The Balancers

Part 6: New Home, New Friends

My eyes slowly blinked open. I could see wooden planks above me, and a torch was placed on a wall directly above my head. My body was still partially numb. My arms were tingling, and my legs felt weak. 'You ok Alex?' I thought to myself. But she didn't answer. 'Alex?' I asked again. Still no answer. That wasn't a good sign. I slowly sat up, propping myself up with my arms. I looked around the small room I was in. There was a crafting table, a furnace, and a lot of chests. The floor was made of cobble stone, and the walls and roof were made of oak planks. Several torches dotted the walls, providing a warm glow. There was a door at what seemed to be the front of the room. I noticed a window on the other side of the room. I sat up fully and swung my legs of the bed. I gently stood up, and was relived that I could stand easily.  I walked across the room to the window and looked out. I couldn't believe what I saw. Nothing. And I mean a lot of nothing. It was as if the room was thousands of blocks in the sky. Before I could try to figure that out, I noticed my reflection in the window. All the black on me was gone. I almost freaked out. Maybe that was why I couldn't hear Alex. Or what if she wasn't even in me anymore! I felt my energies, and I found the Unknown Energy and that strange energy I could use when I was Balance. I couldn't access the strange energy, but it seemed that I could access the Unknown Energy. 'Maybe if I go back to be Balance I can access that energy, and then I might be able to hear Alex again.' I thought. But as I went to use the energy, the door at the front of the room opened. I turned and got ready to fight.

"Oh! Your awake!" was the first thing the steve said. He wasn't any kind of steve I had ever seen. He looked similar to the Red Steves, but he was a darker hue of red. He almost looked reflective as well. "You've been out for over a day now. I was getting worried."

"Who are you?" I asked. I was still ready to fight, because based on what I saw from the window, the only way to go was through that door, and this steve was in the door way. "Also what is this place, and how did I get here?" I added.

"Oh yes, sorry." he said. He stepped farther into the room. "My name is Ruby Steve." he answered. I had never heard of a Ruby Steve. 'Why would my bosses not tell me about them?' I wondered. "As to where you are, I'm not fully sure. Whatever this place is, it's called Rainbow Realm. A lot of steves got brought here yesterday. In fact you showed up right after me, and I was one of the first ones here!" That was a lot of information that wasn't all that helpful. "Anyways what's your name?" he asked. I wondered if I should tell him, or at least what parts. I remembered what I had done with the Unknowns and Blanks. If I told the truth, and they still trusted me, then they were a true ally. And I had a strong feeling that I would be needing allies in this new place.

"My name is Light Steve." I said. Ruby Steve had a puzzling look on his face. I hoped I hadn't just made a mistake.

"I thought you were a Light Steve at first." He finally said. "But you're so much brighter then all the other Light Steves here." 'There's  more Light Steves here!' I thought. I don't know how I felt about that. Most Light Steves didn't trust me because of how bright I was. I was getting ready to ask about who else had come, but he kept talking. "Hey! You should come with me to what we're calling "The Main Islands". There's a lot of steves there! And a lot of strange people." That last part was strange, but I decided that going to see others would probably be the best course of action.

"Ok then, let's go." I replied. He nodded, smiled and then walked up to me. "I thought you said we were going somewhere?" I asked. 

"We are. We can teleport there. Just think about going back to where you were when you first showed up." Ruby said. That might be hard. I was fading out of consciousness when I arrived here. In fact I just realized that Ruby hadn't asked me about that. But I figured as long as he didn't ask, there was no point in explaining it. I closed my eyes and focused. I could teleport on my own, so other then knowing where I was going, this would be easy. I felt the familiar feeling of my body moving through the realm between realms for a split of a millisecond. When I opened my eyes, I was standing back on the glass, with the large colorful sign in the distance. Ruby appeared next to me a few moment later.