Chapter 5: What Happened

"Ugh," I moaned as I woke up. How many times can you get knocked out in a day?

A lot. Why am I asking that question? The last thought sounded like Blinx. I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. We were back in the Factory, and in the infirmary. I was in a bed, with Blinx groaning next to me. Clearly in a separate bed. On my other side, Bandit and his team looked like they were just waking up too. A shadow fell over my face, and I could see it was Catherine when I looked up.

"How are you feeling?" She asked as I sat up.

"Like I was blasted by a rocket or ran over by a truck."

"Aren't we all," Blinx said as he put a hand to his head grimacing.

"Better than dead," Tora, a female Sweeper on Bandit's team with dark pink and white fur and bright orange eyes, said.

"What happened out there?" Catherine asked. By now we were all fully awake. But some of us were still laying down, not wanting to move.

But the question did make us hesitate. What did happen out there?

Uh, it hurts to think. This time it sounded like Tora was talking to me, but she didn't move her lips. We all thought hard until "A weird time monster in a dragon form attacked us and we passed out." We all looked at each other. We said the same thing at the exact same time. Catherine looked at us a little weirded out. But not as much as us. That was, really creepy.

Though it's creepier that my thoughts sound like other people. It's only me in my head. Bandit this time.

Why do my thoughts sound like other people? I can't be thinking of quotes. I've ever talked to Team Night Kings before. This was me.

My head is messing with me. Tora.

Are you all going to get out of my head? Now Juro, a Sweeper with gray and black fur and red eyes was talking to me. I groaned out loud as the others looked around with worry, alarm, and surprise written on their faces. Catherine kept looking at us, not sure what to think. I decided to try something.

Everyone raise your hand. I know your all awake so don't try to ignore me. Three two one.

All six of us raised our hands in perfect union. We were all weirded out now. Glancing at the others, I knew something was up.

Stick out your tongue at y/n. Everyone stuck their tongues out at me.

Thanks Tora.

A giggle sounded through my head. No problem.

"I think this dragon gave us some boosts. I think we're telepathic," I said out loud.

"That would explain the synchronization. And the weird actions you're all doing," Catherine said.

"Just what we need. A gigantic time monster on the loose in the Dual Season World, if it didn't disappear when it struck us, and powers," Arch, a Sweeper with brown and tan striped fur with yellow eyes said. We sat in silence for a few minutes, letting the situation set in.

"We need to let the CEO know. This will affect everything we do in the future. Then we can figure out steps from there," Bandit said.

"Only if you guys are feeling up to walking. You don't have any actual injuries, just feeling like punching bags," Catherine said.

I only have a slight headache.

Same, Juro said.

We might be linked in more ways than one, Blinx said.

Let's not test that theory, Bandit responded.

"We'll be fine," Tora said as she hopped it of her bed. We all still had our clothes on, including our boots. We must not have been out for long after we got back. We grabbed our sweepers from the pegs on the wall, thanked Catherine, and walked out onto the walkway to head to the control room.

We went in silence the entire way, no one speaking out loud or telepathically. None of us wanted to show signs of something being off, even though Sweepers near us did shoot us sideways glances from time to time. Word must be out about what happened in the Dual Season World. We entered the control room and started up the stairs. We waited at the top for the CEO to have a minute to talk to us. When he did, he took us to his office, which was in a separate room. He closed the door behind us as we stood in front of his desk. We started when he took a seat.

"I suppose this is about the mission?" he said.

"The mission to the Dual Season World, had some issues. No casualties," Blinx said. "But the crystals they had created a dragon like time monster. Which shot at us. And, well, gave the six of us telepathy."

The CEO looked confused by this. "So a time monster formed, and gave you all powers?" He asked folding his hands in front of him on the desk. We nodded. "That's not how time monsters work."

What now? I asked.

No telepathy now. There's no point. Tora said.

"We know. But this might not be all that we gained. We don't know what happened for us to have this power, but it happened," Arch said out loud, glancing at Tora and me. But we didn't get any further. Blinx breathed in sharply and collapsed. We were checking him in an instant.

Can you hear me? I asked frantically.

Yes. I'm awake and can hear you. Blinx responded. We all breathed a sigh of relief. The CEO looked at us perplexed.

"He's awake. Just..."

I can't move. Not sure why.

"He can't move," Arch said.

"And how do you know that?"

"Because I told them." Blinx opened his eyes. He tried to sit up, but fell back to the floor. His tail twitched in annoyance. We helped him sit up, and after a few minutes he could support himself. We stayed on the floor after that.

"Well, you clearly aren't lying. I just hope that this is your actual powers and the telepathy isn't a side effect of what you actually gained." We sat in silence and thought about what this actually meant.

"Will we all have relapses like this?" I asked.

"I hope not, but probably will," Arch said. "I just hope it doesn't happen at the wrong time."

"Then let's not have any of you go on solo missions until you all get passed them. I'll move your assignments so that you're all together. Until we know what fully happened to you six, and how to deal with this time monster," the CEO said. "Let me know of any developments."

"We will," Juro said. "Can you walk?" he asked Blinx.

"Yeah, I'm able to," he said as we helped him up. He stumbled a little, but Arch caught him. He nodded his thanks. We left without another word.

Okay I left hints to who has what power. See if you can guess who has what. Hope y'all having a good time. Go get 'em fey!

-ThinMintE