Alex jumped to hit the ball but when he felt his new endowment jiggling inside his speedo he felt so awkward and ashamed that he lost concentration and the ball hit his face.
"Ouch! That must hurt! Hahaha!!" Rex laughed loudly. "Too bad big boy!!"
"Damn it! We lose." Max shouted before he gave a hand to Alex. "Are you ok, buddy?"
"No, I'm not." Alex complained as he covered his face with his big hands. "Can go back to my original age now?"
"I'm afraid you can't." Jax interfered. "You lose, so you'll get the punishment."
"And what's that punishment?" Alex said as he uncovered his face.
"We can't tell you here. Too much people." Rex said. "We need to go back to the frat house. Follow me."
Rex and Jax turned around and started to walk to the hotel. Max was following then and Alex hadn't any other choice but doing the same. While they walked throughout the beach, Alex wondered if there's a frat house in the hotel and why. Aren't they close to colleges? The nearest school was hundreds of miles away.
"I'm sorry." Alex told Max as they walked together. "We lost because of me."
"It's ok. I knew we're going to lose." Max replied. "It's me who has to say sorry. It wasn't fair to turn you older without your consent."
"Hey, you two! Hurry up! We're close to the frat house." Jax shouted before they stopped walking in front of a wall. Alex looked around but he didn't see anything like a house or even an entrance to somewhere. However, his eyes wide opened when he watched Jax and Rex crossing through the wall like if it wasn't there. He was going to freak out when Max put a hand on his shoulder and grinned to him.
"Come on." Max said before he crossed the wall. Alex hesitated for a moment, but he gulped, closed his eyes and ran to the wall as fast as his sturdy legs can let him do it. He ran so fast that he didn't stop after crossing the wall and he fell over the other guys who cursed and yelled at him.
"Watch out!" Jax yelled as he stood up. "That's why I don't like earthlings."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Alex apologized but then he realized something. "Hey, did I hear you saying earthlings? Aren't you humans? Are you aliens or something?"
"Yes and no. Let me explain it before you freak out." Max said. "We're humans but we're not from your planet. We're from a very very far place. In fact, you're in there right now."
Alex looked around and freaked out when he realized that Max was right. They weren't in the hotel, nor the beach or anything he could've seen before. He was inside a huge dome in the space, he could see stars, asteroids and other cosmic stuff floating above him. Inside the dome there were several buildings like luxury apartments but they're split open like dollhouses.
"Where the hell are we?!!" Alex shouted but he was immediately shut up by the others. Even Max put a hand on his mouth.
"Be quiet. We don't want to wake up the others." Max said. "Let me continue, please. We're in a galactic zoo that travels across the universe. But it's a very safe place and we live happily in here."
"A zoo? Why there is a human zoo in the space?" Alex asked, he wanted to shouted again but he managed to calm down soomehow.
"Because humans are an endangered species. There's several human zoos in every galaxy to protect us and let other species know about us." Jax said.
"Planet Earth is the biggest human nature reserve and is forbidden for everybody to go there." Rex said. "However, it's constantly under observation. You know, the famous UFOs as some crazy earthlings denominated them."
"Are you ok?" Max asked Alex as he put a hand his back. He noticed that Alex was hyperventilating. "I know it's too much information but it's important you know it before you meet our frat. So, we could keep explaining it for you or we could go inside and face our punishment right now. What do you want?"