The android’s pupils suddenly turned white.
Very slowly, almost lazily,
Zeros raised both hands.
Like he wasn’t lifting them…
but measuring the space around him.
And then he clapped.
CLAP
The clap was wrong.
Not loud.
Not sharp.
Dry. Dull.
The kind that made something inside Blindy ring.
Like the impact didn’t hit air—
but the fabric of space itself.
Blindy felt it.
His whole body locked up in a spasm.
Every muscle, every nerve
stabbed with a thousand needles.
He jerked upward—
like a fish yanked out of water.
And then the world… disappeared.
Like the universe had been switched off.
Darkness came—
not night, not space—
absolute.
No up. No down.
No body.
No time.
The void pressed against his mind
like a concrete slab.
He tried to scream—
but had nothing to scream with.
Tried to run—
but had no legs. No direction.
His consciousness just… hung there.
In nothing.
And Blindy felt it.
A presence.
Someone. Something.
Like the darkness itself
was looking at him.
When he opened his eyes—
he was on the floor,
clutching the base of the seat,
drooling.
His fingers trembled.
His lips wouldn’t obey him.
“No… please…” he rasped. “Let me out…
Mama… please… come find me…”
Zeros’ eyes returned to their usual,
hateful red glow.
“Idiot, what are you doing?” the android asked.
Blindy turned his head,
took a shaky breath,
trying to understand where he was.
The air around him… vibrated.
Just slightly. Barely there.
Like space itself hadn’t fully snapped back into place yet.
“Holy shit, Zeros…” his voice cracked.
“I—I just… I fell—
into nothin’… like—like a total fucking abyss or—
Wha—what the hell did you DO?!”
Zeros tilted his head back a little,
like he was stretching his neck.
Like nothing had happened.
“Don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He shrugged, calm as ever.
“Swatted… a fly.”
Blindy blinked.
Then again.
His screamed, palms went wet.
“THERE AIN’T NO FUCKING FLIES HERE!
We—we in SPACE!
We in FUCKIN’ SPACE!”
Zeros leaned forward slightly,
studying the floor like a bored forensic expert.
“There are.
Stop whining.
And get up.You piece of rotten meat.”
Blindy got to his feet, staggered,
banged his knee against the panel—
didn’t even feel it.
“WHAT.
DID.
YOU.
DO?!
I—I FUCKIN’ DIED!
I WENT—
I WENT SOMEWHERE—
NOT—NOT HERE!
LIKE—LIKE ETERNITY OR SOME SHIT!”
Zeros let out a tired breath,
like the whole galaxy was a system error.
“You fell.
Laid on the floor for three seconds.
Stop talking bullshit.
Your brain glitched and your alarm went off.”