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It had happened so fast that it didn’t even register. The neck breaking speed that your body was sent to should've killed you, yet the tight hand gripping your skull wouldn’t allow an inch to move. You couldn’t even scream, or at least you think so. The sound would have been left miles behind before it could travel to your ears so all you could trust was your hoarse throat.
The sensation had stopped as soon as it had started. Your body was still so overwhelmed that you instantly fell to your knees and vomited over what looked to have been a pristine white floor. Attempting to get your bearings as your body reeled against multiple sensations. It smelled obnoxiously clean, as if a substance 10x stronger than bleach was used and scrubbed a million times, yet there was still a faint scent of gore that lingered. As if it could never truly be scraped out. It almost made you throw up again, it was either that or the whiplash. It was extremely bright, unbearably shining against the stark white flooring. The large overhead fluorescent-like lights burning against the pale space was enough to make you keel over if you weren’t already down. You wiped your mouth and looked around, noticing a tall muscular man with one eye staring down at you. A look of insignificance plastered on his face.
“Are you done?” Was all he said. You wanted to give a response, but you knew that was a bad idea as the bile started to encroach upon your throat once again. He rolled his eyes and sighed. “You need to be presentable for the Grand Regent.” He spoke, snapping his fingers at a person in the corner. At first it looked like a person, but the closer it came to you its purple face and many tentacles made itself apparent.
“What the fuck!” You shouldn’t have been that surprised. Honestly that wasn’t the most shocking thing you’ve seen that week. It was more so directed to the man with the thin mustache and red eye. “Where the hell am I? What the fuck is going on?”
As the purple alien began to clean up your mess, he responded condescendingly. “The Grand Regent wanted to see what was so special about humans and you, somehow, were chosen by him.” He gripped your shirt that was drenched in sweat and dragged you to a window that showed only clouds. “We are approaching space, so there is no escape. I am telling you this because if you try to leave, you will die.”
He had said it so matter-of-factly. So clear and concise that you started to believe it. You could feel your head start to swirl as the ship lurched forward and a speaker overhead spoke “prepare for launch.”
“We won’t go far.” The man said. “He still needs to monitor over the planet.” The large window showed the Earth in all its glory as it began to shrink. The idea of even seeing the planet, let alone so small, was so intense you started to become lightheaded. You stumbled on your feet as the ship lurched forward, the tight grip on your collar being the only thing keeping you from falling down. Information was overloading your brain, leaving you unable to focus on anything besides where your house would be as it shrank more and more.
“Humans, so” the man paused thinking of the right word to use, “Fragile.” He let go, seemingly disgusted by how drenched your shirt was as he wiped his hand on his suit.
“Here.” A suit was given to you from another alien with purple skin. It was similar to the aliens, the dark brown color contrasted greatly against the walls and flooring. It didn’t match the one eyed man’s outfit, who wore a pristine white, it appeared that there was a class divide and you were lesser. It was soft at least, softer than anything you’ve ever touched before. “I’ll give you some privacy.”
The man turned around, you weren’t given the option to refuse which was a common theme already. Just as you had started to undress you heard another door open behind you. Your face turned flush as you were caught with your pants down. You scrambled to put the brown one piece on as the one eyed man greeted the person who entered.
“Grand regent!” He said, surprise in his tone. You glanced up to get a peak of this grand regent. He had a permanent scowl affixed on his face. It was clear that he never unclenched his jaw, not even in sleep. If he slept at all. His eyes were a deep brown and he was incredibly fit. His form towered over your own, it didn’t help that he floated a foot off the ground. His uniform was red and white, it was similar to Omni-Mans but with a more intricate cape. He also had a mustache like Omni-Man, however his appearance was drastically different. He had a buzz cut and no grays. He also seemed bigger if that was possible. His muscles threatened to pop out of the tight fabric he wore. Even compared to the other man, who could bench press you without breaking a sweat, he was a giant.
“You may leave Kregg.” He never turned to the other man, his eyes always facing towards your frame. The one eyed man left without another peep.
A moment passed before he spoke again. “Name.” You were taken aback by how direct his question was. It wasn’t even asked, it came across more as a command. You didn’t want to share that information, but you also didn’t want to find out if he could snap your neck like a twig either. So you choose the only real option afforded to you. He had just huffed in response to the answer, not giving his own in return. He floated away.
“Come.” He commanded, not even turning around. As you rushed to his side he continued talking. “I am a Viltrumite. Do you know what that is?”
“Oh like that Invincible guy and his dad.” After you had said that name, the air had shifted. The rage emanating off of him was so intense it almost brought you to your knees.
“Yes.” He muttered through gritted teeth. “Like him.” It was said with so much venom and malice that you instantly understood that you should not bring the subject back up. “There are few of us left, so we came to Earth to get our population back to a suitable number. Your race is the most compatible with ours.”
You nodded along as if this wasn’t insane information being shared. Why were you here if all he wanted to do was breed, does his race work differently? Is he the one who got pregnant? Last time you checked you couldn’t. You didn’t know how to bring this up, so you didn’t.
“You are here so I can see why every Viltrumite who has come into contact with your planet has betrayed their own.”
You continued your walk in silence. The giant spaceship was mostly empty, the only things on the walls were windows showing the great vastness of space. It would have been beautiful to look at if it weren’t for the current circumstances. You instinctively leaned towards the man, as if he would protect you. He peered down at you as you did. After a few more minutes you arrived at a door.
“This is where you will stay.” He put his hand to the door and it opened. The room was larger than your entire apartment. The bed was large enough for you to span across it entirely and still have room. There was even a bathroom and a TV. The walls were a sterile white and there was a large window that looked out into the vast nothingness that was space. You gripped your clothes tightly as his form loomed behind your own.
“Kregg informed me your kind enjoyed, what he called, a T V.” His words were stilted as they came out. “You shall refer to as me Grand Regent Thragg. That is all.” He floated outside of the room and the door shut behind him. It blended in almost perfectly with the wall, the only indication that there was a way out of the room was a little indent where the handle was.
As you held your clothes, the silence began to close around you. It was suffocating. Was this real? Was this just some horrible nightmare? You reached for your arm, rolling up the skin tight sleeve as fast as possible, and pinched as hard as you could. The pain shot through your system as blood was drawn. The thick warm liquid traveled its way down your arm. This couldn’t have been real, it was a dream. A really fucked up, extremely intense, hyper realistic dream that you could not escape from. You stared out of the window with your hand pressed against the chilled glass. The thought of dying crossed your mind, at least your final view would be nice.
Exhaustion crashed into your body as you stared at the giant bed before you. Its covers were a stark white just like everything else on this spaceship. You let your body succumb to fatigue as you fell down onto the soft, cloud-like pillows. Your eyelids felt as if there were weights atop them, the last thing you remember were the stars as they blinked at you from light years away.