Chapter 14

‘Holy fucking shit, what the fuck was that thing? I’m hurt, and the manacle is damaged. Wait. I’m hurt? How is that even possible? I thought with the changes to my body that I couldn’t be hurt like this. My arm is bleeding!’ My mind was racing.

I fell out of the gateway into the middle of a town, a small street. I was dazed and my vision blurred. I heard shouting. Screaming. I closed my eyes and shook my head to get things back into focus. An explosion? I think I heard an explosion. A crying child? I opened my eyes. The area was falling apart. I struggled to get to my feet. My arm was bleeding pretty badly. At least now I could see and hear. A metal suit was to my right. I looked at it. It moved. Someone was in it. It wasn’t like a suit of armor from the middle ages. More like someone had made something out of the comic books. Where was I?

“Damn, the suit’s damaged.” The man inside it said thru the speaker on his suit. “I can’t move.”

“Are you alright?” I asked, rushing over to him.

“I’m fine, but my suit isn’t moving.” The man said.

“Then get out of it.” I said.

“I can’t, the eject is jammed.” The man said.

I tried to move him, but I wasn’t strong enough, not with one arm anyway.

“E.V.E!” A voice called out. “Get that man in the suit someplace safer. We can’t help him if another blast hits.”

From behind me, what I can only describe as an android ran forward. Its body was in the shape of a woman, and was made of a plastic that was partially clear.

“The fuck?” I said, looking back at the source of the voice.

Standing there was a man in his late thirties with a wooden cane. He had a goatee and green eyes. His hair was red and long, tied into a ponytail. He was wearing long brown robes, like something Obi-Wan Kenobi would wear in the earlier made Star Wars Series.

“Who’re you?” I asked.

“Name’s Joshua, everyone calls me Elder. Now, young man, get moving. I need you to act as lookout.” He said.

“Lookout for what?” I asked.

“That laser blast that was just fired. There might be another one. If you hadn’t noticed, this version of Earth has been invaded.” He said pointing upwards.

Looking up, I saw it, or rather them. There were easily hundreds of ships blocking out the sky. They were all gray and shaped like a gear.

“What in the holy hell?” I asked.

“Now, boy, I need you to get moving to the end of the street. I know you’re injured, but if you see something, yell, and get out of the way.” Elder said.

I looked at him again. He was serious. Well, I didn’t have many other options to consider, and this older guy seemed to have some idea of what he was doing.

“Right.” I said with a nod and ran towards the end of the street.

I peeked out to see troops materializing along the streets. The troops were definitely not human. They had purple scales and faces like snakes. They all wore similar clothing, which looked like some sort of body armor that was black.

“Troops are appearing!” I called back.

“Let us know if they come this way.” Elder shouted to me.

I kept my gaze on them as Elder and Eve moved the man in the metal suit. I looked up a bit to see a ship. It had some sort of cannon extending from the bottom, and the cannon’s barrel was glowing, like it was building something up.

“Elder! It looks like they’re about to fire!” I called out.

“Then get clear!” Elder called out.

“You heard him, get out of there!” Another voice called out.

“Don’t be a hero, Kid!” The man in the metal suit yelled.

“I got this.” I said as I saw the ship firing.

I held out my good hand, and when the laser beam hit it, it stopped, being blocked like one would block a stream of water. I could feel the pressure and the heat of the beam, but it didn’t hurt me. After a moment or two, the beam died off, and I ducked into the same building that the others had run into. Inside, the man in the metal suit was sitting, leaned up against a wall. The android was attending to his suit’s electronics. Elder was standing over them with a guy about my age and height, and a family was huddled into the corner.

“Not too shabby kid.” Elder said, looking at me as I approached.

“Thanks, my trips thru the gateways caused my body to be harder than most in my version of Earth.” I said. “I thought nothing could hurt me until my last jump.”

“Here, let me get that.” The other guy said, grabbing a nearby cloth.

I pulled up my shirt so that he could get to my arm.

“So what’s your name, Kiddo?” Elder asked.

“Joshua Swartz.” I said.

“Great, I’m surrounded by Joshuas but none of them from my world.” The man in the metal suit sarcastically said.

“Before you ask, I’m Joshua as well. Joshua Tellus. Not sure how I got here, though.” The guy bandaging me said. “I don’t have an android, or super tough skin. I’m a normal guy, mostly.”

“Nice to meet you.” I said as he tied off a makeshift bandage on my arm. “What’s your story, Elder?” I asked.

“E.V.E. brought us here after she sensed a flux in the space-time continuum. Figured she might’ve found something worth looking at before we headed back to Nevada.” Elder said. “On my Earth, everyone my age or older died in a plague.” He said before shooting a glare at E.V.E...

“How about you, Mr. Suit of Armor?” I asked.

“Captain Jay Bray.” He said as the suit seemed to open around him.

“I was able to reengage your eject feature. However, getting it back into a normal capacity will take time.” E.V.E said before standing up.

“The suit won’t hold up to their firepower, anyway.” Jay told us as he got out of it. “Better to just abandon it here, and get to the super chamber for new equipment.”

“Super what?” I asked.

“The Super Chamber, it’s an underground military facility created before Earth was even a habitable planet.” Jay told us.

His hair was dyed Neon Green, and his eyes were violet. His build was only a little smaller than the inside of the suit and he was well muscled. He was now in just a black bodysuit that hugged his body.

“So, you’re stationed there?” Elder asked.

“Sort of. It’s used as an outpost for Earth’s real defense force.” Jay told us as he stood up.

“So where are they?” Tellus asked.

“No clue.” Jay said.

“Wonderful. How far is it to this ‘Super Chamber’?” I asked.

“Straight down or to the entrance?” He asked back with a smirk. “Getting in won’t be a problem, but getting to an entry point will be harder. We can’t exactly teleport in.” He said.

“Teleport?” I asked.

“I can’t call the Super Chamber, something’s blocking me.” Jay explained.

“I’m afraid that Captain Bray is correct. Since our arrival, I cannot utilize any radio frequencies, nor have I been able to open a portal back to our own Earth.” E.V.E said.

“Well, that’s not good.” Elder said.

I checked the manacle. It was off as if I had shut it off myself. No lights, no display. We were dead in the water.

“Me too. My manacle is turned off for some reason.” I said. “Well, like it or not, we have to get to that Chamber. Our toys don’t work, and from what Jay said, I’m sure we can get working ones there.” I added.

“But there’s an army outside.” Tellus pointed out.

“How old are you?” I asked.

“Fourteen.” He said.

“Listen, sometimes in life you just have to run into life head on. You may be a geek, a soldier, an old man, or a billionaire, but you have to just go for it.” I said.

“I think I understand.” Tellus said.

“So, as for the plan. How far off is the entrance to the base?” I asked.

“The nearest one? Maybe half a mile. I’m not sure.” Jay said.

“Elder, how fast can you move?” I asked, looking over at him.

“Not too fast. Bad leg.” He said.

“I can carry him.” E.V.E. Said as I headed to a window and peaked out.

“Good, we may to have to duck and dodge around buildings. We won’t be able to get there on a straight path. Not with those things are all over.” I said.

My arm twanged in pain and I grabbed it in reflex.

“We could just fight our way thru.” Jay stated.

“I’m injured. The old man can’t dodge in his condition and I’m doubting Tellus has had any training.” I said.

“He’s got a point.” Elder pointed out.

“If we had some sort of distraction, this would be a lot easier.” Tellus said.

“Fat chance of that. The Joshua that has been siding with me went missing about a month ago.” Jay said.

“Let me guess, and you do not know where he went.” I asked, looking back at him.

“Nope. Most powerful guy in the Dimension and poof, gone.” Jay said.

“Fine, let’s get moving.” I said.

The group headed out the door, making our way to a back alley, and began moving down it, making sure that we watched out for alien soldiers along the way. It wasn’t long before we got to an area that we couldn’t get past. There were too many soldiers, and they weren’t about to leave their posts. I realized that if their ships couldn’t hurt me, the soldiers probably couldn’t do jack shit either.

“You guys double back, take the side street and wait for the soldiers to move.” I said.

“What?” Jay asked.

“I’m gonna be the distraction.” I said.

“But your arm!” Tellus protested.

“Thanks for worrying, kid, but don’t worry. I’ve got this.” I said before stepping forwards onto the street.

“Human! Stop there and submit!” The closest Alien soldier yelled at me.

I cracked my neck joints. I began stretching my good arm.

“Submit? I don’t think so.” I said walking towards it.

It raised a rifle at me and fired off a laser beam, which hit me in the chest, but I didn’t stop. The beam died out. The beam hadn’t even singed my shirt. I continued walking as the alien fired shot after shot at me. I walked right up to it, grabbed its gun, yanked it out of its hands and punched it as hard as I could, sending the poor bastard flying onto the ground, right on its alien ass.

“You shouldn’t play with guns.” I said.

I gave it an icy stare.

“How?” The alien asked as its comrades began to run up surrounding me.

“Have you ever been thru a universal gateway, and then had sex with a hot woman?” I asked.

“What? No! I’m not a lesbian!” It said.

“So no to the entire thing, or just the second part?” I asked.

“What?” it said, obviously confused.

“Listen, I’m not gonna pretend I know the science beyond it all, but my body can take any shot you, or your army, or your ships can dish out.” I said.

“Then why are you bleeding?” It asked.

“Something much tougher than you did that.” I said looking at my arm, which was now bleeding thru the makeshift bandage.

That’s when the army began taking their shots. Each shot hit me and did nothing more than knock me around a little until one of them hit my injury. That HURT. My anger flared. I turned towards the one that I thought made the shot. I ran at it and punched hard, knocking it down. I grabbed the gun off its belt, turned to the next one, and fired the gun. I grazed that one’s arm, but it was enough to distract them for me to attack again. This time, it was a flying knee to the chest. I ran about, knocking each one down and disarming them, either smashing their weapons, or taking them. At the end, I had broken at least a dozen guns, with two side arms in my hands. I slipped them into the waistband of my shorts, then took the ammo from one of the soldiers. They weren’t dead, but they weren’t happy either. I had knocked a couple out and injured a few more. Most of them I had left knocked on their asses.

“I’m taking these guns.” I said. “And then I’m moving on. I suggest you radio your friends down this road and tell them to make a path for me. If they give me a wide berth, I won’t stop you in your goals.” I said.

“But why? We’re invading your planet.” The first alien asked.

“I’m not from this world. I came here by accident after being attacked. I’m just looking to get my ass out of here.” I said looking over at her.

“Oh...” She said. “Okay.” She added, looking a bit disappointed.

I looked back in the direction that Jay had been moving us.

“Wait, why do you want our weapons?” She asked. “They can’t hurt you.”

“Yeah, but with a little luck, maybe I can make them hurt what did hurt me.” I said, looking at the dozen or so cartridges in my hand.

I started walking and got a couple of blocks before the others came out of hiding and rejoined me as I walked.

“They ... don’t seem to be bothering us.” Tellus said as we walked past some of the Alien Soldiers. “What exactly did you do?”

“I kicked their asses, then told them I wasn’t interested in stopping them. That I was just passing thru this world.” I said.

“Should’ve tried that sooner.” Jay said.

“I don’t honestly enjoy fighting.” I said, before handing Tellus one of the side arms I picked up. “There, now, even though you don’t have any special story, you have a weapon to protect yourself.”

“Story? Oh, I have one of those. How I got here? No idea.” Tellus said. “In my world, I found this weird package on my porch. It had some vials in it of special chemicals that apparently alter you. One for Luck, One for Brains, and the Other for Charisma.” he explained.

“And you drank them, didn’t you?” I asked.

“In one go. I figured why the hell not.” He said.

“Probably would’ve done the same.” Jay said.

“Did they work?” Elder asked.

“Maybe, I’m not sure. I only took them a couple days ago.” Tellus told us as we got to the edge of a park.

The park was surprisingly barren. None of the soldiers had shown up there, from what I could tell. Jay walked up to the grass. He put up his hand.

“Identify: Captain Jay Bray.” He said.

The air lit up in front of him exposing what looked like a giant bubble of light.

“Captain Jay Bray Identified.” A female voice said.

The rest of us looked around, trying to figure out where the voice came from.

“We’d like entry.” Jay said.

We collectively looked back at him.

“We’re not taking in refugees, Captain. Things are busy down here.” The voice said.

“They’re not citizens. They’re travelers from other dimensions and they’re stuck here.” Jay explained.

“She’s not gonna like this.” The voice said.

“Let her be mad at me, then. I wouldn’t have made it here if not for them.” Jay explained.

“Alright, I’m granting you all access. Step onto the grass.” The voice said.

Jay was the first, the bubble of light vanishing as he stepped forward, then he turned towards the rest of us and motioned for us to join him. We followed his lead. After we all were on the grass, a cylinder shot up from the surrounding ground, trapping us within the walls.

What we had entered into was quickly revealed to be an elevator, which shot us down to a subterranean base within a few minutes. We stepped off the elevator to a room of both naked humans and naked aliens. The aliens were blue but seemed similar to humans. The males seemed to have some sort of pouch on their body where a dick normally would hang out. Each person in the room had a white pentagon on their chest. A young woman with short brown hair approached us. Like her peers, she was naked. She stood about 5’7”. She had fair skin. Her tits were a 32B, and overall she was slim and toned. Her body was shaved clean, and she stood with a pensive look on her face. She stood there for a moment and looked at us, the newcomers, looking us up and down as if she were inspecting us.

“Who’re these guys?” She asked.

“Joshuas, I’d like you to meet Amy. She’s the head of the Terra Warriors.” Jay said.

“Terra Warriors?” I asked.

“This version of Earth has a defense force to protect it against alien attacks.” Jay explained.

“So, um, why are you all naked?” I asked, looking at Amy.

“Well, Mr.?” She paused for a moment, not wanting to address us by our first names.

“Swartz.” I said.

“Wait, Swartz? You’re Joshua Swartz?” She asked me, her eyes lighting up, as if she were a kid and someone just told her she was getting a puppy.

“Yes.” I said.

“Holy shit. Where’d you find these guys?” She asked turning her attention back to Jay. “Did you go out of town or something?”

“They each came out of portals.” Jay explained.

“Seems like we’re from Different versions of Earth, young lady.” Elder explained.

Amy looked at him, then at E.V.E., then at Tellus, then finally at me again.

“So why is it such a surprise to see me?” I asked. “Is there something I should know?”

“Well, Jay may not have connected the dots here, but you’re famous.” Amy said.

“Famous?” I asked.

I have to admit, that piqued my interest. With running Jump Jet back home, I was going to get there and was intrigued to find out if it was the same thing here.

“In this version of Earth, you’re an actor, on one of my favorite shows.” Amy explained.

An actor? That was interesting. I mean, I wasn’t really into playing into theater back home.

“Which one?” I asked.

“Power Rangers.” She said. “You’re the Red Ranger.”

“I’m what?” I said, surprised.

A power ranger? I had heard of the series, but hadn’t watched it. Now I was trying to wrap my head around being in spandex. Not too far of a throw from what I was wearing now, I suppose.

“This is perfect!” She said. “I totally got to get your autograph now.” She squealed.

I sighed. I really didn’t want to disappoint her, but I wasn’t sure if those things were following me, and she had bigger fish to fry.

“Later. First, we should focus on the problem at hand.” I said.

Amy gave a look of disappointment. Looking at her standing naked and pouting like that was kind of a turn on.

“That sounds like our Joshua.” A voice said from behind her.

A woman with larger breasts and blonde hair walked up behind Amy. She looked like Amy in her facial features, and was toned like Amy, but was a bit heavier, especially in her bust. Her breasts seemed fake, and at least a D-cup.

“But he sure doesn’t look like our Joshua.” She added.

“This is Joshua Swartz, and I’d say he’s pretty close to what we need.” Jay said.

“How so?” Amy asked.

She first looked at Jay, then back at me.

“He’s probably referring to the fact that the aliens’ tech can’t hurt me.” I said.

Amy looked at my bleeding arm.

“Then how?” She asked.

I looked down at it to see that it had bled thru the bandage.

‘Something else did that to me.” I said.

“Let’s get you cleaned up.” Amy sighed, before motioning for me to follow her.

I couldn’t keep my eyes off her ass as she led me out of the room and down a long white hallway. I kind of felt bad, so I tried to avert my gaze to my surroundings. It looked futuristic, but was whiter than I had ever seen anything. She led me into a room towards the end of the hall where a blue alien stood. She was smaller than Amy, with 30-b cup breasts, and was completely shaved from head to toe. I found myself looking at her for way too long, only stopping when I was broken out of my chain of dirty thoughts with a giggle. I blushed brightly.

“Saitx, I think he likes you. Too bad you’re only into girls.” Amy laughed.

“Those thoughts were quite clear on how he felt.” The alien said.

“Psy Tax, was it?” I said, trying to make sure I got her name right.

She nodded.

“That’s right, and don’t be embarrassed. We can all read minds around here, including Amy and the others. Trust me when I say, it’s easier to be open with your thoughts.” Saitx explained.

I tried to relax, but knowing that they were able to read my mind was a bit unnerving and embarrassing. I really tried to keep my mind out of the gutter, but she didn’t seem bothered by my thoughts.

“Take off your clothing.” Saitx added. “That way I can treat your wound.”

Without a second thought, I stripped down as instructed, handing the waiting Amy my clothing. I pulled off the manacle as well, putting it on a chair. Amy walked to the other side of the room while Saitx investigated my body.

“Wound to the arm, looks like claws did that.” She muttered before she continued, taking into account every scar that I had, before arriving face to face with my partially erect cock.

She checked it over thoroughly, which brought me to a full erection quickly.

“Well, it definitely looks like you’re virile.” She said as she stood up.

“Um ... thanks?” I said as she took my cock in her hand.

“If you want to get some release...” She started.

“I’m not sure that’s a good idea. I’m not exactly going to be around here for the mother, if she gets pregnant ... or...” I stated.

The two of them laughed as Saitx let go of my throbbing member and walked over to Amy’s counter.

“What?” I asked.

“You wouldn’t know, but Saitx’s race is looking for willing participants to help stimulate population growth with her people. You wouldn’t need to stick around.” Amy said.

“Oh. I’ll keep that in mind for later.” I said.

“These clothes are remarkable.” Amy said. “They seem to be able to take quite a bit of punishment, according to the scanners.”

“Our gateways, the things we travel through universes with, aren’t exactly safe to travel without protection. Normal clothing gets ripped apart. Thankfully, I could travel naked now that my body can handle it, but the clothing, it’s so I don’t have to.” I stated.

Saitx came back over to me with a strange device and began using it on me. A blue light emitted from it. She focused the light on my wound, which slowly began to heal.

“What is that?” I asked.

“Nanobots. They’re mending your wound. The blue light focuses them where I need them to work.” She explained. “And please hold still, I’m not the best at this.”

“Yeah, we don’t exactly have a doctor here at the moment.” Amy explained.

“Why’s that?” I asked as the door opened.

A young woman walked into the room. She had long red hair, pulled back into a ponytail. She looked similar to Amy, and the only difference to their bodies were the added freckles on the new woman, and her having a strip of pubic hair above her pussy.

“Mom! I still can’t raise...” She said before stopping and looking at me.

Both Saitx and Amy started laughing hysterically.

“What?” I asked.

The young woman turned bright red.

“He can’t hear your thoughts.” Saitx explained. “Not even if you project them.”

“He can’t?” The woman asked.

“Nope.” Amy confirmed.

The three went silent again for a moment and the woman blushed brightly again. This time the blush even came across her chest.

“Really? He’s not from our world?” She asked.

“Um ... you can talk to me. I am right here, you know.” I said.

“Hi, I’m Leiara.” The woman said.

“You called Amy your mom?” I asked.

“It’s because of a special device we have here. She lived eighteen years in a blink of an eye in the real world.” Amy explained.

“Oh, that’s pretty neat.” I said as Amy made her way to a panel on the wall and began hitting buttons.

“That’s neat?” Amy laughed. “These clothes you have are neat. Saitx being an alien, is neat. My daughter, being your age, is neat. The room is a marvel.”

“Sorry.” I said as Saitx gave me a look, and grabbing my arm so I wouldn’t move it.

“So...” Leiara said as she continued blushing. “Are you seeing anyone back in your world?” She asked. “Oh ... OH!” She said. “That’s so cool.”

“I will never get used to the mind reading thing.” I said.

“Yeah, I saw in your mind that Tabitha seems to be able to read your mind too.” Amy said.