"'They don't want us to leave... they shut everything off.'" (671)
A roar and flash appear out of nowhere. The neighborhood experiences a power cut.
Glide: 3
Rising Action
The neighbors search for the cause of the power loss. Tommy is insisting that an alien family entering their neighborhood and hiding there is to blame.
Glide: 4
Climax
A shadow approaches
Oh God, it wasn't an intruder, It's Pete Van Horn. He's dead!
Charlie fires at the shadow, causing it to collapse. Appliances and lights are now turning on and off.
Glide: 5
Falling Action
"'... I didn't know who he was... How was I supposed to know he wasn't a monster or something?...'" (680)
The neighborhood becomes out of control and turns into an angry mob that breaks windows and takes weapons.
Glide: 6
Resolution
"'... we'll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves. One to the other... one to the other... one to the other...'" (684)
We finally zoom out and get to see aliens in a spaceship. They've set up this situation to turn the humans against each other.