Stuck In The Box: The Dawning Of Life

Chapter 3: Look Down Look All Around

"So, you got the hybrid children?" The Halargian general asked. "Yes sir, but they got a companion too. Plus, I don't think they look like children," on of the Halargian officers said. "Is that so? What age range?" The Halargian general asked. "Between 16 and 19, it seems like we abducted them from some sort of college," the Halargian officer said. "No, secondary school, the coordinates lead to a secondary school in some island," the other Halargian officer said, reading the map. The Halargian general took a quick look at the coordinates. "Planet Earth has 7 continents, this one is in Europe. It's in a country called the United Kingdom in a town called Basildon in Essex," the Halargian general said. The other Halargian officers then did research on the individual Wild Boys.

"Interesting," the Halargian officer said. "What is it?" The Halargian general asked. "It seems like not all of them are British, there are some Americans, a Welsh, a few Irish, a Scottish, a Canadian, a few Norwegians, a German and some Australians," the other Halargian officer said. "Interesting," the Halargian general said. "Well, that's mainly because that school is an international school," another Halargian officer said. "That makes total sense," the other Halargian officer said. The Wild Boys then woke up in the dark room which was dimly lit. "H-hello?" Marc called out. "Y'all, where are you?" Richard asked. "Richie, over here!" Bryan called out. The Wild Boys managed to find each other as they gathered in the middle of the backrooms.

"What is this place?" Kim asked. "Have we been kidnapped or something?" Larry asked. "Well, it seemed like it," Magne said. "Guys, follow me, we'll try to find the way out of here," Paul said. The Wild Boys followed Paul through the dark tunnel. "Hello? Is someone there?" Bono yelled out. "Shh, quiet Bono," Paul said. They continued exploring the dark halls. Bono used his enhanced sight to see if there were any exits when he collapsed because of another POTS episode. Thankfully he was on oxygen so he was able to breathe through the nasal cannula on his nose to get the necessary oxygen he needed. "Bono, you alright?" Larry asked. "What happened?" Magne asked, helping Bono up. "He has POTS, he developed it after heart surgery and he's getting worse," Edge said.

"You have a heart condition too, huh?" Magen asked. "Yeah, same for Nicky and John," Bono said. "Not me by the way," Keebs said. "I have Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome caused by paroxysmal tachycardia and John has heart defects," Nicky said. "Oh, so do I, but why do you guys need oxygen though?" Magne asked. "I have pulmonary fibrosis and asthma, Nicky developed severe asthma from the beta blockers," John said. "Geez guys," Magne said. The Wild Boys continued on walking and there was a dead end. "Great, dead end," Susanna said. "There's a ladder connecting to the tunnel," Andy said. "Okay everyone, line up, we're gonna get in one by one but you have to be by my tail," Paul said. "How should we line up?" Hutch asked.

"Err... shortest to tallest," Paul said. "Oh come on, does that mean I have to be up front?" Nik asked. "Actually I should be up front, I'm the shortest out of all of y'all," Susanna said with a smirk. "Glad I'm not that short," Nik said. "Sorry to break it to you but I'm taller than you, Nik," Michael said. "Christ," Nik said. The Wild Boys all lined up and they all climbed the ladder and entered the tunnel. Once they went out of the tunnel, they continued walking through the backrooms. "Can anybody hear us?" Roland asked. "Is there anybody out there?" Simon asked. There was no answer. "G'day," Hutch yelled out. "What?" Andy naively asked. "It's Australian for 'hello,'" Hutch said. "Didn't know you guys have a different language," Maddy said. "It's a different dialect," Tim said.

"Hello!" Kate yelled out. The Wild Boys were frightened, the back rooms were so scary. "God dammit," Dave said, frightened. The Wild Boys continued on walking until they could see arrows pointing towards the exit. "Y'all look, arrows," Debbi said. "Great, now let's follow them," Paul said. That's when they saw some weird markings on the walls. "What the hell?" Terry asked. The wall had a drawing of a face, a window and some writing. It somehow managed to activate Roger's automatic writing powers. "Rog, what's going on?" Chris asked. "It's making me write something in an alien language, I can't read it, not to mention I'm dyslexic," Roger said. Miyagi then chirped out something. "It says stay still, don't move," Curt said, translating what Miyagi said.

"Erm... why?" Edge asked. "Look behind us," Tim said. Everyone turned around and saw an alien monster chasing them. "What the heck?" Adam asked. "What sort of monster is that?" Bryan asked. Jon tried to use his psychometry powers when the monster tried to attack him. The Wild Boys began running through the backrooms. The halls were endless and there was no escape. Tim was shocked when he saw Hutch running faster than usual even with the braces. "How?" Tim asked. "I have telekinetic strength so even though my legs are practically paralysed, I have the power to move them," Hutch said before running. Andy then teleported next to him. "Hello," Andy said. "What sort of gremlin child is he?" Hutch said. "The kid who made the hoverboard," John said.

The Wild Boys continued on running from the monster as their eyes were slowly becoming unusually blue. They reached the staircase to find a way to escape. Once they reached the room connecting to the staircase, they reached an empty house. "Looks like we entered an empty house," Vicki said. Nick looked out the window, it seemed like they were in some flat. "I wonder what this house is all about," Nick said. "We gotta find the exit, follow me," Paul said. The Wild Boys continued on walking through the empty house until they found the exit. "I-it's the exit," Marc said. "Seems like that stammer is about to go away," Jim said. "Okay, how can we cross the gap?" Paul asked. "This is scary," Larry said. "I'll try to levitate, Andy, use your powers to teleport you and everyone to the other side," Kate said.

Kate then levitated, her eyes became blue once more and antennae were appearing. Her ears then became pointed. "Woah," Magne said. "Okay, ready everyone?" Andy asked. "Err okay," Nik said. Andy's eyes became the unusual blue and the antennae appeared, same for the pointed ears. He then used his powers to teleport everyone towards the exit. "Okay, now let's keep walking," Andy said. "Well done, Andy," Kate said. The Wild Boys approached the fire exit only to see more backrooms. "Great, more backrooms," Kirk said. "Now what?" Nicky asked. The Wild Boys just continued walking through the backrooms. "Can you at least try to get us out of the backrooms, Andy?" Pål asked. "Not really, it seems like we're far away from Earth and I can't teleport from far distances, sorry," Andy said.

The Wild Boys were still walking when the same monster began chasing them. They tried to hide but the monster found them, they then tried to escape through the hole.