(A/N: As of the moment from what I could find there seems to be no official information regarding Tatsumaki's home, so while for this chapter not much information is given, on any future chapters the design you will read at that point is the one that will be used and will only be changed if in the actual series ONE shows us her abode, thank you.)
"I'm...bleeding out..." Geryuganshoop realized as his breathing began to slow "I can't heal myself...I...can't even move..." He continued as his eyelids grew heavier "This...this wasn't...how things were supposed to go..." He wheezed out as he slowly laid his head on the ground "Lord Boros...why...why..." He whispered softly as darkness took hold of his vision.
"No...no...no!...NO!" Geryuganshoop shouted as he awoke.
Feeling as though his lungs were working harder than they ever had before the supreme telekinetic power of the universe would've never imagined he would end up in such a pitiful state. Body hurting beyond belief, lungs seeming to be devoid of air constantly, and the recounting of his near death were all a part of making him simply lie there and contemplate as to how things possibly could've gotten to such a point. Or at least it would've if not after five seconds of staring upwards he realized he was looking at a ceiling which he of course knew nothing of.
"What?..." He simply asked before he began to turn his head from left to right.
Unable to move any of his limbs due to the pain he was only able to look to his sides for some kind of clue as to where he had ended up. But instead of finding answers he found only more questions as to his left there was what appeared to be a closet of some kind while to his right a glass sliding door which led to an outside balcony.
"Am I in...someone's home?..." He wondered as he looked down at himself "And...did they treat my wounds?..." He added as he looked to the gauze surrounding his injuries.
Even though he was no doctor Geryuganshoop could see that whoever had treated him wasn't a medical professional, but still they knew enough to clean the wounds, treat them with disinfectant, and wrap them in a way that ensured they wouldn't come loose but also wouldn't be too tight. But that just brought possibly the most important question to mind, if he truly had been saved by someone then who could it possibly be, certainly it wasn't any of the crew if they had somehow survived and he highly doubted the intruder would've been able to find him let alone spare his life. Luckily for the blue skinned alien he wouldn't have to wait in suspense for clarity any longer than he had, as soon the sound of someone walking towards him could be heard coming from the room's connecting hallway. Unable to keep himself from staring at the door in both anticipation as well as worry the footsteps soon reached the door followed by their owner slowly turning the knob and proceeding to open it.
And what was on the other side he would've never guessed.
"Hmph, thought I heard you shouting." Tatsumaki said as she stepped into the room "So how are you feeling, any pain?" She asked as she crossed her arms.
Keeping silent for a few seconds as to process what was happening, Geryuganshoop thought about the best possible thing to say or ask in response.
"Um...little girl...are your parents around?" He asked.
Upon hearing herself be referred to as a little girl Tatsumaki's eyes widened with obvious anger which he was able to clearly notice. But instead of shouting at him which wouldn't better the situation she closed her eyes, took a few quick breaths, then reopened them before continuing the conversation.
"First of all, you overgrown helping of calamari, I am NOT a little girl, I am twenty eight." She clarified as she turned her head "Second, before you ask me any stupid questions let's get one thing straight, I didn't HAVE to save you, in fact I could've just left you to die or better yet finished the job myself." She admitted before looking back to him "But luckily for you I have this...friend, who can be SUPER annoying when it comes to showing mercy and being the greatest guy ever blah blah blah." She explained with an eye roll "So what's going to happen here is simple, I am going to be treating your wounds, you are going to be staying with me during that time, but once you are able to get up and leave on your own you're out of here, after that I could care less about what happens to you." She stated.
Letting all of her words just sink in, normally if he were ever spoken to like that by anyone Geryuganshoop would just use his telekinetic powers to crush them like a worthless little insect. But looking past the one specific injury to his head which kept him from using any of his powers, the fact of the matter was with Lord Boros more than likely defeated, the ship most certainly gone, and all of the crew either dead or missing, he was trapped on an alien world he knew nothing about. And so for the second time in his whole life Geryuganshoop felt a sickening feeling swell within him, one that he hoped with all his might he would never feel again, he felt helpless.
"I...understand." He replied knowing well the best and only option that he had was to be compliant.
"Glad to hear it." She said before she turned around "Now I'm going to go and call someone, when that's done I'll come back here and change your bandages." She told him as she walked towards the door only to stop once she was inside the doorway "And I swear to god if you try anything I will not hesitate to splatter you against the wall." She threatened before walking back into the hallway.
Feeling a sigh escape him Geryuganshoop simply let his head fall into the pillow below it before closing his eyes in hopes of being able to think. As for Tatsumaki, she went down the hallway into her living room to retrieve her cellphone from the coffee table that sat between the couch and television. Not even bothering to walk the rest of the way though she simply used her esp to bring the phone to her hand once she reached the end of the hall before calling a number via speed dial.
"Hello?" Saitama answered after a few seconds of ringing.
"Hey baldy." She greeted as she looked at her nails "Listen I don't have long to talk I just needed to ask you something." She told him.
"Okay." He simply replied.
"Do you know how long it'll be before we go on the vacation? is it like a few days, a week, or tomorrow?" She asked.
"Oh funny you should mention that, turns out the association's gonna be busy for the next week repairing all the damage done to City A." He explained.
"And that means the vacation won't happen until they're done." She said.
"Mhm, Sitch called and said they needed all of the employees to help so there wouldn't be any right now to spare for the vacation, but once it's all done we should be good to go." He explained "Why do you ask?" He wondered.
"Just wanted to know how long I had to put off packing is all, thanks baldy." She told him before abruptly hanging up.
Using her powers once again to put the phone back on the coffee table Tatsumaki then headed back to the room to get the bandage changing over with. However as she walked in she noticed that the creature was coated in a whitish light similar to her own green light whenever she used her powers. However the light itself was very faint almost as if he was barely able to make it happen at all, which in truth made sense given his injured state.
"Hey." She spoke catching him by surprise.
"Gah!" He sounded as he opened his eyes in shock at her unnoticed reappearance.
"What were you doing?" She asked with a raised brow even though she was almost certain as to what he was doing.
Debating internally on whether or not he should answer that question, Geryuganshoop knew that if this whole ordeal was to go smoothly he was not only going to have to be compliant but also honest and open with her whenever it was needed.
"I...was trying to use my powers." He answered.
"Telekinesis?" She asked wanting to be certain.
"Yes." He answered with a nod of his head.
"Why?" She questioned.
"To speed up the healing process." He answered before looking down at himself "You see, I am known as the supreme telekinetic power of the universe." He said before looking back to her "On my planet everyone is a telekinetic, but out of all my people I was the most powerful without question." He explained.
"Go on." She told him as she walked over interested to know more.
"Well, for the longest time it was believed that I was not only the supreme telekinetic power of the universe but also the supreme being, as no matter who came to challenge me I was able to beat them with little to no effort at all." He continued "But then...HE showed up...the supposed dominator of the universe Lord Boros..." He recounted.
"The guy who fought Saitama right?" She asked.
"Saitama...so that was his name..." He said to himself before proceeding "Yes that was the man who fought this Saitama you're referring to, and up until now no one not even me and my powers were capable of dealing with him, it's like he wasn't even a mortal being but a god of some kind." He admitted before looking down at himself "But now look at me, look at US, all because he had to listen to some STUPID prophecy we traveled for twenty straight years to get here only for it to end with everything going to hell!" He exclaimed angrily "And now I'm forced to lie in this bed with you treating my wounds because I can't do it myself, do you have ANY idea how infuriating it is to feel so weak and helpless that you can't even do the simplest thing you can think of?!" He asked as he looked towards her.
It was in this moment that Tatsumaki upon hearing that question couldn't believe what was happening. For the second time in her life she completely understood how this creature felt, with the first time being with Kaemon when they recounted how weak and helpless they had felt in the company of the other sea folk. And while with Kaemon she could relate to it as that was how she had felt when she was taken as a child and was forced to be strong to survive, she understood how this creature felt because that was who she became, someone who despised the idea of ever needing help from anyone and only cared to be the strongest she could be.
"Actually...I do." She answered which caught the other by surprise "I've had...much to my disgust...a few moments where I wasn't able to handle the situation I was in...at least...not entirely." She admitted begrudgingly "And while I still think of myself as being one of the strongest people in the world, I've come to realize I'm not the only one who is that strong and that I'm not the strongest person out there." She explained before looking out the glass door to the balcony "But that's only allowed me to become stronger both in power and as person as weird as that might sound, sure it's humiliating and infuriating whenever it happens but it also keeps me from getting too cocky." She went on before looking back to him "So I do know how you feel right now and I know just how much it sucks, but maybe what you can take away from this is that you have to become even stronger than you already were, instead of accepting that it is as strong as you can be." She finished.
Silence filled the space between them as her words impacted him in such a way that he would've never believed possible. For while yes Geryuganshoop knew he was not the strongest being in the universe as Lord Boros had been the one to prove that, he simply thought that there was nothing that could be done to maybe make himself closer to his leader in strength or maybe even on par with him. But as he stared with widened eyes at this green haired human female who had saved his life, he couldn't keep a quickly growing feeling of respect from finding it's way inside of him, causing him to do the one thing he never thought he'd do.
"Thank you." He told her which seemed to surprise her just as much as she had surprised him "For not only saving my life but also making me feel better about this whole situation." He clarified as he looked back down at himself "Before now I never thought I'd see myself like this again, I thought that maybe after I met Lord Boros things would just be fine and okay from then on, but now I'm back to being on the brink of death as if nothing even changed...which I guess...it didn't." He admitted as he looked to her once more "So again thank you, for sparing my life and showing me that I'm not the only one out there who's experienced something like this." He said as a small smile appeared on his face.
Now having it be her turn for silence Tatsumaki while not having as much to process and feel as he had with her words still felt an odd sense of pride and possibly joy come to her, which also caused a small smile to appear on her face as well.
"You're welcome." She replied as she looked to his body "Now what's say we get these bandages changed hm?" She asked receiving a nod in response.
Feeling a strange new acquaintanceship be forged between them, as Tatsumaki using her esp to do so removed his old bandages and replaced them with new ones, which didn't surprise him as he figured she had some sort of power which helped her bring him here, something he had mentioned over the course of their conversation was nagging at her thoughts.
"Hey." She spoke to gain his attention "You said you never thought you'd see yourself like this again, what did you mean by that?" She asked.
However, instead of immediately replying Geryuganshoop seemed to be unsure as to whether he should answer the question or not, which she noticed.
"You don't have to answer it, if it makes you uncomfortable." She told him as she believed she unknowingly touched on something sensitive.
"No it's fine, it's just not my proudest moment is all." He assured her before releasing a sigh "The only other time I was ever like this was when I first met Lord Boros, but I didn't end up like this because we fought." He began as he closed his eyes to remember "My people live on a world that is nothing short of paradise, a vast beautiful place filled with diverse biomes and indigenous life of both animal and plant variety, and thanks to our natural telekinetic powers we were able to accomplish so much." He recounted with a smile "Eventually though after it was discovered that I was the supreme telekinetic power of the universe, that was when Lord Boros arrived and asked me to join his crew which at first I declined." He admitted "But Lord Boros while not annoyingly persistent or threatening wouldn't leave without recruiting me for his crew, which would happen sooner than he or I thought it would." He continued as a frown appeared on his face "Apparently hurtling towards us at a rapid rate was a massive asteroid and by the time we or Lord Boros's ship in orbit learned of it, there would be no way for us to avoid it or evacuate my world." He revealed "Of course my people and I weren't afraid at first as we believed I could easily just destroy it without any issue at all, but when that time came I not only struggled to just slow it down but was unable to stop it at all...which is where Lord Boros intervened." He explained.
"And he was the one who saved your world." She said earning a nod in response.
"Exactly, where I the supposed supreme telekinetic power of the universe was utterly helpless, Lord Boros didn't so much as blink as he obliterated it." He said with a sigh "After that I was too ashamed as well as damaged from the ordeal to face my kind with any semblance of self worth or pride, so as Lord Boros approached me when the deed was done I just agreed right then and there to join him, that way I wouldn't need to face them at all."He said as he looked off to the side "And that's how I became one of his lieutenants..." He concluded with another sigh.
Having finished redressing his wounds with new gauze near the end of the story, Tatsumaki was left to just listen as he talked. But now as the story was at it's end and she had gotten her answer she once again knew how he felt as it reminded her of when she first met Saitama and how he without meaning to made her realize she wasn't as strong as she believed. And yet while in the first few seconds of silence that came after the story's end she didn't know what to say in response, an idea soon came to mind that while for the most part she was on board with a small part of her was screaming: "DO. NOT. SAY. IT."
"I'll make a deal with you." She began causing him to look at her "Seeing as how you're stuck here and have no way of leaving the planet, I'll let you stay here with me and if you want even help you train to become stronger." She offered before holding up her left hand "But before you say or ask anything there would of course be conditions." She told him as she held up a finger "The first condition is that you don't leave my place without me, at least not for a while, because if anyone were to figure out you were on the ship it wouldn't be good for either of us." She said as she held up a second finger "The second condition is that you do everything that I tell you, not like a slave or some kind of servant but if I'm going to help you be stronger than you have to listen to me, kinda like a teacher." She went on as she held up a third finger "And finally, the most important condition is that you do not under ANY circumstances tell ANYONE what was said here between us, I have a reputation to maintain and if people think I'm going soft I'm going to have to do some things that would lower my hero ranking." She concluded as she crossed her arms "Well?" She asked.
Feeling his eyes be wider than they had ever been before, while everything up to this point had been shocking, surprising, and just down right mind blowing, never could Geryuganshoop have expected to find on this tiny little world in the farthest reaches of the universe something he and the other dark matter thieves had never found anywhere else. He found not only mercy, but also a friend.
"I accept your conditions." He told her without any hesitation, not needing even a second more to consider it "I'd shake your hand but I can't really move anything." He said causing her to smirk.
"Then let me fix that." She said as she used her esp to lift one of his tendrils into her hand "Oh and my name's Tatsumaki by the way, but only my friends and sister call me that, everyone else knows me as the Tornado of Terror." She introduced.
"Mine's Geryuganshoop, nice to meet you Tatusmaki." He replied.
And so, as their handshake only lasted a few seconds more before it ended neither the green haired psychic nor the dark blue alien would've ever expected to have found a friend in such an unlikely place and circumstance.