Unsterbliche Krieger (Immortal Warriors)

Jesse, a genderfluid college student, born in 2016, got ready for bed. After brushing both her teeth and sopping wet curly hair, the short green locks were quite a nuisance, but she couldn't bring herself to get rid of them, she laid down in the small dorm bunk wondering when her roommate, Addison, would arrive. Jesse sighed, remembering tonight was daylight savings. She had to put their, her and Addison's, clock forward an hour. Jesse pouted before contemplating whether or not getting up to change the time was worth it. There were both pros and cons to this action: getting up would take effort, but it was most likely that Jesse would forget to change the clock in the morning and show up to class an hour late. Slowly the cons of not setting the clock outweighed the pros, and Jesse got to her feet to change it.

Grumbling the entirety of the way to the nightstand they had across the room, Jesse charged the clock, the red numbers changing from 00:23 to 01:23. Jesse pouted at the clock and rubbed her tan cheeks as she made her way to her rock-hard mattress. She flopped down into her pile of patterned gray blankets, for she had many. Quickly she got comfortable again, but all her tiredness had left her. She set her circular wire-rimmed glasses on her button nose, picked up the books she was currently reading "You Have Arrived At Your Destination," written by Amor Towels in 2020, and flipped to her bookmark to continue on through the novel.

Hours later, her eyelids began to droop, and she yawned. Jesse set her novel of choice on her nightstand beside the glasses she also set down and turned to her side to sleep.

Once he awoke, he could feel something was amiss, but he ignored it for now. He grumbled softly as he found his glasses from the night before and set them back on his face. He blinked a few times before realizing he was not in his room; he was alone in a place that was walled the color of spectralon, only a small bed and a nightstand in the room. He blinked a couple times, trying to make sense of it all.

"Hello?" He voiced, his voice cracking as if he hadn't spoken in years. It was then that he noticed the chill biting into his tan skin; he shivered. Wrapping his arms cautiously around himself, he started to move off the bed, wanting to get a grip on his situation. It was evident that something had happened while he was asleep.

"Hello?" He said again, trying to step down onto the tile beneath his bed. He yelped a little when he did touch down on the unfamiliar surface - an electric pulse pumping through his body. He whimpered softly, pulling his legs back onto the uncomfortable bed.

"Jesse, guten Morgen. Ich sehe, du bist aufgewacht." A female nurse stepped into the room; she didn't seem affected by the electricity pulsing through the tiles, though. "Ich bin Adalia. Wie fühlen Sie sich heute Morgen?" A confused look etched itself onto Jesse's face.

"Right, my apologies." The nurse nodded, a thick German accent filtering the words she said, "I'm Adalia, how are you feeling this morning?"

"Fine, I guess?" Jesse said hesitantly, "Where am I?"

"You are in Kissling." The nurse said, coming closer while flipping through the papers on her clipboard.

"I don't- I don't understand?"

"Ah, right. You are one of the few." The nurse looked up sympathetically before plopping herself down onto the bed beside Jesse. This small action caused the boy to jump and curl into himself, nearer to the headboard. "You are from the year 2037, correct?"

Jesse nodded slowly. "Why?"

"Today's date is September 18th, 3037." Jesse's jaw dropped, his eyes widening at the nurse's words. "You and a few others have somehow survived the test of time and are to join the Unsterbliche Krieger or the Immortal Warriors."

Jesses nodded slowly. "I'm immortal?"

"It would seem that way, yes."

"Can- Can I see outside? I wasn't able to walk on the floor earlier?" Jesse pleaded hopefully. Jesse had always been too quick to trust, and Addison tended to get onto him about it.

The nurse nodded slowly, and Jesse bounced up, no longer feeling the pulse on the floors. He ran to the window, stumbling as he's been asleep for what seems to be 1000 years, and he forgot how to use his legs.

He placed his hands carefully onto the shelf of the window and peered out into the world, pushing the curtains aside. His eyes came into contact with bright green grasses, trees, and rivers twining themselves through the tall skyscrapers of Kissling.

He blinked before suddenly realizing the clothes he was dressed in did not match his wardrobe at all. Draped over his body was a thin sheet of fabric, the same shade as the rest of the room. He glanced back to the nurse who was smiling fondly at him since she sat down.

"Would I be able to dress?" He says, a hint of pleading in his voice.

"Of course." The nurse stands and pulls open the drawers of the nightstand. Out of each, she removes an outfit, one for each of his genders. The one he immediately gravitates to looks almost identical to one of the ones from his own closet. A gray fuzzy sweater, ripped black jeans, chains to clip onto his belt loops, socks, and high top crisp white converse. He smiled before looking to where the nurse was to thank here, but she wasn't there, leaving him to his privacy.

He dressed quickly, the clothes bringing home a sense of comfort and home. Once he had finished dressing, he went to knock on the door to see if he was allowed to exit the room. At the first knock, the door swung open, revealing Adalia, "follow me." He was giddily grinning as he followed after his nurse.

Quickly reaching their destination, the nurse sat him down and brought him a tray of food he hadn't seen before. "Es ist Sauerbraten. Essen. Du hast es seit Jahren nicht mehr getan." He nurse smiled. "You start lessons later today with the others."

Jesse barely heard the nurse after seeing a bob of pink hair walk down the stairs into the cafeteria-like room.

"Addison!" He shouted, running to her and nearly tripping over the air on his way there.

"Jesse? Jesse!" She grinned, wrapping her arms around him a happy hug.

Yeah, he was gonna like it here.