Cross Worlds (Hiatus)

Chapter 1-1: "In an Unrecognizable Place" (Side- Reality)

I stare at my reflection in the mirror for a good couple of minutes. I can't be sure if the person staring back is really me. Sure my messy, dark brown hair, emerald green eyes, and, the shape of my face are all the same, but that's it aside from my height.

"Did I...travel to the future or something..? Maybe some new technology was used on me and my body was aged..? I don't look any older though...just more muscular... Maybe I was experimented on..? Gah! I don't know!" I nearly bang my head against the wall before I remember I'm supposed to be quiet.

I slowly peek my head out of the bathroom door and listen for any voices or footsteps, but I hear neither. "Before I decide to continue exploring, I should probably try to find some clothes to wear..." I think to myself, looking down at the state I'm in and blushing.

I head back to the room I was in before and look through the closet. Low and behold, there are several pairs of clothes that all fit me. I'm really starting to think that I was experimented on and they took all my measurements. "Maybe I'm in some kind of testing house or something..?" I sigh at the many possibilities of what's going on. Why me? I throw on a comfortable pair of jeans, a white t-shirt, and a brown coat. There are no coats with hoods, so I decide to throw on a dark green scarf as well. The more covered up I am, the more comfortable I feel.

I notice a small device on one of the drawers beside the bed I woke up in and pick it up. It looks to be a smart watch of some sort. The watch lights up the instant I pick it up, displaying the time, day, and date, like most smart watches do. It's currently 7:15 a.m., Saturday, September 15th 20XX. The date matches perfectly with the day it should be, so time travel is out of the question. So it looks like "I'm being experimented on and watched" it is! The smart watch doesn't look to be dangerous, so I equip it to my avatar and prepare for battle.

I spent a good ten minutes sneaking around the entire house, but I didn't find any other people. What I did discover is that I'm in a two-story house. Aside from all the rooms upstairs, there's also a kitchen with an automatic glass door in the back that leads to a deck, and a small lounge area with what looks to be a television. Downstairs is a much larger lounge area with a larger television-like screen and more devices that I have no idea how to explain. There's also another bathroom, what looks to be a laundry room, and a literal elevator that goes back upstairs and down to the basement. I checked the basement too of course, but it was just an empty room, almost like a bunker of some sort. What I didn't find were cameras, and I looked everywhere for those.

"Alright...maybe I'm being spied on with nanobots?" If there could be question marks above my head, there definitely would be some right now. Before I think about what's going on, I should probably be thinking about the whys of each of these scenarios.

Who would want to kidnap and experiment on me? The only thing I can think of would be because I live alone and have no social connections to speak of. However, there's no way they'd be letting me live this comfortably. If this is a virtual world or something, why wouldn't these imaginary people just ask me to test it for them rather than force it on me? I know I'm not dreaming because I've pinched myself a multitude of times since I started wandering around. Regardless, what kind of top secret agency would be interested in a boring individual like myself? And without a word to me about it? Not even some kind of threat to force me into it? And I highly doubt they could set all of this up and kidnap me from an apartment complex with ease.

It just doesn't make sense for someone like that to go after someone like me aside from not having any friends or family. "Unless... Maybe I was kidnapped and experimented on because of my parents..?" I frown as the thought of "family" seeps into my mind. "I need some fresh air..." I sigh and run my hand through my hair before walking out onto the deck in the kitchen. The second I step outside I immediately notice this strange blue glow around the house and deck, fading in and out of view. At this point I'm not even fazed by all the weird technology I'm seeing anymore and conclude this is some kind of advanced bug zapper.