Of course it was aliens. She really didn't want to believe God was enough of a bastard to do this to innocent people. But the aliens were. They had a history of it, after all.
Maddie managed to get to her feet without falling more than once, and brushed herself off. Whoa, vertigo. She grabbed at the guy without thinking, not really thinking falling down was the best idea.
"Thanks, by the way," she said. "In case I forgot." Which she was pretty sure she had.
She actually grinned when he introduced himself. "Oh yeah," she agreed. "I almost dragged my sick ass outta bed for that. I used to listen to you when I was growin' up. Daddy loved your music." Yeah, she'd been raised on a weird mix of old country and hard rock. Which she'd never lost a taste for either. Damned Nirvana, spoiling everybody's fun.
And she needed to stop acting like a stupid idiot fangirl. "I'm Maddie," she continued. "Maddie Rhoades. Sorry, lost my manners in the bottom of a bottle of Jack Daniels, I guess."