Pitch black.
A space, of nothing but pitch blackness. It was different from the dark. The dark .... felt cold ... and enveloping. The blackness, was different. It was just there. Slowly, his conscience came. Xerox started to wake, in this space of pitch blackness.Where ... am I ... he thought. He was on nothingness, but could still place his hands on .... something, that he could not really identify. Getting up, slowly, he looked around, all around him it was black, yet ... he could somehow see own hands still. It was odd, so very odd.
"So you have woken, Xerox?" A deep voice echoed in the black space. Turning around, Xerox could see a blue light surrounding something. It was his Guardian Force. "Varvadoss ...." he replied, unsure of what to say. It was surreal to be able to make contact with his GF like this. "Where is this place Varvadoss? And how did I get here?" Xerox asked, confused about the situation.
"This is my dimension. The one that belongs solely to me, the place I live. I have summoned you, in query of what you have been using the space I have given you." The deep voice was authoritative. Varvadoss's tentacles that spewed forth from his bottom half, wriggled around everywhere as he spoke. His upper half, like that of a man, his eyes were white, and looked down from above, emitting an overpowering presence before Xerox.
"Summoned? As in, the way we summon GFs ... the GFs can summon us? Intriguing ...."
"Ha! As always, you seem to try to learn more about the things around you. However, it is only I that can do that boy. For I control space and dimensions. It is a simple matter to summon you here. Back to the topic on hand .... what did you do with the space I gave to you? There have been distortions." His voice was still authoritative, but friendlier, compared to before.
"Oh ... I see. Ah .... I used it to teleport myself from one place to another." Xerox replied nonchalantly.
"You ... WHAT!?" Something akin to anger was found in Varvadoss's tone, but more so shock. "I gave you that space to store things. I told you nothing living is to enter, and yet you used it to travel? Endangering your life so readily?"
"Well, that's the only way to test if it works in the first place."
"...."
A moment of silence then passed, before a roaring laughter was heard.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I knew you were an interesting one. To actually.... invent, was it? Something that would help something that was living pass into that dimensional pocket."
"Well ... It's not like I can pass any living thing. Only myself at the moment."
"Nonetheless, you are interesting. Although, I would like the details, it appears your time is up."
"Huh?"
Xerox looked at his body, it was phasing again. "One last question, is the reason I was phasing out of my world, due to you summoning me?"
Varvadoss nodded, before turning his back and leaving Xerox.
Phasing back into his own world, Xerox suddenly appeared, fuzzy, on the bed he was previously on. Dr. Kadowaki could see the boy, suddenly appearing, slowly gaining shape and a fixation in this realm. It was shocking for her to see this sudden appearance.
His eyes opened, seeing the ceiling of the infirmary. "Ugh ...." Xerox's head was still groggy, unsure if it was due to the reverse summoning (as he dubs it) or if it is due to something else. Starting to sit upright, he knew that night was coming, and he would be able to start moving soon. "Hey, doc .... what's the time?" he asked, not looking at Dr. Kadowaki's direction.
Without much to do, Rue started to wonder around the campus. People tried to crowd around him, but he would always slip by them. Making a sad cry a few times, Rue wandered if there was anything he could do right now. As he walked around, he ended up starting to head towards the front gates.