The giant doors were, as to be expected, quite heavy and Tanaka struggled to open them. This was odd considering that Tanaka had quite a bit of strength training under her belt and could handle far more than the average person, even a door of this caliber shouldn't have been too difficult for her. Yet from the moment she placed her hands on them she could feel a sort of resistance, like someone was pushing back. She decided to push back with as much of her power as she could, she took a deep breath and assumed a balanced stance. A few more deep breaths as she rotated her bent arms around her body with open palms and curled fingers until her hands were side by side. Her eyes and hair began to glow a faint red and she once again pushed on the door, the resistance on the other side hadn't vanished but it did seem diminished.
As the door crawled open light creeped in through the new crack to reveal… an empty room. A gigantic empty room, to be fair, the light only allowed a few yards to be entirely visible but the room must have gone on for miles after that, still, as far as she could see, it was just a giant box. She took a step inside, and the door slammed shut behind her. She knew that there was a handle on the backside as she had seen it when she had first opened it, but now she couldn't see it. In fact, she couldn't see anything and the revelation came to her that she hadn't seen any other doors, openings or windows for light to creep in. No matter, she thought, she could just turn around and feel for the handle. When she turned around and reached out for the door that should have been less than a foot away, however, she felt nothing. She took another step forward and reached out again: nothing.
Then in the dark, Tanaka could feel things that had blatantly not been there before: A breeze, tall grass reaching up to her ankles, something moving over her feet. She shot down to the ground with her hand but when she did the feeling of grass was gone. She began to feel top heavy and the tips of her feet dropped forward as though she was on a slope. Surprised by the sudden change in footing she toppled forward, she fell. When she finally stopped she was again, on a plain and empty flat floor, then in front of her she heard the sound of… construction. The lights of skyscrapers and shops burst on in front of her until a meteor began to fall from a sky that wasn't there. The meteor burst into pieces that fell and demolished the city but still left a few buildings standing. Most notably, a short distance away a shoddy apartment building stood, though that too deteriorated soon after. Then it was dark again, except for one small light red glow from behind her. A part of her knew who it was, so she forced herself not to look back.
He came to her, or rather, came into her line of sight: Kana. Bleeding profusely and half floating to keep himself up, he didn't seem to see her. He reached out a hand and rose a chunk of concrete from the ground, revealing a massive crater. Slowly, he moved himself into the crater, and set the concrete back into place on top of him. Then, various flashes of different heroes fighting monsters near the spot zoomed in and out of her sight. All of them were high A class or even S class but changed every single time until finally Saitama showed up by himself, then with Genos, and finally with Tatsumaki. The three stood together in the same spot, split up, and then stood together again before disappearing. This scene repeated over and over again, the heroes apparently unaware of Kana who was just a few yards away. Then it was the HA that was in front of her, with her and Sonic slipping in quickly followed by Saitama. Saitama, Sonic, Tanaka, Tatsumaki, and Genos all left the association together, and then… all hell broke loose. A giant hand erupted From beneath the association, creating a fist before bursting into flame. Explosions ripped around it, bursts of bright lights, people screaming, all Tanaka could think to do was run.
She forced herself up and turned to run away, she couldn't move, however, it had seemed that there was a wall behind her as though it had been there the entire time. She turned again, another wall, and suddenly she was surrounded and the room went dark again. Finally she could run but she couldn't tell where to, she was just running and running and going nowhere. She felt dizzy, the room of nothing was spinning, or was she spinning? She couldn't tell anymore, she couldn't see, she couldn't see!
Then the light shot into the room like a burning godly soul and in the center of it stood a figure. Around her the room was visible again, and she took a relaxed breath, still halfway in the midst of panic. The figure took a step forward, it was Saitama.
"Hey, are you OK?"
A/N: Short chapter again today, but again, big stuff is in the works and I wanted it to focus on the upcoming chapters. Plus, it was kind of hard to follow the end of the room. See you next thursday!
