Chapter two:
"Ugh." Near groans as he begins to awaken. "Where? Where am I?" He blinks a few times to get the blurriness out but there is one thing he knows for sure.
This isn't Whammys.
His vision clears and he sits up only to find himself in a cave that seems to be just for himself that isn't in anyway cramped but instead is a good amount of spacious room. "What's going on?" He questions glancing around a little then he turns to face forward and he shifts to stand but pauses when he feels something suddenly against his back. He turns only to find a pair of dove wings folded on his back. "What!?" He tries stretching them and they move though it's a little more difficult for him to move the wings as he's new to this he slightly gets the hang of at least the basic stretching and folding. He turns his attention to the entrance. "There is no way I am going to figure out anything from this cave." He gets to his feet then he heads on over to the entrance exiting out only to find a whole society of winged people though it looks more like a banished home really which is probably what this barren land is.
Mello looks over just at the right time then he comes over to him. "Near what's going?" He questions. "I'm at Whammys one moment then here with these wings the next!" He glances for a moment to his raven wings before looking back to Near.
"We are both in confusion on that end Mello." Near says but before he can say anymore there is something that makes it seem like he's done speaking which he actually might have been as Mello isn't sure.
"Ah your highness. Is there anything we can do for you?" A males voice speaks.
Near turns wondering who he is talking to only to find the man with parrot wings standing slightly behind him watching him. "What?"
"Oh I'm sorry your highness I thought that perhaps you wanted me to help you with something." The man says. "As you said earlier that you would tell me later."
Near quickly thinks on his feet despite trying to figure out logically what's going on. "You'll need to wait a little longer. I need to make sure everything is perfect."
The man nods. "Of course." He bows then respectfully leaves.
"What the hell is going on around here?" Mello questions as they watch the man walk away.
"I'm not sure." Near admits still trying to process that it seems he is some kind of leader to a group of winged people who have wings like his and Mellos wings that look to be from birds but are sized larger to get them off of the ground.
There is a little commotion making the two turn to it and they see Matt with Robin wings seemingly in a panic.
Mello sighs then him and Near head over to the other. "Pull yourself together." He says in a sharp voice at Matt as they approach him.
Matt pauses in his panicking at Mellos words the turns to the blonde. His face looks surprised then his face fades to a ha ha look. "Yeah ok." He slightly fixes his posture.
Near glances around and the others seem to just be letting them handle it so he turns back to Matt. "This is no time for panicking." He says as he tries to speak in a code way to say that they are not alone so they must be careful.
Matt looks around himself then looks embarrassed. "Haha." He rubs the back of his head. "I guess that nightmare really frightened me."
"Well anyways you two should follow me." Near says. "We need to discuss a few things." He adds as he turns away. He leads the two into the cave and everyone seems to be respectful about the cave so no one should be able to hear them.
"What is this place?" Matt looks around as they enter the cave.
"I'm more than certain that this is my room so to speak." Near responds. "But we have more important matters at the moment." He adds to reel in Matts attention again and it works. "Ok look as something I'm sure both of you have figured out we seem to have been placed into the bodies of ourselves from another world which happens to be this one. That's about as far as I have gathered." He begins saying this really just for Matt just in case. "We need to do as little as possible in changing anything around here and we cannot let anyone know the truth." He slightly glances back to the entrance mostly moving his eyes.
"Why?" Matt asks as his words make Near turn back to them.
"Well it appears to be that I am some kind of leader figure." Near says. "And I have a feeling that you two also have roles that are most likely important as well. If they suddenly learn that we are not who they think we are there is no guarantee that they will take it well. We could cause them to panic and scatter most likely leading to their deaths."
Matt swallows harshly. "Well when you put it like that..."
"But we should try to find a way back. I'm more worried about some kind of hole ripping through dimensions or even a merging of the two universes thanks to what has happened." Mello says.
"We cannot be sure that our souls traveling into these bodies will trigger that." Near points out. "So it's not a for sure risk but it is still a small possibility that it could happen."
Mello almost growls at him.
"But we should still try to find a way back right?" Matt speaks up as if to try to bring it back onto topic.
"Yes." Near looks thoughtful. "The faster it is done the better for both dimensions. If we don't the risk will remain and we might end up destroying both dimensions possibly even more dimensions as the destruction possibly continues to grow."
The other two nod then Mello smirks.
"Research paper."
Matt groans at Mellos words.
