Jason 10: The New World

Prologue

(bit of a short chapter, I know, but it's just to get things rolling so expect a larger one for the next chapter.)

(Edit: the last section of the chapter didn't load the first time so now it's fixed.)

No one POV

???: SEIZE HIM!

Jason: n-no! It wasn't me!

???: MURDERER!

???: LIAR!

???: KILLER!

Pain, exhaustion, adrenaline, coldness........

wake up

Jason POV

Jolting awake, I sharply inhale only to cough hard, feeling like my lungs are aching from bruising. I groan, weakly trying to get up only to feel my arms and legs are restrained. Looking up from my sideways position, I grow confused as there's a....tiger woman?

She is pressed against a wooden wall, shaking in fear. She looks like a white tiger but has cobalt blue hair, only wearing what looks like tattered clothes that seem too big on her.

Me: "hel-cough-llo?" the slight jostling of the box we are in tells me we are moving

The girl, though, doesn't say anything. Managing to sit up, I lean against the wall closest to me with the realization that my arms are tied behind my back

Fiddling with my fingers, I manage to to find the dial to my Omnitrix but the dial doesn't deploy when pressing the button

Me: "ju-cough-st fucking great." turning my attention to the box, it seems big enough to hold more people but there's what looks like large slits to allow air but not big enough to wriggle out of the box through them. Fuck sake, my arm couldn't fit through them, let alone my 6ft 8 frame

Looking back over to the girl, she is still afraid but isn't pressing against the wall like before. Considering the dial of the watch isn't deploying, i doubt the translator is working so that leaves the options pretty slim to converse with her but i have to try. Letting out a few more coughs, i try again

Me: "hey, where are we?" however a banging from above cuts the conversation short

???: "[stay quiet in there.]" i groan as i can't understand the language, stamping my foot in a quick 3 stomp pattern in response

???: "[are we sure this one is a human?]"

???: "[what else would he be?]"

Me: "don't act like i'm not here, it's rude." The two up above keep talking, having no idea what they are talking about but I turn my attention to the girl "hey." she stiffens "i need your help. Can you understand me?"

White Tiger Girl: "<i don't speak human.>" i sigh as she speaks in an alien language too, though hers sounds different from the two outside the box

I turn around, looking over my shoulder while tapping the Omnitrix with a finger. She looks down to my wrist but back up at me again, clearly confused. I point a finger at her before tapping the watch again, rotating my finger in a circular motion

WTG: "<you....you want me to touch your black bracer?>" i repeat the motions again, hoping she'll understand

She hesitantly crawls closer but still a good distance from me. I speak in a soft tone, hoping the more kind tone will make her less hesitant

Me: "I just need you to rotate the dial a few times." i repeat the previous actions with my finger

After a few minutes, she slowly reaches to the watch, fumbling a little bit due to her claws, but starts rotating the dial a few times in both directions