Into Other Worlds

The door flew open as if some invisible force was suddenly freeing them from the room they were trapped in. The red gel they were suspended in slowly melted to the floor and evaporated into reddish-purple mist. Araminta and Caleb both began gasping for air. Caleb was able to gain control of his breath more quickly.  He slowly took a step forward, placing his weight on just one foot, unsure of what was beneath him now. Once sure that there was something solid was beneath him, he lumbered to the threshold of the door and tilted his head to peak out slightly into this new world he and Araminta had been transported to. He couldn't see anything, but the deep, guttural sounds of the fauna of this world put images in his mind of creatures with statures much more immense than his own, and the sounds were getting rapidly closer and filling his stomach with fear. Araminta stumbled over to Caleb, still in a daze from this alien way of transportation, and hunched over beside him placing her hands on her knees. She was trying to quiet her coughs but couldn't seem to steady her breath (the Vorsha told her the human male lung capacity would allow Caleb to adapt faster than her to the new atmosphere). Caleb placed his hand on Araminta's back without breaking his stare into the white void and began patting her as if he were burping a new baby. His patting quieted her coughs long enough for her to hear the sounds that were vexing his senses. 

     "What is that?!" she hissed.

Caleb looked down at her and put his index finger over his mouth and shook his head and shrugged his shoulders in one simultaneous movement. Araminta finally stood up and moved behind Caleb, standing on her tip toes to peer over his shoulders. Caleb remembered the small purple object the Vorsha gave him and the instructions of what to do with it once they arrived. He pulled the object from his satchel (also given to him by the Vorsha) and stared at it for a moment. 

     "You aren't really going to put that stuff on your eyes are you?" Araminta said as she grabbed his wrist.

     "It's the only way to see what's out there, Ara!" he whispered. 

Caleb placed his finger on the object just like the Vorsha showed him. After a few seconds the top of the object suddenly popped open to reveal the same red gel they were transported in. Caleb gently dabbed at the gel with his index finger. He closed his eyes and rubbed some over his eyelids. He steadied himself not sure of what he would see. He opened his eyes. He gasped. The world was suddenly filled with emerald green landscapes. There were Vorsha and Nekmits (the source of the low, guttural sounds) walking everywhere.  Caleb now had noxu (the ability to see and instantly have all knowledge of Hexateria--the planet they were on--that happened once the gel was placed on the eyes).  The scene reminded Caleb of rustic farm scenes back on planet Earth. 

     "It's beautiful!" he said. 

     "What's beautiful? There's nothing there," she said.

He turned to Araminta and placed some of the gel on her eyelids. Once she opened her eyes she had noxu, and could see beauty Caleb spoke of. She took the purple object from Caleb and stared at it for a moment.  Suddenly it all made perfect sense.  Caleb grabbed Araminta's hand and, armed only with the satchel the Vorsha gave them, they began to explore Hexateria.  Their new home.