Stooges in Space: Science Fiction

The buzz or the clank; one of the two woke her up, but she was never sure which it had been. Later, after it was all over, when she was trying to reconstruct it in her mind it got all mixed up in the dream she was having, a perfectly pleasant dream of home right up until the strange sounds intruded. When she woke up, at first she thought she was still dreaming. She was floating in a capsule room on the space station, far, far away from earth, and there was no good reason that three strange men dressed as the stooges should be in her room. She just stared at them. And then she heard the faint buzzing again and saw their outlines waver a little, and she saw the chain that had clanked to the floor between them, and she saw the handcuffs, and she knew that dream or no dream, now would be a good time to scream.

Inspiration: "United Nations Etc. Etc." by Meat Beat Manifesto
Story Potential: Medium
Notes: Aliens choosing "reassuring" appearance based on television transmissions.