I Wish I Met You Sooner

Chapter 3

It was bright, and very cold. Tommy leaned against the person he was tied up against. His eyesight was still a little blurry but he could see the basic layout of the room. The room had three grey, furry walls and a glass-like cover wall that gave them a view of the hallway. The floor was made out of stone. It feels like it's stealing the warmth out of Tommy.

“Hey dude, you okay? I heard you hit your head hard back in the…trailer?” Tommy heard the person behind him. “My eyes are blurry and I’m cold. You?” said Tommy. “Also cold, there's a giant ass pillow in the corner. You think you can stand up and walk a few feet?” said the dude. Tommy groined and tried to stand up. The person realized that Tommy was trying to stand so they got up and started to walk towards the pillow. Tommy and the person plopped down on the pillow.

“So what's your name and pronouns? I’m Dolion, he/they,” he said. “Uh Tommy, he/him,” responded Tommy. The pillow seemed to be more like a bean bag than a pillow. It was dark purple and warm. Tommy supposed this is what they were going to use to keep them warm in this room. It was silent after that, though Tommy guessed that was normal when you just got sold and taken by aliens.

The two kids leaned into the bean bag pillow thing. Tommy had closed his eyes and wondered if Tubbo was okay. “Do you hear that?” Dolion said, making Tommy jump at the sudden noise. Tommy was about to respond but then heard quiet footsteps getting closer. “Are they coming to us?” Tommy asked and he could feel Dolion shrug. As the footsteps got closer, they both seemed to push themselves into the bean bag. Finally, they boys could see 2 beings at the glass like wall.

The figures were like the ones that threw them into the trailer except one had some pair of goggles on. They both had on the gas masks. Apparently Dolion also saw this and said, “No, no, no. No more purple fucking gas that shit was so annoying.” The aliens seemed to ignore him while one with goggles gurgles to the other, “ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ᔑ∷ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖎᔑᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹リᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⚍リℸ ̣ ╎ᒷ.” The one without goggles made a tsk sound and types something on the left side of the glass. The same gas as before entered the room from the roof. Tommy groaned, feeling the same dizzy feeling as before.

There was a section in the glass that made a door. The door was opened from the right side of the room and had a bubble wall that blocked the gas from leaving the room but allowed the aliens to enter. The alien with goggles went towards the boys and cut the rope with a small lazer. The other one stood next to the doorway. After the rope was finally cut, the aliens quickly grabbed the rope and left the room, locking the door behind them. One typed next to the door and the gas started to leave the room.

After all the gas left, Tommy opened his eyes and stretched his arms, liking the lack of rope around his body. “I hate that gas,” said Dolion and Tommy just nodded.

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“It's so quiet,” Tubbo thought as he tried to go to his final class of the day. Even though the hallway was filled with people chatting to their friends while making their way to their classes, Tubbo still felt like it was so quiet. “This school is the best. Give us a non-crowded place to live and daily meals,” a boy said to his friends as Tubbo passed by. “I know right. It is much better than my room at home. I have to share that room with three of my other siblings,” a girl replied back to him.

“You know, I’m kinda glad that Almadia and Wilson ditched,” said the blond girl from before. “Could you imagine them actually being here and enjoying it,” said a boy. The group laughed and one boy said, “No definitely not, they would probably burn down the school just so they could leave.” Tubbo squeezed Henry, who was in his jacket's inner pocket, and carried on through the hallway.