When Balcurus said those words, it sent shivers down their spine. 'how can we survive a fight till death with these beings.' they thought to themselves.
They were led to a room after the chubby extraterrestrial finished chatting with them. The room was for all of the inmates. The area was so vast that up to 100 individuals could fit inside, and there were now roughly 79 fighters there.
Inside the room, there were boulders carved to look like seats, tables, and a bed. The aliens actually left the prison underground, so it was no surprise that the prison looked like that.
There were no Mevorotrians among the prisoners.
When they arrived at the prison, the inmates began mumbling to one another. The aliens within did not speak English, but the trio could comprehend since there were translator gadgets in every part of the chamber. These high-tech devices, which resembled radios, enabled the aliens inside the room to communicate with one another.
These radio-like gadgets were also used by the Mevorotrians to communicate with their prisoners.
"who the hell are these guys?"
"New ones, i can tell"
"More prisoners wow, just wow".
They all started to murmur to each other, immediately The Officer, James/Edmund and Miller entered. James/Edmund had been a little scared for Miller, James had learnt that he was what the society referred to as 'Mutants'. Miller was not a Mutant from what he knows, because miller was scared of him when he found out he was a Mutant. Miller was also scared of how he could fight in this place to him, he was the first that was going to die.
The trio walked and sat on a seat made of pebbles. They did not sit with the aliens; instead, they sat close to one another.
"HELLO, "Are you the newbies?" said an extraterrestrial. The creature stood about 183 centimetres tall. The extraterrestrial had three eyes, all of which were black in the middle. The eyes were at the location where a hunan forehead is located, the alien had no nose, but he had two holes at the end of his cheeks that were used for hearing and also smelling things around it. It had a tiny mouth like a four year old human child. He also had a large chest that was naked, and he wore what appeared to be a black short trouser that barely passed his kneels. The extraterrestrial body was comprised of rocks, just like the environment surrounding them. The skin color of the extraterrestrial was dark red.
They could not all talk because of the extraterrestrial that was so close to them, but the officer had the confidence to speak.
"We are," the officer said to the extraterrestrial.
"My name is Zabat," he added, extending his hand for them to shake. His hands had only two fingers and a large thumb that was bigger than the rest.
Shaking the alien in front of him, the officer pretended not to be afraid.
The extraterrestrial smiled broadly and shook both James/Edmund and Miller after shaking the officer. Miller did not feel comfortable shaking him, but he did so to avoid appearing harsh.
The trio were still uneasy, but it didn't stop the zabat from sitting next to them. He sat next to James, who was on the left side. This made James feel even more uneasy.
Other aliens, James noticed, were also staring at them.
"Do you have any special abilities or are you going to use weapons?" While facing them, the extraterrestrial inquired.
Miller was relieved to hear that there would be weapons, but his concern was that if the aliens were more competent than him, and if the weapons they employed were unknown to mankind, would they teach him how to use them or leave him to his own devices?
"We don't have any special abilities, but can we see your weapons?" the officer asked the extraterrestrial.
James wanted to inform the alien in front of him that he had powers, but since the officer was trying to keep it a secret, he decided it was best if he did the same.
"You can only choose your weapons during the tournament," the alien explained. "We fight in the tournament centre..."
Miller interrupted him, so he couldn't finish his statement. "How do you fight, do you pick who you fight with, do you fight in groups?" Miller was curious if he could fight alongside the others.
"No, you have to fight by yourself, except you are two separate individuals connected like that guy over there" the alien said these words while also pointing at an alien at his far Right.
The alien he pointed at was not humanoid in appearance instead it looked like a worm that was made of some kind of liquid. It had two faces. His faces had no eyes, the only thing you could see on his face was a mark that looked like a K. The alien could only communicate to others using telepathy. The alien had no legs, it just looked a worm. The two heads of the alien were two beings that were connected in one body. When Edmund saw this, he said to James: "it just looks pretty much like us, but we are better than this in appearance."
Edmund was still the one in control of the body not James.
When Miller saw the alien, he felt a little disgusted as to his appearance.
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The trio and the Zabat were still sitting close to each other silently for up to an hour or two.
Then suddenly a sound broke the silence. It was the sound of the doors opening, The doors were also made of rocks. When the doors opened a Mevorot who was around 182 centimeters tall started speaking:
"Dinner would soon be served, so you all should go and sit at the big table".
Immediately he said these words he left and the doors closed Behind him, the prisoners were now moving to the big table.
The big table was a table at the end of the room that was long and wide that it could contained up to four thousand people, the table was made of also rocks.
The trio and Zabat went to the table and sat next to each other, Miller was facing the alien that looked like worm with two heads and it almost made him throw up, but he held it back in.
"What kind of food are they going to give us, i hope it's not what they ate, because looking at them, i am not sure we eat thesame kind of food" James said to Edmund inside their head.
"You are Right" Edmund said back to James.
While they were still sitting on the table, the top of the ceiling started to open and both food and plate fell to the table. The plates were also made of rocks, the food were not known to mankind, the food looked yellow in colour like a human catarrh, it was thick as soup and was stretchy like it was made with okra, it was also boiling hot. Just from the looks of the food, they were not even ready to try it out. the food reminded them of human mucus.
"I am not hungry, you can have my food" Edmund said to Zabat who was sitting at his right enjoying his meal. This was The first time Edmund had spoken to Zabat.
Zabat was hungry but he did not want to look selfish, so instead of accepting it he said: "I would have accepted it on a normal day, but you need food to fight in these tournaments"
James who did not want to eat the food said: "No i insist, i am already full".
"James, you have to eat please" Zabat replied. Zabat actually wanted to take the food, but he knew taking the food would make him look selfish. They were only given food once a day in the prison, which was particularly in the evening and this planet.
While they were still arguing who should eat the food, another alien came from behind and took the food from James and swallowed it in one gulp. The fact that the alien took the food without asking made both of them offended.
Zabat wanted to retaliate but immediately he saw the alien in front of him, he just sat back quietly like nothing happened, but this didn't stop James from standing up and trying to confront the alien.
"Who the fuck do you think you are and why the hell did you do that!" James shouted at him.
The other aliens were puzzled they knew the alien in front of James, they were all shocked as to why James could gather the courage to talk to this very alien.
The alien did not even respond to James before slicing him in two with a sword he was carrying behind him.
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