Author's Notes: My apologies to all the readers if this isn't greatly written. I wrote it in a bit of a hurry, so it may come off as a bit too sketchy. I just wanted to make a little surprise to a friend, and wanted to be fast about it. You know who you are, ya little rascal!

Next chapter will probably be posted tomorrow.

Anyway, on with the story. Hope you enjoy. :)

Set him free

"So long, Sylvia! It was so nice to eat you!" Janet's female voice echoed around her as she fell towards the center of the planet with a scream.

Once she reached the center of the celestial body, the dirt around her moved to form a cage, trapping her inside.

"No!" she let out, gripping the stone bars, trying unsuccessfully to break them.

A loud sound echoes around her again. Loud and disgusting. Did Janet just…?

"Oop! Excuse me. Heh." The planet said with a chuckle.

She did.

"Janet! Janet, listen to me!" Sylvia started, only for the jealous planet to interrupt her.

"I don't care what you have to say, Sylvia! All I care about is my Wandsy! We'll be together, forever!"

"You can't do that!" her grip on the bars tightened. "Janet, please, just listen to me! Wander is no ordinary creature! He's a star nomad! He can't stay on the same place for long, it will make him miserable‼!"

"Hah, you think I can't figure out your little game?! You're just planning to make me feel sorry, then take Wander away from me! I'll never allow that!" The planet seemed to grow more and more furious by the minute.

The zbornak fell to her knees as desperation took over her. "Please, I'm begging you. You can keep me locked up in here forever, for all I care. But please, don't force Wander to stay…" she gulped as the unwanted images flashed in front of her eyes. "If you keep him here… He'll die…"

"ENOUGH‼!" Janet made herself shake in order to startle the blue alien. "I've had enough with your attempts into taking Wander away from me! You're lucky I'm still being considerate enough to let you live‼!" the furious mass of dirt yelled loudly. "I'm going back to Wander, and I better not hear another word from you, GOT IT?!"

When everything grew quiet around her, she knew Janet had left to go back to Wander. To go back to keeping him trapped.

"Don't do this!" she tried to warn her. "You'll only hurt him! Stop this!" Sylvia pressed her forehead against the bars. "Wander…"

One month.

That was how long Janet had been keeping him trapped here. That's how long Sylvia had left him behind, alone.

As the sun rose, the light came inside the room through the window to hit his face, waking him up. He could feel his eyes hurt as he opened them slowly. He looked over at his thin wrists. Yup, still tied. Still trapped.

With a tired, sigh, he got up from the bed.

"Good morning, my dear Wander!" Janet greeted, using more vines to cuddle his face and shoulders. "Slept well?"

"Hmm…" was his reply. He felt weak, tired, had trouble breathing. And felt sad. Good glorn, he had never felt this sad before in his life.

"Look, honey, I made you pancaaaakes!" Janet sang cheerfully in an attempt to make the furry alien brighten up, using a giant mushroom as a table in order for Wander to eat the sweet treat.

"Yeah… Thank ya, Janet…" the star nomad started, only for a coughing fit to stop him from saying anything more.

"Oh my, Wandsy! Did you catch a cold?" A vine placed it's tip on Wander's forehead. "Hmm, you're very warm."

"Janet… Please… Let me out…"

"Sure, Wandsy! You know you can go wherever you want. Where do you want to go? The river? The mountains? Ooooh, how about a picnic in the forest, hmm? Does that sound good?" the planet offered.

"Not, Janet…" another cough. "I need to leave… see other… planets… the stars… help… people…"

For a while, silence was his answer. Until…

"I'll get the picnic ready. You'll see you'll enjoy it."

"Janet… Please…" Wander took a step forward, trying to get her attention. "Please…"

"No, Wander!" her scream startled him. "You've got everything here! Food, water, fun! I can give you anything! So why would you need to leave?" a few more seconds of silence, then the planet let out a sigh to calm herself. "Now, you stay put while I get the picnic ready. Okay?"

"Janet…"

"Okey dokey then! I'll be back with you!" she let out cheerfully.

He tried to take another step, but the world just kept spinning around him. It hurt to move. It hurt to breathe. It hurt to keep his eyes open.

It hurt to stand.

With a pained groan, he finally succumbed to lack of strength in his knees, falling onto the floor as he felt the air around him grow cold. Far away, he could still hear a female voice, calling to him.

"Wander? Wander!" Janet's panicked voice became lower and lower as if she was further and further away from him. Everything was getting darker, colder, quieter. And with a final, painful breath, he let himself fall into unconsciousness.