The tube was bathed in hot red smoke and it was shaking vigorously. Loud beeping sounds coupled with a thick voice shouting "transmitting... transmitting" were being emitted from the tube.
" What the heck is going on? " Felix muttered with a bewildered look. He stretched his hand but as his hand touched the red smoke, he was thrown back by a tremendously powerful invincible force.
"Ah!" He shouted, his hand had been burnt and was oozing out thick red smoke.
The wires connected to the tube were being had been roasted by the smoke and the tube began to levitate.
Inside the tube, Matt was at the point of death. He closed his eyes and tried to focus on his mindspace but the suffocating feeling did not leave.
After hours of focusing on absorbing his newly gained knowledge, the voice said "Transmission complete in 5 seconds, you are advised to hold your breath... 5... 4... 3... 2...1... Transmission complete"
Then a cool and refreshing feeling bathed Matt but soon waves of pain flooded into his body. He tried breathing slowly to reduce the pain.
After some minutes he opened his eyes, he was no more on the tube, he was in a round glass tube. He looked through the glass and saw a lot of other glass tubes with naked people who looked like the had just come out of an oven.
Matt's POV.
Wait... naked. Crap! I was lying naked in that tube.
"Welcome to the PlaneNet" The thick voice said but this time not from my head but from beside me. Standing beside my tube was a tall man with large beards, he was wearing an amiable smile. He tapped the tube twice and the glass parted.
"Come" He said with his hands beckoning to me.
" My body hurts.. "I groaned and stayed still on the floor
"Don't worry, when you get your Planar power, the pain will vanish"
" Fine but I'll need a little help" I said and held up my hand ✋. He smiled and just carried me on his back like I weighed nothing.
For Christ Sake, if a Planar power could make me this strong then I wanted it no matter what.
"Close your eyes" He said
"Why?"
"Humph.. never mind"
Then what I saw next was a red smoke, in this red smoke, I saw scary images, very scary images.
For someone with all the knowledge of earth, there were very little things that could scare me but what I saw scared the wits out of me.
The images only lasted for a minute before dissipating leaving behind dark afterimages in my vision.
Then I looked around me, I was in a small room with a metal tube twice the size of the one in Felix's laboratory.
The man put me down and said " I am Felix and I'm your patron, at least for now"
"Can I get some clothes please, I .... I'm not used to staying naked " I said scratching my head.
" Oh sorry, I forgot"He said with an embarrassed look.
What! you were looking at me naked and you saying you forgot. What kind of pervert are you?! I shouted..... in my head, I was too scared to talk to him anyhow, those images were still clear in my head.
He flicked his finger and a pair of pants appeared in his hand. He threw it to me and said "put that on for now. As I was saying, I'm your patron and I'll be taking of any PlaneNet matters you might have. So if you have any questions, please speak" as he spoke, his hands were tapping on an holographic screen in front of him.
"Umm.. what's my job in PlaneNet? it's not as if I'll just be given powers for free without giving anything in return"
" that's a very nice question! you see, there are billions of planes and trillions of worlds and a balance must be kept between them. There are a few powerful individuals who have gained the power to transcend planes. It is the duty of the PlaneNet to curb and control them. Now your job is to go a plane on the brink of collapse and make sure the balance is kept between good and evil. Too much good breeds weakness and too much evil breeds war"
"......"
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