Alright! It's chapter five everybody! This is my favorite chappy, I think. That might change once I start making the other chappies. As explained in the last chapter's author's note, this chapter is in Virari's (Viral's) point of view. Enjoy and remember to rate and review!
DISCLAIMER: I don't think I own Gurren Lagann. If I did Viral would always be eating an apple.
Chapter Five - Real Deep
I tried breathing because breathing was a good thing to do when you were out of breath. Oh my god, that was the most stupid thought I've thought in awhile. Anyways, I don't think you noticed, but I've been freaking out. A lot. After realizing that I was in an alternate universe I had started to calm down, but it still did not help that I could remember everything before this whatever it was happened. I recalled what had happened before.
The ground shook harder, and I saw some of the others black out and fall to the floor. The lights flickered and pulsated, until everyone but I had blacked out. I was the last one.
And that was it; I had suddenly blacked out and woke up as a woman, of all things. It seemed I was in my room in Teppelin, before it got destroyed obviously. As a woman. I sighed and slumped to the floor.
I think this universe ran parallel to my own, simply because this woman (I was not about to call myself a woman) seemed to have some sort of feeling of worry weighing her down. It was unfortunate that I didn't know why she was worrying so much, but there was a faint memory of a brother sort of person.
There was a knock on the door. Who could it possibly be? I decided to find out. "Hello?" I was startled at my own voice, or you know the woman's voice. It was really squeaky and just totally not what I expected to sound like if I was a girl (yes, I had thought this through before).
There was a man at the door. I half expected him to shoot me like the other man before, but this man didn't have a gun. He was tall, with navy blue hair and a red eye patch. Something about him reminded me of Adiane, maybe it was the way he stood or carried himself. Then, after a minute of thinking, I decided that this person probably was Adiane, just a manly version. I mean, if I had turned into a girl, then the actual girls probably were now guys. The man (I didn't know his name yet, but it was probably Adiano or something) finally spoke. "Ok, so I know you're all worried about your brother and stuff, so I was wondering if I could help with you with that…"
I stared at him. Help me how? "And you are going to do that how? Mister… What was your name again?"
His eye twitched slightly. He probably didn't appreciate me forgetting his name. "Well, I was just going to make you forget, you know, your troubles and all. And it is Adrian, seeing as you forgot." His scorpion tail swished anxiously, and I wondered if he was going to hit me with it.
I honestly did not know how he was going to make me forget if I didn't even remember, and he also seemed desperate. I decided to slowly retreat back into my room and forget about it. But it seemed like 'Adrian' had different plans.
Adrian jumped at me, grabbing me by my shirt. I tugged backwards, but he pulled me closer, staring me right in the eye (we both had only one eye showing, so it made sense). His mouth turned into a hungry smirk. I punched him in the face, earning a satisfying crack. Adrian let go of me to hold his now bleeding nose. "I didn't think it would come to this, Virari."
I stared at him, wondering what could possibly be hidden up his sleeve. Suddenly he pulled something from his pocket, stabbing me in the neck with it. It was a needle, some part of me noted, while the other part of me screamed in pain. "If you're wondering what this is, it's this special problem-solver Lady Genome gave us Big Four. It's super handy when people like you are being difficult." I barely heard him, seeing as my blood felt as if it was boiling. I slid to the ground. "It's not going to kill you, but it should knock you out long enough." Long enough for what, the part of me that actually worked thought. And then everything went dark.