My friend is a slime, so what?

Part 6: Egg

The last thing I remember before I found myself trapped in this darkness, the last thing I remember, was being in the middle of Oka class. It was a particularly uneventful day, the kind of day you wouldn't expect an explosion to go off in your classroom. After that, I woke up here. I don't know how long I panicked, believing I was kidnapped or some other strange thing. It could have been hours, days, weeks, even, but after a while, I just grew tired and accepted my fate. I was trapped in here. The best I could do was to make the most of it. First, I focus on figuring out where I am. At first, I thought I was in some kind of purgatory for all that bullying I did to Wakaba, but slowly I realized that wasn't the case.

Once I calm down enough to perceive my surroundings, the first thing I notice is that I'm floating inside some thick liquid, yet somehow I can breathe just fine, even if it feels weird once I become conscious of it. Then I tried to feel how far it went, which wasn't that far, as I felt around, so I could make out the shape of what this is. I'm trapped inside an egg. Well, not trapped, more like incubating. Did I reborn inside an egg? I found it hard to believe, but you can't fight the facts when you are literally trapped inside of them. Still, what type of egg is it? Crocodile? Bird? What is that thing with a beavertail and a beak? I felt myself around, and the first thing I found was a big pair of floppy ears! Of all the things I could feel on myself, that was the last thing I was expecting. What kind of animal is born from eggs and has floppy ears!?

All this self-exploration is leaving me with more questions than answers. I have been turned into a lizard with floppy ears. There's nothing like it on Earth, as far as I can tell, but my train of thought was quickly derailed when I felt the egg move around a little before a soft growl echoed all around me. What was that? Is something going to eat me?! I brace myself, unsure what to expect from whatever it is, but after a while of small nudges and the occasional growl, I realize that whatever it is isn't interested in eating me; perhaps it is my new mother? Either way, a part of me is relieved that there is a world outside my egg, and someone is looking after me. It's kind of a relief. Still, I wonder how long it will take until I can hatch.

As I was being incubated, not much happened around me. It gave me a lot of time to self-reflect on who I was in the past, everything I lost, and the kind of person (or well, monster) I wanted to become when I hatched. Sadly, that time of self reflection was interrupted by a loud roar, and the entirety of my small egg-shaped world was shaking around! I don't know what is happening around me. I hear panting, running, and distant roaring and stomping, which I presume is my mother chasing me. I've been stolen! No no! Put me back, you thief! I'm not ready to become an omelette! I try to wiggle free from the thief's grasp as the sound of my mother chasing us becomes more and more distant, until I can't hear her! No way! Put my back up right now, you thief!! I was kidnapped! If I wasn't stuck in this egg, I would beat you into a pulp! As I continued to try to wiggle my egg free, I felt a sudden jank and an abrupt stop before I felt as if I had dropped. I braced myself, afraid that my shell would break, but thankfully, the shell was hard enough to endure the fall, and the liquid kept me from smacking against the said shell.

I move toward the shell of my egg and place one of my ears against it, trying to hear what is happening outside. I pick up on the faint sound of the thief thrashing around and screaming in panic in a very human manner, so whoever that thief is, they are definitely human, or at least very close to human. Did something get him? Was it my mother? No, she sounded too big to catch someone so silently. Perhaps another, more stealthy creature? I really wish I could peek outside of my egg now! But then I hear how the struggle and screams start to die down until it becomes completely silent out there. Hello? Mister or Lady Thief? Are you still out there? Helloo!? Don't let me be all by myself here! Hello! Is anyone out there? I try to scream, but all the liquid I'm constantly breathing inside my egg keeps it all muffled. I try to crack open the egg with my hands, but it is not used. But soon, I hear something skittering around me, and I go completely still. What is that? It let out a weird noise, and once again, everything went silent for a while before I heard something bouncing? It makes an odd noise like a bouncing water balloon. What are those noises around me?