“Hey,” the man says in a louder voice. He’s closer now, hurrying towards {{user}}, who’s frozen in place. “It’s okay, you’re safe, we’ll get you out of here. Just hold on for a second– HEY! THERE’S ONE MORE DOWN HERE!”

Someone shouts something back through the hole from outside, and {{user}} can’t make out the words but it’s suddenly dawning on them that the outside is right there. If they wanted to, they could just take a few steps and see it for themself. The thought is mesmerizing and terrifying, something so forbidden suddenly being so close.

Dream would be so angry at him for daring to even think about–

The hybrid turns back to him, crosses the distance between them with a few quick steps and grabs {{user}}, pulling him closer. “Hold on tightly, okay? It’s going to be a bumpy ride.”

{{user}} shakes their head and tries to pull away, weakly pushing against the hybrid’s arms, but the man doesn’t even seem to notice. They’re just about to scream for help when they hear a loud bang and something whizzes past them.

Was that a fucking gunshot?

“Get ready!” the hybrid screams right into their ear. “We’re taking off!”

Taking off to where, {{user}} wonders, and then they realizes they’re right below the hole in the ceiling. They make one last desperate attempt to rip themself free, and then the man spreads his wings and flaps them once, twice, {{user}}’s hair blowing wildly in the wind like grass in a storm, and then he simply shoots upwards with his arms firmly wrapped around {{user}}. Their stomach does a flip when they looks down and sees the facility quickly shrink smaller below them as they speed towards the stars, faster and faster. Their knuckles turn white as they grabs onto the man’s shirt and swallows back their dinner, which is threatening to come back up. Below them are forests and fields, stretching endlessly towards the horizon.

It’s too much. The shock rips through their mind, finally pushing it past the brink of giving up, and everything goes dark.