I've never been the most athletic guy. I was born prematurely and that just about set the pace for the rest of my life. I was bullied as a kid, ridiculed as a teenager and finally I got my dream job and physique after years of work. You better believe I was shocked when I saw a second planet in the sky.
It wasn't doing anything at first, and NASA sent out a notice weeks later saying it was harmless, so the world calmed down and even thought about flying to that other world. But suddenly, years later, while I was in the bathroom at my office, the second planet collided with ours. The whole earth shook and I spilled toilet water all over myself.
Suddenly a big Shockwave hit unlike anything seen before ever in history. Everybody on earth was suddenly pulled through the sky to the second planet. Luckily I was at the rooftop of my building drying my clothes, because otherwise I would've plummeted straight into the wall and I would been flattened like one of my coworkers.
But again I was very shocked when instead of colliding with the second planet, I and everybody else for that matter went into a separate space. Everybody was in a panic, desperately trying to escape and hide, when a deafening voice was heard. "Choose a weapon."
Then suddenly, billions of weapons appeared on the ground. There were guns, knives, swords, you name it. A timer then appeared "10 seconds is all the time you get." People were confused, and when someone picked up a weapon, they glowed with a light around them. The voice then said, "Looks like we got ourselves a go getter, here take this." The light around him got brighter and he got a box. "Open it after you get to the other world. Oh, I forgot to mention, if you dont have a weapon in the 10 seconds, you will die."
It was a frenzy. Everybody scrambled to find a weapon. Before I knew it, every weapon near me vanished. I was scared because I didn't grab a weapon, and the timer kept ticking down "4, 3, 2, 1." I saw someone near me with a weapon, so I begged them for it. "Please let me have that weapon. Please." They told me in a panic, "f#ck no I need it. I'll die without it", and with the time ticking down I had no other option. I wasn't about to find out what happened when you don't have a weapon. I tackled the man down to the ground and stole the weapon. He had a wooden stick with a metal rectangle attached, a crude club of sorts.
I felt a sigh of relief as I had a weapon, then i saw him on the floor begging me in desperation, "give it back I need it!",but i didn't care. I'm not losing any chance of survival. I tried too hard for my life and I won't lose it like this.
The relief that I felt quickly faded into horror as I saw what happened to the guys I had pushed. Because I tackled him, he had no weapon and when the time went off, his head exploded. The blood splattered on my face and I froze. I just killed someone. I was struck with overwhelming guilt at my actions.
Then the chilling voice cut through my shock. "Alright, it is now time to go to the other world, choose to keep your body, or gamble by taking someone's body from the second world. Don't worry though, they are all human bodies." The voice said this so nonchalantly like it was normal, but it is more important that they made it seem.
I thought about it and this seems insane, switching bodies? But then I thought it through, and I chose to switch bodies, because even though i had finally built a good physique, I won't be immune to any of the new diseases with my current body. My new body was that of a child serf, frail and small just like I was as a child. "Oh great. Just great." I thought as we were transferred to the new earth.
While I was being transferred, the voice echoed in my ear, "You killed someone! Well done! They loved your performance!" The voice said cheerfully. "Here's a gift for your hard work!", the voice exclaimed. A black metal box appeared in my hand. I was intrigued by the box, but just as I was about to open it, I passed out.
I woke up in a daze, scared of my surroundings. After the all of the shocks I had that day, I realized I was finally at peace. My surroundings were a barn and a field, with nobody around me for at least a few miles. I leapt atop a hay bale and got some much needed real rest, not the forceful sleep from the transport. I Forgot to open the box.