The ground stopped shaking immediately after it had digested both James/Edmund, Miller, and the officer.
Miller was the first to fall. It was as if, when falling, gravity had no effect on him. His body fell as if it had no weight. If the place had gravity, Miller would have broken his body because he was a regular human. As Miller fell and realized he hadn't broken any bones, before he could even stand, James had fallen on top of him.
"Get off me!" He shouted at Edmund/James.
"I will; there is no need to be rude," Edmund said in an annoyed tone. Immediately, Edmund got off his body, and the officer came landing on Miller's body this time. Miller was extremely confused as to why this had happened to him. The officer's suit was kind of heavy (although it was not heavy to the user), so Miller felt a little pain.
"Get up!" he shouted at the officer. The officer, realizing he was on top of the kid, immediately stood up.
When they all stood, they dusted their bodies and they could all see that the place they were in was so strange that it was unrecognizable even to the Anti-Meta's Human Officer AI.
[PLANET: UNKNOWN]
[LOCATION: UNKNOWN]
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The three of them could see a faint blue light coming from afar. "We should walk towards that," the officer said as he pointed in the direction of the light with his right hand.
They then walked in that direction. When they reached the source of the blue light, they were all shocked by what they saw.
It was as if they had entered another civilization. They could see buildings that looked like pyramids, and they were also gigantic in size. It was a city. The place had no natural light source, but they had an artificial light source, which was the buildings themselves. The buildings emitted a blue light.
Inside one of the gigantic buildings, a group of alien beings came out, precisely five. Their skin was blue in color, and they were around the same size as a regular human. They all wore white cloth that looked like a robe. The aliens' eyes were totally black, and they had no eyebrows. The aliens were standing in front of the trio.
James/Edmund and Miller were a little scared because they had never seen an alien before. The officer himself had a lot of courage, but he was still scared underneath because he did not know the powers of these mysterious beings (if they had any), and he was only one officer. Judging from the number of gigantic houses in the area, he could not even guess how many they were.
The aliens were now walking toward them slowly.
[RACE: ?????]
[ABILITIES: ??????]
[WEAKNESS: ??????]
The officer's System AI also knew nothing about the aliens right in front of them.
"If you have no information about these aliens, how do you expect us to defeat them, and we cannot even contact the others at the base?" The Officer said to his System AI.
Earlier, before they fell, he had also tried to reach the others at the Anti-Meta Human Officers' base, but he could not. It was as if this weird planet did not want him to leave. No network and no information about this planet. It was like survival of the fittest. If the System AI knew the aliens' weaknesses, it could have been good for the officer, so that he would have known how to defeat them. But right now, there was nothing.
"Greetings, Humans," the strange alien beings spoke to them. The officer, who was more knowledgeable about how space worked than the others, was more shocked. He had never heard of an alien that spoke the human language, except if taught maybe. The aliens in front of them had just spoken the human language, and it was good English. Normally, an alien would need a translator device to communicate with humans.
The officer and the other two behind him did not answer. "We are not here to intimidate you or anything. Our supreme commander just wants to see you," the five aliens now spoke simultaneously to them.
"Why should we trust you, and why should we follow you?" the officer asked them. He did not want to budge a bit.
"You have to follow us; it's a command," one of the aliens said, who looked slightly taller than the rest of them.
"And if I don't, what would you..." The officer could not complete his sentence as he was now holding his throat, and he could no longer breathe.
(NOTE: THIS PLANET IS MADE OF OXYGEN, NITROGEN, AND CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS WHY HUMANS CAN ALSO BREATHE HERE)
The officer had now fallen on the floor and could no longer breathe. Not only that, but now he could feel his throat squeezing. It was now clear that the aliens' powers were related to telekinesis.
Suddenly, the squeezing had stopped, and now the officer could breathe.
"Is there any more objection?" the tallest alien said as he looked at both James/Edmund and Miller.
James/Edmund and Miller both nodded their heads, indicating a "Yes." They were too scared to even oppose them after seeing what they had easily done to an Anti-Meta Human Officer. 'What possibly could we do?' they thought to themselves as they followed the aliens. The officer also stood up and followed them from behind. He was still holding his throat, and he could still feel a little pain.
They had been escorted into a strange building. The building had artifacts and designs that were strange to mankind. They were taken into a room, and inside the room, they saw someone who sat at a podium, which indicated he might be their king.
Inside these rooms were bones that were almost the size of a blue whale. The bones were scattered all over the room, but if put together, they would be close to the size of a big blue whale. The bones were crafted to form scary-looking creatures that were also not known to mankind.
When the trio had entered the room, the sight of those scary-looking bones sent shivers down their spines. 'Are we going to be eaten?' they thought. At this point, even the officer was scared.
NOTE: THE OFFICER HAD NOT FOR ONCE REMOVED HIS HELMET, SO MILLER AND JAMES/EDMUND HAD NOT YET EVEN SEEN HIS FACE.
At the high podium, a male from their species was sitting there. He had a big tummy, unlike the rest of them. The trio was now standing in front of him, all scared, but they showed a little confidence through their faces.
The alien with the big tummy scratched his tummy and then started speaking to them. He spoke to them in his language, and the trio did not understand a thing.
"You have to speak in the Human language, specifically English for them to understand," said one of the aliens who had brought the trio in.
"Okay, I thought they were even understanding what I was saying," the alien with the big tummy said to himself.
He scratched his chin and then started saying: "I am Balcurus of the Mevorotrians, the second-highest commander of the Mevorotrians order. Bow to show your respect."
They immediately complied and bowed their heads to show their respect. When they raised their heads, he stated:
"You humans were caught trespassing on our territory, and for that, your punishment will be to fight in the Tournament. Anyone who doesn't comply will become our feast.
There are three of you right now, but only one of you will leave this place alive because, in the tournament, you will all fight until death. The more opponents you kill, the better your chances of leaving this planet. GOOD LUCK."
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE RELEASED ON MONDAY 00:00 GMT+1