With a frown on my face which I wished they could see although I knew that from what the cat said, they probably don't wish was annoying enough, I reluctantly stepped down from the car.
My cat probably did so too because I heard the sound of the door closing. I wished she was nice enough to let me carry her because she got me so worried about her right now.
"Show us your ticket," came the order I had to obey. I pulled out the ticket from the pocket of the black leather jacket I wore and raised it so they could see.
I was very unhappy as I looked around into the darkness that I was forced into. It was very uncomfortable that I could not control the nervous shaking of my legs.
"Please could you put on the lights?" was what came out of my mouth as I wanted to confirm that my cat was not in a bad condition.
"No, that is not going to be possible. We require you to be calm enough. Your luggage and your car will be transported but we need you to remain calm."
My brow furrowed. Why do they keep telling me to remain calm? That simply made the little calmness that I had that prevented me from screaming hysterically evaporate too fast.
The voice of the person asking me to calm down was not the first voice I heard. It was that playful voice that showed whoever it was having fun watching me get do scared and nervous.
At this point, I could swear that there was no way that they could not see us because I was so sure and that made me want to punch whoever the owner of that voice was.
"I told you to calm down. You are clear very agitated right now," that playful deep voice came again.
I wanted to pull my hair in frustration because right now, more than ever, I wanted to know the state of my cat.
"Are you alright?" I asked with my voice unintentionally shaky.
"Yes, I am alright. Just calm down as they ordered," came the reply from my cat.
Finally, I could sigh in relief but not completely because the darkness was suffocating not because I could not see but because I had become so sure that someone was watching us even in the darkness, please what could be more unsettling than this?
"Mr. Relax. Two of my men will go in now and sedate you and your cat because you are not allowed to travel through states while being awake," I heard that playful inform me but this time, with enough presence of seriousness to let me know that he was not joking about the sedation.
I wanted to protest but when I heard the sound of a door opening and I saw light. Tall well-built men dressed in black overalls with gas masks and boots stood in a bright white painted room.
I saw nothing beyond the white wall which is what is expected since it was a wall and not glass.
I don't know if you understand the frustration I felt at that moment because I thought I would be able to see the person who had that voice but I was not seeing anyone.
"They will take care of your luggage. You could check later on if anything is missing," the voice came with another information with so much seriousness that I could almost not recognize it as the voice I heard it earlier.
It suddenly dawned on me that the voice was familiar and I was sure that I heard it in this world.
It did not take long for me to remember that it was the voice I heard in the stadium. Was this person a stalker?
With that, it occurred to me that it was useless for me to search for the owner of the voice because it was just like when I was alone in the large stadium with a presence and a voice but I saw no one.
The person must be giving orders remotely.
I pressed my lips together when the door that gave light and helped me see that the room I was in was large just like my garage but it was empty with its walls painted white just like that room closed and everywhere was dark that I could nothing.
I could feel them get closer and I swallowed. "Relax, Mr. This is how we transport everyone to the next state. You have to be asleep. A simple quick sleep won't hurt," that voice came again.
I wanted to curse at them. When I return back to earth, I will need to go through serious therapy sessions to get this newly acquired angry personality that the mad people of this world has forced on me off or I could become an uncontrolled psychopath.
My mother will definitely figure that out without stress.
She will see the huge difference between her perfect son and the mad man that will returned and immediately get me to talk to one of her psychologist friends since she will believe that she will get to emotional to do it herself.
Oh God! I miss him more than ever and it is saddening.
I remained calm. If the federation which I believed controlled the transportation between states wanted me dead then I will not be able to escape it that was why I gave in and let them inject my neck with whatever the fluid was.
Except the king wanted which I won't be surprised if he desired that then I saw no reason why they will want a significant boy like myself dead.
Well, those were the reasons why I was so calm even as I my body swayed until my legs could not hold my body up anymore and I fell.
Instead of falling to the tiled floor of the garage, I fell into a pair of strong arms. I was shocked as that was least expected by me.