always greeted me when I passed. I've lived here in this complex for five years now, and I have never said more than "Hello" to them. They leave their door and blinds open. Inside the apartment are stacks of boxes, but the general feeling is always of warmth. They are most likely in their late sixties, but blast Pop music from their stereo system, which I always find amusing. One time when it was New Years Eve, about to become the year 1999, they played Prince's song 1999 at midnight. It was kinda cool. But today however my thoughts about them are a little disconcerting.
Their door mat is one that says "Welcome Earthlings", which is funny. I always thought of them to be a little eccentric. But a week ago, as the husband was leaving his apartment, I noticed on his shirt a name tag. It had his name, but underneath it read "Alien Resident". Below that it had a number, like a serial number. I thought it was funny at first, but I noticed on the man's arm a tattoo, with the same number on it. I said my usual "Hello's" and walked to my apartment. I turned and caught him staring at me, a weird smile, not the usual Grand fatherly smile he always gave me.
I told Javier about this, and he laughed at my concern. He told me they were just a cute little couple who were a bit weird. Maybe he's right. I don't know. I've been taking some drugs to help with my energy levels while I continue my Radiation Therapy. I've been feeling lethargic recently, but the Doctor said I shouldn't worry. This was all normal, in fact I was doing above normal he said. But the pills still made me feel a bit high sometimes and hyper. So maybe my sudden fascination with my neighbors is due from my drug consumption. That's what Javier thinks anyway.
I wouldn't of paid too much attention to them, but since that day "things" have been happening to me. Two days after I saw the tattoo, I caught Mr. Bentley ( that's the tattoo man ) and Mr. Kyle going through boxes that are in a storage room next to Mr. Bentley's apartment. When I walked by I noticed that they we're reading papers with strange letters on them. It looked like Egyptian writing, but what do I know. I have no idea what that writing looks like, but it that's how it looked. When I walked and casually peered over their shoulders, they both turned around quickly and put the papers behind their backs. Now, that really isn't what I'm concerned about. It's none of my business right? The thing that I AM concerned with is that BOTH Mr. Bentley and Mr. Kyle seemed to be reading the papers. Mr. Kyle is blind. He even had his "Shades" on his head as if he couldn't read the documents with the glasses on. Weird huh. Wait, there's more.
Yesterday, I awoke to frantic chirping. I tried to ignore it, but the chirping and flapping seemed to be coming directly above me. I opened my eyes and found a Canary flying in my bedroom. I jumped out of bed ran to the hallway and closed my bedroom door. This wasn't good. I needed to get that bird out. My first thought was to kill the bird. Smash it. But then I would have to clean the mess up. Blood stains are always hard to get out of your carpet. Not that I would know. I went into the living room opened the blinds so the bird could see the light, and opened my bedroom door. The bird was still flying around, but he saw the light in the living room and flew towards it. I then closed the door to the hallway trapping the bird in the room. I opened the front door, and seconds later the Canary flew out. I walked to my front door to close it. On the other side of my complex I saw Mr. Kyle staring at me, with his "Blind" eyes. He looked directly at me and smiled. He then took out his "Seeing" cane and proceeded to his apartment. I stood in front of my apartment in my pajamas watching him slowly walk to his home. Was he mocking me? For five years, I always thought he was blind. But obviously he wasn't.
Today is the weirdest day of all. I get back from my treatment today, and as I'm walking to my apartment I look again at Mr. Bentley's door mat. Like before it read "Welcome Earthlings", but this time I noticed the Canary. Just one, in mid-flight with a U.F.O and a planet trailing it. Is this fucking weird or what? I'm a little scared and curious right now. Javier's coming by tonight, to sleep over. But I think I may want to spend the night at his house. He has to think this is odd, right? Or maybe I'm losing my mind.