When he woke up, he was in an unfamiliar room; it was quite large with many bunk beds and some children and some familiar faces. Sarah and Aiden were close, Tom did not understand why they would be here, and he felt somewhat groggy after sleeping.
“How are you?” Aiden asked when he realized he was awake.
– Well, why are they here too?
– Most likely, since they don’t know if what happened today is over … Our parents want to keep us safe … – Sarah answered.
-… and what do you know about Adolf?
“He said he would be safe,” Aiden commented.
They did not speak for a while; the three of them kept thinking about what happened today. They did not want to talk to either; the silence was unspoken.
Aiden, who dreamed of participating in the big tournaments, faced extreme danger for the first time. He wondered what things would be like from now on if inter-species matches would be canceled by war; But on second thought, they were supposed to be at war already, and these had been working for quite some time, so a slight hope ran through his mind. He wanted to look just as cool as Tom when he rode Drako.
He imagined himself surrounded by his heroically fighting creatures, a seed of competition directed at Tom was germinating within him.
On the other hand, Sarah continued reviewing the events of the day looking for variables on how she could have acted. She cried helplessly at home. Her teacher arrived later, and he was looking for her. He went to school, arrived in the middle of the combat, and since he did not find her. He went looking for her in the surroundings.
Her parents ordered her to bring her to the base. She hasn’t seen them since she arrived; they just texted her, asking how she was doing and informing her that they were quite busy.
He lost his cool focusing on those events, and at some point, I was hyperventilating. Feeling the agitation, he got up and left the room. Outside there was a soldier standing guard.
– Where are you going, girl?
– To the bathroom.- lied
“Wait a minute.” She saw her ID and marked the way in AR.
– Thank you. – Sarah answered. Who just wanted to walk a little.
He followed the white line that he could see in AR to the bathrooms. She managed to calm down a bit while walking; she was looking for ways to be alone for a moment.
She stayed leaning against the wall for a while; she knew they were probably watching her. It’s not like she wanted to escape from the place or something; again, she just wanted to be with herself. It was what she kept repeating to herself.
Tom and Aiden were still in the room; after a long silence, Aiden asked when Drako had evolved. Tom told him what had happened in the morning, in as much detail as possible.
– What about your companions? Will they evolve or not? – Tom asked as he looked at his friend, who was paying attention to his surroundings.
– Bronk, he can’t yet. And the other two, one already did it before, and the other may be in a while, she’s not sure. – she answered thoughtfully and crossing her arms.
“Ahh … hmm … how long do you think we’ll be here?” Tom commented as he looked at the white ceiling.
– I don’t know … I wonder if these children will be gifted too … do you want to talk to them?
– No, you can go if you want … I’ll be watching the news.
– Ok.- after saying this, Aiden got up and went to talk to the other children in the room
He was looking for videos about what happened in the other cities; there was nothing from when the fighting took place. It took everyone by surprise, or she thought, until she found some videos of the creature fighting the betas seen from some building. It still surprised her enormously that a few moments later, she decided to search the catalog of animals for information about it. Always, she did not find anything; the search engine did not find matches with the creature in the video; it seemed strange to her since it was identified as a creature.
He wondered what had happened to him to be suffering as he did. It made him sad to think that it indeed had to do with humans. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for him to attack them as he did.
Sarah came back about ten minutes later, said she was ordered back to the room. Tom noticed her somewhat absent, despite being with them, but I didn’t know what to do right now. He felt the same way.
On the other hand, Aiden was quite active. I hear him bragging in front of the other children about how he fought the invaders with his creature. Looking back on that, it seemed to Tom that his friend stood out quite a bit, but not only did they all go out of their way not to let them get hurt or taken away.
The rest of the day, nothing significant happened; they brought them food and slept in the facility. The week went on smoothly; they were kept busy and trained; they still hadn’t informed them when they could go home.
He contacted his teacher, who gave him more exercises to work on and informed him that he would be staying in town until Tom graduated. Adolf, on the other hand, was active in their group chat, talking about anything that might distract them. As I read in the news, everything seemed calmer, at least for them.
The global situation was different, in this week, the united and joint government of Vyndra was formed for the first time extra from the tug of war that existed between each of the races until now. The species that lived on the planet and its moons; In addition to some colonies near this solar system that was under the wing of Vyndra, they would undergo a restructuring and form a joint army to counter-attack the invaders actively, this also included the creatures.
The ships they managed to capture were being reverse engineered. A deep cleaning was being carried out in the immigration checkpoints and the general administration, looking for anyone related to the facilitation of the invasion.
The Singularity was also asked to provide information on the creatures that were captured and some bracelets that were stolen. Still, the Singularity refused and maintained its position not to get involved in such matters and continued its investigation to improve its “service.”
A few days later.
Ethius woke up after being unconscious since the invasion; he did not understand where or where he was.
He certainly had enough energy to move, but when he wanted to do it, he could not. He focused his sight on seeing what was preventing him from moving, and he saw two creatures inside from the power cell he was in; he understood that they were holding him back with their powers.
He didn’t fight it; on the contrary, he took a moment to clear his mind. A few minutes later, he mentally addressed these two creatures.
[Where I am?]He asked after realizing that he was probably captured after the destruction he had caused.
[At a military base in the city]The creature that seemed to specialize in psychic abilities replied, he was relatively small, but his gaze showed a great degree of intelligence. After thinking for a moment, he decided to ask.
[Can you tell me what your situation is and what you are?]Some frustration spread within Ethius as he remembered what he had experienced; he understood the apparent fact that these creatures worked with the army. Feeling somewhat exhausted and tired from everything that had happened, he told her everything that he had experienced so far.
As he spoke, he realized that the creature was relaying the conversation. It didn’t bother him too much when he got to the point where he followed the creature carrying a child, he stopped.
He needed to secure a path back to the plane dedicated to the creatures.
[What do you want from me?]He asked after the silence. He then spoke with his vocal cords.
– All I want is to get back to our plane—nothing else.
A few moments later, some humans entered the place.
– If what you say is true. Then we will not last to help you .- commented one of the humans.
– Are you saying that … I’m lying? – I couldn’t believe that they will doubt what I’m talking about.- Do you think we are as vile as humans?
He felt angry, and anger returned to order him to destroy these humans.
– Understand our point of view. All we saw of you was how you attacked the city and …
– Stop. – intervened another. – Excuse me, some of the soldiers you killed were under your command.
– And some will seek some compensation for what happened. Can you point out where that facility you escaped from? ‘Asked another.
Ethius tried to calm himself down. He didn’t understand what they meant by killing. He understood what the word meant, but not what it meant to him. I look at them again, and I notice that the one they silenced was looking at him with anger, and around him, there was a certain vibe different from the rest.
He thought about what they asked him; if he went to the place where he arrived when he entered the city, he would probably remember the way.
But he was not interested in any of that. He just wanted to get out of this world. He needed insurance so he wouldn’t be chained to this place.
“Can you assure me that after that, you will send me to my plane?” I ask.
