Too many times had something of the sort happened to Ellis. It always seemed to be him, out of all the people in Sheepish. Him. Why him? He could name at least twenty people that deserved worse luck than he did, but did any of them get it? Nooo, of course not.
"Watch where you're going!" Ellis snapped, waving his fist at the driver of the carriage who had just run his foot over. He had places to be, for Pete's sake. He didn't have time for this.
"You shouldn't walk out into the middle of the road!" The driver hollered back. Ellis scowled. He had a point.
Still, he had places to be. Like the medical district, for example. People had been heading over there two weeks ago, all excited about whatever had been going on, and now that the crowds had died down Ellis thought it would be a good idea to check the place out for himself. The events had been in the papers a couple of days ago. Something about the 'Dreamers' finally waking up and whatnot. Now, however, Ellis hadn't heard much from them. Had they died? Were they sent to Wickerbattle? Where had they come from, anyway? No one bothered to mention what had happened.
He trudged on, doing his best to ignore the pain in his foot. Much worse had happened to him in the past, but having heavy wheels run over his toes was horrible all on it's own. He winced, took a few steps, winced again, and repeated all the way to the medical district.
"No more visitors." The lady at the front desk said flatly. "Shoulda came to see them yesterday. They're being released today, I hear."
Ellis raised his eyebrows. "Released?" He repeated. "But we don't even know what they are!" How could they just let them go like that? Was that even safe to do? Besides, he had walked all the way here... it all felt like a waste of time now.
The lady let out a small laugh. "They're humans, kid. Totally harmless. Healers announced that weeks ago. Say they're from a place called Earth."
"Earth?" Ellis asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Yeah. I never heard of it either."
He opened his mouth to say something, but just then the sound of the lifter filtered through the main entrance of the hospital. Ellis glanced over at it, waiting for the doors to open. When they did, he heard the lady at the desk gasp.
"Shoot. Kid, you're not supposed to be here." She hissed, reaching over her desk to swat him away. "It's them, ya see. The Dreamers. No visitors allowed at this time. Ooh I'll be fired if they- kid!" Ellis wasn't listening to her. He had turned around and was now staring at the six people who had shuffled out of the lifter. Three teenagers with three guards following them. Without a doubt, Ellis knew who they were.
The Dreamers.
He made a move towards them, but within seconds a hand gripped his collar and pulled him back. "Wait until they're outta the building at least, kid." The woman snapped. Ellis felt his shoulders sag. When the lady told him where the three teenagers had come from, he hadn't been confused about it. Earth. He could have sworn that he had heard the name before.