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Chapter 3

Perim – Mount Pillar

Somewhere in the Underworld region (look it up) lies a few massive structures. These structures are also connected to each and if you look closely, these structures resemble extremely large anthills. Well, you wouldn't be wrong if you say they do because this was the home of the Danian tribe. Who are the Danians? They are a civilization completely made up of fully intelligent large insect, or more specifically, ant like creatures. But of course even though fully intelligent they still behave and work like an ant colony. They even have a class system where lower Mandiblors live at the bottom of Mount Pillar and the more noble Danians live up top. Even right now, there's a certain upset Danian battlemaster lecturing his troops.

"I can't believe this!" Screamed the one and only, Odu-Bathax. Odu-Bathax is a very large and powerful Danian. He wears an exoskeleton that's in different shades of blue and unlike most Danians, he walks solely on two legs. This leaves his other four limbs to be used as arms, which allows him to use more battlegear and attacks. But as of right now, he was busy shouting at a couple of Danian soldiers who failed in their previous task. "How could you let that human escape?! It was a human for crying out loud!"

"B-but sir." One of the Danians stuttered as he trembled. "It wasn't entirely our fault. W-when Wamma tried to help; he accidentally shot us trying to stop the human." He tried to explain.

"I don't want your excuses!" Odu-Bathax yelled again. "Because of you, Mount Pillar can soon become infested with humans daily! And if they feel they can come and go as they please, then this will make our defenses look weak in front of the other tribes! Next we'll have to deal with spies constantly trying to infiltrate our hive and get to our Queen! What do you have to say for yourself?!"

The two Danian soldiers were too busy shaking in their exoskeleton to answer.

"Get out of my sight!" Yelled Odu-Bathax as he pointed behind the Danians. When the Danians left, Odu-Bathax went to the back of his court to sit in his chair. He placed his upper right hand on his head. "All these problems are going to give me a headache."

Just then, another Danian came rushing in and stopped in front of Odu-Bathax. "Odu-Bathax sir!"

Odu-Bathax calmed himself down before replying. "What is it soldier?"

"We found out that another human has infiltrated the hive sir." The soldier answered.

"What?!" Odu-Bathax shouted. "Find the human immediately!"

"There's no need sir." The Danian said. "We found the human just lying unconscious on the ground."

Odu-Bathax found this a little unusual and wanted to see for himself. "Take me to where the human is now." He demanded.

The Danian soldier nodded before turning around and headed towards where the human was found with Odu-Bathax in tow.

Several minutes had gone by before they finally reached the human. Odu-bathax was able to see that the human was indeed lying unconscious on the floor on his belly and was surrounded by a few other Danian troops.

When he got closer, he was able to see what the human looked like. The human had a pale complexity like a lot of humans do and short black hair on his head. The human was wearing clothes that mostly consisted of black and green. He was wearing a green zip-up hoodie vest over a black long sleeve shirt which was fold to the middle of his forearms. He was also wearing a pair of faded black jeans on his legs and a pair of black and green shoes on his feet. Another accessory he appeared to have was some weird device with a bunch of numbers wrapped around his wrist.

After checking out the human's appearance, Odu-Bathax turned to the surrounding Danian soldiers. "All humans usually carry around a device called a scanner. Where's this one's?" He demanded.

One Danian stepped forward. "All we found on the human was this." His hand out a small black rectangular device which they didn't realize was the human's cellphone.

Odu-Bathax took it out of the Danian's hand. He inspected it careful by turning the device around back and forth. "Hmm, it looks like a scanner but it's a bit too small. It's probably some kind of newer or lesser model or something." He then looked back down at the human lying by his feet. "Put this human in a prison cell." He ordered. "And when he wakes up, bring him to my court."

"Yes sir!" said all the saluting Danians. Two of them then went to grab the human by his arms to drag him but found they had to put a little extra strength in doing so. "Gah, a little heavy for a human. How can something this puny weigh so much?" Said one of the Danians as they dragged the human to his cell.

As the Danians carried off the human, Odu-Bathax watched and began to chuckle. "Hahaha, I may have lost one human today but I still got another one to make an example of to the rest of them." He then started walking back to his court room. "Guess today's turning out to be my lucky day."

One by one as my senses returned to me, I had begun to waken. Then I began to remember what happened before I blacked out. The underground lab, the machine, the portal. I tried my best not to get pulled into the wormhole but I failed and was sucked into oblivion. Funny because even though I was sucked in, I had expected oblivion to be like floated in emptiness forever. But instead I can feel that I was lying on my back on some kind of hard substance. I couldn't place what it was but it definitely wasn't metal. Another oddity I found was that I can actual hear other sounds. The sound was like clicking and tapping. From what, I couldn't tell but I could feel they were causing vibrations through the ground or whatever I was lying on.

I decided I had enough of the mysteries and opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was a blue ceiling covered in a dark shadow. I blink a few times before slowly sitting up. I then shook my head to clear out any kind of weariness and scan my surroundings. I now notice that I'm in a room made of some kind of stone.

"Where am I?" I said to no one in particular as I stand myself up. "I thought that portal was supposed to destroy anything and everything sucked in. Or at least send me into some empty void." Then a look of realization came across my face. "And I'm talking to myself. I thought I shook that habit off a long time ago."

As I continue to look around, I see the only thing that looks like an opening but it was blocked by a web like set of bars. I walk up to it and examine it by touching. Feeling it, I see that it's made of the same stuff as everything else in the room. When I look out, I see that there were a hundred possibly more of the same barred room I was in. Placing a finger on my chin, I began to think. "A prison of some kind. But definitely unlike anything being used on Earth."

Before I can think any further, I hear that clicking and tapping noise again. And whatever it was, it was getting closer. Thinking that it could be the guards to this prison, I take a few steps away from the bars. Then I start to see some shadows growing in front of my cell. The shapes of the shadows were odd and I couldn't quite place what they were. "Why do I get the feeling this place isn't run by humans?" I thought as who or whatever finally came into view behind the bars.

Now for a long time I had trained myself to have good control over my emotions. To not get worked over everything and remain calm in certain situations. But when I saw the beings outside of my cell, saying I was surprised would an understatement. "What the hell…" I muttered under my breath. The two…creatures in front of my cell looked like giant mutated ants. They were about a foot and a half tall then I was and instead of being on all limbs, their top half was humanoid with arms while the bottom half more insect like with four legs. And if they are ants then they had exoskeletons in different shades of brown and green eyes. But a closer look would show that there was some armor that wasn't a part of their bodies. They were also wielding some kind of weapon that looked like a spear but it ended with two points.

I stood there staring at the ants with wide eyes for a few seconds. And if I wasn't shocked enough, the next part would definitely tip me over the edge.

"Ah good, you're finally awake human." …..It spoke…..in English…..and knew what I am. Or at least what I looked like. "Now we can take you to our battlemaster Odu-Bathax. But try anything funny and we won't hesitant to blast you."

The other one then unlocked and opened the door. "Now get out and come with us."

I still just stood there staring at the creatures.

"Hurry up!" One shouted in demand.

Thankfully, this was enough to shake me out of my trance for me to shake my head and slap myself hard. I knew I had to regain control over myself if I wanted to figure out where I am and being in shock wasn't going to help.

So after taking a deep breath, I started to walk out of my cell. The creatures moved to the side when I stepped out of the cell and pointed their weapons at me. "Now get moving." One said. Guess they want me to be in the front so they can keep an eye on me in case I try to make a run for it.

It was right at this moment I began to consider my options. One: I can do as they say and go to wherever the hell they're taking me. I can ask a few questions and hopefully get some honest answers that can help clarify things. Or two: I can go all Blacklight on their asses, take the information straight out of their brains and get the hell out. But considering that I'm more of the subtle type and that I prefer to use killing as a last resort or only when it's necessary…..or when I'm pissed, I'll go with the first option. Besides before I heard one of these creatures used the word 'blast' instead of just 'kill', which tells me that there might be more to these things than meets the eye.

Having decided on what to do, I began to move again with the two creature guards following me from behind.

Several long minutes have passed and the guards and I are still walking. The only notable difference now though is that the scenery has changed now from the blue stone prison to this tunnel that looks to be made of processed dirt. Or by something these creatures can produce from their bodies. I really don't know because I don't know how these creature do things around here.

Considering the amount of time has passed, I thought it would be a good time to start asking those questions. "Sooo…." I look behind me while still moving forward."….any of you mind telling me exactly where I am?"

The guards narrowed their eyes before speaking. "You mean you don't know?" One asked suspiciously.

"I kind of came here through unconventional means without knowing what my destination was so no. I really don't know where I am." I answered.

The guards glanced at each other before looking back at me. "Well we'll have you know you're in Mount Pillar. Home to the glorious and mighty Danian Tribe."

"So you guys are Danians?" I asked

"Yes, now enough talking and keep walking." One of the Danians ordered.

I turned my eyes forward again while I began to think over the information I got so far. "Okay I guess it's pretty obvious now that I'm no longer on Earth." I thought. "But then again, since they know what a human is maybe I was actually sent far into the future where the radiation from nuclear fallout has mutated certain creatures. And even though humans are still around these creatures are now the dominate species." I take a one to consider both ideas. "Yeah I think I'm going to stick with the first one since the second is a little dark and I kind of hope this is another world because that might make things interesting. Hopefully I'll be able to get some real answers soon."

After what seemed like forever, we finally made it to our destination. I was now standing in the middle of a massive carved out room that looked more like a throne room than a court. Especially with the chair on top on a stage that was at the end of the room. There's even a certain design on the wall behind the chair that gave it a bit of a flame effect.

But the one thing that really has my attention was the one sitting in the chair who I believed to be this Odu-Bathax I heard about. This one was very different from the Danian soldiers that were escorting me. For one his exoskeleton was blue instead of reddish brown or just brown and had two legs and four arms instead of the other way around. Did I also mention his face looked more like a bat than an insect which I thought was kind of weird?

Anyway right now, it seemed that this Odu-Bathax was staring me down. It felt like he was trying to use heat vision to roast me alive. Not that it would work but I doubt he knew that. It was then that Odu-Bathax stood up from his seat and placed his hands on his waist.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Another human spy in our midst." Odu-Bathax said in a voice that had a hint of arrogance. His voice actually kind of sounded like a stereotypical drill sergeant.

I look at him with a raised eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"Thought you could infiltrate our hive without getting caught huh? Well guess again! Even before we found you somehow you managed to get yourself knocked out. Talk about embarrassing." Said Odu-Bathax before laughing. Even the two Danian guards standing behind me were chuckling.

Clearly this guy has the wrong idea. Hopefully I can clear things up. "I think you have the wrong impression of me."

Odu-Bathax stopped laughing and stared back at me. "Oooh? So you're not a chaotic player who came here to scan whoever and whatever we have here in Mount Pillar as he pleases?" He questioned sarcastically.

I never did like that sarcastic nature. Reminds me of some people I used to know who would use sarcasm all the time and it was annoying as hell.

Holding back the urge to punch this guy's skull in, I explain myself. "No. My name is John Trike and honestly, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know what a chaotic player is. I never even heard of a Mount Pillar until 15 minutes ago. All I remember is being sucked into a wormhole before waking up here. So basically, I don't even fully understand where I am." I finished explaining. I saw no harm in telling the truth in another world, even though it wasn't the whole truth.

Odu-Bathax was now slowly nodding his head. "Sure, sure, you have no idea where you are and you got sucked in some portal. That's a totally believable story." He said with heavy sarcasm. "Not! How dumb do you think I am?!" Odu-Bathax shouted. "Did you think I would believe a dumb lie like that?! Every human is a chaotic player! We even found your scanner!"

Again I raise my eyebrow at him. "I'm sorry, my what?"

Odu-Bathax reached for the table next to his chair and picked up a small black object. Thanks to my enhanced vision, I was able to see that the device in his hand was a cell phone. I then quickly check my pockets for the only other item I carry anymore. Seeing that my pockets were empty, I now know that the device in Bathax's hand was definitely my cellphone.

"Hehe, without this you can't scan anything or go back to Chaotic." Odu-Bathax said boastfully thinking he had me trapped.

First I had to resist hitting this ugly idiot and now I had to resist facepalming. "Uhh dude, that's not a scanner, that's my cellphone."

A slightly confused expression came across Odu-Bathax's face. "A what?"

I sighed. "It's a device I use for long distance communication. Though considering where I am, I doubt it can get a signal anymore so it's pretty much useless. Mind if I have it back?"

"And risk finding out you lied about this not being a scanner and you teleporting off. No way, this is staying right here." Odu-Bathax placed the phone back on the table. "Besides I need you."

That way he said that made me very suspicious. "For what exactly?"

"Earlier I had caught some chaotic players breaking into the hive." Bathax began to explain. "I didn't like the idea of my jail clogging up with humans so I decided to let them go. But then I thought if I didn't make an example then even more humans will start showing up in Mount Pillar. So though they were free to go, they had to choose amongst themselves which one will permanently stay in my prison. This way it would tell all the other chaotic players to stay out of Mount Pillar.

They chose and one stayed behind. However thanks to some incompetent soldiers, that one human that was supposed to stay got away." He finished explaining what happened before.

It wasn't hard to figure out where he was going with this but just in case I was wrong I decided to ask "And what does this have to do with me?"

Odu-Bathax apparently took at the wrong way because then he said "Ha, you must be dumber than I thought." I promptly give him an angry look which he seemed to shrug off. "I lost the human I was going to use to keep the other chaotic players away. But then you showed up. So guess what that means." He pointed his finger at me. "You get to be the unlucky human that will permanently stay as my prisoner."

Now this I didn't like one bit. There was no way I was going to spend my days in a jail cell. I would have tried to reason with this guy but considering how he didn't believe anything I said so far, I think it's safe to assume he wasn't going to listen to anything I say.

Once again I began to consider my options. I can always just kill this guy along with anyone else who would be foolish enough to get in my way. But like I said before, I prefer to go with the less messy route. I just had to wait for the right moment and if I can guess what would happen next then I won't have to wait long.

Odu-Bathax turned his attention to the two Danians waiting patiently behind me. "Take this human back to the prison!"

The two Danians nodded before poking me in the back. "Let's go human!"

I turned my head around to glance at both guards who were still pointing their spear like weapons at me. Now I normally don't like being bossed around like this but for now I'll just play along.

So I turn my body completely around and walked towards the way we came in. Thanks to Blacklights being able to organize our memories and therefore have perfect memory, I already knew the route to get back.

But before we left, Odu-Bathax spoke up again. "Oh and make sure he gets a roommate." He said in a menacing tone.

The Danian guards with me only responded with a somewhat suppressed chuckle.

I can only guess that this roommate is going to be someone whose company I'm not going to enjoy. I just have to wait until we get back in the prison. Even though I already had other plans in mind.

It took about the same amount of time it did before when we were heading to that throne room. The scenery changed from the dug up dirt back to the carved out blue stone prison again. Even though I was about to be put back in a jail cell, I was already plotting my escape. But first, the one thing I wanted to do was get my cellphone back. It might not be able to get a signal but I do have some games saved on it. I know what you might be thinking but the thing is that I somewhat get easily bored. So yeah before getting out I'm going to get my phone back.

"Right here human." One of the Danians said to me.

I stopped and was standing in front of one of the many identical prison cells. But I can tell this wasn't the same one I was in before. That one was still a little further down.

One of my Danian escorts went to unlock and open the cell door. Once he did, the other pushed me in. Since the push caught me off guard, instead of hold my ground I clumsily walked in. But lucky I didn't fall over. The second I was in, the Danians closed and locked the bar door. "Welcome to the Hive." "Enjoy your stay human." Both Danians then walked off laughing.

I was getting really tired of these Danians pushing me around. But hopefully now I can have some time to think. Getting to my phone should be simple enough. The path back to that room had a lot of places to hide behind in case a Danian came paroling. The problem however would be after that when I'm trying to get out.

But before I can think any further I heard this. "So you're my new roommate huh?" said a voice behind me. And then I remember that Odu-Bathax told the guards to get me a roommate. I just didn't think he was already here.

I turn my head around with my body only doing half the rotation and saw my new cellmate. He was another Danian but he didn't look like the standard kind. For one, he was a couple a feet taller than the regular kind and he was a bit more muscular than them too. Though his exoskeleton was somewhat of the same colors as the others, his had several scars in it on different parts of his body. Either he got himself in a lot of trouble throughout his life or these prisons had some kind a torture session. Another notable thing was that he had this pretty mean look on his face. The kind that said that if I push the wrong button then he wouldn't hesitant to hurt me by breaking my limbs. Not like he could though.

Right now the guy was picking himself from the ground. Guess he was taking a nap when I was thrown in here. The large Danian stretched his limbs before speaking. "Alright allow me to make a few things clear. I don't care who you are so don't even bother telling me your name because I ain't even gonna tell you mine. That little space you're standing on is yours but everywhere else is mine." I already didn't like the guy and he was starting to get on my nerves. "Also don't bug me or I will hurt you. Those are the rules. Got it?"

Facing back at the barred door with my arms crossed, but then I wave my hand back and forth nonchalantly. "Yeah, yeah whatever."

This seemed to have upset the large Danian a little because he said "You better watch your tongue human before I rip it out."

I merely rolled my eyes at his unoriginal threat because I honestly didn't care for what he said. Now back to what I was thinking before.

The large Danian was now trying to get himself comfortable enough to fall asleep again. However he was having a hard time in doing so since he was trying to take a nap on stone. Using a rock as a pillow wasn't exactly the greatest luxury. But then he looked at me or more specifically how I dressed and got an idea.

"Hey human!" He called out. "Give me your clothes so I can use as a pillow."

I simply glance at him with a raised eyebrow while saying "Yeah, no." Then I back at the bars trying to regain my previous train of thought.

The Danian narrowed his eyes. "I wasn't asking." He said menacingly. "Now give me your clothes or else."

"Again, no." I answered. "Now shut up, I'm trying to think." What was it that I was trying to think of before? Oh yeah, how to get out of this Hive after I get my phone. From what I saw during the walk to that court and back, this place is like a maze if you don't know your way around. And I didn't feel like fighting through a whole Danian army just to get out.

My response before seemed to have angered my Danian cellmate because now he was on his feet and walking towards me. "Wrong answer human." He said as he cracked his knuckles. "I hope you enjoyed walking, because you can say good bye to those legs of yours."

Okay that's it. I've had enough. I am sick and tired of this push-the-little-human-around treatment and I think it's time I did something about.

The large Danian had no idea what just happened. One moment he just grabbed me by the hood and the next he was feeling a tremendous amount of force on his chest which sent him flying to the back of the cell. He hit the stone wall so hard he left a large crack with his back before falling to the ground.

The Danian was now coughing and trying to pick himself up. "What….just….hap-"he looked up and saw me with my leg in the air pointing in his direction. The surprised look on his face told me that he put two and two together and figured out that I kicked him. What he mostly likely didn't know was that that wasn't my strongest kick. "How….is….that….possible?" He placed a hand on his chest while trying to gain back the air that was knocked out of him.

I ignored the question and began walking towards him. "I am really getting tired of this bullshit treatment I've been getting from you Danians." As a dark shadow covered my body, my eyes gave a menacing orange glow. "And I think it's time that I made an example."

Before he could respond, I morphed my right arm into claws and decapitated the Danian. Tendrils then shot out of my body and started to consume his remains. As I consumed him, his memories began to flow through my mind.

Apparently this guy's name was Jeakshan. And the reason why he was in jail was because he never worked for the benefit of the Hive but for his own selfish reasons. That and he was stealing supplies from all the other Danians. It was only recently that he was caught and punishment and with the amount of things he stole, he was supposed to be imprisoned for a few years or as they put it here several solans. In case you don't know, a solan was the equivalent of 6 months. I may have been a thief myself at one point but I only took what I needed, this guy only took what he wanted.

Anyway I didn't care much for this guy's personal history. What I DID care about was the information this guy had about where I am. Perim. Perim was the name of the world I was stuck in. And I found out the Danians weren't the only species here. There were four tribes in total: the Danians, the Mipedians, the Overworlders and the Underworlders.

A couple of new facts I learned about the Danians was that they actually had a class system with something called the Mandiblors being the lowest who get all the crappy jobs. That and the fact that all Danian serve under a Queen. Queen Illexia was her name and I have to say, her appearance reminds of the Queen from the Alien film franchise. To me the only real difference between them was that Illexia wasn't all slimy and is able to talk. The level of ugliest however to me was about the same.

I also learned about what the other tribes are like but right now I had more important matters to attend to. For starters I now know the layout of the Hive and where the exits are. With this new found knowledge I turn my attention back to the cell door and walked towards it. Once I was close enough, I morphed my arm into my hammerfist and swung it at the bars. The impact shattered them into pieces and I stepped out of the jail cell. I took a quick look around and saw there were no guards. I thought that was odd but then again where else is a Danian supposed to hide in Mount Pillar. Seeing the coast was clear I change my arm back to normal.

I begin to quickly move towards the direction where my phone should be but also lighten my biomass as to not make too much noise. There was no way I was going to leave without my phone, even if it was just for entertainment purposes. Plus it's the only thing I have from Earth.

Since I was running, it took much less time to get to the throne room than it did walking. Of course I was delayed a few times because my enhanced senses picked up incoming Danian guards. But luckily I was able to get to cover and hide each time. I reached Bathax's court but before entering I hid by the corner of the doorway. I quickly peek around to see if there were any Danians. The room was clear so I used my enhance vision to see whether or not my phone was where Bathax left it. It was therefore I made my way towards the table it sat on.

I picked up the phone and turned it on to see if it was still working. Luckily for me, it still was. "Good, you survived the trip through the wormhole. Now I just need to get the hell out of this place."

Unfortunately, in that moment I let my guard down and felt a burning sensation on my back.

"Freeze human!" I turned around to find a squad of 10 Danians by the doorway, all of whom are pointing their spear-like weapons at me.

That something I forgot to mention earlier. From what I found from Jeakshan memories, not only did the creatures of Perim possess weapons or battlegear capable of shooting energy projectiles but, if trained hard enough, they can shoot various energy and elements from their bodies. This told me that though the creatures here might not be able to kill me, they can still give me a run for my money in a straight up fight.

Luckily for me, the battlegear they were using only singed me a little and only took a second to heal. Seeing how I was now going to have to fight my way out, I pocketed my phone and crouched down.

When the Danians saw me put my phone away, they began to fire their energy weapons. Before the shots got to me, I jumped up high in the air with the intention on landing in front of the squad. The Danians were still trying to hit me while I was in midair but thanks to being Blacklight, I used some aerial dodge maneuvers to evade the shots. Once I landed, I grabbed the nearest Danian while redirecting his battlegear somewhere else and used him as a shield. The Danian screamed in pain as he was shot several times before the others stopped realizing they were hitting one of their own. I then grabbed the weapon out of the Danian's hands and kick him into a two other Danians who crashed into a wall and fell unconscious.

The remaining soldiers were taken back at what they just saw. A simple human just knocked out a few Danians like it was nothing. But seeing how I was now open, they began to fire again. That's when they learned not only was I strong but also quick on my feet because I was dodging all the energy blasts they were sending my way. Once I got close enough to another Danian, using the weapon I took, I knocked the battlegear out of his hands and hit him hard a few times. Once he was dazed, I grabbed him by his exoskeleton and with a twirl of my body hurled him at two more Danians so hard they went flying into another wall knocking them out.

The last four Danians were now shocked. How in the world did a human become so fast and strong? They couldn't ponder any further because I came rushing at another guard. The guard tried to shoot me but I jumped over the shot. Once I was over the Danian, I grabbed him by the shoulders, landed behind him and tossed him over my head at two more Danian hard enough to knock them all out.

Now it came down to the last Danian and even though he was pointing his battlegear at me, he was shaking in his exoskeleton. The guard just witnessed a human takedown nine Danian soldiers and didn't even break a sweat. No human should be able to do that. The last time he checked, all humans were weak and fragile. Yet this one was performing feats on par with creatures.

Seeing how there was only one Danian left and that he was trembling in fear, I decided to do something I always wanted to do. I began to slowly walk towards the Danian and with each step I took, he took a step back. Once I thought I was close enough, I stopped and so did the Danian. But then I took a quick step forward and yelled "Boo!" This scared the soldier into turning around and running away….only to have run face first into the wall behind him. Thereby knocking him out cold.

Even though I just took down the whole squad, I knew I couldn't rest. From the memories I collected from my old roommate, the Danians have an ability called Hive Call or Hive Alert. Basically, all it takes is just one Danian to alert all the other soldiers in the area of your presence. And there's no doubt when I started taking down the guards, one of them must have sent out an alert.

Knowing this I began to move through the tunnels to find an exit as fast as I could. However it didn't take long for almost every Danian in the area to start chasing and shooting at me. Or at least tried to since I was able to easily outrun them. There were a couple of Danian blockades that tried to cut me off but all I did was bob and weave around their shots and push them out of the way as I ran right through them.

After several minutes of running and taking different turns, I finally lost the Danians. Or so I thought. As I was running across one of the many bridges in this giant space between two walls or structures, I was hitting by this stinging explosive glob of green goo which knocked me over the side. Lucky for me I landed on another bridge below on my back. But do be aware that heights don't mean anything to me anymore. I sat up allowing the damage to heal.

That is when I heard a familiar laughter from above. I look and saw the one and only Odu-Bathax jumping down from the bridge I was previously onto the one I'm on now. When he got down, I noticed he was holding some kind of battlegear. None of Jeakshan's memories showed me anything about it so I had to guess that it was a new kind of battlegear. It had a long yellow barrel with a brown handle and back. Odu most likely shot me with it just now.

"You know I have to say human," Odu-Bathax spoke, "you sure can take a hit. I should have known you would be able to escape. You humans are slippery. But the last time I checked, you humans can barely stand up to creatures." He pointed his gun at me. "So this shouldn't take long."

I stand up and lean forward in a fighting position. I've been wanting to teach this bug a lesson from the first moment we met. But I knew with this one Danian being here, he no doubt alerted the others of where we are and I didn't feel like fighting an army. So I was going to have to be quick about this.

Odu pulled the trigger and fired the green goo at me again. But this time I was ready and quick on my feet. I sidestep forward to the left and then rolled forward to the right. I was now right next to Odu and just before he can fire at me, I grabbed the barrel of the gun and pointed it upwards for the blast to miss. Next with my hand still holding the barrel, I smack it hard into Odu's face twice to daze him. Once he was, I performed a leg sweep to trip him onto his back. I was about to bring my foot down on him but Odu rolled out of the way leaving my foot to make a small hole in the ground. Before I could take my foot out, Odu got up and swung his backhand sending me flying a few yards back. I quickly recover with a backflip and planted my feet into the ground to stop myself. When I looked back at Odu-Bathax, he was rubbing the arm he had smacked me with.

Odu-Bathax being surprised would be an understatement. He thought it would be easy to finish off this human and call it a day. But then this human showed great speed and strength only a creature could do. Not only that but when he smacked him away, it felt like hitting a stone wall. He realized he underestimated his opponent and needed to switch tactics.

I knew I was wasting time and I needed to end this fast before reinforcements arrived. So I began to rush at him. But before I could reach him, I heard this. "Pebble Storm!" Next thing I knew, a swarm of high speed moving rocks were coming out of his hands and at me. Caught off guard by the sudden element shooting out of his hands, I took the full force of the attack. As the rocks managed to dig themselves into my body, I was sent flying back down a tunnel and into a wall. My body impacted the wall so hard it created a small dust cloud.

When I crashed, Odu-Bathax chased after me to see the results. When he caught up, he found my body on the ground leaning against a dented dirt wall with several rocks sticking out of my body. Placing his hands on his waist he said "Ha! Just as I thought! Nothing but a human." He leaned in closely as he taunted my supposed corpse.

But that's when I sprung to life and grabbed Bathax by the throat with one hand choking him. I began to slowly stand up and lift Odu off the ground. Odu-Bathax tried to pry my hand off but my grip was too strong. He then settled for trying to punch me in the face but I already saw it coming so I was able to take the hits barely flinching.

"H-how?!" Bathax asked. "How….is-this….possible….for-a….human?!"

"Well that's just it." I said but then I started to repeatedly slam Bathax into the ground until his exoskeleton began to crack. I let go of my grip leaving Odu to lie in his Odu-Bathax sized hole heavily breathing. I place my foot on his chest which got his attention. He turned his head a little to see me lift my hand above my head and hear me say "I'm not human." Odu-Bathax's eyes widen in shock when he saw tendrils cover my arm and transform it into massive claws that looked like they can tear through even the strongest steel.

However before I got the chance to swing down my claws, an energy blast came out of nowhere and hit me. Forcing me to step off of Odu and take a couple of steps back. When I looked up I saw dozens of Danian soldiers coming down from the tunnel and getting ready to fire.

Seeing that I've used up all the time I had beating up Odu, it was time to leave. I looked down at the heavily beaten Bathax and said "Hopefully we won't ever see each other again." I then turned around and saw a window that led outside but also led to a long drop. I thought of how much trouble it'll be to try to go through the front door now and decided to go with the express route.

So I ran for it while dodging energy blasts coming from behind. Once I was close enough, I jumped through the window and began my long drop through a few hundred feet of air. Just before I hit the ground I reposition myself to land on my feet. When I finally landed, I impacted the ground with such force that I created a massive crater and dust cloud. With chunks of dirt still falling from the impact, I jumped out of the crater and ran out for the hills. I may be outside but that doesn't mean I'm safe. Which proved to be right as Danians from the windows began to shoot at me again only to miss every shot.

After several minutes of running I finally stopped. The blasts did stop after the first few seconds of running but I wanted to make sure I was well out of reach. Now that I'm free, I can take stock of my surroundings. It was night time and I was in the middle of some barren wasteland. I look up and saw a beautiful field of stars. Stars you normally couldn't see all that well in the city. The majestic sight made me smile and I decided to take a seat on a random rock.

For the first time since I got here, I'm able to perfectly think about my situation. For starters that dimensional wormhole didn't send me to some void; it sent me here to a world called Perim. A world inhabited by all sorts of creatures with unique powers and abilities. Not to mention possess technology that may look primitive and weird but can easily outdo human technology. Well except for the nuclear bomb, thank God these people don't possess anything like that. At least I hope not. But it's clear to me that if I'm not careful, someone in this world might be able to do me in and I'm not fond of the idea of dying.

Still, I can't believe I got myself trapped in another world. Mercer's going to kill me when he finds out that I…..

I look of realization comes across my face like someone just slapped me. Alex Mercer can't do anything to me because he's not here! I'm not just free from the Danians; I'm finally free of Alex Fucking Mercer! In fact with what happened in the lab, he probably thinks I'm dead!

"WOOOHOOO!" I jump up from my seat and begin to dance around like an idiot who just won the lottery. But I honestly couldn't help it. I felt like a child on Christmas morning. I didn't care anymore that I was stuck in another world. In fact even if I got free of Alex Mercer while still on Earth, I would just be constantly hunted down by Blackwatch and forced into hiding. In truth being sent to another world was the best thing that could ever happen to me because now I was given a fresh new start to do whatever the hell I wanted.

Once I was done dancing around, I begin to walk in a random direction that wasn't the way to Mount Pillar with the biggest smug grin on my face. There was a whole new world to explore and I wanted to see it all.

Oh and one last thing. Apparently there were other humans here in Perim who come here from a place called Chaotic, who go there from Earth. At first, that had me a little worried but looking through Jeakshan's memories again told me that they were mostly just kids and teenagers. There were practically no human adults. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll run into some humans. It'll be nice to meet members of my old species. I guess only time will tell.

Author's Note: Just to let you readers know since the first season of Chaotic was a bunch of standalone episodes, I'll be doing standalone chapters of Trike's travels across Perim for the first while.

Also please review and if you have any ideas, feel free to tell me and I'll see what I can do. However be aware that I might not use all ideas.

Thank you for reading.