Fandango is the host of this flash fiction challenge. Fandango says:

Write a relatively short flash fiction piece inspired by the photo. While there are no definitive style or word limits, I suggest trying to keep your posts to under 300 words. If this picture inspires you and you wish to participate, please write your post, use the tag #FFFC, and link back to this post.

Jeremy was a 25 year-old waiter who made good tips because of his looks, charm, and excellent serving skills. He’d been working at Bubba Phat’s for seven years now. He made sure to take an adventurous vacation for two weeks every year. This year he was headed to Nepal to climb in the mountains. He had the best time of his life and even found a previously undiscovered cave which was making the headlines, as a cache of futuristic looking equipment was found in it.

A few days after Jeremy returned home, the headaches began. Within a week, Jeremy was riding through an MRI with EKG machine. In a sedated state while in the machine was when the visions began. Jeremy was another person in his visions, an older man with a bald head, who was the captain of a space ship. One time he was captured by aliens, then held in a restraining chair. Electrodes were installed all over his head by the aliens.

A month later, Jeremy was sleeping more than he was awake. The aliens made him take the space ship he commanded to their home planet, where they invaded the minds of his crew. Next they headed the ship towards Earth. There were so many minds waiting…